11-23-2008, 06:48 PM
Pete is in reference to a poster by the name of Lafayette Pete who is/was a mainstay of Deal Mac & AppleSwitcher.
Pete was noted for his frequent full blown melt downs and occasional banning (I believe) but he usually
resurfaces under a new nick as well as several sock puppets that agree with his every word.
There have been a number of supposed Pete sightings here - but I don't know that he has ever really appeared.
When someone appears out of nowhere with no previous posting history on the forum and suddenly
start posting on the political side then there is an immediate suspicion that they are another regular that is
working under a different handle rather than their own.
This is when someone like Stizzealth shows up with no history and his first post is somewhat reminiscent
of a poster like Pete or another semi familiar voice they are under scrutiny.
IIRC Lafayette Pete was from CA (this from the days when DealMac displayed IP's) Lafayette CA to be exact.
Our new poster Stizzealth posted a link to his blog in his first post here that shows his location in his profile.
It appears that he is very far from Pete geographically and posting from the bastion on liberalism in a place that
I doubt pete would be caught dead in.
There you have it in a nutshell ... so to speak