USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

Date: 13 Jun 2008 20:45:00
From: Chess One
Subject: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

Considering the past debt of about $100,000, plus $200,000 this year, no
equity in the new building, no cash reserves, and despite the nonsense
law-suits, serious new ones possible by its only main partner, Chesscafe,
encouraged and stimulated by Diplomat Bauer and Buffalo Bill...then the
almost certain counter-suit from Polgar & Truong...

The unexplained 'award systems' catastrophe for national ratings which are
not just without any quality assurance but without any sense of needing any.

Then there is according to whatever the unknown rules are, and indeed if
this was even chess - the resolution of the Women's championship this year
was either cheating or 'monkey business'. That's not true of the men's
competition, but then again, most top players didn't show up.

The discontinuance of the communication vehicle to its main market, youth
chess, coupled with the likelihood of Chess Life as standing on its own legs
as a 'commercial entity'...

Its sad when a long-time public institution goes under, usually.

What America needs is an organization established to promote chess to the
general public, to mainstream education, and to mainstream media. That is in
fact USCF's mission statement, but not its action plan, not this year, nor
for the past 35 years.

What is sad is that USCF who never address their own mission, has taken so
long to fall over, and keeps getting in the way of those who would actually
attempt promoting chess.

When winter comes, and the traditional revenue short-fall of the winter
months hits home - it will likely be the home of USCF employees. After all,
$200,000 is about 7 office salaries, and that is to just stay even in
operating terms.

USCF want to soldier on regardless, even if they got down to 3 people like
in 1968. What will sink them is the current serious legal and financial
position on all fronts, any one of which will be completely fatal, beyond
recovery, and we all told them so.

Phil Innes

Date: 24 Jun 2008 20:34:16
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 25, 4:00=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Once more you come after me with more wild accusations.
> > Perhaps you can explain why it was me and not CalChess who went to the
> > District Attorney when the children's funds were being stolen by
> > CalChess and I rescued what was left of them into a trust account at
> > the recommendation of the DA? =A0Kind of changes the story, doesn't it
> > numbnuts.
> > Never did I claim or receive a dime.
> > Perhaps you can explain why CalChess attempt to have me arrested fell
> > flat on Richard K's face? =A0He was laughed out of the DAs office when
> > the DAs found out who had stolen what.
> > Perhaps you can explain why CalChess failed to pursue any claim
> > against me and it was I who chased the CalChess President around for
> > months trying to have her served?
> > Was it the CalChess President or me who had a secret bank account
> > which set this whole process in motion when it was discovered CalChess
> > funds were not going into the CalChess account over which I as twice
> > unanimously (ballots not acclamation) elected Treasurer had fiduciary
> > responsibility?
>
> > Richard Peterson
>
> No, what you did was extort the right to run a lucrative scholastic
> tournament in return for giving back the money. You got away with it
> because, if they had fought it out, most of the money would have been
> eaten up by legal fees. Whether your actions were criminal is a
> question for the lawyers. They were certainly despicable, as are you.
> Is that blunt enough for you?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Uh, no twinkletoes.
I already had the contract to run the state championship BEFORE the
politicians got involved.

Queer as it may seem, I believe you would lie when the truth would do
as well.

Just so you understand the chronology.

1. Got the state championship contract
2. CalCHESS politicos stop publishing CalChess Journal.
3. CalChess officer whose duty it was to publish CalChess Journal
attempts to have me put out of their state by gerrymandering the state
lines.
4. President's secret bank account appears.
5. I see DA and move the funds to new trust account.
6. CalChess files suit then drops it.
7. Koepcke falls on face trying to have me arrested.
8. I file suit.

Date: 24 Jun 2008 19:32:29
From: The Historian
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 24, 5:53 pm, [email protected] wrote:

> One must wonder whether someone so prone to effusions of fuliginous
> amphiboly in the expression of his cacoethes scribendi is in any
> position to criticize the writing of others. (When I was at CL, we
> often chuckled at parodies (parrodies?) of your style.)

This strikes me as more Parrian:

Too, one must wonder whether someone so prone to effusions of
fuliginous amphiboly in the expression of his cacoethes scribendi is
in any position to criticize the writing of others. I say, yes. Lovin'
it.

Date: 24 Jun 2008 16:00:03
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

[email protected] wrote:
> Once more you come after me with more wild accusations.
> Perhaps you can explain why it was me and not CalChess who went to the
> District Attorney when the children's funds were being stolen by
> CalChess and I rescued what was left of them into a trust account at
> the recommendation of the DA? Kind of changes the story, doesn't it
> numbnuts.
> Never did I claim or receive a dime.
> Perhaps you can explain why CalChess attempt to have me arrested fell
> flat on Richard K's face? He was laughed out of the DAs office when
> the DAs found out who had stolen what.
> Perhaps you can explain why CalChess failed to pursue any claim
> against me and it was I who chased the CalChess President around for
> months trying to have her served?
> Was it the CalChess President or me who had a secret bank account
> which set this whole process in motion when it was discovered CalChess
> funds were not going into the CalChess account over which I as twice
> unanimously (ballots not acclamation) elected Treasurer had fiduciary
> responsibility?
>
> Richard Peterson

No, what you did was extort the right to run a lucrative scholastic
tournament in return for giving back the money. You got away with it
because, if they had fought it out, most of the money would have been
eaten up by legal fees. Whether your actions were criminal is a
question for the lawyers. They were certainly despicable, as are you.
Is that blunt enough for you?

Date: 24 Jun 2008 15:53:05
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

[email protected] wrote:
> THIS IS TINYTOWN
>
> The issue is whether it's fair to use John
> Hillery's reputed gay sexual orientation as ammo
> against him. As in, say: "Neither Hillery nor Gore
> Vidal can write a decent sentence."
>
> We are forgetting that in this forum all's fair in
> love and marginalization. This is one of the 10
> amendments in the Tiny Town Bill of Rights.
>
> So, yes, it is far more fair to attack Mr. Hillery
> for homosexuality than it is to engage the
> quality of his product. Anatomy vs. page layouts --
> it's a no-brainer.
>
> This is Tinytown, lads. Shape up!

Larry, you once purported to be a journalist, so you know perfectly
well that's libelous. (If you don't, your running dog Brian Lafferty
can explain it to you.) On the other hand, any statements I've made
about the egregious Richard Peterson are provably true.

One must wonder whether someone so prone to effusions of fuliginous
amphiboly in the expression of his cacoethes scribendi is in any
position to criticize the writing of others. (When I was at CL, we
often chuckled at parodies (parrodies?) of your style.)
>
>
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> > On Jun 23, 11:33 am, [email protected] wrote:
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > > On Jun 18, 1:37?am, [email protected] wrote:
> > > > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > > > > Scholastic chess has been raped.
> > > > > > How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenly
> > > > > > had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
> > > > > > meaning folks ended School Mates. ?Compensation to the scholastic
> > > > > > members? ?None. ?Grand theft? ?Yes.
> > >
> > > > > That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
> > > > > resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you..
> > >
> > > > > > This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on a
> > > > > > much smaller scale.
> > >
> > > > > > Richard Peterson
> > >
> > > > > It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
> > > > > from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
> > > > > extort a settlement from them. (Note that ?I am not asserting that you
> > > > > did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
> > > > > people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)
> > >
> > > > This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
> > > > have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
> > >
> > > > In your style John Hillery, let's try,
> > > > "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
> > > > was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
> > > > after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
> > > > asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
> > > > from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
> > > > just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
> > > > can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
> > > > back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
> > > > say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)
> > >
> > > > Allegedly.
> > >
> > > The difference is that your, ah, legally dubious activities are common
> > > knowledge. No speculation is required. (The misappropriation of the
> > > CalChess treasury, that business in Arizona where you weaseled out by
> > > declaring bankruptcy, the phony tournaments you submitted for rating
> > > -- it's a long list.) If you don't like being outed and vilified every
> > > time you stick your head up again -- well, you should have thought of
> > > that before you made yourself a pariah in the chess world. No
> > > reputable chess organizer will have anything to do with you any more.
> > > Perhaps you're trolling here for the other kind.
> > >
> > > (Sidebar: When RP helped himself to the CalChess treasury "for the
> > > children," one of their officers tried to convince us that Petey's
> > > residence was "really" in Southern California, so that they could kick
> > > him off their Board. We wouldn't take him either.)- Hide quoted text -
> > >
> > > - Show quoted text -
> >
> > I want to apologize if there was any insinuation that you are gay.
> > Gay people are mostly honest and quite frankly more ted in the arts
> > than most of us. It was an insult for anyone to count you in the
> > ranks of the talented.
> >
> > I was surprised that you responded at all. But that is your style.
> > We have all wondered about that (can we call it a) beard. And why are
> > things forever stuck in it?
> >
> > Once more you come after me with more wild accusations.
> > Perhaps you can explain why it was me and not CalChess who went to the
> > District Attorney when the children's funds were being stolen by
> > CalChess and I rescued what was left of them into a trust account at
> > the recommendation of the DA? Kind of changes the story, doesn't it
> > numbnuts.
> > Never did I claim or receive a dime.
> > Perhaps you can explain why CalChess attempt to have me arrested fell
> > flat on Richard K's face? He was laughed out of the DAs office when
> > the DAs found out who had stolen what.
> > Perhaps you can explain why CalChess failed to pursue any claim
> > against me and it was I who chased the CalChess President around for
> > months trying to have her served?
> > Was it the CalChess President or me who had a secret bank account
> > which set this whole process in motion when it was discovered CalChess
> > funds were not going into the CalChess account over which I as twice
> > unanimously (ballots not acclamation) elected Treasurer had fiduciary
> > responsibility?
> >
> > When you cover up a crime, it is best to gerrymander the honest
> > Treasurer out of your organization.
> >
> > You can make up all the lies you want. Doesn't bother me. After all,
> > I didn't have to kill a rat, glue it to my chin just to hide the fact
> > I don't have a chin.
> >
> > In the end if you just compare the chess accomplishments of my
> > children Andrea or David to this perpetual blowhard clown it is pretty
> > clear he has a severe case of penile envy. He just never measured up.
> >
> > Again, apologies to any members of the gay chess community and future
> > apologies to any members of the canine community if I have to deal
> > with tweedledum again.
> >
> > Richard Peterson

Date: 24 Jun 2008 15:43:00
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

Brian Lafferty wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > Brian Lafferty wrote:
> >> [email protected] wrote:
> >>> On Jun 18, 1:37=EF=BF=BDam, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>> [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>> Scholastic chess has been raped.
> >>>>> How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members sudde=
nly
> >>>>> had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
> >>>>> meaning folks ended School Mates. =EF=BF=BDCompensation to the scho=
lastic
> >>>>> members? =EF=BF=BDNone. =EF=BF=BDGrand theft? =EF=BF=BDYes.
> >>>> That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
> >>>> resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you=
..
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on =
a
> >>>>> much smaller scale.
> >>>>> Richard Peterson
> >>>> It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
> >>>> from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
> >>>> extort a settlement from them. (Note that =EF=BF=BDI am not assertin=
g that you
> >>>> did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
> >>>> people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)
> >>> This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
> >>> have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
> >>>
> >>> In your style John Hillery, let's try,
> >>> "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
> >>> was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
> >>> after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
> >>> asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
> >>> from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
> >>> just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
> >>> can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
> >>> back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I woul=
d
> >>> say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)
> >>>
> >>> Allegedly.
> >>>
> >> There was a time in the dim past when John Hillery was active in
> >> Massachusetts chess and chess politics. Allegedly, he was intensely
> >> disliked and an alleged thorn in most people's sides. Those who
> >> remember him consistently use the words, asshole and condescending,
> >> often in conjunction with each other, to describe Johnny. He is alleg=
ed
> >> to have had a severely inflated opinion of his intellectual ability wi=
th
> >> an alleged inability to comprehend much of anything. Allegedly, this
> >> hasn't changed much since moving to the other coast. Once an alleged
> >> dimwit, always an alleged dimwit. Of course, Johnny won't appreciate a=
ny
> >> of these alleged opinions from alleged former associates and alleged
> >> "friends."
> >
> > Well, Brian, few if any of the people you associate with (Donna Alarie
> > and crew of patzers) were around before I left Mass. If you'd like to
> > name names, rather than emulate the methods of your hero Joe McCarthy
> > (or was that Charlie McCarthy? Wasn't he a relative of yours?), be my
> > guest. BTW, I readily admit condescending to my intellectual
> > inferiors. If you find this painful ... well, I don't suppose there's
> > much you can do at this stage of your life.
>
> Seems a nerve has been struck, Johnny. As to pain, no. I find you highly
> amusing. So do others going way, way back.

But Brian, I'd have to respect you to be pained by your insults. Since
you're an ignorant buffoon worthy only of contempt, the question
doesn't really arise. (Anyone who thinks references to old Star Trek
episodes represent a clever literary allusion really has no business
getting involved in a duel of wits.)

Date: 22 Jun 2008 23:10:22
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

THIS IS TINYTOWN

The issue is whether it's fair to use John
Hillery's reputed gay sexual orientation as ammo
against him. As in, say: "Neither Hillery nor Gore
Vidal can write a decent sentence."

We are forgetting that in this forum all's fair in
love and marginalization. This is one of the 10
amendments in the Tiny Town Bill of Rights.

So, yes, it is far more fair to attack Mr. Hillery
for homosexuality than it is to engage the
quality of his product. Anatomy vs. page layouts --
it's a no-brainer.

This is Tinytown, lads. Shape up!

[email protected] wrote:
> On Jun 23, 11:33 am, [email protected] wrote:
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > > On Jun 18, 1:37?am, [email protected] wrote:
> > > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > > > Scholastic chess has been raped.
> > > > > How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenly
> > > > > had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
> > > > > meaning folks ended School Mates. ?Compensation to the scholastic
> > > > > members? ?None. ?Grand theft? ?Yes.
> >
> > > > That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
> > > > resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you..
> >
> > > > > This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on a
> > > > > much smaller scale.
> >
> > > > > Richard Peterson
> >
> > > > It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
> > > > from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
> > > > extort a settlement from them. (Note that ?I am not asserting that you
> > > > did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
> > > > people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)
> >
> > > This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
> > > have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
> >
> > > In your style John Hillery, let's try,
> > > "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
> > > was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
> > > after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
> > > asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
> > > from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
> > > just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
> > > can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
> > > back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
> > > say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)
> >
> > > Allegedly.
> >
> > The difference is that your, ah, legally dubious activities are common
> > knowledge. No speculation is required. (The misappropriation of the
> > CalChess treasury, that business in Arizona where you weaseled out by
> > declaring bankruptcy, the phony tournaments you submitted for rating
> > -- it's a long list.) If you don't like being outed and vilified every
> > time you stick your head up again -- well, you should have thought of
> > that before you made yourself a pariah in the chess world. No
> > reputable chess organizer will have anything to do with you any more.
> > Perhaps you're trolling here for the other kind.
> >
> > (Sidebar: When RP helped himself to the CalChess treasury "for the
> > children," one of their officers tried to convince us that Petey's
> > residence was "really" in Southern California, so that they could kick
> > him off their Board. We wouldn't take him either.)- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> I want to apologize if there was any insinuation that you are gay.
> Gay people are mostly honest and quite frankly more ted in the arts
> than most of us. It was an insult for anyone to count you in the
> ranks of the talented.
>
> I was surprised that you responded at all. But that is your style.
> We have all wondered about that (can we call it a) beard. And why are
> things forever stuck in it?
>
> Once more you come after me with more wild accusations.
> Perhaps you can explain why it was me and not CalChess who went to the
> District Attorney when the children's funds were being stolen by
> CalChess and I rescued what was left of them into a trust account at
> the recommendation of the DA? Kind of changes the story, doesn't it
> numbnuts.
> Never did I claim or receive a dime.
> Perhaps you can explain why CalChess attempt to have me arrested fell
> flat on Richard K's face? He was laughed out of the DAs office when
> the DAs found out who had stolen what.
> Perhaps you can explain why CalChess failed to pursue any claim
> against me and it was I who chased the CalChess President around for
> months trying to have her served?
> Was it the CalChess President or me who had a secret bank account
> which set this whole process in motion when it was discovered CalChess
> funds were not going into the CalChess account over which I as twice
> unanimously (ballots not acclamation) elected Treasurer had fiduciary
> responsibility?
>
> When you cover up a crime, it is best to gerrymander the honest
> Treasurer out of your organization.
>
> You can make up all the lies you want. Doesn't bother me. After all,
> I didn't have to kill a rat, glue it to my chin just to hide the fact
> I don't have a chin.
>
> In the end if you just compare the chess accomplishments of my
> children Andrea or David to this perpetual blowhard clown it is pretty
> clear he has a severe case of penile envy. He just never measured up.
>
> Again, apologies to any members of the gay chess community and future
> apologies to any members of the canine community if I have to deal
> with tweedledum again.
>
> Richard Peterson

Date: 22 Jun 2008 22:31:58
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 23, 11:33=C2=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > On Jun 18, 1:37=EF=BF=BDam, [email protected] wrote:
> > > [email protected] wrote:
> > > > Scholastic chess has been raped.
> > > > How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members sudde=
nly
> > > > had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
> > > > meaning folks ended School Mates. =EF=BF=BDCompensation to the scho=
lastic
> > > > members? =EF=BF=BDNone. =EF=BF=BDGrand theft? =EF=BF=BDYes.
>
> > > That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
> > > resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you.=
.
>
> > > > This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on =
a
> > > > much smaller scale.
>
> > > > Richard Peterson
>
> > > It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
> > > from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
> > > extort a settlement from them. (Note that =EF=BF=BDI am not asserting=
that you
> > > did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
> > > people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)
>
> > This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
> > have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
>
> > In your style John Hillery, let's try,
> > "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
> > was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
> > after the little girl who didn't speak English. =C2=A0(Note that I am n=
ot
> > asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
> > from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. =C2=A0Rather, I =
am
> > just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
> > can't walk and chew gum at the same time. =C2=A0Your feet are flat, you=
r
> > back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
> > say of several diseases. =C2=A0At least that is what most people believ=
e)
>
> > Allegedly.
>
> The difference is that your, ah, legally dubious activities are common
> knowledge. No speculation is required. (The misappropriation of the
> CalChess treasury, that business in Arizona where you weaseled out by
> declaring bankruptcy, the phony tournaments you submitted for rating
> -- it's a long list.) If you don't like being outed and vilified every
> time you stick your head up again -- well, you should have thought of
> that before you made yourself a pariah in the chess world. No
> reputable chess organizer will have anything to do with you any more.
> Perhaps you're trolling here for the other kind.
>
> (Sidebar: When RP helped himself to the CalChess treasury "for the
> children," one of their officers tried to convince us that Petey's
> residence was "really" in Southern California, so that they could kick
> him off their Board. We wouldn't take him either.)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I want to apologize if there was any insinuation that you are gay.
Gay people are mostly honest and quite frankly more ted in the arts
than most of us. It was an insult for anyone to count you in the
ranks of the talented.

I was surprised that you responded at all. But that is your style.
We have all wondered about that (can we call it a) beard. And why are
things forever stuck in it?

Once more you come after me with more wild accusations.
Perhaps you can explain why it was me and not CalChess who went to the
District Attorney when the children's funds were being stolen by
CalChess and I rescued what was left of them into a trust account at
the recommendation of the DA? Kind of changes the story, doesn't it
numbnuts.
Never did I claim or receive a dime.
Perhaps you can explain why CalChess attempt to have me arrested fell
flat on Richard K's face? He was laughed out of the DAs office when
the DAs found out who had stolen what.
Perhaps you can explain why CalChess failed to pursue any claim
against me and it was I who chased the CalChess President around for
months trying to have her served?
Was it the CalChess President or me who had a secret bank account
which set this whole process in motion when it was discovered CalChess
funds were not going into the CalChess account over which I as twice
unanimously (ballots not acclamation) elected Treasurer had fiduciary
responsibility?

When you cover up a crime, it is best to gerrymander the honest
Treasurer out of your organization.

You can make up all the lies you want. Doesn't bother me. After all,
I didn't have to kill a rat, glue it to my chin just to hide the fact
I don't have a chin.

In the end if you just compare the chess accomplishments of my
children Andrea or David to this perpetual blowhard clown it is pretty
clear he has a severe case of penile envy. He just never measured up.

Again, apologies to any members of the gay chess community and future
apologies to any members of the canine community if I have to deal
with tweedledum again.

Richard Peterson

Date: 22 Jun 2008 20:33:10
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

[email protected] wrote:
> On Jun 18, 1:37=EF=BF=BDam, [email protected] wrote:
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > > Scholastic chess has been raped.
> > > How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenl=
y
> > > had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
> > > meaning folks ended School Mates. =EF=BF=BDCompensation to the schola=
stic
> > > members? =EF=BF=BDNone. =EF=BF=BDGrand theft? =EF=BF=BDYes.
> >
> > That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
> > resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you..
> >
> >
> >
> > > This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on a
> > > much smaller scale.
> >
> > > Richard Peterson
> >
> > It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
> > from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
> > extort a settlement from them. (Note that =EF=BF=BDI am not asserting t=
hat you
> > did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
> > people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)
>
> This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
> have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
>
> In your style John Hillery, let's try,
> "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
> was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
> after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
> asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
> from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
> just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
> can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
> back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
> say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)
>
> Allegedly.

The difference is that your, ah, legally dubious activities are common
knowledge. No speculation is required. (The misappropriation of the
CalChess treasury, that business in Arizona where you weaseled out by
declaring bankruptcy, the phony tournaments you submitted for rating
-- it's a long list.) If you don't like being outed and vilified every
time you stick your head up again -- well, you should have thought of
that before you made yourself a pariah in the chess world. No
reputable chess organizer will have anything to do with you any more.
Perhaps you're trolling here for the other kind.

(Sidebar: When RP helped himself to the CalChess treasury "for the
children," one of their officers tried to convince us that Petey's
residence was "really" in Southern California, so that they could kick
him off their Board. We wouldn't take him either.)

Date: 22 Jun 2008 20:20:20
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

Brian Lafferty wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > On Jun 18, 1:37=EF=BF=BDam, [email protected] wrote:
> >> [email protected] wrote:
> >>> Scholastic chess has been raped.
> >>> How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenl=
y
> >>> had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
> >>> meaning folks ended School Mates. =EF=BF=BDCompensation to the schola=
stic
> >>> members? =EF=BF=BDNone. =EF=BF=BDGrand theft? =EF=BF=BDYes.
> >> That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
> >> resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you..
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on a
> >>> much smaller scale.
> >>> Richard Peterson
> >> It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
> >> from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
> >> extort a settlement from them. (Note that =EF=BF=BDI am not asserting =
that you
> >> did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
> >> people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)
> >
> > This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
> > have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
> >
> > In your style John Hillery, let's try,
> > "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
> > was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
> > after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
> > asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
> > from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
> > just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
> > can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
> > back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
> > say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)
> >
> > Allegedly.
> >
>
> There was a time in the dim past when John Hillery was active in
> Massachusetts chess and chess politics. Allegedly, he was intensely
> disliked and an alleged thorn in most people's sides. Those who
> remember him consistently use the words, asshole and condescending,
> often in conjunction with each other, to describe Johnny. He is alleged
> to have had a severely inflated opinion of his intellectual ability with
> an alleged inability to comprehend much of anything. Allegedly, this
> hasn't changed much since moving to the other coast. Once an alleged
> dimwit, always an alleged dimwit. Of course, Johnny won't appreciate any
> of these alleged opinions from alleged former associates and alleged
> "friends."

Well, Brian, few if any of the people you associate with (Donna Alarie
and crew of patzers) were around before I left Mass. If you'd like to
name names, rather than emulate the methods of your hero Joe McCarthy
(or was that Charlie McCarthy? Wasn't he a relative of yours?), be my
guest. BTW, I readily admit condescending to my intellectual
inferiors. If you find this painful ... well, I don't suppose there's
much you can do at this stage of your life.

Date: 23 Jun 2008 13:40:17
From: Brian Lafferty
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

[email protected] wrote:
>
> Brian Lafferty wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> On Jun 18, 1:37�am, [email protected] wrote:
>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>> Scholastic chess has been raped.
>>>>> How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenly
>>>>> had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
>>>>> meaning folks ended School Mates. �Compensation to the scholastic
>>>>> members? �None. �Grand theft? �Yes.
>>>> That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
>>>> resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on a
>>>>> much smaller scale.
>>>>> Richard Peterson
>>>> It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
>>>> from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
>>>> extort a settlement from them. (Note that �I am not asserting that you
>>>> did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
>>>> people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)
>>> This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
>>> have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
>>>
>>> In your style John Hillery, let's try,
>>> "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
>>> was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
>>> after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
>>> asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
>>> from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
>>> just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
>>> can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
>>> back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
>>> say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)
>>>
>>> Allegedly.
>>>
>> There was a time in the dim past when John Hillery was active in
>> Massachusetts chess and chess politics. Allegedly, he was intensely
>> disliked and an alleged thorn in most people's sides. Those who
>> remember him consistently use the words, asshole and condescending,
>> often in conjunction with each other, to describe Johnny. He is alleged
>> to have had a severely inflated opinion of his intellectual ability with
>> an alleged inability to comprehend much of anything. Allegedly, this
>> hasn't changed much since moving to the other coast. Once an alleged
>> dimwit, always an alleged dimwit. Of course, Johnny won't appreciate any
>> of these alleged opinions from alleged former associates and alleged
>> "friends."
>
> Well, Brian, few if any of the people you associate with (Donna Alarie
> and crew of patzers) were around before I left Mass. If you'd like to
> name names, rather than emulate the methods of your hero Joe McCarthy
> (or was that Charlie McCarthy? Wasn't he a relative of yours?), be my
> guest. BTW, I readily admit condescending to my intellectual
> inferiors. If you find this painful ... well, I don't suppose there's
> much you can do at this stage of your life.

Seems a nerve has been struck, Johnny. As to pain, no. I find you highly
amusing. So do others going way, way back.

Date: 22 Jun 2008 18:14:42
From: The Historian
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 22, 7:49 pm, "Chess One" <[email protected] > wrote:
I
> have never thought being gay any disadvantage to either self-expression or
> chess skill.

Well, you should know.

Date: 21 Jun 2008 15:13:52
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 18, 7:27 pm, [email protected] wrote:

> This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
> have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
>
> In your style John Hillery, let's try,
> "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
> was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
> after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
> asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
> from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
> just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
> can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
> back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
> say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)

I strenuously object to you making an issue over the sexual
orientation of John Hillery (or anybody else for that matter).

Date: 21 Jun 2008 23:35:55
From: Brian Lafferty
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

samsloan wrote:
> On Jun 18, 7:27 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
>> have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
>>
>> In your style John Hillery, let's try,
>> "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
>> was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
>> after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
>> asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
>> from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
>> just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
>> can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
>> back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
>> say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)
>
> I strenuously object to you making an issue over the sexual
> orientation of John Hillery (or anybody else for that matter).

Wrong issue. ;-)

Date: 22 Jun 2008 20:49:36
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

"Brian Lafferty" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:vfg7k.150$P%.135@trndny02...
> samsloan wrote:
>> On Jun 18, 7:27 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
>>> have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
>>>
>>> In your style John Hillery, let's try,
>>> "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
>>> was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
>>> after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
>>> asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
>>> from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
>>> just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
>>> can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
>>> back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
>>> say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)
>>
>> I strenuously object to you making an issue over the sexual
>> orientation of John Hillery (or anybody else for that matter).
>
>
> Wrong issue. ;-)

I agree with the BRAIN. Hillery is otherwise wrong, pissy and obscure, and I
have never thought being gay any disadvantage to either self-expression or
chess skill. In fact, I particularly don't like that sort of marginalisation
because of differnce, no matter whether I agree with him or no.

If he want's to call me 'Philsy' like the other big girls here, I just tell
'em, no offence, but I ain't that way, and try to get back to whatever the
issue was.

I don't see that mentioned above, but the topic is not personalities! Its
survival of USCF or some form of it after the inevitable winter cash-crunch
and lay-offs.

The BRAIN is right to confute the Sloan. I agree that gay-bashing is a
fucking sad way to address any subject.

Phil Innes

Date: 19 Jun 2008 20:10:58
From: The Historian
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 19, 4:12 pm, "Chess One" <[email protected] > wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:a8a22579-1ed4-4033-a6f6-6daf91ab10f7@d19g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > THE ETERNAL FEUD OF INNES & BRENNEN
>
> >>What a great big waste of time Brennan is. He should write all the last
> > columns in CL?> -- Phil Innes to The Historian
>
> > Dear Phil,
>
> > I think you have a win-win-win proposition here.
> > If Neil Brennen were to write all of the final columns
> > in Chess Life, the USCF would save money on postage by
> > sending out a single consolidated check to Mr.
> > Brennen. As for Mr. Brennen, he would earn the
> > largest monthly paycheck of his life. The readers of
> > CL would -- at least in the views of some -- win big
> > by never having to read another column in CL.
>
> The column possibilities are wonderful:-
> ---
>
> Amateur's mind : amateur's mind.
>
> Brennenstein on Bronstein.
>
> Why dead 'c' players were important in the post-Morphy years.
>
> The Patzers of Penzance - is chess a drag? The musical.
>
> What's funny about fat players on bikes?
>
> Neil on Nimzo, or hysteria, reconsidered
>
> My correspondence with Our Taylor, an immorality tale for our time on
> Alekhine's last wife's socks.
>
> Innes sux! Double sux! Yada yada ya ya!
>
> "Old English is dead", an essay of literary considerations from Howard
> [coward] Staunton
>
> --
> The thing is, this would make a collectors piece of memorabilia, I'd buy
> one, I'd subscribe! Bring him on! $25 bucks a copy, no problem!
>
> Phil Innes

I'm sorry you never wrote anything people would pay money to read,
Phil.

Date: 20 Jun 2008 09:29:19
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

"The Historian" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:7c8f044a-a693-466f-b5b4-c29ed5ccca83@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>>
>> Amateur's mind : amateur's mind.
>>
>> Brennenstein on Bronstein.
>>
>> Why dead 'c' players were important in the post-Morphy years.
>>
>> The Patzers of Penzance - is chess a drag? The musical.
>>
>> What's funny about fat players on bikes?
>>
>> Neil on Nimzo, or hysteria, reconsidered
>>
>> My correspondence with Our Taylor, an immorality tale for our time on
>> Alekhine's last wife's socks.
>>
>> Innes sux! Double sux! Yada yada ya ya!
>>
>> "Old English is dead", an essay of literary considerations from Howard
>> [coward] Staunton
>>
>> --
>> The thing is, this would make a collectors piece of memorabilia, I'd buy
>> one, I'd subscribe! Bring him on! $25 bucks a copy, no problem!
>>
>> Phil Innes
>
> I'm sorry you never wrote anything people would pay money to read,
> Phil

No you're not sorry. And you are also not sorry that I write things which
sponsors and advertisers pay for. Not sorry, jealous! Always have been - and
your 5 year-whine as been either about access to high level players,
jealousy about other's success in publishing in print and on TV, their
demonstrated ability to consistently write about chess from a player's point
of view, and of course, their level of skill.

You are perfect for

CL, the Armageddon Issue.

I imagine you will get on well with Jenn too - you will have a fantastic
opportunity to impress here, since I distinctly remember she wondered where
your talents began?

Phil Innes

Date: 18 Jun 2008 19:14:14
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

THE ETERNAL FEUD OF INNES & BRENNEN

>What a great big waste of time Brennan is. He should write all the last
columns in CL? > -- Phil Innes to The Historian

Dear Phil,

I think you have a win-win-win proposition here.
If Neil Brennen were to write all of the final columns
in Chess Life, the USCF would save money on postage by
sending out a single consolidated check to Mr.
Brennen. As for Mr. Brennen, he would earn the
largest monthly paycheck of his life. The readers of
CL would -- at least in the views of some -- win big
by never having to read another column in CL.

Phil: even in these rancorous times, you are
considering benefits for everyone -- for the USCF, for
the Brennen, for Chess Life readers, even as you take
Chessville from height to height.

My only criticism is the name, Chessville, which
is only two letters away from Crossville. I am not
arguing that you should be dragged through the streets
and horsewhipped, but I know you would agree that
SOMEONE ought to be dragged through the streets and
horsewhipped.

Kto kogo? Who the hammer, who the anvil? Wipe
that grin off your face! The identity of the anvil is
obvious enough.

The argument is often made that horsewhipping
does not establish the truth of a given proposition
except that the horsewhipper is having more fun than
the horsewhippee.

The utilitarian pleasure principle seems to
provide warrant for the horsewhipper and precludes
sympathy for the horsewhippee, given there is no
commonly established pain principle.

Whip, then, whom you will, knowing that you have
Benthamite utilitarianism and early Malrauxian
existentialism to justify for the good of the
horsewhippee several additional kicks in the street.

Yours, Larry Parr

Chess One wrote:
> "The Historian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Jun 18, 8:05 am, "Chess One" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Whatever the rights or wrongs of Richard Peterson's California action, he
> >> at
> >> least intended to protect funds to benefit young chess players. That is a
> >> better "flimsy excuse" than I heard from any other quarter.
> >
> > You probably think Michael Jackson was merely being 'nice to children'
> > by inviting them over to his ranch.
>
> No I didn't think of that. You did.
>
> And that is rather like Neil Brennan to think of the abuse of children, then
> not own /he/ thinks that way ;))
>
> But to propose in public that someone else did. Would you want this person
> to have anything to do with chess? With children? pfft!
>
> What a great big waste of time Brennan is. He should write all the last
> columns in CL?
>
> Fitting!
>
> PI
>
> >

Date: 19 Jun 2008 17:12:50
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

Date: 19 Jun 2008 08:55:14
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

<[email protected] > wrote in message
news:a8a22579-1ed4-4033-a6f6-6daf91ab10f7@d19g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
> THE ETERNAL FEUD OF INNES & BRENNEN
>
>>What a great big waste of time Brennan is. He should write all the last
> columns in CL?> -- Phil Innes to The Historian
>
> Dear Phil,
>
> I think you have a win-win-win proposition here.
> If Neil Brennen were to write all of the final columns
> in Chess Life, the USCF would save money on postage by
> sending out a single consolidated check to Mr.
> Brennen. As for Mr. Brennen, he would earn the
> largest monthly paycheck of his life. The readers of
> CL would -- at least in the views of some -- win big
> by never having to read another column in CL.

Dear Larry,

It is a fantastic idea, no? I can hardly wait to suggest column titles, and
also Neil Brennen could attempt to write in the style of others... something
he at least has practiced or emulated so very much.

> Phil: even in these rancorous times, you are
> considering benefits for everyone -- for the USCF, for
> the Brennen, for Chess Life readers, even as you take
> Chessville from height to height.

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN?

In between them heights, Larry, is valleys

- in fact, some old Scots bloke with hams like oak-trees was pointing out a
pretty winter ridge-line to me, who was about to lead up a scarp about as
steep as a stairs, but a stairs with no steps on it covered with ice, and
about vertical 2,000 feet above where we were standing

[technically, the ice was good for climbing, crusty surface you could wang
your ice-axe through, and good grip for crampons. the challenge is that most
body weight hangs on the toes, and you didn't want to cramp on the way up
otherwise you simply freeze to death about tree-line, with no help
possible.]

but he said, nay laddie, its nae geetin oop thair! its gettin oop thair and
back agin! - and continued to cackle, vastly amused - how ye going to cum
doon? he asked, carry 2,500 feet of rope?

:)

a good point!

anyway, he more seriously suggested two exit strategies from the top and
made me estimate time and other aspects of a return, and also appreciating
that the easy route down would take too long, the sun being down at 3:15 and
walking 4 miles by compass is a desperate measure in a white-out unknown
landscape

LIFE & LETTERS

And there is some analogy here to USCF's recent lurches into the void - I
see no sensible rehersals of what to do if on getting into trouble. no
viable exit plans - and only grim determination to brute force issues
through, at the expense of engaging situations beyond any control, and with
potential lethal effects.

Certainly it is the main view at Chessville that we wish to preserve and
protect the game, and I think many players do the same - that's why they
read us. On the contrary, those who boost USCF seem far more content to
boost the organisation, which is to say, those who run that organisation -
and to continue my analogy above, have now pushed themselves as high as they
can go in difficult conditions, but are faced with either a very difficult
descent, or to take the easy route out - but risking the very survival of
getting off the hill before the sun sets

That is some level of unwarranted risk, and willy-nilly people undertake the
risk on their own behalf, what business do they have to do so with what is
entrusted to them as a national resource in chess?

That, if I may subscribe CV's general editorial opinion, is a very pertinent
question or context.

Cordially, Phil Innes

> My only criticism is the name, Chessville, which
> is only two letters away from Crossville. I am not
> arguing that you should be dragged through the streets
> and horsewhipped, but I know you would agree that
> SOMEONE ought to be dragged through the streets and
> horsewhipped.
>
> Kto kogo? Who the hammer, who the anvil? Wipe
> that grin off your face! The identity of the anvil is
> obvious enough.
>
> The argument is often made that horsewhipping
> does not establish the truth of a given proposition
> except that the horsewhipper is having more fun than
> the horsewhippee.
>
> The utilitarian pleasure principle seems to
> provide warrant for the horsewhipper and precludes
> sympathy for the horsewhippee, given there is no
> commonly established pain principle.
>
> Whip, then, whom you will, knowing that you have
> Benthamite utilitarianism and early Malrauxian
> existentialism to justify for the good of the
> horsewhippee several additional kicks in the street.
>
> Yours, Larry Parr
>
>
>
> Chess One wrote:
>> "The Historian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > On Jun 18, 8:05 am, "Chess One" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Whatever the rights or wrongs of Richard Peterson's California action,
>> >> he
>> >> at
>> >> least intended to protect funds to benefit young chess players. That
>> >> is a
>> >> better "flimsy excuse" than I heard from any other quarter.
>> >
>> > You probably think Michael Jackson was merely being 'nice to children'
>> > by inviting them over to his ranch.
>>
>> No I didn't think of that. You did.
>>
>> And that is rather like Neil Brennan to think of the abuse of children,
>> then
>> not own /he/ thinks that way ;))
>>
>> But to propose in public that someone else did. Would you want this
>> person
>> to have anything to do with chess? With children? pfft!
>>
>> What a great big waste of time Brennan is. He should write all the last
>> columns in CL?
>>
>> Fitting!
>>
>> PI
>>
>> >

Date: 18 Jun 2008 16:27:14
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 18, 1:37=EF=BF=BDam, [email protected] wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Scholastic chess has been raped.
> > How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenly
> > had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
> > meaning folks ended School Mates. =EF=BF=BDCompensation to the scholast=
ic
> > members? =EF=BF=BDNone. =EF=BF=BDGrand theft? =EF=BF=BDYes.
>
> That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
> resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you..
>
>
>
> > This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on a
> > much smaller scale.
>
> > Richard Peterson
>
> It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
> from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
> extort a settlement from them. (Note that =EF=BF=BDI am not asserting tha=
t you
> did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
> people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)

This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.

In your style John Hillery, let's try,
"It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)

Allegedly.

Date: 19 Jun 2008 00:13:34
From: Brian Lafferty
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

[email protected] wrote:
> On Jun 18, 1:37�am, [email protected] wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> Scholastic chess has been raped.
>>> How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenly
>>> had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
>>> meaning folks ended School Mates. �Compensation to the scholastic
>>> members? �None. �Grand theft? �Yes.
>> That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
>> resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you..
>>
>>
>>
>>> This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on a
>>> much smaller scale.
>>> Richard Peterson
>> It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
>> from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
>> extort a settlement from them. (Note that �I am not asserting that you
>> did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
>> people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)
>
> This post is so reflective of all the "good well meaning folks" who
> have been sowing the seeds of USCF's fall.
>
> In your style John Hillery, let's try,
> "It is generally believed that__you__are a well known homosexual who
> was always the last one chosen for dodgeball when in first grade even
> after the little girl who didn't speak English. (Note that I am not
> asserting that you are a homosexual nor that your poison pen derives
> from your bitter experiences as a nonfunctional youth. Rather, I am
> just making a speculative statement that this might be the reason you
> can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Your feet are flat, your
> back is bent, the sight of you displeases, and by the symptoms I would
> say of several diseases. At least that is what most people believe)
>
> Allegedly.
>

There was a time in the dim past when John Hillery was active in
Massachusetts chess and chess politics. Allegedly, he was intensely
disliked and an alleged thorn in most people's sides. Those who
remember him consistently use the words, asshole and condescending,
often in conjunction with each other, to describe Johnny. He is alleged
to have had a severely inflated opinion of his intellectual ability with
an alleged inability to comprehend much of anything. Allegedly, this
hasn't changed much since moving to the other coast. Once an alleged
dimwit, always an alleged dimwit. Of course, Johnny won't appreciate any
of these alleged opinions from alleged former associates and alleged
"friends."

Date: 18 Jun 2008 06:38:35
From: The Historian
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 18, 8:05 am, "Chess One" <[email protected] > wrote:

> Whatever the rights or wrongs of Richard Peterson's California action, he at
> least intended to protect funds to benefit young chess players. That is a
> better "flimsy excuse" than I heard from any other quarter.

You probably think Michael Jackson was merely being 'nice to children'
by inviting them over to his ranch.

Date: 18 Jun 2008 14:07:36
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

"The Historian" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Jun 18, 8:05 am, "Chess One" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Whatever the rights or wrongs of Richard Peterson's California action, he
>> at
>> least intended to protect funds to benefit young chess players. That is a
>> better "flimsy excuse" than I heard from any other quarter.
>
> You probably think Michael Jackson was merely being 'nice to children'
> by inviting them over to his ranch.

No I didn't think of that. You did.

And that is rather like Neil Brennan to think of the abuse of children, then
not own /he/ thinks that way ;))

But to propose in public that someone else did. Would you want this person
to have anything to do with chess? With children? pfft!

What a great big waste of time Brennan is. He should write all the last
columns in CL?

Fitting!

PI

>

Date: 18 Jun 2008 02:07:13
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 18, 12:09 am, [email protected] wrote:

>
> This is not exactly the same.
> A tire that loses air continuously will eventually go flat even if air
> is occasionally pumped into it.
>
> These good well meaning folks have wasted $2,000,000 in the LMA and
> sold the building which we owned to trade it in on a new building with
> a mortgage. All this just to have a little operating cash.
> The $2,000,000 loan is not coming back and we moved to Timbuktu.
>
> The good well meaning folks sold off the book and equipment business
> without ever getting paid the amount that was agreed. Was this a plus
> or a minus?
> The fact is, we were losing money on B and E as our books were showing
> gross margins of 30-35 percent, yet those of us in the know were aware
> that the margins were more like 70 percent. Where did that other
> money go? The members have no answers.
>
> Scholastic chess has been raped.
> How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenly
> had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
> meaning folks ended School Mates. Compensation to the scholastic
> members? None. Grand theft? Yes.
>
> So USCF has blundered from one management decision to the next without
> hitting a winner since Al Lawrence was the ED.
>
> When I was seven, a doctor told my mother that she would be dead in
> six months. She fought as best she could and lived until I was 20.
> The same disease finally killed her.
>
> USCF has a disease.
> USCF's disease is the good well meaning folks who have been lining
> their pockets at the expense of the membership for most of the last 20
> years.
>
> I keep hoping most of the aging good well meaning folks will die
> before USCF does, but I don't like the odds.
>
> Richard Peterson

Richard Peterson (who just came in from the cold) is exactly right. I
wish that more people would express outrage at these events. Then,
something could possibly be done about them.

Now, we are in imminent danger of losing our two magazines, Chess Life
and Chess Life 4 Kids, and are told "Don't worry. Everything will be
alright."

Sam Sloan

Date: 18 Jun 2008 01:37:45
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

[email protected] wrote:
> Scholastic chess has been raped.
> How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenly
> had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
> meaning folks ended School Mates. Compensation to the scholastic
> members? None. Grand theft? Yes.

That statement is pretty clearly libelous. Considering your past
resorts to bankruptcy, though, I doubt anyone will bother to sue you..

>
> This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on a
> much smaller scale.
>
> Richard Peterson

It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
extort a settlement from them. (Note that I am not asserting that you
did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)

Date: 18 Jun 2008 09:05:40
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

<[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>> Richard Peterson
>
> It is generally believed that _you_ were the one who embezzled money
> from CalChess, using the flimsy "It's for the children" excuse to
> extort a settlement from them. (Note that I am not asserting that you
> did it. Rather, I am making the (true) statement that many (most)
> people who know anything about the affair _believe_ you did it.)

Here is another remarkable bit of reporting by USCF-ophile, this time not
asserting anything, but merely smearing another writer by repeating gossip.
This in place of actually discussing anything to do with USCF's beleaguered
fortress, ChessHut, and the behavior of those who produced the situation.

It would be merely common to note that John Hillery's usual expression is
like this as he demonstrates it here. Whether he actually has anything to
say about what is a national property entrusted to USCF is unknown. Perhaps
he reserves that for private circulation and "for those who produced the
situation?"

Whatever the rights or wrongs of Richard Peterson's California action, he at
least intended to protect funds to benefit young chess players. That is a
better "flimsy excuse" than I heard from any other quarter.

Phil Innes

Date: 17 Jun 2008 21:09:01
From:
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 14, 1:15=EF=BF=BDpm, The Historian <[email protected] > wro=
te:
> On Jun 14, 6:43 am, Brian Lafferty <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Chess One wrote:
> > > Considering the past debt of about $100,000, plus $200,000 this year,=
no
> > > equity in the new building, no cash reserves, and despite the nonsens=
e
> > > law-suits, serious new ones possible by its only main partner, Chessc=
afe,
> > > encouraged and stimulated by Diplomat Bauer and Buffalo Bill...then t=
he
> > > almost certain counter-suit from Polgar & Truong...
>
> > > The unexplained 'award systems' catastrophe for national ratings whic=
h are
> > > not just without any quality assurance but without any sense of needi=
ng any.
>
> > > Then there is according to whatever the unknown rules are, and indeed=
if
> > > this was even chess - the resolution of the Women's championship this=
year
> > > was either cheating or 'monkey business'. That's not true of the men'=
s
> > > competition, but then again, most top players didn't show up.
>
> > > The discontinuance of the communication vehicle to its main market, y=
outh
> > > chess, coupled with the likelihood of Chess Life as standing on its o=
wn legs
> > > as a 'commercial entity'...
>
> > > Its sad when a long-time public institution goes under, usually.
>
> > > What America needs is an organization established to promote chess to=
the
> > > general public, to mainstream education, and to mainstream media. Tha=
t is in
> > > fact USCF's mission statement, but not its action plan, not this year=
, nor
> > > for the past 35 years.
>
> > > What is sad is that USCF who never address their own mission, =EF=BF=
=BDhas taken so
> > > long to fall over, and keeps getting in the way of those who would ac=
tually
> > > attempt promoting chess.
>
> > > When winter comes, and the traditional revenue short-fall of the wint=
er
> > > months hits home - it will likely be the home of USCF employees. Afte=
r all,
> > > $200,000 is about 7 office salaries, and that is to just stay even in
> > > operating terms.
>
> > > USCF want to soldier on regardless, even if they got down to 3 people=
like
> > > in 1968. What will sink them is the current serious legal and financi=
al
> > > position on all fronts, any one of which will be completely fatal, be=
yond
> > > recovery, and we all told them so.
>
> > > Phil Innes
>
> > For once I have to agree with most of what you write. =EF=BF=BDI'm not =
at all
> > certain the USCF will make it through 2008. =EF=BF=BDThere is one matte=
r you
> > haven't mentioned that could end it all very quickly, but it's not for
> > me to point that item out here. =EF=BF=BDSurprises are more fun anyway.
>
> How soon is this alleged 'end' coming, Brian? As quickly as all the
> other alleged USCF 'ends' that have been forecast the past decade? I
> have another article in a future Chess Life, and I want to make sure
> the check clears.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

This is not exactly the same.
A tire that loses air continuously will eventually go flat even if air
is occasionally pumped into it.

These good well meaning folks have wasted $2,000,000 in the LMA and
sold the building which we owned to trade it in on a new building with
a mortgage. All this just to have a little operating cash.
The $2,000,000 loan is not coming back and we moved to Timbuktu.

The good well meaning folks sold off the book and equipment business
without ever getting paid the amount that was agreed. Was this a plus
or a minus?
The fact is, we were losing money on B and E as our books were showing
gross margins of 30-35 percent, yet those of us in the know were aware
that the margins were more like 70 percent. Where did that other
money go? The members have no answers.

Scholastic chess has been raped.
How many in this forum remember how 30,000 scholastic members suddenly
had their magazine subscription money stolen when these good well
meaning folks ended School Mates. Compensation to the scholastic
members? None. Grand theft? Yes.

This theft worked so well, CalChess did the same thing although on a
much smaller scale.

So USCF has blundered from one management decision to the next without
hitting a winner since Al Lawrence was the ED.

When I was seven, a doctor told my mother that she would be dead in
six months. She fought as best she could and lived until I was 20.
The same disease finally killed her.

USCF has a disease.
USCF's disease is the good well meaning folks who have been lining
their pockets at the expense of the membership for most of the last 20
years.

I keep hoping most of the aging good well meaning folks will die
before USCF does, but I don't like the odds.

Richard Peterson

Date: 14 Jun 2008 13:15:54
From: The Historian
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 14, 6:43 am, Brian Lafferty <[email protected] > wrote:
> Chess One wrote:
> > Considering the past debt of about $100,000, plus $200,000 this year, no
> > equity in the new building, no cash reserves, and despite the nonsense
> > law-suits, serious new ones possible by its only main partner, Chesscafe,
> > encouraged and stimulated by Diplomat Bauer and Buffalo Bill...then the
> > almost certain counter-suit from Polgar & Truong...
>
> > The unexplained 'award systems' catastrophe for national ratings which are
> > not just without any quality assurance but without any sense of needing any.
>
> > Then there is according to whatever the unknown rules are, and indeed if
> > this was even chess - the resolution of the Women's championship this year
> > was either cheating or 'monkey business'. That's not true of the men's
> > competition, but then again, most top players didn't show up.
>
> > The discontinuance of the communication vehicle to its main market, youth
> > chess, coupled with the likelihood of Chess Life as standing on its own legs
> > as a 'commercial entity'...
>
> > Its sad when a long-time public institution goes under, usually.
>
> > What America needs is an organization established to promote chess to the
> > general public, to mainstream education, and to mainstream media. That is in
> > fact USCF's mission statement, but not its action plan, not this year, nor
> > for the past 35 years.
>
> > What is sad is that USCF who never address their own mission, has taken so
> > long to fall over, and keeps getting in the way of those who would actually
> > attempt promoting chess.
>
> > When winter comes, and the traditional revenue short-fall of the winter
> > months hits home - it will likely be the home of USCF employees. After all,
> > $200,000 is about 7 office salaries, and that is to just stay even in
> > operating terms.
>
> > USCF want to soldier on regardless, even if they got down to 3 people like
> > in 1968. What will sink them is the current serious legal and financial
> > position on all fronts, any one of which will be completely fatal, beyond
> > recovery, and we all told them so.
>
> > Phil Innes
>
> For once I have to agree with most of what you write. I'm not at all
> certain the USCF will make it through 2008. There is one matter you
> haven't mentioned that could end it all very quickly, but it's not for
> me to point that item out here. Surprises are more fun anyway.

How soon is this alleged 'end' coming, Brian? As quickly as all the
other alleged USCF 'ends' that have been forecast the past decade? I
have another article in a future Chess Life, and I want to make sure
the check clears.

Date: 14 Jun 2008 22:35:22
From: Brian Lafferty
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

The Historian wrote:
> On Jun 14, 6:43 am, Brian Lafferty <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Chess One wrote:
>>> Considering the past debt of about $100,000, plus $200,000 this year, no
>>> equity in the new building, no cash reserves, and despite the nonsense
>>> law-suits, serious new ones possible by its only main partner, Chesscafe,
>>> encouraged and stimulated by Diplomat Bauer and Buffalo Bill...then the
>>> almost certain counter-suit from Polgar & Truong...
>>> The unexplained 'award systems' catastrophe for national ratings which are
>>> not just without any quality assurance but without any sense of needing any.
>>> Then there is according to whatever the unknown rules are, and indeed if
>>> this was even chess - the resolution of the Women's championship this year
>>> was either cheating or 'monkey business'. That's not true of the men's
>>> competition, but then again, most top players didn't show up.
>>> The discontinuance of the communication vehicle to its main market, youth
>>> chess, coupled with the likelihood of Chess Life as standing on its own legs
>>> as a 'commercial entity'...
>>> Its sad when a long-time public institution goes under, usually.
>>> What America needs is an organization established to promote chess to the
>>> general public, to mainstream education, and to mainstream media. That is in
>>> fact USCF's mission statement, but not its action plan, not this year, nor
>>> for the past 35 years.
>>> What is sad is that USCF who never address their own mission, has taken so
>>> long to fall over, and keeps getting in the way of those who would actually
>>> attempt promoting chess.
>>> When winter comes, and the traditional revenue short-fall of the winter
>>> months hits home - it will likely be the home of USCF employees. After all,
>>> $200,000 is about 7 office salaries, and that is to just stay even in
>>> operating terms.
>>> USCF want to soldier on regardless, even if they got down to 3 people like
>>> in 1968. What will sink them is the current serious legal and financial
>>> position on all fronts, any one of which will be completely fatal, beyond
>>> recovery, and we all told them so.
>>> Phil Innes
>> For once I have to agree with most of what you write. I'm not at all
>> certain the USCF will make it through 2008. There is one matter you
>> haven't mentioned that could end it all very quickly, but it's not for
>> me to point that item out here. Surprises are more fun anyway.
>
> How soon is this alleged 'end' coming, Brian? As quickly as all the
> other alleged USCF 'ends' that have been forecast the past decade? I
> have another article in a future Chess Life, and I want to make sure
> the check clears.
>

Repent! The end is near. If I knew the exact date I'd be at the track
betting with Bill G.

Date: 14 Jun 2008 12:51:13
From: Rich Hutnik
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 13, 8:45 pm, "Chess One" <[email protected] > wrote:
> What America needs is an organization established to promote chess to the
> general public, to mainstream education, and to mainstream media. That is in
> fact USCF's mission statement, but not its action plan, not this year, nor
> for the past 35 years.

If people are unhappy with the USCF, I suggest they support the North
American Chess Association to a large extent:
http://www.nachess.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Also, to a lesser extent, IAGO, which will be looking to coordinate
the efforts of groups like the North American Chess Association, and
the American Checker Federation, to maximize the positive impact
abstract strategy games, like chess, would have in the general
marketplace of ideas and interest of the public. If you are in Canada
(NACA) is also an option. Chess in Canada is facing similar issues.

Of course, my first preference would be that the USCF end up doing
this for the United States, but if it falls apart, NACA could step in
here.

- Rich

Date: 14 Jun 2008 06:04:03
From: SBD
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

On Jun 14, 4:36 am, David Richerby <[email protected] >
wrote:
> [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Phil Innes' overall portrait of the USCF is like
> > a Vermeer near-photo image.
>
> A *what*?
>
> Dave.

In waxing eloquently, Parr rarely waxes accurately.

Date: 14 Jun 2008 11:43:27
From: Brian Lafferty
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

Chess One wrote:
> Considering the past debt of about $100,000, plus $200,000 this year, no
> equity in the new building, no cash reserves, and despite the nonsense
> law-suits, serious new ones possible by its only main partner, Chesscafe,
> encouraged and stimulated by Diplomat Bauer and Buffalo Bill...then the
> almost certain counter-suit from Polgar & Truong...
>
> The unexplained 'award systems' catastrophe for national ratings which are
> not just without any quality assurance but without any sense of needing any.
>
> Then there is according to whatever the unknown rules are, and indeed if
> this was even chess - the resolution of the Women's championship this year
> was either cheating or 'monkey business'. That's not true of the men's
> competition, but then again, most top players didn't show up.
>
> The discontinuance of the communication vehicle to its main market, youth
> chess, coupled with the likelihood of Chess Life as standing on its own legs
> as a 'commercial entity'...
>
> Its sad when a long-time public institution goes under, usually.
>
>
>
> What America needs is an organization established to promote chess to the
> general public, to mainstream education, and to mainstream media. That is in
> fact USCF's mission statement, but not its action plan, not this year, nor
> for the past 35 years.
>
>
>
> What is sad is that USCF who never address their own mission, has taken so
> long to fall over, and keeps getting in the way of those who would actually
> attempt promoting chess.
>
>
>
> When winter comes, and the traditional revenue short-fall of the winter
> months hits home - it will likely be the home of USCF employees. After all,
> $200,000 is about 7 office salaries, and that is to just stay even in
> operating terms.
>
>
>
> USCF want to soldier on regardless, even if they got down to 3 people like
> in 1968. What will sink them is the current serious legal and financial
> position on all fronts, any one of which will be completely fatal, beyond
> recovery, and we all told them so.
>
>
>
> Phil Innes

For once I have to agree with most of what you write. I'm not at all
certain the USCF will make it through 2008. There is one matter you
haven't mentioned that could end it all very quickly, but it's not for
me to point that item out here. Surprises are more fun anyway.

Date: 13 Jun 2008 23:15:13
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

THE OVERALL PORTRAIT

Phil Innes' overall portrait of the USCF is like
a Vermeer near-photo image. It is lifelike.

My only point of disagreement is the notion that
Chess Life is somehow not a commercial project
standing on its own when it is part of a Federation
membership package. If the membership package
sells adequately, which it did for a very long time, then
the central element of the magazine is, to my mind, a
commercially viable vehicle.

Yours, Larry Parr

Date: 14 Jun 2008 10:36:05
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

[email protected] <[email protected] > wrote:
> Phil Innes' overall portrait of the USCF is like
> a Vermeer near-photo image.

A *what*?

Dave.

--
David Richerby Natural Simple Umbrella (TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like an umbrella but it has no moving
parts and it's completely natural!

Date: 14 Jun 2008 12:51:16
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

"David Richerby" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:1gp*[email protected]...
> [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Phil Innes' overall portrait of the USCF is like
>> a Vermeer near-photo image.
>
> A *what*?

he means photo-realism, init. not your impressionist sketch.
its like Dickens-direct, not your Jane Austin, who never went to the grimy
parts, and not kitch niether.
'e means about saying it like it is, not your Tony Blair in your Iraq,
bollocks.

---

its interesting since i have simultaneously been talking with ECF people
this past 9 months - as you know, the 4 of them elected to wake the place up
just quit because of the intransigence of les autres, les grey-beards.
overall the 2 countries are similar in many aspects, even rated games played
per year [despite population size] except to //degree// of 'ownership' of
what is actually public property

foreigners simply don't understand the special sort of intensity at uscf,
and its sense of entitlement to put itself first above all possible factors

but sadly, its true - their own metaphors are in terms of 'owning chess' of
'power and control'. where you are as a player in that bag, is outside it,
comrade ;)

whether the current uscf collapses under its own weight of secrecy,
inveiglements and incompetency, and is ressurected in the same name by some
new bloods, or whether another agency picks up the threads of national chess
management - there seem to be several lessons here:-

one is that a self-satisfied group of people grown far too long-in-the-tooth
don't give a damn for growing chess, but award and applaud each other's part
in making a buck from it as it is - that sort of cronyism has no business
existing as a non-profit - your Brit won't understand Tammany Hall or
Chicago ward politics - but that's about the size of it. nearest Brit
analogy was early C19th Parliamentary Rotten Wards.

secondly, comes a point raised by larry parr; without meaningful involvement
by 'members' [since americans just have to be 'members' of things] there is
not even the possibility of knowing what members want represented, and CL
and CL4Kids did achieve that. without even any /contact/ with members, talk
of meaningfulness or representation is so much tripe, stuff and flummery!

what i wrote is what is publicly known - but i cannot write in public or
openly avow, is that the SS USCF headed towards the icefield, sold its boats
to afford the salt at the top table

now - if people really want to boost chess, not fall over their own tangled
shoelaces, they should continue to observe USCF closely in order to know
what not to do - not to do what seems momentarily expedient and is long-term
erosive - and absolutely most of all, if you have a mission to do something,
do nothing else until all your energies are engaged in that, and you are
successful

phil innes

>
> Dave.
>
> --
> David Richerby Natural Simple Umbrella (TM):
> it's
> www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like an umbrella but it has no
> moving
> parts and it's completely natural!

Date: 13 Jun 2008 18:39:09
From: Old Haasie
Subject: Re: USCF d.o.a. March 2009?

Bring on the Mensa styled version of a national chess federation. It
would be a much better way to run the chess railroad.

Old Haasie