I got another death threat today.
It's not the first one, and this shit is really getting old; I'll tell you about it below the fold.
One of the costs of doing business - and my "business" is that I am something of a shit-disturber - is that I'll occasionally get threatening emails or blog posts. F'rinstance, noted white-supremacist Hal Turner once put out a fatwa on me.
------------- Hal Turner Apologizes for allowing this to slip through:
When I approve comments, I only see a small portion of the comment in the moderation area. As you can see, the first two paragraphs seemed perfectly reasonable, which is how this obscenity got past me. I apologize to everyone for this getting through.
The posting was made through a Verizon account in Roanoke, VA.
The posting IP was (redacted) and was made at 3:49 PM Eastern Time on Nov. 18.
I do hereby authorize electronic attacks against that IP address.
I further request that everyone utilize all the resources possible, both legal and ILLEGAL, to determine the identity of the person responsible.
If I am given that information, I will personally conduct barbaric retaliation against this person.
Hal Turner
Then there was a time a Daily Kos reader threatened to put the zaps on me, magically:
Kestrel you fool!
You don't know what's comming to you!
May you be forever be accursed in the history of mankind!
Curse you! curse you! curse you!
Jesus H. fuckin' Christ, it was a JOKE, dude! OK?
Anyway. That shit, and a bunch of my fans at LGF, and mouth breathers here trying to get me fired, and yet, I soldier on.
You think I'd be inured to this shit by now.
But I got another one today. And this one is really freakin me out:
-----Original Message-----
From: tit4 tit8 [mailto: tit4tit8@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:01 AM
Subject: BE FAST ABOUT THIS.
ATTN.
This is the only way i could contact you,we where paid to have you
killed and am very very sorry for you this time, is a pity that this is
how you have to end up,I will like to give you a chance to help your
self if you will like to, As you can see there is no need of introducing
my self to you because I don't have any business with you, My work is to
have you terminated.
Our employer,came to us and told me that he want you dead and he
provided us with your name ,picture and other information about you. So
I sent my boys to track you down and carry on some investigation on you
and they have done that but I told them not to kill you that I will like
to contact you and see if your life is Important to you or not since
there findings shows that you are innocent. I demand the sum of $30,000
from you and you have to make the payment to am account i will provide
to you as soon as you recieve this email.
WARNING: DO NOT CONTACT OR TELL ANY ONE ABOUT THIS, FOR IF DO, I WILL
KNOW AND WILL INVOLVE YOUR FAMILY,HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND?. DO NOT COME OUT
ONCE IT IS 7:30PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE
VEDIO TAPE OF MY DISCUSSION WITH MY CLIENT/EMPLOYER WHO WHANT YOU
DEAD,WITH THAT,YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION ON HIM. GOOD LUCK
AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY,BE AS FAST AS YOU CAN TO GET BACK TO ME.
DANNY.
NOW what do I do? I don't HAVE thirty thousand dollars. I just shit my entire nest egg trying to help this guy get a bunch of money out of an African country. Apparently his father was some sort of tribal big wig and once he pulls this off he's gonna cut me in...well, I don't want to say just how big, but I should be sitting pretty good, once I hear back from the dude. I'm starting to get nervous about it, though - it's been like three months now and he doesn't answer my emails anymore.
But I digress.
Many of you have noticed that I'm a black sheep among progressives when it comes to the issue of gun rights.
If you don't get it now, you never will.
Peace out.