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- amandaw33, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Dugg for more publicitiy but check out 8wishes.com
Check out the front page story that Paul himself submitted
http://digg.com/videos/people/10_000_miles_and_8_wishes - soloride, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You could of saved us all a lot of time by:
emailing me at soloride@gmail.com
reading my blog! This link would been a good place to start (which is in the side bar of my blog):
http://8wishes.blogspot.com/2006/12/goal-is-to-raise-1-million-dollars-for.html
I'm not a charity I'm a person that is fundraising for http://www.dyslexiacenter.org which has been around for 15 years! Also I'm not taking a dime from this fundraiser.
Also I shared a room with my friend Robert for $350 a month at the Carpinteria address.
Might as well update my address info why were at it:
505 Red Rose Ln
Santa Barbara, ca 93109
Just know if you come over to stalk me that I'm 6'2" and weigh 225 pounds and that my friends that I hang out with me make me look small. So we would be happy to have a little chat with you :)
Well were at it here is my number too:
805.456.2130 (disposable number which can be disconnected in two seconds)
And yes my friend at Serberus is donating his time to help me! He is not charging a dime!
Don't mean to come off as a jerk its 4am and I have a lot of work to do and right now I'm a little grumpy and your making a person with dyslexia write you which is not my strength.
Also the band comment makes no since to me. But here goes... Are you saying were not legitimate if we use music to help raise funds? William again offered his free time to help me make some cool videos to bring more traffic to 8wishes.com Feel free to email me too. Thanks for your feedback
Paul - Photoblog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I Donated and actually chatted with Paul. He is a super nice guy, and I wish him all the luck.
Please extend your deadline mate, you picked a busy time of year to get everyone focused!
dugg!
THE REAL SITE >> http://8wishes.blogspot.com/
please post to the real site when posting. - MichaelDotNet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just a quick update, I donated my $10 just now, I encourage everyone to go out and do the same!
- amandaw33, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3agreed. I gave $10 and was surprised more diggers didn't contribute. Sad the 30 days is already almost up.
on a side note, Paul IMd me -- he was great to talk to & I really do wish him the best! - MistressRoninS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What and incredible idea. Maybe the guy who has the Austin Martin who made the Ipod and lives a modest life can donate too if he hasn't already.
Also @G2SF I hope that you're wrong, but its not bad to question ANY charity with the amount of fraud out there right now. And anyone who donates to anything should take the time like he did, to find out if its legit, its the responsible thing to do and it allows the legitimate charities a better chance of functioning and arriving at their true goals.
I certainly hope this man is legit because its an incredible idea and undertaking. Even if it was fraud -that is an incredible amount of hell to go through, after that amount of riding on a bike, the man will probably never see his balls in any form but stone for the rest of his life for gods sake - give him credit for his endeavors. He is inspiring millions and bringing attention to something that needs to be brought up more often and supported.
He deserves credit and promoting his music is not a bad thing, if he tried to use other band's songs he would probably get sued for it, I hate to say it but its true.
Selling any idea even religion and charity too, has a better chance of appealing to the masses if its "hip catchy and cool" AKa music associated with it.
Good luck to him.
+Digg - sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Jesus Christ, why did you see a need to cyberstalk the guy? He probably lives in the house with roommates. Just because all that ***** is publicly available for you to go out of your way to post it is just plain creepy.
He's just a guy with a cause that he holds dear because he suffers from it. Back off. - soloride, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I failed business law and had to re take it. Why don't you just contact me. soloride@gmail.com or call me! You posted my old address of course i'm going to say what I said! I said thank you for your feedback too. Feel free to dig as deep as you want but if you just contacted me instead of posting things everywhere it would be easier for me to handle your questions. it not that hard to do what your doing if i was doing something wrong i would covered all those links and made sure that the internet archive was not indexing my site. i have nothing to hide. Do you really think that Paul Orfela would meet with me if I was a fake??? Do you know how hard it is to conect with people like him. Read my blog. If you don't contact me then I'm not going to go around trying to put out the fires you are tyring to start. You have nothing on me because I have done nothing wrong. I'm responding to you this way because you won't contact me. JUST EMAIL ME SOLORIDE@GMAIL.COM
Paul - SIRBERUS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@allmycauses
couldn't agree with you more. As a lover of philosophy, I believe that everything should have the ability to be questioned, even if it is something such as a charity... however you have to not only choose appropriate times, but be willing to put in the effort, which gs2f did not, to research something before attacking its reputation. - RexDixon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Just to let everyone know, Paul has responded on my thank you to the great users that have seen the importance of this cause - http://rexduffdixon.com/?p=1224 - same response as here.. but really -- who has time to waste on stalkers? You can find out all about me too, whatever... I don't have the time to waste on such things.
Rex - AllMyCauses, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Believe it or not, I don't blame you for questioning the validity of this project. I'll be the first to admit that 8 Wishes needs to do a better job communicating information about the organization. But with a tight deadline and little resources, we can do nothing but hope that people will find faith and trust in Paul.
I think the point you're missing, G2SF, is that this is not the right place and that was not the right way to ask those questions. If you have questions about the legitimacy of a charity, the first place to find answers is by going to the source. As Paul has always said, he is more than happy to give anyone a few minutes of his time. Posting that kind of personal attack is not an appropriate use of this forum and the community's time. - RexDixon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes, we need more digg's! 15 isn't going to cut it.. so spread the word! I'm doing what I can on my end. I do wish that I had more time to spread the word, the 10th of January doesn't give me much time at all. btw, thanks for digging this KR12!
Rex - moecat76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2what a great cause...I hope he makes it
- SIRBERUS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@g2sf:
I'm going to respond to this with a huge "***** YOU".
Seriously, who the ***** are you to think that just because you can google, you have the right to accuse something of being a scam?
If you would have noticed, the number does indeed google to a company that did illegal dealings. It also is the number used in my whois.
How could this be? Well if you took the time to read the WHOIS information, it says:
Registrant Contact:
WhoisGuard
WhoisGuard Protected (Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com)
+1.6613102107
Fax: +1.6613102107
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd
Westchester, CA 90045
US
Yes, that's right. I use a WHOIS protection. Did you really think my email address was as long and confusing as the one in the WHOIS? Did "WHOIS Guard" not set off a series of alarms in your head before you jumped to the conclusion that it was my actual contact information?
The number listed is the number of Whois Guard, as service of my registrar, NameCheap.com. It is also the number and address of anyone else who uses Whois Guard, including people who do scams.
So before you go on to post a comment that not only tries to make a charity such as 8 Wishes look shady, but to make me look shady... maybe you should think about researching your information a little bit further than a google search, and think about how much your faulty information could hurt people if it is believed.
And for those who don't believe me, research yourself:
http://www.whois.sc/Sirberus.com - SIRBERUS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Gs2f, I salute anyone who is willing to research things... but what you fail to realize is research is only good if the person doing it is cabable of... researching.
In your case, you managed to check out a bunch of websites, so you say, yet you failed to see that my site uses a WHOIS privacy company, which uses the same number on all of its clients, which means you will find many types of sites, good and bad, using the same number as me.
So yes, I encourage research, but I also encourage not researching if you can't do it right.
Your "research" is no different than so many other types of people who "find a conclusion" which makes someone look horrible until someone else has to do real research to find out that the first research was a lie.
If you are researching a potatoe, feel free to be lazy. If you are researching people, just ask yourself if you would want someone making a false conclusion on you.
I spend so much of my life and time helping people, so excuse my language in the post above, but people like you are dangerous. People like you who say they researched something trick people that believe people who research something (even in this thread there are those who say "I really hope gs2f isn't right" instead of saying "I'm going to find out if gs2f is right". - MichaelDotNet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't remember seeing the video...but it does depress me that it made the front page and only ~10% of the people contributed. If everyone donates $10 it's quite a ways there!
(disclaimer, I haven't contributed yet, but will do so as soon as I get home from work) - MichaelDotNet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It is a great cause, here's hoping that the Social Web community (and Digg in particular) and help out. My only regret is only finding out about it now, their self-imposed deadline ends in a week. Kudos for Rex for picking it up and spreading the word!
- AllMyCauses, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1 Yes, please keep spreading the word, and, on behalf of Paul, thank you for all your donations! And of course, thanks Rex and Kater!
- daveconrey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I spoke with Paul myself and even though it was a short conversation, I believe in his conviction. He's got more drive and determination than 99.9% of the people on this planet. He road completely around the country on a bike for a good cause. How many people can say they've done anything remotely close to that?
The world is a cynical place and there are reasons for that, but sometimes you have to just give the benefit of the doubt, pull out your wallet and toss a few bucks to something important. That action alone will brighten your day. - andretaliercio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Advertising for a good cause makes advertising more aceptable no?
- andretaliercio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for doing this Rex, great cause.
Should be go on the top of Digg's list - SIRBERUS, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1You could help by deleting the 2 spammed comments on your blog by gs2f which was already proven false by comments posted below by myself and paul.
- furatail, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Charity advertising, although ethical and unselfish, is still advertising. However, at least with these small organizations I know my money is being used it which it was intended.
- G2SF, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Just because this charity is small is no guarantee it's either honest or dishonest:
Is there an Herbalife connection?
Where are the receipts from the last ride?
There (in my own view) seems to be an odd co-mingling of business concerns here:
8wishes.blogspot.com
Designed and maintained by Sirberus (pro-bono?)
Site is registered:
1403 Camino Trillado - Carpinteria, CA 93013
Paul Sanchez (biketour2004@yahoo.com)
866-350-9685
Google of address (cached)
$2,800 month (4 Bedroom / 2 Bath)
Beautiful Carpinteria house in great neighborhood
Reverse look-up of address:
William Fiedtkou
805-566-4857
Google: Fiedtkou and Sanchez
Myspace Music
William is a guitarist
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=143809092
http://www.williamfiedtkou.com (band website)
Website is also registered similar to 8wishes.com
Serberus
661-310-2107
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd, Westchester CA 90045
Phone Googles to http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=1264
http://www.theonlinebusinesssystem.com
Googles to Herbalife ScamFraudAlert
Paul Sanchez
http://www.perimeter.us (2004)
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.perimeter.us
I'm not suggesting this "charity" is a fraud.
But, it's odd to me that any legitimate charity is going to have site registration sharing with a band.
Also, odd of the site designer and maintainer shares the same address and phone as a ScamFraudAlert.
All of the above is open-source information available to anyone for free. - G2SF, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Ouch! I simply performed about 15 minutes of due diligence before making a donation. On the surface, this charity sounded like a great idea. I've donated to Swords to Plowshares in SF, Casa de Las Madres, and other local charities in the past, and all provide the public transparency into their finances.
I still haven't found any public and verifiable records related to Paul's charity and he hasn't posted direct links to such important data (or I missed it). From a moral and legal perspective, what I did is called research or due diligence, not cyber-stalking. I have never contacted Paul directly and have no intention to bother him. If performing research is bad, maybe we shouldn't question any "warm and fuzzy" charity using viral marketing. Also, Paul writes that he has dyslexia. I don't dispute this, however here's an entry from his now defunct http://www.perimeter.us site guest book from an online archive:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040608121551/www.perimeter.us/guestbook.html
"hey paul, good luck man! i had no idea you graduated with me in may, and i had no idea that you had dislexia - crazy, cause you made through business law alright... this is a good cause and i hope you raise a lot of money for those kids! you are in my prayers for sure and what size shirt are you by the way (maybe some epic life hook ups if i have your size...) PEACE!"
austin USA - Friday, June 04, 2004 at 03:05:16 (EDT)
Again, if a few posters really believe that taking a closer look into a charity's or even a politician's contributors constitutes cyberstalking, then please don't visit http://www.give.org or http://www.fec.gov to use their online database to research donations.
Finally, I wish any legitimate children's charity well and am always open to donating to any children's charity that makes their financial records publicly available, small or large. It's just a shame that instead of reassuring me in this case, I have been lambasted by Paul and a few of his over 6'2" 225 pound supporters. Is that the way legitimate charities respond to legitimate questions?
Thank you - G2SF
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