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Friday, July 07, 2006

Who’s this?

Gee whiz. When I was a kid growing up in Hootersville, all my relatives would come over and we would have a hootnanny of a time talking about UFO’s. One distant cousin works at Area 51 and he was telling me all about it. Can’t say much now but when the time is right, I’ll clue you in.

When I was working in DC I would often bump in to some guy who worked behind the scenes at The White House. He would tell me all sorts of things about what the president knew about aliens and how he was dealing with it. Seems there was some kind of problem with linguistics or something. If I hear one more person say “Aliens don’t exist”, I’ll get down off my horse and scream till I’m pink in the face.

That’s all us ordinary folks can do.


And thanks for the heads up on that one Stan. That was one of the best TV UFO investigation progams I've seen in years. All the Ufological bigshots getting it on. Bottom line is that Uris’ Kosher Deli laid things on the line and if you ain't got the stomach for what the truth is you'd better toughen up.

As I say, a dog’s poop is just as good as yours and mine.

18 Comments:

  • At 4:48 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    This is too obvious. I think Arthur is Ruby/Regan Lee. But who is Ruby/Regan Lee?

     
  • At 3:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

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  • At 12:30 AM, Blogger LesleyinNM said…

    I am just surprised that anyone can actually stand to read all the posts from ufo updates. I would say I automatically delete about 75% on sight.
    Whoever you are Arthur, Kudos!

     
  • At 2:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    The magicfishdeer creature, a sad
    slayer of skeptics, doth protest too much.

     
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  • At 12:43 PM, Blogger The Odd Emperor said…

    OMG! This is all too funny! Thank you all for making an otherwise dreary day at the Odd Empire

     
  • At 2:32 PM, Blogger LesleyinNM said…

    Trolls always like to be anonymous if possible. Strange how that works, they have wild speculation about people with actual user names and email addys, but are unwillingly to say who they are because they don't want the same thing to happen to them.

     
  • At 5:49 PM, Blogger The Odd Emperor said…

    Having little experience in being a troll I would be inclined to agree with you Lesley.

    Sometimes troll is a convenient label slapped on people who simply look at things from a slightly different direction, when one has a completely closed mind, one finds trolls all over the place.

    The mark of a troll (in my limited observation) is their unreasoned fear in being found out. Those who have nothing to hide do not fear such things.

     
  • At 1:05 AM, Blogger LesleyinNM said…

    You are right OE. If you really believed in your POV you wouldn't be afraid to put your name to it, which makes me think this one is a troll.

     
  • At 3:44 AM, Blogger The Odd Emperor said…

    Wow; this is certainly turning into an interesting thread! But I’m a little confused, which “one” is a troll, Author or Anonymous? Are they both trolls?

    There are nuances here which bear examination. The anonymous author “Arthur” must remain anonymous for the simple fact that (he/she) is actively libeling people. (although to be truthful, I’ve only found one instance of this so far, the passage "Eugene "The Eunuch" Frisson, Ufology’s premier ufological fascist" is not couched as an opinion and If I were Mr. Frisson I’d probably be a little upset.)

    Most of Arthur’s statements to (his/her) credit are more or less opinions and not declarations of "fact" outside of the example I’ve cited. The rest while radical and somewhat rude sounding is not really outside of what I might call "sharp critical opinion" although, I usually think it’s helpful to cite examples to back up statements like that.

    BTW…. Here’s an example of MY trolling.

    "If I hear one more person say “Aliens don’t exist”, I’ll get down off my horse and scream till I’m pink in the face."

    Please do sir/madam/. You might get dizzy up there with all that screaming.

    Let me make something perfectly clear and I’m backed up by most people in the scientific/academic community (not that this matters to most ETH believers.)

    Here goes, It is almost certain that there is intelligent life somewhere in the Cosmos. At the same time, there is no compelling evidence that there has been any contact between the human race and intelligent life originating off of the Earth. "No compelling evidence" means, it’s probably never happened, no matter how many people shout and how much hand-waving takes place. This does not mean I believe it may not have happened, simply that we have no real evidence and until we do I feel it's important to keep an open mind on the subject.

    That my dear Lesley, is trolling the Odd Emperor way. Some people hate that! Not that I call this trolling mind you but, people with a religious conviction of the ETH seem to think that kind of thinking is a threatening.

    BTW, Arthur is certainly invited to comment.
    ;)

     
  • At 8:13 PM, Blogger LesleyinNM said…

    While I don't agree with you OE, you have a right to that opinion. It may be one I would have myself if not for certain things I have witnessed.
    I suppose Arthur could be considered a troll, given that he or she is anon. Still, Arthur is posting in a open forum when anyone can comment and seems only to be stating opinions rather than making unsubstantiated accusations.

     
  • At 3:17 AM, Blogger Alfred Lehmberg said…

    Lesley -- It may be you're casting pearls before swine... ...in my, oh so firmly couched _opinion_, of course...

    alienview@adelphia.net
    www.AlienView.net
    AVG Blog -- http://alienviewgroup.blogspot.com/

     
  • At 5:11 AM, Blogger Alfred Lehmberg said…

    "The mark of a troll (in my limited observation) is their unreasoned fear in being found out. Those who have nothing to hide do not fear such things."

    -- Mr. Pettingill AKA "OE"


    "OMG! This is all too funny! Thank you all for making an otherwise dreary day at the [AlienView]."

    With nothing to fear, Mr. Pettingill should step out of his dreary little closet, show minimal nads, and embrace an identity able to take responsibility and earn respect so pathetically craved.

    Sincerely, such blithering inconsistency should not go unnoticed. LOL!

    alienview@adelphia.net
    www.AlienView.net
    AVG Blog -- http://alienviewgroup.blogspot.com/

     
  • At 2:01 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Ruby/Regan Lee is a female about the age of 50ish. How many a Ruby or a Regan do any of us North Americans know in that age range?

    Ruby/Regan Lee has expressed interest to write as a man, under a pen name or a nic to see if there is a difference in response to her middle-aged menopausal womyness, believing that sexists are behind every saucer. When, in all probablity, it is her outrageous claims of orange orbs, triangle UFOS, tiny silver men with hoses on her back deck,meditating and conjouring a gray alien and missing time--to name just a few mentally unstable claims of hers.

    Magicfishdeer gave herself willingly up on her pagan goddess altar, along with Ruby, both wanting a fresh start from their wacky years. So now Regan it is. And some wonder Arthur on the flip side too.

     
  • At 2:42 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

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  • At 3:32 PM, Blogger Alfred Lehmberg said…

    He wants it to be true because he feels it's a philosophical comeuppance he deserves and you facilitate a faith (hey! ...Not your fault!) he doesn't want to put confidence in if it's not sure of it paying off? Moreover he resents your unperturbed consideration of it, the bothersome complication you rake up from his muck, and a bravery more apparent than his own? Naw...

    Wait...

    Naw.

    alienview@adelphia.net
    www.AlienView.net
    AVG Blog -- http://alienviewgroup.blogspot.com/

     
  • At 9:46 PM, Blogger The Odd Emperor said…

    Al hon, You can be laughably innocent at times. You should also look at the fine-print.

    I don’t crave respect from you Mr.Lehamberg. Why should I? You make up stuff (like your theory regarding my identity,) you jump to conclusions and you allow others to manipulate you. I don’t respect any of those things so why should I desire the same from you?

    The Odd Emperor

     
  • At 10:59 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    And to think that I woke up this morning and wondered where I was going to get ideas for my next satirical novel. This is going to be a knock off.

     

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