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Man Arrested For Death Threats To Jon Stewart, Nancy Pelosi, Olbermann

news.yahoo.com — A man was arrested and accused of mailing threatening letters laced with white powder to Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and others. FBI agents took Chad Conrad Castagana, 39, into custody Saturday on charges of conveying false information and sending threats via the U.S. mail, the bureau said in a statement.

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  • iching, on 10/12/2007, -16/+179Send him to Gitmo, no habeas corpus, no lawyer, no trial, he is a terrorist and should be labeled a terrorist, an enemy non-combatant and should be given no rights.

    Never-mind, I want him tried with full rights given to him by the constitution.

    He is a sick right wing nut and obviously used terrorism.
    I am glad they caught him, hopefully this is the nut that sent the white powder to Keith.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15036633/
    • ccheath, on 10/12/2007, -6/+37according to
      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15692306/
      he is the one who mailed KO the fake anthrax
    • TheToecutter, on 10/12/2007, -79/+14"Never-mind, I want him tried with full rights given to him by the constitution."

      Meaning he'll get a slap on the wrist.
    • Sundaos, on 10/12/2007, -54/+13No, I agree, send him to gitmo, no rights, no chance to save himself. If you're going to support the true enemies of freedom then you should not get any special treatment. He's a terrorist, so treat him as one.
    • Intangir, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33oh the sweet sweet irony
    • gaijin, on 10/12/2007, -13/+33"He is a sick right wing nut..."

      As opposed to a wing nut with a left-hand thread!

      (Sorry. I couldn't resist :)
    • nagumi, on 10/12/2007, -17/+3gaijin: I dun get it.
    • skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -34/+2I could see Nancy Pelosi and Keith Olberman, but WTF!! JON STEWART!?!?!

      What a moron.
    • bigturns, on 10/12/2007, -14/+6Halliburton gitmo cash, America gitless civil rights.

      Terrorism works - see: GWB 2000 - 2006.
    • Highborn, on 10/12/2007, -23/+4it's true, people that oppose democrats are terrorists.
    • maram500, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25i thought it was those that resist the Republicans who were the terrorists.
    • QuantumLo0p, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1"He is a sick right wing nut and obviously used terrorism."

      Just so I'm receptive and open minded, let's not forget the opposite side of the bell curve, the "sick left wing nuts"!
    • fantasticFlan, on 10/12/2007, -13/+3No Highborn, people that terrorize democrats are terrorists.
    • lesty, on 10/12/2007, -25/+5Olbermann is an idiot someone should kill him. just because you left-wing doesn't mean your not an idiot look at Hillary Clinton
    • Baddox, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4I love how they misspelled Olbermann in the text of the article.
    • uselessexpert, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I'm a republican and I couldn't agree with you more!!!
    • rebrad, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4He'd fit right in with the other 13 year olds on Digg. The price of fame.
    • deesnutz, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7I wonder if Karl Rove or Rush Limbaugh put that dude up to it?
      And the Republicans called Democrats sore losers when Kerry lost. Yeah, right.

      Well now he's going to be someone's prison bitch. And I hope he gets a big crazy liberal as a cellmate. And as he's tossing his cell-mate's salad, may he remember that it's not nice to ***** with liberals.

      That's what you get for being a sheep ...
      http://www.democratgiftshop.com/cgi-bin/store/store.cgi/1585028665/left/596384
    • InetRoadkill, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15While throwing his sorry ass into Gitmo for some waterboarding and endless detention without trial would offer a great deal of satisfaction in its poetic justice, you can't justify it and pretend to support the Constitution at the same time.

      Bushco and his supporters do an enormous disservice to the Constitution by pushing for special laws which strip (alleged) terrorists of all legal rights. Essentially what they are doing is belittling the Constitution and saying that constitutional law is incapable of dealing with terror suspects. They give the Constitution too little credit.

      I don't think the Constitution is the problem here. I'm more inclined to believe that the current administration is both too damn lazy and largely too incompetent to operate within the framework of the law. So they deal with this by altering and/or circumventing the law to cover their own shortcomings.

      It's unfortunate that the retarded Freepers can't see that the Constitution is not the problem. For reasons unknown they continue their push towards tyranny and despotism in the name of freedom. Why they can't (or refuse) to see this contradiction is beyond me.

      The best thing we can do with this guy is to show our faith in the Constitution and try him in open court with full rights. Then convict his sorry and let him spend the rest of his life in prison for domestic terrorism.

  • sharpfork, on 10/12/2007, -11/+59With how the Wingnuts have (and continue to) talk about any US citizen supporting the Dems being against America and for the terrorists, is it any wonder that someone who is a bit less mentally fit went this far? With how much the right wingers have painting the Dems as the enemy, I'm surprised mr. white power sender didn't start shooting people instead.

    The venomous partisans from some of those who support the GOP have little to say in support of their party so they go even more hardcore against the Dems, or what they call the "DIMocrats" who will do "anything to help there jihadi buddies." Check out the description of this digg: http://digg.com/politics/Probe_a_pallooza_the_Dems_and_Iraq . As I said in the digg I just linked to:

    "The elections are over- give the partisan crap a rest..."
    • iching, on 10/12/2007, -9/+51 do a google search on his name

      He appears to be a rightwing nut:

      Chad Castagana Said:
      8:29 am < Quote >
      Congresswoman Katherine Harris is a remarkable lady !
      She has perservered a lot to advance the Conservative Cause .
      We Red-Bloooded Americans are obligated to support her, siritualy, not just politically !
      http://exposetheleft.com/2006/03/15/harris-hannity /


      Then there's this nutty comment on a sci-fi site whining about the pc liberalism in sci-fi.
      Someone has WAY too much time on their hands. Now he'll have more time to read sci-fi in prison.


      Science Fiction Weekly -- Letters to the Editor
      "With 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."
      http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue279/letters.html#pc
    • togra, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Are Chad and desc1 not the same person then?
    • togra, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16Yes, actually.
    • VTmruhlin, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12Are you also saying that nobody ever mails white powder and death threats to Republicans?
      http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/6/3467

      Regardless of who their craziness is directed at, crazy people do stuff like this because they're crazy.
    • andreo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6@iching:

      From reading his posts it sounds like he studied under the Dennis Miller school of ranting and raving.

      Oh well, good to know that there are no sore losers left over from this election.
    • elpayo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@iching - I think you just proved that Chad Castagana is Comic Book Guy.
  • juicygossip, on 10/12/2007, -25/+1Haven't we got rid of the white substance threat.
  • DjOverEZ, on 10/12/2007, -13/+51Was his name Bill O'Reilly?
  • xutopia, on 10/12/2007, -16/+94Let me guess:

    - right wing
    - white
    - extremely religious
    - poor education
  • alanspach, on 10/12/2007, -5/+40He is the very definition of a terrorist
    • willcode4beer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22No, he is a SUSPECTED terrorist.

      Its interesting how everyone has assumed this guy is guilty with no trial or evidence. Even though he may be nutty, WE have yet to see any evidence of his guilt.
      From the article, "The FBI said federal agents watched Castagana, of Los Angeles, walk from his home to a public mailbox Thursday and deposit several letters."
      That in itself is pretty shaky, lets wait and see what evidence will be presented at the trial to show guilt BEFORE sticking a label on him.

      Lets support the constitution (and thus America) by letting due process take its course.
    • pabster, on 10/12/2007, -21/+6Typical liberal hypocrisy.

      If this were a "left wing nut", a DailyKOS fanatic, they'd be paying for his attorneys.

      I say lock the SOB up lock, stock, and barrel if he is guilty. I don't give a damn what letter he puts beside his name.
    • NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8"Its interesting how everyone has assumed this guy is guilty with no trial or evidence."

      I believe the word you were looking for was "frightening" not "interesting."

      It's amazing that since the suspension of habeas corpus people are willing to toss out the "terrorist" moniker to a criminal. Crime can be construed as a form of terrorism. People who live in places that are crime-ridden live in the terror that they or someone they know and care about may be a victim of crime. Does this mean we should label all criminals terrorists and throw them in jail without evidence or a trial?
    • ccheath, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@ willcode4beer:

      He was caught red-handed mailing threats laced with 'white powder'

      he's *****
  • jimbobb860, on 10/12/2007, -10/+14Send him to IRAQ!
    • creep303, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5Now that was a laugh out loud comment, Kudos.
    • Jaymoon, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3That doesn't even make sense....

      I would respond as to why "Send him to Iraq!", has nothing to do with anything, but why bother.
  • DeletedUser, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5Apparently Pixie Stix are a perfect complement to a threatening letter.
  • piznut, on 10/12/2007, -11/+22Is this guy a 'Fox Security' employee?
  • PradaPete, on 10/12/2007, -10/+31the thing that bugs us non-americans is not that there are some nutbags in your country like this poor soul, but apparently millions of wanna-be O'Reillys and Coulters who secretly condone this guy's action and are allowed to carry guns
    • irieKEN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Unfortunately, allowing nutjobs to carry guns is the price we pay to maintain a free state by way of well regulated militia.

      Of course, most people don't read our Constitution, so all that's not going to matter anyways.
  • marklj, on 10/12/2007, -24/+18I completely agree that this guy is an idiot. But just as there are crazy right-wingers, there are an equal amount of crazy liberals.

    If you disagree then your partisan tendencies have completely blinded your rational thought process.
    • rzklkng, on 10/12/2007, -11/+12There's a problem with that statement. Does that mean that we should not consider him a threat? Is his crime somehow shared with those unidentified "crazy liberals" of which you speak?
    • Herkimer56, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Agreed. I consider myself to be a conservative and I believe this man should be spending some serious time in jail. In the 200+ years that this country has been around we have always managed a peaceful transition of power and it should be the same now. The Republicans had their time at bat and now it's the Democrats turn. We should be spending less time worrying about his politics and more time trying to determine what makes someone like this do these things.
    • marklj, on 10/12/2007, -11/+8@rzklkng

      There was no problem with my statement, and I never even hinted that he was not a threat.

      I'm trying to extinguish all the crazies on here that think that conservatives are the only people that are capable of insanity.

      Learn to read posts before responding, thank you.
    • joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -8/+8There are crazy liberals.
      But a crazy "liberal" is going to be some one who has open orgies, smokes weed on the bus and collects poisonous frogs.

      They, by definition, aren't going to be some one to judge others and want to hurt people.

      So which is better?
    • twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7@ joeydoo:

      Or, burns down car dealerships (ALF), setting grassfires which destroy entire neighborhoods... Destroy private property because they disagree with the WTO, or the US governments stance on foreign matters....

      There are plenty of loonies on both sides, pointing fingers as if there aren't is just childish and myopic.
    • lulutv, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18When was the last "crazy liberal" found shooting abortion doctors or bombing their clinics? Or blowing up Federal buildings in Oklahoma? Or sending white powder and death threats? Or letter bombs? Who was the last "crazy liberal" to say we should murder the president of a South American country? What crazy liberal dragged America into war in Iraq over false pretenses and causing the death of thousands of innocent people? And what crazy liberal removed due process and legalized torture?

      Sure the idea of a "crazy violent right wing nut job" is a cliche, but cliches tend to be well founded truisms.
    • DocNo, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5"They, by definition, aren't going to be some one to judge others and want to hurt people."

      Really? Then just exactly what would you characterize ALF (Animal Liberation Front) and ELF (Earth Liberation Front) as?

      They have burned SUV's and Lumberyards and caused millions in damage.

      But your right, their not judging or hurting anyone


    • h00paj00, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4The crazy right wingers hate Republicans almost as much as the crazy left wingers do.
    • h00paj00, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4@lulutv when was the last time there was an abortion center bombing/shooting?

      5? 10 years? How often do they happen?

      Now. How often has a PETA backed ALF/ELF group attacked since the last abortion center bombing/shooting?
    • an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@h00paj00

      I find your comment to be disingenuous.
      http://www.nbc4.com/news/10176332/detail.html
    • freff, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8The problem here is that there are elements within the Republican's political information machine that actively court the crazies like this. They damn near encourage these guys, mostly stopping just short of outright instigation. They are the Coulters and Malkins within the Republican party who pander to hatred and bigotry and basically spread the modern day message of Joesph McCarthy. And, yet the still get tv face time to spread their message. There are crazies on both the left and the right, but it seems to be within the right that these crazies are find a real home.
    • archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6"How often has a PETA backed ALF/ELF group attacked since the last abortion center bombing/shooting?"

      How many people have PETA/ALF/ELF killed, exactly?
    • mirunit, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Why do you liberals fail to condemn the extremist on your side? Instead you go about supporting them.... This guy should go to jail and be labeled as a terrorist - that is if you would finally admit the existence of these "terrorist".
    • there, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6..........
      "Why do you liberals fail to condemn the extremist on your side? Instead you go about supporting them.... This guy should go to jail and be labeled as a terrorist - that is if you would finally admit the existence of these "terrorist".?"
      ..........


      But we do condemn . i.e. I condemn.

      Be they some ecology nuts vandalizing... OR mass murder Tim McVeigh blowing up buildings or rightwing wackjobs arguing to killi hundreds of millions of innocent people . or rightwing wackjobs advocating torture or rightwing wackjobs preemtively attacking countries or rightwing wackjobs that try to take our constitutional rights away or....

      You see I didn't even consider myself "leftwing" until this adminstration... I really didn't even think about the issue and (in the past) generally looked at both parties as quite similiar in actions actually.

      So.... how many Democrats are arguing "kill kill kill" these days? How many Democrats are responsible for alienating every nation on this planet? How many Democrats are talking away my constitutional rights? (Leiberman was even booted from the Democrats for being a bit like that. )

      Bottom line judging by ACTIONS (not words) these Republicans seem to me that they like to destroy rights and argue the use of violence at every term. Modern Democrats seem to look for peaceful compromises , working with the international community and to protect individual liberties.

      Of course they ain't perfect but they sure look a hell of alot better than the (many ) Republicans who have basically turned into violent religious nuts themselves. They hate Hispanics, Muslims, Homosexuals, the ecology minded, liberals/socialists, the Chinese, Europeans...heck... pretty well anyone that isn't themselves.

  • mugginns, on 10/12/2007, -23/+7http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061025/OSH0101/610250486/1128/OSHnews&GID=nj86VgdQhz9jKPgAkO4m8Erx8qhB+crju0A5UHDyoH0%3D

    Let me guess:
    -left wing
    -extremely idealistic
    -un-informed
    -bleeding heart
    -young, little experience in real life
    • Jaymoon, on 10/12/2007, -19/+3Gee wonder why this story isn't on the front page... Or being monitored by ThinkProgress and the Democratic Underground non-stop, with up to the minute updates...
    • spurtle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19So arrest him and send him to trial like that other nut.
    • scottcindy69, on 10/12/2007, -18/+2"Gee wonder why this story isn't on the front page... Or being monitored by ThinkProgress and the Democratic Underground non-stop, with up to the minute updates..."



      That's because it doesn't meet their criteria. They would rather see that story go away since it would hurt their cause.
    • zephc, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15That perpetrator most likely deserves some time too. Crime-busting should be non-partisan. That said, I think its ridiculous that right-wingers use terms like "bleeding-heart" - do you mean its stupid to feel empathy for others?
      mugginns: "What is this emotion you humans call... compassion?"
    • mugginns, on 10/12/2007, -11/+7bleeding heart - i use it in the sense of having too much sympathy and wasting too much time / money thinking about other people problem's that are usually, their own.

      I got dugg down, which didn't surprise me. If you guys honestly don't think that hollywood stars and political magnets don't get threats like this everyday, well, you're in the category

      -young, little experience in real life
    • zephc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8No duh, but the white powder was probably the tipping point. Not many people get that in the mail; the FBI is obviously going to take it very seriously.
    • mirunit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"Crime-busting should be non-partisan. "

      Well on digg, the reporting is definitely partisan, and I am sorry but the guy in this comment will get substantially less time in jail than the guy in the main article due to the profile of people and his political affiliation. Maybe one day Crime busting could be non-partisan, but we can only hope.
    • 60days, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Don't confuse a lifetime of experience with a year of experience repeated for a lifetime"
  • markgl, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Just because people views are the same as others doesn't mean that they should threaten or hurt someone. both sides. Never hate or dislike someone cause they don't agree with you. That's one the lighter side, but this guy is off the charts so he really lost his sense of common.
  • definiteform, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1We cant send him to China; Jack Bauer will save him. :(
  • totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13Wonder what his Digg username was.
  • bishop, on 10/12/2007, -14/+12There are extremists belonging to both parties. This person clearly lacked insight and jugdement.

    It's sad to see people jumping so quickly to start critizicing the conservatives. Conservatives ideals have nothing to do with the actions of this person.

    It's always interesting to examine what "label" people decide to attach to somebody actions.... People could have as easily said this Jon Stewart show-watching nut or this Olbermann show-watching nut.
    • supradave, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Liberal hasn't been a dirty word for the last 20 years, that's for sure.
  • geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21One less Free Republic user.
  • minox, on 10/12/2007, -14/+6Man, I don't like Stewart or Olbermann either but this is a little extreme. If he wanted to be aggressive, he should have done what I do: send them a Dixie Chicks cd.
    • dagnabbit, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15How's that working out for you?
    • minox, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3Jon likes their cover of Landslide, Keith not so much. Though he told me a story about being a student back at Cornell.
  • IrishJoe, on 10/12/2007, -9/+14It is no coincidence that in 2001 when the Anthrax Terrorist was sending true anthrax in the mail he/she targeted only Democratic members of Congress and members of the press. No Republicans were ever targeted. A few years later Senator Frist claimed that someone sent him ricin in the mail, but it turned out that it was just a letter on a piece of white paper and part of the bleaching process to make the paper white caused a false positive on the tests authorities now run on mail sent to Congress. After more than 5 years the Bush Administration has failed to find and prosecute the Anthrax Terrorist who killed American citizens in an act of terrorism after September 11. Also after 5 years the Bush Administration has failed to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. I won’t be surprised if Bush uses a presidential pardon to get this terrorist off.
    • minox, on 10/12/2007, -16/+3What are you smoking and can I have some?
    • geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4It was Dr. Philip M. Zack, maybe now he'll actually be tried in a court for his crimes.
    • minox, on 10/12/2007, -13/+6Two democrats were targeted, Daschle and Leahy. You make this sound like a huge conspiracy by saying only democratic members were targeted. Yes, that is true. But what a small sample. Also, I dont understand what the statement about the media is supposed to mean. Are they all democrats?
    • nhaas, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1What are you smoking and can I have some?
    • minox, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3@nhaas

      You should have directed that comment. Now you might come across as a right winger so people dont know whether to digg you up or down.
    • IrishJoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"Also, I dont understand what the statement about the media is supposed to mean. Are they all democrats?"

      No. I thought it was pretty clear, but I'll spell it out for you the Anthrax Terrorist targeted media and so did this terrorist. The Anthrax Terrorist targeted those most critical of the Bush Administration such as Daschle and Leahy and so did this terrorist who sent threatening letters to two other Democratic members of Congress.

      “It was Dr. Philip M. Zack, maybe now he'll actually be tried in a court for his crimes.”

      I’ve been watching the news of a court case against anyone behind that, and in five years FBI still hasn’t filed charges against any suspect that I’ve seen not Zack or even Steven Hatfill whom the FBI also claimed was a person of interest in the case. I’ve seen no news of any sort of prosecution beginning (correct me if I'm wrong by posting a link to a news report of such) so your claims that someone is soon to be tried for this seems a bit presumptuous.

      “You make this sound like a huge conspiracy…”

      No, but I think there is a pattern here where those critical of the Bush Administration seemed to be targeted by these acts of terrorism on American soil by two different terrorists. Republicans keep saying that Democrats are either terrorists or are supporting terrorists and yet since September 11, 2001 it’s been those who voice disagreement with Bush who receive these letters which all agree are acts of terrorism committed in the US. I applaud the FBI on their apprehension of this particular right-wing wacko, though.
    • IrishJoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This article from AlterNet points out that we have had many many right-wing acts of terrorism on US soil (a number of them bombings) that the media either doesn’t report or greatly downplays. These are true acts of terrorism in the US. Why don’t we hear about them on the nightly news?

      http://www.alternet.org/story/43182

      In addition to the bombings, murders and kidnappings, and assaults many of these right-wing attacks have been, you guessed it, envelopes of white powder with messages like “You have been exposed to anthrax. ... We are going to kill all of you.” This was an exact quote of a letter sent to an abortion rights group. What I wanted to point out was that this is a pattern of behavior of right-wing extremists who target those they disagree with.
    • geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Dr. Philip M. Zack had a motive(right wing and militant zionist), had access to anthrax, it's very odd that the FBI has not yet charged him, regardless of your politican presuasion, he fits the bill very well. Not many people have such access to weapons-grade anthrax.
  • JJsays, on 10/12/2007, -24/+2Dems lied their ass off to get elected, hell they had to get republicans to run for them, so they are going to have to expect this kind of thing.

    When you lose 20, 000 men trying to pullout of Iraq, you are going to wish you had stayed and finished the fight. Lots of people will be angry for the loses occurred during a retreat.
    • JohnnyOso, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Freedom#Deaths

      just 20,000?
    • ardenr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Dunno about you (you could grow some sense), but unless the Dems ***** up as bad as BushCo, I'll be blaming the ones who got us into this mess: Bin Laden and his good friend the Republicans, who were kind enough to take away our freedoms for him.
    • IWriteCode, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6And what are those stats? Due to "poor healthcare"? What exactly does that mean? Due to insurgency? So we're doing the insurgency?

      What about Saddam and his retribution killings against the Kurds. Iraq has several "killing fields" we've discovered from Saddam since we been there. Are you saying Iraq would have been better off with Saddam still in control? Give me a break, not even your fellow dems are saying that.
    • maram500, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5@JohnnyOso

      Wikipedia is never a reliable source, primarily because anyone can go in and edit any article they want. I could go in and change the figure from 20,000 to 20 million in the blink of an eye and some fifth-grader in Bupkis, New York would use that number in a social studies report as though it came from the Pentagon.

      It's just a bad idea.
    • inajeep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Retreat? Are we walking through Bagdad naked blindfolded in order to retreat? Your figures are dumbfounding. I'd go on to poke holes in your theory but to be honest, I've given up hope on you.
  • jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Lol, seriously, what a moron... who expects to get away with doing something as blatantly idiotic as this?
  • giveer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Living an hour walk from the American border, I see all your tv, and after seeing all the Election attack ads that, in a round about way, said "Vote for the Dems if you hate America and want to give the terrorists a break", I'm not surprised things like this happen.

    Not blaming the ads, of course - this guy was bonkers long before then, the ads were tell-tale examples though I'm sure.
  • MYarms, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2wait wait wait wait.... How did the FBI find out who was sending the letters if they had a fake return address on them. Sure they could know the area around where they were mailed because of the postmark but how did they get enough info to be able to sit out and wait around for this guy to send some more mail?
    • nhaas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6People talk, partial/full finger prints, email, family - you name it they can use it. It could be just plane investigation.....
  • airship, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5This guy is obviously a typical right wingnut neocon Republican, and all of them act this way all of the time.

    After all, that's the conclusion they jump to when a liberal does something crazy.
  • pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9so he will get a presidential pardon and a medal of freedom?
  • aantonop, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22Why is the FBI not charging him with domestic terrorism?

    Why is the FBI, who are tracking and infiltrating animal rights groups, Quakers and anti-war protesters, the FBI who have put these groups on terror lists NOT charging this man with terrorism? He is innocent until proven guilty, but the CHARGE should not be just sending "threats". This is intended to terrorize and if they have probably cause to charge, they should charge him as a DOMESTIC TERRORIST. Give him habeas and a fair trial, but WTF is this "sending threats" *****. If he sent this to G. W. Bush and he was brown he would have a hood on his head and be in GITMO. Oh of course, only leftist are terrorists. I guess right wing nutjobs are just "passionate".

    Remember terrorism is a technique used to cause fear in the population for political purposes, not just the murder of innocents.
    • an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8I think your question about why he is not being charged with terrorism is a valid one. I'ld like to see those laws thoroughly tested out.
      You kind of lost me with the caps and the, erm ..stridency.
      Good finish though.
    • geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder.
    • rootneg2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2no kidding.

      what kind of treatment do you think he would have gotten had he sent the same to DeLay, Foley, O'Reilly, and Ann Coulter or other similarly ranked people on the right as opposed to the left?
  • mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Colbert will be jealous.
  • jav1231, on 10/12/2007, -15/+4Didn't take long for lefist Diggers to paint this guy as the typical Republican.
    • andreo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17From his profile:
      "I am a lifelong Conservative Republican .

      I have an Associates Degree in the Science of Electronics .

      Ann Coulter is a Goddess and I worship Laura Ingraham and Michele Malkin .

      English is the langauge of the United States of America- - our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution are written in the langauge that expresses our civilized freedoms .

      Spanish is the language of Banana Republics, beyond that it belongs in a European country ."


      I may be stepping out on a limb here, but I'm gonna have to have to say he's a Republican.
    • floatingpoints, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7"Didn't take long for lefist Diggers to paint this guy as the typical Republican."

      Haaaaaaahaha, you guys always make yourselves look so stupid. "The left just blah blah blah".

      Read the post above me. The dude was a well established and outspoken Republican. No one painted anyone to be anything except what they really are.

      Nice try though, Mr. Blind "in denial" Right Fan #39,000,000 :)

    • Ndiggnation, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@Andreo You do realize that the character Colbert plays on the Colbert Report is obviously a satirical character meant to poke fun at right wing pundits?
    • freff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@Ndiggnation

      Are you trying to suggest that this guy committed a crime in the name of satire?
    • diluuk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The key word in jav1231's post was "typical." i.e. This is how one republican thinks so that must be how the average republican thinks, or an Islamic radical is a terrorist so all Muslims must be terrorists.

      Secondly, andreo's profile material seems sketchy at best. A quick google turns up a man named Marc Costanzo's page at http://www.freerepublic.com/~marccostanzo/. The man who was arrested is named Chad Conrad Castagana. What do these two men have in common?
    • jav1231, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1floatingpoints: "Haaaaaaahaha, you guys always make yourselves look so stupid. "The left just blah blah blah"."

      Uh...note the word "typical." Idiot.
  • jonesyhahaha, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7may he be found guilty by due process and rot in jail.
  • SnuKs, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6What a sore loser.
  • colinmhayes, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Really, what does he accomplish by threatening comedians?
    • timefreeze, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6It's not hard to realize that comedians like Stewart and Colbert were rooting for the Democrats in the elections. Perhaps the guy just figured they were part of the "problem." They're on TV and they have huge viewing numbers, they had to have persuaded someone that hadn't done their own research. That angers some people and makes crazy people crazier. :P
    • colinmhayes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1crazy, you say?
    • geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@timefreeze

      Sounds like you are legitimizing terrorism, perhaps you have sympathy for him. Judging by your posts you are a card carrying member of the right wing. So tell me, why do you hate America? I assume you also have no problem with people explaining why Osama Bin Laden planned 9/11. US support for Israel, etc etc.
    • mirunit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I would disagree with you that Jon Stewart is just a comedian... He is a political figure, like it or not, and has a number of viewers who take his satire as fact.

      @geronimo

      So terrorism exist now?
    • freff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1timefreeze: "It's not hard to realize that comedians like Stewart and Colbert were rooting for the Democrats in the elections."


      Looks like they weren't the only ones that wanted the Democrats to win this last election.
  • wiremonkeymommy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6nothing substantial to add... just that I echo others calling for a fair and impartial trial, full rights as afforded by the constitution, then, if found guilty sentenced accordingly!

    maybe a few lawyers have commented... but I would think 5 years should be sufficient, parole after 3 for good behavior and LOTS of counseling!!

    glad they caught this guy!!
  • animefx, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Ann Coulture somehow justifies this in 3... 2... 1...
    • mirunit, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1I am shure she will come up with a justification for this, just as you would come up with a justification for the destruction of private property to make an environmental point.
    • dingdingding, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2delete
  • levilove, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Boy, those poor Republicans have really taken it up the ass the past week or so. This Republican is about to take it up the ass for the next five years. Ouch!
  • Jolene, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5How DARE he threaten Jon Stewart! I'm gonna kill him!!!

    Its odd... Doesn't he know that famous people don't open their mail..? Their interns do it. Thats why they have mail rooms.

    And I agree with everyone saying he should get a fair trial.
  • Herkimer56, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Do any of you people see how this "Us vs Them" mind set is killing what's left of this country? It's not important if this man is a Republican or a Democrat, Right wing or Left Wing. What matters is that he is a criminal. He is accused of making threats and sending suspicious mail that was designed to make people think that they were poisoned. If he is convicted of this he should receive the harshest penalty possible. What we, on both sides of the political aisle, should be doing is thanking whoever turned him in before someone was really hurt. It's blind hatred that causes people to become warped like this and I'm seeing some of that hatred here on both sides of the argument. We need to learn to respect the other person's point of view and stop dividing ourselves over every issue that comes up. One thing that we can all agree on is that this was a terrible, stupid crime and the this person, if convicted, should be punished. If we can start there then maybe we can find other issues on which we agree and we can actually start accomplishing something other than deadlock. We're in trouble, people, and all of this sniping and arguing isn't going to resolve anything.
    • jedikv, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@Herkimer56

      agreed.

      lets just drop the partisan ***** from both sides, you all idiots for turning into a right v left mud-slinging contest.

      WE should agree that this man is a psycho who should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law no matter what dumb ideology you blindly follow.
    • Equalizer, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Civil War, it's coming... Fortunately, I side with the NRA and not the hippies...
    • there, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5"Civil War, it's coming... Fortunately, I side with the NRA and not the hippies..."

      Another rightwinger preparing for violence... what a surprise.
    • Equalizer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Better than waiting for violence to come to me....
    • freff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2FBI knocking on Equalizer's door in 4....3....2....1....
  • firebush, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6This guy was a REPUBLICAN!

    Why is the republican party full of corrupt closeted homosexual child molesting terrorists?

    Why do republicans hate America and good Christian values?
    • jedikv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2thats right the dems are so saintly, even jesus is jealous

      /sarcasm
  • dingdingding, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2No waterboarding please! Don't treat him different from your other Prisoners Of War - I mean.. Enemy combatants.
  • dingdingding, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Anybody remember the Anthrax that came right after 911? Didn't that all get sent to democrats?
  • dingdingding, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Anyway. They are calling him a scifi-horror nerd on the news. Guess we are all guilty now.
  • samk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Anyone know how they figured out it was him?
  • simplejoe79, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Must be a lunatic...as all of them are
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