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Post by snerdley on Apr 22, 2008 19:49:37 GMT -6
You guys are paranoid. Mike Scotti happens to be a personal friend. I'm confident that Mike will do an excellent job representing the district. This idea that his wife wrote an article about the history of the bar assocation and that she volunteers to help out her son's lacrosse team makes Mike some kind of "connected guy" borders on the delusional. Get a grip. The district hired a respected attorney who happens to live in 203. Hi KM Everything is game for conspiracy, don't you know? It is a real shame so many have lost faith in our SB's ability to be truthful and forthcoming. But I don't blame them. They've been right about the SB too many times. |
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Post by Arch on Apr 22, 2008 20:10:43 GMT -6
It's almost as much of a shame as the ones out there throwing the straw-man conspiracy argument around.
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Post by fence on Apr 22, 2008 20:11:16 GMT -6
Part of what people do on this board, and have been doing since they stood up to VoteNo to pass a referendum that is giving us this new HS in the first place, is throw things out for questioning. If you have an answer, just give one. No one said conspiracy they asked a question. Blowing it out of proportion in the other direction only polarizes it further and perpetuates the drama. You guys are paranoid. Mike Scotti happens to be a personal friend. I'm confident that Mike will do an excellent job representing the district. This idea that his wife wrote an article about the history of the bar assocation and that she volunteers to help out her son's lacrosse team makes Mike some kind of "connected guy" borders on the delusional. Get a grip. The district hired a respected attorney who happens to live in 203. Hi KM |
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Post by Arch on Apr 22, 2008 20:22:11 GMT -6
Fence.. calling it a conspiracy and then ridiculing it (when no one ever said it in the first place) is the new PC way to say "Shut up and sit down".
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Post by fence on Apr 22, 2008 20:30:59 GMT -6
Oh, well I feel like a big idiot. Are the mods working on sending out the updates for our "Get Over It" manuals? Apparently we're going to need a refresh in a few sections. Fence.. calling it a conspiracy and then ridiculing it (when no one ever said it in the first place) is the new PC way to say "Shut up and sit down". |
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Post by Arch on Apr 22, 2008 20:32:54 GMT -6
Oh, well I feel like a big idiot. Are the mods working on sending out the updates for our "Get Over It" manuals? Apparently we're going to need a refresh in a few sections. Fence.. calling it a conspiracy and then ridiculing it (when no one ever said it in the first place) is the new PC way to say "Shut up and sit down". As soon as I can figure out how to attach a bottle of Jack Daniels to it.. it will be sent out. |
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Post by Dad204 on Apr 23, 2008 6:20:52 GMT -6
Part of what people do on this board, and have been doing since they stood up to VoteNo to pass a referendum that is giving us this new HS in the first place, is throw things out for questioning. If you have an answer, just give one. No one said conspiracy they asked a question. Blowing it out of proportion in the other direction only polarizes it further and perpetuates the drama. You guys are paranoid. Mike Scotti happens to be a personal friend. I'm confident that Mike will do an excellent job representing the district. This idea that his wife wrote an article about the history of the bar assocation and that she volunteers to help out her son's lacrosse team makes Mike some kind of "connected guy" borders on the delusional. Get a grip. The district hired a respected attorney who happens to live in 203. Hi KM You are literally correct that no one used the word "conspiracy", but look at the use of the word "Scary" in the original context in the post from "researching". They imply there is some kind of powerful conspiracy that the district is in on, because it has hired an attorney who is so well connected that his wife writes articles for the Illinois State Bar Assocation newsletter AND she is responsible for Booster Apparel of a lacrosse team. Reminds of an exchange in "So I Married an Axe Murderer", between Charlie and his paranoid father: CHARLIE'S DAD Why do you think Scotland's not been able to get independence? Because the Queen, the Pentavirate and those English dome heads in West Minster won't have it. CHARLIE Who are the other members of this pentaverate? CHARLIE"S DAD The Queen, the Rothchilds, the Gettys, the Vatican, and Colonel Sanders before he went t*ts up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with his wee beady eyes. And that smug look on his face. |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 23, 2008 6:29:31 GMT -6
Part of what people do on this board, and have been doing since they stood up to VoteNo to pass a referendum that is giving us this new HS in the first place, is throw things out for questioning. If you have an answer, just give one. No one said conspiracy they asked a question. Blowing it out of proportion in the other direction only polarizes it further and perpetuates the drama. You are literally correct that no one used the word "conspiracy", but look at the use of the word "Scary" in the original context in the post from "researching". They imply there is some kind of powerful conspiracy that the district is in on, because it has hired an attorney who is so well connected that his wife writes articles for the Illinois State Bar Assocation newsletter AND she is responsible for Booster Apparel of a lacrosse team. Reminds of an exchange in "So I Married an Axe Murderer", between Charlie and his paranoid father: CHARLIE'S DAD Why do you think Scotland's not been able to get independence? Because the Queen, the Pentavirate and those English dome heads in West Minster won't have it. CHARLIE Who are the other members of this pentaverate? CHARLIE"S DAD The Queen, the Rothchilds, the Gettys, the Vatican, and Colonel Sanders before he went t*ts up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with his wee beady eyes. And that smug look on his face. If Shawn Collin's family had ANY link whatsoever to anyone associated with the trial- Holy Heck would break loose. The anti NSFOC group would be going nuts - |
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Post by Arch on Apr 23, 2008 6:30:15 GMT -6
Dad204,
People use interjections to convey emotion. You've made an interpretation using your own perception of the situation to overlay the whole 'conspiracy' thing.
Sometimes I use 'scary' to simply imply 'small world' or 'whew, what are the odds of that?'
"Scary, I went on vacation to Hondurahs and lost my wallet while swimming.. it was found by a kid from Naperville in the pool whose family happened to be sitting next to us (unbeknownst) at dinner 1 table over and staying in the same hotel... what are the odds?"
Does that mean it's a conspiracy? Uh, no.
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Post by southsidemom on Apr 23, 2008 6:49:56 GMT -6
You are literally correct that no one used the word "conspiracy", but look at the use of the word "Scary" in the original context in the post from "researching". They imply there is some kind of powerful conspiracy that the district is in on, because it has hired an attorney who is so well connected that his wife writes articles for the Illinois State Bar Assocation newsletter AND she is responsible for Booster Apparel of a lacrosse team. Reminds of an exchange in "So I Married an Axe Murderer", between Charlie and his paranoid father: CHARLIE'S DAD Why do you think Scotland's not been able to get independence? Because the Queen, the Pentavirate and those English dome heads in West Minster won't have it. CHARLIE Who are the other members of this pentaverate? CHARLIE"S DAD The Queen, the Rothchilds, the Gettys, the Vatican, and Colonel Sanders before he went t*ts up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with his wee beady eyes. And that smug look on his face. If Shawn Collin's family had ANY link whatsoever to anyone associated with the trial- Holy Heck would break loose. The anti NSFOC group would be going nuts - Oh without a doubt! |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 23, 2008 7:21:01 GMT -6
If Shawn Collin's family had ANY link whatsoever to anyone associated with the trial- Holy Heck would break loose. The anti NSFOC group would be going nuts - What is the link you're implying? Is the Naperville Central Lacrosse Team the jury in this case? I missed that. Did his wife interview the judge in this case for the article or not -- let's not play coy, it really does nothing but embarass your point. Let's not pretend if this was reversed and it was Shawn Collins it wouldn't be raised as a concern, it absolutely would. |
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Post by sleeplessinnpvl on Apr 23, 2008 7:29:30 GMT -6
I have heard from various area attorneys that Judge Popejoy is a fair and impartial judge. I don't think anything silly is going to persuade him from looking at the facts and making a decision.
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Post by Arch on Apr 23, 2008 7:31:15 GMT -6
I have heard from various area attorneys that Judge Popejoy is a fair and impartial judge. I don't think anything silly is going to persuade him from looking at the facts and making a decision. All judges are supposed to be fair and impartial. They are also human beings. |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 23, 2008 7:32:56 GMT -6
I have heard from various area attorneys that Judge Popejoy is a fair and impartial judge. I don't think anything silly is going to persuade him from looking at the facts and making a decision. Nobody said it was going to make a difference, again not the point. If the shoe was on the other foot - would the group blowing it off now not be screaming to high heaven ? Of course they would. Same group who tried to find a link between Shawn Collins and Mr Helm -- I read those posts also with the entire ' hit list' of trying to find dirt on a listing of people. |
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Post by sleeplessinnpvl on Apr 23, 2008 7:34:37 GMT -6
Well, since this is such a precedent-breaking trial, I don't think he will let the fact that he met someone's wife years ago cloud his thinking.
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