Timothy Burns's Moneybomb has bombed. The Pennsylvania businessman we've been supporting in the spirit of a Scott Brown Surprise for the Keystone State's Congressional District 12 — the seat worn down through years of abuse by its former occupant, the late John Murtha — had been "buoyed by an electorate exceptionally sour on national Democrats" until early this morning, when his website came under vicious attack (see screenshot above). As Burns cheerleading captain Angela Lash twittered in dismay:
LOL, what a coincidence: Joe Biden comes to PA, and Timothy Burns website server gets hacked interfering with moneybomb. MAIL a check.
Can anything be done about it? Don't know. As of 5 o'clock this afternoon, Burns's website was still inaccessible, but even as Chicago-style thuggery seemed to be gaining the upper hand in cyberspace, law and order were being restored in our own backyard, where K9 "Marco" (above left) of the Chelsea Police Department traced the footsteps and located the discarded firearm of a fugitive from justice whom Tuck had spotted moments earlier dashing through our yard. In an unrelated but eerily similar bit of news:
Dangerous prisoner escapes in Chelsea, still loose.
What with current events trending towards government infringement of our freedoms, and a general feeling of all hell's breaking loose, we'd been thinking about the Second Amendment quite a bit of late. Time for Sissy to get her gun?
Yes, dear.... Preferably a large caliber model.
Posted by: Loiseller | April 23, 2010 at 05:36 PM
The site works fine for me. What you are seeing appears to be some kind of proxy blocker, or a corporate filter, or an application on your computer, like Norton's or something else locally.
You would not see such a message if his site was indeed hacked.
My best advice is to uninstall Norton's and don't use any proxy servers that your ISP may offer.
Posted by: ED-209 | April 23, 2010 at 05:37 PM
Bon voyage to freedom as only the USA has known it if the citizens are no longer allowed to defend themselves against those who have illegal means of attacking and stealing our goods. And goodbye to freedom from dictatorship.
Posted by: goomp | April 23, 2010 at 05:37 PM
ED-209: I don't have Norton's or anything like that. Am on a mac.
Posted by: Sissy Willis | April 23, 2010 at 11:54 PM
I got a message like this when going to Fausta's blog (http://faustasblog.com/). I emailed her about it and it went away in a couple of days. She probably knows what to do.
Posted by: Nolanimrod | April 24, 2010 at 09:13 AM
Get a gun. Get really comfortable with it by taking lessons and going to the range often. Most of all, be very sure in your own mind that you have a right to defend yourself and other innocent people.
I've been a "gun nut" since I was a child. More than once I have been very, very grateful to have a gun at my side. Liberals think you're safer living where guns are outlawed. Smart people know you are safer where the good citizens all have guns and the outlaws know what attempted crime will cost them!
Posted by: raincityjazz | April 24, 2010 at 10:11 AM
Arming yourself is always a good idea. Get a gun. Or two; shotgun for home protection and handgun for carry.
Posted by: pam | April 24, 2010 at 10:33 AM