I passed right over this the first time when reading last night's chat:

By: robertslager on 7/26/09
Is Brady going to decide that the Cape Verdean community can't attend this "community" meeting? The Cape Verdean community has shown strong support for the selectmen. How well do you think that will go over?

Now, I've personally spoken with Mr. Brady and the only people excluded are press. The invitation is for ALL RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE CURRENT WAREHAM GOVERNMENT. That was a poor attempt at trying to start trouble.

What I find odd is that some of the chatters expressed they would be attending. What that means is that they are unhappy with the current slate of Selectmen and want change. As soon as they walk in the door, they have admitted that.

After the comments on by CoachTP, I look forward to meeting him.

How many members of Crime Watch are Cape Verdean or other people of color?

There were several comments referencing the Holocaust and the prosecution of the Jewish people. Coach TP was the main culprit of these quotes. First, I have a very strong opinion about people that correlate the massacre of millions of Jews to what is happening in Wareham. I hope he does attend the meeting so that we can have a discussion. I have been to the concentration camps and it leaves a lasting impression on you. Obviously, I have strong ties to the Jewish community (those who know me) and find his sarcasm unacceptable. This needs to be addressed at some point. The same people who preach "hate bloggers" should really check their comments before posting.

Can you believe anything he says when we have proven that he lies like a rug?

I'm disturbed that he is getting off the record confidential information from the bos if that is true which we know is true because he has leaked info in the past from executive sessions and other private info. from the bos. This is nothing new. Talk to some former selectmen about things that were leaked from ES.

I still think that if there was some obvious legal infraction from the audit, that the fine tooth comb would have picked it up right away. Life changing repercussions? Do they blog or don't they blog? Are we supposed to forget that? I haven't.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I won't miss miss lilly.

And if they go to the meeting? They admit that they don't like the way the town is being run. And if they try to start to debate the issue, they will be booed loudly. If they are there to take notes for the ragboy, let them knock themselves out. I'm sure he will change their copy to suit his needs in the same way that he used to change Pezzoli's crap.

So, don't let him accomplish what he tries to do---get everyone all upset. He is a proven liar. I don't need to add--in my opinion for that statement--because we all have proof that he has lied.  He even lied about not reading the blog anymore. He can't ignore us no matter how many times he says he will. Pants on fire ragboy??

Hamatron5000 wrote:

A flap in the back!  That confirms it!  A barracuda after 1989 in 80 degree heat!!!  What a numbnut!

Neighbor, why are you trying to traumatize us all with such a hideous sight?

For the full effect I hope you all clicked the image to enlarge it.

Aren't you glad that my camera and I are on your side....

Hamatron,
would I do such a thing?



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The last Slager comment came midway through the chat. Apparently he is accusing the hate bloggers of nuking his computer at home. Anyone want to comment on that?

Quite simply, that's crap.  There's no way to get his home IP address, which would be necessary to 'target' him - if he's reading the site, but not posting through any account (and I haven't seen any posts that appear to be from him), there's no way to isolate his IP address from the hundreds or thousands of others that hit this site.  It's trivial to get that information if people are logged in, but even then the info might be inaccurate - for example, if users are coming through a proxy server.  Add to that the fact that current day "always on" internet connections (cable, DSL, Fios, etc) have firewalls built-in, it's extroadinarily difficult for an external attacker to target your home computer.  Viruses and other malware are now mostly spread through websites - you go out to an infected site (knowingly or not) and your computer downloads the "bad stuff".  The key here is that the user in question initiates the connection, and it doesn't come from an outside attacker targeting that user. 

Now, if this is true, then someone is talking out of school. Do we need to contact the Selectmen to ask who is feeding information to the press?

I'm also intrigued by the fact that he just published something that was told to him "off the record"...seems to bring up an interesting issue in journalism ethics (not that he hasn't crossed those lines before)

I have two thoughts on the "off the record quote".
First, it better be true or he will be left with a egg on his face.

Second, earth shattering is pretty large. So, if this is about blogging from work, that doesn't qualify. If it's about misappropriation of funds, that is significant. IF that is the case, then I expect there to be a great deal of fall out. To be honest, I don't anticipate anything worse than private use and blogging.

Then it will be another example of overkill and poor fiscal responsibility.

SINCE WHEN WAS I SUPPOSED TO DEBATE SLAGER THIS SUNDAY NIGHT? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LOG INTO HIS CHAT WHEN IM NOT A MEMBER AND NEVER WILL BE. YES I SAID I WOULD DEBATE HIM ANYTIME BUT IM NOT GOING TO PAY 5 BUCKS TO JOIN HIS CLUBHOUSE. IF ANYONE CAN THINK OF HOW THIS CAN BE DONE WITHOUT GIVING HIM 5 BUCKS LET ME KNOW. I WILL NEVER GIVE HIM A PENNY. BOBO EVER HEAR OF AN ANTI VIRUS? YOUR SO DELUSIONAL ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY

I'm sure what bobo meant to say was, I got into a fight again with my wife and she said there's no way your doing that chat bullshit instead of ignoring your family again. So I had to drive to my office for the chat, and ultimately sleep in my office chair again.

Larry McDonald wrote:

In the audit reports I have read or been involved in, the audit report is compromised of the following:
1. Scope of the audit
2. Method for selecting and retrieving data
3. The method for review of the material
4. The findings
5. Opinion of the findings.

I would think K&P will be making sure they follow the proper procedures and reporting. That may be why it is taking so long.

It seems to me common sense that for an auditing company to have any credibility and stay in business they have to follow the strict rules you lay out, plus rules for who gets the information, how and when.  True?

It seems to me common sense that for an auditing company to have any credibility and stay in business they have to follow the strict rules you lay out, plus rules for who gets the information, how and when.  True?

The catch is that it's not an auditing company.  It's not PwC, KPMG, etc performing the work.  It's an IT company that specializes in forensic investigations.  This company was hired by the ITA, at the behest of the BOS.  There's no regulatory drivers or anything else that you would see in, for example, a publicly-traded company.  The BOS's sole motivation for releasing any information that they might choose to divulge is political.  They've taken so much heat for this thing that they need to be able to say "See!  It was worth it!  Somebody did ________ and we fired them so now we've cleaned up Sin City!"  Given that this is their motivation, and there's nothing pushing them to release an objective set of data, why would they share anything that doesn't support their position(s)?  The only way I can see any sort of raw data getting out is either through a leak somewhere, or a subpoena through some sort of lawsuit that arises from either the assessment, or actions taken as a result of the assessment. 

However, can the DA subpoena the raw data?

Perhaps, if he/she had a reason to do so.  I'm not sure what that reason would be, though

Maybe he will come here and debate you!!!

If somebody is fired as a result of the audit of their computer and sues for wrongful termination, and of this I am pretty  certain, they have a right to see the all evidence against them.

OK.  Lets give BOBO's allegations a whirl.  According to him:

1) Blogging was not the main focus of the audit;
2) The town-wide audit was a cover-up so the intended target (s) would not know they were the focus;
3) The intended targets are so stupid that they recorded all of their criminal activity on town-owned computers at work;
4) Whatever their criminal act, it exceeds the $51,000 that it has cost to uncover it;
5) This corruption required that the BOS investigate (I guess that state and federal agencies that are set-up to play Sherlock Holmes just wouldn't cooperate?) 

I'm just not buying it.

Actually, if town counsel really is doing that much work on this anti-blogger witch hunt, then it would not surprise me if the price tag of hunting down those who have hurt Sweet Brucey and Friends' fragile feelings is approaching $100,000 or more.

Speculation, but as the Courier said, the public has a right to know how much and where the money came from.  I never knew the town had barrells of money lying around off of the town meeting budget's books to turn to stop hurters of the BOS' feelings.

What kind of an idiot is he that he would blame his computer incompetence on 'the haters'.  Shows he knows nothing about computers.  Other than through email, is there a way to target a computer - 4 times this month - and destroy its hard drive?  Anything for sympathy.  What a sad sack!  Did he ever hear of taking control of your own life and take measures to prevent his hateful friends from destroying his computer....
Geeze  his whole life is spent obsessing about this website.  How threatened he must feel.  BoBo, relax.  Come on over to our side.

Last edited by Mixie (2009-07-27 22:57:55)

WELL IT DOES GET LONELY ON HIS COUCH AT THE OFFICE

I don't know, I always heard that porno sites have viruses...wonder what the Ragman has been looking at lately, hmmm....

"Honey, I swear I wasn't looking at porn again. It's that God-damn power elite with their nipples... Er I mean viruses."

Last edited by commonsense (2009-07-28 09:15:34)

HE IS A NUT CASE , WHERE ARE YHE GUYS IN WHITE COATS

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BOBO

Oh, I woke up late!  The power elite must have tampered with my alarm clock!  Oh, I have to go to the bathroom.  Damn it, the power elite stole all my toilet paper!  Let's have some breakfast.  Damn it, the power elite ate my last bagel!  Ok time to brush my teeth, damn it, I'm all out of toothpaste, why did the power elite steal it all?  They probably want me to get cavities.  Oh it's so hot today!  I need to put my Barracuda on!  Where did I put it?  Oh, the damn power elite stole my barracuda!  Let me go online and see what those hatebloggers are saying, oh no, my computer doesn't work, it must be all the porn, uh I mean the power elite!!