Michael Zak e-mail to Vern, 10:49PM
“Does that blogger often post other people’s writing as his own?”

Vern STICKING UP for Crowley, 11:16 PM
“Not sure… I don’t think so… his usual style is kind of rambling and bizarre. That’s how I could tell it wasn’t him, and I googled ACORN KKK and found you on Breitbart…
He may have just got sloppy and forgot to credit you.”

Michael Zak e-mail, 11:24 PM
“We may disagree on politics but agree that plagarism ought not to be tolerated. Cheers”

So now get the last word in, and we’ll drop it. Cheers!

(PS Thanks for the Python video – you do know how to put me in a better mood.)

“poor staff work”;
A catch all excuse for plagiarism by public figures, politicians and occasionally ,students.

1. Governor Palin’s office explains the use of unattributed material from a four year old Newt Gingrich article that she used in a recent speech as “poor staff work”.

2. Professor Smith: Mr Jones, I have read your speech that you “wrote” for your semester project . I must say , it bears an uncanny resemblance to the Gettysburg Address, the reference to “your friend Abe” not withstanding. Your explanation?

Mr . Jones: Oh…sorry dude , poor staff work.

Second, perhaps you saw the piece last night after a first iteration. But I did change it so a link went to the original. There are edits that take place.

Leave it to a socialist to keep saying the dead parrot talks.

You can’t argue with the point of the article, so you make specious accusations.

As lame as any contention of yours. I argued plenty with the point of the article, once I was able to make contact with the guy who wrote it. (See comment 7 above.)

…the one link in the article which takes you to… whoa! The Original!

Smooth… NOT. You added that this morning. I checked all the links last night and they were exactly the links Mr. Zak put in his original article, no more, no less. Epic flail. You can run around trying to talk your way out of being a plagiarist, but Zak was here last night and says you plagiarized him. Not making a great reputation amongst your fellow wordsmithing hatemongers – no bueno!

If this websites Admin insists, then he should have the cojones to take the post down.

You’re saying if Art has the cojones he’ll delete your post. That would be good for you if this whole thing disappeared. You could delete it yourself. But I like this morning’s solution of “ACORN hater.”

Actually I think I understand. You were working hard on your tort reform piece – (which I appreciate! the subject makes my head spin, and now I have something to chew on) Then when you saw I put up a little ACORN video from Colbert, you wanted to counter it with a quick riposte so you went a-copying-and-pasting, but neglected (I imagine through carelessness or laziness more than dishonesty) to put up the right credit. But far be it from you or ANY Republican to EVER say, “I screwed up.”

Cheers!

Acorn Hater. LOL! I was thinking Anti-Vern, Ernest P Worrell, Piano Players Suck United…

ok. i’ve had my fun.

Agreed. If we borrow from soneone’s idea we ought to provide a link to that original post and cite the source.

Why don’t you set up another anon identity rather than use our “Admin” I.D.? Call yourself “Acorn Hater,” or whatever. The problem with posting as “Admin” is that folks will suppose I wrote the post.

No bueno! I don’t have an issue with Acorn.

So please, set up some other anon I.D. and post away!

It seems once more that I need to explain softly and slowly to Vern the definition of something. In this case, plagiarism.

“the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.”

STRAW MAN ALERT!!

No one represented it as original work Vern. Actually, I wonder if Vern tried clicking on the one link in the article which takes you to… whoa! The Original! You can’t argue with the point of the article, so you make specious accusations. You can shut your fat mouth Vern and take your little temper tantrum elsewhere.

The comparison is apt and cute and I loved tweaking you.

Cheers!

“We may disagree on politics but agree that plagarism ought not to be tolerated. Cheers”