I woke up with a well meaning E-Mail, in one of my boxes, about my Diary Here. That I might have used to much of the original.

First: I don't believe I did, as to copyright.

Second: The report, as it is, would probably be seen in it's complete form and I doubt if the writer or publication would mind one bit, just because of the Subject Matter!!

Third: If either of the above feels the need here's my complete name, James Starowicz, I'm extremely easy to find as is my past, nothing to Hide including the negative, which everyone experiances.

But this posting isn't about that.

(For the historical record: This diary is a followup to a critical discussion which Torta launched on events surrounding what was previously shared with DKos, by others, about the private life of Dale Peters)

Ah, what tangled webs are woven.

People often exaggerate their history in small amounts, either idealizing or pumping up their travails without actually intending to deceive.  Not a big deal, usually - it's just the retelling of history through a minor filter of your ego or rewired paths in your brain.

That's different than having a compulsion or even nefarious goal in lying to others.

Essentially, an alias at Daily Kos, dale peters, became entwined with a newer alias, Janet G, as Dale's wife.  Their stories, revolving around themes of Military Veteran support and related political issues, became part of a larger mythos concerning her heroic past and eventual, sorrowful death in Dale's arms.

Things may not have been so straightforward.

See more below the fold and the summarizing *FINAL UPDATE*

(Update, Jan 19, for the historical record: This diary was launched in response to a diary by llbear that was posted on Jan 14 and deleted Jan 18.  This diary helped launch research that went much further in Wader's diary of Jan 16-17. End of update.)

Hello all,

Like several of you, I was saddened to read the Recommended Diary about the delay of Janet G's funeral.  It sounded heinous that a Republican county coroner would hold onto a dead woman's body for weeks in order to get political revenge on the dead person and her family -- just because the deceased was a liberal activist who had worked to defeat said coroner in a prior campaign.

Right off, in that diary, a DKos member named Quicksilver questioned whether Janet and Dale (the person writing as Janet's surviving spouse) were real.  This question, naturally, led to some very heated comments back and forth.

I then tried to use online resources to see if I could prove Quicksilver wrong... and here's the thing.. I can't.  (more below)

This is Dale