http://www.cosmic-token.com/forum/viewt ... 959#p35959nate wrote:
A harsh sounding judgement, yes. Though I do think that that statement did come with some additional context. I believe what he literally said was "Not a smoking gun, but a bag full of empty shells". In other words: clear evidence that a gun definitely DID exist and HAD been fired, and many times. But no obvious way to find out who was holding it, or what direction it was pointed. "Something very important happened here - but what?"
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It has been stated in the post above by nate cull that Paul Schatzkin "literally" said, "Not a smoking gun, but a bag full of empty shells." He then comprehended from that statement that it is clear evidence that a gun definitely DID exist and HAD been fired.
....huh?
Here is what Paul said:
"It's funny how suddenly the truth glares out at me. "No meat on the bones" is all he needed to say. The simple fact is: in one, in ten, in a hundred or six hundred pages, we still don't know "what he actually did discover." The book is, as Ralph Kramden might say, "a mere bag of shells." And, I must finally admit, a bag of empty shells at that." Here, read it for yourself:
http://49chevy.blogs.com/home/2009/01/epic-fail-.htmlNeed I say more? Something so simple as Paul's "Epic Fail" that can be so easily found and read is not referred to accurately. This is exactly what Paul was referring to in a manner. He was fed interpretations by individuals whose storied "had no meat on the bones" and were not accurate.
But that is okay, it is just more mythos generated into the Brown myth. No one gives a thin dime to truth anymore but when faced with the lack of actual evidence/truth, it is so much easier to come to speculative conclusion in a Forrest Gumpian manner.
Like looking for gold in your yard. At the end of the day all you have are empty holes. Well, you could take advantage of those holes and plant some trees and have some reward for your work but the reality is....there was no gold in the yard.
How is it that individuals refuse to accept information that is available that gives answers to some questions as to Brown and his person? Isn't that what a biography is? Why is it that the "covert" individual that fed Paul information via a public email has not been brought to task for misinformation as evidenced by the Due-Diligence elsewhere on this forum?
Perhaps that is why Linda is on a campaign to discredit myself and others. She is afraid of what we found out and wants it buried. There is a record written in Brown's own handwriting that clearly states that he did not finish High School but then that would require the spending of money to get to the archives. So much easier to draw conclusions from public information and heresay that is posted on the Internet for afterall, we all know that what is on the Internet is accurate and truthful.
Mikado