tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post4111472804667439884..comments2023-10-02T06:01:07.043-05:00Comments on The-Paris-site: The Price They Paid.....7/6fac_phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837459359891180522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-91062803583918249822007-07-05T13:14:00.000-05:002007-07-05T13:14:00.000-05:00Ok I Like this story but It is not all truehttp://...Ok I Like this story but It is not all true<BR/>http://www.snopes.com/history/american/pricepaid.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-89236065963152042912007-07-05T12:31:00.000-05:002007-07-05T12:31:00.000-05:00The history lesson printed eight years ago about t...The history lesson printed eight years ago about the sacrifices our signers of the Declaration of Independence faced; their struggles, their pain, their loss of wealth and loss of lives, hit a nerve of sorts with me.<BR/> <BR/>The current, former and past employees of PRMC face no such threat from the likes of E$$ent, but the battle is similar in an oblique way. We don't face prison, torture, death or anything of that magnitude, but we do face the real possibility that what little we possess might end up in E$$ent's bank account or that of their lawyers. For most of the employee's at this "place", many of us live paycheck to paycheck and can't possibly defend ourselves against a deep pocket corporation such as E$$ent.<BR/> <BR/>The very first thing that comes to mind is a defense fund, set up to provide the legal defense for any blogger who might be "outed" by hotmail. It probably won't happen, but one never knows what a trial judge might do. Right now, a judge in our own back yard has given hotmail just twenty days to provide the addresses of ten bloggers. The clock is ticking. Let's wait and see if hotmail steps up to the plate and refuses the judges order citing freedom of speech issues. If they don't, it's going to be up to everyone of us to step up and be counted.<BR/> <BR/>There must be a banker or knowledgeable person reading this blog that can suggest ways to contribute to a defense fund and be anonymous at the same time. I think we just may need it. If we don't need it, we can have a hell of a party when E$$ent beats feet back to Nashville.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-14264223310633513432007-07-05T10:19:00.000-05:002007-07-05T10:19:00.000-05:00Thank God for our Founding Fathers and the sacrifi...Thank God for our Founding Fathers and the sacrifices that they made for us. Let's keep fighing tyrants and oppressive regimes including Essent!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-65178336328799689592007-07-04T22:13:00.000-05:002007-07-04T22:13:00.000-05:00True there is no comparison to the sacrifices made...True there is no comparison to the sacrifices made by our founding fathers, however, thru the years, democracy and those same inalienable rights we've come to take for granted also have been defended at great cost to many. So why is it that we lose sight so easily..........until we are pushed into corners that are uncomfortable, and when it becomes too oppressive, then and only then do we act. This blogsite is a very small example of it. We have used it to vent, and discuss the machinations of a corporation that has little done to slow its very insiduous ways. Freedom of speech being impugned by them only being one infraction. Historically despots always paint themselves as great folks, and when the tables are turned, they "defend" themselves through legal channels, usually they outdo themselves and the truth is finally heard. Nasty process, and sometimes lengthy, but so be it. We do have laws that protect those that bring to light infractions that are against the law, the Whistleblowers Act comes to mind immediately. But it would seem that corporations such as E$$ent, at the time, are above all of the laws to protect us and cause misery for those that do stand up tall and straight and point the finger at those that are blatant abusers. These folks are usually always forgotten, nor are the consequences they suffer ever brought to light. Too bad that we as a county overlook this. But we do. I for one think this blogsite will have a very positive effect finally for those in Paris, and the other communities that are under the E$$ent influence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-4341720463343483062007-07-04T17:30:00.000-05:002007-07-04T17:30:00.000-05:00I ONCE HEAR A STORE ABOUT A FROG. YOU CAN DROP ONE...I ONCE HEAR A STORE ABOUT A FROG. YOU CAN DROP ONE INTO BOILING WATER AND HE,D JUMP OUT BEFORE HE,S HURT.PUT HIM IN COLD WATER AND TURN THE HEAT UP SLOW AND YOU,LL COOK HIM. .IS WHATS GOING ON WITH THIS BLOG LIKE WHAT WHEN ON WITH THE OTHER 56 MEN? MY GUESS IS ONLY TIME WILL TELL.FOR,ME, ALL OF THE BIG THINGS IN MY LIFE HAVE STARTED WITH SOMETHING SMALL."LETS SEE WHAT THE ARMY HAS TO SAY. WHO IS THAT GIRL. DONT WORRY THEY CAN,T HIT ME,ECT,ECT. WHEN WE STOP STANDING UP FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS RIGHT,THEN WE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS.sanders8927https://www.blogger.com/profile/02346257731422248749noreply@blogger.com