HW: Conspiracy vs. Dave

[Doug Pearson]

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:26:22 -0400, RJ sprawl <sprawl at BLACKBOARD.COM> posted:

>        I just received an e-mail from Dave Brock, which in no uncertain
terms
>advised me that I was wrong in the info I posted about his being turned
>away at the border being due to paperwork not filed on time.
>
>        I apologize for my mistake, I was mis-informed.  Apparently it was
more
>a matter of some heavy-handed customs goons wanting to flex their
>pencil-pushing muscles.
>
>        Again, I am sorry.  Flame away.

and, on Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:47:34 -0400, RJ sprawl <sprawl at BLACKBOARD.COM>
posted:

>I agree with you, Jill.  Our border laws suck big-time!  But this last
>was more of a case of: "Dave Brock can't remember to sign the littlepaper
>and send it in in time to make the gig!"  (But I _do_ think he shouldn't
>HAVE to!)

which was probably entirely based on what *I* <ceres at sirius.com> posted on
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 13:25:39 -0700:

>...However, if what I heard about Dave is true, I feel reason to be a
>bit pissed off.  As my information comes from conversations with Jim Lascko
>and Jerry Richards, I feel like the information is valid enough to post
>(but if I'm incorrect, please flame me!).  The reason that Dave was not
>admitted into the USA (even though he had no trouble getting into Canada)
>is because he didn't have a visa.  All he needed to do was fill out a form
>and send it to a US consulate to get permission to enter the country.  Just
>a rubber stamp, that's all.  If this is true, it bugs me that Dave didn't
>have his sh*&%t together enough to get one stinkin' rubber stamp.  If
>someone can confirm this, I'd like to hear, but no more negativity from me
>on this, I promise!

which was corrected by Bob Lennon <Hawkwinder at AOL.COM> on Tue, 18 Aug 1998
20:32:54 EDT as follows:

> what i heard from Jim was that Dave had applied for an exemption to come
into
>the country due to prior records on file....that the exemption was mailed out
>and it never arrived in time for Dave to make his flight....he tried to
>straighten this out when he got to Canada ... but to no avail...

... thereby confirming that the problem was NOT that Dave didn't have his
s*(&%t together (unless he applied for the exemption 3 days before his
scheduled departure), but rather that the US consulate or INS
(Immigration/Naturalization Service) or whoever doles out the proper forms
are the ones who screwed up (imagine that!).  Which all means that I
probably owe someone out there an apology/retraction (but what do you
expect from someone who can't tell the difference between John Major and
Tony Blair ... or Keith Henderson and Kevin Sommers [sorry Kev!] ...
arrgh!).  So ... sorry for having passed on severly mis-interpreted
information, and, if indeed you're watching the list, welcome Dave!

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com