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Assemblyman Sees No Humor in Web Prank [CA] {Warning: thread contains cheese}
Los Angeles Times ^ | 01-22-2003 | Massie Ritsch

Posted on 01/22/2003 6:47:56 AM PST by boris

PRANK

Assemblyman Sees No Humor in Web Prank

Internet address uses Van Nuys legislator's name but directs traffic to extremist content.

By Massie Ritsch, Times Staff Writer

Assemblyman Lloyd Levine of Van Nuys wants his constituents to know that white supremacy is not a plank in his platform, no matter what the World Wide Web suggests.

Levine and other politicians in California and across the nation have felt compelled in recent weeks to take political stands they normally would consider unnecessary -- denouncing racism, bestiality and the conversion of women's breast milk into cheese -- because someone has registered Web sites in their names and directed the traffic to politically unpopular organizations.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: cheese; funny; internet; urlsquatting
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1 posted on 01/22/2003 6:47:56 AM PST by boris
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To: boris
"And lastly, I would like to go on the record as saying that I am all for a pregnant woman's right to cheese..."
2 posted on 01/22/2003 6:53:52 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening.)
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3 posted on 01/22/2003 6:54:50 AM PST by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: Support Free Republic
Interesting ;0)
4 posted on 01/22/2003 6:55:59 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening.)
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To: boris
This is a great political prank; I don't care what he says.
5 posted on 01/22/2003 7:03:09 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
Dunno about white supremacy or bestiality, but http://lloydlevine.com/ is currently redirecting to the Raelian website...

whois -h whois.opensrs.net lloydlevine.com ...
Registrant:
Council on Political Accountability
For Sale on Ebay
25% of all proceeds donated to American Cancer Society
Donation commitment supported by affidavit
Seattle, WA 98112
US

Domain Name: LLOYDLEVINE.COM

Administrative Contact:
Spackler, Carl
montanarafting@hotmail.com
For Sale on Ebay
25% of all proceeds donated to American Cancer Society
Donation commitment supported by affidavit
Seattle, WA 98112
US
(206)819-2503

And there's still time to bid, too... ;)

6 posted on 01/22/2003 7:13:38 AM PST by general_re (It takes a village to raise an idiot.)
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To: general_re
I wonder which domain is redirecting to the Campaign For Breast Milk Cheese.
7 posted on 01/22/2003 7:20:45 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
I won't link it, but it's this one: http://georgenakano.com

If you go to http://kennyguinn.com/, you can see all the names for sale by this person/group...

8 posted on 01/22/2003 7:30:42 AM PST by general_re (It takes a village to raise an idiot.)
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To: boris
Quote from Article
"The fact that these politicians didn't have the foresight to register their own domain names makes me wonder whether they'll have the competence necessary to jump-start the economy and safeguard our future," he said.

He sure got that right. Arogant and Ignorrant.

So9

9 posted on 01/22/2003 7:32:41 AM PST by Servant of the Nine (We are the Hegemon. We can do anything we damned well please.)
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To: Dog Gone
The man says he can make Britney Spears cheese. I'll never eat nachos again.
10 posted on 01/22/2003 7:40:40 AM PST by socal_parrot
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To: boris
DAY of SUPPORT....FLY your flags (US, a British one, Hungarian, Australian and Japanese one, too if you have them)....and put up your BUSH/CHENEY signs, (and the BIG W's on your SUV's) for the STATE of the UNION next Tuesday, Jan 28th, if you support the President, our MILITARY and the United States of America. PSST....pass it on.
11 posted on 01/22/2003 7:40:43 AM PST by goodnesswins ((I'm supposed to be working on my book and business, but THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT!))
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To: socal_parrot
LOL
12 posted on 01/22/2003 8:15:29 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: boris
and the conversion of women's breast milk into cheese

I dunno never tried breast milk cheese. Might be good.

13 posted on 01/22/2003 10:06:15 AM PST by weikel (Screw the Dems I voted for the lesser of two evils for the last time, its the commies from now on)
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To: Xenalyte; Sir Gawain; Rebelbase; Texaggie79
Think im going to be laughing for days about this one.
14 posted on 01/22/2003 10:08:08 AM PST by weikel (Screw the Dems I voted for the lesser of two evils for the last time, its the commies from now on)
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To: socal_parrot
...Britney Spears cheese.

First on the ingredient list: Silicone.

15 posted on 01/22/2003 10:09:14 AM PST by Keith in Iowa (_*_)
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To: boris
I gotta ask can I have a link to the website which got registered in this guys name? They gotta have some other good stuff.
16 posted on 01/22/2003 10:10:42 AM PST by weikel (Screw the Dems I voted for the lesser of two evils for the last time, its the commies from now on)
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To: boris
If I lose my right to cheese, the terrorists have already won.
17 posted on 01/22/2003 10:13:51 AM PST by Xenalyte
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To: weikel
See #6
18 posted on 01/22/2003 10:48:31 AM PST by boris
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To: general_re
Damnit can't find the stuff on converting breast milk into cheese in there.
19 posted on 01/22/2003 10:55:38 AM PST by weikel (Screw the Dems I voted for the lesser of two evils for the last time, its the commies from now on)
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To: Xenalyte
That line works for anything you know. Hell I could probably get laid using it...
20 posted on 01/22/2003 10:57:56 AM PST by weikel (Screw the Dems I voted for the lesser of two evils for the last time, its the commies from now on)
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