Barrett,
         Good grief!  A snipe hunt?
 Please, I am a little too busy to find random articles that you have
written...I am a corporate strategist in my "spare" time. If you have the
link and do want to have a productive discussion then please just provide
the link.
                     Regards, Ghost


 Ghost-

You might want to try reading my last e-mail again. I'm asking you to
prove
your assertion that no one links to the evidence of McCain's racism when
they claim that McCain is a racist. To do this, you'll need to go through
the articles I've written on McCain, find one that doesn't link to
evidence
of his racism, and then send me that link. Good luck!

Expectingly Yours,

Barrett Brown

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:08 AM, <ghost@christmasghost.com> wrote:

 Barrett,
         Of course I would have no problem with it...where is it?
 Link please....
                     Regards, Ghost




 Ghost-

You ask, "why is it that no one that makes these claims ever links the
evidence of it to their "claims"?"

If someone makes a claim about another person without linking to
supporting
evidence, then that someone has done a terrible and irresponsible

thing

indeed. So, since you yourself are claiming that I don't link to

evidence

of
my claims regarding McCain when I write about him, you should have no
problem linking to an article I've written on McCain that does not

include

a
link to evidence of his racism.

I look forward to your prompt and successful citation.

Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:48 PM, <ghost@christmasghost.com> wrote:

 Barrett,
       No problems, I understood the minute I saw the "Mr.Ghost" that
there was merely a misunderstanding.I too have a very disorganized

inbox

thanks to 'to much to do' as I'm sure you are experiencing also.
 Frankly I am surprised that an accomplished man such as yourself

would

say, to quote you, "I admire Johnson for taking a stand against those
whom
he deems to be in the wrong."
 Frankly the operative phrase there is "he deems". Last time I

checked

Charles was neither a God nor especially intuitive.....let's not

confuse

a
raging ego and paranoia with intuition. Perhaps it's what you want to
hear
because of your established political beliefs, but it still doesn't

make

him right.
 My personal experience with Charles was quite unpleasant. I found

him

to
be shockingly narcissistic and idiotic and, frankly I found it
surprising
to say the least.It certainly didn't live up to the hype.
 Now about Mr. McCain....why is it that no one that makes these

claims

ever links the evidence of it to their "claims"? It's very easy to

call

someone a racist [sadly] however the actual description of a racist

is

quite different from what way too many people have been throwing

around

lately. For instance Charles ,I'm sure, would be considered a racist
merely for disagreeing with Obama....if he ever did.That's all it

takes

in today's world.....which I find quite disturbing and sad.
 It demeans what people have actually suffered under real racism and
instead turns a "sticks and stones" moment into a drama.....a racial
drama. Which is such good cover for some really disturbing and

dishonest

behavior on the part of our politicians.
 Can you honestly say that you would have been comfortable with Bush
using
these same techniques?
 Of course not.....no decent person would.
 And then you really go off the rails with this comment which I truly
hope
you will reconsider: "I have actually bothered to look into the

evidence

whereas you have not, and I suspect that you wouldn't care even if

you

had."
 And you are upset with me and/or TFMo for teasing Johnson? You just
accused me [or him] quite unfairly, I might add, of being either a
racist
or a racist sympathizer.
 I am a member of the DAR, does this mean that to you I am anti

British?

 Isn't all of this labeling rather silly and pointless in the end?
Charles
has made his bed all by himself, no one forced him to start stabbing
people in the back with whom he formerly enjoyed mutual ties of

respect.

If his issues with people were actually based on reality and not
political expediency then everyone could and would take him

seriously.

But as it is they are not...he is merely being a parasite. The old

dog

died , time to jump on the new one.
 And it isn't working in case you haven't noticed.
 The old saying that "you sleep with dogs you get fleas" comes to

mind,

only in this case i would advise you to step away from the carcass
formerly known as LGF before you find yourself wearing a pleather
"biker"
vest with a lizard logo on the back.......
 In the end I can say that I follow one important rule and I have

found

that you really can never go wrong with it: "It's not who is
right...it's
what's right."
 Think about that and then examine Charles' behavior...you seem like

a

decent man and I would be surprised if you did not reconsider your
position.
 And as for the art work, I am also an artist and trust me, you just
don't
do that to someone's art.....it's pretty common knowledge.
                                 Regards, Ghost




 Ghost-

I just realized that you're a different person than the fellow who

did

the

cartoon, as well as a female. Apologies for the mix-up; I've got a

very
disorganized inbox over here.

At any rate, good luck with your campaign against me. Let me know

if

you
need any material.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Barrett Brown

<barriticus@gmail.com>

wrote:

Mr. Ghost-
Obviously, you have every right to say anything you'd like about

me,

and

you may publish this correspondence as well if you think that my

act

of
parodying your cartoon constitutes some great crime against art or
civility

or whatever it is that you think I am guilty of and are of the

opinion
that

this exchange will help to support whatever contention you're

trying

to
make. I hope you'll publish the entire exchange, though - if I'm

truly

in

the wrong, the full context will help your case.
But I am truly astonished that you think the act of parodying

someone's
work is some unconventional or evil thing. Let me walk you through

this

one

more time:
1. You did a cartoon making fun of Charles Johnson, which is of

course
your

right.
2. I considered the cartoon to be ridiculously unfair and frankly

misleading insomuch as that McCain is very clearly a white

supremacist

(and

not particularly funny insomuch as that it hinges largely on

Johnson

being,

like, a baby who wets his baby diaper).
3. I downloaded a copy of your cartoon and altered it in order to

turn
it

into a parody of the situation.
4. I sent a copy of this parody to you, McCain, and Johnson. I did

not
profit from it or even publish it, although it would be totally legal
for me

to have done so thanks to Fair Use - you know, that legal doctrine

which

allows you to take the intellectual property of others, such as

Snoopy
and

the Jawas, and employ them in your own ham-fisted attempt at

satire.

5.
You went fucking nuts.

Regarding Johnson and McCain - I admire Johnson for taking a stand

against

those whom he deems to be in the wrong. McCain is clearly in the

wrong
-

that he wrote for a white supremacist outlet and posted links to

the

neo-Nazi site overthrow.com, for instance, constitutes pretty clear
evidence that he is himself a racist. All of the stuff he wrote in
defense

of slavery doesn't really help much, either. There is, in

addition,

another

incident that I have recently discovered and will be revealing

soon,

and

which goes beyond simply holding distasteful opinions. Suffice to

say

that

am in a better position than you are to characterize the fellow

insomuch

as
that I have actually bothered to look into the evidence whereas

you

have

not, and I suspect that you wouldn't care even if you had. At any

rate,
I

take responsibility for the charges I make, as I make these

charges

under my

own name and expose myself to the consequences. You do not.
People such as yourself are not interested in getting things

right;

you
are

interested in getting things done.
Regards,
Barrett Brown
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:39 PM, <ghost@christmasghost.com> wrote:

 Barrett,
           I realize that you are not an artist, so perhaps you

would

have no way of knowing that you just don't take someone's
artwork and deface it...virtually or otherwise.
 It's just not done.
Or at the very least, if you feel you must do it, be funny about

it.

Your

"parody" was pathetic attempt to carry water for a vile and

disgusting
little man who wouldn't know the meaning of honesty or decency if it
jumped up and bit him in the ass. And it made me very curious; why
you,

of
all people, would you waste your time and energy carrying water

for

Mad

King Charles is beyond me.
 Surely the monetary problems at HuffPo would be a more pressing

issue?

 Or perhaps you could advance your own career by doing some
investigative
journalism and expose the corruption that is right under your own

nose....

 ACORN ring any bells for you?
 Journalists like you give the profession a very bad name, and

people

are
going to remember this...all of it. People like myself will make

sure
of

that, and it won't be a difficult job. I realize that since you

weren't

even aware of how crass it is to defile someone's artwork,perhaps

you
also aren't aware of the huge backlash that is coming your way....

 Perhaps you should spend a little more time worrying about your

own

career and less about carrying water for a certifiable idiot.
 Just a thought....
                       Fondly, Ghost
 Howdy!

I liked your recent comic strip, but thought the text could use

a

little-reworking. I've attached my version here.

Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY