{"id":91481,"date":"2019-10-03T10:10:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T14:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=91481"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:42:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:42:57","slug":"update-what-about-bob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=91481","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: What about Bob?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just so you get a regular status on Robert ‘Alaska Bob’ Glaves, we wanted to post another update. For anybody that has limited time, we provide the above CliffsNotes.<\/p>\n

NO BOB<\/strong> – Not a peep. In fact, there never was a peep from Bob about all of this.\u00a0 All communication has seemingly been happening through Kelly, but this affords good ol’ ‘Alaska Bob’ plausible deniability.<\/p>\n

NO CONFESSION<\/strong> – If someone can’t cough up the proof, they should consider a confession. Especially since good people donated their good hard-earned money. We’re hoping the air clears as fast as those checks cleared.<\/p>\n

NO DD-214<\/strong> – From what we gather, the elusive DD-214 as not arrived, but it may be coming by dog sled or caribou.<\/p>\n

NO KELLY<\/strong> – Kelly has stopped shaking her chastising finger at everybody. No more recent threats of legal action for libel. She may, and I emphasize MAY, be slowly realizing that Bob has lied to her. Either that, or she knew all along and was in on the hoax, using Bob as her cash cow. I may be wrong and hope that I am, but the optics are not looking good. As a reminder, it was strongly suggested to Kelly to order Bob’s military records directly but all indication is she did not. She was also encouraged to make a statement to the donors, and even suggesting refunds but she did not.<\/p>\n

NO ARTICLE<\/strong> – The Peninsula Daily News has hinted at a followup article but it seems they hesitated when Bob said he was sending in his DD-214 that proves his Vietnam and Cambodia service as well as a signed request form that would allow the PDN to obtain the records directly. More on the benefit of the doubt later.<\/p>\n

NO DONOR REFUNDS<\/strong> – What got lost is all of the donors that gave money when moved by a story of a dying man running his trembling fingers across the engraved names of buddies he lost in the Vietnam War that are recorded on the Vietnam wall.\u00a0 Kelly seems just as culpable with this charity donation effort.\u00a0 She appears to feel ZERO responsibility to all that have donated their hard earned money.<\/p>\n

Benefit of Benefit of the Doubt<\/strong><\/p>\n

I mentioned “benefit of the doubt” above. I’ve seen people advocate that it is ALWAYS 100% politically correct to say “Let’s give the man\/woman the benefit of the doubt.” This is a risk free position.\u00a0 Sort of like a beauty pagent contestant saying “I believe in world peace.” Idealistic, but not realistic.<\/p>\n

Even if most of the benefit of the doubt is exhausted, these advocates avoid scrutiny by the continued suggestion of more benefit of the doubt.\u00a0 This strategy is absolutely brilliant for those that do not have a backbone.\u00a0 When it turns out the person in question is a fake, then they can point to their own virtuous position of advocating for the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n

Donations<\/strong><\/p>\n

But now our attention turns to the donors to Wall Before I Die<\/strong> and Pennies for Quarters<\/strong>. Who is looking out for these donors?\u00a0 When people feel as if Bob should be given benefit of the doubt and respect for what service he did have, what about the donors<\/strong>?\u00a0 Why have there been no public statements?\u00a0 Shouldn’t these donors at least be given the courtesy of being told that the money is gone and it didn’t go to a good cause?\u00a0 Sometimes honesty, no matter how painful, can go a long way.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, in summary – we are waiting for all the things in the above CliffsNotes.\u00a0 Things have fell eerily silent.\u00a0 Seems like Bob is shivering in a corner hoping this all blows over.\u00a0 Hope must be the strategy.\u00a0 There’s always the possibility that his wife thinks he was in Vietnam and Cambodia so he has to buffer her from all of this. That’s most likely his first priority.<\/p>\n

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