On Apr 20, 8:08=A0am, "parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> SO WHAT?
>
> >About the many terrible threats and abuse Susan's
>
> children are suffering....> -- Brian Lafferty
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0This posting by Brian Lafferty gives me a chance
> to talk about an earlier attack on Truong and
> Polgar over the treatment of Susan's children.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0Apparently the courts, which today have managed
> to wedge their way increasingly into private homes,
> adopted some remedy because it was re****ted that
> Tabasco or some peppery compound were used as
> punishments.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0So what? =A0That was my reaction.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0As a kid, I received one whipping from my father
> -- who today at 91 1/2 lives with us more or less
> happily here in Kuala Lumpur -- that led to bad
> blistering and infected wounds on the back of my legs.
> I had to go to a doctor for injections and treatments.
> Of course, no court ever became involved.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0I can re****t that I never repeated the noxious
> behavior (slinging an Italian meatball, well-sauced,
> =A0with a spoon that landed between the heads
> of my parents and lodged in the back collar of a
> restaurant customer seated behind my parents) that
> led to the "child abuse."
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0Over here in SE Asia, using red peppers for
> punishment purposes is not unusual among parents
> and takes the place of beatings.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0Now, don't get me wrong. =A0I am NOT defending
> Truong-Polgar as parents. =A0They may be monsters
> or ethereal, diaphanous angels of the finest gossamer
> -- for all I know.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0My objection is to the entire business of using an
> American court ruling to tar and feather parents. =A0Our
> courts go way too far in trying to push the power of
> government into private homes and, as at Waco and Ruby
> Ridge, will tell lies beyond lies to pursue an agenda,
> which may include mass arrest or murder of resisters
> or polygamists.
> .
> =A0 =A0 =A0 Several years back, while in Bangkok, we were
> visiting some American friends and got caught in an
> October cloudburst. =A0The streets were five feet deep
> in water. =A0Our two kids were quite young as were the
> two children of our friends. =A0We put the four in a
> large bathtub and they played with the usual rubber
> duckies and splashed about. I took a bunch of photos.
> Later, I was told by an officious American woman
> employed at a child welfare agency in New York that I
> could be charged with some kind of ***ual offense. =A0I told
> the woman to charge me and she then backed down.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 Once again, I did not like the practice of
> intruding into home life by a court being used as
> a ploy to degrade Truong-Polgar.
>
> Yours, Larry Parr
>
>
>
> Brian Lafferty wrote:
> > From a wise old cowboy, Harry Payne on the USCF Issues Forum. =A0The
las=
t
> > two paragraphs say it all:
>
> > "I am always amazed by, Paul's claims of greatness in promoting spice.
> > It does not show in the finances claimed in the tax information,
unless
> > somehow they are not getting claimed, or shown. Spice's biggest output
> > seems to be in using the name of Texas Tech. And their jobs there,
Susan=
> > is to be a Chess Coach, an Paul PR for Spice (Not Texas Tech.). To
this
> > point I have not heard of any great improvement in T.T.'s Chess team.
I
> > have heard of one major sponsor who stated he was not putting any
money
> > in spice, because of the actions and responses of Susan and Paul to
his
> > inquiries.
>
> > I do remember Paul's claims, during the campaign, of some "Million
> > Dollar Deals" But have heard nothing since.
>
> > I have also heard about Paul's great expertise in the Chess promotion
> > field, but have failed to see much of that. I remember Paul's claims
of
> > some great promotional plans he had for the USCF,(That would be
> > implemented when he was elected) But I have not seen any of those, or
> > even heard about a proposal. I have ask several in the USCF, and they
> > have not heard or seen anything. At some time it would seem to be time
> > to stop talking and start showing. If one walks around saying I am a
man=
> > long enough, sooner or later someone is bound to say "Prove it"
> > All I have seen since the election is what I saw before the election
> > from Susan and Paul "Nothing" Now I hear the same things I heard
before
> > the election. How the dirty politicians are stopping them from
> > accompli****ng anything, how bad the USCF is, what awful members (the
> > ones paying the bills) are.
>
> > About the many terrible threats and abuse Susan's children are
suffering=
> > from those majority of the EB, and their political friends, How those
> > dirty politicians are framing Paul, and will not allow him to defend
> > himself. How Paul has the answer to the financial problems the USCF is
> > facing, and how quickly Paul could fix that problem.
>
> > I am amazed how a man with such great PR skills, and money making
> > abilities, is working for his wife, who is a chess coach, at Texas
Tech.=
>
> > I think all the problems would be solved if Paul went out into the job
> > market, went to work, made some of those "Million Dollar Deals" he is
> > always referring to, and give a little to Spice, and the USCF. I mean
he=
> > has loads of those deals going all the time, He says. IMO"- Hide
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Kirsan whipped me, but I had diplomatic immunity. The US Courts
attempted
to become invovled in a international dispute between FIDE, the IOC,
and the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis. Parr is right, courts
need not be invovled in "family" matters.
Marcus Roberts
Ambassador of St Kitts and Nevis, at Large
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