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O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,

  That I am meek and gentle with  these butchers!

Thou art the ruins of the noblest man

That ever lived in the tide of times.

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!

Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--

Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,

To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--

A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;

Domestic fury and fierce civil strife

Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;

Blood and destruction shall be so in use

And dreadful objects so familiar

That mothers shall but smile when they behold

Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;

All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:

And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,

With Ate by his side come hot from hell,

Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice

Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;

That this foul deed shall smell above the earth

With carrion men, groaning for burial.

from 'Julius Caesar' ~ William Shakespeare

 What I mean to say is this:   I have been pretty quiet on this blog for the past two months. I have done very little here to feed the flames of this 'pirate war', and have let the vermin do as they would... and they have not paused.   (You know which 'vermin' I mean-- "Commander Bunny" and "Kracker". Those aiding them... I consider to be of little note.)   They have continued to publish my full real name, on almost a daily basis, (mostly Commander Bunny), and what they believe to be my photo and personal information, out one side of their mouth while preaching on the 'sin' of 'outing a pirate' out the other side, with relatively few retaliations from me.  Ok, fine.  'Free speech', right? (unless I want to post on the FRN, but that's another story, isn't it).   Well, guess what guys: You don't get to hold me to a different standard, just because I have been busted by the FCC, and you haven't.   You don't get to publish a bunch of personal information on me, and then whine like little girls (the REAL "crybabies of pirate radio") when I retaliate....   (OK--- you can whine like little girls if you want, and you almost certainly will-- 'free speech' and all that, but I trust the majority to judge the situation fairly.)   Whatever 'damage' this might do to pirate radio, I sincerely regret--- and I have been holding back, for a long time, things that I could have revealing, waiting a while to see how the worms would turn...   but I am not going to sit here taking a daily beating any longer, while they escape without serious retribution. I mean to start fighting back, and with the weapon that they fear most:   PUBLISHED INFORMATION   (I guess maybe that's why they were so anxious to get me producing shows-- hoping that would keep me from blogging anymore-- because they fear the blog more.  Let's face it: only a few people will hear a pirate show on shortwave, but a blog post can stay up forever... Our most visited page has over 900 hits already, rather amazing for the tiny niche of North American pirate radio!)   Well, guess what guys: We can do BOTH, and now we SHALL! See, I can be both a writer AND a producer, and see no reason to have to choose between them!   This post is a placeholder; I'm right in the middle of producing another show for the TCS Shortwave Relay Network stations... you may begin to hear that over the holiday weekend; (By the way, Commander-- thank you for your endorsement-- we will certainly be playing the heck out of that!)   and then, there are certain stories I have long promised to publish, pertinent information that I have been sitting on for months and when that show is finished, those stories will begin to run.     'Gentlemen' (and I use that term very loosely):   Your free lunch is over.  The wolf is loose.  It is ON now.                                       ~ John Poet    

"Pat!!-- Stop 'holding the pickles' !"

Pirate Radio News & Commentary By John Poet Well, Commander "Pat the Bunny" Murphy has been blogging it up in a rabid keyboard-pounding frenzy of late; outing the identities of current or former pirate radio operators and their locations repeatedly, in case we missed it the fifth or ninth or twenty-ninth time; making accusations of pseudonymity  (look it up, Pat-- I know that's a big word for you) against multiple DXers in his frantic attempts to discover the real identity of 'Guise Faux' of the Radio Paranoia blog; and now busy with his online stalking of yet another female DXer.  "Way to go, Patty-cakes!"  That seems like an excellent method of enticing more women into the hobby, you romantic charmer, you!  About all I was able to decipher out of one of his recent incoherent, malevolent mouth-foaming tirades, is that he now has a new job at the Newport News Burger King!  "Have it your way, Pat!"  I guess the public contact is useful to him, as he can now easily distribute large numbers of unsolicited WBNY QSL packages without driving all the way to Lansing, Michigan to post them.  

Congratulations on your new job, Pat! It's certainly a step forward in honesty, as opposed to that phony radio consulting business you used to claim to run.  I guess "Sugar-Mama" demanded that you go out and get a real job, instead of constantly sponging money off of her?  You do look pretty spiffy in that nice, clean 'monkey-suit'!   I recommend grilling the rabbit, folks--- as the sign says, "it's not too tough". THANK YOU, Pat, for your incessant 'invocations' to my mother   Dear Pat,   Thank you for your repeated 'invocations' to my mother on your WBNY blog. It was a very painful and difficult time, but she was fortunate to have loving family nearby at the time of her passing.  I'm glad I was able to be there at her side when she died. I hope that, when your time comes, you are fortunate enough to have loving family at your side. Sincerely, John Poet P.S. It may quite possibly induce 'bad karma' upon the poster in question to "worry the dead" by repetitively speaking of the deceased, (not to mention being incredibly tasteless),  particularly in the disrespectful manner in which you have been doing for quite some time regarding my mother. As you've mentioned your belief in 'karma' numerous times, I am sure you'll want to avoid inducing bad karma upon yourself in the future. So, now that you know her status, I suggest that from now on, it might be wise for you to keep your filthy mouth off of her, lest you provoke the Great Karma Master Upstairs to drop a house on you.... or toss a lightning bolt into the 'ole Grenade!    Offers of Employment Unnecessary, But Thanks Anyway, Pat!    I would also like to thank "Pat the Bunny" for his repeated statements of 'concern' for my employment status.  Commander Murphy, your concern is unnecessary.  Just because you have been unable to find any references to my employment on the internet, or because your 'online detective services' and 'background reports' which you have pulled on me have not been able to provide you with this information, does not mean that I lack gainful employment--      What it means is, I have been quite careful regarding with whom I share this priviledged information-- so that it would not fall into the hands of an internet stalker such as yourself, or anyone else who might seek to misuse this information to further their own evil, twisted or capitalistic ends. (I'm sure the same applies to other people who seem to have taken the same sort of precautions... such as 'Corq'...)    So, I do understand your frustration,  at being unable to buy the information that you want on me at any price, but you needn't worry further furry about me (and I'm quite sure the fact that I've never been arrested was a MAJOR disappointment for you!)    I won't be joining you at Burger King any time soon, but thanks anyway!   Take it easy on those fat-burgers, and stop holding the 'pickles'-- if you know what I mean!   Here's some more free advice for you:  

Pirate Radio News & Commentary by John Poet He sure seems to want everyone to know how infatuated he is with me. I'm truly touched by all the wonderful cards, letters and automobile decals he's printed up to shout out to the world,   'Commander Bunny & Kracker Love     Poet and The Crystal Ship!' They've spent more money trying to court me than they've spent on their own psychotherapists! So, seems that the recent package of Commander Murphy rabbit-droppings which was sent out to various people was post-marked in Lansing, Michigan, where we all now surely know that I am... (BTW, Commander: "Real pirates" as you call them, actually FILL OUT the data on their "real" QSL cards-- they don't just send out BLANK QSLs without the reception data filled in...    ---Unless, of course, you are sending them out blank because they are unsolicited, because no one bothers to send reception reports to station ops who turn into stalkers and FCC snitches, anymore?  Tell, tell!)

As reported on the FRN: Packages of Bunny Swill postmarked in Lansing, Michigan Some listeners seem befuddled as to why the packages from 'Major Sockpuppet' should be post-marked in Lansing. Well, let me clear up that mystery for you! (Now, I wouldn't be telling you all this, if CB hadn't raised the subject by hauling those packages along with him to be postmarked HERE--- expressly for MY benefit--- but since I am now in a postion to answer your questions about that, answer I will DO! I wouldn't want anyone to think that Commander or friends wasted all that gas just to get that 'Lansing, MI' postmark!   Thanks for bringing the subject up, Corporal Furrball!) See, I guess I am supposed to find out about that, and somehow feel 'threatened'. Or 'loved', perhaps.  'Desired' ?  'Adored'?  I don't know. It does certainly prove that 'Jerry Rabbit' is doing all he can to try to get my attention. But sorry, no deal, Private Buttsteak!  Not enough! Maybe,  you should buy me....   a new car!

From the Commander Bunny WBNY Blog:

'Cause talking shit in person is dangerous'? Well, Commander Murphy... YOU WOULD KNOW! You are, after all, THE EXPERT when it comes to 'talking shit' to people while hiding behind the internet!  Half the time, you're also hiding behind about half a hundred sock-puppets, as well!

And then, there's your COWARDLY refusal to take comments on your blog...

The list just goes on and on and on.... and why not quit repeating that lie about Artie Bigley turning us in-- you just look like a complete idiot, sticking to that lie that everyone now knows was completely manufactured by you...

  Oh, BTW... a measly 100 watts is NOT "high power" to anyone who isn't using a flea-powered transmitter that no one but sock-puppets can hear anyway....

Pirate Radio News & Commentary by John Poet In light of 'Commander Bunny's constant whining about "keyboard-pounding bloggers" who have seen fit to expose his now well-known abuses of listeners, other pirates, people's private information, suspected snitching out of other pirates to the F.C.C. and Industry Canada, and his admitted use of sock-puppets on pirate radio forums to bully other participants, we decided to report on the actual facts: Who has actually done the most "keyboard-pounding" (that's 'blog posting' for you adults) over an extended period?  What are the actual post numbers?

Since 'Commander Bunny' deleted his entire blog last summer, and then recommenced posting on July 20, 2011, we will examine the two months from July 20th through September 20th. Commander's most frequent whining involves posts by Guise Faux of the Radio Paranoia blog, and our website here at tcsshortwave.com, so we shall compare the post counts of these three websites. (Documentation and dates of posts appear at the bottom of this article, since the lists are rather long, especially one in particular...) Let us begin, shall we? During the period of July 20 through September 20, there was a total of 10 posts on The Crystal Ship blog here at tcsshortwave.com: TCS Shortwave - 10 posts During the same period, there was a total of 12 posts on the Radio Paranoia blog. (A few of these had nothing to do with the pirate radio scene, but we'll be generous and count them anyway!) Radio Paranoia- 12 posts So what was the grand total of posts by 'Commander Bunny' on the WBNY blog during this same period? Commander Bunny/WBNY blog - 26 posts !

The grand total of posts on the WBNY blog comes to the rather desperate and disturbing total of 26 posts--- out "keyboard-pounding" his nearest competitor by a margin of more than two to one!   (CB 26, RP 12) Commander Bunny did more "keyboard-pounding" than TCS by a margin of  2.6 to 1! (CB 26, TCS 10) In fact, 'Commander Bunny's "keyboard-pounding" post total was more than that of the Radio Paranoia blog and the TCS Shortwave blog, PUT TOGETHER!  (26 to 22)! Results TCS Shortwave       = 10 Radio Paranoia       = 12 TCS + RP                = 22 Commander Bunny = 26 So, it turns out that the (former) pirate radio broadcaster known as 'Commander Bunny' is Pirate Radio's BIGGEST "Keyboard-Pounder"!   Congratulations, 'Commander Bunny'!

If you would like to personally congratulate 'Commander Bunny' on being an insufferable ass Pirate Radio's Biggest 'Keyboard-Pounder', just drop him an email at [email protected]  (Since he's been turning-off all commenting on his blog, like the big coward that he is, we think that means he wants everyone to email him!)

There's just one small problem with him being the biggest keyboard-pounder, though... There's a (former) pirate radio broadcaster that I know of, who has informed all of us, that "Keyboard Pounders Aren't Pirates!"

Indeed, 'Commander Bunny'... Indeed!  And now, you've proven yourself to be much more of a "keyboard pounder" than you are a pirate radio broadcaster!  Nice work on that! Us?   Well, CB, as you well know, we can't really broadcast anymore, since you made sure we were busted by the FCC!   So "keyboard pounding" is all we got... all thanks to YOU! And, since we are losing so badly in the keyboard-pounding ratio, we can see we are going to have to "up the ante" and escalate our non-broadcasting, blogging not-pirating activities, to inflate our 'post count'! So, what are we going to be publishing to accomplish that? Here's a hint, CB:  You're not going to like it.  Not one little bit.  Not any of it. (It is rather ironic that, while you're not going to like any of it ((understatement)), you have certainly been 'asking for it' !)

Pirate Radio News & Commentary, "a la Commander Bunny" by John Poet (This post written in the style of the has-been shortwave radio pirate and part-time internet stalker known as 'Commander Bunny' who does not broadcast anymore-- but without all the dirty words  'Commander Bunny' a sixth-grader would use...) "Oh my god! (insert deity of your choice, non-lepus variety)!

The Great Noodled Appendage

 "The has-been radio pirate known as 'Commander Bunny' aka WBNY Radio Snitch-Puppet, is ruining, what used to be a "fun  practice" of Pirate Radio.

  "Time for this Non-Influential, Non-Broadcasting, Over-Rated Has-Been  to either shape-up or 'Have a Big Cup of STFU!'   

  "We are recommending a “Truth About the Pirate Radio War Video” for the

short attention span, short-minded 'Commander Bunny' and his other non-broadcasting, FRN sock-puppet know-it-alls!

    "When all you can do is collect people's personal information and mailing addresses, libel listeners, snitch out REAL stations with REAL transmitters to the F.C.C., and you

DON’T BROADCAST ANYTHING,

you really have no place in shortwave Pirate Radio! 

(but maybe you belong in the Virginia State Hospital...)

"There is noplace

for the hate and lies you keep passing along disguised as the bile-filled rantings of a no-longer-influential, mentally deluded, over-rated has-been and severely disturbed lunatic!"

(oh, wait-- that's not a disguise!)

'Commander Bunny' = F.C.C. Snitch

((Now, REMEMBER-- this was supposed to be

in the 'style' of 'Commander Bunny'.

Did I do it?  Was it pretty close?

other than missing the filthy language.... ?

"The North American pirate radio war of 2011, was largely caused by the extensive use of sock-puppets by 'Commander Bunny', of WBNY (aka 'Pat Murphy'), to control and dominate the Free Radio Network, a long-standing forum devoted to shortwave pirate radio listening. The most active sock-puppets were exposed by John Poet of The Crystal Ship pirate radio station, as well as by Guise Faux of the satirical Radio Paranoia blog. Poet and TCS were subsequently caught be the FCC. Poet and many pirate DXers believe the FCC was given helpful information by FCC snitches 'Commander Bunny' & 'Kracker'." Special thanks to 'The Radical' for all his hard work on the video editing. Written by The Poet and The Radical -Comments-In-Brief- "Blog Hits?  We Don't Need No Stinkin' Blog Hits!"

by John Poet Pirate Radio News & Commentary As I stated in our previous post, I was about to publish some listener reaction to the torpedoing of The Crystal Ship when we were interrupted by the raging sock-puppeteer sometimes known as 'Commander Bunny' also known by many other names...  Bunny  was attempting to frame a well-known DXer as the snitch who complained to the FCC about TCS, with his poorly done faked emails, in an attempt to deflect the rising anger of the pirate radio community against him for his suspected involvement in getting TCS busted by the FCC.  That frame-up attempt on his part has been a rather embarassing failure which has only seemed to reinforce the case against him.

  In the interim, aware that I intended to post some email comments, I was contacted by a listener who was concerned about the possible repercussions of being known  to have said anything nice about us:

"I found your latest blog post very interesting, and it certainly looks like CB has driven in the final nail in his coffin.  I ask however that when (and if) you do a blog post quoting the outpouring of support from listeners, that you please not give my name, nor post any references pointing to me (***** ******, for example). I'd really appreciate that, as *********, and don't want any trouble."