The Package

[redietz]

Ok, so I have decided to document our little story of redietz's package. The story begins on July 23, 2017 when Alan requests that redietz mail the package to his office.



The package arrives of July 27, 2017. He promises to pick it up the following week.


When the following week comes and goes, Alan states that he goes to the office one day a week

Frankly, I go into the office one day a week.

August 7, 11 days, Alan has not been to the office (as promised) to receive the package and report back to us.

I still haven't been to the office to see the package.

August 13, now 17 days after the package arrives, Alan continues to drag his feet..

I still haven't been to the office.

August 20, now 24 days and the guy who goes into the office one day a week continues his stone-walling..

I'm sorry but I haven't been in the office in a couple of weeks.

August 31, now 5 full weeks and Alan continues to drag his feet and now begins to change his story from "goes into the office one day a week" to "once or twice a month". But even his revised story is in shambles as it has now been 5 full weeks! His excuses can't change fast enough to keep up with reality.

It's still at the office. I don't need to be there except for once or twice a month.

Still August 31, he now claims he made no promises about the package. Why did he request it then?

I made no promises to him about his package.

September 2, 37 days!

Yep. Still haven't been to my office.

One day later on September 3, 38 days since receiving the package, he begins to alter his story yet again, telling us he doesn't have to go into the office.

One of my rewards in life is I don't have to go to the office.

September 5, His story evolves yet again to "from time to time he stops by".

Dan, I don't pay the rent. Axis Media pays the rent. I do get snail mail there, and from time to time I stop by.

September 7, 42 days or 6 full weeks since receiving the package, more delay tactics.

redietz at some point I will go to the office, but not today and not this week (it's Thursday).

And now his story changes yet again, from "visits the office one day a week" to "once or twice a month" and now to "maybe once a quarter!"

I drop by maybe once a QUARTER to fill out documents for SAG-AFTRA or for taxes.

September 10, 45 days after receiving the package, and Alan can't predict when he might get to the office. He has the urge to see redietz's proof, but sadly Alan doesn't even have the key to his own office.

Dan I cannot predict when I will get to the office.
There were many times at 3am when I had the time and the urge to see the envelope but Tony has the key.

And finally, September 12, 47 days after receiving the package....that he requested, Alan informs us that he is not responsible for any of this bullshit.

Anything redietz sent me he could have photographed and posted.

I'm not responsible for any of this bullshit.

There it is folks! That is Alan Mendelson, your honest (<- HA!) journalist, in all his integrity, just anxious to investigate for our behalf. I'll let you all draw your on conclusions, but for me....let's see...what's the word I am looking for? ......oh yeah.... SHYSTER!

I just wanted to clarify a few things.

Alan's made some ultra-bold posts asking, "Redietz, why didn't you post the stuff yourself?" That would have been a reasonable thing to ask if (1) I had asked Alan to post anything in the package or (2) I expected Alan to post anything. I did not. What I EXPECTED Alan to do was one of two things.

I expected Alan at some point to (1) eyeball the stuff and report that (A) I was the R.E.Dietz in the material and (B) the material confirmed the bulk of anything I claimed to have done in posts on this site. That would have settled the ongoing idiotic and frankly libelous accusations by Mr. Singer that I am perpetrating some kind of identity theft and that I am making fraudulent claims. Or I expected (2) if Alan wasn't up for debunking his friend, to simply mail the stuff on to Dan so he could do it.

Now it's possible Alan couldn't afford the forwarding postage (as gas money may have been an issue), but I would have reimbursed him.


Next point: why didn't I post the material myself? I have answered this, but I will channel arci's patience in his absence and answer it again. The majority of the material does not fall under fair use guidelines as far as I know. My name is not attached to headlines, or credits, and the bulk is not scholarly material. Therefore it is not legal, far as I know, to just photograph the majority of it and post it publicly. In fact, one published essay, as I recall, has the essay title on the cover of the magazine, but not my name. So in that case, I'm not sure what is accomplished by posting the magazine cover. Regarding the legality, Alan and Rob seem to claim otherwise. How they can say this without actually having read the stuff, I do not know, but okay. To this I say, fine, post it yourselves and assume the legal ramifications. I'm good with that, certainly.

Next point: why did I want Alan to read the material since, as he admits, the sports would be lost on him? Well, more than half of the material is not sports specific. It consists of essays, op eds, and various other material that I thought Alan would appreciate and easily understand. The sports material, on the other hand, I accompanied with brief fifth-grade level explanatory paragraphs so anyone would know at what they were looking. Why should Alan know this? Because I PM'ed him explaining exactly what was in the package.

Final point: Given all of this, and Alan's distaste for proving his friend, Mr. Singer, to have been libeling me, why didn't Alan just send the material on to Dan? Good question.

Alan's very big on protecting reputations as long as they are his.

I received a message from one of the "silent majority" on this site asking, "Does Alan have a brain tumor?" I didn't hazard a response.


P.S. kewlj, I appreciate your thoroughness in laying this out as you did. Did I miss answering any of the obvious questions? Was I clear? Is there anything further I needed to clarify?