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Octafish

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34. If only he could afford a good lawyer!

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #19)

Mon Apr 7, 2014, 05:57 PM

Apr 2014

Shuler lost his job as a writer and editor with the University of Alabama department of publications in 2008 -- around the same time he first started writing about Gov. Don Siegelman. Journalism jobs being a rarity, he's had a tough row to hoe as a free lancer ever since.

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Blogging Can Be Dangerous to Your Freedom [View all] Octafish Apr 2014 OP

“You’ve got a situation where sometimes there’s no good guys” frazzled Apr 2014 #1

Shuler got canned from his gig at University of Alabama for blogging about Siegelman. Octafish Apr 2014 #2

He is famous for his exposures of the Karl Rove Plot against Siegelman, an egregious travesty of sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #7

The NYT didn't say anything: a First Amendment attorney frazzled Apr 2014 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #7

Let's face it. We all need whistle-blower protection. Baitball Blogger Apr 2014 #3

Agree. Two journalists were arrested for taking pictures from the sidewalk in Ohio. Octafish Apr 2014 #4

Going a bit off tangent... Baitball Blogger Apr 2014 #5

Absolutely Agree. Octafish Apr 2014 #16

WTF onecaliberal Apr 2014 #6

He made an enemy of Karl Rove and his tainted judges in Alabama when he wrote relentlessly about sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #9

Legal Schnauzer publisher Roger Shuler released after more than 5 months in Alabama jail Octafish Apr 2014 #17

Nothing to see here, just move along Augiedog Apr 2014 #10

It's as if an empire of evil had hijacked the government of the United States. Octafish Apr 2014 #18

Know your BFEE: Siegelman Judge is a big-time War Profiteer Octafish Apr 2014 #22

K&R! WTF has happened to this country? Enthusiast Apr 2014 #11

Late stage Terminal Unregulated Free Market Capitalism. nt Zorra Apr 2014 #20

The question is whether Shuler had any evidence to back up what he wrote and if so, what JDPriestly Apr 2014 #13

Excellent point: To Win, the Truth needs to be on his side. Octafish Apr 2014 #27

Allegations, accusations, but what is the evidence? Gossip? JDPriestly Apr 2014 #31

Shuler wrote: ''sources.'' So, there's more than one. Octafish Apr 2014 #32

Alabama -> Talibana nt pragmatic_dem Apr 2014 #14

''This silence by groups like the Society for Professional Journalism is deafening.'' Octafish Apr 2014 #29

professional organizations are not always on our side... pragmatic_dem Apr 2014 #35

K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #15

It's like the Alabama GOP is running the country...National Bloggers Club? Ali Akbar? Octafish Apr 2014 #36

He needs to hire a lawyer and listen to them. nt msanthrope Apr 2014 #19

If only he could afford a good lawyer! Octafish Apr 2014 #34

Why is Alabama allowed its own third-world justice system without checks & balances pacalo Apr 2014 #21

THE Shaun McCutcheon is from Alabama? Octafish Apr 2014 #30

That would indicate a conspiracy. But, but, but....conspiracies never happen! nt ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2014 #23

That's what the controlled media have said for half a century. Octafish Apr 2014 #33

Insisting on representing yourself in numerous court cases, when you have no legal training, struggle4progress Apr 2014 #24

It may be that's exactly what you're supposed to think. Octafish Apr 2014 #25

Here's the NY Times in September 2007, three years before the 29 September 2010 struggle4progress Apr 2014 #26

Only thing is that Legal Schnauzer tied the fellow to his roots with the Alabama GOP. Octafish Apr 2014 #28