Free Republic is DOWN!

[Irreverend IX]

As of now, I can't connect to their site. RimJob must be sweating bullets over Castanaga. I've copied several pages of the guy's post archives, including all the posts where he talks about the white powder mailings. I'm sure it'll all be scrubbed when the site comes back up.

[quinnox]

1. LOL

This is too good!

[seabeyond]

2. too good. i have to get to some shopping. if i had left when i intended

i would have never known....

and this is too good

[quinnox]

6. heh

[txindy]

22. Don't worry. Not only has so much been saved here, but there is cached info.

If the freepers are deleting posts, they must not know about "cache." Either that or they think "cache" means "cash." Do they keep clicking on "Cached" after a search, hoping they'll hit the jackpot and money will pour out of the monitor? :freak: Wouldn't surprise me in the least. :eyes:

[seabeyond]

24. oh, this is just "rich"... lol

[Tellurian]

58. Found link on Raw Story..DU receives honorable mention. MUST READ

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Fake_anthrax_hoax_by_conservative_blogger_1113.html

Big trouble for (Not So) Free Republic..

[Cerridwen]

3. Must be busy deleting chad's posts?....:D...........n/t

[MADem]

23. Geez, is it necessary to take the whole site down to clean it up?

And wouldn't that be interfering with an investigation?

Hmmm....maybe this whole boatload of far-right, uber-conservative, hatemongering shit has actually jumped the shark. Maybe Karl Rove, Mister "Not so much a" Fucking Genius, has pulled the site's GOP funding since they're all lame/dead ducks...and maybe he just didn't pay his bills! No cash, no bandwidth!

There used to be a guy named Morton Downey Junior on TV a few years back. He was king of the frigging hill, got huge ratings, and he was a meanspirited, insulting, chainsmoking, cruel, shock-speech, gasbag-asshole. For the longest time, he "held sway." He spoke, and his words INFLUENCED people. He died, eventually, and nowadays, you'd be hard put to find anyone outside of a certain age range who even remember who the guy was. For those who think they might recall him, but aren't sure, see here, it might jog a few brain cells: http://www.mortondowneyjrhome.com/

The point I'm trying to make in a longwinded roundabout way is that even people or entities who are big cheeses will eventually be brought low, and time will minimize and sometimes erase their influence. It happens.

[Cerridwen]

35. Depends on technical proficiency of admins...which I understand

to be, er, somewhat less than stellar.

:D

[MADem]

38. You'd think, if they were so well-connected, that they'd get better help

but I guess Rove is disinclined to give them piles of dough. They sure didn't deliver it for him, did they?

[Cerridwen]

41. Not as far as the vote...but they sure do their part with whisper

campaigns and threatening anyone left of the kkk and george wallace.

[Straight Shooter]

49. Zing! Interfering with a federal investigation, you betcha.

How stupid are those fweepers, anyway?

Oh. Wait. Nevermind.

[Tinksrival]

26. HHHHAAAA HHHAAA !!!!

Talk about hanging Chads!!

[Cerridwen]

36. hee hee...hee hee...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. JimRob did not take it dow

the FBI did... the forensis investigation is gonna be fun!

[Irreverend IX]

9. Did they really? Or are you kidding?

Feds vs. Freepers... what a way to start the week!

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Standard procedure hence I am not kidding

they will tke them servers since they have Probable cause to search for any evidence of this good ol' boy posting any I did it.

And if they need to, they will take them servers to a clean room and go through them hard drives, carefully... yep, even after you delete something... it may still be there

[Irreverend IX]

29. I wonder if this guy discussed his exploits with others via "FreepMail."

I bet there's some interesting stuff going on in the dark corners of freeperville.

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. As I said a clean room is the FBIs friend

and the turner diaries (NSA I know you are readying this) come to mind. Many freepers are fans, avid fans, of the Turner Diaries.

I was plotting and writing a novel about these boys back in the days. I stopped when CNN ran the Columbine masacre... given that was part of my plot in another HS, I decided to put the novel down... but boy I will tell you, the things you learn when you peek under the sheets of the extreme right wing is enough to give you nightmares.

In fact, this is not shocking at all. I expect more of these INTERNAL TERRORISM events to occur

But you think the MSM will call them what they are?

Dime on the dollar the T word is avoided.

[Morgana LaFey]

54. Nope, you're wrong.

and if you think for a moment, you'll agree completely.

The LEFT can be terrorists in their book; no one on the RIGHT will ever qualify. They've already set things in motion in some of their laws.

P.S. I've never understood that. Lefties are such -- peacelovers. Not usually the least bit violent, tho there can be complete and utter nuts out there (seriously mentally ill people) like the Unibomber. They don't count in my book (as violent lefties, just really sick lefties).

[Little Wing]

44. It's back up. Either that was the fastest FBI search in the history of the world

or you're wrong :-)

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. Could be

[northernsoul]

5. I hope he's not trying to destroy evidence

The FBI doesn't take kindly to having their investigations obstructed.

[LynneSin]

7. Yep, I just checked - it's down

You know, I can't stand the Bush regime maybe almost as much as that freeper guy. But the difference between him and myself is that I use that anger to inspire me to "Get out the Vote" and work hard to help get the people I want to see in office elected.

Never in a million years (and then some) would I ever do something as horribly harsh as this

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. He talked about white powder mailings?

As in he implicated himself??

[Hav]

11. .

No, of course not directly but he loved to talk in these threads concerning anthrax mailings and about Olbermann he said that he's pretty sure that Olbermann didn't send it to himself, just guessing he added.

[Irreverend IX]

17. He didn't admit to it, but...

His posts prove he was aware of what happened, and the date stamps on them could be useful to the investigation. They could help falsify any alibis he tries to float.

[bunny planet]

10. First Jesus Camp shuts down, now Freak Republic

Its Christmas morning every day since last Tuesday. Pinch me, am I still dreaming.

[tabasco]

39. Bwaaahaha! Ain't it the truth.

Is there hope for this country after all?

:party: :toast: :bounce: :smoke: :party: :toast: :bounce: :smoke: :party: :toast: :bounce: :smoke: :party:

:dem: :kick: :dem: :kick: :dem: :kick: :dem: :kick:

[DoYouEverWonder]

12. Is that the sound

of hard drives being scrubbed that I hear?

[MidwestTransplant]

13. I bet the Feds raided and took their servers!!!!!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Yep, I am sure of it

and you know what, they have PC for this

[MidwestTransplant]

15. Wait until they find all the threats against H Clinton in there.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. I wonder if they will turn them over to the SS

after all, one of their boys has now acted

[Tesla]

20. On my worst of days, when I'm feeling down,

I think of how we have taken back America and all is well again!!

No more Freepers!! yeah!!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. Actually underground freepers are a far more dangerous

species of animal

[marmar]

16. The rewards of the last week are worth the shit we've endured for the last 6 years...

Well not quite, but the last week has been a whole lot of fun.

[bluedogyellowdog]

55. Absolutely

The chickenhawks are coming home to roost.

Not just the past week - they've been melting down for months now. The past week is the icing on the cake.

[markbark]

21. Somebody oughta tell RimJob....

scrub all you want... Google cache makes your job a wee bit more difficult.

--MAB

[BuyingThyme]

25. Where can I view the stuff about the powder mailings?

[Irreverend IX]

30. Right here!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=238945;more=43000020

Here's part of his FR post archive. This one has the most references to the powder incidents.

[BuyingThyme]

37. Thank you.

[B3Nut]

27. It's back up...

...with headlines from the usual suspects like Rush Limbaugh.

Makes one wonder, though...

Todd in Beerbratistan

[karlrschneider]

28. It worked at 1301, about 2 minutes ago

?

[seabeyond]

31. is the information gone? curious minds want to know n/t

[morgan2]

32. nah his account still active there

[blogslut]

34. yep

I hit that link you provided and all the posts are still there.

My guess is the FR server couldn't handle the traffic from all the offsite linkage

[LittleClarkie]

56. Actually it's showing him as suspended or banned

now that I look at the link above.

[Irreverend IX]

33. Castanaga's posts are still archived!

Here's his profile:

http://www.freerepublic.com/~marccostanzo/

And here are all his posts:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=238945

Take screenshots and copy the files to your HD while you still can!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

50. an ass-ociates degree in the science of electronics?

Let me guess. He manages a Radio Shack outlet in South Carolina. (I apologize to any employees of Radio shack. Those guys have always been helpful, knowledgable and polite.)

[pecwae]

40. It's up

top post:

Posted on 11/13/2006 11:19:36 AM PST by Bob Dobalina

And so, now we know. The man who sent fake anthrax to American citizens, to members of Congress and television personalities, was one of you: your "marc costanzo" aka Chad Castagana. Thank you for proving the left blogosphere's point about you people. You are cowards. Bullies. Little chicken babies, and you cannot function without fear and intimidation, and emulating the terrorist boogeyman without whom neoconservatism cannot function. A pox on you all. Cowards.

[wicket]

42. Egggggcellent!

:D

[Tatiana]

51. Ouch!!!!! n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

47. I have not been following this issue or thread

anyone have a thread or a short synopsis of Chad, anthrax and freerepublic?

thanks!

[rateyes]

48. There's a story at rawstory about it...

seems there is a 3rd name he uses as well. www.rawstory.com

[MethuenProgressive]

52. Patriot Act to Doom FreeRepublic?

Wouldn't that be poetry?

[rateyes]

53. Poetic justice! nt

[Arugula Latte]

57. If they have nothing to hide, they shouldn't worry, right?

:D

[Kajsa]

59. They're baaaack. And they are really upset

about Mel Martinez becoming the new chief
for the RNC.



http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737909/posts


Caution; Contains Freeper wailing and gnashing of teeth.

[NewJeffCT]

60. Damn - was just about to say "down goes frazier"

oh well

[Sapphocrat]

61. Google is your friend.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=+site:www.freerepublic.com+%22Marc+Costanzo%22

Just hit the cached links, and grab whatever you want.

Also, don't forget the Wayback Machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.freerepublic.com
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Copy and paste the link, as the "*" messes up the link here.