We Have a Winner:

[Ninong]

The FBI made an arrest in the case of the right-wing terrorist who sent fake anthrax in letters to more than a dozen progressive TV personalities and Hollywood celebrities.

The perp's name is Chad Castagana, age 39, and he's from Woodland Hills, CA, which is near Hollywood.

Here comes the fun part: It is quite possible, even likely, that this guy is a regular contributor to the conserative supersite Free Republic, where he posts under the board name Marc Costanzo from Woodland Hills.

Liberal bloggers on a couple of the evil, commie, pinko left-wing blogs, have googled the writings of Castagana and Costanzo and come up with some striking similarities. Or it could simply prove that, like Ann Coulter, Costanzo plagiarized intact phrases from the earlier writings of Castagana. Both have posted extensively over the past several years. Maybe they just think alike?

But wait, there's more:

In September, weeks before Keith Olbermann was sent a threatening fake anthrax letter in New York, Costanzo posted this: "This partisan loudmouth Olbermann is a demagogue! Someone should find out where he lives and mail him a Ted Kazcinski letter."

Then, after Olbermann received the fake anthrax letter, Costanzo posted the following: "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 guesswork."

A few weeks later, after fake anthrax was sent to the New York offices of Sen. Chuck Shumer, Costanzo wrote: "Hold it here now, what are the facts? The links provide few details. This info is very sketchy!"

And when the Washington Post received a piece of mail with suspicious white powder, Costanzo wrote: "I heard recently that the Washington Post got interrupted briefly the other day because of a 'suspicious letter.' I read about this at Wonkette.com. They said that the 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.

:eek3:

[schrocat]

T

Here comes the fun part: It is quite possible, even likely, that this guy is a regular contributor to the conserative supersite Free Republic, where he posts under the board name Marc Costanzo from Woodland Hills.

supersite?

Please correct your post...

you meant superfund site Free Republic

[acer]

The world is full of extremist= "nuts" , both left-wing, right-wing, and in between. In this day and age= biological weapons,etc. are definitely real and I hope they throw away the key on this guy.

I dont think any of this kind of thing should be considered as "FUN". Sorry to be so serious.

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T
The perp's name is Chad Castagana, age 39, and he's from Woodland Hills, CA, which is near Hollywood.
:eek3:

They should hang Chad.

[Ninong]

[wozza]

man you guys still have the death penalty right?
that must be scary, knowing if you say ran someone over by acident you could be killed for it!
man i would never leave the house for fear of acidently commiting a crime.
also is it true that you have a 3 strikes and your out system?

james

[Ninong]

man you guys still have the death penalty right?

It was an American inside joke! "Hang Chad" is a reference to the 2000 presidential election when the state of Florida was enmeshed in a very closely watched recount to determine whether George W. Bush or Al Gore had won that state and thereby the presidency. Punch card ballots were used and a few of the ballots still had the tiny pieces of paper that should have been punched out still attached to the card -- they were "hanging." Someone invented the word "chad," and these little pieces became known as "hanging chad."

The word that was invented to describe the tiny pieces punched out that fell onto the floor is "chit." The reason I know this is because I overheard Mel Martinez asking a campaign worker to "sweep up all that chit."

that must be scary, knowing if you say ran someone over by acident you could be killed for it!

You could be killed by accident, too. We have what are called "drive-by shootings." Quite often, British tourists visiting Florida (or even more civilized states, like Alabama) are accidentally killed by stray bullets. You could even be killed on purpose in Florida if you look at someone the wrong way and that person thinks that you are a threat to his life or limb. This is known as the "shoot first and ask questions later" law. If you accidentally shoot the wrong person, it's OK as long as you were aiming at the person who seemed to be threatening you.

So never, ever walk up to a driver stopped at a traffic light in South Florida to ask for directions because he might think you are attempting to steal his car and shoot you in the face. Also, never accept invitations to go hunting with our vice president for the same reason. He might mistake you for a quail.

man i would never leave the house for fear of acidently commiting a crime.
also is it true that you have a 3 strikes and your out system?

james

Some states have three-strike laws. Usually at least two of the strikes must be violent felonies. This hasn't worked out quite as well as was expected when the laws were passed. One of the problems seems to be a lack of planning for the housing of the increasing prison population. We considered sending them all to Australia but none of them speak Australian, so that would make them too easy to spot and deport.

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Your turn...

[Ninong]

Last September at a Woodland Hills post office while he was picking up the envelopes and stamps he employed to terrorize the liberal elite, Chad Conrad Castagana purchased a $15 money order made out to "Friends of Katherine Harris."

You can read the rest, including the attached FBI affidavit, here.

Caution: They quoted verbatim the threatening messages that the Katherine Harris supporter included with the fake anthrax and the wording is XXX-rated!

[wozza]

You could even be killed on purpose in Florida if you look at someone the wrong way and that person thinks that you are a threat to his life or limb. This is known as the "shoot first and ask questions later" law. If you accidentally shoot the wrong person, it's OK as long as you were aiming at the person who seemed to be threatening you.

OH MY GOD!!
America is nuts!!
i like guns and everything and have been clay pigeon shooting a few times, but being able to own a hand gun and carry it with you is just plain stupid!

Also you guys can own sniper rifles and M16's and other guns that were made for the soul perpous in life, to kill people, what goverment in there right mind would let citezens own machines designed to murder people?

cheers james

[wozza]

but none of them speak Australian

haha i like that one!!

[schrocat]

OH MY GOD!!
America is nuts!!
i like guns and everything and have been clay pigeon shooting a few times, but being able to own a hand gun and carry it with you is just plain stupid!

Also you guys can own sniper rifles and M16's and other guns that were made for the soul perpous in life, to kill people, what goverment in there right mind would let citezens own machines designed to murder people?

cheers james

Nah...we aint nuts.
We have a huge following of recreational hunters in the US.
It will never change.
Any heavily reported outburst of violent behavior in a region inevitably causes a notable increase of local gun sales.
I'm not sure if it's still there...but Kennesaw Georgia had a law on the books making it illegal to NOT own a gun.
Now that's nuts.

[wozza]

Nah...we aint nuts.

Well ok just the ones that own the M16's and sniper rifles are nuts.

We have a huge following of recreational hunters in the US.
It will never change.

i live in a fairly ruraul part of the uk and we have quite a lot of recreational hunting here to, good fun IMO.
Just no need to do it with a full automatic machine gun

Any heavily reported outburst of violent behavior in a region inevitably causes a notable increase of local gun sales.

ah man, its like the gun company hire dead beats to shoot stuff up just to sell more guns to dumb people!
Guns wont protect you only get you in more trouble.

I'm not sure if it's still there...but Kennesaw Georgia had a law on the books making it illegal to NOT own a gun.
Now that's nuts.

HAHAHAHAHA yep sure is!!!

cheers james

[Poseidon]

If Americans didn't own all these guns we would still be speaking...... English! ;)

I don't own a handgun, but I may want to someday, so I am glad I can. Is there a need for M-16's (well those are illegal, but AR-15's are OK) and sniper rifles, NO, but I may want one someday just to say I have it, so that makes it OK. LOL I think that is the mentality around here sometimes....

Oh by the way, I live in Flint, MI our nations THIRD most violent city! Behind only St Louis, MO and Detroit! (which is only 90 minutes south) When Ninong says not to ask for directions in South FL, I try to not STOP period in certain parts of town. Unfortunately I live close to that part of town.... for now.

[wozza]

When Ninong says not to ask for directions in South FL, I try to not STOP period in certain parts of town..

that just scares the pants off me that certian places can be like that in a 1st world western socioty!.
and there is places like that in the uk as well dont get me wrong, but you will be jacked with a knife not a gun!!!

[Ninong]

If Americans didn't own all these guns we would still be speaking...... English! ;)

And if it weren't for liberals, we would still be singing "God save the queen" instead of "God bless America!" It was those rowdy liberals who staged the Boston Tea Party. The do-nothing conservatives were all loyalists.

Conservatives have always supported the established social hierarchy. Liberals are the true revolutionaries. Liberals are the ones who believe in liberty and equality. Conservatives never have and never will but they talk a good game. If it were left to conservatives, we would still have slavery in the South.

[wozza]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Poseidon
If Americans didn't own all these guns we would still be speaking...... English!

And if it weren't for liberals, we would still be singing "God save the queen" instead of "God bless America!" It was those rowdy liberals who staged the Boston Tea Party. The do-nothing conservatives were all loyalists.

lol oh yeah i fogot about the whole english empire thing!

so does that mean all americans seceretly deep down dislike the english? lol

as for Conservatives and Liberals i dont as yet have a political stand point im only 21 and as yet dont find politics that interesting but i do sometimes have opionions (even if they are buit on lack of knowlege and the punk rock haterid for the establishment in me).

[Ninong]

We don't hate the English. We love the English. We just wonder why they and the Australians have dropped English as their native language?

The last time I was in London, the only thing I could understand the cabbie say was, "Thank you very much indeed, guv'na!" I think that meant I had over-tipped.

Seriously, I could understand the French taxi drivers a lot easier than the British ones and my French is very rusty. I cannot to this day understand anyone with a cockney accent.



P.S. -- I believe you call them Tories and Labourites over there.

[wozza]

HAHA you and me both ninong i live about 350miles south west of london (in the uk thats a near enuf quater of the countary) and when ever we get londoners down here they sound rediclious.
In devon we speak more tridishional english, but not how most films out of the US protray our accents like "more tee dear? with lovely china and silver cutlery" very few people in the uk talk like that unless you went to a private school and you mums and dad are dukes and earls or whatever!!

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so does that mean all americans seceretly deep down dislike the english? lol

Not even close.

We openly dislike the French.



j/k