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[TotallyInsane]

Mr. Brian:
Can you explain this one to me please? How did Colonel Parker get away with not paying taxes on ALL THAT MONEY he made? Or, did he pay taxes? If so, how did he pay taxes as an illegal????

[Brian]

I was wondering when that was coming. If you look back at your time here at TCB all of your thoughts are on the Colonel, NOT Elvis. I don't know if there are any Col. Parker MB's, but I bet you would be happy on one.
I fail to see how ANY of this makes Elvis look weak. He simply had a manager that was here in the US illegally and was dishonest about it. A manager that in 1961 was not worried about Elvis and his guns and his drugs, but was worried that he would once again have to sneak back in the US as a stow away on a boat.

Not all about the Colonel just most so far
I got roped into all of this again I will not speak of it again until a world Tour thread starts up again which it will eventually


that's how I feel I bet there are some that agree with me

I don't believe for one second that the Colonel was afraid of being deported. agree to disagree

I don't like the Colonel and think he was a bad manager for Elvis after say 1962 but has been wrongly blamed over the World tour. That's all I am saying

[TotallyInsane]

So, 4 days and 1497 posts later what you're trying to tell us is Elvis was just a big old weinie for not making sure he did a world tour??????

[utmom2008]

Not all about the Colonel just most so far
I got roped into all of this again I will not speak of it again until a world Tour thread starts up again which it will eventually

Roped in???? That's funny Brian.....you make it sound like we held you down and made you talk about it. I am interested in Totally Insane's question though.....

[Brian]

Mr. Brian:
Can you explain this one to me please? How did Colonel Parker get away with not paying taxes on ALL THAT MONEY he made? Or, did he pay taxes? If so, how did he pay taxes as an illegal????

Hi Totallyinsane

I Certainly can Colonel Parker did pay taxes

Colonel Parker was born in 1909 and came over here in the late 20's when there were no computers and most people were not born in hospitals.
That made it easy for Colonel Parker to come over here pick a new name and nobody knew he was illegal I think he claimed he was from West Virginia. Now it would be impossible for someone to come over here illegally and pass for an American born citizen because if you were here illegally and went to apply and sign up for stuff they would look you up on the computer and their would be no record of you in the computer. Colonel Parker was allowed into the army and the illegal aliens that are over here today would'nt be because of this.

Colonel Parker's illegal alien status was different and unique compared to other illegal immigrants in a lot of was.

[Unchained Melody]

So, 4 days and 1497 posts later what you're trying to tell us is Elvis was just a big old weinie for not making sure he did a world tour??????

I hold Elvis partly responsible for not firing the Colonel so he could go on and do what ever he wanted like a world tour, make a karate film or whatever. Colonel Tom A Hole Parker ruined all that for our boy. If your telling me Parker didn't have anything to do with no world tour ever happening then pass me some of what your smoking. You don't think Parker would have loved to have gotten his hands on the money that a world tour would have raked in. But with his status as illegal alien. i'm sure he had fears of being rejected when coming back to the states, and also why try and fix something thats not broken. Parker was making tons off of Elvis touring the same ol cities. It became a formula just like the movies did.....It amazes me at how this thread has gone from Marty Lacker, To Priscilla, Lisa, her kids, and now the world tour and Colonel Parker yet again!!

[Brian]

Roped in???? That's funny Brian.....you make it sound like we held you down and made you talk about it. I am interested in Totally Insane's question though.....

I thought we were friends?

You don't like me anymore?

I was just talking about it with the other fans again because they were talking about it I won't do it again until someone starts up another World tour thread as I have made my points known and my case has been made

P.S. I know Elvis was not a weak person and I am a much bigger Elvis fan than Colonel parker or may sound at times since I have posted here but I feel the way I feel about this. What I meant when I said all this makes Elvis look like a weak person in a way is because I feel it does to a lot of non fans. Elvis didn't go on a world Tour because of the Colonel, Elvis really wanted to do this movie but the Colonel didn't want him to be in it. It makes Elvis look in a way like he couldn't make his own decisions. Even though I know for a fact that Elvis was a very strong minded and intelligent indvidual.

[TotallyInsane]

Well, I heard (but, I'm not telling who told me) that the real reason why Parker never took him on a world tour was because there were not any casinos over there!!!

[utmom2008]

It amazes me at how this thread has gone from Marty Lacker, To Priscilla, Lisa, her kids, and now the world tour and Colonel Parker yet again!!

I am afraid to go to sleep tonight. I'm afraid of dreams about Colonel Parker...he and I are on a lifeboat trying to get back home to the US. I have this fear that it will be like Jack and Rose at the end of Titanic, only HE will be the one floating on the wooden piece and I will be the one left in the freezing water.

[Brian]

So, 4 days and 1497 posts later what you're trying to tell us is Elvis was just a big old weinie for not making sure he did a world tour??????

No not exactly but I believe had Elvis really wanted to go deep down he would of gone.

[TotallyInsane]

I am afraid to go to sleep tonight. I'm afraid of dreams about Colonel Parker...he and I are on a lifeboat trying to get back home to the US. I have this fear that it will be like Jack and Rose at the end of Titanic, only HE will be the one floating on the wooden piece and I will be the one left in the freezing water.

Oh, you can bet your bottom dollar he would end up with the floating device over you!!!!

[Unchained Melody]

No not exactly but I believe had Elvis really wanted to go deep down he would of gone.

True. To bad he didn't have a manager that let his client be involved in projects he actually wanted to do instead of the fast dollar.

[TotallyInsane]

Hi Totallyinsane

I Certainly can Colonel Parker did pay taxes

Colonel Parker was born in 1909 and came over here in the late 20's when there were no computers and most people were not born in hospitals.
That made it easy for Colonel Parker to come over here pick a new name and nobody knew he was illegal I think he claimed he was from West Virginia. Now it would be impossible for someone to come over here illegally and pass for an American born citizen because if you were here illegally and went to apply and sign up for stuff they would look you up on the computer and their would be no record of you in the computer. Colonel Parker was allowed into the army and the illegal aliens that are over here today would'nt be because of this.

Colonel Parker's illegal alien status was different and unique compared to other illegal immigrants in a lot of was.

So, does this mean that after the next election if Obama gets elected then he will have a harder time getting passports and documents for his friends to live over here?

[nyc]

It came out that Colonel Parker was here illegally when Reagan was president and when Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas and neither cared they didn't force Colonel Parker out of the country did they?

Because he was, by Dutch law, no longer a citizen of the Netherlands. As it turned out, Parker was a stateless illegal alien, as I've said.

Parker probably didn't even know that until his high powered defense team in the early 80s told him. He certainly knew he was illegally in the US, but I doubt he knew he'd lost his Dutch citizenship. Anyone who thinks immigration law is a simple field just needs to talk to anyone who's been through the nightmare of dealing with INS/USCIS.

The bottom line for me, as KPM said ages ago, is that if Parker could have resolved his citizenship status easily, he would have. Instead he hid it, and it was revealed by his lawyers only when they were desperately trying to contest the jurisdiction of federal courts in the EPE v. Parker litigation.

It's not my opinion or Sonny's either that's what Colonel parker told him he would have done.

If you don't agree with Sonny that's fine but I believe him and stand by what he says and what I have said regarding this matter.

Well, as we all know, the Colonel never told a whopper in his life, LOL.

And you can stand by Sonny, but that leaves you on the opposite site from Marty, previously held up as your sure source of information in this thread.

p.s. I think all this makes Elvis look weak in a way (this theory that Colonel wouldn't book Elvis overseas because of fear of being deported)
Elvis was a grown man it makes him look like a little kid who couldn't make decisions for himself.

Elvis should have kicked Parker to the curb, IMO, no later than 1960. He proved to be completely out of touch with the changes in the music business, and on top of that was completely unethical (for which my source is the report to the Probate Court by Lisa Marie's court-appointed guardian).

Not organizing a world tour actually is pretty low on Parker's list of sins as I see it.

[utmom2008]

I thought we were friends?
You don't like me anymore?

Actually Brian....I don't know enough about you to form any kind of opinion in any direction. Usually, when someone has been as active as you have been since joining we have a little insight into that person and who they really are. You never tell us anything about yourself, your family, what country you are in, etc..... So, all we see about you are 5 little letters - B~R~I~A~N.

[Unchained Melody]

Makes me wonder where has Cameron been !!

[Brian]

Because he was, by Dutch law, no longer a citizen of the Netherlands. As it turned out, Parker was a stateless illegal alien, as I've said.

Parker probably didn't even know that until his high powered defense team in the early 80s told him. He certainly knew he was illegally in the US, but I doubt he knew he'd lost his Dutch citizenship. Anyone who thinks immigration law is a simple field just needs to talk to anyone who's been through the nightmare of dealing with INS/USCIS.

The bottom line for me, as KPM said ages ago, is that if Parker could have resolved his citizenship status easily, he would have. Instead he hid it, and it was revealed by his lawyers only when they were desperately trying to contest the jurisdiction of federal courts in the EPE v. Parker litigation.



Well, as we all know, the Colonel never told a whopper in his life, LOL.

And you can stand by Sonny, but that leaves you on the opposite site from Marty, previously held up as your sure source of information in this thread.



Elvis should have kicked Parker to the curb, IMO, no later than 1960. He proved to be completely out of touch with the changes in the music business, and on top of that was completely unethical (for which my source is the report to the Probate Court by Lisa Marie's court-appointed guardian).

Not organizing a world tour actually is pretty low on Parker's list of sins as I see it.

You misunderstand what I say

Colonel Parker told Sonny this after it came out he was illegal

Marty probably doesn't know what Sonny has been saying about this so I sent him a question about this and I am waiting for his reply.

I still think people make too big a deal out of all this
A president of the United states could have fixed it up so Parker could travel and get in and out of the country without paper work hassles

I know there are some fans that will never believe what I say and will always believe it was because of the Colonel and his fear of deportation because you have heard this all for too long. They would never have deported a famous person like Colonel parker and I don't believe having dutch citizenship mattered to him.

[utmom2008]

You misunderstand what I say

Oh no....here we go again.

I still think people make too big a deal out of all this

That might be the funniest thing I have read in awhile!!

A president of the United states could have fixed it up so Parker could travel and get in and out of the country without paper work hassles

No, it was not that simple. And nyc has already shown us a great timeline of who was in office at the time that the tour might have been pursued.

[nyc]

I still think people make too big a deal out of all this
A president of the United states could have fixed it up so Parker could travel and get in and out of the country without paper work hassles

Americans acquire citizenship only three ways: by birth in the US or through American citizen parents; by naturalization; or by special Act of Congress.

With all due respect, Colonel Parker was NOT an exemption to those rules of law. Presidents don't snap their fingers and make stateless illegal aliens American citizens. If Parker couldn't get a Dutch passport (which he couldn't), then he needed an American one, and needed his citizenship status resolved, according to the rules above.

I know there are some fans that will never believe what I say and will always believe it was because of the Colonel and his fear of deportation because you have heard this all for too long. They would never have deported a famous person like Colonel parker and I don't believe having dutch citizenship mattered to him.

Right. None of us who disagrees with you is doing any thinking, we're just mindlessly repeating what we've heard.

And once again, not having Dutch citizenship made Parker not only an illegal alien, but a STATELESS illegal alien. He had no citizenship of any kind.

But I've repeatedly discussed that one, and if it's not clear by now why the "stateless" part is significant, it never will be.

[Brian]

Americans acquire citizenship only three ways: by birth in the US or through American citizen parents; by naturalization; or by special Act of Congress.

With all due respect, Colonel Parker was NOT an exemption to those rules of law. Presidents don't snap their fingers and make stateless illegal aliens American citizens. If Parker couldn't get a Dutch passport (which he couldn't), then he needed an American one, and needed his citizenship status resolved, according to the rules above.



Right. None of us who disagrees with you is doing any thinking, we're just mindlessly repeating what we've heard.

And once again, not having Dutch citizenship made Parker not only an illegal alien, but a STATELESS illegal alien. He had no citizenship of any kind.

But I've repeatedly discussed that one, and if it's not clear by now why the "stateless" part is significant, it never will be.

Colonel Parker wouldn't need full citizenship to travel abroad just a passport

I know how you become a citizen of the United states

I will not discuss this any futher until someone starts a world tour thread again which should be in about 6 weeks.

btw you sound familiar don't you post at elvis-collectors