FELONS, ESCAPISTS AND LIARS NOT WELCOME!

Guest · 2005-04-18T08:38:54Z

Quite a title for a new subject, eh? But this is a cautionary note for (of course) felons, escapists or liars who think that by coming here they can leave all their troubles behind by relocating to "The American Paradise." Felons - you can get by for a while but you will eventually be caught, Escapists - your personal problems won't miraculously disappear. The issues which motivated you to come here will continue to be with you. Liars? Ah, this is what prompted me to write... Over the years I've come across a few of them but none so much as the last one. On island for just a few weeks, he started to come into my place. Well-spoken,in his late 40's, he was very chatty with people and his main thrust was that he had lost two sons in Iraq on the same day in the same firefight. He also claimed to be an ex-Marine sniper with 37 kills. Of course we all empathized with him about the deaths of his sons - what an awful tragedy! And then there were a couple of people who just happened to question his talking about an assault versus a sniper firearm. A duh there! To cut a long story short, it turns out that the story about his two sons being killed in Iraq on the same day in the same firefight is totally untrue - a fantasy. Thank goodness for the Internet which can squash such nonsense. I finally got to a CNN website which lists every American soldier to date who's been killed in Iraq. His kids weren't here. The last time I questioned him about it, he said that his sons had taken on his ex-wife's maiden name and, "its true, and they're both buried in Arlington." Well, guess what? The maiden name of his ex-wife failed to register with Iraq casualties and a further search of Arlington National Cemetery's website fails to show any record of any burials under either his name or the alleged name of his sons. Yikes! Frankly, I find this not only offensive but truly obscene. Whoever on island contributes to this forum, please pass around the word on this sorry soul. Thanks so much.

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I truly wish that someone would take him on, if only to make him just go away. The woman who recently married him? Oh, poor Lila, what have you got yourself into, why did you marry him?

Craig obviously has some major problems. I do appreciate, Jane, your husband's reluctance in confronting Craig. Most servicemen and women who served in Vietnam stay very close-mouthed about what happened to them - and it's even worse now where Iraq is cncened.

As much as I utterly despise Craig Peterson. how do we get him to just "'fess up or leave."

Cheers from the very feisty TT Resident!

Posted : October 26, 2005 4:14 am

braytina

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I'm starting to feel as if I have no life. I have started to like reading the felons escapist thread. It's like my own private VI Soap Opera.

Posted : November 1, 2005 4:50 pm

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