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  • 2/24/05: From The Mail Sack

    2/24/05: From The Mail Sack

    I got this comment from my entry on the Rampart Range tapes being released…

    eric and dylan are true heros to me i respect that they had the guts to pull this thing off and im sick of people bitching about them. none of you culd do that but if they were here now id shake there hands

    Comment by arf — Wednesday Feb 23, 2005 @ 7:54 pm

    This comment was left by someone from Great Britain. Now I know they teach spelling over there but even for Great Britain, your spelling sucks. You know, because they have all the extra u’s in words. ( I kid)

    So they’re your heroes, huh? Well, that’s just swell. Because we all know that shooting unarmed people who had no connection with them was heroic. Oh wait, it wasn’t. That’s known as cowardice.

    Their original plan was to detonate bombs in the school, then to shoot people as they fled the building. That’s even more cowardly than what they actually did. Then they took the cowards’ way out by killing themselves rather than facing the music. The ultimate act of cowardice. So, in case you missed the point, your heroes are cowards.

    The flames of hell are a little more yellow now that the two cowards are there.

  • More on the Mall Shooter

    More on the Mall Shooter

    Mall shooting suspect wanted to die, uncle says:

    The uncle and father of mall shooter Robert Bonelli Jr. dispute that he was obsessed with Columbine…

    “This had nothing to do with skinheads, it had nothing to do with Nazism, it had nothing to do with Columbine,” said the uncle, a Lake Katrine resident. “It had to do with something that they don’t even know about. … It didn’t drive him to go kill somebody. It drove him to have himself killed by law enforcement. …

    They also put out a dangerous opinion…

    Robert Sr. said his son had Columbine-related materials only because he related to the shooters, who also were outcasts.

    “I would not call it a fascination, but it was like a common personality, where they were picked on and ridiculed,”.

    Relating to mass murderers and sharing a common personality is not a good thing. If more of these “fascinations” are allowed to be tolerated or dismissed by family and friends, the more occurrences of these incidents will arise. And maybe next time the outcome won’t be so fortunate.

  • A Questionable Comic Book

    A Questionable Comic Book

    Back in the late 80s/early 90s, I was a comic book fan. My favorite comic that I would never miss and move heaven and earth to make sure I could get the next issue was The Question.

    Rather than get into a long, boring entry about the history of The Question, you can go here and here.

    My using the name TheTrenchcoat is 90% based on The Question. He was the ultimate comic book hero to me. He wore a trench coat and a fedora and wore a mask that made him look like he had no face.

    He used no weapons except for his fists and vowed never to kill anyone. (Take note of that, it becomes important later on ). Near the end of his run in the ’80s, The Question did kill someone out of necessity even though he didn’t want to.

    Imagine my joy when I found out that a new Question series was being planned. Yesterday, I finally picked it up, and I was a little disappointed in the new direction.

    Within the first few pages of the new series, he’s already killed two people. In the 4th issue of the 6 issue series, he pushed two evil henchmen in front of a moving subway. I must have missed something that happened to him between the time I stopped reading comics and now. Maybe one of my readers can help me out with that.

    Anyway, since the series is taking place in Metropolis I can’t see the big blue guy taking too kindly to a vigilante that kills. Now I have no problem with comic book heroes that kill, for example, The Punisher. However, that was one of the qualities that endeared me to The Question.

    Another more famous comic book character was based on The Question, and that was Rorschach from the legendary Watchmen series. In that series, Rorschach was crazier than a shit house rat and had no problem at all killing evildoers. It seems like to me that the creators of this new series are basing this more on Rorschach rather than The Question. If I wanted a Rorschach series, I’ll read Watchmen again.

    All in all, it’s not a bad series so far, it’s just not The Question I remember. It’s things like this that made me get out of comics in the first place.

  • Mutant Rabbit

    Mutant Rabbit

    Police Say Rapper Inspired Shootings:

    This is the first I’ve heard of this, but according to this “source” police found bootleg copies of underground rap artist Dead Rabbit’s hit underground song, “Casa Rebel.”

    According to the “article”, the “song” “Casa Rebel” is a vivid description of a Columbine-like massacre. Who knew that rappers could be mutants? Here’s a description of the alleged “artist”…

    Dead Rabbit’s music often describes violence as a form of protest. From killing preppie students to bombing a popular “yuppie” nightspot in Sacramento, CA, Dead Rabbit promotes the destruction of the “1 percent”; a slang term for the ruling class.

    Well, isn’t that special. No hidden meanings there, I guess. The “artist” also released a statement on his website…

    “While we are saddened that innocent people have been hurt by Bonelli, the reason by the shooting must be fully explored. Whether it was a random action or a political statement must be discovered. If he was truly inspired by our music, then neither his aim nor location (of the shooting) should be in doubt.”

    Saddened. Right. This guy is probably ecstatic that one of his songs was found on a would be killer. Now he’s using this near tragedy to try to further his own “career” and agenda. I wonder if he would have changed his tune if someone had actually died.

    Silly rabbit. Tricks are for kids.

  • More Mall Mutant

    More Mall Mutant

    Just some more news tidbits about Robert Bonelli, the New York State mall shooter.

    According to the Albany Times Union, when Bonelli was questioned by police he said that if he didn’t go to the mall on Sunday he would have gone to a school on Monday. No word on which school he would have gone to.

    The New York Post states that Bonelli dropped out of school at the age of 16. No word on why he dropped out.

    So let’s put the timeline in perspective. He drops out at age 16 for whatever reason, becomes obsessed with Columbine at age 19, then 6 years later, shoots up the local mall.

    It will be interesting if the true motive is ever revealed.

  • Lawyer seeks to suppress evidence in Marshfield case

    Lawyer seeks to suppress evidence in Marshfield case

    Exclusion of evidence sought in massacre-plot case; Teen’s attorney wants warrant for search of home nullified:

    Tobin Kerns’ attorney, William McElligott, said that he is going to file a motion to suppress evidence taken from the Kerns’ home. His argument is that the search warrant was obtained on information from Joseph Nee who is now a co-defendant. From the article…

    McElligott said he will seek to nullify the search warrant Marshfield police obtained for their search of Kerns’ home. Search warrants should be based on the statements of an ‘‘informant who is reliable,” he said.

    While I think this is great news for Toby, I can’t help but ask, wouldn’t this also mean that evidence seized couldn’t be used against Joe Nee either?

    Mr. McElligott is also looking into Joe Nee’s “no criminal record” by looking into an alleged assault at a skate park where no charges were filed against Nee, but the victim required medical treatment. He is also looking into the police histories of Daniel Farley and Joseph Sullivan, two teens who will testify as witnesses, but some say are also involved.

    UPDATE: According to this article, Nee’s attorney, the always amusing and perverted cop defender Thomas Drechsler, plans to file for a change of venue. He says the media coverage would make it impossible to find a partial jury in Plymouth County.

  • More Arrests in Mall Shooting

    More Arrests in Mall Shooting

    More arrests made in connection with mall shooting:

    Police have arrested two more people in connection with the New York State mall shooting. Kenneth Stine and Liborio Valguarnera, both 25, were arrested Monday night for violating federal explosive laws…

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said the two were holding onto an arsenal of weapons, as well as information and videos on how to build pipe bombs. It seems police spotted the two men on a videotape found in Bonelli’s house. All three were seen making and detonating pipe bombs.

    No word yet on whether or not these two are mutants too, but I wouldn’t lay odds against it.

    UPDATE: According to this Newsday article, the ATF found nine long guns, a handgun, ammunition, and a pipe bomb fuse were found at Stine’s house.

  • Mall gunman, mutant

    Mall gunman, mutant

    DA: Suspected mall gunman was fascinated with the Columbine massacre:

    (Log in info) Well, this is an interesting turn of events. It turns out that the gunman who opened fire in the Hudson Valley Mall in New York is, in fact, a mutant.

    Robert Bonelli, 24, wounded two people in the mall, including a National Guard recruiter who may lose his leg. Bonelli faces 25 years. Police found a cache of what they call “Columbine memorabilia” in the house that he shares with his father…

    “We may never know specifically what his intentions were, or what his motivations were,” Williams said. “However, we are deeply disturbed and troubled by the recovery of Columbine memorabilia from his property.”

    It will be interesting to see what motive, if any, comes out of this.

  • Lawyer tries to get Osantowski charges dismissed

    Lawyer tries to get Osantowski charges dismissed

    Teen’s lawyer: Dismiss terror charges:

    This is like watching a bad episode of Law & Order. Andrew Osantowski’s lawyer, Brian Legghio, is trying to get the internet messages he sent to Celia McGinty dismissed because they don’t prove the accusations of the terrorism charges. Oh, really? How about a little sample from the chat transcript?

    on judgment day ill prolly kill him, my mom, my sistyer, my autisitc brother and my 3 cats

    bring a gun to school, ur on the front of every newspaper

    didnt choose this life, but i damn well chose to exit it

    i cant imagine going through life without killing a few people

    got that has to be so hard

    nothing wrong with killion

    all god’s creatures do it

    in one form or another

    yep

    people can be kissing my shotgun straight out of doom

    i tell it how it is

    if u dont like it u die

    if i dont like what u stand for, you die

    if i dont like the way u look at me, u die

    i choose who lives and who dies

    Sounds like terroristic threats to me. Nothing is more pathetic than a desperate attorney in the media.

  • Panzerfaust ist nicht mehr

    Panzerfaust ist nicht mehr

    Supremacists Split After Race Allegation:

    Panzerfaust Records is no more. I first told you about the white supremacist record company here.

    For those of you who don’t remember, Panzerfaust tried distributing their racist music free to schoolchildren in something called “Project Schoolyard” in order to recruit new members to the White Trash…I mean White Supremacy movement.

    Well, in a delicious turn of irony that would make Alanis Morissette crap her pants, Panzerfaust has closed over a dispute between two of its owners over racial heritage.

    One of the owners, Byron Calvert, accused the other, Anthony A. Pierpont, of having a Mexican mother and having sex with Thai prostitutes.

    Calvert wanted the Pierpont to take a DNA test, I’m guessing to prove his “racial purity”. Pierpont refused, and Calvert closed the company.

    Maybe this is a sign of things to come and all the racist scumbags will take each other out. We can only hope.