It is never easy to learn that people and/or institutions are corrupt. But it is worse if we stay in denial and think aw shucks, maybe they are just a bit off the track.
The Progressive Independent has exposed itself as being totally compromised. "Tinoire," the head moderator, has done so much scrubbing and cleaning lately, that there is no way she or that place can recover. It is like when the truth came out about DailyKos or Rivero or any number of other gatekeepers. The genie gets out of the bottle, and that is that.
This could take a bit of time to present what happened over the weekend. I will try to present this in a way where the reader can decide. Not sure how this will come out, but gonna try to do my best.
Why is the Progressive Independent protecting the Democratic Underground?
Ok. Here are two PI links to threads I started. The titles were deleted and left with a dot, something that Deborah/Foot Soldier does a lot too, but I digress.
PI link
Here is another one, yet for some reason it is now out of sight.
Why is one still there available in "complicity watch," but the other one is hidden?
link
Seriously, why is the first one still visible, but this one isn't?
Maybe the google cache can help.
Please Do Not Delete: What is the Democratic Underground All About?
I agree with the policy of PI that we shouldn't name names if we can help it. This post is about somone, something completely different from that. We are in an information war. Does anyone really think that DailyKOS admitted his CIA and Reagan ties because it was a conscious, smart decision? I don't think so. It looks like two web amateur sleuths came across his stupid confessions.
Now let's take a real, good look at this UnDemocratic Underground and how it has served to alienate progressive, idealistic Americans. They do not even allow those of you yet to be "tombstoned" to mention this website. Now if that is not an act of forum war, then what is?
I believe that "Skinner" and the Democratic Underground needs to come completely under the microscope. One of the common bonds at this website is that many of us have been censored while others' profound messages have been lost in the noise.
We are being played.
And it doesn't matter whether this is for practical politics.
doesn't matter if this is to increase advertising.
it doesn't even matter if there has been a consciously rigged right woo left
moderating system at the DU.
The end result has become an undemocratic forum, which some argue is the epitomy of a "gatekeeper."
exhibit #1
Ten Days Later, Still No Response on Sweatshops from Democratic UndergroundIt’s now been ten days since I wrote a letter to Democratic Underground asking for Democratic Underground founder David Allen to explain the website’s simultaneous condemnation of sweatshop apparel by Republican political operatives and sale of questionably sourced apparel through CafePress.
I haven’t received a single word back. So now I’ve sent the letter on again, to multiple Democratic Underground addresses. They can’t say they haven’t seen the letter. I sincerely hope I receive a response soon...
There's tons of other goodies from this blogger on DU at that link.
exhibit #2
Who are they, indeed - DU ownership busted!?!?
by JohnWow, this trial suddenly got a lot more interesting, at least for the prosecutor.
I've always wondered why David Allen, aka Kelvin Mace, and his gang of thugs at DU get away with anything and everything. How could DU, supposedly a site for Democrats, allow them to do what they do?
DU's Registered Agent - donations to George Bush and Rudy, former FBI agent, lobbyist for National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, represents industries/businesses against common folks, and more!
Now I've got your attention
Anyone who tells you a registered agent for a corporation is not important, is full of it. To prove this, just check into Thor Hearne of the now-defunct American Center for Voting Rights (ACVR) - which Brad Friedman has spent countless hours reporting about. The ACVR was a right wing phony voting rights outfit.
DU's registered agent is Potomac Programs, Inc., owned by the law firm Howe, Anderson & Steyer. Potomac Programs appears to be a mystery, but it's beyond dispute that the law firm owns it, and therefore, the law firm is for all practical purposes, the registered agent for DU.
Let's see what neat things we can find out about Howe, Anderson & Steyer
1. Hey, there's Richard Steyer "HOWE, ANDERSON & STEYER"donating to George Bush, Rudy Giuliania, and another Republican!
{me-Socrates. This cache not available right now, was last night. Hmmm.}
2. Whoa, James Anderson is a former FBI agent!
{me-Socrates- wonder if he ever heard of Cointelpro?}
3. Year, after year, after year, Howe, Anderson & Steyer lobby for the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees! I'm sure that will bring a lot of comfort to people at DU having lots of financial problems.
{me- Underground my arse}
4. I strongly suggest not hiring these guys if you have suffered, and want to file a large claim against a company!
5. Do you believe, like I do, that the rich and powerful receive "way too large" severance packages? Looks like Howe, Anderson & Steyer don't feel like us.
6. Retired miners might want to watch their backs!
7. If you have a problem with a metal roofing company...
8. I really like this one - "Mr. Howe specializes in representing associations and corporations in employment and labor law matters. Mr. Howe has represented clients in collective bargaining, unfair labor practice cases, representation proceedings, discrimination suits, wrongful discharge cases, wage and hour investigations, and the negotiation of individual employment contracts. Mr. Howe has lectured and counseled clients in matters pertaining to sex discrimination, age discrimination, race discrimination, disability discrimination, workers' compensation, OSHA, ERISA, MSHC, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Equal Pay Act. He also has advised and assisted association and corporate clients in the formation and administration of captive insurance companies, group insurance plans, and Taft-Hartley trusts. He has represented clients in federal and state regulatory and legislative proceedings..."
I'm sure there's much more, but all this research has tired me out for the night. One thing is clear though - if everyone knew who DU's registered agent is, a lot of folks might wonder wtf?
I, on the other hand, will no longer wonder...
John
exhibit#3
This sounds just like DailyCiaKOS, don't it?...David Allen, Ms. Harris' co-author and publisher, is deeply disappointed she has allowed critics to question her motives. A liberal Democrat, he thinks she and others exaggerate the danger of hackers stealing an election. "I think this whole debate has been cast too much in partisan terms," he says. "The incompetence of the voting machine companies is real enough. We would never guard our currency at the U.S. Mint the way we guard the currency of democracy--votes." ...
Sure, naming names of run of the mill trolls should be discouraged.
But this is no ordinary troll.
He runs one of the biggest forums on the internet.
Himself and KOS need to be held to the highest scrutiny.
Well, KOS is toast after that
We make these posts on behalf of the newbies and those on the fence,
for those who might stumble across us via internet searches.
I will await to see if this post is allowed to stand.
This Skinner guy has started this by censoring the message of the
progressives. He doesn't allow any of you to even mention this place.
My personal opinion now is that if certain internet personalities and
institutions wish to bully we the people, we should have the right
to push back.
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Chemtrail forums are not.
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I better clear up any confusion here. I personally didn't know that there are two "David Allens" who post at Democratic Underground. PI is trying to make it out that I am a disinfo agent. The cache doesn't include my later statements where I tried to find out clearly from other PI members what is the deal with these different people with the same name posting at the same place. But "Tinoire" over at PI really went overboard yesterday with all this scrubbing and cleaning. She doesn't realise that it is the reader who decides despite all the social engineering she is trying to muster.
From that cache, here are two other posts I have been able to retrieve.
These places seem to start out fine.
They need to establish credibility and membership.
But then all this other stuff crops up.
Imho, we are so hungry for the truth, so
hungry to have a place untainted, that
we forget the possibility that such places
have been rigged from the start.
I think we are very close to busting this thing wide open.
There's gotta be someone out there who is googling and
finding the missing info we need. Maybe they are doing
the whois and stuff like that. Maybe they are establishing
ties between "Skinner" and people/institutions that aren't
logical.
People like KOS and Anderson Cooper, they can try and act
like nothing has changed. But they have been outed as being
tied in with the spooks. I believe that we should try to
pinpoint exactly who and what this DU is.
I guess "Kelvin Mace" is allegedly one of Skinner's id's.
I actually threw this thread together very quickly.
Just wondering about "Skinner" after what we learned about KOS.
Am hopeful others can help us solve this question without
violating PI's rules.
If we can link DU to the "right wooing left" nonsense,
the game is over. We will have won. They will have lost.
It hurts, because on the surface it may appear that we
are attacking ourselves. Sure, we should be going after
The Barnes Review, World Nut Daily, and other bs.
But to me, it seems we have to make sure our own house is clean.
Saying I am at the beginning of looking into DU.
I am not into divide and conquer.
But I do believe that cointelpro is alive and well on the internet.
Whether such forces are manipulating boards and websites or whether
such cretins are actually behind the establishment of these places,
that is the big question, imho.
I mean, at best, DU is allowing the fake liberals to dominate
their message board. What if this is really about "at worst."
Who is really behind DU?
Why did Dave "Skinner" Allen come out with the same nonsense about
election fraud as DailyCiaKOS? Coincidence?
So, yeah, I was an agent provocateur or useful idiot there, and the PI mob are all over me now. They are saying I deliberately confused the two people. Sure is easy to argue that with all the scrubbing, pruning, and obfuscating going on.
So why is one of my threads still available, while the other isn't?
The original blogger, John Dean, eventually showed up to PI after I posted on his blog about my confusion. He left the following posts in the latter thread which is now out of sight, unless someone has the direct link:
Hi Seventhson,
I'm John Dean, aka SluggoJD. The Trial of Kelvin Mace is my blog. Kelvin Mace is the name that David Allen, Bev Harris's former, fired publisher uses at DU.
The other David Allen is, of course, Skinner of DU. Everyone knows who Skinner is.
My blog has never claimed in any way that these two David Allens are the same person. The reason I decided to research DU was because "Kelvin Mace" gets away with anything and everything there.
As for my research into DU, the research is iron-clad...but does it mean anything? Some would say it means nothing...a registered agent for an LLC is just that - a registered agent.
I OTOH believe it does mean something - at the very least we've got a site that is supposedly for Democrats, registered as an LLC, with an agent that is into all sorts of right-wing activities and agendas.
If Skinner is truly a Democrat, at the very least, he should immediately terminate his relationship with "Potomac Programs," and apologize for having such a close relationship with a law firm that caters to the right-wing.
John
Seventhson is another Jeff Wells' affiliated poster just like Tinoire. He is the one who tried to protect The Democratic Underground by arguing that they just play politics, not secret agenda games. John left another post with his blog address. Then a Tessa shows up to reinforce that I am the super secret internet agent. Since this thread is now hidden, I am not quite sure the odds are good that she gets a response.
Seventhson wrote:Hey John
Anyone who takes a few minutes knows they're not the same David Allen. I don't think anyone here fell for that but maybe you should rewrite that report so people won't use you as a source for baloney.
Working with the right-wing isn't anything new for the DLC and Skinner's a DLC Democrat so I'm not too surprised. It could still be innocent but if I knew my lawyer catered to the right-wing, I'd go find a new one. I wouldn't use donation money to pay him either.
There is plenty more that I will be posting on this Progressive Independent scam. Yet, I believe this in itself shows clearly that PI is a fake critic of DU. Instead of adding to John Dean's discoveries of DU's true nature, instead of responding to his point that Skinner allows his namesake to corrupt the DU election fraud forum, I, this friggin nobody from Massachusetts becomes the story.
Working with the right-wing isn't anything new for the DLC and Skinner's a DLC Democrat so I'm not too surprised. It could still be innocent but if I knew my lawyer catered to the right-wing, I'd go find a new one. I wouldn't use donation money to pay him either.
Why is PI protecting DU????????










