Okay, this is absolutely hilarious. Over at Dembski's Home for Wayward Sycophants, DaveScot has fallen for one of the dumbest and most obvious email scams to come from outside Nigeria (with Dembski himself cheering "Right on!" in response to it). It's one of those idiotic "pass this on" emails ranting about how the evil ACLU is against soldiers praying. There's just one small problem - it's entirely fictional. I debunked this email scam a year and a half ago. It's also been debunked as an urban legend all around the net. But that didn't stop DaveScot and Dembski from falling for it hook, line and sinker. Bloody hysterical. Shall we start a pool on how long before that post disappears down the memory hole? Don't worry, I've got it archived.
I especially love the fevered plea to everyone to send the link to the post to all the people in your address book. "Don't let it stop with you", he fervently declares. Yeah, I agree. Don't let it stop with you. Forward it to everyone so they can see how utterly credulous this crowd is and how easily they fall for transparent shams like this. When they're done eating crow over this, I'm sure they'll be thrilled to find out that they just won the Italian lottery and a nice gentleman in NIgeria would like to deposite $20 million in their bank account - but only if they're discrete and trustworthy.
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I love the one comment on your old blog. Bill O Rielly would be pleased...
Cue up the "we were only fooled because the story is so believable" excuse... provided the post stays up for any length of time.
If Dembski's right to freely practice his religion was ever denied by anyone, the ACLU would be there to defend his rights. Amazing so many fundies don't realize this.
I see the Disco boys traveling road show and cirus extravaganza is still in full force.
Ring Leader Dembski cheering on his main clown DaveScot.
Since DaveScot believes his (and everyone's) brain violates the second law of thermodynamics, he'd be a good candidate for a perpetual energy machine scam.
"Ultra-Leftists Conspiring Against Energy Helmets!" Toss in some âS & âQ & it writes itself.
Tune in to uncommonly dense next week, when DaveScot will show you:
â¢How he's helping a Nigerian prince come to the US by sending him cash so that he can share his fortune
â¢How he reconfirmed his credit card and social security details via unsolicited email
â¢How 'Hotgrl99' (who apparently knows him) sent him 'funny_Joke.exe' and he's opening it now
â¢How he trying to locate his arse with both hands...
He used to work for Dell, dontchaknow. I suspect they used have experts watch him browse the web and open emails so they could, erm, IDiot-proof things.
Seriously. These guys are experts at telling us stuff where things came from / how they were made?
*falls of chair, tears streaming from eyes*
Rich - Right on dude! I have nver wanted to encourage the gross stipidity of DavesScott, so I have never registered for lame Dave's site, but I am very tempted to now! Finally - Someone that can really appreciate the extra stupid part of the internet! Someone that will appreciate receiving all the annnoying emails I recieve from "friends"! LOL! BTW - Way to "Use The Filter" Bill!
What a genius - or is that genus? As in Homo Stupidius?
I've got an idea for a great new product. I call it the "stupidity filter." It works with a standard router and passively scans your email (saves it for you, no Big Brother feature ... though for a nominal fee, say x10 the base price, we could sell it to the NSA). Whenever it finds you responding to those emails, attempting to open those .exe files, etc., it shuts off your internet connection. Of course there could be various versions:
1) instead of shutting off your internet connection it shuts off your fire wall and virus protection to provide a truly stunning interaction between your machine and the downloaded software
2) It runs your harddrive until it fries
3) It shuts off all of your programss, goes to a blue screen with
YOU ARE A MORON, NEVER, EVER BREED!
I'm working out the bugs, but I think we have a ready made beta test group.
DaveScot has been struck by lightning, according to his intro to that post. James Cavazeil gets struck by lightning during the filming of Mel Gibson's "Jesus Chainsaw Massacre." Funny how these folks would point to lightning strikes in the vicinity of the ungodly as Signs From Above, but when it happens to them . . . eh, notsomuch.
Well he's deleted the comments pointing out the fakeness and has posted one of the lamest backpeddle excuses ever.
Why not just post the picture then Davey boy?
DaveScot is already in damage control mode. He deleted all comments, save for Dembski's, and added his own comment which says:
yeah, i knew i'd be too late.
This is his change to the supposed statement made by the ACLU:
So somehow crediting this to "a rumored spokesman for the ACLU" makes this legitimate? Holy unethical, Batman!
Good catch Davis. However he left up the name of the Colonel up, even though according to Ed's old blog he's fake too... this is too great.
This came to mind immediately.
DaveScot
Matthew:
However he left up the name of the Colonel up, even though according to Ed's old blog he's fake too... this is too great.
No, he changed it over to his own name, essentially converting the thread over from buying into an unsubstantiated rumor into his own personal ACLU-bashing escapade.
My previous comment:
Cue up the "we were only fooled because the story is so believable" excuse
Dave is nothing if not predictable, as illustrated by his latest comment...
The ACLU has certainly stood against prayer in public school even if led by students in extra-curricular settings like graduation ceremonies and football games. There is not one iota of doubt in my mind that the ACLU would love to do the same thing to prayer in the military.
So, we have a false rumor, fully debunked, left up because DaveScot thinks it is credible in spirit...
Oh you didn't know? Nigeria is full of rich, desperate princes.
I am particularly amused by the last post:
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Now that everyone is happy that this article isn't a fabrication the comments are closed. :-)
Comment by DaveScot -- May 23, 2006 @ 1:02 am
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"Everyone is happy that this article isn't a fabrication", eh? Gee, I wonder WHY he closed the comments.
There is so much that amazes me, just amazes me...and not in a good way.