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In reply to the discussion: DUer has nowhere to turn for help (SEX OFFENDER) [View all]Omaha Steve
(100,223 posts)133. Your patting troll like actions on the back is my point
Last edited Sun Aug 9, 2015, 02:32 PM - Edit history (1)
This is a total edit including the title.
The Cavers knew about Bob for months. I didn't know until a few hours after this OP was made. The DUer involved obviously knew and waited for the next time a help Bob post would come up.
Why not email Bob and let him know his secret was known and would become public if a request would be made for help? Why not email me in advance since I had helped Bob in the past?
No this was done in a way to get maximum attention.
I got flak for helping TTW. Then I was critical in April about some questions I had. I got flak for that. After confirming her ID, situation, and more with her permission I caught flak from other DUers for that too.
IF I was trying to hide Bob's past I would not have addressed it in the update in the OP as soon as I got home from a sporting event that afternoon.
Bob could have told me at anytime and didn't. Yes he should have. I'm sure he was afraid I'd act like many other people have in this thread, so he remained silent on it.
After the results of Bob and TTW in the last two weeks, it will be hard for another DUer to ask for help in the future. That is a shame. The DU has had a great record of helping long time DUers down on their luck.
If I haven't cleared the air enough, ask away in public.
OS
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If you could please give the name of the bills he has, who to pay directly, perhaps I or
Sunlei
Jul 2015
#1
Good idea, but we'd have to coordinate, or his lights would go out while 5 of us pay the
merrily
Jul 2015
#5
you're right we have to coordinate. but even if he got 5 months of phone paid, the utility's
Sunlei
Jul 2015
#10
True, but you don't want the phone bill paid 5 months ahead while the lights go off next week.
merrily
Jul 2015
#12
That is an excellent idea. Friends here on DU have helped me in the past. One of the things I did
jwirr
Aug 2015
#106
Last I knew, there was a federal program. based on quarters worked and disability and
merrily
Jul 2015
#2
That would be the $270 a month mentioned in the post may get food stamps but that would be it
Person 2713
Jul 2015
#76
Thanks. Either that was not in the OP until after I posted the question about applying, or I
merrily
Jul 2015
#77
Many people will say to folks can't you get on state aid or welfare? It is so small or nonexistent
Person 2713
Jul 2015
#78
Yes. It's been very different since Clinton, although a poster said Clinton did not
merrily
Jul 2015
#79
SSDI goes through the Social Security Administration and that also takes a lot of time but you are
jwirr
Aug 2015
#107
or how about the name and address of his close grocery store and someone can send him a
Sunlei
Jul 2015
#4
Also, has he contacted his Representative and Senators to see if anyone can put a stick of dynamite
merrily
Jul 2015
#6
I've seen other posts citing two years. That's why the state program is there as well
merrily
Jul 2015
#17
In my State, you have to be turned down twice before a lawyer will even touch your case! N/T
Ghost in the Machine
Jul 2015
#58
Yes, step 3 means that you have already been twice, & NO LAWYER will get involved until then..
Ghost in the Machine
Jul 2015
#74
Thanks for the chart! It really explains it better and I don't like arguing with someone who doesn't
Ghost in the Machine
Aug 2015
#147
If true, people who are politically active should know this, as it could be used against a campaign.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2015
#101
Full Disclosure is needed. This is a political website, many here are active in campaigns.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2015
#102
False. The post got hidden because it violates TOS. Posting to ask for money for a DUer
merrily
Aug 2015
#113
I don't think the TOS has a problem with shit in the newspaper--that's not "private."
MADem
Aug 2015
#153
It's not against the TOS to link to a published newspaper. If it were, then we couldn't post
MADem
Aug 2015
#159
The person that got locked dofus you were talking about doesn't agree with you
Omaha Steve
Aug 2015
#160
Thanks. There are quite a few like that on this thread, some hidden, some not.
merrily
Aug 2015
#125
I think once a person's name is published in the paper, they've lost the right to privacy.
MADem
Aug 2015
#152
The term "public figure" has a legal definition and your use of it is nowhere near the definition.
merrily
Aug 2015
#169
Nonsense. You're seriously trying to tell me that we, here, at DU need to REDACT
MADem
Aug 2015
#170
To me, this is a gray area. If a DUer commits a crime and is convicted, that is public information.
madinmaryland
Aug 2015
#167
You mean the term pedo appearing in this post 13 times was easy to miss???
Omaha Steve
Aug 2015
#156
ABSOLUTELY. People who are "public figures" --elected, appointed, or in a position of trust-teachers
MADem
Aug 2015
#171
Eeeewwww. He is a sex offender that is listed in Illinos as the definition of a criminal
Person 2713
Aug 2015
#176
I will be sending a small contribution (best I can do) to you at the end of the week.
grasswire
Jul 2015
#32
"All of that is their justification for thinking of themselves before others."
Hissyspit
Jul 2015
#64
Awwww, they are absolutely adorable! Thanks so much for posting, and for your thoughtful response.
RiverLover
Jul 2015
#44
Limiting time frames for those who are permanently disabled and waiting for SSDI
merrily
Jul 2015
#60
I am curious about this statement because it seems oddly impersonal as though you have no control
Tipperary
Aug 2015
#131
Thank you, Moosepoop! I'm still much below goal, and appreciate the visibility.
ColesCountyDem
Aug 2015
#86
There are a lot of suffering people in the world, and most of them aren't convicted pedos.
LeftyMom
Aug 2015
#91
I too, thought staying off the internet was a restriction in all these cases.
Tipperary
Aug 2015
#92
That's true, does that mean someone trying to get a fresh start doesn't deserve a chance?
Adrahil
Aug 2015
#95
I understood that OS did know because of the way the op is worded. He clearly speaks of not judging
Tipperary
Aug 2015
#132
I am a fairly new poster here although a long time lurker. I think it is probably against the rules
Tipperary
Aug 2015
#135
Omaha Steve spoke to me through pm and he apologized to me for any misunderstanding. I think that
Tipperary
Aug 2015
#142
I thank you for your response. As I mentioned, I am new here, however I have lurked enough to know
Tipperary
Aug 2015
#144
"Do you know why they have a registary for this particular crime in Illinois ?"
NuclearDem
Aug 2015
#178
perhaps in your world it is - but in the interest of my granddaughter's safety, it isn't
DrDan
Aug 2015
#188
It is a crime with high repeat offenses harming minors who can not defend themselves
Person 2713
Aug 2015
#184
I was able to find out Illinois state police have him 3 times 1/13 2/13 & 9/14
Person 2713
Aug 2015
#182