Comments on: How stupid is Charles Carreon's lawsuit against The Oatmeal, IndieGoGo, the American Cancer Society and the National Wildlife Federation? Really, really stupid

By: Jeff Simon

Jeff Simon — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 07:11:00 +0000

Carreon reminds me of Nathan Thurm, a character Martin Short used to portray.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOLBQxk72NY

By: TheNuszAbides

TheNuszAbides — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:22:00 +0000

their daughter tweets denial of such an association… for what that’s worth.

edit: oh wait, it’s you! recognized from her feed…

By: P.F. Bruns

P.F. Bruns — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Oh, no. I, for one, am keeping that firmly in mind. I’ll be budgeting some cash toward Mr. Inman in the very near future. To paraphrase Spider Robinson, every dollar Matthew Inman gets for his work is a drop of urine on the shoes of Charles Carreon and FunnyJunk.

By: P.F. Bruns

P.F. Bruns — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:30:00 +0000

Maybe Mr. Carreon has the special ability to tie orphans to train tracks with just one hand. I’d like to think he has ONE skill.

By: P.F. Bruns

P.F. Bruns — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:28:00 +0000

@boingboing-b02d27666964db9258b673accd36c27a:disqus , I think the key word in your great reply is “crack.”

By: P.F. Bruns

P.F. Bruns — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:27:00 +0000

And I’m not seeing that as a bad thing.

By: stephenl123

stephenl123 — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:29:00 +0000

All this appears to be succeeding in distracting people from the theft from The Oatmeal by FunnyJunk.

By: Heather Cristofaro

Heather Cristofaro — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:36:00 +0000

Just spent my lunchtime giggling and reading her comments… I think those two are a perfect match.

Also she uses “Un-American” (always with the “u” capitalized) as an insult quite often…

By: Lexica

Lexica — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:02:00 +0000

You realize that’s a parody blog, right, and not actually written by Carreon?

By: Pierce Nichols

Pierce Nichols — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:32:00 +0000

There are substantial signs in Tara Carreon’s posts that make me think she’s a member, or at least a fellow traveler, of the LaRouche Movement. The thing that got me going on that hypo is a comment she posted where she quotes a publication from the Schiller Institute (a LaRouche front) for no discernible reason. Further, her various conspiracy theories and hobby horses bear a strong resemblance to typical LaRouche preoccupations.

By: teapot

teapot — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:05:00 +0000

In case you cant be bothered finding out what he means:
Effective Oct. 24, 2005, the disciplinary board approved a stipulation for discipline suspending Ashland lawyer, Charles H. Carreon, from the practice of law for 60 days. Carreon admitted violations of DR 3-101(B) (unlawful practice of law) and DR 9-101(A) (failing to deposit or maintain client funds in trust)
….
In the stipulation, Carreon admitted that acting as house counsel in Canada was in violation of regulations of the profession in that jurisdiction, and that by utilizing the client settlement funds, he failed to properly maintain client funds in his lawyer trust account.Carreon’s sanction was aggravated by a selfish motive, multiple offenses and his substantial experience in the practice of law.

By: teapot

teapot — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:00:00 +0000

That was a right-pretty speech, sir. But I ask you, what is a contract? Webster's defines it as “an agreement under the law which is unbreakable.” Which is unbreakable! Excuse me, I must use the restroom.

By: teapot

teapot — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:46:00 +0000

It’s actually perfectly clear if you read carefuly.
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk_letter

“Your lawyer = A+”

“You want ME to pay YOU $20,000 for hosting MY unlicensed comics on YOUR shitty website”

“FunnyJunk: I don’t want to write retorts like this anymore”

By: Randy Rhoads

Randy Rhoads — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:58:00 +0000

Muaaaaaaahhhhaaa….
http://charles-carreon.com/2012/06/20/i-dont-care-if-youre-in-canada-ill-find-you-7-2/

By: naam

naam — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:24:00 +0000

… and a third hand to be able to accomplish that feat, I guess.

By: Ted Bautista

Ted Bautista — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:44:00 +0000

This needs to go into the Urban Dictionary

By: Ted Bautista

Ted Bautista — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:41:00 +0000

The guy is so cuckoo that i wouldn’t be surprised if he bills himself.

By: Labbit

Labbit — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:24:00 +0000

You should totally change your name to Rudy Bearlover.

By: That_Anonymous_Coward

That_Anonymous_Coward — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:58:00 +0000

The Carreon Effect: The act of doubling and then quadrupling down on an untenable position.
And then going all in.
Credit to an Anonymous Coward from Techdirt.

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:28:00 +0000

With the internet dutifully playing Choragos in this tragicomedy of epic hubris…

By: Isolation Mechanism

Isolation Mechanism — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:26:00 +0000

If it is his wife, she is doing him no favors. She’s over there calling every critic a Nazi for reals, she means actual National Socialists. She is more disgusting than he is. She’s claiming that TD is the Mafia and commenting on ‘what really happened’ when he was before the Oregon Bar.

By: Chris Recouvreur

Chris Recouvreur — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:12:00 +0000

It’s not like Carreon would ever steal funds in a trust (the one he wants to put the donations in). He hasn’t done that before… or wait:
http://charles-carreon.com
Check the links.

By: Rudy Belova

Rudy Belova — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:56:00 +0000

When i think of Charles Carreon, This immediately pops into my head!

By: Nick Weaver

Nick Weaver — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:59:00 +0000

Since some of her postings have been mirrored by the TaraCarreon account in one of the web forums they actually operate (where presumably a fake account would not be allowed to be maintained for a week+), the consensus opinion is that it is very VERY likely his wife.

By: mccrum

mccrum — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:21:00 +0000

Comments nothing, the real weirdness is here: “Plaintiff is a contributor to the Bear Love campaign, and made his contribution with the intent to benefit the purposes of the NWF and the ACS.”
I’ve donated to the campaign mocking my client to get myself out of a pickle.

Wow, the train to Crazytown seems to be running express today.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Rumor has it that she really is his wife. And this isn’t her first time to the rodeo.

By: s2redux

s2redux — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:34:00 +0000

If you've got the extra-large popcorn bowl out, be sure to peruse the comments in today's TechDirt article (best read in threaded mode). Someone with the nick "TaraCarreon" acts as a blocker for Charles Carreon...it's like Ed Wood, Jr. laid hands on a defective Philosopher's Stone; hilarity ensues.

By: Ari B.

Ari B. — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:30:00 +0000

I’d love to be a fly on the wall if this were to actually make it to trial.

By: mccrum

mccrum — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:22:00 +0000

The only way this gets to be more cartoonish is if he grows a large mustache that he can twist while tying an orphan to railroad tracks.

By: mccrum

mccrum — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:20:00 +0000

I can see that conversation with his client and his crack billing team now:

Mr Carreon: “Here’s my bill for our legal services.”
Mr Carreon: “One hundred thousand dollars, what a deal! Here’s a check!”
Mr Carreon: “I only accept cash, I’m not sure your credit is good with us.”
Mr Carreon: “I’m offended, expect to hear from my lawyer!”