I was in Iraq.
I mainly remember that was how I tripped across CC, that and Frank going for cigarettes.
I was right there with you, frank, on the ENORMOUS and hugely entertaining DUmmie FUnnies threads. This was before I became DUFU co-host, but, like you, I followed the Andy Stephenson Situation very closely and participated in all of the DUFUs. It was one of the most memorable times I've had on the internets.
I mainly remember that was how I tripped across CC, that and Frank going for cigarettes.
I have to admit, this was the best time I ever had on line. It was like reading a really good book and not wanting to put it down. My dog was dying of kidney failure at the time so it took my mind off of that and since I could not leave him alone during the day, I had lots of time to get involved in it. I remember waking up in the middle of the night and getting on line to see if anything new had happened while I was asleep.
Being threatened with lawsuits was really funny. I even explained it to husband, who is a lawyer, and he said not to worry about it, there was nothing they could do.
You, and others, keep me on pins and needles. It was just so nice stirring up the hive and making them even more paranoid than they are. You should be proud, the DUmmies will never forgive you for it, and you will go down in DUmmy legend.
Those were fun days to be moderating all the lurkers from the DUmp who were looking for the straight dope, since no one at DU could speak truth to stupid. (Sarcasm intended)
I don't know where the Hell I was at that time. I don't think I had found our old home yet.
Coach took all the flak.....
The "Fister" tried to get personal with Frank.....
AndyScam was the high lite of that year on Conservative web sites!
Ahhhhhh, good times, good times!
I actually got into an argument with Free Republics own TIT impersonator Speed Addiction. If I remember correctly he claimed an inside source to the Scamdy camp, and I called BS. Then we got into it over all his other claims. I guess I should call TIT a Speed Addiction impersonator since he came after.
You didn't have a choice of "I participated in it" so I just picked the first one. Interesting times.
It was Conservative Underground or FR, since the Cave didn't exist yet. But understood anyway. ;)
Those were fun days to be moderating all the lurkers from the DUmp who were looking for the straight dope, since no one at DU could speak truth to stupid. (Sarcasm intended)
Yah, it was CU, cause there were zesty tidbits over there that either didn't make it or weren't allowed at FR. But it really was like a mystery novel.
Yeah, I was on FR at the time too, looking forward to every DUmmy FUnnies.
Those were the days. I barely post at FR anymore.
and Frank, thumbs up! Consistent quality though all the years. Love your writing.
DUmmie ALERT!
DUmmie ALERT!
DUmmie ALERT!
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RED ROUND ONE DISAPPEARS!
INTO THIN AIR, EVAPORATES!
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN!
WITH THE WIND, GONE!
sfexpat2000 ALLEGES KIDNAPPING BY “freepersâ€!
ALLEGES FOUL PLAY BY “freepersâ€!
flyarm IN PARIS! ON A SHOPPING SPREE!
ABANDONS SICK-BED OF THE RED ROUND ONE!
SICK-BED EMPTY, UNOCCUPIED, NEVER OCCUPIED!
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OH RED ROUND ONE, WHERE ART THOU?
I never really noticed it before but it is interesting that the Scamdal coincides with Walpurgisnacht and the eve before the great communist holiday, May Day. Means nothing but I'm sure some DUmp conspiracy theorist can make something of it.
That's right; sfexpat2000 never met Andy Stephenson. She said so herself.
He hardly had time for her. Every day during the Andyscam, a half dozen DUmmies would claim to have met him that day, and would recount their conversations.
Even when he was alleged to be in Johns Hopkins for his imaginary surgery dozens of DUmmies claimed to have visited him there.
Dozens of DUmmies claimed to be corresponding with him by e-mail, even when he was supposedly in intensive care.
It was all these co-conspirators who made the Andyscam extraordinary.
Of course many of the announced pledges never resulted in money - they were bait to lure in money from simpleminded DUmmies who thought they were doing good.
Poor stupid DUmmies never heard of the "judas goat" model for fundraising.
With all those swarms of DUmpmonkeys in constant close physical and electronic contact with the round red sodomite, it is amazing that coach was able to slip through and kill the son of a bitch.
But he did.
I misssed all of it. Just before the Scam broke out I was busy dealing with some idiots on another message board that refused to deal with some Asslicker that though it was ok to personally attack Conservatives that went far beyond anything we here have seen from DU. Ptarmy and myself had seen this go on and on and I was hoping that would ban him. Little did I know the moderators on the site were more interested in keeping the fights going no matter the damage caused. So I left and joined another site and later CU after the Scam broke out.What a mess. Many of the originals from there are here or at CU today.
Yeah, speed_addiction was a problem, both on the DUmmie FUnnies and at our old home.I remember Speed_Addict. I know about his fake military service story. I never saw it. However, I remember his prison stories well and I thought they were dubious. Why would someone brag about being in prison. I have wondered about him too.
He later got exposed as a poseur, and was banned from freerepublic, but our old home accepted his apologies, and he hung around there. I wonder what's happened to him since.
Another member of the DUmmie FUnnies that's been long absent is Barset.
Barset was hilarious. Barset was great.
One wonders whatever happened to Barset, who evaporated with the Scamdal.....
It was Conservative Underground or FR, since the Cave didn't exist yet. But understood anyway. ;)
Those were fun days to be moderating all the lurkers from the DUmp who were looking for the straight dope, since no one at DU could speak truth to stupid. (Sarcasm intended)
I actually got into an argument with Free Republics own TIT impersonator Speed Addiction. If I remember correctly he claimed an inside source to the Scamdy camp, and I called BS. Then we got into it over all his other claims. I guess I should call TIT a Speed Addiction impersonator since he came after.
SA did make some wild claims, didn't he? I wonder what happened to him?
He hardly had time for her. Every day during the Andyscam, a half dozen DUmmies would claim to have met him that day, and would recount their conversations.
Even when he was alleged to be in Johns Hopkins for his imaginary surgery dozens of DUmmies claimed to have visited him there.
Dozens of DUmmies claimed to be corresponding with him by e-mail, even when he was supposedly in intensive care.
It was all these co-conspirators who made the Andyscam extraordinary.
Of course many of the announced pledges never resulted in money - they were bait to lure in money from simpleminded DUmmies who thought they were doing good.
Poor stupid DUmmies never heard of the "judas goat" model for fundraising.
With all those swarms of DUmpmonkeys in constant close physical and electronic contact with the round red sodomite, it is amazing that coach was able to slip through and kill the son of a bitch.
But he did.
SA did make some wild claims, didn't he? I wonder what happened to him?
I do believe that he is on CU.
He came clean before the old CU was over ran with paulbots. All was forgiven.
SA made claims he was an Army Ranger and in prison.I believe the latter, not the former. I think both turned out to be bullshit.
I believe the latter, not the former. I think both turned out to be bullshit.
Who the hell would brag about being in prison? :whatever:
I don't actually remember his military story, but is well known from what I recall.I remember one military story where a camel exploded while he and his unit where out on patrol that allegedly happened during the first gulf war.
I remember his prison story more. His prison story was fake because like you said who brags about being prison. I don't get it either. They rather put it behind and move on.
It always cracks me up when you mention that coach killed the red round one. Hi 5.
It always cracks me up when you mention that coach killed the red round one. Hi 5.
I remember one military story where a camel exploded while he and his unit where out on patrol that allegedly happened during the first gulf war.
I remember one prison story where the prisoners found out they had been fed zoo grade meat.
I remember some story, maybe the one that got him sent to "prison" where he and/or his brother stole a plane a flew it into Mexico, or something.
I remember he claimed he had some trigger event in his life that caused him to want to live life like it was a Jerry Bruckheimer movie.
I also remember a claim that he owned a gas station that he was able to buy because he treated someone well in prison. The details elude me.
If franksolich killed Andy, then he also killed Steve Jobs.
Coach never laid a glove on Jobs.
But if poor stupid Beth had run a crooked scam to pay for his treatment, coach would have iced him, too.
I paid some attention to Scamdy, but didn't know the exact nature of it other than some questionable fundraising.
Uh huh.
I always thought it funny, the "open and honest" election primitives being against open and honest fund-raisers.
The bottom line was, and is, that poor stupid Beth was trying to raise money for an operation that had already been had a couple of months previously, and in Seattle, not Baltimore, and for purposes other than medical bills.
No one will ever know the "why" of it, because that's been frozen in poor stupid Beth's now-petrified, now fossilized, cerebral-cells, and can't come out.
I do believe that he is on CU.
He came clean before the old CU was over ran with paulbots. All was forgiven.
He still posts there, just not very often. His new name is Speedy.
I remember one military story where a camel exploded while he and his unit where out on patrol that allegedly happened during the first gulf war.
I remember one prison story where the prisoners found out they had been fed zoo grade meat.
I remember some story, maybe the one that got him sent to "prison" where he and/or his brother stole a plane a flew it into Mexico, or something.
I remember he claimed he had some trigger event in his life that caused him to want to live life like it was a Jerry Bruckheimer movie.
I also remember a claim that he owned a gas station that he was able to buy because he treated someone well in prison. The details elude me.
He still posts there, just not very often. His new name is Speedy.
I think Speedy is banned from CU.
Yeah, I know.I don't have any grudge against SA either. I knew he was lying before he was exposed.
I just didn't think that his new name was important.
I don't condone what he did but life is too short to hold grudges or anger all of the time. All of my disgust is focused on DUmmies and the democrat party. They are a cancerous disease.
The only democrat that I like as of today is dead Ted. He needs company.
I was a lurker at Cu in those days. I remember his story well. If I recall... he got out of prison, on a life sentence, due to some technicality, something about mandatory sentences, and ended up working for some gas station where the owner let him sleep in one of the bays and then eventually bought the place. Then he showed a pic of his hummer. Along with his stories bout how he was in Somalia, etc. Then he said he went bankrupt due to some major customer at the garage stiffing him. I knew speed addiction was a never a Ranger because if a former Ranger had ever got busted for some major weight, like he said, it would have been all over the news. He also said something about his brother or somebody coming into his house and shooting his ass. :bs:The gas station story was another one. Gator is no longer at CU.
Just way too much crap to believe. He eventually said his military service was as a commo guy when he got outed. Then said some Ranger came to his garage and dressed him down and he took it. Waaay too much BS. :bs:
Anyway... I never wanted to join that site and call him out because of Gator and his moral clarity BS. Gator is an asshole. You listening Gator? You're an asshole!!! Well... I always liked Frank's posts. And then one day... Frank "went away" from CU. Well I googled Franksolich eventually and found him here and lurked for a while. Then while on a 12 pack of Michelob one Saturday nite, I decided to join.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :-)
Anyway... I remember the scamdy. It was... great! Kept me on the edge of my seat. Sorry the man died and all that, but he was a con artist like speed addiction. Probably the only thing either of them regret is getting caught.
I DO miss AnonymousArmy! He just kind of disappeared after this whole thing faded away.
Me, too.Well, anyway, thanks for your service.
But the mission was accomplished, and alas there was nothing else holding us all together, other than that we'd all served under the hostile fire of primitives who observed no boundaries, exhibited no decency.
Towards the end, I think everybody was just.....worn out, drained.
I was right there with you, frank, on the ENORMOUS and hugely entertaining DUmmie FUnnies threads. This was before I became DUFU co-host, but, like you, I followed the Andy Stephenson Situation very closely and participated in all of the DUFUs. It was one of the most memorable times I've had on the internets.
SA did make some wild claims, didn't he? I wonder what happened to him?
What a mess. Many of the originals from there are here or at CU today.
I have no idea what Fat Che did with Scamdy under his ownership.
I just checked.
www.scamdy.com now redirects to Big Jerry's salon.
RN?
So to recap this scam, a bunch of libs got upset that someone wanted money for a cause, the libs donated, then got upset when the money wasn't used the way they intended, or wanted ? So let's say a conservative had money taken from them at the threat of gunpoint, and the money was used in a manner the conservative disagreed with...
So to recap this scam, a bunch of libs got upset that someone wanted money for a cause, the libs donated, then got upset when the money wasn't used the way they intended, or wanted ? So let's say a conservative had money taken from them at the threat of gunpoint, and the money was used in a manner the conservative disagreed with...
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The backstory is that he was supposedly near death from pancreatic cancer. So near death he was able to flit around the country for almost a year before he just HAD to have his operation at Johns Hopkins. Never mind the fact the surgery could have been done where he lived in Seattle.
That was the perception of the members of democraticunderground who were involved with Scamdy, and also the attitude of certain other members who chose not to get involved.So, the libs supported the cause in spirit, not in any other meaningful way, yes, I am starting to see why they became so righteously indignant.
I don't think any of them however donated any money.
No one knows how much money was actually raised, and I still suspect hardly any money was raised.
And what was raised, most of it probably came from this side, from decent and civilized but stupid people who thought our side was "picking on a dying man." Which of course was bullshit.
So, the libs supported the cause in spirit, not in any other meaningful way, yes, I am starting to see why they became so righteously indignant.
sfexpat2000
Come on, folks! Time's wasting! We need your money, and we need it now! And as much of it as possible!
pittypatty
How does one donate? I wanna donate!
IHateBush
Through his paypal account! It goes right to him!
gunk4278
But what if one wants to send a check or money order or cash?
plutplut
Here's his post office address in Seattle! after which address was given Send it now!
LongDog
Yeah! Empty those wallets, people!
By the way, today's the seventh anniversary of the night the primitives broke into the mailroom at Johns Hopkins and found the certified check.
Those DUmpmonkeys in Baltimore pulled off a real miracle, didn't they?
By the way, today's the seventh anniversary of the night the primitives broke into the mailroom at Johns Hopkins and found the certified check.
Odd, that the primitives found the certified check before the proponents of open and honest fund-raising got paypal put a "stop" on the funds.
(Of course, no such "stop" ever occurred; individuals cannot prevent paypal from fulfilling its contractual obligations to its customers.....contractual obligations which at the time [2005] included that paypal "held" all funds for three or five days after receipt; I forget which.)
Didn't we determine that their "check" wasn't really a check but more of the stub from a check?
I remember commenting to that it looked like something someone printed off of their printer at their house using Quicken.
I don't think any of them however donated any money.
That was the perception of the members of democraticunderground who were involved with Scamdy, and also the attitude of certain other members who chose not to get involved.
I don't think any of them however donated any money.
No one knows how much money was actually raised, and I still suspect hardly any money was raised.
And what was raised, most of it probably came from this side, from decent and civilized but stupid people who thought our side was "picking on a dying man." Which of course was bullshit.
The backstory is that he was supposedly near death from pancreatic cancer. So near death he was able to flit around the country for almost a year before he just HAD to have his operation at Johns Hopkins. Never mind the fact the surgery could have been done where he lived in Seattle.
And in the end...despite what the DUmmies say...Andy didn't die because of the exposing of his fraudulent fund raising or because he didn't get his liver transplant in time...he died from a post op infection.
I think PayPal froze one of the account to raise money from DU.
Never happened.
It couldn't have happened even if one tried to; paypal does not "freeze," and never has "frozen," funds belonging to a customer, unless ordered to do so by some court or the U.S. Department of Justice.
It never happened.
I don't recall anyone talking bad about Andy Stephenson at CU. Not sure about FR. Stephenson if I recall was new to politics and was largely apolitical for most of his life. I think PayPal froze one of the account to raise money from DU. I think Scamdy alienated people from DU and some came to CU.
I heard that allegation second hand. So, it is questionable.
At the time of the "Scamdal", I worked at a hospital larger than John's Hopkins. Rarely if ever do checks get lost. Coded improperly? Possible. Would have never prevented the red round one from being treated. Another head fake from those who thought the "freepers" killed Andy.