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"Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed
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rshow55
- 09:22pm Sep 4, 2002 EST (#
4186 of 4187) 
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on this thread.
This isn't the first time.
3331 rshow55
7/29/02 9:34am reads:
"Sometime, after 8:08 pm yesterday, and before wrcooper
7/28/02 9:27pm , "wrcooper" removed 22 of his postings, dating
from July 15th (just before my main computer was knocked
down.) I have the postings.
"These postings represent serious effort on "wrcooper"'s
part, and are neither casual nor honest.
"I think most reasonable people reading these postings (and
the way they associate in logic and time with Mazza's) -- and
looking at the great efforts in them to defame me, and to
defend and even glorfy George Johnson - would conclude what
I've concluded.
"I conclude that there is a very high likelyhood - not far
short of a certainty - that wrcooper, kalter.rauch, mazza, and
dirac are pseudonyms for George Johnson.
"I believe that, because of postings on this thread since
September 2000, especially those just deleted, and also
because of very extensive private correspondence supporting
the same inference.
"For a lot of reasons, that inference should be checked. It
can be.
"I have the postings, and am looking at them.
"This is a serious matter, and I'm dealing with it
carefully.
* * * *
If Cooper was so sure of his ground -- why did he delete
the postings? If you look at those postings, and postings
since - - plus his unwillingness to communicate on any
traceable basis - - the obvious answer conveyed by
these postings -- that "cooper" is George Johnson - seems an
entirely reasonable one.
4138 wrcooper
9/2/02 8:17pm . . 4141 wrcooper
9/2/02 8:37pm
4144 wrcooper
9/2/02 11:37pm ... 4150 wrcooper
9/3/02 8:57am
Of course, in the face of deliberate deception, anyone can
be wrong. But the issues involved here aren't so very hard to
check in various ways.
rshow55
- 09:36pm Sep 4, 2002 EST (#
4187 of 4187)
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rshow55
7/29/02 9:34am may well be wrong about Mazza. I've talked
to a "Mazza". (On a domestic phone line ending with "00" - and
with some inconsistencies, but I've talked to him.)
Inconsistencies can be checked.
If someone goes way out of their way to be uncheckable - -
well - why should anyone believe they are dealing with "just a
guy from Chicago?" Especially in light of recent postings?
If I were George Johnson, I'd care about this, too. As for
Coulter and gisterme - -
"Kangdawei", a poster who put Coulter's web
site below her name made 80 postings
" gisterme " , whoever (s)he is, has
posted more than 700 times - functioning in a role much like
Condoleeza Rice's.
Search gisterme or Coulter on this thread to judge
for yourself - I set out reasons for what I've concluded - and
acknowledge that the conclusions can be doubted.
Anybody with a traceable name, who asks, can see the
deleted "wrcooper" postings as well. Under easily imaginable
circumstances, the conclusions can also be checked.
   
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