Refuse the Juice

Reprint: Open Letter to Sipes and Leeds

I think Leeds pressured NPT into taking my letter down.  I want it to live on... so here it is.

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November 12, 2009

 

Via E-Mail: karlsruher@gmail.com and Certified Mail

Mr. David Karlsruher

Refuse the Juice

1224 Belvedere

El Paso, Tx. 79912

 

Re:    Refuse the Juice

“Hurry! The Campaign Season is Coming”

 

Dear Sir:

 

Please be advised that I have been retained to represent Mr. Stuart Leeds in connection with the above posting dated November 11, 2009.

 

The allegations made against Mr. Leeds are not based in fact and are absolutely false.   The assertions that his intentions are to conduct a witch hunt, that he is not patriotic, and that he will participate in corruption are the basis of a suit for defamation.

 

The purpose of this letter is to demand the removal of such posting from your blog and any links to other websites upon receipt of this correspondence. 

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/

DORIS SIPES

 

 

cc:     Mr. Stuart Leeds

 

 

 

 

 

Open Letter Repsonse to Doris Sipes and Stuart Leeds

 

From David Karlsruher, Public Enemy #2

 

Dear Ms. Sipes and Mr. Leeds,

I can’t tell you how thrilled I initially was when I received your letter attached to an email addressed to me.  I thought for sure you were sending me a “save the date” for your yearly Christmas party.  I don’t have to tell you that lawyers throw the absolute best Christmas parties and it’s always an honor to be invited to them.

 

Sadly, I was disappointed to find that your letter was not a cheerful invitation for a celebration of Christ’s birthday.  I, at first, had a lot of trouble opening the attachment because the file was a Word Perfect document.  I stopped using Word Perfect at about the same time Tom Landry stopped coaching the Cowboys.  However, I did contact the Smithsonian and they are interested in obtaining the copy of your Word Perfect program for their “Ancient Technologies” exhibit debuting in the Spring of 2010.

 

Once I was able to locate a Comodore 64 to open your attachment, I was shocked to find out that you were upset with something I wrote on my blog. I felt bad for an entire minute before I realized that my life was not over, I wouldn’t be going to jail and no judge worth their robe would spend more than a minute entertaining a lawsuit based on your complaints in your letter.  That means we will probably not be arguing this one inside the hallowed walls of the U.S. Supreme Court.  However, I do have a call in to the producers of “Judge Judy.”  Keep your fingers crossed we get picked for the show because they pick up hotel and airfare for you and a guest.  My wife and I are in dire need of a vacation!

 

I’m very confused as to why an important public figure like Mr. Leeds, who is heading up the very controversial El Paso County Ethics Commission, would be bumming around the internet reading blogs.  I’m also curious as to what Ms. Sipes’ clients are going to think of her once they realize she spends her time harassing local bloggers via letters written in Word Perfect.   Don’t both of you have something better to do? 

 

The gist of your complaint was outlined in your letter:

 

“The allegations made against Mr. Leeds are not based in fact and are absolutely false.   The assertions that his intentions are to conduct a witch hunt, that he is not patriotic, and that he will participate in corruption are the basis of a suit for defamation.”

  

I was merely having a little fun with the witch hunt theme.  However, if I have hit a nerve or exposed your future plans prematurely, I apologize.  If you are in fact going to have witch hunts and witch trials, I would like to humbly suggest Ascarate park for the location of the festivities.  The park offers a lake for the “does she, or does she not float” trials and there’s plenty of room to safely burn people at the stake.  Having this event at the park could go a long way in sealing that interlocal park deal we’ve been talking about for a while now.  Might I also put a word in for Alejandro Lozano for Master of Ceremonies, he really loves that park and I know you guys have been big supporters of his in the past.

 

I have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to the corruption and patriotism claims.  For a blog post you are so upset about, you sure didn’t read it very well.  Who am I kidding?  You’re not really interested in the facts, you just want me to shut up.   Too bad for you, I’m very bad with authority.  

 

I’m sure you guys write a lot of letters to citizens threatening them with lawsuits.  Most people are ignorant of the law and have been taught to fear lawyers.  Even in situations like this one, where you are dead wrong, most people acquiesce and give in to your demands.  The average citizen would rather get a root canal without anesthetic than deal with a lawyer.  It’s lawyers like you who make disliking practitioners of your trade so popular and easy. 

 

Unfortunately for you, I’m not intimidated that easily.  I’m going to keep my blog post up.  I will not erase it.  I’m going to do this because I think you’re full of shit (sorry mom) and I’ve got nothing better to do than turn what was a blog post that was viewed by a few hundred people into the most viewed blog post in the history of blog posts.  After the publication of your letter and my response to that letter (what you’re reading now), everyone in the entire county will have read the very thing you wished that no one would have read.  In soccer I think they call your move an “own goal.”

 

My advice to Mr. Leeds is to grow a thicker skin if he’s going to accept positions that put him in the public spotlight.  Picking a fight with someone who has nothing to lose and nothing for him to gain is a huge mistake.  Right now you are probably realizing that and you can go one of two ways:

 

1. Leave me alone and move on with your life.
2. Make my year by suing me.

 

Because it is in your nature to fight, I’m assuming you’ll pick option two.  I’m prepared for that situation.  I will tell you that unfortunately my wife lost her job way back in April and things have gotten pretty tight around the Karlsruher residence since.  You see, nobody pays me $200 an hour to bother people via letters written in Word Perfect.  So, on the off chance you actually do win your suit against me, we can only offer you an unopened set of CorningWare that we got as a wedding present (please do newly weds a favor and shop where they are registered and always include a receipt) and the Eagles Farewell 1 Tour – Live from Melbourne DVD as payment.  We’ve had to pawn everything else of value in our house (thank you Mr. Obama for that).

 

I’ve also prepared a legal defense fund for myself.  It’s called “Save Dave” (I’m “Dave”).  I plan on following in the footsteps of my personal hero, President Bill Clinton, by making speeches to paying audiences all across the county to earn money for the “Save Dave” legal fund.   I expect to raise tens of dollars for my defense. 

 

I have not retained a lawyer as of yet, but I will use this open letter to invite Carl Starr to be the first to join my legal defense team.  What do you say, Carl?

 

It’s a shame that it has to come to this.  But I’m prepared to become the Martyr the local blogosphere has been longing for.  You see, bloggers wear threats of lawsuits around their neck like medals of honor.  We know we’re doing something right when we start hearing from lawyers.  Thank you for making a hero among the basement dwelling shut-ins that are my only peers. 

 

I will see you on the battlefield… er court. 

 

Love,

 

 

David Karlsruher

AKA David K

 

cc:  All of El Paso

 

 

Ps.

Here’s a little housekeeping issue I have with your letter. The street I live on is spelled “Belvidere,” not “Belvedere” like the popular brand of vodka you may have been drinking when you decided it was a good idea to rattle the cage of the city’s most notorious smartass blogger.  Good luck getting the certified letter to my house with an incorrect address.  I guess it makes sense that you can’t get your allegations of my defamatory statements correct if you can’t even get my address right.  I would hate for your landmark defamation suit against me to be dismissed due to a technicality like you getting my address wrong. 

 

Announcing New Blog Project

I'm not a one trick pony.  I'm a multi-talented ass... so says my wife and most of you.  With that in mind, I have decided to start another blog dedicated to everything but my thoughts on politics. 

I haven't come with a name yet, but you'll be the first to know.  The format will be very similar to this format.  I hope to cover a wide range of topics from food to the intricacies of marriage. The blog will be fun and encourage reader participation. 

We all need a break from politics every once in a while and this new blog should provide a diversion from our day to day obsession with the anointed ones.

Of course, the new blog isn't without its pure benefit for me.  It's going to let me try out some concepts I'm thinking about putting in a novel.  Hopefully I'll be able to use all of you as Hollywood would use a test audience - only you guys are smarter than the folks they round up. 

I will let you know soon when and where you'll be able to find the new blog.

Conquistador'd Again and Chavez's Upcoming Fight

Scary Larry has had to resign his slot on the Civil Service Commission due to his earlier announcement that he will be losing in a landslide to Veronica Escobar and Sergio Coronado in the County Judge's race next year. 

Our favorite little city council person and Mayor Pro Tempura, Emma Acosta, appointed Scary Larry to the commission about the same time she made the mayor give Scary Larry his 52nd Conquistador award.  Since Larry served proudly, and boldly, on the commission (his attendance is rumored to be around 50 percent), Acosta should put him up for yet another Conquistador award seeing as how he has served his community yet again (by "served" I mean "showed up half the time and was a complete disruptive ass when he was there - grandstander deluxe"). 

Forget for a minute that the community has thanked Scary Larry for his service in the past by electing Alex Lozano instead of him - TWICE.  That's not something many people can say they've had happen to them.

Of course, Scary Larry did hand out gifts in his likeness to his employees - that's worth a Conquistador award in of itself.

Bring it on Mayor Pro Tempura - give Larry another Conquistador award so we can all hear him thank himself for being the greatest guy on earth in front of council again.

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The Times reported that Chavez is officially not running for the open senate seat.  She's choosing instead to keep her seniority in the house to better represent the needs and wants of Indian Tribes in Oklahoma.

Her huge helping of humble pie was dished out by a poll conducted by the Trial Lawyers (AKA - The Devil's Army).  She's about as likable as a stab wound and she was the last to know.

She has two challengers who have a ton of material to present to voters showing her to be a mean person with an appetite for confrontation. 

I suspect that she'll regain the support of the business community and others who were planning on walking away from her if she ran for senate.  They are probably smart enough to know that the devil you know is better than the one you don't.

Good luck to Ms. Chavez - I'm here to help if she needs anything!

Norma and the Latino Curriculum

Since I'm not listening to 99.9 FM until after the holidays and I needed a refresher on Paul Strelzin's personal history, I tuned into KHRO 1150 AM this afternoon.  Instead of hearing Strelzin interview himself, I was shocked to hear the lovely voice of Norma Chavez! Not only was I interested in listening, I was a little turned on.  Okay, I wasn't turned on, but you laughed.

There she was patting herself on the back for her part in forcing her favorite Latino figures down the throats of grade school kids in the state of Texas. Yep, Cesar Chavez is joining the ranks of George Washington in our nation's history.  Excuse me if I see their respective influences on American history as different... by a lot.

I'm not against our children learning about all kinds of people of different makes and models.  However, they have to be important historical figures, not a beloved means to a political end.  Norma is using this "Chicano" thing as a way to rally voters - to play race politics.  She's bating hispanics against anglos in her own divide and conquer scheme.  Democrats have long been the purveyors of racial politics.

Cesar Chavez was a great man. He really tried hard to accomplish a noble goal. The sad truth is that he failed miserably.  Farm workers are still paid next to nothing, work in deplorable conditions and in many cases live in deplorable conditions.  His efforts failed in the end and he has nobody but undocumented immigrants to thank for that failure.  The man was a giant among men, but his plans didn't work out.  What does that have to do with pre-high school education?

Let's get serious about this conversation.  Who in their right mind is going take a child's mind at a point where it's best learning concepts and problem solving and shove it full of information about farm workers?  Why not the history of blacksmiths?  Famous lawmen of the west?  Where's the call for fourth graders to study the hundreds of thousands of Chinese immigrants who built the railroads side by side with the Irish, but who were later murdered for sport by the likes of Pancho Villa and his gang? 

I understand that everyone would like to have their children learn about history in the context of their ethnicity, but where does it stop? 

When I was in school during the 80s and 90s the curriculum had become heavily focused on black history.  We spent every spring semester from fifth grade on learning about slavery.  It was crammed down our throat year after year.  We talked about Abraham Lincoln and the civil war as it pertained to slavery.  We never talked about the 10th amendment and what the war meant to our respect for the constitution.  It wasn't until I was in college that we learned about the long-term ramifications of the degradation of the 10th amendment.  Many of the complaints about our ridiculously large federal government and the systematic stripping of our rights by that federal government were born out of that decision to declare war.  We freed the slaves and made everyone a little less free at the same time.  It's an important topic that we never discuss because we're to busy apologizing for something that happened 150 years ago.

Do you know why my generation does not vote?  Because we do not know anything about our government other than it freed the slaves sometime before the Wright brothers invented the first airplane.  My parent's generation was taught the constitution.  They could recite the 17 enumerated powers by the time they were in high school.  The also knew what they meant!  I didn't know those powers until I was in college.

We want to throw all these ethnic and racial flags on everything and it's making our kids stupid.  What's worse is that we have people like Norma Chavez, who neglected her education for 30 years, advising our government on what kids should be taught.  What's worse is that she's doing it for political reasons and her own personal gain.

There's no need to shove historical figures down children's throats.  They will eventually learn what their curiosity allows them to learn.  They will be interested in people and events that will surprise you and sometimes anger you.  However, they will also seek out knowledge about people in history that you will approve of. 

Only an idiot would think that children draw racial and ethnic barriers by themselves.  Leave them alone and they'll balance their history correctly and become great people.  Tell them they are different all the time and you'll create racists.   

The last group that vehemently tried to steer a state's educational platform was the KKK.  That's the history they don't teach in school, but ought to.

Give'em a Break and Other Stuff(ing)

I have received no less than ten emails this morning from people having complete meltdowns over the fact that the city council isn't meeting today.  CALM DOWN.

They get a few Tuesdays a year where they get the day off.  Instead of being cursed out by Jesus freaks and PSB haters, they get a little peace and quiet.  You'd want a break too if you were in their shoes.

Do not forget that they make next to nothing for the job they do.  They expose themselves not only to criticism on Tuesdays, but every day of the week and they get a whopping $18,000 a year to do so. 

I know we like beating them up, but let some of those cuts and bruises heal for a week and we'll get back to smacking them around early next week.

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Murder is becoming something you read about in El Paso and there's no mention of Juarez.  A couple of dead teenagers in the past week have done nothing to really wake anyone up around here.  We're so numb to the news of death that we hardly care which side of the border it's taking place.

It's seems as if the Times last week tried to connect the slaughter in Juarez to El Pasoans by linking the recently murdered to prominent restaurant owners.  We still don't care.  We're a place where our outrage is about as useful as our vote in a statewide election.

As long as we are going to report on the murders of young men, we should require some honesty.  I'm tired of reading about how each of the kids was the best kid ever and mere days away from attending Harvard on a scholarship.  Their friends and family need to own up to the fact that their kid was running around with bad people and the inevitable happened - an early and senseless death. 

The faster we as a community tell these people not to lie about that reality of their kid's death, the faster we will fix the problem.  By always painting a pretty picture of each murder victim, we tell others who have kids in similar situations that it's okay to do what they are doing.  To listen to the families of all these murder victims the only thing that connects each of them is that they were perfect little angels who were about to become priests.  Nobody seems to point to the fact that the real connection is their gang affiliation.  To listen to the bereaved, you're more likely to be shot and killed at a party if you are a "really good boy" than if you are in gang.  It sounds like they only shoot the good kids.  Nobody is ever in gang when they are murdered... at least that's what the family would have you believe.

And don't give me any guff about the police department needing to do more.  There's only so much a police officer can do to prevent crime.  He can not follow your delinquent around telling him how to behave - that's your job. 

Ask yourself how many teenagers not at parties with known gang members present get shot in El Paso. 

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I'm going to admit this and I don't care what you think.  I often listen to 99.9 FM.  Yep, I listen to "easy listening" or "soft rock" radio.  It's relaxing.  You don't have to think about it and it doesn't distract you.

Too bad I will not be listening to that station again until February since they have already started playing Christmas music.  I hate Christmas music.  I can't stand Christmas music.  It's distracting and idiotic.  A person's IQ is directly connected to their like of Christmas music.  Think I'm lying - go ask someone who listens to Christmas music where they bury the survivors of a plane crash that takes off in Texas and crashes in Mexico.

I can not believe that they are actually playing the Christmas music before Thanksgiving.  When I was a kid they started playing Christmas music somewhere around the 12th or 15th.  It's still the 12th or 15th, only we're talking November now.

I hope the advertisers on 99.9 are depending on my dollars this Christmas, because I'm going to miss their commercials.  I'm changing the channel!

Political Clout

I was editing Lionstar's latest piece for Newspaper Tree and the subject he tackles got me to thinking about political clout.  Who has it?  How do they use it?  Where can one get some?

I'm not sure who has the political clout in town right now.  Some say Reyes is the "all powerful and mighty," but I don't see anything to support that.  Every time someone questions Norma Chavez's power; they're answered with the story about the election where Chavez handily beat Reye's sister-in-law.  I wouldn't assume that's an indication that Reyes can throw his weight around.

Besides that example, I don't see anyone crying out for his support.  Frankly, I don't see anyone seeking anyone's endorsement.  I've mentioned this in the past about Chavez.   Chavez has been described as second only to Jesus Christ himself in popularity in the Valley.  Yet, not one person in the Valley has ever asked for her endorsement.  What does that mean?

If one person did have a lot of clout; how would they use it?  Would they cut back room deals or make public endorsements?  Would they take a chance on supporting someone who may end up in the FBI corruption investigation?  Who knows who may be caught up in that fiasco.  It would be dangerous to go around anointing people who may have something to hide (yes, I'm looking right at you Scary Larry).

How would a person in this town raise their own political capital and turn it into clout?  Pictures of other politicos playing naked twister with underage boys?  Or would they get it the old fashion way - being well liked by the electorate?

Do any of you have any answers?

Scary Larry is Strategic

By now we've all heard the story from Lionstar about him calling Larry Medina to get some bus tickets for a man and his kids down on their luck.  Although I'd love to think that Larry is some charitable guy who does this all the time, I know better.

You'll have to excuse Lionstar for his gullible nature in this matter.  He truly wanted to help these people and did his best to get that done for them - good for him and he did the right thing.  However, Scary Larry only did the deed because he knew that he'd be getting positive press out of it.

Had Lionstar been a regular Joe just like you without a blog, Newspaper Tree column and a radio show, he would have told you to screw off.  Believe me, I know a lot of folks in the non-profit world and Scary Larry is notorious for asking and not giving.  I've seen him at a lot of events and he's out there shaking hands and trying to draw all the attention, but when it comes to auction time - the time to put the money where your mouth is -there's no Larry to be found.  Please ask someone in the non-profit sector how much Larry gives.  Don't be surprised when you find out that Mr. Segundo Barrio is also Mr. Stingy.

What Larry did was weigh the cost of political advertising against the cost of the bus tickets.  For what the bus tickets cost him he could have only advertised on one show a couple of times.  By buying the tickets, he made sure that Lionstar would give him hours of free press.  Bless Lionstar's heart, he doesn't realize that he was being used.

I get stories about local politicians doing things like that all the time via email.  All of them are trying to get me to write something nice about that politico as if my blog really changes anyone's mind when it comes to politics.  It's all bullshit, folks.

There are a few people here in town that give their wealth freely to help those in need.  They don't need the press to make it worth doing, either.  These people lend things like their air planes to get kids with cancer and other medical needs to specialized care.  They buy useless crap at very high prices when they attend charity dinners so that someone without the means may obtain that one thing they don't have, whether it be health care, food or a roof over their head.  The best part about it?  These people don't require publicity. 

No offense to Lionstar, but he was played by an opportunist.  Charity is not something you do for attention, it's something you do for others.

Don't Believe All that You Hear

I got a phone call from an acquaintance last night as I was watching football.  I was annoyed at first, but quickly intrigued once the caller go past the "we met at this event and this guy gave me your number" part of the conversation.  The man, a lawyer, had a good question for me.

He asked me, "Is Judge Antcliff aligned with Stewart Leeds and Teresa Caballero?" I immediately knew what he was talking about.  I asked him if he had heard Antcliff on the radio and heard Leeds and Caballero call in to praise him.  He said he hadn't heard the shows and wasn't even aware that there was local talk radio, but somebody had told him about a call-in show where what I described happened.

What the man heard is true.  While Antcliff was on with Hector Montes Caballero called in and gave him a thumbs up (somewhat) and when Antcliff was on Strelzin's show a few minutes later Leeds called in and praised him.  But does that mean they are all buddies?  The answer is "no."

Antcliff is a Republican who pretty much keeps to himself.  I had his sign in my yard when he last ran because a law enforcement friend of mine related to me how important it would be to have Antcliff as the judge in that court.  Other than that, I've never had any contact with the guy and from what it seems, nobody else has either.

I called a lawyer buddy of mine and he told me that he was surprised at Caballero and Leed's kind words for Antcliff.  He told me that a while back they had a case in front of Antcliff and their comments about him after the trial weren't exactly endorsement of his performance. 

I then asked my lawyer buddy why Antcliff didn't try to push their endorsement away when he was on the radio.  He told me that a judge can't do that.  They can 't make negative public statements about lawyers.  It's just a bad thing to do given his chance of seeing them in his court.

My lawyer buddy concluded that Antcliff was probably just being nice and hoping nobody really believed that he sought Leeds and Caballero's endorsement.

I have concluded that Leeds and Caballero were trying to attach themselves to someone with a squeaky clean reputation.  Antcliff was just being ethical and nice by not saying anything to the contrary. 

What Leeds and Caballero did isn't a new trick.  Attaching yourself to someone with a great, or popular image is something that's done all the time in the PR and campaign world. 

Somebody needs to tell these two jokers that improving their public image starts at home, not with others.  Especially since they have both made themselves PUBLIC FIGURES.

Anything but the Lawsuit - Almost

I was tuned in yesterday to Hector Montes' show when he had Teresa Caballero on.  My buddy Tim called in and trapped her with a question pertaining to my lawsuit.  His "gotcha moment" was pretty good and she retreated quickly from the conversation.

The next call was David Crowder and complete meltdown on Caballero's part ensued.  As Crowder was outlining his argument that not only was what I wrote not libelous, but that she herself had in the past had made statements that could be construed as defamatory.

It was quite a hoot listening to her talk over Crowder and change the subject repeatedly. She was in a panic and using every verbal judo move she knew to battle Crowder all the way to the break.  She was on the ropes big time and was saved by the bell.  Apparently she is not without her own problems from the past.

I hope Crowder can get on again and finish his story. Judging by Caballero's reaction, it was a good one.

If I were Teresa, I would stop talking about me and that lawsuit.  Not many credible people are taking Mr. Leed's side and it's becoming a distraction from the work of the ethics commission.

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Regina Arditti is in a pickle.  Looks like she was indicted and faces a punishment of removal from the bench if found guilty of violating nepotism laws.  In an odd move just recently, she fired the employees in question in either an act of guilt or desperation.  Whatever the reason, it looked bad.

Adding to Arditti's troubles is the rather sizable loan she took out to run her campaign.  The original amount was well over $100,000.  It was pure overkill for a bench race. 

The idea for paying back all that money was to have lawyers pay into her campaign fund.  What they got in return for their campaign donations can be left up to your imagination. 

Who's going to want to give her money now?  What an idiotic gamble.  Especially in a race that was a slam-dunk because of the presidential election and straight ticket voting.

Barraza is tied up in this too, but it's the least of his worries.

Two fine democrats.

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Jo Anne Bernal is running for County Attorney.  In a shocking move she announced her bid at Cafe Mayapan!

Look for her character to be assassinated by the usual suspects.

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I'm getting details on the poll that scared Norma Chavez out of the race for Shapleigh's soon to be vacant seat.  Apparently it was purchased by the trial lawyers and she had less than 15 percent favorable rating.  That pretty much makes her less popular than any sitting politician I have ever polled for.  Even Jimmy Carter thinks that's a bad favorable rating.

Now we know why she stopped banging on the pots and pans and went back to playing quietly in the corner with her dolls.

Looks like those who claimed she was "the man" were wrong.  Now she has at least one opponent and went from being unbeatable to vulnerable.

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I know all of you think Barbara Perez must be the most popular democrat in town with all of the support she's getting for her Justice of the Peace run.  You're wrong.

Barbara's wide support comes from all factions of the local democratic party. They are very happy that she has chosen to take a minor political role and they want her to stay out of the major races for county judge, state senate and anything else that comes up.  I have on good authority that everyone is just patronizing her so that she will go away. 

In fact, I saw a text message from someone at her last party that said "I can not believe I have to be here pretending to support her."

The awful truth - she won't beat the actually qualified person she's running against.  Her indiscretions of the past are going to be sent to the voters in the district via the mail.  That should just about do her in.

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This is worth a read http://www.8thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/HTMLOpinion.asp?OpinionID=61966

(Thanks go to Ms. Ford for the link)

About Hector Montes

Some of you are asking why Hector Montes hates me so much.  There are lots of reasons why Hector hates me. The first and foremost being that he is extremely jealous of me.  Why? I have no idea.  He does, after all, have a show with more than a dozen listeners - some of them aren't even drunk!  Of course, the sales staff over at the station often joke that it's hard to sell a show to advertisers when all of the listeners are known to be unemployed and on fixed incomes.  That's not exactly a key demographic like the one Freyermuth appeals to in the morning.  You know, people on their way to WORK.

Montes is also angry that I mistakenly thought he was gay.  I honestly thought that he was gay and I posted that here on my blog in an attempt to show him respect.  I didn't know he wasn't gay.  My bad.  Lots of other people that I talked to thought he was gay as well, so I didn't think it was off base to share that.

He threatened me by saying "he knows people" etc.. et al after the gay thing came out. Even today on his program with Teresa Caballero he made the threat that I will still have to be dealt with.  I think it's funny that he uses Entravision's air time to threaten me with implied physical violence.

I feel sorry for this guy.  I really do.  He's fading out of the public spotlight he craves so much to help someone on their campaign (from what I hear).  Five minutes after he signs off for the last time will be four minutes after the last person remembers who he is/was. 

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I did hear what Teresa Caballero said in defense of Leed's lawsuit.  She said that I have accused him of a crime - that crime being "witch hunts."  Apparent the recognition of satire is dead.  She knows as well as anyone that they have no case and even if one their buddies who's a judge lets this get past the first hurdle, there's literally a ton of case law on my side.  Why would she embarrass herself by pretending that this is a valid lawsuit?  They couldn't even spell my street name right!

Teresa is an extremely smart person.  I'm also extremely scared of her.  I'm not happy that she's not happy with me.  But life goes on.

I do appreciate her mentioning my name on Hector's show because he hates that.