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2005-09-06 04:29 | User Profile
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A Death Threat
The perils of punditry: Some maniac wants to give me a permanent vacation
by Justin Raimondo
September 5, 2005
In spite of my natural inclination to say something in response to some of the ominous developments in the wake of Katrina, I'm going to hold my tongue until Monday. I haven't had a real vacation in years, and this is an opportunity to survey the terrain, collect my thoughts, and return on Wednesday with an analysis of where we're headed.
However, I do want to get something out of the way immediately, and that is the recent death threat against me published by David Horowitz's Frontpage. Yes, that's right: I said death threat. Check it out:
"Al-Qaeda now has irrefutable evidence that America is breakable and beatable. At least twenty percent of the country can be counted on providing a seditious level of psychological comfort for the enemy by falling into one of these four categories: protesters, anti-American cynics; criminals; indifference. Of that twenty percent, perhaps .5 to one percent can be counted on self-interested criminal actions and or direct acts of violent, politically-motivated treason against their country. Al-Qaeda now knows that Homeland Security has squandered millions, perhaps billions in useless exercises and programs than have fallen flat when reality struck as in what has occurred in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast regions. A WMD attack must be coordinated and launched against two distinct targets, preferably East and West (Left) Coast cities. A nuke or two, even if low yield, will devastate America. A Hobbesian 'war of all against all' will emerge as the criminal, opportunistic, and seditious elements strike out. Expect heavily armed and infuriated conservatives to launch a cleansing war against the traitors. The armed will mow down the mostly unarmed segments, especially those elements that devoted forty-plus years to anti-American hatred to destroy this country. Should the likes of Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Michael Moore, Ward Churchill, Dennis[?] Raimondo, et al. act out their sedition in a just-nuked America, expect their bodies to be found shot full of holes. Expect gun battles at banks, food stores, ATMs, gas stations, and outside hospitals. Leftist professors will be strung up. It will be every man, woman, and child for themselves."
I don't think there can be any doubt as to the meaning of the above, which was written by one Michael Calderon. In the perfervid fantasy-world of Horowitz and his flying monkeys, the nuking of America is an event to be eagerly anticipated as a golden opportunity to shoot their enemies "full of holes." And they've got me in their sights.
Who is this Calderon jerk? He is a public school teacher at Rockville High School in Maryland: this maniac, who has homicidal fantasies of "mowing down" those he deems "anti-American," instructs teenagers in U.S. history. Now, there are all kinds of kooks in this world, and public school teachers are hardly exempt from falling into that category: but most of them are harmless. A few act out their homicidal daydreams, and, when they do, not many give out such explicit warning signs as making a public written record of their murderous malevolence. Calderon, however, has gone a step further: given a platform by Horowitz, he has translated his psychopathology into a political program, openly inciting sympathizers to go out and commit murder ââ¬â for a righteous cause, of course.
This is terrorism, pure and simple. Calderon, as the author of these terrorist threats, is not intending to go out and commit murder himself: oh no, of course not. What he's hoping for ââ¬â and he is very explicit ââ¬â is that one of his deluded followers will take the very broad hint communicated by his screed. Calderon writes:
"I know of no organization or individual that has a hit list but I can imagine ââ¬Â¦ that some extremist group has compiled a list. And the FBI probably knows who they are and has infiltrated them. But what of individuals acting as Lone Wolves? That will be much more difficult to suppress."
Translation: If there are any "lone wolves" out there who want to act on Calderon's sinister agenda, then, by all means, go right ahead.
That this lunatic is in a position of authority over our young people is scary, as I'm sure my readers will agree, and many of them will want to make their views known to the principal of Rockville High School, Dr. Debra Munk. You can reach her by phone at: 301- 517-8105. Or by e-mail at [email]debra.munk@fcps.org[/email]. Be polite.
2005-09-06 05:26 | User Profile
Kevin_O'Keeffe,
Wow, Whoreowitz is always hitting new lows. He is starting to look plain loony.
2005-09-06 14:13 | User Profile
If America was a sane country, people like the Whoreowitzm would be writing their diatribes from within the walls of a proper psychiatric hospital. But, unfortunately, America is insane and it breeds extremists like fly larvae. And I think history shows that when extremists take hold of a country, that scenario never ends well for anybody. That's what these neocon, Jewish-influenced extremists never will understand and unfortunately will take the whole country down in the process.
These people are sick.
2005-09-06 16:11 | User Profile
How bold would they be...and how tangible the nearness of the ultimate victory they sense....if they had no Israeli nuke arsenal to give them bottle-courage, and no Israel to run to as a worst-case scenario shield of last resort?
2005-09-07 18:17 | User Profile
New information on Horowitz's puppy Calderon - why does this schizo remind me of our "ErikD"?
[url]http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2349[/url]
[COLOR=DarkRed][FONT=Arial] [SIZE=5]When the Going Gets Weird...[/SIZE]
The weird get going ââ¬â straight to David Horowitz.
And what are the prerequisites for becoming one of Horowitz's shock troops?
1) Violent fanaticism 2) Schizophrenia
[B]Turns out Michael Lopez-Calderon, a public school teacher in Maryland who recently issued a death threat to Justin Raimondo, was fired from Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2001 for ââ¬â wait for it, wait for it ââ¬â "endorsing violence against Israelis."[/B] That's right: Calderon, now a rabid neoconservative who calls for the internment of "seditionists," takes after his "ex"-Communist boss, whose only constants have been extremism and hate. Some surprise.
Posted by: Matthew Barganier on Sep 06, 05 | [/FONT][/COLOR]
[I] Palestinian Media Watch[/I] had commented:
[url]http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/calderon/[/url] [COLOR=Blue] "Michael Lopez-Calderon, a member of Palestine Media Watch, was dismissed on March 2, 2001, from his position as teacher at the Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy in Miami Beach, Florida, for his involvement with Palestine Media Watch and his support of the Palestinian cause.
[B]Mr. Lopez-Calderon was accused by anonymous monitors of the Palestine Media Watch mailing list of endorsing violence against Israelis when he stated in one of his emails that Palestinians have the right to resist the Israeli Defense Forces through violence when necessary[/B]."[/COLOR]
And looks like li'l Calderon has also an "anti-American" record too!
[COLOR=Blue]"Michael Lopez-Calderon is a high school social studies teacher in Miami, Florida. He has taught social studies for the past seven years, a period that includes an eight-month teaching stint in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. [B]He is an American of Cuban descent who became involved in social activism in 1985 when he joined other Florida State University students to protest Apartheid and US intervention in Central America[/B]."[/COLOR]
Or could it be [B]Ponce[/B]?! :tongue:
Petr
2005-09-07 22:19 | User Profile
[QUOTE]Mr. Lopez-Calderon was accused by anonymous monitors of the Palestine Media Watch mailing list of endorsing violence against Israelis when he stated in one of his emails that Palestinians have the right to resist the Israeli Defense Forces through violence when necessary[/QUOTE]
If he'd emailed people his opinion that no, [I]you only have the right to be shot and killed by the IDF[/I] - and self-defense is okay for some people but not you - would he have been "a better American"?
2005-09-23 18:22 | User Profile
Raimondo's reaction sounds more like histrionics than fear.
As I see it, what Calderon was describing was an America none of us would recognize as a result of devastating psychological and geographic changes. Not such a stretch. If the scenario with the nukes comes to be, and who's to say he's wrong, then it's conceivable if not predictable, that self-restraint, usually the hallmark of an enlightened civilization, will fall away and vengeance and anarchy will have found fertile ground. Whoever is most out favor at the time, or seen as an internal threat may very well be in danger. We've seen this happen after wars. This doesn't qualify as a threat.
2005-09-23 18:26 | User Profile
"Turns out Michael Lopez-Calderon, a public school teacher in Maryland who recently issued a death threat to Justin Raimondo, was fired from Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2001 for – wait for it, wait for it – "endorsing violence against Israelis."
[B]What was he, the janitor?[/B]
2005-09-23 21:59 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Petr] Or could it be Ponce?! :tongue: Petr[/QUOTE] Ponce ain't literate enough to be a teacher.
AE
2005-09-27 10:37 | User Profile
[QUOTE=DakotaBlue]This doesn't qualify as a threat.[/QUOTE]
Legally no, morally yes. His tone makes it quite clear he's not merely predicting that something bad might happen to Justin Raimondo, he's calling for it, but he's clever enough to be going about it in such a way as to preserve plausible deniability for himself within the criminal justice context. Basically, he's getting away with a crime.
2005-09-27 10:59 | User Profile
[QUOTE=xmetalhead]If America was a sane country, people like the Whoreowitzm would be writing their diatribes from within the walls of a proper psychiatric hospital. But, unfortunately, America is insane and it breeds extremists like fly larvae. And I think history shows that when extremists take hold of a country, that scenario never ends well for anybody. That's what these neocon, Jewish-influenced extremists never will understand and unfortunately will take the whole country down in the process.
These people are sick.[/QUOTE]
I've read Horowitz's books. It sure seems once a red-diaper fanatical Communist, always one, even if he now calls himself a neo-con. Or perhaps, once a fanatic, always a fanatic. Either way, I have no use for the man, and don't trust him at all.
2005-09-27 13:48 | User Profile
[QUOTE=YertleTurtle]I've read Horowitz's books. It sure seems once a red-diaper fanatical Communist, always one, even if he now calls himself a neo-con. Or perhaps, once a fanatic, always a fanatic. Either way, I have no use for the man, and don't trust him at all.[/QUOTE]
Yert, before 9/11, I will admit that I liked some of Horowitz's commentary, being that he was outspoken about the anti-white racial double standard in America and appeared to be anti-liberal.... but that was then and this is now and the guy is nothing more than a paranoid fascist.
2005-09-27 20:31 | User Profile
quote Horowitz
[QUOTE]"...A Hobbesian 'war of all against all' will emerge as the criminal, opportunistic, and seditious elements strike out. Expect heavily armed and infuriated conservatives to launch a cleansing war against the traitors. The armed will mow down the mostly unarmed segments, especially those elements that devoted forty-plus years to anti-American hatred to destroy this country. Should the likes of Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Michael Moore, Ward Churchill, Dennis[?] Raimondo, et al. act out their sedition in a just-nuked America, expect their bodies to be found shot full of holes. Expect gun battles at banks, food stores, ATMs, gas stations, and outside hospitals. Leftist professors will be strung up. It will be every man, woman, and child for themselves."[/QUOTE]
[B]Maybe I'm missing something, but the scenario he described always leads to retribution. It's human nature. Horowitz may be playing it cute as you suggest by couching his personal hopes behind a bit of slickness, but still I don't get the same level of intensity as you do. I see it as a warning...i.e., continue to weaken this country by your attacks on the president and your countrymen will make no distinction between you and others who do the same with more sinister motives. It's one of the uncontrolled results of war. We saw it in Europe after WWII when Nazi sympathizers and collaborators were hunted down, degraded and killed. I don't think it happened because the Allies had a hit list but rather because anger mixed with nationalism melded into an extremely volatile potion. I doubt if Raimondo thinks Horowitz is out gunning for him. What's more disturbing is that Raimondo is mentioned but not the ACLU. I would ask why he didn't mention them.[/B]
2005-09-27 22:27 | User Profile
Yert, before 9/11, I will admit that I liked some of Horowitz's commentary, being that he was outspoken about the anti-white racial double standard in America and appeared to be anti-liberal.... but that was then and this is now and the guy is nothing more than a paranoid fascist.
That's exactly what happened to me. I don't think the man's really changed all that much.
2005-09-28 19:26 | User Profile
I'll admit I haven't followed Horowitz's career closely at all. I read a few of his books and they were excellent. So what has this forum so apoplectic about this guy, other than his predictable pro-Israel positions?
2005-09-29 02:54 | User Profile
[QUOTE=DakotaBlue]I'll admit I haven't followed Horowitz's career closely at all. I read a few of his books and they were excellent. So what has this forum so apoplectic about this guy, other than his predictable pro-Israel positions?[/QUOTE]
His parents were Communists and he was for years a traitorous red-diaper baby. Then he decided he was a Republican. Now he's a neocon, attacking anyone against the war. He sure seems to be an example of "once a fanatic, always a fanatic." So he's gone from Commie to Republican back to Commie again. Many people wish he would just shut the hell up. Who put this traitor in charge of anything?