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Quackpot Barrett THRASHED in Illinois High Court...
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen
October 30th, 2003
The "Essence of America" is alive and well in Illinois.
A three Judge panel of the Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, today, issued a decision in
the "Stephen Barrett v. Owen Fonorow" case. Barrett had lost his original case against Owen in
District Court and filed an appeal, apparently trying to get the Illinois Appeals Court to re-write
federal law and counter a decision previously handed down by a Federal Court.
Barrett was MANGLED by the Judges.
Barrett, who most of you will recognize from his dubious website "quackwatch.com," has been
conducting some sort of strange, convoluted, legal campaign "sort-of" claiming that I, Tim Bolen,
have libeled and defamed him in some way he's not willing to explain, beyond pointing a finger at an
eight inch pile of papers and saying "It's all in there..."
"Libel" doesn't work like that.
Barrett, also, put the cart before the horse, suing people who published my articles on the
internet, claiming "they knew my articles were libelous," yet again, neglecting to point out where
the libel actually is, or was. I believe Barrett, and his cronies, actually avoided serving me
intentionally for about eighteen months, knowing the first question I'd officially ask would be
"Where's the libel, Buster?"
I have reason to think that this whole "libel case" is, and was, being funded, and run, out of a New
York ad agency. Why do I think so? Because Barrett testified in an Oregon Court case that he only
made a total of $24,000 last year, and $30,000 the year before that. So where's the money coming
from to fund the lawsuits? It's certainly not coming from the quackpot soldiers - the National
Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF). They are so desperate for cash, they offered an out-of-focus
picture of me, Tim Bolen, as a contribution incentive. They are currently operating the NCAHF out of
the back room of president Robert S. Baratz's hair removal and ear piercing salon in Braintree,
Massachusetts.
Want to read the case? If you have a hankering to read a big pile of legalese, click here..
Owen Fonorow, in the case, had argued "Barrett's lawsuit was filed for the improper purpose of
"intimidat[ing] and harass[ing] those persons who disagree with [Barrett's] philosophy on the issue
of alternative medicine... "
Well, I certainly agree with that...
Stay tuned. There's MUCH more to come...
Tim Bolen - Consumer Advocate
This "Millions of Health Freedom Fighters - Newsletter" is about the battle between "Health and
Medicine" on Planet Earth. Tim Bolen is an op/ed writer with extensive knowledge of the activities
of a subversive organization calling itself the "quackbusters," and that organization's attempts to
suppress, and discredit, any, and all health modalities that compete with the allopathic (MD)
paradigm for consumer health dollars. The focus of the newsletter is on the ongoing activities,
battles, politics, and the victories won by members of the "Health Freedom Movement" against the
"quackbusters" It details "who the quackbusters are, what they are, where they are operating, when
they appear, and how they operate - and how easy it is to beat them..."
For background information on the "Battle between Health and Medicine" go to:
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----Dr. Mark D. Morin, 2001-08-17