Again Lus, that's been tried by many. Pay to play is NOT illegal. As far as your looks? I'd give my collection of Pradas to look like you. The kids think your hot too.
Ok now I'm gettin out my boots cause it's gettin really really deep in here ...
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I gotta tell you, I'm Irish myself. And Roman Catholic. I've yet to get a single check from Grand Leprechaun Doherty. Wow, you're getting screwed. I'm a black Jew and Doherty gives me money by the truckload.
I guess that explains why pasty Germans such as myself don't anything either.
-- Edited by Agamemnon at 18:22, 2007-06-06
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Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.
Lots of people throughout history were thought to be full of sh-it until eyes were opened. I'll take the abuse for now. I never thought my new mission here would be easy, coming in.
Again Lus, that's been tried by many. Pay to play is NOT illegal. As far as your looks? I'd give my collection of Pradas to look like you. The kids think your hot too.
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How about suck and %&%* to get a job......is that LEGAL
OK, short of allowing me to search your posts, why not repost some of them here - and paraphrase all you like so the quotes can't be directly attributed to your dd.com ID.
That's easy enough. really, I'd just like to read a few examples of how you called people out on being wrong or unfair.
Shari if you have come here to save our souls then you might as well just give up now ... If I thought siding with the DD cult would put me on the fast track to heaven and the Devil said come on over ... I would choose the Devil ... but thank you so much dear for trying ... it really means the world to me.
Now if you don't understand what this place is about that's ok ... I kind of like you ... so you keep posting ... have fun trying to save our souls ... but when you find out that you are dancing with the devil ... maybe it will be us that you turn to to save your soul.
And one last comment to you ... "Hello Pot ... this is kettle!" You just may qualify for the hypocrite of the day ... we are not an Anti Doherty site ... we are not a pro Doherty site ... we are a site that lets people know the other side of issues brought up on DD ...
I will say that the DD'ers and even the Doomers are not always wrong ... But dear Shari ... even a Blind Squirrel finds a nut every now and then. I think you need to realize where you have landed ...
PILCHESKY DECEIT!
Here is an email exchange between Joe Pilchesky and myself I had these up on Chumster ... but never got around to putting it up over here ... so here you go Shari.
From: CounterPoint1963@aol.com Sent: Oct 21, 2006 9:59 AM To: jpilchesky@earthlink.com Cc: letters@timesshamrock.com Subject: Freedom of Speech only applies to you I guess
Dear Mr. Pilchesky,
I am writing to you today because you have banned me from the Scranton Political Times Forum. Not only have you simply banned my posting you have banned me from reading anything on your forum.
I thought you stated that you believed in freedom of speech ... well I guess it's only your freedoms that you believe in because in my opinion you have stomped all over my right to the freedom of speech. Unless the people agree with you, You ban them! What a truly boring world you are looking to live in. I have many friends in this life and we don't always agree and sometimes through discussion I am compelled to admit to being wrong at times. You however don't want healthy debate ... you want it to be your way or the highway ... like I stated earlier what a truly boring world you are looking to live in.
I was posting under the name NewVoice .... I do not believe that I threatened you or anyone else nor have I ever used vulgar language for that matter ... if that were the case I could understand being banned. I simply had a different opinion than that of you and some of the other posters. I also have a freedom to speak my mind ... I now know that it is you opinion that I do not ... but I am now making this request because I have received calls myself telling me of the last post that you wrote to New Voice and I no longer have the privilege of seeing it for myself so I request that you please send me a copy of your last post to New Voice ... I will find another outlet to let the people know exactly what your site is all about now ... maybe it will be called PilcheskyDeceit.com. And no that is in no way a threat ... it's just simply to let other people know that you do not have the respect of freedom of speech of others as is your claim ... only your own ... you claim that the Scranton Times is not fair ... well you are no better than you claim they are. At least when I write a letter to the editor they print it ... and they do not write back using vulgar language and threats.
I hope I never have the hate in me that you display for others ... and I hope that one day you truly do find happiness in something other than the pain you create with your site. Something's in life are private matters, not the business of you or I to be involved in even if the person is in a political position or not. I would like to know exactly what it was about my last post that made you so angry.
I thank you for letting me post as much as you did and wish that we could continue, however you will never be fair to those who do not hate as you do.
Sincerely, NewVoice CounterPoint1963@aol.com
Subject: Re: Freedom of Speech only applies to you I guess Date: 10/24/2006 9:57:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: jpilchesky@earthlink.net Reply To: To: CounterPoint1963@aol.com
Where did you get the opinion that you posted anything that made my angry. Not at all. People who don't comply with the purpose of the board get banned all the time. You're probably number 150. You know what you posted that got you to the exit door. Your issue is with your own view that public people don't have to be held to any moral standard. The answer was in McTiernan's response by resigning. Apparently, he agreed with the public outrage. Just because some politicians like Sherwood decide to try to 'weather the storm', that's not a barometer to guide the public in accepting immoral conduct as the rule and not the exception. You're pissed. If I were McTiernan's family member or friend, I would be, too. But, be pissed at him, as well as feel bad for him and his family. He knew the consequences. I have a wife, a very good one at that. Perhaps you do, too. What do we risk when we contemplate infidelity, besides disease or making some one-night stand pregnant? Or, get set up for blackmail. It's betrayal of the worst sort. If you can screw over a woman to whom you made a pledge and vow before God, you can screw anyone over. It's public interest to know if one does. We like debate here, it keeps things lively. You stopped debating and went on the attack on someone who likely never did a thing to you. You know it. If you can keep yourself focused on the purpose of the board, I'll unban you. Fair enough?
So you see Shari ... you can post if you agree ... but if you dare to disagree ... he considers it straying from the purpose of the board ... now dear you have strayed from our purpose ... but we don't really care and we will put up with you wanting to save us ... as I have told you ... and posters from your site before ... we find you all very amusing ... still trying to get us to believe ... all 7 of us ... god we must be 7 pretty important people to get so much attention from all of our neighbors over across the hall.
Again many thanks for caring and for your compliments earlier ... I am still blushing!
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So are you saying you won't join me in bashing Doherty if I convince you he is an ******* and he's destroying the city you love? Am I handcuffed here to just kick the sh-it out of Joe? Am I wasting my time? Do I really have to go back to where heads explode and invisible threats are commonplace? I was getting to like this place. listen Lus. The reason I came here was not because of Paul. He's a condescending caveman. He'd make a fine Times employee.I liked Art and I stumbled across your opinions on another web site. I thought you were honest in youropinions but misinformed. I was honestly trying to "save your souls", because the city isunder seige by corruptpeople. I'm just trying to do my part for people like you that "love this city" becauseI love it too.
By the way, your letter to Joe was very matter of fact and his response was equally matter of fact. Two opinions collide. Nothing more. That's his site and this is yours. Youboth make the rules and we have to live by them. I just appreciate both of you who made it possible for people to speak their minds about things important to them without fear of retribution. If you don't mind, I'll just make a comment or two sometimes. I don't want to upset the apple cart for you or your posters. Thanks for listening.
Shari ... you do not need to save my soul ... Joe is someone who makes the rules and you abide by them ... fine ... I did also as far as I knew ... the only thing that I was guilty of was the fact that I thought that he should calm down a particular thread ... he wanted to kick the $hit out of certain politicians in the meantime making comments on the rest of his family ... I didn't think it was right I spoke up ... I posted a few times and he banned me because I did what you are trying to do ... see dear you can stay here ... kick the $hit out of the Mayor ... however we require that if you are going to make allegations of miscouduct ... or accusations of criminal behavior ... then you must have proof ... we don't give a Flying F U C K who the man is or is not sleeping with ... we don't want to hear about anything that his children have done ... nothing about his personal life because when it gets right down to it ... it has nothing to do with the way he does his job ...
I am thinking that when divorce papers are posted ... why is that your business ... or mine ... I don't get that at all ... can you explain what that facination is all about.
You say that you want to save our souls ... well guess what my dear ... you should look in the mirror before trying to save us ... look at your own life and determine if you have lived it in a manner in which the Lord will let you through those Pearly Gates ... you all (yes all) justify what you do by saying it's because of a ramp ... right ... and others say that it's because of the high taxes, well taxes are more reasonable in Scranton than the they are in most of the surrounding areas ... but when it comes right down to it is this a good enough reason to ruin lives ... do you all get a sick kick out of ruining lives?
Anyway I think that you have more of a problem with us than we have with you ... you are not going to lure us over to the "Dark Side" ... we know right from wrong ... and well I think I can speak for the posters here ... we will have no part of it. We will have a say on how we feel about posts over across the hall ... but you will not be able to change the way we feel. I do not want to change you ... Shari you can post whenever you want ... please just stick to the rules and provide proof ... that's all we ask ... pretty simple ... I will say it again!
I will never ban you ... Happy Posting!
(*Sorry for the ramble guys and gals ... it's been a long time since I have rambled on!)
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Yes it was well put. And Again, I'm not one of the "DD nutcases" who attack innocent people. Not all of us do that. Actually, most do not.Try to separate the goodfrom the bad and try to not lump everyone together. Youmust admit, a lot of information gets posted over there. Most of you admit, including you Lus, it's a place to get news and find out the truth about certain issues. I'll just admit you just hate Pilchesky, but you like some of the posters and I'll just admit that I thought you were a bunch of blindDohertyspporters and I was wrong. SoI guess I'll always be the red haired step child here, butI'll do my best to get along. Deal?
Again Lus, that's been tried by many. Pay to play is NOT illegal.
First I want to make sure I understand the concept of "pay to play" as you mean it. I understand it to mean that someone "pays" by supporting a candidate or a sitting official with money, votes, and verbal cheerleading, in exchange for that the person will be allowed to "play" by recieving favors in the form of work, contracts, and the like, is that correct? Second I want to repeat your word 'Pay to Play" is not illegal. ( I find is very distastful btw)
sharilewis wrote:
.....I have many friends on the inside of city government,including inside Doherty's regime who feed me info.
Third I want to hear how your "friends" managed to get their jobs "on the inside of city government,including inside Doherty's regime" without engaging in the very "pay to play" activity you seem to find to be a problem with this Admin. I hope you are going to tell me that those 'friends" are the few truly "gifted" individuals in the city who actually got their jobs by their stellarresumes and on true merit alone.
Oh and for therecord as you have already established that "pay to play" is not illegal we should neversee the word "criminal" or "corrupt" as it pertains to this particular issue.
Well maybe we can discuss this. I'll discuss anything you'd like.
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Again Lus, that's been tried by many. Pay to play is NOT illegal.
First I want to make sure I understand the concept of "pay to play" as you mean it. I understand it to mean that someone "pays" by supporting a candidate or a sitting official with money, votes, and verbal cheerleading, in exchange for that the person will be allowed to "play" by recieving favors in the form of work, contracts, and the like, is that correct? That's a very accurate statement. Second I want to repeat your word 'Pay to Play" is not illegal. ( I find is very distastful btw) That's true also. Unfortunately. I fight the pay to play system distasteful also.
sharilewis wrote:
.....I have many friends on the inside of city government,including inside Doherty's regime who feed me info.
Third I want to hear how your "friends" managed to get their jobs "on the inside of city government,They were already there. Most that Doherty hired are either incompetent or they do things they don't particularly like to do. Confession cleanses their souls sometimes. including inside Doherty's regime" without engaging in the very "pay to play" activity you seem to find to be a problem with this Admin.see above.I hope you are going to tell me that those 'friends" are the few truly "gifted" individuals in the city who actually got their jobs by their stellarresumes and on true merit alone.No they are left over from previous administrations.
Oh and for therecord as you have already established that "pay to play" is not illegal we should neversee the word "criminal" or "corrupt" as it pertains to this particular issue. You will never hear me say "criminal" because that pertains to "illegal" activity. Unethical or corrupt activities, doesn't necessarily mean "criminal or "illegal". Just because it's not illegal doesn't make it ethical, or right.
Third I want to hear how your "friends" managed to get their jobs "on the inside of city government,They were already there.
Sure, because past mayors NEVER hired cronies for city jobs . Cronyism was invented by Chris Doherty, in cooperation with the IRA...er, I mean "ICN," Louie DeNaples, and the UofS-Scranton Times socio-industrial complex, in an effort to fend off the black menace, right??
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Hey you're quoting Anti! You have him down pat! Bill, did I say anything about how people got their jobs? What's your point? I'm talking about Doherty's performance. Did he invent anything? No. Did he enhance all that is wrong now and in prior administrations? Absolutely. Has he caused more financial damage to this town than probably the last three mayors combined? That fairly accurate.
Hey you're quoting Anti! You have him down pat! Bill, did I say anything about how people got their jobs? What's your point? I'm talking about Doherty's performance. Did he invent anything? No. Did he enhance all that is wrong now and in prior administrations? Absolutely. Has he caused more financial damage to this town than probably the last three mayors combined? That fairly accurate.
Oh I get it!! Pay to play while not illegal, is corrupt and distasteful ONLY if it reaches a certain point. Doherty reached that point. I see! When your friends were getting their jobs it hadn't reach your threshold of too much yet. Oh!! Silly me!!I thought you didnt like pay to play at all but you just dont like it when it isnt benefiting your friends. Got it! Yikes.
-- Edited by IHavehadenoughofhaters at 11:45, 2007-06-07
Ihave, ou're putting words in my mouth again. And who seems to be the smartass now? I never said it was right before. You invented that. I said he brought it to new heights. Did I say I sat back in the past with this going on? Ah, no! I did my part fighting corruption back then too, just not as much as now, since we have message boards that we didn't have in the past.
Oh I get it!! Pay to play while not illegal, is corrupt and distasteful ONLY if it reaches a certain point. Doherty reached that point. I see! When your friends were getting their jobs it hadn't reach your threshold of too much yet. Oh!! Silly me!!I thought you didnt like pay to play at all but you just dont like it when it isnt benefiting your friends. Got it! Yikes.
-- Edited by IHavehadenoughofhaters at 11:45, 2007-06-07
You hit the nail on the head. If the unions were still getting sweetheart deals, even if it broke the backs of the taxpayers, these clowns wouldn't be squawking one bit. They'd even campaign for Doherty if that was the case.
For the people, my arse.
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You know it Bill! Oh and Sharri I never said I wasn't a smartass. Maybe you can enlighten us on some of the ways you fought before? Did you by chance out any of your friends who played the game and got their jobs?
Amen, It is all about the Unions not getting what they want. I have said before, Pill is most liklygetting financed or at least a ton of help from union leaders. I bet enough digging would uncover any type of misappropriations with union dues. If you can read into their agendas then you are a sucker.
You hit the nail on the head. If the unions were still getting sweetheart deals, even if it broke the backs of the taxpayers, these clowns wouldn't be squawking one bit. They'd even campaign for Doherty if that was the case. You might be right about that. The DPW is getting treated well. You don't see them bitching.
For the people, my arse. Hey, I'm trying to answer anything thrown at me, but there's a lot more of "you guys" than me. Forgive me, or give me time to get to your posts if I didn't answer them in a timely manner. It's not intentional. Many things to juggle during my typical day.
You know it Bill! Oh and Sharri I never said I wasn't a smartass. Ok, but if you are second guessing yourself, I'll confirm that you are. Damn, and all I thought I had to worry about was Paul!Maybe you can enlighten us on some of the ways you fought before?Working polling places, doing mailers, talking to friends andneighbors, you know the normal stuff. Unfortunate that sometimes, I couldn't bring myself to support either candidate in a particular race, where both were bad.Did you by chance out any of your friends who played the game and got their jobs? I try not to associate myself with people who only worry about themselves. I detest self-centered people, you know like the king of self-centeredness: Chris Doherty.
Hey you're quoting Anti! You have him down pat! Bill, did I say anything about how people got their jobs? What's your point? I'm talking about Doherty's performance. Did he invent anything? No. Did he enhance all that is wrong now and in prior administrations? Absolutely. Has he caused more financial damage to this town than probably the last three mayors combined? That fairly accurate.
Shari dear I think that you need to seek help ... reading over your post (above) all I have to say is this ... when did it become a requirement that the Mayor of Scranton invent things? What did Connors invent? What did Wenzel invent? What did McNulty Invent? What did Hickey invent? What did any mayor invent? I am curious as to what it is you think they should be inventing ...
Where is your proof that he has done more fiscial damage than the past 3 mayors ... show us the figures.
Hey while your at it (getting figures that is) Could you please ask your queen (Janet) what the cost for the Pilchesky lawsuits are, from the very first filed against the city to the present time to include court costs and any monies expended by the city of Scranton due to these lawsuits.
I have been trying to get the princess to answer this for a while now ... she made a choice to ignore my question ... I thought since you two are tight that you could possibly help us out here ... just a thought
Oh and I'm pretty sure you meant to say invest ... but since we are all a pack of smarta$$es here ... I took the opportunity to tease you a bit ... I'm just kidding around with you!
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