Sanders Kaufman

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Of comments and community

  Mike - Of course I could tell Whit(n)ey was talking about me. Heck - this whole dang thread was about me. That's why you started it - to figger out what to do about me. Right?

  Interestingly - had I posted anonymously, this would never have been the problem that you've blown it up to be. Indeed, it likely would have caused you to do what you should have done all along - disallow anonymous posting.

  I started out nice - and you liked it. I wrote about the news articles - and you liked it.

  But then you let a few bad apples redirect your focus away from the news articles, and onto me personally.

  Now, because I defended myself under my own name, you've got this lengthy Ban-Bucky thread going - which has nothing to do with what's in the news.

  What's worse - now you've even censored out my perfectly ON-TOPIC post.

  People of weak character often get sucked up into mass hysteria this way.

  So, perhaps you're better off sticking to reviewing bad bands and pop restaurants and leaving the controversial hard-news discussions to those with the strength of character to handle difficult topics.

  In your defense, this is how the Dallas Morning News reacted when their readers didn't like hosting discussions about the religious zealots, racists and White Separatists that plague our community.

  So you're really no different from them, are you?

  Harshness aside - I get your point. You're okay with me posting this stuff, and even posting a LOT of it. The only problem you really seem have is that I post UNDER MY OWN NAME.

  But for that - this would never have been a problem.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Of comments and community

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• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  re: The reason that Turner was fined was because they were moving dirt from that same construction site.

  No - moving dirt is not an violation of any code, and it's not a crime for which he was charged.

  He was charged with illegal dumping of garbage on other people's land. He plead guilty to the charge, and paid a fine.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  re: Pull up the records dude. Show us all these criminal convictions.

  That right there is what's called a non-denial denial - and it's kinda pathetic.

  I mean - Leppert paid the fines; that's a matter of public record, and not even he denies it.

  And since Pegasus has asked me to stop repeating myself, I'm done with you, "dude".

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  re: I'm one of the five people that signed the ordinance that gave people a petition to sign in the first place.

  Good for you - but what does that have to do with the fact that Leppert was convicted of illegally dumping his business's garbage on other people's property?

  I keep asking you about that but your answers are not responsive.

  Is there a reason why you don't want to respond to questions about his criminal convictions?

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Oakley-Leppert

  Every time Leppert is asked about why he illegally dumped his company's garbage, he says "we" should stop with the attack ads.

  Then he turns right around and attacks Oakley for trying to raise taxes - which Oakley has NOT done.

  Leppert's trying to appeal to false Republican/Libertarian fears of increased taxes.

  Oddly - Leppert goes on to say that he'll hire a whole bunch more cops, but doesn't say where the money will come from.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  Oh yeah, I almost forgot...

  It's also worth pointing out that the improvements in the city that Oakley pushed through - didn't even go to his own property. They just happened on public property NEAR his property.

  Furthermore, they occurred in the TR basin - which I think we ALL can agree has not been improved upon enough.

  Beyond that - the TR Basin is where Leppert illegally dumped his business's garbage.

  So who do you want to be mayor - the guy who improves the TR Basin, or the guy who illegally dumps his business's garbage there?

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  That's a potential conflict of interest, not a realized one. Oakley does benefit from these improvements - but there's nothing wrong with that. We ALL benefit from them.

  Leppert, the Abramoff Republican, has already been convicted of betraying the public trust twice.

  All you've got against Oakley is that he benefits from making Dallas better.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

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  re: You inject your political opinion into threads that don't even talk about politics.

  Politics is relevant to every aspect of society the way math is relevant to every aspect of science.
  

  If you don't like reading about that stuff - don't read it. Just skip to the next message.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  Now that you've got the whole story... again... about how Leppert helped that company after they cheated the taxpayers, I'm curious about something.

  Leppert was also fined several dozen thousand dollars for dumping construction waste on other people's property. In that case, he didn't even bother to defend himself. He just paid the fine.

  How do you defend his actions in this matter?
  

  I mean - this wasn't some far-off, federal thing and he wasn't hiding behind a corporate shield this time. This was right here at home, and while he was in charge.

  And this isn't just some whiney, liberal crap about the environment. He just picked various parcel in Dallas and dumped tons of garbage there.

  He could have just paid a small fee and taken it to the appropriate landfill - but he wanted to save a few bucks, so he dumped it on some folks property.

  That's just skanky... and especially so for a man who wants to be MAYOR, of all things.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  The violations occurred before Leppert was hired on as CEO.

  In fact, Leppert was hired on for that very reason - to help them avoid criminal charges.

  As an Abramoff Republican, Leppert was able to help them avoid criminal charges by taking advantage of his close ties to Rev. Bush's massively corrupt Justice Department.

  Then, as soon as the settlement agreement was made, he "retired" with a big fat retirement package.

  Leppert himself cites NOTHING else that he did for that company except to negotiate down their punishment for cheating the taxpayers.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  Oakley's sexual orientation IS an important issue.

  Here in Texas, there's a HUGE push to legislate against homosexuals. In fact, there are even several well-funded initiatives to modify our state constitution to reflect those anti-gay beliefs.

  You may not WANT it to be an issue - but it is. So to ignore what so many Texans feel is so important would be foolish.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  It was not "proven to be lies", as you claim. Leppert really was fined both times, and he really paid the fines.

  Leppert himself doesn't even deny it. In fact, he says that the fact that he paid the fines shows what a great citizen he is, and what a great mayor he would be.

  So who should we believe - Leppert, who admitted to his crimes and paid his fines? Or those of you who deny the crimes ever happened?

  Do you really think that contradicting Leppert is the best way to defend him?

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

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  re: Don't let that 5% of readers tear down what the other 95% of your readers love about this site.

  In truth - according to what the Pegasus staff tells me - most of the readers agree with the statements, but just don't want to hear so MUCH about it.

  So you make up statistics and blind yourself to the realities - and then you scratch your head and wonder how folks like Bush and Perry could both be elected, and re-elected, and re-re-elected to the highest offices.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN makes non-issue of the gay issue in the Dallas mayor's race

  I didn't think Oakley's flier was mean-spirited.

  It simply pointed out the fact that Leppert was fined thousands of dollars locally for dumping construction debris on other people's land, and MILLIONS of dollars by the federal government for fraud.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  DMN analysis indicates cheating on TAKS to be widespread

  It's never wise to accept an organization's conclusions when they fail to publish their analysis criteria.

  Especially when that organization is the Dallas Morning News.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

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  I was attracted to Pegasus because it appears to be a hard-news site - allowing discussions about the news. But in order to be fair, in an AMERICAN sort of way, that means allowing all points of view - not just the ones that are pleasant.

  Today, our country is in the throes of a NeoChristian insurgency. 50 years ago, it was a racist insurgency. 100 years ago it was management v. labor. 200 years ago it was democracy v. monarchy.

  We survived not because we silenced either side, but because we allowed the discussion to go forward.

  There is only one group that needs to be silenced - those who call for the silencing of others.

  To that end, I think that the BEST strategy for long-term success is to disallow anonymous posting, and to add an "ignore this user" button.

  Registration guarantees that abusive posters don't flood the site with garbage posted under multiple aliases. An "ignore" button puts the power of censorship in the hands of the ones who want it.

  Together, those features would free the site operators from the censorship demands of the those zealots who would put an end to the AMERICAN tradition of free exchange of thought.

  If that were done, I could be free to do what I love - to speak out against the religious zealots, bigots and other right-wing militants who wrecked our country.

  At the same time, those who wish to fiddle as Rome burns would be free to do what they love - to stick their fingers in their ears and sing "lalala"... to THEMSELVES.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Local spas connected to prostitution and human trafficking ring

  Mike - sorry for not replying via email, but my DSL provider has switched owners so many times that I can't get my SMTP working. I can receive, but I can't send.

  Please go ahead and whack all my whiney, off-topic stuff. It was never meant for public consumption.

  You said "Stay on-topic and substantive and no one can complain." but I don't see where I was off-topic, except in posts like this one.

  I have no intention of toning down the attacks on the religious zealots, bigots and other right-wing militants. After the last 8-years, I don't believe for a minute that anyone has been too vocal in opposing them.

  Pegasus seems like a place to bring people together, to build community. So my attacks on this significant percentage of our community appears to have no place to here.

  I'll take it elsewhere.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Local spas connected to prostitution and human trafficking ring

  I just wanna talk about the news, sociology and economics. Do you know of a site (other than Usenet) where folks can post a LOT without being asked to not? I mean - it's not like I'm off-topic very often.

  I had a lot more to say about this, but changed my mind. This isn't the time or place.

  [tantrum] This kind of stuff has lead me to a certain conclusion - that silence is to publishers, what ethics is to the lawyers.

  Both may start out with the best of intentions, but they too often end up taking the low road... for the sake of bidness.[/tantrum]

  Still, I like what you're doing with this site elsewise. I have a fantasy where rags like DMN and the Observer go the way of Greensheet and Shopping News - so you go, boi.

  Meantime - I guess I should finally make Kaufman.net what I shoulda made it back in 2000 - a forum for discussing issues; openly, honestly and PROLIFICLY.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Local spas connected to prostitution and human trafficking ring

  So I'd really appreciate it if you stop with the anonymous digs, now.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Local spas connected to prostitution and human trafficking ring

  DC - your barrage of anonymous complaints made under your various aliases about my posts have been heard.

  I don't know why you do this, following me from site to site and making these complaints - but it sure does work!

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Murphy's To Catch a Predator cases canned by Collin DA

  [delete this, please?] Morren - I got your email about signal-to-noise.

  In my defense, I've mostly just RESPONDED to posts - in order to avoid this very problem. In fact, most of my activity today has been in response to requests for more info from me.

  Still - I'll honor your request, and stop posting so much... but it sux that I gotta.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Flower Mound man attempted to buy a child for sex

  re: Please enlighten me on how not pursuing those convictions is a type of public relations move.

  Convictions would show Collin County to be the hotbed of pedophilia that it is.

  re: After that, continue with educating me on how this makes residents of Collin County feel safer.

  I never meant to imply that it was a effective strategy. Indeed - I think it was downright counter-productive.

  This is a common character flaw with religious zealots in the GOP. They just don't seem to get that covering up a crime is often WORSE than the crime itself.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Flower Mound man attempted to buy a child for sex

  TCAP was not enforcing laws, nor did they pretend to. They simply flushed out the criminals.

  They left the actual law enforcement duties to the cops and DA. The cops did their part; the DA did not.

  Beyond that - the DA did not give any legitimate reason for failing to enforce the law.

• 2 years, 5 months ago
  Sanders Kaufman's comment on:

  Coppell-based Mannatech 12th among the nation's Top 100 'Hot Growth' small companies

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