To: diotima
And if that's the argument, I might be more inclined to join the festivities. The problem I have is the hurling of accusations when there's plenty of meat on the table, but the diners won't eat. I'm not a backer of everything Larry does. I've got my own set of beefs with him. But the ferocity of these attacks is over the top in my opinion. Who is the person everyone thinks is going to step up to bat if Klayman folds Judicial Watch. Will our Justice Department fill the void? LOL Who's going to make that supposition?
To: DoughtyOne
I have read the depositions. The early accomplishments of JW are real and significant. Whether or not Larry could have used the information gained to better advantage to bring about justice is hard to say. Nobody is criticizing him for that.
What we are criticizing Larry about is that he used those early good results to get major contributions and other actions from us and then totally changed his focus. He no longer pursues those serious cases and instead flutters about with his weekly "this is the biggest lawsuit of the century" routine.
Hardly any of his suits the last 2-3 years have merit. None of them are going anywhere. Not that JW cares -- they're in it for 1) the money, 2) the publicity, and 3) to destroy Bush.
JW is not truthful (i.e., THEY LIE) about what they are doing. Press releases are just flat out lies. They take advantage of the lack of legal knowledge of most people to present routine events as yet another "major victory." How many of the "current lawsuits" on JW's web page have been closed for years? LOTS! How many ever got to a trial? NONE! Yet, they are still raising nmoney to fund those non-existent suits.
JW is rolling in the dough and several people are making out like bandits off this scheme. $26 million in revenues with less than $3 million spent on lawsuits? And you condone that? JW has $10 MILLION DOLLARS in investments on hand. How can a "non-profit" justify that? There is a legitimate reason for the IRS to audit them.
When you attack people for criticizing JW based on early JW results, you are setting up a straw man which you easily knock down, but you are avoiding the issues which those of us who haved wised up to JW are really complaining about. Try answering the issues raised in this post without referring to the early JW because that's not relevant --it's what they are doing now that matters.
And they are doing very little that is productive. They fill no void. If they go away, there will be no void because they don't do anything constructive, just chew up a lot of money.
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07/30/2002 2:41:50 PM PDT by
Iwo Jima
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