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>I don't really understand how it is that people want >to have serious conversations on this forum, and >riddle their comments with errors -- and then expect >to be taken seriously. You do realize that part of a >journalist's job is to be able to construct a >sentence, don't you? I'm sorry, but I happen to judge >intelligence based on someone's ability to spell. So >you can call me whatever you want. Your opinion isn't >really breaking my heart right now. You can't even >write. >And, as far as your "fodder", you basically >cut-and-copied an old post, and bring nothing new to >the discussion. If you think there's something going >on, well, then. Assuming you work at a newspaper, why >don't you just do a story about it, whatever you >determine "it" is. >P.S.: God, I hope you misspelled "faltering" on >purpose. Or that you're posting from England. > >>Yeah, I also wrote "10 years since the anniversary." >>Sorry I don't have my own Trib Kiddie to proofread for >>me. >> >>But I can handle your takedown. What bothers me is >>that I gave you all that fodder and your retort is >>concerned with a stupid misspelling. >> >>No wonder papers are faultering -too many reporters >>like you waiting in the wings to hang your comrades >>for goofy infractions instead of doing something of >>substance. >> >>It's been 10 years since Kangas died. Duggan's and his >>suspicious deaths have all but been forgotten. Scaife >>is still at the helm of the biggest propaganda machine >>in history. And you, Mr. Reporter, are making pathetic >>grammar school jokes about a stupid mistake. >> >> >>>Ah, if only someone was more diligent about his >>>spelling. Homocide? Are you trying to accuse Scaife >of >>>something you'd like to share with the class? >>> >>>>It's been 10 years since the anniversary of Steve >>>>Kangas's death, perhaps suicide, perhaps homocide. >>>>Kangas ran a liberal website, critical of >>>>conservatives, including Dick Scaife. Interesting >man >>>>and story. >>>> >>>>Just throwing this out there since I don't recall >>many >>>>follow ups except for a post on this site from 2005: >>>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>>href="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2005/1 >1 >>/ >>>s >>>>teve_kangas_st_1.htm">http://www.seeingtheforest.com >/ >>a >>>r >>>>chives/2005/11/steve_kangas_st_1.htm</a> Perhaps an >>>>enterprising soul may be interested in having their >>>>paper do a follow up. >>>> >>>>Kangas's body was found, sitting slumped on a toilet >>>>with a gunshot wound to the head, on the 39th floor, >>>>60 ft. from the door of the Pittsburgh offices of >>none >>>>other than Dick Scaife. No above ambient gun powder >>>>residue was found on his hands. Deputy Police Chief >>>>Charles Moffett said the suicide/homocide was "under >>>>investigation in the homicide section," at the time. >>>> >>>>"This isn't the first time Scaife has been linked to >>a >>>>strange suicide: in 1973 former mentor and close >>>>friend Pittsburgh District Attorney Robert Duggan, >>>>under Federal investigation for Mob payoffs, was >>found >>>>shot to death with a shotgun bearing no >>fingerprints." >>>>He "shot himself on his hidden farm property on the >>>>day the grand jury returned the indictment for >>>>corruption." "Scaife had cut all ties with Duggan, >>who >>>>had married Scaife's sister Cordelia shortly before >>>>his death." -Chris Potter, Managin Editor, of the >>>>Pittsburgh City Paper, 1999 >>>> >>>>Really interesting story by PG's John Craig on >>Sunday, >>>>March 28, 1999 with the sub-head: >>>>Dick Scaife couldn't keep his probe of Kangas a >>secret >>>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>>href="http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edcr >a >>i >>>g >>>>4.asp">http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edc >r >>a >>>i >>>>g4.asp</a> >>>> >>>>Interesting also is a summary of Scaife's scandals >on >>>>Kangas's website from -well, from 1999 or prior to >>>>1999. Interesting that it is still online. >>>>Head lined with -Myth: There’s no "vast right wing >>>>conspiracy" to get Clinton. >>>>Fact: Richard Mellon Scaife and the Republican >>>>Establishment have poured millions into the effort. >>>>(some excepts) >>>>In 1997, Scaife donated $550,000 to Judicial Watch, >>>>whose director, Larry Klayman, has filed 18 lawsuits >>>>against the Clinton Administration. (10) >>>> >>>>Scaife also assigned one of his newspaper’s >>reporters, >>>>Christopher Ruddy, to a full-time, ongoing >>>>investigation into the deaths of Vince Foster and >Ron >>>>Brown, trying to find evidence that the Clintons >>>>murdered them. >>>> >>>>Scaife also gave $2.4 million to American Spectator >>>>magazine. This money went to create the "Arkansas >>>>Project," a massive investigation trying to dig up >>>>dirt on Clinton’s past. The Arkansas Project gained >>>>notoriety when it was revealed that David Hale, the >>>>only Whitewater witness who claimed personal >>knowledge >>>>of Clinton’s wrong-doing, had been paid at least >>>>$5,000 by Parker Dozhier, one of operatives of the >>>>Arkansas Project. Parker’s girlfriend and her >17-year >>>>old son both claim they saw Parker give Scaife-money >>>>to Hale on numerous occasions. When reporters >>>>confronted Parker, he warned that the 17-year old >son >>>>"was destined to become a chalk outline somewhere." >>>>Alarmed by such threats and prospects of witness >>>>tampering, the Justice Department has ordered an >>>>investigation, the results of which are yet to be >>>>revealed. >>>> >>>>Scaife has also given $450,000 over three years to >>the >>>>Independent Women’s Forum. (13) This is a >>>>media-booking agency that heavily seeds female >>>>conservative pundits into the media. (This is an >>>>attempt to reduce the "gender gap" that Democrats >>>>enjoy in the polls.) The IWF has given generous >>public >>>>support to Paula Jones in her lawsuit. In fact, one >>>>IWF pundit, Ann Coulter, heard at least one of the >>>>Linda Tripp tapes before it even reached Ken Starr. >>>>This proved that she was deeply involved with the >>>>Paula Jones’ camp (who received the tapes first), >>even >>>>though she was pretending to be an objective >>>>commentator on the scandal in the media. >>>> >>>>But perhaps most alarming is Scaife’s ties to >>>>independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Starr’s >>>>conflicts of interest are almost too numerous to >>>>mention. Early on, Starr had been given an >open-ended >>>>job offer as the dean of Pepperdine University’s >>>>Schools of Law and Public Policy. At first, Starr >>>>planned to accept the job after finishing his >>>>investigation. But it turns out this school is a >>heavy >>>>recipient of Scaife money, and the resulting media >>>>scandal finally convinced Starr to refuse the job. >>But >>>>the appearance of Scaife attempting to pay off Starr >>>>for getting Clinton lingers. >>>> >>>>There are many other connections between the two >men. >>>>Between 1988 and 1996, Scaife gave $3 million to the >>>>conservative Washington Legal Foundation, where >Starr >>>>sits on the board. Scaife also gave $920,000 to the >>>>Federalist Society, a conservative legal >organization >>>>where Starr is a member. Scaife donated $650,000 to >>>>the Landmark Legal Foundation between 1992 and 1996; >>>>Starr has done work for this organization, which has >>>>helped Paula Jones in her lawsuit. (15) Starr also >>>>prepared a legal brief for the Paula Jones lawsuit >on >>>>behalf of the Independent Women’s Forum, which is >>>>substantially funded by Scaife. >>>> >>>>Scaife’s personality profile is similarly >>interesting. >>>> >>>>Pat Minarcin knows Scaife well, after serving as one >>>>of his magazine editors. "He [Scaife] has the >>>>emotional maturity of a very angry 12-year-old, and >>he >>>>has all this money and he can do whatever he wants >>>>with it," says Minarcin. While the magazine was >>>>operating, "[Scaife] presented a list of people who >>he >>>>wanted the magazine to attack, a kind of enemies >>>>list." Minarcin eventually resigned. >>>>(Kiddies -still want to argue that the Trib is >>>>non-biased with no direct control of content by >>>>Scaife?) >>>> >>>>It’s also well-known that Scaife is obsessed with >>>>proving that Vince Foster’s suicide was actually a >>>>murder. He goes so far as to call his death "the >>>>Rosetta Stone of the Clinton administration." But >>why? >>>>Scaife’s history is revealing. In the 1960s, he >>>>financially supported Robert Duggan as a candidate >>for >>>>district attorney. The two men angrily parted >company >>>>after Duggan came under investigation for >corruption. >>>>To make matters worse, Duggan then eloped with >>>>Scaife’s sister, Cordelia. A few months later, >Duggan >>>>was found dead, apparently by suicide. But the >>shotgun >>>>used was found several feet away from Duggan’s body, >>>>and it had no fingerprints. >>>> >>>>Another interesting site: >>>><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>>>href="http://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/steve.htm"> >h >>t >>>t >>>>p://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/steve.htm</a>

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