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  • Live Long and Protest

    Live Long and Protest

    If I had the time and resources and if I were a total geek, I would make one of the greatest satire sites ever, if it hasn’t already been done. I would take a Star Trek slant on the current war on terror.

    There would be Intergalactic A.N.S.W.E.R. who would try to tell us that the Romulans are just a poor and oppressed people. EngageOn.org, who would say that we have no business being in the Neutral Zone and accuse the current President of the United Federation Of Planets of being controlled by a Ferengi dilithium crystal mining company.

    And my personal favorite, “Shuttle Captains for the Truth”. A previously unheard of ensign actually survives an away mission. He receives a commendation for being injured in battle, but the truth is he just scratched himself with his communicator. When he’s discharged from Star Fleet after only three months, he speaks out at several rallies in favor of the Borg. Then years later, he tries running for President of the Federation, claiming he singlehandedly defeated the Borg.

  • More Charges Filed against Osantowski

    More Charges Filed against Osantowski

    Teenager accused in Columbine-like plan faces other charges:

    Andrew Osantowski has a new charge against him yet again. This time for spitting on another inmate, which is considered assault. When you’re 17 and in jail, your best bet is to keep a low profile. Spitting on an inmate is not a low profile. I’d be curious to know what the ethnicity of the other inmate is.

    As was reported previously, Osantowski was arraigned on two additional charges of two counts of breaking and entering, two felony counts of larceny in a building, and two misdemeanor counts of malicious destruction of property. The B & E charges can carry a 10-year sentence. The charges stem from an online journal attributed to Osantowski.

    Center Line Police Detective Robert Wroblewski said he had no suspects in the break-ins until he read a Sept. 22 news article about an online journal attributed to Osantowski. The postings describe break-ins almost identical to the March 27 and April 8 incidents.

    It’s unknown whether if I had anything to do with Center Line police finding Osantowski’s website, as I never heard back from any law enforcement agencies.

    The article also states…

    In a note dated April 9, the writer wishes a happy birthday to Columbine killer Eric Harris.

    That’s half-true. The exact quote is…

    April 9, 2004-Happy B-day to Eric Harris, NJ teen sentenced to 10 years in jail for Columbine Like Plot.

    Eric Harris’ birthday is April 9th but the teen from New Jersey he’s referring to is Matthew Lovett who was sentenced the day before Osantowski’s journal entry to 10 years for his own school shooting plot.

    I’m not surprised that the Detroit Free Press didn’t check that fact. Their motto should be… “Print First. Ask questions later.”

  • The Watchlist Begins

    The Watchlist Begins

    No hate mail this week, so this gives me the opportunity to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I want to make people aware that there are sites out there that either praise, worship or sympathize the Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

    I wanted to make people aware that sites like these actually exist. However, I didn’t want to do it in such a way that I provided other worshipers of these scumbags the links to find these sites. So now what I’ve done is started “The Watchlist”.

    Instead of trying to get these sites removed from their hosts, I’m cataloging them. After I had one of Andrew Osantowski’s sites removed, it made me wish I still had a copy of it to provide to either law enforcement or the media.

    So now when I come across a Watchlist site, I download the entire site and burn it to a CD. Also, I do it to let these mutants know that they are being watched. Which brings us to our first Watchlist site. The following is taken from the site’s “mission statement”…

    The purpose of this website is to serve as a memorial to Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. I would first like to say that I do not condone what they did. Murder is wrong no matter what the circumstances. My point is to say that they were not unprovoked and they were pushed to the point of no hope. They chose the wrong course of action, but society can not be blameless for what happened. Sure they made their own choices, but they would not have had those choices to make had they not been victims of harassment and toment. They were also way ahead of most people in their awareness of the way society is and will always be. Nothing would have ever changed for them. People don’t care about anyone except themselves and how they are perceived by others. It’s rather disgusting that people can’t be different without being labeled as weird. They hated society and they wanted to make a difference in the only way they knew how. There is a huge message we can all learn from “Reb and Vodka”. The message is not about violence or retribution. The message is about us and society. I hope people can learn from what happened without any more incidence occuring like Columbine. Unfortunately, most people can’t see through their own ignorance and try and understand what Dylan and Eric were trying to say. They deserve to be remembered. They were sons and brothers. They were friends. They are sadly missed and it is my goal to keep their memory alive.

    So the webmaster says that murder is wrong, but then goes on to defend the actions that Harris and Klebold took. No one is provoked into the killing of 13 unarmed, innocent people. What’s even worse is that a so-called adult is running this site.

    Kids and teens are finding sites like these and could possibly reason that since Harris and Klebold are worshiped by these people, then maybe if I kill more people than them, they’ll be worshiped more than them. One of those kids could be yours.

    You have been served noticed. You are being watched.

     

  • Trench in the media…yet again

    Trench in the media…yet again

    Online, teen is praised for alleged bomb plot:

    Well, well, well. Look who made it into the media again. Yours truly. This time for the Andrew Osantowski case. But it’s factually incorrect as usual. While I appreciate that the article is trying to show how that there are kids like Osantowski out there that worship the Columbine killers, I have to take the Detroit Free Press to task for a couple of things…

    “I don’t know about the rest of you mindless self-righteous people out there, but I, for one, salute Mr. Osantowski,” a posting signed by someone identified as The_Grandest_Dragon wrote on the Web site The Trenchcoat Chronicles .

    The domain name is taken from the Trench Coat Mafia, a group Klebold and Harris belonged to. Although the site’s keeper apparently condemns their killing spree — America’s deadliest school shooting — many postings on the site defend them.

    First off, my domain name does not come from “The Trenchcoat Mafia”. I’ve been referring to myself as “TheTrenchcoat” online since 1997.  Secondly, the commenter who called himself The_Grandest_Dragon did, in fact, make that comment, but in his defense he also made the following comment in the same entry the first comment is taken from…

    I have been reading your sight for quite some time now, and yeah i guess it has sunk in that im in the wrong. You are right trench, everyone you have talked about on this site, what they have done did nothing to make their lives or anyone else’s any better, and i guess life is just too short to hate everything all the time. Sorry about posting twice, i had a couple of ones after the exlcamation marks, i pressed stop but i guess it went through anyways. You where right and im sorry.

    Comment by The_Grandest_Dragon — Friday Sep 24, 2004

    Lastly, while the article does correctly state that I do condemn the Columbine killings, that point can’t be stressed enough, the impression the article gives me is that I somehow encourage the pro-Harris and Klebold comments that are left on my site. Nothing could be further from the truth.

    While I do attract a large number of what I call “mutants” I leave their comments on my site for a reason. Part of what I’m trying to do here is to show parents and educators that there are kids out there that worship the Columbine killers. Check any one of my entries about Columbine or the mail I receive. Any one of these kids might be your son, daughter, relative, or student. It’s a growing problem that can’t be ignored.

    So, If anyone coming to my site from the Detroit Free Press is now aware of the problem that I’m trying to expose, then the article has served a purpose. Other than that, being falsely misrepresented in the media? Yeah, I don’t know what that’s like.

    And please do not e-mail the author of the article. I have already done so, expressing my concerns.

    UPDATE: I exchanged e-mails with the author of the article, and she was willing to rectify the situation. Also, I accidentally deleted some comments from this entry. I’m monkeying with a new spam blocker and it may have deleted some comments.

  • Nazi Recruiters

    Nazi Recruiters

    I really hate to steal ideas from other bloggers, but Zombyboy from Resurrection Song presents a really good point.

    Panzerfaust Records is a neo-Nazi record label whose bands promote the usual Nazi rhetoric. What really sickens me is what they call Project Schoolyard. I’ll let them use their own words to hang themselves…

    In the spring of 2004, German patriots announced their plan to produce 100,000 sampler CDs containing German nationalist rock and roll and distribute them to youth in their country. This effort, Project Schoolyard, was examined by lawyers to make sure that none of the music violated Germany’s oppressive laws against free speech. Although everything was approved, the project received much hysterical media attention, and the CD was outlawed by the German government. Every CD factory in the country was contacted by the government and warned not to produce the now “illegal music.” Every school in Germany was contacted by police and told to be on the alert for anyone distributing the forbidden CDs. It looked like Project Schoolyard had been shut down, but on Friday, September 3, 2004, the increasingly popular far-right political party, NPD, put out a press release that a new CD had been arranged, a factory had agreed to produce it, and that 25,000 of the discs would be handed out all over Germany by volunteers on the weekend of September 4th and 5th. Since the government does not operate on weekends, the soonest that they could outlaw that CD is first thing Monday morning, but of course, they will all have been distributed by then.

    As an expression of the increasing level of international solidarity and cooperation between White nationalists, Project Schoolyard has crossed the Atlantic and is being continued here in the U.S. Panzerfaust Records is pressing 100,000 copies of a pro-White sampler CD to be handed out to White youth from coast to coast in every state, including Hawaii. Volunteers from every pro-White group and organization in the U.S. have signed up to assist us in this project, as well as numerous unaffiliated individuals, consisting mostly of our customers/supporters who are high school students themselves. These CDs will be handed out in middle schools, high schools, university campuses, shopping malls, sporting events, mainstream concerts, parties, etc…

    They want to recruit kids, your kids. Want to do something about it? Here’s their web host EV1SERVERS.net. Write them here. The host is based out of Houston TX. The local paper is the Houston Chronicle. Write the Chronicle about it here. Let them know that white supremacists and their sympathizers are not welcome near our schools. Don’t just sit back and do nothing.

    (UPDATE: EV1Servers has since dropped that site)

  • More on the Osantowskis

    More on the Osantowskis

     Quiet teen’s terror plot stuns school:

    Just some more tidbits about the Osantowski case that I missed.

    Osantowski enrolled at Chippewa Valley High only 10 days before his arrest. How can you hate your school that fast, especially when he requested to go to that school because all his friends were there? Obviously, there’s something mentally wrong with that kid.

    Check out this quote from his arraignment…

    Andrew Osantowski’s only public comments Friday came during his video arraignment. Osantowski, his pale skin and blond hair a stark contrast to his black T-shirt, was polite and composed when asked for his thoughts on bond by Magistrate John Russi.

    “I’d like to participate in, like, anti-drug programs or antiviolence programs. Anything I can do to help the community,” Osantowski said, just after requesting a court-appointed attorney.

    Oh, no. No community service for you. Don’t you realize the severity of the charges you’re facing? I guess he thinks in his mind that he really didn’t do anything wrong.

    Conflicting accounts of the father Marvin Osantowski…

    His father came on-screen a short time later to face charges of concealing stolen firearms and conspiring to conceal. He told the magistrate, “I’m a good citizen,” before his bond was set at $600,000.

    And…

    Marvin Osantowski is an autoworker on disability with a penchant for neighborhood causes. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and a founding member of a local Catholic church. In 2000, he was appointed to the township committee after protesting a road expansion in his neighborhood. Fellow members didn’t notice anything unusual. In fact, he seemed like a nice man, said Jason Davidson, who is the vice president of the Clintondale Community Schools Board of Education.

    However…

    The teen apparently targeted the liaison officer because she handled a case in which he and his father were accused of stealing three golf carts from Fern Hill in May. Both were charged with receiving and concealing stolen property and were arraigned Thursday morning, only hours before their home was raided on the terrorism tip.

    And according to the chat transcript, Andrew Osantowski claims his dad beat him.

    Maybe he’s one of those guys that keeps up public appearances but is a real jerk at home.

    Curiouser and curiouser.

  • The Bullying Myth

    The Bullying Myth

    Violence ensues when teenagers are bullied:

    This is an opinion piece from Eastern Michigan University’s magazine by Lindsay Buhagiar. She takes the stance that if people like Eric Harris and Andrew Osantowski were not bullied, they would not have planned or committed acts of violence.

    While I respect Miss Buhagir’s right to her opinion, it’s a load of crap. Yes, bullying is a severe problem in our schools that needs to be corrected. However, I don’t think in either case that bullying was a major factor.

    Both Harris and Osantowski were racists and anti-Semitic. Both had past criminal histories of break-ins. Most importantly, both had parents that that didn’t care enough to get them the help they needed.

    Now, your novel approach to be nice to those that are different from us is fine, but the subjects involved didn’t exactly make it easy for themselves by having beliefs that are shunned by most reasonable people. It’s hard to get attached to “Hug a Nazi” day. What do you think would have happened if a cheerleader or jock or whatever tried being nice to Harris or Osantowski? They would have been met with a nice “fuck you” for their troubles. The alleged bullying was just an excuse. In reality, they’re nothing more than psychopaths.

  • Andrew Osantowski’s Website

    Andrew Osantowski’s Website

    Here’s a Trench Exclusive. I have reported it to their local law enforcement and media. I told you a few days ago that I had what I believe to be one of Andrew Osantowski’s websites blacklisted but that I had a partial mirror site. That site can be found here. It has no details whatsoever about his alleged bombing plot. It does go into detail about various break-ins, theft, and vandalism. I have no proof that this site actually belonged to Andrew Osantowski, but the details on the site and details that I’ve picked up in the media make me convinced that it is his site.

  • More News From Michigan

    More News From Michigan

    Teen may face life in prison:

    More news on the Michigan school bombing plot. Andrew Osantowski may face life in prison under attempted murder charges if prosecutors can determine a specific date of the attack. I can theorize about the obvious date it might have been, but I won’t. Without the attempted murder charge, he is facing 20 years in prison. And guess what. He’s a mutant. A quote from prosecuting attorney Steven Kaplan…

    “He’s a psychopath. He lacks a conscience,” said Kaplan. “He’s a publicity-monger who wanted to leave this planet in a blaze of glory, and he was inspired by the Columbine killers.”

    I kind of figured as much when the site that I believe he had something to do with him linked directly to the Columbine section of this site.

    Of course, one of the possible court-appointed attorneys for Osantowski is already crying foul…

    Mount Clemens attorney Brian Legghio, who is among the defense attorneys who could be asked to represent Osantowski, said police and prosecutors have “recklessly damaged the teen’s rights to a fair trial” by releasing evidence seized in the case.

    “This kid’s already convicted in the court of public opinion,” Legghio said. “It’s outrageous what they did. He’s 17 years old.”

    First off, doesn’t the public have a right to know if their lives were endangered, especially when it comes to kids? Secondly, the fact that he’s 17 doesn’t mean anything. Killers come in all ages.

    Also, according to the chat transcript, it sounds like the father wasn’t a neo-Nazi but just white trash who didn’t mind his kids having guns.

    It sounds like the mom is completely clueless, however. This quote from an opinion piece by Laura Berman…

    Osantowski’s mother told reporters, “I think he was brainwashed by all this Nazi stuff he had.”

    There were guns, explosives, and pictures of Adolf Hitler in the house — the sort of lifestyle accoutrements you’d expect a good mom to notice.

    So I guess my original assessment of the parents was incorrect and that in fact, as usual, we have parents who just didn’t care.

    It also turns out that Andrew Osantowski was kicked out of one Catholic school and asked not to return to another. The Catholic schools didn’t share that info with the public school district because they’re not required by law. The Catholic Church keeping secrets, who would have guessed?

    So between the parents, the Catholic Schools, and whoever else Andrew Osantowski might have told, someone could have put a stop to this long before it happened. Could you imagine if none of them did and his plan actually went through?

    Thank God that Celia McGinty had the sense and the courage to do something about it, since no one else did.

  • Michigan Bomb Plot Follow Up

    Michigan Bomb Plot Follow Up

    Domestic terrorists still live among us:

    This is a follow-up to yesterday’s news about the Michigan school bombing plot.

    The article really doesn’t say anything new except that we still have domestic terrorists to deal with along with foreign terrorists, which is, in fact, very true. However, it does include one tidbit of information the Fox News article left out. The main suspect, Andrew Osantowski, used the screen name “nazi_bot_sadistic”. Now I’m 100% convinced that he had something to do with the Geocities site that I had blacklisted. I found a mirror site using the screen name “nazi_bot_brutality”. The screen names are too similar not to be connected. Unfortunately, I can’t comment on any further steps I’ve taken.

    Anyway, the article makes a very valid point…

    The best defense against domestic terror are the friends, family, neighbors, and acquaintances of those who are planning violence. They’re the ones most likely to notice strange behavior, violent utterances, fascination with weapons and other warning signs that indicate a person may be moving past thinking about slaughtering people to actually planning to carry it out.

    That’s the best way to improve our domestic security.

    Tell.

    I couldn’t agree more. So when someone says that a school or parent is overreacting when it comes to these types of threats, you just remind them of this story.