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Title: Anthrax hoaxer may be Free Republic poster
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Raw Story
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/F ... conservative_blogger_1113.html
Published: Nov 13, 2006
Author: Larisa Alexandrovna and Brian Beutler
Post Date: 2006-11-13 14:30:15 by nolu_chan
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Anthrax hoaxer may be Free Republic poster 11/13/2006 @ 11:27 am Filed by Larisa Alexandrovna and Brian Beutler The man arrested on Saturday for sending more than a dozen envelopes containing "fake anthrax" to anti-war celebrities, journalists, and politicians may have ties to the conservative supersite Free Republic, RAW STORY has found. Chad Castagana, a 39 year old Californian named as the FBI's prime suspect in the case, is due in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles today, where procecutors are expected to file criminal complaint against him for sending threatening letters through the U.S. mail. Castagana has an extensive online history, often writing about science fiction and conservative politics, and many bloggers are convinced that he is also a contributor at the conservative activist Free Republic website under the name Marc Costanzo. Earlier today, users at the liberal websites Democratic Underground and Daily Kos brought to light the similarities between Castagana's Internet footprint and Costanzo's writings at Free Republic, and RAW STORY has found a series of eyebrow-raising connections between the two men. In one Free Republic post, Costanzo contends that he hails from the town of Woodlands Hills; the same city where Castagana was arrested. "Sorry I was so late in replying, but this room were I am working online from is a scorcher in the afternoon," Constanzo wrote in July of this year. "Tempertures were 106 degrees in the shade this Saturday, here in Woodland Hills." Liberal bloggers noticed the possible connection after doing a Google search on writings by Castagana. In a letter posted to the website of the magazine Science Fiction Weekly at the time of their August 26, 2002 issue, Castagana wrote, "The future is not the current events of our world thrown into outer space. The future is not with the Liberals, not with the Multiculturalists (both hate America), and it is certainly not to be found in Canada! The future is not written, the future is unformed." Nearly four years later, the following passage was written by Marc Costanzo of Free Republic: Most striking is this Costanzo comment from September, weeks before the anti-Bush MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann was sent a threatening fake anthrax letter in New York: "This partisan loudmouth Olbermann is a demagogue! Someone should find out where he lives and mail him a Ted Kazcinski letter." After Olbermann received the fake anthrax, Costanzo posted the following:" And when the Washington Post recently received a piece of mail with suspicious white powder, Costanzo commented, "I heard recently that The Washington Post got interrupted beifly the other day becaue of a 'suspicious letter'. I read about this at http://Wonkette.com They said that this letter only contained harmless powder of Boric Acid." Costanzo's profile at Free Republic reads in part, "I have an Associates Degree in the Science of Electronics." Castagana's web history indicates an extensive interest in technological gadgets and an understanding of electronics. A blogger at Daily Kos claims to have uncovered another alias as well. RAW STORY will attempt to determine how extensive the link between the men actually is. (Additional research by Ron Brynaert)
Let us create a future of infinite possibilities devoid of the agenda of the social engineers who work their corruption on us thru the one way world of television. A world where anything is possible, but not everything is possible. Anything can happen, but not all things can happen at once. That is what 'Time' is for, to keep all things from happening at the same moment. That shall be the only rule of our new fantasy world. That an event happens only once. What has been done, cannot be undone. There is no turning back the sands of time. You can review the past but you cannot change the past. That a vision of a possible future - to the present, must be taken in the context of the present. A Cosmos not governed by compassion or tolerance or equality, but common sense and merit. A Universe of strange and totally new lifeforms and not distorted reflections of human characters, just to make some social allegory ---- THAT is the insipid barren road of Political Correctness that Sci-fi entertainment has been a slave to for so many years. The future is not the current events of our world thrown into Outer Space. The future is not with the Liberals, not with the Multiculturalists (both hate America), and it is certainly not to be found in some cheapo TV production made in Canada! The future is not written, the future is unformed.
The similarities implicate Costanzo in—at the least—plagiarism of the anthrax-hoax suspect, but there are other points of contact between the two men. Not to make light of the situation, but drama queen Olbermann put on quite a production even after he'd been told the powder was harmless and checked out by doctors and told he was fine. He demanded that he be rushed to the hospital for more tests. I wouldn't be even remotely surprised if he mailed it to himself. I've never seen someone more desperate for attention and approval. I heard from a liberal blog that Olbermann was a prima donna at the hospital, giving the medical staff and the cops a hard time. Keith is a whiny little b@tch! Accepting that, I do not believe he sent it to himself. But that is just guess work.
A few weeks later, after fake anthrax was sent to the New York offices of Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, Costanzo wrote, "Hold it here now, what are the facts? The links provide few details. This info is very sketchy!"
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#1. To: nolu_chan (#0)
Maldarrin@aol.com Per Kos, this is the guy's AOL account name, which he used in his Ann Coulter Fan Club postings...
the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal bread.
06-02-2004 "what do u get when you cross Ebola with the Bubonic Plague ?" (Maldarrin) "shorter lines at the ATM, Mald..?" (RowrBasil) Lovely.
the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal bread.
Chad assclown SF Has No Space for PC ith the passing away of Lexx ends an intriguing albeit smarmy experiment in sci- fantasy. One that breaks with conventions, or should I say, cliches of TV sci- fi of the '90s. The politically correct pabulum, the multicultural indoctrination, the Bladerunner motifs, and not the least—the steroid mutated superbabes that can punch the lights out of men, but never get punched back in return!? How about creating a new sci-fi anthology with none of the puerile baggage of Rod Serling, Gene Roddenberry, Rockne O' Bannon, etc., etc. It is time to end their reign of Left-wing innuendo, their anti-American, anti-mankind cynicism and fatalism. Let us create a future of infinite possibilities devoid of the agenda of the social engineers who work their corruption on us through the one-way world of television (kind of how the liberal-left have always worked). A world where anything is possible but not everything is possible. Anything can happen, but not all things can happen at once. That is what time is for, to keep all things from happening at the same moment. That shall be the only rule of our new fantasy world. That an event happens only once. What has been done, cannot be undone. There is no turning back the sands of time. You can review the past but you cannot change the past. That a vision of a possible future, to the present, must be taken in the context of the present. A cosmos not governed by compassion or tolerance or equality, but common sense and merit. A universe of strange and totally new lifeforms and not distorted reflections of human characters in our present world, just to make some social allegory—that is the insipid barren road of Political Correctness that sci-fi entertainment has been a slave to for so many years. The future is not the current events of our world thrown into outer space. The future is not with the Liberals, not with the Multiculturalists (both hate America), and it is certainly not to be found in Canada! The future is not written, the future is unformed. Chad Castagana sontarrin@cs.com
There's a FR thread on this now: Liberal blog claims "fake anthrax" mailer is a Freeper.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
Very confused and hope this is wrong. Of course this IS the musings of DU and Kos. 3 posted on 11/13/2006 10:22:50 AM PST by Southerngl What fun!
They're claiming he also posted on DU? Now that would be triangulation...
the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal bread.
16 posted on 11/13/2006 11:41:38 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.) Oh my!
What is there to be confused about? These people BELIEVE that "liberals" like Keith Oberman and John Stewart want to "surrender to the Islamofascists" and then turn America over to Sharia law and make their mothers wear Burkas. Is it "confusing" that one of their idiot deluded ranks then does more than talk about killing everyone who disagrees with the Freakerland ideology? What amazes me is that a Freaker actually had the balls to act on his own idiot rhetoric.
You have a point ;p
I wonder when he adopted that tag line.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
Well, pouring some borax into an envelope and licking a stamp isn't exactly Audie Murphy-type heroic. What cracks me up is the idiot left a long trail of incriminating posts. Including one saying KO probably mailed it to himself. This boy is going to be an Aryan Nation passaround for the next few years, I think. In time, he might work his way up to full-time punk. If they don't sell him to the Crips or the Bloods, that is.
I wonder if KO will be giving FR some free publicity.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
No, the FR thread is about people on Daily Kos and DU saying he posted on FR.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
Ah, I gotcha. Thanks for the correction...
the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal bread.
It's getting to the point where Congressional committees will ask, "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the FreeRepublic website?" Maybe we can get off by naming names.
The poster of the FR thread is "banned or suspended."
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
108 posted on 11/13/2006 1:53:40 PM PST by Jim Robinson Now JimRob is disowning "Marc Costanzo".
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
I got a white screen that just said, "Not on this server."
For a reichwinger Keyboard Commando such an act would merit the equivelent of the Medal of Honor- the Golden Hot Pocket medallion.
Oh that's harsh. You have a point about the Borax though, no Audie Murphy for sure.
And this is punishment? Are you forgetting that the guy is GOP to the core?
Randi Rhodes got one of these letters with white powder in her office yesterday. She's talking about it on her show right now. I suppose this guy probably sent it.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
She should consider it an honor.
A cached version of the freeper profile gives this email:
#2. To: nolu_chan (#0)
Posted at the "Other Worlds Cafe"...
#3. To: nolu_chan (#0)
Chad>http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue279/letters.html
#4. To: bluedogtxn (#2)
#5. To: aristeides (#4)
#6. To: aristeides (#4)
There's a FR thread on this now: Liberal blog claims "fake anthrax" mailer is a Freeper.
#7. To: aristeides (#4)
His tag line is "Name your poison". Rather ironic
#8. To: robin (#5)
Very confused
#9. To: Burkeman1 (#8)
What amazes me is that a Freaker actually had the balls to act on his own idiot rhetoric.
#10. To: robin (#7)
His tag line is "Name your poison".
#11. To: Burkeman1 (#8)
What amazes me is that a Freaker actually had the balls to act on his own idiot rhetoric.
#12. To: Mekons4 (#11)
#13. To: bluedogtxn (#6)
They're claiming he also posted on DU?
#14. To: aristeides (#13)
They're claiming he also posted on DU? No, the FR thread is about people on Daily Kos and DU saying he posted on FR.
#15. To: aristeides (#12)
I've already said too much.
#16. To: bluedogtxn (#6)
#17. To: All (#16)
To: trisham Turns out marc costanzo was also a retread troll.
#18. To: aristeides (#16)
Tree sit, Eugene, Oregon
#19. To: Mekons4 (#11)
Well, pouring some borax into an envelope and licking a stamp isn't exactly Audie Murphy-type heroic.
#20. To: Mekons4 (#11)
#21. To: Mekons4 (#11)
This boy is going to be an Aryan Nation passaround for the next few years ...
#22. To: Burkeman1 (#19)
#23. To: aristeides, bluedogtxn, nolu_chan (#22)
Randi Rhodes got one of these letters with white powder in her office yesterday. She's talking about it on her show right now. I suppose this guy probably sent it.
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