he has bashed everyone who is left for his to write about in this town???

Only Slager would write a blog post titled "Revealing the Computer Audit End Game" and......not reveal the computer audit end game.  This is just another example of sensationalistic shock journalism designed to push page views and copies of the print version of his blog.  Rep. Gifford was right on the money with that comment.  Don't have much time at the moment, but here are some choice quotes from the article, and comments on the ridiculousness:

One of the most difficult aspects of being a journalist is deciding how to balance your professional objectives while still remaining a responsible human being.

Well, based on the level of irresponsibility of the things he's been writing lately, I guess we all know which side of the scale he came down on here....

That informational was attained...

I'm sure he'll change this because of a "call" from a "reader", and not b/c I pointed it out, but there's two typos within 4 words here.  Should be "information" and "obtained" - "attain" is to achieve something, "obtain" is to come into possession of something.  So unless he achieved the information....

I was prepared to publish what I know a few months ago, despite the potentially dangerous ramifications that would have had on own life.

HEY EVERYBODY LOOK AT ME!  I WANT TO BE IMPORTANT!  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I WANT TO MAKE MYSELF PART OF THE NEWS AGAIN SO HERE I AM WRITING A STORY ABOUT MYSELF, EVEN THOUGH THE TITLE LEADS ONE TO BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT THE COMPUTER AUDIT!!!!!

But I decided not to print anything that would have tipped off the targets of the computer audit. If I had, they might have destroyed the evidence.

So he's had the article for months, but didn't print it because the targets of the audit might have destroyed evidence?  Even though for the majority of that time Slager thought that the evidence was under the control of the BOS/ITA, and they would be the only people able to destroy it?  Does anybody have a count of the number of threats/claims Slager makes in a typical week that he doesn't back up?  This is tantamount to saying "I know something you don't know!" then running behind a tree when someone challenges you about it.  Or, looked at another way, the monkey's throwing poo again.

This audit was never simply about exposing the hate bloggers. That may have been the legal justification for launching the audit, but it was never the actual reason behind it.

So the legal justification for launching the audit was to find the bloggers.  It's good that we finally have this in print.  The Board launched this audit, and the reason they gave for doing so was to find the bloggers.  Thanks Mr. Slager for making this clear.  And let's also point out, while we're at it, that the $40k that this has cost the town so far has been without any review of the contents of the drives.  The easy part of an investigation like this is pulling the data.  The time consuming part is reviewing it all.  The town has laid out $40,000 already, and the DA seized the drives before any review was done.  I'd be shocked if this came in under $150,000, assuming GDF does full reviews of all the drives.

First I learned that the District Attorney’s office issued its own administrative subpoena

...which they are legally and ethically allowed to do, and often do in situations where speed is required, such as if they had concerns that evidence might be destroyed.  It's amazingly hypocritical that Slager makes veiled accusations that town employees might destroy data, while completely glossing over the fact that the BOS/ITA would.  Ridiculous.

I have long understood that the coordinated attack against the current town administration, as well as this newspaper, has been intended to stop the exposure of alleged criminal activities on the part of former town officials and former and current town employees, as well as other prominent individuals in this community and beyond. That has been the motivation of most of the anonymous hate bloggers

It's all I can do not to laugh at how ridiculous this statement is. 

The difficult part for me is to know when to print this story

It really shouldn't be that difficult.  Your concern was that evidence would be destroyed by the targets of the investigation if you printed it.  Well, that concern is out the window.  So publish your story, Robbie.  Go ahead and do it.  It's put up or shut up time.  You've been making bullcrap claims like this for months, if not years.  It's time to put your money where your mouth is.  Show us those "stones" that "shooter" has seen.  And if not, then shut the hell up about it, because you're full of crap.

...and how to e-mail it to thousands of people...

Great, I can't wait to get spammed by this guy.  Does anybody else find it thoroughly amusing that he's basically saying "I know that I don't get enough traffic on my website to matter, so I'm going to email the article to several thousand people as well"?  I'll be honest, I'm chuckling.

I realize that once this story is printed I will likely be called before a grand jury

More "mememememe" journalism.  He says he's not about the glory, but this whole article is basically about how great of a journalist he is.  It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

If a judge rules me in contempt, so be it.

It's funny that he says this after he said something to the effect of "I almost would have preferred to get arrested" at Bob's meeting" (I have the exact quote somewhere, but that's the basic idea behind it).  He's trying to keep up his inflated sense of self-importance any way he can.  It's kind of pathetic.

At that point the District Attorney’s office will have no choice by to investigate the allegations made in the story. The grand jury will demand it.

Here's the million dollar question.  If Slager is so concerned about the investigation, and so concerned about his sources, and SO CONCERNED about the "corruption" in Wareham, why hasn't he sent this story to the appropriate investigating body?  That would be the responsible course of action here.  It would give that body the information they "need", and it wouldn't put anybody in danger.  Of course, he'll say that they can't be trusted, they're trying to cover things up, etc, etc, but the real answer, as usual, is that he's full of poo, and he has nothing to back up what he's saying.  But if he really were as responsible as he claims, this is what he'll do.

an individual in Wareham offered to buy the Observer for $100,000. After picking my jaw off the floor and considering the offer for a few seconds, I then instructed this individual to do something anatomically impossible. I wish to God I could print this individual’s name, but without recorded evidence I would just be inviting a defamation lawsuit.

The truth is a defense against defamation lawsuits.  This is simply another outrageous claim that he can't back up.  He's made sensationalistic accusations against others in this town based on nothing more than an email from an unnamed individual or a call to his office.  Why is this any difference.  Again, Mr. Slager, either print what you have, or stop claiming to have it.  It makes you look like a sad, attention-starved little boy.

With so many eyes now on the District Attorney’s office, I believe a thorough investigation will finally ensue.

Are these the four eyes from the two people who you were able to rassle up to contact Rep. Gifford? 

I’m not looking for glory. I only care about the truth.

"I'm not looking for glory, which is why I just wrote an article about myself under the title of Revealing the Computer Audit End Game"

Come on Rob, did you really think we wouldn't see through this crap?  This was the most transparent thing you've written yet, and that's saying something.

Cas,
As I said before, this guy is at the end of his rope. His paper is failing, the "sources" he talks to have lied to him and he has paid for publishing those lies by losing all credibility, and he has contradicted himself too many times to count.  In a nutshell, he's done in this town and he knows it.

If anyone has this information Slager claims to have emailed, I'd toss it in the garbage. it will be based on sources who either had an axe to grind or made it up.  The only thing it will reveal is that he had bad sources for bad information.

He is trying to FORCE the DA to call him to the Grand Jury because he is playing the martyr card. That is his end game. Finally, he sees himself as some great messenger to 6 or 7 people, and they still think the FBI is flying around in helicopters and spying on us...whew....

If you read what Rip Dinkle wrote, it makes perfect sense now. "If a source lies and the reporter prints that lie, is it still a lie? Who is responsible for the lie?"  The answers are, YES it is still a lie and the reporter is responsible because they chose to print it. This has been the MO of this nutbag since I've dealt with him. If someone tells me something, it must be true and I should print it. Thank God we have responsible reporters that challenge sources for answers.

SO let's sum it up so I can get busy enjoying FOOTBALL and the TN VOLS (4:00pm on ESPN) We will be watching it at my house, so stop on by, but NO TALKING POLITICS during the game!

Okay, back to summing it up. Slager is done, I told you months ago, his end game would be to call out the DA and blame the failure of his paper on the hate bloggers. Maybe he should have taken the 100k in monopoly money from his imaginary suitor? No named sources (unless it's the Selectmen), conspiracy theories to destroy him, and a diminishing circulation equal the END GAME.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

It sounds like he is baiting the DA. He wants to be part of this investigation. He wants to be called before the grand jury. He wants to be one of the players. He can’t stand being on the outside looking in. Any REASPONSIBLE journalist would have printed the story if they knew about any corruption in Wareham and actually had facts to back that story. Any REASPONSIBLE citizen would have contacted the DA if they had evidence of wrongdoing.

He has definitely gone over the edge

There is a level of big screen movie in all this nonsense. Really, when you think about it, it's wareham, not the evil empire of Star Wars. He is writing novels about a conspiracy that far exceed the actual situation.

One question that needs to be addressed: If someone who is behind on their bills, struggling to sale papers, and now working from home, is offered 100k for his business and rejects it, is he truly looking out for his family? Think about it.....

T.S.Eliot got it right in The Hollow Men":

"This is the way the world ends: This is the way the world enda: This is the way the world ends: Not with a bang but a whimper."

Cas and Dick,
I can't even begin to tell  you how much I, and many others, appreciate you.
Thank you both.

You have to give credit where it is deserved. Remember what Yogi said,"It ain't braggin' if you can do it, "  and  Slager has pulled it off.

So i have submitted his latest editorial to "The Guinness Book of Records" for consideration as  the world's longest epitaph.

Bobo Shooter said:

I wish to God I could print this individual’s name, but without recorded evidence I would just be inviting a defamation lawsuit.

Paul Shooter said:

I swear to God I would give up everything I own for five minutes alone with that (edit) blogger so I could smack some sense into him.

The same guy?  Or two guys who do an awful lot of swearing at God?  You be the judge....

Neighbor, it might be more common in men than you think, I hear Johnny Depp has it...

I didn't say impossible, just highly unlikely.

One of the features would be that there is almost always one way amnesia between some of the personalities. In other words, while one personality is in control the other is unaware of what happens. The primary personality is generally unaware the other personalities exist.

If someone seems to have two personalities, there is a very good chance they have more than that, often a few but sometimes hundreds.

I you're interested, record or watch The Unexplained on the Biography channel on Sept. 19 at 3:00 PM.

I have no idea about Johnny Depp. He's a fantastic actor regardless. I hate to think he'd suffered the abuse that can lead to what is one of the most severe post-traumtic stress disorders.

Simply the answer is probably no. Here's why. The denial is strong and profound. Say Paul Shooter is an alter personality Slager has amnesia for. He will construct all kinds of explanations for how he got the written columns. It is possible he will have hallucinated Shooter but that is unlikely.

The primary personality looses time when the alternate personality is in control, and sometime regains consciousness in another location from from where (usually) she remembers being. They could be wandering down the road at 2:00 AM in their underwear and picked up by the police.

They would be totally confused trying to explain how they got there knowing they didn't remember but trying to give the police a sensible explanation.

The alter personality might even re-take control and offer the police a plausible explanation like that they suffer from sleep walking. They might be taken back home where they would wake up with no memory at all of what happened.

This is a fascinating disorder. The book "Sybil" is the classic but there are others, and numerous case studies in the professional literature.

I was looking to add a clip from "Me, Myself & Irene", because of the Multiple personality "debate". To my amusement, Carrey says, "Bobo" at the one minute point.



PShooter

DAMN...I love you guys.