Friday, December 5, 2008

And One Strikes Back

Lt. Col. Chris Simmons has publicly accused a half dozen fellow travellers of being more than amateurs.

One of these alleged Castro agents is suing him for libel.

The others, apparently, don't consider that accusation to be libellous or actionable.

The one who is suing apparently never read the life of Oscar Wilde and has a great deal of money to waste. The rest will likely become embroiled in the lawsuit whether they like it or not.

If Col. Simmons couldn't take them down then surely the plaintiff in this lawsuit will.

12 comments:

  1. Estas acabando Manuel, posteando left and right. Cogelo suave, dejanos digerir esto

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  2. There is a pending lawsuit claiming Obama is not US citizen

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  3. Manuel , are you a US citizen or are you deportable

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  4. MAT,

    What's happened to you...forget Oscar Wilde (which he was) and think Oscar Mayer (I'm sure Mr. Wilde did). Your like a bad Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel gone wild, take your pick 'cause for me they were always tough reads in either language. "Coje Pinta" you're better than this. So what if she has enough money to counteract something that she knows is untrue (if it is). Don't begrudge her. Sometimes the stains can be washed out. Ingratiation
    last 4ever (priceless). I'm not saying he's wrong but it doesn'y really matter does it? You'll find another Molino.

    p.s. I do nknow you have integrity
    any post with my moniker on it after 5:00pm is a coward who is "meado de jicotea"

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  5. esteban colvert:

    Oscar Wilde's preference ran to cocktail wieners and I don't know if Oscar Mayer makes any of those. But no matter. It's not germane to this case anyway. What destroyed Oscar Wilde was that he sued his accuser for libel. If Wilde had ignored the imputation that he was a "sodomite," he would not have been prosecuted when it was proven in court that he in fact was a sodomite and could have spent the rest of his days diddling telegraph boys rather than rotting in prison.

    By the same token these putative spies should not attempt to clear their names in the courts because they have nothing to gain and everything to lose there: it is next to impossible to prove libel in this country because you must also prove malicious intent. That the libeller was wrong in asserting so-and-so is not enough to secure a judgment against him.

    The plaintiff's best hope is that Col. Simmons markets his book in the United Kingdom, where it is still possible to obtain a judgment for libel. Tom Cruise, for example, has been awarded thousands of pounds there for the same allegations made against Wilde.

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  6. P.S.: Don't waste your time with novels; none is worth a damn except Don Quixote and A Confederacy of Dunces.

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  7. Stirring interest in a book at the expense of others isn't malicious? Ms. Wilhem has a great attorney, I don't think he would be taking a very public case if there wasn't some merit to it.

    I could almost let the disrespect to novels pass because you mentioned "A Confederacy of Dunces" which is no less of a great book for being on every dimwit college grad faves list.

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