See: townhall.com/columnists/BurtPrelutsky/2009/03/13/the_schmoo_is_alive_and_well_and_living_in_the_white_house

For instance, in the past couple of weeks, I received e-mails from two far-flung friends that sparked an observation. In the first, Steve Finefrock of Oklahoma reminded me of the shmoo, a creature introduced over 50 years ago by Al Capp in his comic strip, “Li’l Abner.” The shmoo was a magical little pear-shaped entity that lived only to serve man’s wishes. If it even thought a person was hungry, it would die happily to feed him. It had the ability to taste like chicken or steak, its eyes could be used for buttons and its whiskers made fine toothpicks.

Another friend, Don Melquist of Arizona, reminded me of cargo cults. During World War II, many such cults sprang up in the South Pacific. When thousands upon thousands of G.I.s suddenly showed up on sparsely populated islands, mysteriously appearing from the skies and the ocean, bringing with them food, radios, medicine, watches, candy and Coca-Cola, the villagers naturally thought their prayers had been answered. In much the same way that dogs are said to be awe-struck by the hunting abilities of their masters, who come home bearing armloads of edibles, the natives had good reason to assume that the gods had taken up residence. Long after the war ended, the islanders constructed piers and carved out airstrips in hopes of their return.

This was intended to be illustrative and not a political commentary in the current context of US politics.

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See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo

Description

A shmoo is shaped like a plump bowling pin with legs. It has smooth skin, eyebrows and sparse whiskers – but no arms, nose or ears. Its feet are short and round but dexterous, as the shmoo’s comic book adventures make clear. It has a rich gamut of facial expressions, and expresses love (often) by exuding hearts over its head.

Cartoonist Al Capp ascribed to the shmoo the following curious characteristics. His satirical intent should be evident:

* They reproduce asexually and are very prolific. They require no sustenance other than air.
* Naturally gentle, they require minimal care, and are ideal playmates for young children.
* Shmoos are delicious to eat, and are eager to be eaten. If a human looks at one hungrily, it will happily immolate itself, either by jumping into a frying pan, after which they taste like chicken, or into a broiling pan, after which they taste like steak. When roasted they taste like pork, and when baked they taste like catfish. (Raw, they taste like oysters on the half-shell.)
* They also produce eggs (neatly packaged), milk (bottled grade-A), and butter — no churning required. Their pelts make perfect bootleather or house timber, depending on how thick you slice it.
* They have no bones, so there’s absolutely no waste. Their eyes make the best suspender buttons, and their whiskers make perfect toothpicks. In short, they are simply the perfect ideal of a subsistence agricultural herd animal.
* The frolicking of shmoon is so entertaining (such as their staged “shmoosical comedies”) that people no longer feel the need to watch television or go to the movies.
* Some of the more tasty varieties of shmoo are more difficult to catch. Usually shmoo hunters, now a sport in some parts of the country, utilize a paper bag, flashlight and stick to capture their shmoos. At night the light stuns them, then they can be whacked in the head with the stick and put in the bag for frying up later on.

The actual origin of Capp’s word “shmoo” has been the subject of debate by linguists for decades, leading to the misconception that the term was derived from “schmo” or “schmooze”. However, “shmue” was a taboo Yiddish term for the female reproductive organ, the ultimate fertility symbol. It’s one of many Yiddish slang variations that would find their way into Li’l Abner. Revealing an important key to the story, Al Capp himself wrote that the Shmoo metaphorically represented the limitless bounty of the earth in all its richness – in essence, Mother Nature herself. In Li’l Abner’s words, “Shmoos hain’t make believe. The hull whole earth is one!!”

Beware the Schmoo!

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I agree that you have to get out. As long you stay with him, the problems will only get worse. There is no way you can deal with him and get or maintain your sanity.

NO CONTACT is the ONLY way to deal with these people. Sometimes it takes a great deal of pain for us to see that this is the ONLY way. As long as you deal with him, you will never get your credit cards paid off. I can say that because of my own experiences and reading the esperiences of others here, it is almost a given that he will sabatage anything you do.

No matter what they say, it is a lie. Their intentions are for their own benefit, not yours.

Escapee’s advice is good, though it may sound radical, but you just can’t deal with them. (((hugs))) and my prayers for your strength!

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You’ve gotta get out girl!

Keep posting for strength – you can do it!

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The information I had was: Name (full, middle & last) Date of birth and that he “did have” a criminal background

for this, I received

Social Security number
All criminal CONVICTIONS, when and where and what the charges were. Just arrests or charges posted that were DROPPEd are NOT included, so a person could have a lonnnng record of arrests, but no convictions, so that would NOT show up on a PRIVATE report, but the cops could get this, so if you know a cop who will run the check you might get more information if they will share it with you.

ALL parole revocations (every one!)

Dates and places of incarceration, and NUMBER of his state criminal records

ALL the places he lived for last 20+ years

Name of lthe person who owned the residence he lived in

Name of NEIGHBORS who lived on the same block for all those places, along with telephone numbers.

The mug shot of him, physical description of him, and information on his RISK FACTOR for reoffense of sexual crimes (HIGH RISK)

I was NOT able to get his credit report.

One of the things you can do with the above information though, is to call the neighbors and ask what they know about him, or visit them for the same purpose. Sometimes y9ou can get a LOT of information about them that way. Sometimes not.

I took the mug shot and went from house to house around the small rental unit house I had rented to the Trojan Horse Psychopath and found that he was apparently already grooming a 12 year old boy that lived across the street. The mother was totally shocked that the “nice man” who lived in my rental unit was a CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER OF CHILDREN.

I also had one run on my then-DIL and turned up no criminal convictions, but did find her under several last names from various marriages, where she had been in the air force, and all the places she had lived, along with neighbors and their phone numbers. By the time I got that information, though, I didn’t really need to follow up on any of it, as shortly after that she was arrested for trying to kill my son, along with the Trojan horse psychopath.

After he went to prison, though, I did make contact with the VICTIM’S ADVOCATE OFFICE and that woman was a godsend. She told me how to prevent his first parole release (which actually was illegally done!) and quoted me the number of the law that would prevent him being released, and I spoke with the parole board and let them know I would be on the capitol steps screaming their names and the number of the law that prohibited them letting him out at that time, and guess what?—his parole was revoked! He did get one 7 months later though, which I could not prevent.

VICTIM’s ADVOCATEs are great resources for information that may help you. Contact them if appropriate.

Another thing the professional investigator was good for was to give me HINTS on how to LIVE UNDER THE RADAR so that I would not be easily found by another private investigator.

That was why I bought the RV because though it was :”registered” and “licensed” through the state, there were no utilities in my name, and therefore the actual PHYSICAL LOCATION of where I was was INVISIBLE to anyone doing a records search!

Rental agreements, utility bills of any kind, phone listings of any kind except the “go phones” are very traceable, car registrations and insurance and drivers license records are all easily traced, so make sure that if you are hiding out from them, that NONE of these things are in your name and actually connected to the physical LOCATION you are at.

In the US, for $10 you can get a post office to forward your mail to anywhere on a weekly basis. (even a different place every week) Postal boxes, or even postal boxes at some of the private postal lbox companies are also a good idea. If you put in a “forwarding address” with a US post office, anyone can get your new address for the price of a stamp simply by requesting it. So be careful with forwarding mail.

I solved the problem of my mail by renting a post office box, havingf all my mail forwarded there, and to keep them from watching the Post office and finding me there picking up my mail, I would send someone else to get my mail out of my PO box weekly.

And remember, you are not hiding from the cops, you are hiding from a private individual.

If you are working and they know where your job is, you may have to quit and take another job somewhere else. Also if you work with a license (like a nurse or an attorney) you may have to “sling hash” for a while because you can be traced through your professional license. I was fortunate that I was retired.

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Yes, it is a violation of the US Fair Credit Reporting Act to run a credit check on someone without their permission. You have the right to sue for actual damages, punitive damages and attorney fees. I don’t know how easy it would be from outside of the US, but you could look into it. Here is some info:

http://www.lovefraud.com/07_ho.....paths.html

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