Cummins Reply
Because Mr. Cummins' response was a bit lengthy, I'm posting it in its entirety below while reducing what appears under the comment section to that which actually addresses the objective facts of this situation. -admin
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Haven’t heard from Bob since so I don’t know what’s up there. Maybe the response is not good enough for the blog. Either way, we can talk one on one here. My book is done but we are looking for a publisher to pick it up. Had a few offers from smaller presses, but we are really trying for something bigger if at all possible and have decided to take our time finding a home for the manuscript. I have a few other books out there too, so the waiting game is a game I’ve learned to play well. I may consider putting up a sample chapter too, we’ll see how things go.
I like your style of investigation, it is always within the smallest nooks and crannies that the truth in this problem pops up. It’s how I’ve discovered a lot of things myself. However no, Mr. Weiss and I have little to do with one another. I reviewed his book respectfully and then had a bit of a tussle with him on his website over a bit of time. Did not spend a lot of time on it, just brought the site up every so often to see if my reply was up and if someone had responded. Very sporatic. Then again, sporatic for me is about every half hour. I sometimes have a bit too much time on my hands.
The goal of talking to Weiss was merely to open a dialogue with him. It had nothing to do with ‘proving’ anything, he was a figure of interest and I wanted to speak with him. I did that, he got my replies through the site and posted his own, though it had some repercussions. Weiss did not post my full postings, choosing instead to post only an abridged version of comments which he would take time to pick apart out of context. By the end he was stripping very small portions of what I said in lengthy responses, and ignoring the rest.
I had sent him ‘other stories’ of horrified investors that he had never heard before, but he would only post those that he could refute. He took great offense to my request he not use tu quoquo or ad hominem arguments for some reason, and that’s when things really got wacked out on his end of things. In terms of posting anyways.
So in a sense you are partially right, Weiss did set himself a public target from clippings of what I had said, although he says at several times in the dialogue that he had done so (vaguely). However the dialogue was not something created by myself for public consumption. It was research for my book done in the only place I could get ahold of the typically elusive Weiss. He received my full responses and read them, he was the only person who needed to in the end. His postings told me a lot about who he was and where he stood.
That’s about as much as I can recall from the situation, it was seven months ago afterall and I have had thousands of such interactions with other people since. I reviewed my notes of the situation to make sure I didn’t miss anything, although it really was a very trivial point along the way to an extensive body of research.
Other than that there are some other things I could clear up, I’m not sure I’ve ever said my book would ‘blow Weiss’s out of the water’. I’ve never bragged about a book, I just wrote one. In fact, I’ve tried quite hard to publish my findings on the Internet before hand because I really don’t believe in keeping secrets. What is interesting to me about this scenario is that I am one of the very few people in this anti-naked short thing that actually uses his real name every time, his real home telephone number and address, and will speak to anyone on either side of the issue who finds the time to write or call. I’m a clean slate here, and I’m an open book. It is actually kind of humorous that I would be considered the opposite of that I have tried to be based on a seven month old conversation that was the result of my practice of openness.
I’ll try to see of Bob has received my letter, but I won’t pester him to put it up. He runs a good ship over there and I wouldn’t pressure him for anything. He has enough concerns of his own nowadays. Thanks for taking the time to investigate, let me know if you have any additional questions.
James Cummins
In addition, I have gotten in touch with Bob O’Brien and many others over this situation, and will be posting a reply on theSanityCheck comments section in which the charge against me was launched. Please forward me any questions you may have to the email listed in my previous reply to this blog.
James Cummins
A lengthier reply with step by step review of the comments made on this site is available in the forums at thesanitycheck.com