Andrew Speaker, "T.B Harry", Is The Face Of The New American Narcissist And Needs To Take One More Trip. To Solitary Confinement. FOR LIFE.

I am supposed to believe an attorney, whose new father-in-law just happens to be a tuberculosis specialist, is just so stupid that he didn't know his incurable and deadly tuberculosis was contagious? Then he goes on to selfishly pursue his agenda of an elaborate marriage in a foreign country, only to RETURN to the best medical care on the planet because it was his "only hope for survival"?

But he's not contagious, right?

Forgive me if I hope he gave his new bride a raging deadly case all her own as a wedding gift.

This kind of blatant selfish narcissism should be treated with a stiff jail sentence. Like solitary confinement until he dies. Typical American.

An apology won't quite give all those innocent people he exposed their lives back, now will it? Ya think, PERHAPS HIS OWN PERSONAL INJURY FIRM COULD REPRESENT SOME OF THEM? (h/t BLUE STAR CHRONICLES)

T.B. Harry should be dealt with swiftly and mercilessly as an example.

And screw his "civil rights".

AIDS and this form of tuberculosis are incurable and deadly as should be treated as weapons by those who would wish to share their misery because their life is already ruined.

I will shed no tears for the good counselor.

Take a good look. Did this man hack on you in one of any number of International airports, European cafes, restrooms or taxicabs? The photo on the left is Andrew Speaker, the face of the New American Narcissist. On the right, a photo of his co conspirator, father-in-law, and CDC microbiologist, Bob Cooksey. And that poor, stupid girl who had to go aaaall the way to Greece to marry this lugee, thinks he married her for her money.

No one will ever, EVER convince me that a PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY married to a CDC microbiologist's daughter didn't know exactly what he was doing and that there was nothing we could do to legally prosecute him. He took a calculated risk and got caught, but he knew.

Odds says he'll sue any number of Federal and State agencies before this is over. Hell, that could have been his intention all along.

Comments

[mRed]

I saw the lovely couple on ABC this morning and couldn't decide who was more weepy, Diane Sawyer or the blushing bride. I was thinking the same thing you wrote as I watched.

It was not stupidity nor ignorance, it was an arrogant indifference to others for their benefit and pleasure.

They departed society's basic law, do no harm to others, so I see no problem with society setting them apart. Forever.

[Cory]

I doubt that he actually put anyone in risk if the TB wasn't contagious. Going commercial was easier than getting a private plane, anyway. I hope he gets over his disease.

[JANE SAYS: Since you are obviously a google "drop-in" allow me to tell you that you are a naive do-gooder. And sorry to be the bearer of FACTS, Cory>>> Once infected...ALWAYS contagious, you see while I didn't finish LAW SCHOOL, I DID make STRAIGHT A's in eight years of BIOLOGY, and may I suggest you pick up a book for yourself. They have them at places called "libraries".. And I too "hope he gets over his disease" in a JAIL CELL.]

[mRed]

BTW,

I received a copy of Slaves In The Family. Hope to start very soon!

Thanks for the heads up.

[JANE SAYS: Well aren't you sweet to take my advice! AND SWEETER STILL TO BUY IT HROUGH MY AMAZON PORTAL!!! I find it particularly compelling from an historical perspective and a fascinating example of Limousine Liberal Yankee come home to see what the "dirt farming" roots of the family did that he feels compelled to apologize for>>>and MAKE MONEY FROM. The author, Edward Ball, never wrote anything of real import beyond this book, yet he seems so ashamed of his tree...all the while plucking money from its branches. That is laugh enough, but the snatches of historical FICTION that could be derived from the anecdotes he catalogs are fertile ground for the creative mind. LIKE YOURS, for instance>>>so let it INSPIRE YOU!! ;) ]

[PRCalDude]

My sister's a biologist. She was appalled. I'm now convinced that I'm heading for the high desert as soon as I hear of an outbreak of bird flu in Asia. It'll make this TB look like a joke. Picture the world population dropping to a tenth of it's size in a couple of months. Our government isn't going to do shyte.

[PRCalDude]

My sister's a biologist. She was appalled. I'm now convinced that I'm heading for the high desert as soon as I hear of an outbreak of bird flu in asia. It'll make this TB look like a joke. Picture the world population dropping to a tenth of it's size in a couple of months. Our government isn't going to do shyte.

[Bruce]

It is worth commenting on the fact the Speaker has arranged an exclusive interview with CBS/Sawyer on very short notice? I speculate that was arranged in advance of his arrival in Denver - otherwise isn't it convenient that Sawyer/CBS was there upon his arrival in Denver and had already obtained the appropriate clearances and permissions to interview Sawyer the patient in preventive/protective quarantine?

[JANE SAYS: This case has "agenda" all over it. Funny, I don't hear anyone else sounding as paranoid as I clearly am. BIG SURPRISE. Welcome Bruce!]

[Margo]

It does make you wonder whether daddy-in-law didn't pull a few strings here in this country to make sure this wastrel got back with a minimum of legal problems. How high up in the CDC food chain is he, anyway?

[JANE SAYS: Not that high, apparently. But certainly high enough to know the proper protocols AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THEM. Couple THAT with the fact that Mr. Phlegm is a PRACTICING PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY, if there was a man ON THE PLANET WHO KNEW BETTER, it was him. THAT alone is reason enough to hold him doubly accountable. And if I were Queen, I would! ]

[Chuck]

I'm surprised I haven't heard any of the airline passengers sue this guy yet or sue the US government/CDC. I think thats bound to happen. You have the potential to have lawsuits flying from all directions on this one.

[joan]

The Runaway Tuberculoid

No one is accountable for any transgression.
There is only one sin, which is to defend immutable and transcendent absolutes, the weight-bearing walls of Western culture. In the whole catechism of tolerance, that defense of absolutes is the unpardonable sin.

The Runaway Tuberculoid is only the most recent poster child for sociopathic egoism and the cult of success. If you have money, or at least some prestige and good looks, your are excused from decency. The jilted lover, Ms. diaper astronaut, was excused from decency even after the evidence lined up to reveal the full horror of her intentions. Ready and rampant predatory hedonists are acting out now with bold impunity and voracious appetite, an appetite teased and whetted by our over-educated, indolent, shameless, venal society.

There is no just retribution for heinous crime. We excuse treason as if there existed some guarantee of victory. We refuse to condemn the active, embittered fifth column in our midst. We have become so blind, so craven, that even the tithe of social scorn is too great a price to sanction dangerous failures of character and personal responsibility. That is why the Runaway Turberculoid is excused and his lame apologies and lies are accepted.

There is only one sin, to cling to moral absolutes and the values which flow from those absolutes: sacrifice, patriotism, honor, justice. To hate America is to hate those virtues and oppose their source, which is adherence to imperishable standards of right and wrong.

Who are we to judge the Runaway Tuberculoid? Who are we to stand in judgment of the Runaway Diaper Astronaut stalker? We can excuse anything, and our payoff for that is knowing that if necessary, we too can expect to be excused for our selfishness, our cowardly choices, our dangerous derelictions. We can be as comfortable as a Roman Senator in our vices and folly, eating our stolen bread in secret while we congratulate ourselves on our remarkable capacity for tolerance. Good of us to have such great tolerance and insight, we are noble and right to understand and excuse the Runaway Tubercular, aren't we?

[JANE SAYS: Give that girl some OXYGEN!! And a medal. ;) ]

[Mari]

Joan,
Mr. Speaker and his family ARE religiously affiliated.
Conversely, there are plenty of atheists whose values you would likely agree with.

[JANE SAYS: I know one thing>>"Mari" if you are gutless enough to make an anonymous comment with a fake email addy, I have grown weary of gutless Liberals and apologists like yourself.

But to have the last word>>as I ALWAYS DO>>>I do not believe that the "religion" that the Speakers are "affiliated with", as you say, is one of any substance other than self indulgent narcissism. Perhaps Mr. Speaker is a Scientologist. Perhaps, "Mari", you are one as well. Piss off.]

[Elaine Vigneault]

I think Andrew Speaker should not have flown in or out of the country. I, personally, would not have taken that risk.

But the fact remains that the danger he poses to the health and safety of other individuals is greater as the driver of a motor vehicle than as the passenger of a flight. You take a greater risk with other people's safety when you speed on the highway than the risk Mr. Speaker took by flying international flights.

[Matthew]

I think it's easy to assume he was selfish, but I'm pretty sure he didnt knowingly put others in a whole lot of danger. His father-in-law's defense makes sense and its worth reading:

http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/369569?c_id=wom-bc-mam

--Matthew from the health desk at thenewsroom.com

[JANE SAYS: He and his father-in-law are in on this together somehow. BOTH know FAR TOO MUCH, professionally speaking, to believe OTHERWISE. But I will allow your link, in the interest of fairness.]