"T" - Here's a link to his memorial OCF page:
http://www.ocfstore.org/tom_baker_jr_ocf_fund_s/258.htmI miss him a lot, too. Over the years, I had always looked forward to Charm's posts. He had such a way of expressing his thoughts and feelings that will always be remembered. Over the years, I would collect and save some of his very unique ways of expressing his thoughts in a file I called "Memorable Quotes". When circumstances called for it, he would bring out his very direct "telling it like it is" style which I loved. The day I found the "sad news", I reached for this file to find some comfort in his own words and it did help me. Maybe the following will help to give a little more info on our beloved Charm: The following was an answer to someone who had attempted to promote what Charm referred to as "quackademic medicine" and of course not allowed on OCF. I think the poster may also have questioned Charm's credentials:
<<I am a retired lawyer, who started out in criminal defense but could not stand to get guilty clients set free, then went into medical malpractice where I learned how to read between the lines of bullshit medical studies and fake medical claims. In both of those, I got tired of asking the client's, "how much justice can you afford", so I switched to being a state civil prosecutor protecting those discriminated for jobs on account of their race, sex, handicap, etc. The Department of Justice in DC recruited me to deal with police departments then I was promoted over to Treasury to handle big million dollar cases involving cities not paving streets or providing sewer services or highways on account of discrimination but did not realize that certain politicians g did not really want me to win those cases so the Dept of Treasury dissolved my whole agency for "fiscal reasons".
I then headed up enforcement of the Foreign Assets Control laws against funding terrorists and trained US Custom Agents.
Again, I offended the wrong high ranking people by making a big bank pay a million dollar fine so I was shipped over to the IRS as punishment. Luckily for me, they needed someone to protect them from the vendors of computer equipment and fake technology promises and the high priced outside consultants . Suddenly, being a "mad dog" litigator was an asset. I had a lot of fun with some great IT people modernizing the agency so you can e-file with only a PIN instead of having to buy a PKI certificate.
I retired when the cancer hit me with the highest award possible: The Albert Gallatin Award from Treasury.
So, while I am not a medical doctor, I have ripped them to shreds in depositions and know how to spot phony studies.
Plus I got used to being the only one to speak the truth to power and call fools fools.
Charm>>
In addition to his many other qualities, Charm was also our protector.
