Disturbing? Yes.

Surprising? Hardly.

*gah* How do these people get to run for president? Sooooooooooooo stupid. Beyond stupid. *GAH*

It shows an endemic lack of concern about security in the Kerry campaign that is incredibly disturbing.

well, teah, but it was a clickety good time!

You forgot one question; will he visit the porn sites he's now hosting? After all, he is hung like a randy bison.

Hmm, teah=yeah

You mean that the great inventor of the Net didn't give JFK a web site tutorial? (Of course, we all know how much AG's endorsement of anything is worth....)

I believe I can speak for Dominique de Villepin when I say that what's really important is that Kerry's web site is working together with the international community, instead of unilaterally.

BTW, I'm a man.

You're joking, right? It's not as if the site is important.

Well, crap.

Now everybody's favorite blogger Wonkette is pissed.

"I'm John F***king Kerry, and I endorse this message."

I am so sorry I didn't hear about this until too late to join in. I had a couple inspired moments; but I'm sure people who are better at that sort of thing than I will ever be thought of them first.

But what was the Kerry campaign thinking?

I hope they don't start whining. They really, really did it to themselves.

"...well, maybe not that hackneyed Flash intro."

Go easy on Kerry. He's probably got Jimmy Carter working as his Internet security adviser.

#10 "I'm John F***king Kerry, and I endorse this message."

Or, that is, I endorsed it before I disavowed it.

Are you saying they finally caught on and I can't use DNC funded bandwidth to mirror National Weather Service severe weather warnings?

Is there a page yet for "Vietnam Veterans Against The War And John Kerrey"?

Splitters!

OT

HA! Khatami distances Iran fro al Sadr

That they're backing and covering now indicates they think he's going to lose, and some of the captured jihadis will rat them out for their sponsorship and training of al Sadr goons.
Not much room for plausible deniability, though.

Oh, ze simplisme! Ze naivete! Eet eez even more how-you-say 'ilarious zan Jairee Lewis!

/channeling surrender monkey

Damn, now I've got it wrong. That's "Kerry" no-"e".

The other Kerrey is on the 911 commission, and it's Bob, not John.

I have many captured pages. I have a bunch more to add, but yep an investigation needs to happen. Heh.

#13 Clem Snide:

Go easy on Kerry. He's probably got Jimmy Carter working as his Internet security adviser.

Does that mean it's going to take the election of a Republican president to clean up his mess? Again?

#4 Alan Kellog

After all, he is hung like a randy bison

Silly, that's his haughty French nose!

13- No- not Jimmah, Amy. (Whatever happened to her anyway?)
17 Ordog- best news I've heard all day.

#20 Scott B: Nice work!

#9:

I see stupid -- saying that Kim Jong-il is a person who would not normally support JF'nK who is falsely being portrayed to do so -- but I don't see pissed.

-dg

Surprisingly how easy it was to upload a webpage to that site.

Rather silly in fact! ;-)

Kerry will probably find a way to blame this on the Secret Service. After all, he never falls down.

OT

I'm getting more and more impressed with moderate Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani.

His U.S. envoy is on Geraldo's show right now, and he reiterated what the man stands for:

- Peace, not violence
- Clergy NOT involved in the everyday workings of government (NOT an Islamist!)
- A democratic government

When asked if al-Sadr should be arrested, the man said that of course, he should be arrested if he is believed to be guilty of a crime.

If this guy doesn't get assassinated, we have a real chance for democracy. I hope he is protected well.

I know doodley squat about web page management but keeping you site secure is really a no-brainer.

And frankly, I don't see it as such a big deal.

-dg

#23 Jim in Virginia-

No- not Jimmah, Amy. (Whatever happened to her anyway?)

Whatever happened to Amy Carter Looks like she has her father's view of the world

#10

LOL...now that one was funny

Thanks Model4.

BTW: if you have a screen shot of your post, email it (the link is on my site ) and I will post if it is good.

ROFLOL I cant believe it took them 7 hours!

Silly Silly Silly John Kerry! ;-)

OT: CAIR is seething again. This from Fox News:

Hate Mongery

A Maryland state legislator who forwarded his eighth-grade nephew's analysis on why Islam can be a violent religion to colleagues via his work computer is being called a hate monger, reports the Baltimore Sun.

Donald H. Dwyer Jr. distributed an essay titled "Is Islam Really Peaceful?" to 187 of his colleagues in the state house. The essay cited Islamic scripture to make a case that the religion is not peaceful. Within two hours of sending out the note, fellow Sen. Sharon M. Grosfeld wrote back calling the e-mail an "inappropriate" message that "perpetuates hateful stereotypes at a time when building bridges is necessary."

"I suggest that rather than trying to shield yourself, you keep your nephew's and your discriminatory diatribe to yourself," she said.

Seyed Rizwan Mowlana of the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called the email alarming. "Sending this out as an elected official, it becomes conduct unbecoming. He used the legislative e-mails, my taxpayer money, to send his hate out," Mowlana said.

Link: [Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Something tells me that that eighth-grader is learning a lot about leftist politics as well as Islam.

Uh, after careful thought, Pinocchio comes to mind, but he was not quite as wooden as Hanoi john...and also was more truthful.

Yup, Pinocchio, or his evil twin.

He should have asked soros and the moveonoutof here.crap group to do his website, the useless idiot!

Go easy on Kerry. He's probably got Jimmy Carter working as his Internet security adviser

I laughed so hard, I almost cried! ;-)

#17 Ordog: that's exactly what I said earlier this evening - on Rantburg.

Unless they are screening every submission, the creation of an account, is hardly going to stop anything...

Go create yourself a bogus hotmail/yahoo email account, create your account at John F'in Kerry's website, and then goto town, and then delete your bogus email account.

Shoot, score, match...

#34, Shiksagrrrl: Seven hours to notice. But they haven't taken all of the pages down -- clock's still running on that one.

-dg

#28 really grumpy big dog Johnson

I would be rather cautious regrading praise for al Sistani. He lifts his finger every morning to check which way the wind blows. If there is no movement in the air, he just keeps silent.

#18 Mommydoc

Ow! My sides are hurting!

Thank you. I've been reading Russian stuff all day, then I looked at (sigh) protest photos, and then I ran across that link, and I feel sooooo much better!

I'm kind of frightened by how John Kerry took down my endorsement pre-emptively and unilaterally. Surely a more nuanced approach would have been better, one that relied on negotiations and deliberations, plus the approval of the Bush, Nader and LaRouche campaigns before acting. Sure, it was clearly in his personal interest to do so, but since when is that legitimate justification?

#35

Poor kid. He is going to get a real lesson. Someone should look him up and invite him here.

OT,

As I reported earlier in the "Arguments Of The Strong" thread:

Marines In Fallujah Find Suicide Bomb Vests, Letters Home From Foreign FIghters --Washington Post

Suicide Bomb Factory Found In Iraq --The Australian [Thanks to Dar ul Harbarian (no relation) for pointing this article out here.]

(If Charles links features this I'd like to share a hat tip with Dar ul Harbarian, BTW.)

I think I did about 35 screenshots - De Villepin, al-Sadr, Rantisi, Neville Chamberlain, Mary Jo Kopechne...I can't remember them all, but the funny thing is some of the most vile "supporters" were still up, long after the posts before & after were deleted...as if they don't have a clue who the above mentioned people are.

Hahahaha! That's pretty funny... almost as funny as Bush thinking compassion equals Hanging out with black people!

Mike Hunt and Peter Hertz are still up. Unless, in addition to the joke pages, there were actually two other supporters by those names.

I'm guessing they got most of the pages with funny text, but they're missing some of the joke names.

-dg

#47 RationalBias

What's wrong with hanging out with black people?

Scott B (#20)

Fabulous, I was hoping somebody would do that.

#38 Barbara Skolaut

Cool! Great minds... and such. :-)

Neville Chamberlain & Kim Jong-il are also still there. They did find Amanda Huginkiss, though.

I pity the poor peon who had to spend his/her Easter going through the pages and sorting out the jokes from the real Kerry supporters.

-dg

Perhaps I missed the irony embedded in the comments about web security as it relates to national security.

But I don't think I did.

I mean, have at the page, the way liberals went at the bloganator. Have all the fun you can while it lasts. The wonkette one was great.

But to seriously say it reflects on how Kerry's going to deal with national security?

Don't you think you might be drinking a little too much partisan beer if you really believe that?

#47 RationalBias: Would it be worse in your eyes if he were claiming to be black?

#54 What if he claimed to be black and white?

Kinda like Michael Jackson, but without the talent.

Now that's nuance.

And for anyone coming REALLY late in the game, I flipped through 200 of the pages last night, to see what the Kerry camp had missed so far (most of them are gone now). I picked out a few of the best names and funniest/most damning quotes and posted them here.

-dg

Mmmm.....parisan beer....grlglrgl

/homer

But to seriously say it reflects on how Kerry's going to deal with national security?

Oh, I don't know, maybe Dick Clarke's been advising him on cyberterrorism --in between book signings.

Homeland security starts with your homepage!

Are we supposed to be surprised by a lack of intelligence from his campaign? The only thing that could possibly make him look more stupid is if he were to claim European heads of state actually endorse .... wait a second that happened. Well, he would really dumb if he said it and provided no proof.... uh... he did that to. I think he would be an absolute idiot to do a contrived "the mic is on and I don't know it" routine.... You say he did that too? Huh.

He couldn't possibly get any less likable could he? Stupid is one thing but being likeable... I mean, it's not like he called a secret service agent a "Son of a Bitch" while snowboarding.... um I guess he did that to. He’s never talked down to a citizen like he’s second class just because he’s a Republican right? Right? Wait a second, he did that to Cedric Brown about a month ago.

Aw forget it, this guys is absolute trash. And most likely our next president. Man, that’s going to leave a really foul taste in my mouth for quite a while.

Don't worry ya'll I'll wash my mouth out with soap and caster oil and never utter it again. Bleecgh! I feel sick.

Mmmm.....parisan beer...

Surrender to ze flavour.

#53 visitor

In case you didn't notice, this was just dumb. After the Bush sign generator thing, which also qualified as "What were you thinking?", this is unbelievably clueless. "Hi, guys! You want to make me look like an idiot? Here, let me help you." John Kerry does enough things like that already, this is egregious. Someone in his campaign passed this idea by him, and he agreed. That's not just "asleep at the wheel", that's actively driving over the cliff and hoping the rules of cartoon physics apply.

That's why, sarcasm aside, this worries us.

#60 Dar ul Harb

LOL. Thanks for saving my typo peckin' butt.

andrew (#57)

You have no idea how funny that is.

So this build a web-page generator shows a lack of intelligence because it can be abused?

So what does the bloganator mean? And what about the fact that it took days for the Bush campaign to take it down? Does that mean Bush is more stupid?

And how about the GOP's automated letter to the editor generator, which is still hackable?

[Link: slate.msn.com...]

This isn't about security or intelligence.

Jeez, I mean have all the satirical fun you want, but breathe between laughs so you don't come off like blowhards.

Dexter Green, thank you for the list.

OT

Steven den Beste disocovers Post-it

read the song....LMAO

#61, Dianna:

I beg to differ. It doesn't worry me. JF'nK has said and done plenty of things worthy of attention, but this isn't one of them.

Making a stupid mistake about allowing something on your website has zero to do with being in charge of national security. The leap is too great.

Furthermore, how technical do you think the explanation was when Kerry approved it? I don't know for sure, but I would guess that it was pretty simplistic: "Senator Kerry, we'd like to allow your supporters to create their own pages on your website." Maybe it was mentioned that they'd have to register. I'd be very surprised if it went any deeper than that.

Someone at the Kerry camp deserves a severe reprimand or, possibly, the axe. But it ends there.

-dg

#64 Visitor

I didn't actually know that the GOP had a "letter to the editor" generator. Thanks. I'll write a nasty letter, explaining that I don't approve of form letters anyway.

Sorry, but I'm not gonna stop laughing until I choke. This is just too rich.

#41 ördög Johnson

While it may be that al-Sistani rides the wind, I don't know what else he could do as an apparent moderate in a swirling sea of conflict and changing circumstances.

The very fact that he's on the record, in our media, of being for peace, democracy and separation of church and state means that his is a moderate view. The fact that he says that al-Sadr must be arrested if it is true that he has committed a crime indicates faith in judicial process as well.

We shall see which way the wind blows next, but he cannot change those statements without losing the faith of his moderate followers, who are likely to be in the majority of the Shia muslims in Iraq. The very fact that al-Sadr basically put his ultimate fate within Iraq in the hands of al-Sistani indicates the true relative positions of power each man wields within that state.

Now that al-Sadr has failed at a grab for power, his only remaining options are exile or incarceration, and as a result al-Sistani holds the winning hand and seizes the pot. That is evidence of a very smart man, and I hope that my current respect is not dashed in the future.

I think his Internet Security Adviser is

Wile E. Coyote, Super-Genius

And he uses an Acme server...

Have you read the supposedly damning PDB in unedited form?

This is no "Smoking gun".

It reads more like a backstory than a foreshadow of 9-11.

Sorry, L^3s! Better luck next time!

My buddy Osuma is still on JFK's site!

I'm Osuma bin Laden and I support John Kerry!

Sorry, there are some named Intel assets that are blacked out.

I should've said that the media hasn't edited this copy

"I'm Rick James, Bitch, and I support John Effin' Kerry!

/evariste

:P

#70, Frank IBC:

I think his Internet Security Adviser is

Wile E. Coyote, Super-Genius

And he uses an Acme server...

LOL

-dg

dexter green: knowing a bit about web backend systems, I couldn't disagree with you more.

The ramifications of allowing a security hole like this to be opened go way beyond the hole itself. I can imagine a dozen scenarios off the top of my head that could have serious implications for national security.

And if they are this careless about opening a hole THIS big (they let anyone on the internet post a page at Kerry's official site -- this is not a minor problem), what other easily exploitable holes have they left open?

Hey, what happened to "Eva Braun"? LOL

#49 andrew: There's nothing wrong with hanging out with black people. There's a problem if you do it out of "compassion".

Doesn't it seem strange to you that in Bush's "Compassion" section of his site, every single picture shows him hanging with African Americans? If it was one or two, that would be fine. But ALL?!

It shows fundamental disrespect for African Americans, and a complete lack of any understanding of what compassion actually is.

#67 Dexter -

You're right, he's said and done things more worthy of comment and condemnation; yes, the idea was probably proposed in a quick and sketchy way; yes, everything you've said is correct.

But the fact is, it was just a really dumb idea, carelessly executed. A man who hires people who think this slowly doesn't impress me. So yes, this seems to apply as something to worry about.

I don't, by the way, view the Bush campaign as the home of genius, or even all that bright. What I care about is national security, support for our troops and their mission, and a certain clarity about what the threat is. All things the Kerry campaign has shown itself to be remarkably clueless about.

#69 really grumpy big dog Johnson

al-Sistani holds the winning hand and seizes the pot. That is evidence of a very smart man,

No beef with that. Although I would say 'shrewd' would be more appropriate in his case. The paradox is that he lost some standing due to al Sadr affair as well, because the premature wanker undermined effectively all shia clerics. al Sistani has not much room to maneuver, so he makes choices that are rather pragmatic at this juncture, to salvage some degree of influence.

#76 Charles

What did I see? Did I hallucinate?

Come on guys. To be fair, someone seems to have hacked into Ralph Nader's site and posted an obsence number of fake profiles of the same burnt-out tree hugger! Oh wait, those are real.

#76:

I think our main point of disagreement is on Kerry's culpability for the security hole. I understand -- though probably not as thoroughly as you -- the implications of internet security lapses, but unless Kerry intends to insert his webmaster into a position where he could jeopardise the nation, I don't think this little flap can be construed as representative of how JF'nK would handle national security.

Kerry's job would be policy; it's the people on the ground who are responsible for the nuts and bolts -- just like Condi told the 9/11 commission. As I said elsewhere, there's plenty of Kerry policy that's worrisome and newsworthy. But I don't think not knowing the ins and out of computer security or expecting the people he hired to do the job to be capable are it.

-dg

#83 follow-up:

Clearly implying, I hope, that I expect Kerry would let the security experts do their jobs. And that's why I don't think this is a matter of national security.

-dg

actually his current it staff would probably get cabinet positions or something for internet security blah blah blah

Ominous or not, it was funny as hell. Kinda like how the Chomsky blog went critical on it's maiden voyage ...

Hey dg, this one's still up.

Maybe it is too tres subtle for Frenchy, eh?

Read it and weep, JFK

D. Edgren

BTW, amidst all of the fun that was had with this, did you notice that someone did "Charles Johnson supports John Kerry" page?

I have a Mac screen print of it in case it is no longer viewable at the J F'in K campaign site.

#87:

*g* The ol' nuance-meister must be having an off day.

-dg

#88:

Yeah, it's still there:

Charles Johnson Supports John Kerry!

Actually, neither Charles Johnson or any of the vile idiots at LGF support Kerry. But the fact that such a motley bunch of idiots and mouth-breathing knuckle draggers are harassing him is a good enough reason to give him money. Imagine the pain they'll experience if he wins!

It's just so ... eloquent, no?

Whatever. Nothing to be done unless Charles wants to ask that they remove his name from the headline. Frankly, those pages were such a dumb idea, it's barely even worth the effort.

-dg

#87-
Heh heh!
Priceless.

Maybe somebody should email Kos and let him know --

D. Edgren (#87)

I think that's the best one yet. LOL!!

Kerry Let It Happen On Purpose! (LIHOP)

The Bush campaign's equivalent

Their web team did something stupid. Does anyone really think their web team will be in charge of national security?

Blowing things out of proportion...

I predict there will be a '4/11 Commission'™ to investigate this shocking fumbling of basic web security and campaign common sense.

;)

They didn't take Kos down yet.

Screw him!

#94 - sub_version

I laughed, but not for the reasons you may think. Thanks for the link as it just shows the colossal ignorance and hatred of the left.

The difference being that while the signs were outright lies, the pages put up at Kerry's site (that were not fictitious people) were actually just a slight stretch. That stretch being the wording chosen. Kim has actually come out for Kerry, same with a terrorist leader.

I mean, honestly, if he had to chose between the two who do you think Saddam would back?

#18 - mommydoc

I could kiss you for that link. I love it! In fact it will be sent out to a lot of people in the very near future.

=)

#98, Voidseeker:

Thanks for highlighting that. I missed it the first time around.

#18, mommydoc:

I, too, will be sharing that link with some friends. Thanks for posting it.

-dg

Charles, you needed this to be convinced of Kerry's total inability to face real security issues? Wasn't his stance on Iran enough? Isn't his official policy to appease (er, I mean "have dialog with") the Iranian mullahcracy? Of course it is. He's stated it numerous times. And the media knows it of course, which is why Iran's subsidizing of Sadr is getting zero media attention.

Here's a good blog post on it:

[Link: www.theglitteringeye.com...]

As the one who "found" this hidden feature, I figured it was my duty to provide a spot for people to archive their masterpieces.

I've got a self service photo gallery available for your use:

Kerry Sloganator Gallery - Kerry Core Captures

Oh yeah, there's a whole other section in that gallery for the output of the Kerry Sloganator

#97 voidseeker

I refuse to allow the choice of someone I don't respect to influence my choice when it comes to voting. If David Duke came out for Bush, would it affect your opinion of Bush?

Of course not. Well, I hope not, at any rate.

Unfortunately, I'm seriously considering not voting for president this time around. Bush's social policies disgust me, and Kerry's policies don't really seem to exist. I can't vote for someone who tells me some of my friends don't deserve to get married. Neither one of them seems to have a handle on the sort of changes that economics are going through, and the even more extreme ones it will go through in the near future. I don't trust either of them, at all. What the hell am I supposed to do? It's not even the lesser of two evils anymore.

4-13-04

The big K is still up there.

Harsh truth, but true nonetheless.

D. Edgren

4-14-04

I think this one is a keeper.

D. Edgren