--- In , "Steve Owens" p944dc@... wrote:

Posted by: "samhsloan" sloan@... samhsloan
Wed Apr 4, 2007 3:18 am (PST)

In reality, Chris Falter is the most persistent attacker of me on the
USCF forums.


What?! Someone took my crown?! How dare they!


--
Steve in Tennessee
"There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and
pursue it steadily." ---George Washington

At least when SteveTN attacks me he says, "I hereby attack Sam Sloan
because he is a bad guy".

When Chris Falter attacks me, it goes something like, "In the Name of
God the father almighty I do not attackisth thou but only direcketh
thou to the true path to the way of Jesus."

If you ever decide to read the USCF Forums, you will have to learn the
special lingo that has developed there to get around the banned words.

For example, the word "lie" is not permitted except by "The One Whose
Name Cannot Appear Here".

You have to learn the identity of "The One Whose Name Cannot Appear
Here".

Sam Sloan

On Apr 4, 9:52 am, "samsloan" wrote:
--- In , "Steve Owens" p944dc@... wrote:



Posted by: "samhsloan" sloan@... samhsloan
Wed Apr 4, 2007 3:18 am (PST)

In reality, Chris Falter is the most persistent attacker of me on the
USCF forums.

What?! Someone took my crown?! How dare they!

--
Steve in Tennessee
"There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and
pursue it steadily." ---George Washington

At least when SteveTN attacks me he says, "I hereby attack Sam Sloan
because he is a bad guy".

When Chris Falter attacks me, it goes something like, "In the Name of
God the father almighty I do not attackisth thou but only direcketh
thou to the true path to the way of Jesus."

If you ever decide to read the USCF Forums, you will have to learn the
special lingo that has developed there to get around the banned words.

For example, the word "lie" is not permitted except by "The One Whose
Name Cannot Appear Here".

You have to learn the identity of "The One Whose Name Cannot Appear
Here".

Sam Sloan

More accurately, this person is referred to as "the candidate who's
name we dare not speak".

I agree with Bill Goichberg that there have been many improvements in
these areas.

However, I would like to note that the bulk of these accomplishments
can be attributed to outside contractors, especially to Mike Nolan.

I really like Chess Life for Kids and I think that Glenn Petersen is
doing a great job.

What I cannot figure out is what is the office doing? Are they doing
anything? I cannot think of even one single thing that the office and
the twenty or so people who are on the payroll there have accomplished
in the past two years.

Can you enlighten us on this?

I am guaranteeing a big financial loss this year. Let us see who will
be right: Me or Bill Goichberg?

Sam Sloan

samsloan wrote:

I played in my First USCF Rated Tournament, the North Carolina Open,
in 1956. As a tournament player for more than 50 years, just about
everybody in chess knows me or has heard my name.

....mainly because you insist on spamming newsgroups dedicated to
computer chess with your political crap.

Eat **** and die, spammer.

wrote:

Sam does have one piece of hope: I have been in contact with some of
you, and there are silent defectors who intend to support him. One of
them has even played the game of attacking Sam while silently
intending to support him with a vote.

Could you please ask this silent supporter why he approves of
someone who floods computer-chess newsgroups with political posts?
He/she doesn't have to reveal his/heridentity, just the reasoning
behind supporting a known spammer.

Ron Suarez wrote:
So the long and the short of it is that the USCF is doing better than
it has done in the past but still is not to the point where things are
rosy.

Right. I agree!

There was one year that the USCF lost $500,000.

However, this year we are probably losing not much more then $300,000.

So we are doing better than in past years.

Congratulations to all!!

Sam Sloan

[quote="Randy Bauer"]I am genuinely sorry that I wasn't gushy enough for you, Sam. I'll
leave the gushing to others -- I recall you expressing a similar
gushyness about another candidate. On June 5, 2005, on the chess
newsgroups Sam Sloan wrote:

"In fact, if I am elected I intend to vote for Bill Goichberg for
president, even though this year, as in every other year, he opposes
my election.

Had it not been for the strong opposition of Bill Goichberg, it is
obvious that I would have been elected several times in the past.

Nevertheless, Bill Goichberg deserves the job. Bill has been directly
informed with the USCF for 41 years since 1964. Bill set up the USCF
rating system, which should really be called the Elo-Goichberg System
rather than the Elo System. More than anybody else, Bill Goichberg
made the USCF the organization it is today and nobody has a stronger
interest in the ultimate success of the organization than does Bill
Goichberg..."

Pretty strong praise for somebody you now regularly clash with on the
Board, wouldn't you say? Kind of makes me wonder what you'd be saying
about Stephen Jones in a couple years should you both get elected.[/
quote]
Yes. I wrote that about Goichberg, and I still adhere to it.

I feel that Goichberg was entitled to become USCF President, as he had
wanted to be for decades.

However, I feel that he has not done a good job as president. He had
his chance, and he blew it. I believe that the entire board, with the
exception of his lapdog, agrees with me. I believe that regardless of
who wins the coming election, Bills will be replaced and somebody else
will be president, although I do not know who that will be.

As soon as I won the election last July, Bill started writing letters
to the USCF's counsel asking for advice on how to stop me from taking
office or how to remove me once I had taken office. The legal bills
for Michael Matsler of the Law Firm of Rider, Weiner and Frenkel for
August 2006 was $2,790 and for September 2006 was $1998, for a grand
total of $4788. All of this was for responding to these letter from
Goichberg to Matsler. Thus, Bill Goichberg wasted $4788 in membership
dues money trying to remove a person who had been duly elected by the
membership from office.

The problem with Bill is that he runs the USCF like he runs the
Continental Chess Association, which is a one man show. He just
decides things on his own and announces it. He almost never consults
the rest of the board about anything.

Sam Sloan

samsloan wrote:

You will have seen strident attacks by some of my election opponents
and their anonymous Internet trolls. You should ask yourself, "Why do
all these people keep attacking Sam Sloan? Is it because he really is
one of the worst people in the world, or is it because, since he was
elected last year, their gravy train has slowed?"

Sam does have one piece of hope: I have been in contact with some of
you, and there are silent defectors who intend to support him. One of
them has even played the game of attacking Sam while silently
intending to support him with a vote.

Or could it be because you flood computer-chess newsgroups with
political posts? There is no mystery behing seeing attacks
against a known spammer such as yourself.

(Note to the crowd: watch him refuse to address the above issue.)

wrote:

samsloan wrote:

You will have seen strident attacks by some of my election opponents
and their anonymous Internet trolls. You should ask yourself, "Why do
all these people keep attacking Sam Sloan? Is it because he really is
one of the worst people in the world, or is it because, since he was
elected last year, their gravy train has slowed?"

Sam does have one piece of hope: I have been in contact with some of
you, and there are silent defectors who intend to support him. One of
them has even played the game of attacking Sam while silently
intending to support him with a vote.

Or could it be because you flood computer-chess newsgroups with
political posts? There is no mystery behing seeing attacks
against a known spammer such as yourself.

(Note to the crowd: watch him refuse to address the above issue.)

As I predicted.

On 4 Apr, 00:27, " wrote:
WHAT ARE SAM'S CHANCES?

My judgment is that Sam Sloan's candidate's statement is fairly
effective. *His claim that the Federation has shrunk and has lost
money will be noted by many
readers. *My advice to his opponents is to reckon that many members,
even those who do not care for Sam, will have their concentration
focussed on your record.

I still rate Sam's reelection chances as a mid-to long odds bets. *The
issue will be
how great a toll has been exacted on his candidacy by the attacks,
both
anonymous (though we know that YOU and you and you are among the
anonymice) and otherwise.

Sam does have one piece of hope: *I have been in contact with some of
you, and there are silent defectors who intend to support him. *One of
them has even played the game of attacking Sam while silently
intending to support him with a vote. *Indeed, Sam will pick up votes
from those who are too timid to defy the powers that be publicly.

I would rank Sam's performance on the board as an undeodorized breath
of fresh air. He is the unwanted paradox. *More power to him.

The photos from the USCF leadership retreat in Florida were
depressing. Although I have been away from Federation affairs for 15
years or so, I knew nearly every graying visage who was there. Some of
those old battle tubs have been squatting on the Federation for 20,
30, 40 years or more.



samsloan wrote:
I played in my First USCF Rated Tournament, the North Carolina Open,
in 1956. As a tournament player for more than 50 years, just about
everybody in chess knows me or has heard my name.

The USCF has annual revenues of $3.2 million, down from $6.5 million
at its peak. $3.2 million is enough for us to live very well. Yet, the
USCF has lost money for 9 of the last 11 years. There is no excuse for
this!

Since I was elected to the board, I have been fulfilling a campaign
promise to examine the books and records in detail to find out how and
why we lost this money. I have exposed corruption and improper
payments. One board member was forced to resign because of my
discoveries.

I have opened doors to the inner sanctum, revealing secrets the
insiders did not want revealed. I have received an award for "Shining
Light on the United States Chess Federation 2007".

I have only one vote on the board. I have not been able to stop the
improper payments and the financial hemorrhaging. Optimists on the
board say we will lose ONLY $50,000 this year. I say unless immediate
measures are taken, we will lose AT LEAST $150,000 and possibly
considerably more.

In meetings with the board, I have consistently advocated specific
changes that must be made RIGHT NOW to stop losses by increasing
revenues and reducing expenses. Other board members say it is
POLITICALLY UNACCEPTABLE to make any changes now and this must wait
until after the election.

AFTER THE ELECTION will be too late!!

I am a man of action. Everybody who knows me will tell you I get
things done. Two things we need to do are expand scholastic chess and
elderly chess. As people age, they want to keep their minds active.
Tournament chess would be an ideal way to help them accomplish this.
The baby boomers are a vast pool of potential members.

You will have seen strident attacks by some of my election opponents
and their anonymous Internet trolls. You should ask yourself, "Why do
all these people keep attacking Sam Sloan? Is it because he really is
one of the worst people in the world, or is it because, since he was
elected last year, their gravy train has slowed?"

Most of the other candidates and continuing board members are
insiders, the same people who were there when the USCF lost $2
million. Are you going to keep them there or return them to power? Are
you going to believe they will bring prosperity to the USCF, when
their actual record is one of milking the membership funds for their
own benefit?

I have specific plans and programs which I believe will bring
prosperity back to the USCF. I am available by phone or email to
discuss this any time. Are you going to give the USCF a chance to
prove that it can be done? Are you going to return control of your
federation to the same crusty curmudgeons who lost the $2 million in
the first place?

The delegates have voted to give me 100 words to explain my case in
Virginia. I have eight children. One of them is Shamema, whom many of
you met when I brought her to international chess tournaments. When
Shamema was eight years old, she was kidnapped by persons unrelated to
us and taken to Virginia. When I came to Virginia to try to rescue my
kidnapped daughter, I was arrested, tried and convicted of attempted
abduction of my daughter and failure to appear for trial.

Sam Sloan- Hide quoted text -

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Stop sniffing my ass. Go fight your own battle.