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rshow55 - 03:49pm Jul 25, 2003 EST (# 13139 of 13267)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

The request I made to come into Langley was delivered to the number 2 man in CIA.

What are the odds that gisterme is the President, or close to him?

High enough that it would be worthwhile to check.

The request I made to a "power that be" was to a NYT officer - for an address to a former NYT officer well "within his gift."

wrcooper - 04:18pm Jul 25, 2003 EST (# 13140 of 13267)

Robert S. wrote:

What are the odds that gisterme is the President, or close to him?

High enough that it would be worthwhile to check.

Don't! If you're convinced gisterme is the President of the United States, stick with it. Believe it with all your heart. You'll have nothing to lose, then. But if you did manage to convince gisterme to provide you with solid evidence of who he is, and he turned out to be what he says he is, that is, just a guy like you and me, a virtual nobody (except to his family and friends, of course), you risk facing the unpleasant reality that you've expended hundreds, if not thousands, of hours pursuing a phantom. Instead of having been carrying on an eventful and exciting dialogue with high-and-mighty personages, living the conceit that you've been materially affecting the course of history, you'll find out you have been pissing into the wind and shouting into a gale. You'll have to look in the mirror and see yourself as...horror of horrors...a nonentity who has had no impact whatsoever on the great events of the world.

That'd be tough, wouldn't it?

No, I suggest you forget ever trying to check the facts or confirm your suspicions about gisterme. Just keep believing what you want to believe. Believe he's the President and he's lying to you about his identity. Believe you're deep in the labyrinth, battling with the centaur. Believe it, because it obviously makes you happy. Happiness is important, Bob, so don't jeopardize it. Connect the dots your way. Look at the Rorschach blob that tells you gisterme is George W. Bush and believe it. Don't risk disillusionment and disappointment. The truth isn't worth it.

Cheers

rshow55 - 04:45pm Jul 25, 2003 EST (# 13141 of 13267)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

The request I made to come into Langley was delivered to the number 2 man in CIA. Over the phone, and otherwise. There are ways to check that.

This thread is a lot like pretrial discovery. - - with some work , a lot of leads could be run down, and condensed.

I'd be interested in finding out who gisterme is.

Perhaps some others would be, too.

Cooper - my wife and I met with you - and I learned that I was wrong some about things. Not necessarily wrong about others. You weren't George Johnson. Your contacts with Johnson were less clear. ( You made a point of showing me a book Johnson had given you, with an autography and a warm caption. )

I think it is interesting that, after your absence from this thread, you've returned.

I still believe that gisterme's identity is worth checking . The notion that gisterme is POTUS , or close to him - could be wrong - but it is consistent with everything I know.

And "why are you protesting so loudly?"

I wrote a NYT officer a simple request - for an address. Not an unreasonable request, either. Responses on this thread have been interesting since.

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