Look What Happened to www.bushisamoron.org

[Joey Liberal]

I clicked on www.bushisamoron.org and it is now a Department of Justice page! Is DU next?


http://www.bushisamoron.org/

[cdb]

1. Ok. Is this a joke or do I need to worry?

THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN CONFISCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL STATUTE §1.013.021

YOUR IP ADDRESS HAS BEEN RECORDED AND IS BEING TRANSMITTED TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES.

[rodeodance]

15. whow--

I dot the same thing:

THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN CONFISCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL STATUTE §1.013.021

YOUR IP ADDRESS HAS BEEN RECORDED AND IS BEING TRANSMITTED TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES.
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[Joey Liberal]

25. It apparently is a joke

I did click on the flag at the bottom, and that takes you to the real web site.

[knight_of_the_star]

33. Damn that scared me for a minute there

That was good

[JimmyJazz]

Holy Shit! If that isn't a joke, it's the scariest thing I have ever seen

Wow.

[Al-CIAda]

2. WTF?

[meegbear]

3. I didn't know John Ashcroft was still Attorney General

Who knew?

[sui generis]

4. fake site

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Well, I clicked on it too..so I guess I will see you in the Fed pen.

[Joey Liberal]

16. They wont take me without a fight

Seriously, I had the Bushisamoron site in my favorites list. I went to check on it for the first time in a while, and I got that DOJ crap.

[woosh]

6. joke

[rniel]

7. i hope that's a joke

It says my ip has been recorded and I have broken a law by going to that page. Will I be arrested?? What the hell is that about?

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. Is that for real?

:wow:

Feds will probably be knocking on my door in 3...2...1

That's scary stuff if true. :scared:

[kiraboo]

9. I'm going to assume it's a joke. But just in case somebody is

monitoring me.... BRING IT ON, DIPSHITS!

[iamjoy]

10. Is This A Joke?

It shows Attorney General John Ashcroft

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

11. Scroll to the bottom and click on the flag. It takes you to the site.

It looks like a gag to me

[Verve]

19. THANK YOU MADASHELL FOR YOUR INFO! SUCH RELIEF!

Very funny!

[Norquist Nemesis]

20. **WHEW!!**

Thanks!

[Joey Liberal]

27. I was scared for a awhile.......

Thanks for clearing that up. I was worried that I was going to have some right wing wackos from DOJ show up at my house and take me to Gitmo:).........

[formerrepuke]

12. No way! Is this for real?...or maybe that site..

contained elements which directly threatened the president..? Having never been to it- can anyone summarize what was on that website..?..

[Cooley Hurd]

13. It's a joke: "FEDERAL STATUTE §1.013.021" doesn't exist...

I googled it and only two sites came up:
http://www.bushisamoron.org/

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread123016/pg1 (a message board specifically mentioning the other site)

[TexasLawyer]

29. Right

There is no such thing as "FEDERAL STATUTE §1.013.021". Federal Statute citations always start with a book number, like "18 USC § 717" or "5 USC § 546". (USC stands for U.S. Code).

The hacker should be prosecuted for impersonating the Feds. This chills freedom of speech and freedom of association. If it is not a crime, it should be.

[Dave Sund]

14. Bottom of the page

click at the very bottom, and you'll get into the real website.

Clever joke. ;)

[punpirate]

17. It's a spoof...

... if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, put the cursor over the flag, it explodes. Click on that and it takes you to bushisamoron.org.

Cheers.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

18. Is this a joke?

[BeHereNow]

21. That site is the work of pathetic freepers

with too much time on their hands and
too few brains in their heads.
Don't give the site any traffic by going to it.
BHN

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. you DID notice that the AG listed was Ashcroft RIGHT?

[AutumnMist]

23. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If this is indeed what happened. That is frightening. What the hell is going on? As a mother I want a better world for my daughter. I will fight until I have nothing left so she can grow up in a world without all of this bullshit. May she be able to speak her mind, be free, and make a difference. Thats all I want for all of us.

[sui generis]

24. just peek at the code if you're not sure

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body,td,th {
font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;
color: #000000;
}
body {
background-color: #333399;
background-image: url(pranked/bg.gif);
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;

[cestpaspossible]

26. It's a joke

[The Doctor.]

28. Great hook!

very clever.

The DOJ, had they the authority, would have simply shut it down... not posted 'warnings'.

But even I thought twice... we shouldn't believe they wouldn't start stamping out online communities they don't like.

[BrklynLiberal]

30. Guess the sad part is that we even thought that this could possibly be

real.

[Berserker]

31. All websites know these things

about you when you visit.

Host Name:
IP Address:
Country:
Region:
City:
ISP:
Visit Length:

And they can tell what you are clicking on and reading. Unless you use a proxy.

[knight_of_the_star]

32. That looks like the real thing

That doesn't look good.