Why not, Mr. Nathan?
-Mike Foulks
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There's reason to comtemplate litigation here, but not with a felon as the lead plaintiff - or a convicted felon among the named plaintiffs.
For a bright guy, you don't use your noodle at times. Tactics dictate a lot of things you do or don't do in a lawsuit. Take a bit of advice from an old warrior. Keep your name out of the pleadings.
Donald Nathan
What bright guy were you refering to Don? A high school dropout? What common sense do you you expect out of this guy Mr. Nathan?
Criminals tend not to have much in the way of what most of us folks call "horse sense". They do stupid things, and through their stupidity, they get caught, charged and eventually covicted. By having been stupid, foulks got himself caught extorting money from somebody somehow related to him through the use of threats over a telephone. He got up there in front of a judge, and he admitted in open court that he did just what was charged.
Of course, most folks would call foulks just another stupid criminal. But no, foulks is the kind of folk who would want to challenge his voluntary plea of guilt in an appeal. He has the hope that after entering his plea of guilty to extorting money through a telephone threat from someone somehow related to him that he can now get away with what he did.
Is this the kind of guy who has the strategy head of a general? I think not. How about a platoon leader? No way - in Vietnam, he'd have gotten fragged in a heartbeat. Could he have been an NCO? H e l l no! No officer would have taken orders from him. This is the kind of grunt who would have had a stripe yanked off his sleeve every other day just for being so articulate. Pounders hated people like him.
I expect no success from any litigation he might initiate unless he pays through the nose for a first rate attorney: $450/hour or more with a retainer well into five figures. Geoghegan wants $20,000 just to open a file.
Who is going to donate for one like that? Will it be George Lutfallah? Or how about the 26 who allegedly "voted" for foulks over lunch hour. Do you think any of them has $20,000 worth of confidence in Herr Presidente/Der Fuhrer, foulks?
Donald Nathan
Without remorse, there can be no forgiveness, no redemption....
Crimeboy has expressed a lot of emotions, but not remorse.
Remorse is an emotional expression of personal regret - that is, the emotion felt by the injurer after he or she has injured. Remorse is closely allied to guilt and self directed resentment (e.g. - The boy felt much remorse after hitting the old lady. The idea of remorse is used in restorative justice).
One incapable of feeling remorse is often labelled a sociopath (US) or psychopath (UK) - formerly a DSM III condition. Some researchers have lately suggested that this lack is more characteristic of the INTJ personality, a highly rational temperament that relies very little on emotion, but the scientific worth and psychological accuracy of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test have been strongly questioned. In general, a person needs to be unable to feel fear, as well as remorse in order to develop psychopathic traits.
Regretting one's earlier action or failure to act may be because of remorse or to various other consequences, including being punished for it.
Despite the role apologies play in our lives and the almost daily news reports of the latest celebrity or political apology, there is a surprising dearth of systematic empirical research on the subject of apologies as expressions of remorse.
Two notable exceptions are The Five Languages of Apology by Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas, and On Apology by Aaron Lazare. The consensus emerging from these and other studies is quite clear - effective apologies that express remorse typically include the following components:
* a detailed account of the offense; acknowledgment of the hurt or damage done;
* acceptance of the responsibility for, and ownership of, the mistake;
* an explanation that recognizes one's role;
* a statement or expression of regret, humility or remorse;
* a request for forgiveness;
* and an expression of a credible commitment to change or a promise that it won't happen again;
* and some form of restitution, compensation or token gesture in line with the damage that you caused.
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Criminals tend not to have much in the way of what most of us folks call "horse sense". They do stupid things, and through their stupidity, they get caught, charged and eventually covicted. By having been stupid, foulks got himself caught extorting money from somebody somehow related to him through the use of threats over a telephone. He got up there in front of a judge, and he admitted in open court that he did just what was charged.
Of course, most folks would call foulks just another stupid criminal. But no, foulks is the kind of folk who would want to challenge his voluntary plea of guilt in an appeal. He has the hope that after entering his plea of guilty to extorting money through a telephone threat from someone somehow related to him that he can now get away with what he did.
Is this the kind of guy who has the strategy head of a general? I think not. How about a platoon leader? No way - in Vietnam, he'd have gotten fragged in a heartbeat. Could he have been an NCO? H e l l no! No officer would have taken orders from him. This is the kind of grunt who would have had a stripe yanked off his sleeve every other day just for being so articulate. Pounders hated people like him.
I expect no success from any litigation he might initiate unless he pays through the nose for a first rate attorney: $450/hour or more with a retainer well into five figures. Geoghegan wants $20,000 just to open a file.
Who is going to donate for one like that? Will it be George Lutfallah? Or how about the 26 who allegedly "voted" for foulks over lunch hour. Do you think any of them has $20,000 worth of confidence in Herr Presidente/Der Fuhrer, foulks?
Donald Nathan
Perhaps 26 bucks would be easier for Mike to round up than 20K. After all the guy seems to live hand to mouth. Hotel room, appearance, etc.
It would also seem that anyone that got to know Mr. D Foulks parted ways with him soon afterwards. He claims to have backers/members yet the cc-0 meetings can be held in a washroom stall since Mike is the only one to show. Its easier for Mike to throw spears at Nathan, Enger, and Wolf than to admit he is an army of one. I would believe Mike would have a hard time getting 20 bucks from the restaurant guys. 20k, you've got to be kidding.
As for George, I have no idea how much he profits off of his newspaper. Does the fact that he was at the airport the other day driving a Bottalla owned taxi mean he is hurting? Only George himself could know.
Try checking out the posting above about foulks being on the short list for next DCS Commissioner.
Betcha they've got him under active consideration.
