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FraDon

(518 posts)
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:35 AM Jul 2012

Pedophilia, PSU: pay NO attention to tho$e MEN behind …

Last edited Sun Jul 15, 2012, 09:53 AM - Edit history (1)

… the curtains (and the high-security sky boxes).

• Neighbors, I urge your vigilance and focus. Please do not be distracted and misdirected. There is so much more going on here.

Sadly, I've watched this sad, evolving saga from early on. My freshman year at Penn State was 1966, JoePa's first year as head coach. But more significantly, I've seen similar sagas in a dozen other arenas, countries and cultures (just search "pedophilia ring" for a tragic overview).

As I see it, this is still an on-going cauterization, containment and cover-up operation. ~ Cauterize the wound; sacrifice as many as necessary. Contain the spreading story to the current list of characters and institutions. Continue the cover-up.

This has always been a much bigger cluster of cruelty and criminality than the child-raping actions one sick (well-placed) pedophile. I suggest history will show that Jerry / JoePa / PSU tragedy is but one more ugly peak atop a very deep, very old iceberg -- the SAME iceberg at the heart of the scandals within the Catholic Church / Boys Town / Boy Scouts, etc.

Courage rises among victims, those who love them, and citizens of conscience. The truth wrestles its way into the bright, disinfecting light of day. We will see exposed astonishing corruption. Governors Rendell & Corbett have SO much yet to answer for.

Embedded organized crime, blackmail, sports gambling, International pedophilia rings, working together for access, supply and protection. Pimping kids to wealthy friends and donors. C'mon, do you really think the Second Mile was just for Jerry's sick pleasures?

There is a LOT to lose here for these folks. Remember at least two disappearances remain unsolved in this horror: who, where (and how) is Victim 2, the child McQueary saw? Where is AD Ray Gicar? Why don't we know?

The Freeh Report is brutal. But remember, [1] they were hired by the Board (who to this moment have dodged any accountability); [2] they had NO subpoena powers; and [3] Freeh has substantial conflicts of interest with the Second Mile (not investigated and untouched, so far). Please, dig into the man's history as a "cleaner" of embarrassing and illegal crises.

I suggest that the primary reason so many folks are having such a hard time making sense of this "scandal", this tragedy, is that most of the truth is still hidden, and millions are being spent weekly to keep it that way.

It must and CAN be different this time ~ keep pulling on the threads. We cannot let up. The truth will out. The truth can set us free.

Don Shall (PSU 1966-71)

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Pedophilia, PSU: pay NO attention to tho$e MEN behind … (Original Post) FraDon Jul 2012 OP
Great post and as a Pennsylvanian, I agree and livetohike Jul 2012 #1
Exactly! The first Pulitzer has already been awarded … FraDon Jul 2012 #2
Maybe she will win another. I hope so livetohike Jul 2012 #3

livetohike

(22,140 posts)
1. Great post and as a Pennsylvanian, I agree and
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:41 AM
Jul 2012

I am waiting for answers from Rendell and more importantly, Corbett. In my opinion, the Board of Trustees needs to step down.

The media briefly leaned on Corbett the other day. Someone will win a Pulitzer prize if they uncover the depth of this scandal.

FraDon

(518 posts)
2. Exactly! The first Pulitzer has already been awarded …
Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:49 AM
Jul 2012

to my newest hero: Sara Ganim, 24-year old crime reporter for The Patriot-News in Harrisburg. Follow her on Twitter:@sganim – Her website: http://www.saraganim.com

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