August 26, 2007
David Goldstein confesses that he is an accessory after the fact to a murder

Either that, or he wants his readers to know that he operates his blog with intentional disregard for the truth and to assume that everything he posts is false, unless there is independent proof to the contrary!

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 26, 2007 07:53 PM | Email This
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1. Wow, watch the lefties circle the wagons to protect hate speech and slander.

Posted by: AP on August 26, 2007 07:41 PM
2. You both are so mature!

Posted by: Travis Pahl on August 26, 2007 07:49 PM
3. This is going to make a great link to the Darcy Burner Campaign, Maybe Goldy got a hold of some tainted Wheat Glutten or something and it drove him nuts.

Posted by: Huh? on August 26, 2007 08:15 PM
4. The real irony is that the left will use the waitress in a partisan game. Ironic as the waitress -for good reason given that she has now admitted to lying in the first place- has begged the blatherwatch website not to post the story and take it down. The original website meet the stress run by some frustrated wannebe D&D player got smart and took it down. He has been hiding out ever since. Then against the express wishes of the former waitress who now wants to get on with her life blatherwatch aka michael hood's mean spirited response was to run it again and arrange for it to get picked up on the daily kos. Same with getting it put up on Goldstein's site. Just tools in their partisan game. They don't care who they hurt.

Posted by: SU Grad on August 26, 2007 08:47 PM
5. Maybe Goldy got a hold of some tainted Wheat Glutten or something and it drove him nuts.

umm... what's his excuse before now??

The really funny thing is that all his little me-too's really, really think... er, believe... um, FEEL... that the whole rest of the copuntry actually think and live in the gutter as they do! It's the reason they have such a difficult time accepting that Gore lost, accepting that Kerry lost, accepting that Burner lost... um, is a loser.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on August 26, 2007 09:11 PM
6. Well, at least no one can accuse Goldy of being a responsible journalist!

Posted by: Michele on August 26, 2007 09:15 PM
7. It's good to be home again! Just took a 20 minute visit the link to HA Stefan gave above.....ugg.

I have never read such bunch of shrill, obscene, whiney, self important bunch of morons. The things they say about Stefan and then wildly invite him to sue their anonymous identity makes one laugh. If this is what will grow up to be the "adults" in the 2020s and 30's, those of you still alive may be in worse trouble than we are now. Not only are they socialist of the far left, their potty mouths are sickening. Too bad their parents did not practice abortion with them.

Sorry Stefan, you can link HA again, but you will not get me to read another immature word or their filthy comments.

Posted by: Old Sgt on August 26, 2007 09:16 PM
8. Nice job of taking on the "lion" in his den. Clearly Goldy didn't have command of the facts and you took it to him. Nice job of defending your kid and clearly differentiating between public figure and the privacy expectation for your child.

Posted by: SU Grad on August 26, 2007 09:54 PM
9. Huh?
What did Stephan miss here?

Wasn't this obvious, Stephan?

Posted by: WVH on August 26, 2007 10:23 PM
10. Stefan, stop being such a humorless small 'l' libertarian concervative for just a few seconds, why don'tcha.

Posted by: Daniel K on August 26, 2007 11:04 PM
11. Liberals in this area have very little honesty. They live in their own dream world. Liberals seem to have hate speech perfected. And like always blame it on Conservatives. They feed the hate speech to the world. Say a lie enough and it is considered a fact. It is sad that they do not like to debate with facts but will attempt to destroy those that disagree with them. And when they get caught they call it satire.
The bad news is that I trust people. Until they stab me in the back. Grew up in North Dakota where we consider all people honest. Here is an example of a person who would not be trusted again due to lies told. Honesty and Integrity are important yet the left feels that those traits are not important. I guess they feel that they can do anything because only they know what is right for everyone.

Posted by: David Anfinrud on August 27, 2007 06:05 AM
12. And KIRO employs this piece of human feces. Apparently they have lowered their standards a great deal.

Posted by: swassociates on August 27, 2007 06:24 AM
13. Hey Daniel what does it feel like to be shoulder to shoulder working in the trenches with Goldy for Darcy? It must make you really proud to be a part of an organization that associates itself with Goldy's commentary as a thoughtful and well reasoned reflection of your values and opinions.

Posted by: Huh? on August 27, 2007 06:49 AM
14. Daniel K, is this what passes for humor with the whack jobs in the left wing?

Stefan, I don't blame you for chewing on the attacker, but my problem is that in the eyes of the MSM, you and the other despicable excuse for a human being are somehow tied at the hip as a point-counterpoint. Next time you are asked to participate, demand that a better representative of the opposing viewpoint be chosen.

Posted by: swatter on August 27, 2007 07:06 AM
15. The dogs may bark but the caravan passes on.

Posted by: Don Ward on August 27, 2007 07:16 AM
16. David KLOWNstein has exactly 3 posters at HA who post under multiple identities. They have some sort of fantasy about KLOWNstein no normal human being could possibly relate to.

By the way, the same 3 posters are also the sum total of his listeners on his half-assed .....no make that full-assed... poor excuse for a radio show.

Posted by: Mr. Cynical on August 27, 2007 08:17 AM
17. But why does he even have a radio show? Wouldn't it be better on KOL1300? They would love him there.

Posted by: swatter on August 27, 2007 08:41 AM
18. Everything you will ever need to know about the far left is contained in that thread at HA. What an amazingly vile, angry bunch of people. And they like killing unborn babies, too.

Posted by: Bill Cruchon on August 27, 2007 08:44 AM
19. Have you ever chaperoned a pre-teen party/dance? Notice the rowdy boys over on the side there: making rude remarks, acting like fools with grand gestures and louder words, hoping beyond hope that one of the cool girls will notice them... THOSE are the poor hapless, ignored sttoges that are goldsteins me-too's. I'm just not sure if they are actual cases of arrested-nerdhood or if they are actually pre-teen dullards.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on August 27, 2007 09:08 AM
20. Or, Ragnar, are these people products of the liberal indoctrination factories commonly known as our public schools?

Posted by: Bill Cruchon on August 27, 2007 09:15 AM
21. The title of the HA thread is also revealing: "Stefan Sharkansky is a vindictive prick".

It's never just about ideas with the left. It's about vicious, childish behaviour. If you oppose the leftist point of view they will make up lies and repeat them over and over. The pure nastiness of these people is on display every day.

Posted by: Bill Cruchon on August 27, 2007 09:49 AM
22. That blog is full of morons. Both the guy hosting it and all the trolls that comment there.

Posted by: Steve in Queen Anne on August 27, 2007 11:04 AM
23. Stefan,

Let it go. You've proven yourself to be a tacky, vindictive (the waitress was fired?!) jackass. If you think you're anything different than that and believe you've been given a bum rap, then LET IT GO. Don't respond to any of this. Otherwise, you're proving everybody correct.

Your choice.

Posted by: Ryan on August 27, 2007 11:19 AM
24. LET IT GO. Don't respond to any of this.

I don't seehis name on any of these posts.

Nice try

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on August 27, 2007 11:28 AM
25. #23 - Did you read the initial blog entry on Meet the Stress? It's shameful and disgusting. If anyone had written something like that about me or my child, I would have done the exact same thing.

Posted by: Palouse on August 27, 2007 12:15 PM
26. Can't wait to see Stefan go after him for libel....oh wait, blogs are exempt from libel. Maybe he'll go after his job...no, wait, can't do that. Maybe Stefan will post a lame ass retort on this blog....yup.

If only you left it at nastygrams on your blog. Instead you pursued a lame ass waitress blogger to the point where she groveled down before you in fear. I can see you getting her fired from the waitress job but man her Amazon.com job too? Man, what a vindictive jerk you turned out to be.

Maybe you should explain why you go to church in the fist place; you obviously follow Jesus' teachings of tolerance so well.

Posted by: Cato on August 27, 2007 12:18 PM
27. You're obviously not a parent Cato. There is NOTHING worse than someone attacking your child. And only a parent can truly understand what the Sharkanksy's did. That waitress got exactly what she deserved. Maybe next time she'll think twice before writing or saying something so hateful about someone.

Posted by: Palouse on August 27, 2007 12:26 PM
28. I'm a parent. Since all the relevant posts have been deleted and I can't read for myself what the waitress said, can someone please relate?

Posted by: Matt from Denver on August 27, 2007 12:48 PM
29. #22 "That blog is full of morons. Both the guy hosting it and all the trolls that comment there."
  
Define Troll. Troll meaning someone like me or troll meaning someone like roger rabbit or the racist headless lucy?

Posted by: Marvin Stamn on August 27, 2007 01:07 PM
30. Ragnar, you silly genius, he *WROTE THE POST* you just responded to.

Posted by: Ryan on August 27, 2007 01:33 PM
31. To KIRO/Bonneville:

David Goldstein used your facilities and our airwaves to attack Stefan Sharkansky. Goldstein launched his attack with a lecture about disparities of power, implying that he and Sharkansky were equivalently empowered and open to public attack.

Wrong. Mr. Sharkansky was not given a three-hour per week forum by KIRO-AM. Mr. Sharkansky was not given one hour of equal time to refute and rebut Goldstein's attack. The power of your evaporating pool of listeners is given to Goldstein and is denied to Sharkansky.

Although I reject all attempts to resurrect a misnamed "fairness" doctrine, imposed by fiat, I encourage your station and corporation to do the right thing: be fair to Sharkansky. Set aside one hour of Goldstein's next show for Sharkansky's response.

Posted by: Waitress Sandwich on August 27, 2007 01:55 PM
32. This is such a stupid story.

Here's the facts.

First, not one of us, unless you were there or know the girl personally etc., has any reason whatever to believe her story. We have a lot less reason to trust her than we did to trust Jayson Blair. Maybe she was telling the truth, but since we have no reason to trust her, why would you waste your time considering that possibility?

We need to be a lot more respectful of ourselves and the people around us by refusing to believe things that people won't back up. Like Rob Beidler in the SnoCo sheriff's race, saying he took it personally when I wouldn't take his word for something. It's bull. Resist belief if you don't have an actual good reason to believe.

This is, of course, not a partisan trait. Conservatives read misleading Fox News headlines, or even incorrect stories without evidence, and go running off saying that's the way it is. And this sort of thing happens every single day on DailyKos and so on. It seems to happen a lot more with liberals these days, but I think when we are angry we are more likely to believe anything that fits our anger, so that is predictable.

Second, whatever this waitress did, even if she told the truth she risked her employer's business and absolutely should have been fired. She was careless and thoughtless: you don't badmouth customers, and if she is not fired, then the public is going to be less likely to go there, for fear she may "out" them, too.

Ryan: who cares if you think Stefan is "vindictive"? Obviously you are not a manager or owner of a business that relies primarily on customer service, because if you were, you would be applauding Stefan for helping out that business. Maybe you feel bad for the girl who lost her job, but we should care more about what's right, and she was the one hurting not only Stefan -- you don't have to care about him -- but the business, too. The business owners and other employees are the real potential victims of her carelessness, but hopefully through Stefan's actions that damage can be minimized, even turned around into a positive.


So why should anyone really care about any of this, since we had no reason to believe her, she admitted she was wrong, and she has been rightfully canned?

Posted by: pudge on August 27, 2007 02:16 PM
33. Nice job rationalizing irrational behavior, Pudge. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sharkansky deleted his posts for a reason: he knows he was wrong.

Posted by: Ryan on August 27, 2007 02:45 PM
34. "Sharkansky deleted his posts for a reason: he knows he was wrong."

No. I deleted the one post because the waitress apologized and retracted her false and defamatory. That would have settled my dispute with her. I saw no reason for her to incur additional negative exposure after she appologized and retracted her mistake.

Unfortunately several left-wing hate sites that dislike my opinions continue to pump this up as if a 37-year-old woman who slurs a 5-year-old child (of a right-wing blogger!) is some kind of a hero who is entitled to anonymity and to keep her job at the restaurant whose business she jeopardized.

Posted by: Stefan Sharkansky on August 27, 2007 03:00 PM
35. Screw you Sharkansky. You sounded like like a petulent child (much like your own spawn, apparently) on the radio last night. Goldie kicked your ass. That wife of yours might have to actually cook for a a few weeks -- I wouldn't go to too many restaurants for a while, lest you end up with some extra ingredients in your meal. I don't work in the indutry, but based on some posts elsewhere you might heed the advice.

Posted by: Mr. Yuck. on August 27, 2007 04:00 PM
36. #35, We don't need to make up nasty comments like this. Oh and by the way, I happen to know who the real "Mr. Yuck" is. You ain't him.

Posted by: Bill Cruchon on August 27, 2007 04:28 PM
37. She didn't slander your child, Stefan. She said that your child was running amok and saved her criticism (albeit tacky) for you and your wife. Your histrionic overreaction in the name of defending your child would be laughable if it hadn't cost somebody her job.

Furthermore, this is *not* about politics. It's about being a reasonable human being.

Posted by: Ryan on August 27, 2007 04:50 PM
38. I think the one good thing that's come out of all this ...

According to the liberals, nobody's off limits. Family, spouses, off-spring? It's all fair game if their politics differ from one's own.

Careful what you wish for, fellas. Some day you'll go too far and it'll end up much worse than somebody simply losing their job. You can only scream and spit at some people for so long.

Posted by: jimg on August 27, 2007 04:53 PM
39. Ryan
"33. Nice job rationalizing irrational behavior, Pudge. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sharkansky deleted his posts for a reason: he knows he was wrong.
Posted by Ryan at August 27, 2007 02:45 PM"

And othertimes a cigar is a good smoke. If this was over tipping then the Shark family tipped 15% or $10 and not the 20% or $13 she felt entitled to. This thing she started was over $3? If you had read the posts you would know that sharkansky tried to engage the source and the original website to do the right thing. He pointed out that if they didn't come clean that there would be consequences. They didn't and consequences followed. Sharkansky promised to remove the posts if she retracted. She did and Sharkansky kept his word. Hmmm, is that such a novel concept for you?
Personally, I believe that the original webmaster should print a retraction but he has been hiding out and was last seen riding that little vespa of his around Freemont.

Posted by: SU Grad on August 27, 2007 04:58 PM
40. I've been away. Wow, missed a good one.

Goldy is completely irrelevant. Outside of the few extreme left nutters that visit his site and comment at his level, there are no mainstream Puget Sounders reading or listening to his shock tripe.

Goldy is all about making as big a ruckus as possible, to extend Goldy, Inc. He's not even a real Progressive. He lives his own life conservatively, and when issues effect him personally, he acts like any normal person would, with rational self interest. Which is why the Progressive movement will never go anywhere.

Goldy is a fool and a coward with his only real asset being his extreme lack of any humility. A trait which allows him to continue his quite aptly named jackass parade.

Posted by: Jeff B. on August 27, 2007 09:06 PM
41. Well at least 20,794 more people know what kind of a stand up guy you are pal.
Maybe next time you'll leave the power trip in your pants.

Posted by: Devon on August 27, 2007 09:36 PM
42. Ryan: I was not rationalizing anything. I am saying anyone who does NOT report such behavior by a waitress to a business owner is doing a disservice to that business owner. I am saying Stefan, by reporting it to the business owner/manager, absolutely did the only proper thing. The business should be told, and she should be fired. Unless you WANT the business to fail: are YOU that vindictive?

Posted by: pudge on August 28, 2007 07:27 AM
43. Mr Yuck is apparently not only a scumbag who threatens the health of a person in a public forum, he is also a craven little coward.

In checking out his email (sdflkjds@yahoo.com), it appears that Yahoo.com has no such address. Surprise, surprise! No wonder this little wussy makes threats like this. This pile of pig droppings hasn't the balls to do it in a fashion that is traceable. Mr Yuck is just another bottom of the toilet POS.

So, Mr. Yuck- other than that you are a lame-ass punk who lacks the guts to show himself/itself, what else can you tell us about yourself?

Posted by: ERNurse on August 28, 2007 08:04 PM
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