{"id":30303,"date":"2012-06-07T12:58:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T16:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=30303"},"modified":"2012-06-07T12:59:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T16:59:03","slug":"poe-and-his-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=30303","title":{"rendered":"Poe and his pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, a kid named Poe wanted to be a combat decorated soldier, so he made up some stories.  A TV station in Texas decided to honor this hero (good on them for the effort) by doing a story.  This is that video:<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/templates\/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=155855655&#038;pos=top&#038;swfw=470\"><\/script><object id=\"bimvidplayer0\" width=\"469\" height=\"264\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param value=\"true\" name=\"allowfullscreen\"\/><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowscriptaccess\"\/><param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\"\/><param value=\"true\" name=\"cachebusting\"\/><param value=\"#000000\" name=\"bgcolor\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/swfs.bimvid.com\/bimvid_player-3_2_7.swf?x-bim-callletters=WFAA\" \/><param value=\"config=http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/?j=155855655&#038;ref=http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/news\/local\/Charity-helps-disabled-veterans-get-back-into-the-workforce-155855655.html\" name=\"flashvars\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/swfs.bimvid.com\/bimvid_player-3_2_7.swf?x-bim-callletters=WFAA\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"469\" height=\"264\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" cachebusting=\"true\" flashvars=\"config=http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/?j=155855655&#038;ref=http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/news\/local\/Charity-helps-disabled-veterans-get-back-into-the-workforce-155855655.html\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" quality=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><script src=\"http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/templates\/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=155855655&#038;pos=bottom\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, you have that story, which completely doesn&#8217;t match his records.  Nonetheless, while we wait breathlessly for the medical records, what about those pictures?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I just got the email transcript between him and America&#8217;s Got Talent.  Why is this important?  Because at least one of those photos we have already proven is not him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From: [America&#8217;s Got Talent Associate Producer]<br \/>\nTo: [Tim Poe]<br \/>\nSent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 12:25 PM<br \/>\nSubject: Army pictures for AGT<\/p>\n<p>Hi Tim, <\/p>\n<p>As we talked, can you please send photos of you out in combat &#8211; with your weapon, in front of tank, etc. If you have any questions, feel free to call me.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<br \/>\n&#8212; <\/p>\n<p>[redacted]<br \/>\nAssociate Producer | America\u2019s Got Talent 7<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His response:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On May 16, 2012, at 10:44 PM, Timothy Poe wrote:<\/p>\n<p>Hi [redacted],<\/p>\n<p>These are the only ones I could get. I had to have soldier buddies of mine send them to me.<br \/>\nI hope they work<br \/>\nRespectfully<br \/>\nTimPoe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But wait you say, I thought he didn&#8217;t remember anyone&#8217;s name?  Shouldn&#8217;t those same Army Buddies be able to vouch for him?  Only the wind knows.  And maybe Batman.<\/p>\n<p>She responds:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From: [redacted]<br \/>\nDate: May 17, 2012 1:20:26 PM CDT<br \/>\nTo: Timothy Poe<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Army pictures for AGT<\/p>\n<p>Tim,<br \/>\nAre you in these photos?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not a lot of nuance to answering that question is there?  Like, um dude, is this you?  And how does he respond?  <\/p>\n<p>Well, I don&#8217;t know, because it ends there with the AGT people.  But you know what he does next?  He sends the whole email string to WFAA TV so they can use the same EXACT pictures, the ones in that video above.  And in responding to the guy at WFAA, he says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8212;&#8211; Forwarded message &#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFrom: &#8220;Timothy Poe&#8221;<br \/>\nTo: [WFAA]<br \/>\nSubject: Army pictures for AGT<br \/>\nDate: Fri, May 25, 2012 10:12 am<\/p>\n<p>Hi Craig,<br \/>\n These are the only pictures I have left because I went through a period when I got back that I didn&#8217;t want anything that reminded me of my time away. So I deleted almost every picture I had. I hope these work for you<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Poe <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, that is rather inconvenient.  He only has these pictures, that may or may not be him [hint: they are not] and he deleted everything else.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the reporter he sent those to has specifically told someone I know that he never once told him (the reporter) that these pictures weren&#8217;t him.<\/p>\n<p>Now I ask you, who the hell sends pictures to a TV station of people other than themselves?  You think I wouldn&#8217;t like pictures of David Beckham or something instead of my own ugly mug?  Dammit people, I look like Shrek.  But who sends another persons DoD pictures to a TV station?<\/p>\n<p>Riddle me that!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, a kid named Poe wanted to be a combat decorated soldier, so &hellip; <a title=\"Poe and his pictures\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=30303\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poe and his pictures<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}