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• 26 - Brian Flemming

  Apr 19, 2003 at 2:30 pm

  Mark,
  
  Yes, you have found me out. In posting the item about the London Times story, my real hope was that after reading it people would keep scrolling through the comments, and at comment #25 would notice your post giving them my resume highlights, then copy and paste the link you provided, and then be exposed to my other work. It's all just self-promotion, really.
  
  Unfortunately, even though this is my plan, and I am now on my way to become fabulously wealthy (thanks!), you have successfully rendered all of the facts in the London Times article false. Obviously, if I have written a stage musical, nothing the London Times has published could possibly be true. I was hoping people wouldn't notice that, but, well, you got me. Your mastery of logic has devastated my attempt to hoodwink Blogcritics readers.
  
  Thanks for the plug, though. And I would encourage everyone to check out your work, too. Your rant against deaf people certainly has everything to do with the comments you left here. Because you are right about the tendency of deaf culture to shirk personal responsibility, you also must be right about my resume's rendering everything the London Times publishes unreliable. It's just elementary logic, really.

• 27 - SlackMFer

  Apr 19, 2003 at 2:58 pm

  all the sarcasm in the world doesn't change the fact that you're an un-patriotic rotten doctor commie rat.

• 28 - Joe

  Apr 20, 2003 at 11:01 am

  It strikes me as rather unseemly to post a link with someone's address and phone number. That's probably just me, though.

• 29 - Brian Flemming

  Apr 21, 2003 at 1:35 am

  Joe,
  
  He's made that info publicly available, like the personal info on my site, which he linked to.
  
  I didn't think it was "unseemly" when he did it (after all, this stuff is public), and it wasn't my intention to reveal anything about Mark that he hasn't already made public.
  
  My point was, however, that digging through the web and finding miscellaneous items about a person in no way answers an argument. He could have found out I was a convicted murderer posting from prison, and the argument I made would still be sitting there, reduced not in the least. That Google page has several links to Mark's prior writing--none of which matter at all for the purpose of countering an argument.
  
  I will grant you that linking to prior writing and info that one dredges up on a web search is a cheap tactic--but that's exactly what Mark did, and I thought this was a useful way to illustrate that to him.

• 30 - Joe

  Apr 21, 2003 at 9:45 am

  I think you could have made the point just as effectively, if not moreso, by linking directly to the pages you were referring to. I understand and agree with your point about dredging up info, but I think that while that information (address, phone number) is publicly available, it is still personal info and has no place or bearing in the discussion.

• 31 - mark

  Apr 22, 2003 at 8:34 pm

  Hey Brian,
  WOW, I had no idea you could dig up old comments from the web like that! My kudos to you. As you say, this stuff is public, more like a postcard than a letter.
  Just to let you know, I stand by my comments on the "deaf culture" from Jan 2002. I still believe that a deaf parent who denies their deaf child a chance at hearing is not a good parent.
  
  However, your comment, "I will grant you that linking to prior writing and info that one dredges up on a web search is a cheap tactic--but that's exactly what Mark did, and I thought this was a useful way to illustrate that to him." Not true. I did not "dredge up" a web search on you, I just went to your web site, which was freely available from you, on this site.
  Have fun,
  Mark

• 32 - mark

  Apr 22, 2003 at 9:02 pm

  Hey Brian,
  After I wrote the post above I checked out your search on me. THANKS. This is pretty cool. However, one site says
  "Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) has named former KFC executive Mark Cosby as president of full-line stores. He will lead all aspects of the full-line store organization, including merchandise, operations and supply chain, effective Dec. 1, 2002, reporting to Sears chairman and ceo Alan Lacy." Boy, I wish that was me. The Mark Cosby that works for Sears probably makes a lot more money than I do.
  Also, there are a lot of will and testaments on your search for me; well I'm not dead yet.
  I had no idea I share my name with so many people!
  Finally, I hope you read the posts that I have sent over the years, you may just learn something.
  Have fun,
  Mark

• 33 - pat

  Apr 29, 2003 at 3:39 pm

  Thsi article is a liberal extreemeist paper written by a damn fag who has the cynical beliefs of nay man i know. He believes the US is an evil solomn esate he is wrong i live the people who rescued Jessica and Jessica are better humans than that man is and i hate this article. This guy should die faggoo@@&*(*^%(*&%^(*%

• 34 - pat

  Apr 29, 2003 at 3:39 pm

  Thsi article is a liberal extreemeist paper written by a damn fag who has the cynical beliefs of nay man i know. He believes the US is an evil solomn esate he is wrong i live the people who rescued Jessica and Jessica are better humans than that man is and i hate this article. This guy should die faggoo@@&*(*^%(*&%^(*%

• 35 - Howard

  May 30, 2003 at 4:31 pm

  in reading the story, it sounds like she was rescued. however that the military did not meet much resistance. i agree with another comenter that they should have come ready for anything, that they did not meet resistance was a blessing for everyone.

• 36 - mike

  May 30, 2003 at 8:09 pm

  It was a blessing for everyone but the Pentagon press officers, who had to work an extra fifteen minutes that day to bamboozle the media. A cushy, nine to five job Pentagon media-bamboozaling is. And if everyone calls in sick to go to the beach, they just have Fox News cover for the day.

• 37 - Brian Flemming

  May 31, 2003 at 8:03 pm

  I keep getting several hits a day at my blog from this old post. Anyone know who linked to it?

• 38 - dj mo fo

  Jul 21, 2003 at 2:36 pm

  I'm just sick of hearing about her already. there were others that were captured and they sure didn't get a big homecoming and media coverage and free tuition.
  
  

• 39 - pat

  Oct 28, 2005 at 12:11 am

  you guys need to get some damn balls and join the military and go fight before you decide to talk shit !!!! FUCKING PUSSIES

• 40 - Scott Butki

  Oct 28, 2005 at 12:43 am

  Well, since there's a two year gap between when they last posted and when you posted for all we know they did join the military.