It's pretty obvious........years ago Surf came home to find his girlfriend in bed with John Henry. Upon finding this Surf stormed out of his house only to find that Bill Dunn had hotwired and stolen Surf's car. Dunn drove away and in the process ran over a homeless Victor Neiderhoffer who was living inside an old refrigerator box next to a sewer on Surf's street. Surf never recovered mentally from this day..........
While this appears to be an excellent idea, I attempted to produce a book with the exact premise several years ago. The publisher recieved several cease and desist letters thus quashed the project prior to fruition. If you are willing to take serious heat and self publish---- you might make enough to pay a defense lawyers retainer. you would be shocked and dismayed at the steps some of these jokers go to to protect their franchise--fraudulent or not. the aggravations, threats and schemes make the idea practically non executible and a bad risk/reward profile. regards, surf ps. your favorite guru was in my sights at the start, but research proved that your allegations and hearsay was not enough controversy to make the list....
I have been called worse than fungus. When I revealed, for example, that the youngest Turtle's firm had imploded and was banned by the CFTC, he referred to me as an "asshole", "idiot shyster", and "spiteful jealous liar". He threatened lawsuits everywhere including against ET. This all goes with the job of uncovering hidden details. As examples, look at the vitriol thrown at reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein when they exposed Nixon. Look at the two young people who have exposed Acorn recently. So... <embed src="http://media.entertonement.com/embed/PlayerText.swf" id="1_07aa8a30_a22f_11de_91aa_0015c5f4d265" name="PlayerText" flashvars="auto_play=0&clip_pid=tqzgzlyvdq&id=1_07aa8a30_a22f_11de_91aa_0015c5f4d265&meta_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.entertonement.com%2Fclips%2Ftqzgzlyvdq.query%3Fimage_size%3Dflash" width="304" height="30" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="transparent" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false"></embed><a href="http://www.entertonement.com/clips/tqzgzlyvdq--Are-you-gonna-bark-all-day-little-doggie-or-are-you-gonna-biteReservoir-Dogs-Michael-Madsen-Mr-Blonde-"><img alt="Blank" border="0" height="0" src="http://www.entertonement.com/widgets/img/clip/tqzgzlyvdq/1/1_07aa8a30_a22f_11de_91aa_0015c5f4d265/blank.gif" style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin:0; padding:0; float:right" width="0" /></a>
I would think that such cease-and-desist letters should save a lot of time on research. The only people who would feel threatened are the ones who have something to hide. Everyone else, from legitimate vendors to end users, would welcome the clarity and sunshine that a responsibly researched and properly presented exposé would bring. Provided that the material is limited to a proper presentation of facts from which the reader can draw his own conclusions, I don't see how such content would be actionable. Further, I would think that opinions are allowed as long as they are not presented as fact, and are reasonably supported by the evidence. I think the time has come for someone to well and truly lift the rock and see what crawls beneath.
unfortunately, this isnt true. almost everyone of these clowns make claims, and or have something in their past that would bring embarassment---- OR they are convinced your doing a hit piece and will not cooperate. its a tough row to hoe BUT if you can take the heat-- --- would make good reading. surf
When you expose BS -- name calling starts. That's human nature. Look at you. You have never read my books or seen my film, but like the sheep in my film you heard "something" on ET and ran with it. Now you are so far into believing whatever you want to believe that the truth is no longer digestible for you. Trust me, I get that, but my goal is not to make crazies see the light. That said, I could be a nice guy and let you up, but I prefer to use you as an example.
They don't have to cooperate. You don't ask Al Capone if he's a mobster and if he would show you his gun. I imagine that the work would be difficult, but I agree that it would make for some good reading.
I think if the book was written, and not just a proposal to write, it would get published. As long as facts and sourcing are there, it would work. Collins attorneys wanted sourcing for my Turtle book for several items. Once they saw government documents they were fine.