Well then, as I suggested, either you were dumb as a pile of rocks or being deceitful.....Clearly it wasn't the dumb as rock one on this particular issue. That leaves deceptive....You did in fact know what the name "doomers" meant and what it was all about, the fact that you didn't like it is not the same as not knowing about it.....You did exactly what I said my children did....pretend ignorance to avoid responsibility.  You have done it a few times......

If you have been posting as you claim since 2007 then you know Stacy Brown was called the N-word. It was a huge event and was even commented on by local news media. Glenn, to his credit, stood up for Stacy and said it is despicable to do something like that, Glenn was abused for it, by the man you claim to admire and his minions, but Glenn did it, he even quit DD for while over it, because it was the right thing to do.... You?? What did you do? What do you say now about it?

You pretend you know nothing about it and other 'distastful" events and can't "judge" people anyway even if you did know ....But of course you had no trouble judging the trouble at Dunmore High School did you? You really don't have any independant information about that event. (other than what that as$hat across the hall has given you and we all know how unbiased he is don't we??) but that didn't stop you from commenting on it did it?

 By the way I am not saying you shouldn't comment or judge I merely point out you claim to not do it ....unless I notice it is something unrelated to DD.  The bottom line is you do comment....you do pass judgement......just like the rest of world does.. You however do it when it suits your agenda and pretend you do not do it when it also suits your agenda....In my observation it seems your problem is either you are afraid to comment negatively on Pukechesky's or you are in agreement with the horrendous comments and things the Pukechesky's have done. I think I know which it is....
care to try to prove me wrong? 

Oh I supposed you could call this bashing but I have zero time for bull$hitters as Glenn can attest...he has been on the receiving end of my bull$hit meter on more than one occasion... right Glenn?

indeed!

"...Oh I supposed you could call this bashing but I have zero time for bull$hitters as Glenn can attest...he has been on the receiving end of my bull$hit meter on more than one occasion... right Glenn?..."!

REALLY!!!! ?????? You sure seem to have spent much of your ZERO time on a person you perceive to be a bull****ter.  Sleep well.....

Well Lynn you most certainly did live here and you most certainly were a regular poster at DD when this occurred because it was Dec of 2007. It's just easier to say that you had no idea or that you did not participate (maybe you didn't) ... but by saying nothing then that tells me that you condone the use of this word when he used it.

I know free speech is what you will spew at me now ... but that is not free speech ... that is hate speech .... and there is no proper context in which this word should ever be used.

And to say that you don't know about the Doomer stuff is bull ...because that has been going on for years and years ... and you go to Council Meetings and you have seen them in action ... hell I thought you were one of them.

Please stop taking the easy way out ... by saying you didn't know ... because it's been all over ...

Did you know about Joanne Pilchesky who ripped off her father's estate against the wishes of her dying/dead father who did have a will and who did appoint someone he chose to administer that will ... she got him when he was vulnerable ... estranged for years but swooping in when she heard he was dying and robbed the poor man of over $100,000 ... and she did not give her siblings a cut of that ... but that's OK that she did that right ... even though she has been found guilty and will eventually go to jail for her CRIME ... and I am sure her hubby encouraged her to do this ... hell how do you think they funded DD?

You admire a man who it was proven that he does not pay property taxes to the city of Scranton but bitches about everyone else ... oh that's right he says he does not owe the taxes as the house is his wife's .... there is paperwork to back it up!

These things are what we here refer to as the DD double Standard

1. Don't you ever say a word that may be construed as being racist ...... but Joe can throw around the "N" word like it's nothing .... because he didn't use it in a certain context ... even though he was speaking of an African American Gentleman when he used it ... HMMMMMM ... sounded racist to me!

2. Pat O'Malley files to be the administrator of his brothers will so he can recoup $4,000 he paid out of his pocket for his brothers funeral .... he should go to jail in the eyes of the kids across the hall .... Joanne Pilchesky rips of the estate of her dying/dead father to the tune of over $100,000 for her own personal gain ... she is found guilty in a court of law ... and the masses scream that it's nothing more than political payback because of the DD website ... the crime she committed was in Erie PA ..... so no it was not payback .... but the DD double standard is very apparent in this particular situation! hmmmmmmm

Those are just two examples of the man you admire and want to learn from ... there are many many more just go into the archives and you will see it all ... in all of its disgusting glory!

"They" are not me.  I clearly stated "... If I did read it and did not saying anything about the use of that word, SHAME ON ME..."! That is all I can say.  I am not going to use free speak to defend use of that word.  It is hate speech, I don't use it I detest it, along with a host of other words, would you like my list.  It is not George Carlin's list of 7 dirty words, it is my own.  I also said I do not REMEMBER.  That is my final answer.  I will not go digging through 3 years of posts to see if I did or did not participate in something that my gut is telling me I did not, I do not have the time nor the energy for it. 

As I said clearly, I moved here in June of 2007, how often have you folks moved?  DD is/was not then or now the center of my universe and if it ever becomes it, my husband will be the first to take issue with it.  While I moved here to join my husband, I still had a home to sell on Long Island ( and upkeep repairs to aid in the selling of that home), an 18 & 19 year old living in that home, a mother living with dementia on Long Island, not to mention a 7 year old to get acclimated to a new city.  

Additionally, when I moved here, I attempted re-employment in the summer at Spotless Cleaners on Mosic ST., was REALLY getting to know my large extended family by marriage for the first time, dealing with an CRAZY ex-wife, estranged adult children of my husband, running a household and oh yeah the biggie, creating a new life for myself and my son and husband.

When I first spoke at council I stated, I learned from life experience, that legal and moral are not always the same.  I know all about Mrs. Pilchesky's  fraud, I know all about the O'Malleys case, and will not comment on either.  I will not comment on Mr. Pilchesky's criminal background, I can not and will not. 

I only recently found out some very unflattering and disturbing things about the family I married into.  You see, I met and married my husband, in Texas.  BUT, he was born and raised in Scranton, and family secrets around here seem to be buried far and deep.  While my husband is not now or never has been in any legal trouble (other than with regards to his former spouse and children from that union), I can not say the same for his family of origin and extended family.  IMHO, somethings I learned since living here, would have been a deal breaker had I been fully aware 24 years ago. 

Tar and feather me.  If and when anyone feels like discussing anything and everything other than DD, I will be more than happy to participate.

Holy moly-this thread didn't go the way I expected it to.

Lynn, very sorry to hear about your medical issues and I hope you have a quick and complete recovery.

That said, why are you doing this to yourself? The world shouldn't know about you or your medical condition. I understand you're wanting to be open about your identity when you take a stance-especially if you ever become a candidate for office.

Until then enjoy the anonymity the Internet affords without putting yourself out there for "abuse." The tough go-round you experienced here is nothing. Just a few dedicated people pouncing on the chance to debate with a Pilchesky follower. No one here would take anything further than debating issues here with you. I fear floating too much information out about yourself is generally bad, but certainly bad in a place like dd.com. Please reconsider putting yourself out there for the taking. They will take you.

Be well.

****, I would rather be "abused" for what I am and my perceived deficits,  then for who I admire and you folks obviously detest.  While you all have your reasons to dislike the man,  I have not once defended what you abhor in him.  I have just not agreed with you, and I will not.  I do not think he is a Saint, being a Protestant, I do not put my faith in Saints in the first place and sure as the day is long do not think Mr. P is one.  I also will not condemn a man in his entirety for saying and doing things that I do not agree with, would not do, or would not participate in.   

Someone asked me why I would want to attend a how to school from him, instead of a real class room, I have 11K worth of reasons why I would not want a real class room.  Also, the real world does not work the way the class room does, now does it? 

What would any of you like to know about me?

 I truly do not have much to hide.  I am a very open person.  Always have been and it has always worked fairly well for me, so even though it is not "typical" I am fine with it.  I am 44, white, female, the youngest of five from an intact family household.  Mom was the wage earner long before it was in vogue, my Dad was a quadriplegic from the time I was five till he passed when I was 20.  I left Long Island at 19.  I hold a BS degree (always thought that was funny) I have been married twice to two fine men, actually since I am 18, I had one month off for good behavior between marriages!! Not a smarmy as it sounds my first husband and I were separated for approx. a year before we filled for divorce.  You make more money in the military married than you do being single.  I have been married to my current and final husband for 22.5 years, we have three children 22, 21 and 10 and one grandchild who is 17 months old.  Our only daughter is the 21 year old  and she and our granddaughter live on Long Island.  My husband has two adult children from his first marriage and they have 4 children between them with another on the way.  I have been on disability retirement since October of 2002.  When I was forced to leave the work force, I thought it was the worst thing that could possibly happen to me and my family, but as my parents had taught me and by extension my family, we learned to make lemonade from lemons.  I have been blessed to be able to be home for my youngest child, and be the Mommy I wanted to be when I was asked way back when what I wanted to be when I grew up.  

Anything else, just ask, about any issues, just ask...about DD, ummmm I think I have said all I really care too about there.  It seems to be of great interest to all of you though.

At our house, we make Steeler fans sit out on the back porch with a folding chair and a radio.

I am not sitting on the back porch Girl ...

Lynn I find all of this and you extremely tiresome....my original point (and nothing has changed btw) was anyone who shows the poor judgement of "announcing" for a office on DD was not someone I could vote for.....in addition when confronted about  DD you took the "see no evil, hear no evil" attitude which only reinforced my original belief that you are not a person capable of exersizing good judgement, and as such, not a candidate I could support. To date you have done nothing to dispel that belief ( in fact many of things you have said only reinforce my belief) As to were or if you post on DD, personally I could care less were you post. You can scrawl love letters to Joey on all the local bars bathroom walls, I am simply stating that I could never, will never, support you or anyone who thinks like you for public office.   You have clearly demonstrated your lack of judgement, when you gladly and proudly cast your lot with a bunch of racists, bigots, homophobes, degenerates, near-do-wells with a chip on their shoulder, disgruntled city workers who lack the balls to stand up for themselves in the light of day, and in some cases out and out criminals. Your stance on issues is irrelevant to me at this point in the discussion, as you lack the basic judgement I require in my candidates to even get to a point where discussion of the issues can occur.
Frankly DEAR there is nothing at this point you could do to change my view of you.

-- Edited by IHavehadenoughofhaters on Tuesday 1st of February 2011 08:26:23 AM

-- Edited by IHavehadenoughofhaters on Tuesday 1st of February 2011 08:27:25 AM

Lynn, you have this amazing and exhausting way of completely missing the point and talking about something completely different than the topic at hand.

No one here is blinded by a hatred of Joe Pilchesky. The hatred is reserved for the racists, homophobes, bigots, etc on his site and in this world. Hey, I may one day meet a guy in the Ku Klux Klan who shares the same ideas I do on world hunger or the environment, but I'll never stand next to that person on a stage, at a podium, in a forum etc. The larger issue is the deep rooted hatred the Klansman has for Blacks, Jews, gays, etc. An a-hole is an a-hole, plain and simple. I may have common ground with an a-hole on a certain issue, but if said a-hole's basic moral fiber is based on hate and ignorance I'll do my part by not giving him the time of day, a microphone to speak into, or an audience to preach to.

I don't expect you to understand that. You clearly don't. You seem like the kind of person who did nothing to try to remove Rosa parks from the bus. Instead you seem like the kind of person who thought it was OK to sit on the bus and read your paper and do nothing while they tried to make her leave. Then when asked how you could just sit there and do or say nothing your answer would be something like "well I had to get to work. Just because someone hates blacks doesn't mean I shouldn't enjoy public transportation. "

So what you're saying is because you aren't a racist or homophobe it's OK for you to hang around with them because we're all entitled to our own opinion. BS. If you're going to defend the virtue of Pilchesky at least grow a set and say something when he is clearly out of line.

-- Edited by Art Gordon on Tuesday 1st of February 2011 10:45:51 AM

Can I ask you this Mrs. Bloom ... why do you never give the crazy people at DD all of this information about yourself?

No way she can simply answer A or B.