tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096080412646122814.post6002716934995359347..comments2023-04-03T10:59:06.901-07:00Comments on Notes on the Jerry Seinfeld Society: No, Art -- The Russians Aren't ComingWilliam N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096080412646122814.post-87244375944292370472010-03-28T17:58:36.923-07:002010-03-28T17:58:36.923-07:00Anonymous, you make a sound point; let me add to i...Anonymous, you make a sound point; let me add to it.<br /><br />Appleton still lists Chris Simcox in its Speakers Bureau, despite the fact that the Minuteman Corps recently folded its tents. <br /><br />The MC's decision was prompted out of "liability issues," at least some of which are rooted in the role played by Shawna Forde in the murder of two people (including a 9-year-old girl), as I've previously described in this space. <br /><br />There are also lingering legal issues from Simcox's fraudulent fund-raising efforts, supposedly intended to fund a border fence (something else I've mentioned previously).<br /><br />Wind the tape back to October 2006: Appleton canned me because, among other things, I warned that immigration was a tangent to the most important threats -- economic collapse and the rapidly coalescing police state. <br /><br />To justify my firing Appleton concocted the rationale (post facto, of course) that the JBS was vulnerable to possible "liability issues" because of my blog.<br /><br />Now that the economy has collapsed and the police state is a tangible reality, the group Appleton took in its continuing embrace has folded because of liability issues arising out of a hideous murder, the corruption of its founder (and featured JBS speaker), and probable concerns over the possibility of further legally troublesome behavior from people in its ranks. <br /><br />Think of this for a second: Appleton wants people to think that I'm a potential liability because of what I write, but they're comfortable in associating with the likes of Simcox and Forde, the former of whom defrauded people and the latter of whom is plausibly alleged to have <i>murdered a nine-year-old girl.</i><br /><br />I think there's something more than just poor judgment, opportunism, and bad priorities at work here. But even if I'm wrong in my suspicion, the poor judgment, opportunism, and bad priorities remain.William N. Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096080412646122814.post-9492175790337383352010-03-28T17:28:33.794-07:002010-03-28T17:28:33.794-07:00And now the hopelessly irrelevant JBS is rolling o...And now the hopelessly irrelevant JBS is rolling out this spring a new speakers tour titled "Stealing the American Dream" - How Illegal Immigration Affects You! (The letters for the add are in red white and blue no less). <br />In an effort to appeal to the most base and Nativist elements of our "culture" it is clear the leadership in Appleton is further committed to the old tired mantra that all of the USA's problems are a direct result of the brown people to our South. What a joke _ I thought this bullshit would end when the housing bubble imploded and our fragile eggshell economy began to bust apart. Apparently not. Xenophobic paranoia appears to be alive and well in Appleton these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com