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Para ello, el programa ofrecerá a tod@s los jóvenes de hasta 30 años, el registro de su dominio así
como herramientas para la creación de páginas web durante un año.

Cuenta con la colaboración de varias empresas de servicios de alojamiento, correo electrónico, herramientas de contenidos multimedia, espacio blog o entornos sociales en condiciones preferentes para los jóvenes bajo el marco del programa.

No pierdas la oportunidad y realiza la solicitud de tu dominio .es rellenando este formulario en el que
podrás seleccionar la empresa colaboradora con la que deseas contratar tu dominio y paquete
web gratis.

• 1.- ¿Qué ofrece el Programa “Jóvenes en red”?

  El programa “Jóvenes en red” da la oportunidad, a los jóvenes de hasta 30 años que tengan un NIF o NIE válido, de adquirir de forma gratuita durante un año un paquete web completo que les permita su presencia en Internet.

  El paquete básico que se ofrecerá constará de las siguientes características mínimas, si bien está sujeto a mejoras y detalles incluidos por la empresa colaboradora:

  • 1) Registro y Gestión de un nombre de dominio “.es”
  • 2) Almacenamiento web:
    • -Espacio web 200 MB
    • -Transferencia Mensual 2 GB
  • 3) Buzones de correo:
    • -5 Cuentas de correo
    • -Antispam, Antiphising
  • 4) Diseño web:
    • -Editor de páginas web
    • -Blogs
  • 5) Herramientas y administración:
    • -Gestión DNS
    • -Panel de control
    • -Estadísticas de consumo
  • 6) Elementos de seguridad.

  Para conocer más detalles sobre el paquete web deberás consultar con las distintas empresas colaboradoras. Desde nuestro Centro de Atención a Usuarios, 902 010 755 o esnic@ nic.es, podemos facilitarte sus datos de contacto.

• 2) ¿Qué reglas deberá cumplir el nombre de dominio?

  Para proceder a la asignación del nombre de dominio solicitado:

  - Debe tratarse de un dominio libre. Por una parte no debe estar registrado en el momento de la solicitud, y por otra no debe existir una solicitud previa con preferencia.

  - No puede ser un nombre de dominio incluido en las listas de dominios reservados, es decir, relativos a denominaciones de órganos constitucionales, otras instituciones del Estado, organizaciones internacionales o supranacionales, y topónimos que coincidan con la denominación oficial de administraciones públicas territoriales

  - No puede estar incluido en la lista de términos prohibidos que contempla la normativa vigente, e incluye términos prohibidos por resolución judicial, términos de Internet cuyo uso puede generar confusión, términos que coincidan con un nombre de dominio de primer nivel (como .com, .edu, .fr, .de…).

  - Debe cumplir la normas de sintaxis de la normativa vigente: los únicos caracteres válidos son los propios de las lenguas españolas, los dígitos del 0 al 9, y el guión “-” (que no puede ser ni el primero, ni el último carácter del nombre de dominio).

  - Debe cumplir el resto de normas establecidas en el Plan Nacional de Nombres de dominio.

• 3) ¿Se puede solicitar un nombre de dominio internacionalizado (IDN)?

  Si, pero hay que tener en cuenta que es poco común el uso de nombres de dominio internacionalizados en los sistemas de correo electrónico, dado que su correcto funcionamiento depende en gran medida del fabricante y configuración de las aplicaciones servidor y cliente

  Además, no todos los navegadores soportan correctamente la codificación de estos nombres de dominio. Así mismo, en función del software o de su configuración, el usuario visualizará el nombre de dominio internacionalizado o la codificación ACE correspondiente.

• 4) ¿Se puede solicitar un dominio de tercer nivel?

  No. Debe solicitarse un nombre de dominio de segundo nivel

• 5) ¿Qué requisitos debe cumplir un interesado para beneficiarse del Programa “Jóvenes en red”?

  Disponer de un NIF o NIE válido, y no superar los 30 años, son los requisitos para beneficiarse del Programa.

  El NIF o NIE y los datos adicionales relacionados (fecha validez, y equipo de expedición, etc.) se solicitan con el fin de comprobar y verificar que se trata de un solicitante que cumple las condiciones establecidas para los beneficiarios del programa. Del mismo modo, la información del NIF o NIE es la base para controlar que cada posible beneficiario solicita su participación una única vez.

  Para aclarar cualquier duda o consulta, puedes ponerte en contacto con nuestro Centro de Atención a Usuarios escribiendo a la dirección de correo electrónico es-nic@nic.es, o llamando al 902 010 755.

• 6) ¿Cómo participar en el Programa “Jóvenes en red”? ¿Hasta cuando se puede solicitar la participación?

  El programa “Jóvenes en red” tiene una duración de 6 meses, con lo que desde el 15 de Enero y hasta el próximo 15 de Julio estará habilitada la web www.jovenesenred.es desde donde los interesados podrán enviar el formulario de solicitud.

  Será el interesado quien seleccione la empresa colaboradora con la que quiere contratar el paquete de servicios de presencia en Internet propuesto en la iniciativa.

  El presupuesto máximo del programa es de 2 millones de €, con lo que si se agotase dicho presupuesto sólo los primeros jóvenes interesados se podrán beneficiar de la iniciativa. En el supuesto anteriormente mencionado, las solicitudes se atenderán por prioridad temporal.

• 7) ¿Cómo saber cuales son las empresas colaboradoras?

  En la página web www.jovenesenred.es se están publicitando, desde el pasado día 13 de marzo, los Agentes Registradores seleccionados como empresas colaboradoras.

  En la web podrás encontrar además información sobre la actividad de cada una de las empresas, más detalles acerca de su paquete web, cláusulas jurídicas, etc.

• 8) ¿Se puede solicitar la baja del paquete web en cualquier momento?

  Sí, podrás dar de baja el paquete web poniéndote en contacto con la empresa colaboradora que hayas elegido.

• 9) El primer año el paquete web completo es gratuito pero, a partir del primer año ¿que coste tendrá?

  El coste del paquete web a partir del primer año dependerá de cada empresa colaboradora.

  Antes de seleccionar una de las empresas colaboradoras puedes consultar con estas qué te costará la renovación del paquete. Sin embargo, nada te obliga a renovar con la empresa que elijas ahora.

  Desde nuestro Centro de Atención a Usuarios, 902 010 755 o es-nic@nic.es, podemos facilitarte los datos de contacto de las empresas colaboradoras.

• 10) ¿Cómo saber si la solicitud se ha recibido correctamente? ¿Cuándo va a poder el interesado utilizar el paquete web?

  La confirmación de recepción correcta se indica al enviar el formulario de solicitud disponible en la web www.jovenesenred.es. En la pantalla se muestra el mensaje “Los datos se han enviado con éxito. Próximamente nos pondremos en contacto contigo para informarte del estado de tu solicitud.”

  Antes de seleccionar una de las empresas colaboradoras puedes consultar con estas qué te costará la renovación del paquete. Sin embargo, nada te obliga a renovar con la empresa que elijas ahora.

  Desde nuestro Centro de Atención a Usuarios, 902 010 755 o es-nic@nic.es, podemos facilitarte los datos de contacto de las empresas colaboradoras.

  La tramitación finaliza con la entrega del paquete web completo a través de la empresa colaboradora elegida. Deberás esperar a que esta se ponga en contacto contigo.

  Para aclarar cualquier duda o consulta, debes ponerte en contacto con el servicio de Atención al Cliente de la empresa colaboradora seleccionada. Desde nuestro Centro de Atención a Usuarios, 902 010 755 o es-nic@nic.es, podemos facilitarte los datos de contacto de todas ellas.

The Westinghouse Digital Signage Solution -- DSS -- is budget right and uses their own software and templates, rather than that of a 3rd party supplier. Westinghouse, known as a TV display provider, really has something here. The combination of TV display(s), easy to use functionality and templates, as well as and SD card readable network box makes this a great signage choice, especially when a 42-inch display solution is priced under $2,000. You can even network more displays to cover larger area needs.

The Westinghouse DSS Network box has an SD card reader to make transfer of files easy.

Fantastic.
Fun.
Substantive.

...and audience-driven with lots of DC Media Makers in the room. Marketing guru Rohit Bhargava offered specific examples and insight on how small businesses can build authentic brands - fueled with personality - in our social media age. Lots of Q&A with the audience took place.

And Media Producer & Show Host Jonny Goldstein from Jonny's Par-tay interviewed Rohit in front of a live audience at Busboys and Poets. Thanks to Network Solutions, we all were full with a great night, complete with wine & drink!

Social media event for small biz in dc, personality not included @ jonny's partay.

Marketing maven and author Rohit Bhargava responds to the crowds' questions. In this case he's citing an example on how a plumber, as a small business, might better personalize his customer service (and thus, create a more unique brand in the process).

For a fun archive of the full interview per Jonny's live web show: www.jonnyspartay.com

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Mobile post sent by JillFoster using Utterz.  Replies. ]]> http://completelyunexpected.wordpress.com/?p=12 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:54:33 +0000 completelyunexpected http://completelyunexpected.wordpress.com/?p=12 I've been working IT for over 10 years now, way back before Network Solutions was the behemoth it is today.

Recently I've been working for a $500 million dollar company handling their Interactive Marketing, and dealing with the Hell called Network Solutions.

I believe all things in life should get three strikes. Here are Network Solutions.

1) Incompetent, unavailable, incomprehensible support. The majority of Network Solutions support is handled in India. Unfortunately, instead of the high caliber work they opted for the cheapest solution which involves thick accents (I'm Asian with an Indian best friend... even I can't understand it) and inflexible phone scripts. My average wait time was 2 hours before reaching a rep, two of which hung up on me and none of whom resolved the 8 different issues / occasions I called.

2) Price. Network Solutions prices (between $20-$35 for a "Gold" member) are ridiculous. GoDaddy.com is at $9.95/domain for an average user, or down to $7 for the level we're at. What's the extra money for? They're definitely not spending on their support.

3) Ease of Use. I spent an hour looking for how to find my domains, and well over 4 transferring them. Transferring from other registrars is fairly easy, but transferring from Network Solutions is brain damage. Not only that, but Network Solutions CHARGES $25 to transfer TO THEM!! Compare that to the $7 at GoDaddy with US based, English speaking support.

I'm not the only one with Network Solutions woes, nor will I be the last. But if you're thinking of registering a domain, remember, Network Solutions Sucks!

Experience: Fresher

Location: Mumbai

Walk-in Dates: 2nd to 6th June 2008

Candidate should be interested to work on Technical profile -IT Hardware Networking

Candidate should be an Bsc,BCA or Diploma(polytechnic) pass out in 2006 & 2007 & 2008 +MCP Certified
& If the candidate is Bcom & BA Graduate pass out in 2006 & 2007 & 2008+ MCSE certified
Kindly carry your updated resume and photograph

Apply For This Walk-in Here

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sHouTz to VIRUS Warlock elul21 coll1er seven

I don't know who should be more embarrassed. Comcast for having an Network Solutions account that could be compromised or Network Solutions for allowing it to happen. In any case, it may take until tomorrow to get everything up and running again. Hopefully, both Comcast and Network Solutions can make sure that this doens't happen again. Otherwise it will be totally Comcastic for both of them.

FEATURING LIVE Rohit Bhargava on Jonny's Par-tay!
Join us for a special edition of Jonny Goldstein's weekly, live Web show as Jonny interviews marketing expert Rohit Bhargava on his new book Personality Not Included.

TO RSVP (...free reception!)
Visit our EventBrite page to register

THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR
Network Solutions
in association with DC Media Makers
Bus Boys and Poets
& Jess3

ON LOCATION (with FREE reception)
Bus Boys and Poets
2021 14th St. NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph: 202-387-7638

DATE
Wednesday June 4th

MORE ON
...Jonny's guest Rohit Bhargava:
Rohit is a marketer, blogger, speaker and author of the anticipated
new book, Personality Not Included -- a guide for companies on
understanding and using their personality to better connect with
customers in the social media era. A founding member of the pioneering
360 Digital Influence team at Ogilvy, he writes the Influential Marketing blog (now ranked among the top 50 marketing blogs in the world) and is often featured as an expert in media including The Wall
Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Fast Company. His new book,
published internationally by McGraw-Hill, has received significant
early praise and features a forward by bestselling author and
entrepreneur, Guy Kawasaki.

Since then I've learned a great deal, but am an expert in no one's eyes, especially my own. I know just enough to get myself in trouble.

Our domain registration is up this month, and Network Solutions haws been e-mailing me to remind me to renew. The e-mail included the renewal prices:

• 1 year $34.99/yr
• 2 years $29.99/yr
• 3 years $24.99/yr
• 5 years $19.99/yr
• 100 years $9.99/yr

I was not impressed. Last year we signed up for a virtual server so we could do our own web hosting for ourselves and our clients. The prices for domain names with the company we use is far less than Network Solutions charges. A one year registration is only $14.95 for the year. Additional years are only $1 less, so we decided to switch the registration to our server company for one year.

I needed to contact Network Solutions to get an authorization code to complete the transfer. I had no issue with making the call as it's a good protection against domain theft. Before I called, though, I wanted to see if Network Solutions would offer me the same price on their website. So I went to their website, signed into my account and started the process to get a price on a domain.

I was surprised to see:

Huh. $9.00 a year? That's much less than the $34.99 my renewal reminder offered. And notice there's no asterisk pointing me to a disclaimer about that price... I thought perhaps it was a deal they offered when a client added a second domain.

I called Network Solutions and spoke to a very pleasant girl who informed me that the $9.00/year was for a 100 year registration and that I would discover that fact "later in the registration process". While on the telephone with her I went further into the registration process and had to move three pages ahead before they were forced to tell me that:

		Term	Your Price
	Domain Name: jewbie.net	100 Year Domain Service*		$999.00

Of course I had to use the drop down menu to see the single year price:

		Term	Your Price
	Domain Name: jewbie.net	1 Year		$34.99

I have problems with this type of deceptive pricing, most of which I don't need to explain to you.

And really. Can they not even multiply? Last time I checked 100 X $9.00 = $900.

I decided not even to get into it with the girl on the phone. I was going to be good. I wasn't in the mood for a confrontation. I just informed her I was transferring my service and asked for the code.

Then she made me a "special offer" to renew my registration for only $15.00 for the year.

Oh really? Why wasn't I offered this already? "Well," she replied, "because you called. On the phone."

Ahhhhhh.

I told her the same thing I tell car dealers and finance managers when they initially offer me a higher interest rate than I could get on my own and then, after being informed of the lower rate I had already secured on my own, offer to meet the lower rate.

"I don't do business that way," I told the Network Solutions girl. "If you aren't willing to offer me the lowest rate from the start then you don't deserve my business."

The Consumerist is going to love this one. I think I have my first submission.

And Network Solutions has one less client.

The Bottom Line: Make sure you're getting the best available price. Today that means checking the website and calling.

People come to you with expectations that they may never express or are not factual. If you fail to meet your customer or client's expectations, they will be disappointed and tell all their friends. If you understand and exceed their expectations, you will be their hero.

You can quickly become a villian or a hero online without even knowing it. Do you know what people are saying about you online? What are you doing to improve your reputation online? How can you drive those 70% of people who research online and buy in person to your business?

Even if you do not sell online, you to manage your online presence to keep from becoming a villain. Budnik Group has the tools you need become an online hero and drive more people to your business.

Contact John Budnik to go from being a zero to a hero online.

More businesses are figuring out how to make better use of the internet.  Your competition probably has.  Without these tools, the fact is that you just don't know what your customers are looking for and you will probably lose more and more business to your competition who does.  If you are looking to stay ahead of the competition and improve your in store sales, please visit us at www.BudnikGroup.com.

1st off, What is a Blog Carnival?

A Blog carnival is more or less a blog article or an entire blog that is dedicated to multiple things of the same topic. For example, this blog carnival ( which is this article beginning the next paragraph) will highlight some recent news and insights into the domain name world. Instead of writing long blogs on all these topics, or writing an article for each of them, I will simply highlight the most important information and give you a link to where most of the content lies. Most people reading my blog would know what a carnival is, but I can't assume since I was unaware of this until a few months earlier. Here is the Wiki Definition of a Blog Carnival. Ok, let's begin shall we...

Domain News:

* Network Solutions got themselves in a bind with this whole "front running" tactic ( I have heard it is called differently ). They held this guy's website domain name while it was unregistered and he had to pay more. He wasn't knowledgeable of Network Solution's holding rule, but this has lead to a class action lawsuit. Read more here.

* Pizza.com just got sold for 2.6 million slices. Thank god there is no way that name could ever get trademarked, because he was squatting on this site for 14 years. And Cyber-Squatters are getting their rears pushed off sites with trademarked names. This news will probably be good to deter amateurs locking up these names, but I am unsure with an increase of 33 million domain registrations last year that anyone is going to keep up.

* Craigslist is going against a random blog for using its name. The passive Craigslist company I am accustomed to seems to be getting a little bite in its personality. Doesn't seem like a battle worth waging, in my eyes.

* Skirt.com Loses out to retrieve sk*rt.com. Hmmm, I wonder why...

* A really good site with decent domain content, Domainnamewire.com, has a great article on domain news for the week.

* I feel like this is free advertising for something I don't like, but someone made a book on how to make money domain name-tradin'! I get turned off when I see this site. If someone can tell me if this book is insightful in anyway, let me know. Otherwise, add a grain of salt to your common sense for this one.

*  Do you sell domains on Sedo? Well, check out this doosy of a mistake that could've done some serious damage. The Boobtube scare.

ARTICLES

* Great Article on the upcoming ( wholesale so yes this affects YOU ), price increase of .com & .net domain names in the Fall. Great perspective, but it could've added the value of the dollar into the mix...

* Having trouble managing all of your domains at once? Is your portfolio getting bigger, are you losing track of your domains' status, parking traffic etc. Well, these guys did too, and now they have a company to help everyone manage their domain names.

Craigslist has a competitor? HAHAHAHAAHA! Don't think so, KiJiji

2006 article on choosing the right domain for your blog.

Ok that is it for our first time. We will post up again tomorrow or Tuesday. My eyes feel sleepy, and these old bones need to rejuvenate for work tomorrow. Goodnight. If you have any news, insights or comments, please feel free to contact me.

This is not a film for the lighthearted.  Yet it is a film that all Freedom loving Americans, and those the world over, must watch.  I have watched it and there are things that will shock you.  No wonder why Muslims were protesting it.  There is no way they can prove the film is a lie.

Watch it at United American Committee, here or at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7d9_1206624103.

UPDATE Biker Mailman at The Mailman's bag has posted that Network Solutions has done some rethinking and now you can also watch the video at http://www.themoviefitna.com/?p=52#comments.

If you are going to link on any of the links to the movie, whick I hope you do, The last link provided is the one you should go to.

Network Solutions’ Statement Regarding the Suspension of Fitnathemovie.com

Herndon, VA — March 24, 2008 — Over the last month, Network Solutions received a number of complaints regarding the website FITNATHEMOVIE.COM. At the same time, our hosting customer for this site also made several public comments regarding their plans for the use of this site. In response to the complaints and the customer’s public comments, Network Solutions has made repeated requests to discuss the matter with our customer. We have also requested to review the planned content prior to it being loaded onto the site to determine whether the content violates Network Solutions’ Acceptable Use Policy. We are still waiting to hear from our customer. In the interim, we have temporarily suspended the site.

During this suspension, the customer has full access to the site. If the customer provides Network Solutions with the content and it is determined that the content does not violate the Acceptable Use Policy, then the customer will be permitted to post the content. However, if it does violate our policy, then the customer is free to post the content using another number of other avenues, but not with Network Solutions.

Network Solutions is by no means taking any action to limit freedom of speech or to preemptively censor content. Our company also does not proactively police the content of our customers’ sites. If a complaint is received, however, we do conduct a review to determine whether the site’s content violates our company’s Acceptable Use Policy.

Network Solutions’ Statement Regarding the Suspension of Fitnathemovie.com

Herndon, VA — March 24, 2008 —

Over the last month, Network Solutions received a number of complaints regarding the website FITNATHEMOVIE.COM.  At the same time, our hosting customer for this site also made several public comments regarding their plans for the use of this site. 

In response to the complaints and the customer’s public comments, Network Solutions has made repeated requests to discuss the matter with our customer.  We have also requested to review the planned content prior to it being loaded onto the site to determine whether the content violates Network Solutions’ Acceptable Use Policy. 

We are still waiting to hear from our customer. In the interim, we have temporarily suspended the site.

During this suspension, the customer has full access to the site.  If the customer provides Network Solutions with the content and it is determined that the content does not violate the Acceptable Use Policy, then the customer will be permitted to post the content.  

However, if it does violate our policy, then the customer is free to post the content using another number of other avenues, but not with Network Solutions.

Network Solutions is by no means taking any action to limit freedom of speech or to preemptively censor content. Our company also does not proactively police the content of our customers’ sites.  If a complaint is received, however, we do conduct a review to determine whether the site’s content violates our company’s Acceptable Use Policy.

'Acceptable Use Policy' - For mig at se lyder det som forhåndscensur - selvom de benægter det. Bemærk den passive sprogbrug - det er næsten, som om tingene sker af sig selv.

Je weet wel, die “rare snuiter” met die opvallende witte haardos.

Liet in 2008 zowaar de duivel los!

Hij wilde een filmpje uitzenden over de islam.

Iedereen kookte zowat over van Wilders zijn continue anti-koran gezwam!

De ministers waren een hetze tegen Wilders begonnen,

Eerlijk waar, ‘k heb het echt niet verzonnen!

Doch Wilders haalde slechts zijn schouders op en beriep zich op één ding.

Het "Recht van Vrije meningsuiting".

Voordat ik verder ga of iemand me voor Anti- Wilders of juist Pro- Wilders uitmaakt zonder goed te hebben gelezen waarover dit artikel gaat!

Ik sta NIET achter alle uitspraken die Wilders tot nog toe heeft gedaan!

Ik kan me echter wel vinden met een aantal van Wilders zijn uitspraken, te weten “grenzen dicht”, “weg met de boerka”, “betere integratie (geen assimilatie)”.

Wilders – bespreekbaarheid problemen samenleving:

In principe wil Wilders (zoals hij zelf al enkele malen heeft aangegeven) maar één ding.

De problematiek rondom de asielzoekers / allochtonen bespreekbaar maken, en niet zoals dat door de politiek al jaaarenlang gebeurt, de problemen in de samenleving blijven negeren en eventuele besluitvorming hieromtrent uit blijft stellen!

Inderdaad een (zoals Wilders het stelt) LAFFE houding van de rest van de politiek, waar ik 100% in mee ga!

Wilders zijn manier van handelen mag op velen mogelijk radicaal overkomen, doch soms is het wel eens nodig om mensen met hun neus op de feiten te drukken.

En ja… Misschien weer wat tegenstrijdig, maar soms vind ook ik dat Wilders wat te ver gaat!

Doch tot nu toe is Wilders nog altijd binnen de grenzen van het politiek toelaatbare gebleven, anders zou zijn politieke carrière reeds lang geleden in het riool hebben gelegen.

Mocht U zich afvragen wat ik (als ongedoopte) vind van dit hele theatrale gedoe?

Eigenlijk sta ik tegenover ALLE religiën gelijk!

De meesten lijken mij alleen maar uit te lokken tot meer geweld tussen verschillende bevolkingsgroepen, en daar is in de loop der jaaaren nog niets aan veranderd!

Als onderstreping dat al die religies eigenlijk één pot nat zijn, wil ik hierbij een artikeltje aanhalen waarbij het Christelijke en het Islamitische geloof willen samenspannen tegen de film van Wilders genaamd “Fitna”!

Een film die nog NIEMAND heeft gezien, en waarvan ook nog NIEMAND ook maar iets concreets over de inhoud kan of weet te vertellen…

De bekende VOOROORDELEN die ik nog ter sprake zal brengen!

“Fitna” en de hetze tegen Wilders:

Er is nog NIEMAND die de film (die Wilders wil gaan uitzenden) heeft gezien, laat staan dat iemand weet waar die film inhoudelijk precies over gaat.

Toch hebben enkele islamitische groeperingen, de media en de politiek blijkbaar besloten Wilders zijn film “Fitna” te boycotten!

Het begon al goed in 2007, toen de media het bericht plaatste dat ¾ van de Nederlandse bevolking zou vrezen voor de gevolgen van de Wilders film “Fitna”, als deze zou worden uitgezonden?

03 december 2007 -

Driekwart Nederland vreest gevolgen film Wilders:

16 januari 2008 -

Het Kabinet verzoekt alle burgemeesters zich voor te bereiden op de komst van de film van Wilders:

Overigens is hier ook een videogesprek tussen Cohen (Amsterdam) en de NOS betreffende al die HEISA om een film waarvan alleen de titel bekend is!

21 januari 2008 -

Politiekorpsen houden zich liever aan de normale aangifte procedures:

Bovendien vinden zij dat er teveel heisa wordt gemaakt om een aanstaande film waar nog NIETS over bekend is behalve dan de titel!

“Huilebalk” Jan Peter Balkenende ging zelfs zover dat hij op staatskosten helemaal naar Parijs in Frankrijk vloog om de “steun” van de Franse president Nicolas Sarkozy, en daarbij benadrukte Balkenende dat de film van Wilders film slechts gesteund wordt door een minderheid!

Tsja, wat soort steun en toezeggingen kan de Franse premier Jan Peter eigenlijk geven?

Alsof die hele "kolere" politiek in het algemeen zoveel steun krijgt?

Wie of wat die "volksvertegenwoordigers" tegenwoordig vertegenwoordigen weet ik niet, maar zeker niet het volk!

De meerderheid was immers TEGEN een Europese Grondwet of Europees Verdrag.

Een meerderheid wil immers NIET meewerken aan die moordpartijen in Afghanistan en Irak, waarvan Den Haag bovendien loog over de aard van deze missies als zijnde opbouwmissies.

Een meerderheid was immers TEGEN de investeringen van Banken en Pensioenfondsen in massavernietigingswapens waaronder clusterbommen.

De meerderheid is TEGEN al die ontslagen staan van de laatste tijd, en TEGEN de toenemende criminaliteit en TEGEN de privacy- en rechtbeperkingen uit naam van "Terrorisme Bestrijding" en TEGEN de toename van voedselbanken, TEGEN teveel en te hoge belastingen, TEGEN de versoepeling van het ontslagrecht, en ga zo maar door...

Een andere “hetze” betreft een demonstratie TEGEN de aankomende film “Fitna” van Wilders.

Vreemd dat er weinig animo was om te demonstreren TEGEN die film van Wilders.

Zeker als de media claimt dat zeker 50% van de Nederlanders NIET van plan is om naar die film van Wilders te kijken, aldus een peiling van Maurice de Hond!

We weten allemaal wat de waarde is van die zogenaamde enquêtes van Maurice de Hond.

Het schoothondje van de politieke bende in Den Haag!

En anders, ben ik één van die 50% die WEL gaat kijken.

Tsja…

Nieuwsgierigheid is ook een eigenschap die media kan doen uitlokken (al dan niet bewust door publicatie van veel tegenwerkende artikelen)!

Wie nu nog niet nieuwsgierig is heeft ofwel een erg sterk karakter of …

Vul zelf maar in, daar brand ik me niet aan!

Afijn terug naar Wilders!

Één van de weinige politici die echt weten hoe hij de media moet bespelen, zodat hij steeds vaker in het nieuws komt!

Wilders kondigde zijn anti moslim film “Fitna” aan,

Niet al te lange tijd daarna kwamen de tegenstanders er al aan!

Hoewel NIEMAND ook maar weet waar die film precies over gaat, vonden zij het nodig om een tegen film te publiceren,

Dit zijn nu die vooroordelen waar ik het eerder over had, zal men het dan nooit leren?

Een actie van Willem Velthoven: “Sorry voor Fitna”!

Ik wil eerst nog even zeggen hoe ik tegenover dit initiatief sta!

(21 maart 2008 - Helpt online demonstreren tegen de Wilders-film?)

Een eigenschap van de “democratie” waarin we leven,

is dat we allemaal (geen enkel mens uitgezonderd) een eigen mening kunnen geven!

Iedereen doet dat op zijn eigen manier en een film is de wijze die Wilders daarvoor koos,

En na het uitlekken van de naam van die film en de mogelijke inhoud werden veel mensen boos!

Nu heeft Wilders al geen goede reputatie wat betreft zijn eeuwige kritiek op de Islam.

Hij wilde immers enkele delen uit de koran verbranden.

De boerka moest weg (overigens die boerka weg, is dit iets waar ik het WEL mee eens kan zijn).

Je wordt immers steeds meer een vreemde in je eigen land met al die culturele invloeden.

Nederland verliest hiermee haar eigen identiteit!

En bovendien, in een tijd waar iedereen bij voorbaat als een verdachte wordt gezien door politiek, justitie en politie in het kader van “terrorisme dreiging” lijkt het toestaan van zo’n totaal lichaamsbedekkend kledingstuk volledig tegenstrijdig met al die vol bombarie opgedrongen nieuwe regel- en wetgeving!

Alsof de Christelijke religie nou iets bijzonders zou zijn.

De vele kruistochten in verre vreemde landen tegen mensen met een ander geloof.

De heksenverbrandingen omdat de kerk niet duldde dat er mensen waren die zich bezig hielden met de genezende werking van natuurlijke knollen en planten.

Om maar te zwijgen over al die pedofiele katholieke priesters in Amerika

Katholieke Priesters - Het Recente Schandaal:

06 december 2007 – Kerk waarschuwt voor pedofiele priesters:

Presentatie van Wilders film Fitna!

Stond er 05 maart 2008 nog dat de website waar Geert Wilders zijn (anti-koran) film “Fitna” (Beproeving) wilde vertonen online kwam, blijkt deze site meteen weer door de Amerikaanse provider (Network Solutions) op “niet aktief” te zijn gezet!

Ook de media lijkt de film “Fitna” van Wilders te willen boycotten!

07 maart 2008 - Geen enkele omroep wil film Wilders uitzenden:

Het lijkt mij overigens een verkeerd signaal naar de bevolking, om een film waarover veel onduidelijkheid en mysterie heerst bij voorbaat al te boycotten.

Het wakkert ook de circuits aan die de film sowieso zullen distribueren wanneer deze uit komt!

De reguliere media die de film menen te moeten boycotten en het eigenlijk moeten hebben van bezoekersaantallen en daaruit voortvloeiende advertentie inkomsten snijden zichzelf in de vingers.

05 maart 2008 - Website Fitna The Movie is online

De website wordt gehost door “Network Solutions” vanuit Amerika.

Links zie je de voorkant van het boek “de koran” in gouddruk met daarop de Arabische tekst: “Allahu Akhbar”, hetgeen “God is de grootste” betekend!

Aldus de vertaling op de bovenstaande website zelf.

Zo werd de website 22 maart 2008 alweer uit de lucht gehaald door diezelfde Amerikaanse provider.

“This site has been suspended while Network Solutions is investigating whether the site's content is in violation of the Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy. Network Solutions has received a number of complaints regarding this site that are under investigation. For more information about Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy visit the following URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/legal/aup.jsp”

Men claimt dat er een aantal klachten zijn gekomen en dat de Amerikaanse provider daarom de site tijdelijk offline heeft gehaald!

Lijkt mij een beetje vaag allemaal!

Afijn…

Zij zijn de “host” (aanbieder) van de website en mogelijk houdt Wilders zich niet aan een aantal regeltjes die de website mogelijk hanteert?

Verder is onduidelijk of Wilders die website had gehuurd, of dat het zich om een gratis beschikbaar gestelde ruimte zou gaan zoals gebruikelijk bij veel weblog aanbieders!

Dit maakt echter ook niet veel uit!

Want als er echt een film is, wordt deze waarschijnlijk op de website van Wilders zelf gezet en in “no time” circuleert deze dan verder op videoclip aanbieders als Youtube (dat is nu eenmaal (gelukkig) niet tegen te houden)!

05 januari 2008 - Koranfilm Wilders komt op internet:

Wat die “hetze” TEGEN Wilders betreft, deze gaat wel erg radicale vormen aannemen, van foto’s met Geert Wilders als doel voor een moord, tot het aanzetten van gokken op Wilders zijn overlijdensdatum!

http://www.wanneergaatgeertwildersdood.com/

JAKKES…

Is ons moreel zo erg gezonken de afgelopen decennia?

Is er dan NIETS meer over van onze “NORMEN en WAARDEN” (die overigens niet dezelfde zijn als de politiek pleegt te hanteren)!

“Normen en Waarden” hoef je zeker NIET te zoeken bij de initiatiefnemer van de bovengenoemde website!

Van Wilders is onderhand wel bekend dat hij regelmatig de grenzen opzoekt van het toelaatbare, maar de eigenaar van deze website lijkt die grenzen duidelijk te overschrijden!

Tot slot nog wat relevante links:

16 januari 2008 - Kabinet waarschuwt voor Wilders-film

29 januari 2008 - Vogelaar blij met moslimstandpunt Wildersfilm

Volgens Wilders is het de politiek zelf, met Balkenende voorop, die de burger “knettergek” maakt met zijn paniekzaaierij over een inhoudelijk nog steeds onbekende film!

04 maart 2008 – Wilders - Premier oorzaak wereldwijde onrust film:

Tot slot wil ik u dit (36 minuten durende) interview tussen Nova en Geert Wilders niet onthouden!

Wat betreft de komst van die film, kan ik kort zijn.

Laat die film gewoon op alle zenders uitzenden!

Hierdoor krijgt iedereen die dat wil de kans zich een mening te vormen over de inhoud!

Daarna pas, kan men zich terecht een oordeel vormen!

Niet zoals nu...

Waarbij door VOOROORDELEN een HEISA om niets ontstaat!

In recent weeks, Wilders announced that he was working on a short film documenting abuses by muslims, and quoting the Quran to show where these monsters get their theological excuses for their terror. 

A couple of months ago, he registered the domain name fitnathemovie.com with a  company called Network Solutions, the fifth largest domain supplier and hosting company in the world.  They happily took his money, he put no substantial content on the site, except for a picture:    This is a picture of the Quran, with the words Allahu Akhbar (the Arabic words for 'God Is Greatest), and the release date of the film, March 23, when he would post the film on this site. 

There has been much talk of this matter for many weeks, especially in The Netherlands.  Network Solutions did nothing with the site...until a few hours before the release date.  They then took the site offline, and if you tried to view the site, you were given this message:    This is is telling us that the site has been suspended, and Network Solutions is investigating the matter due to complaints about the site, and possible TOS violations.

Now, riddle me this, Batman:  There was no substantial content on the site, except for a picture of the Quran, which is revered by well over a billion people across the world.  Exactly what content was it that was so offensive to people that led to NS pulling the site?  Most likely, a flurry of threats from muslims in Europe and America.  Washington Post reporter Brian Kerbs reports that in an interview with Electronic Frontier Foundation, a group devoted to online civil rights, a representative "said it was the first case he'd heard of in which a U.S.-based registrar had preemptively suspended a domain name for violating its use policy." 

Never happened before... 

In Krebs article, he reports that he interviewed a representative from Network Solutions, Susan Wade.  She claimed that the company had received several complaints in recent weeks (again, complaints about exactly what on the site?).  Krebs went on to say this:

In the meantime, she said, a decision was made to deactive the site given the potential violence that the movie could spark. She said Wilders could still access the site himself and was free to move or redirect its content to another domain.

"When you look at the history and violence surrounding this particular situation...some of the bad things that have happened or could happen, that was part of what we were thinking in suspending the Web site," Wade said.

Wade said the company hadn't received any specific threats regarding the site, but that
Network Solutions employees had been reminded this week about observing regular physical safety and security measures at work.  (emphasis mine)

Let me interpret that for you:  They are scared.  This is exactly the message Wilders has been trying to get across to Europe, and the West.  These people are coming in in droves, taking over, and time to stop this is running out.  Wilders has said that his movie is a "last warning for the West," and that "if need be, I will personally distribute DVDs in the Dam [central square in Amsterdam]."  He has also warned of a "tsunami of Islamisation" in Holland.  A wonderful editorial cartoon on the Wilders (hat tip Atlas Shrugs) says it all: 

The blogosphere has gotten all over this matter, uncovering information about NS, including this little tidbit at Creeping Sharia:

Update: It appears Network Solutions may have woken up and suspended the domain names for Hizbollah - cached versions availableon that big search engine but “Server Not Found” error on the Hizbollah links. Did Network Solutions just realize Hizballah is listed by the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Terrorist Organization?

If in fact they did, and the record was updated today, it only took them ten years:

Domain ID:D849804-LROR Domain Name:HIZBOLLAH.ORG Created On:06-Feb-1998 05:00:00 UTC Last Updated On:24-Mar-2008 17:45:24 UTC Expiration Date:05-Feb-2009 05:00:00 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:Network Solutions LLC

 Let us not forget that Hizbollah is a radical terrorist group, classified as such by the State Department, backed by Iran, and responsible for Israel's last war, two years ago.  They don't host the site, but do hold the domain name.  As said above, it took them ten years, and a flurry of complaints from me, and countless other bloggers in the last few days, to realize this? 

I was just about to post a link to a blog on NS's site, to go leave comments.  There had been well over 200 comments earlier, I left one as well.  I just checked again, there are zero comments.  They took them all down.  I attempted to call their number to complain (again, I called and emailed Saturday night, was assured they would get back to me the next day. Nada.), and got a message saying they are 'experiencing higher than usual call volume'.  Great work, guys! 

Here's some contact info:  Network Solutions
Roy Dunbar, CEO
10 Azalea Drive
Drums, PA 18222
800-333-7680
www.networksolutions.com

Email address for complaints:  http://customersupport.networksolutions.com/

Rusty reports his own conversation earlier:

But I was making her very uncomfortable...I could actually hear her blanching over the phone!
I explained why I was contacting her (she was already aware of Fitna), and when I was done explaining my gripe (forcefully), she asked me if I had any specific questions for her.
So I asked her some specific questions, and informed her they were for an article I was writing for a popular conservative blog...where upon her voice became even gloomier:

Read More "Pushing Back - My Conversation With Network Solutions"

1. "Why did you remove a website for TOS violations when there was nothing but a parking page with the text "Coming Soon", and a photo of the Quran?"
She directed my attention to the notice on the page, saying "It is what it is."

2. "Why is an American based company willing to practice preemptive censorship, when there has not yet been any violation?"
Again, she had no answer.

3. "Is it Network Solutions' common practice to remove websites on the day prior to their launch, after months of work have gone into promoting those websites?"
She said she was not aware of such a practice, but she could forward my question upward.

4. I informed her I was in the process of building a new, massive website (true), and that I had planned to host with Network Solutions prior to this debacle (not true).
I asked her why American companies should give Network Solutions their business, when her company has demonstrated their willingness to ruin their customers' livelihoods for the sake of political correctness, and their own bottom line?
She just sort of sputtered, told me she understood my point, and assured me she'd look into it.

5. I asked her why an American based hosting company is more concerned about disgruntled Muslims than protecting free speech on the Internet?
Dead silence.

6. I asked her for contact information for her boss, Roy Dunbar (CEO of Network Solutions), as she was unable to provide me with answers to my questions, and she declined, stating she could not allow every complaint to go directly to him, because he was a busy man.

I informed her I too am a busy man, and that I had just wasted more than a half hour of my time, being shuffled from person to person, trying to get answers she was ultimately unwilling or unable to provide.

While these may appear to be two separate issues, that could not be further from the truth.  Wilders has been trying to warn people of how muslims are taking over by both force and by bullying tactics.  This episode with Network Solutions has shown that bullying works.  They get who knows what sort of threats, and they back down.  This has been the exact problem Wilders, Bawer, Pim Fortuyn, Hirsi Ali, and others have been trying to warn about. 

This is about more than 'just' free speech and the free flow of information on the internet.  This is about our future.  The Netherlands, England, and France are just the most visible cases of how their culture is surrendering to the soft jihad.  Forcing halal food for everyone in schools, forcing the prison systems to spend enormous amounts of time and money turning the toilets by 90 degrees so they don't face towards or away from Mecca, attacking priests, sharia banking laws, forcing England to legitimize polygamy, and making the taxpayers give them welfare to boot...  The list goes on and on. 

This is important, folks.  Go to the website, call Network Solutions, let them know this is unacceptable. 

Yesterday, the U.S. company and proud registrar of Hizbollah.org, Network Solutions decided to take down the website of Geert Wilder’s upcoming provocative short, Fitna. The film’s title comes from an Arabic word meaning severe disagreement or civil war, and exposes, what he believes to be, Islamic militancy's main instigator—the Koran.

Citing the “number of complaints,” the webhost took down the site. Bloggers from Creeping Sharia, raised an embarrassing point: how could it have violated their policy when the film wasn’t yet posted? What could they have found objectionable? A photo of the Koran? Not to be left out, Google has removed the search, fitnathemovie.com, from their search results. The subject matter seems to hot to handle.

These days it seems freedom of speech only applies to communists, terrorists and the porn industry. I mean if “objectionable content” is all it takes to get a website removed, Al Jazeera, that Kos site, and the Huffington Post better look out.

Amazing. On the very day a video of Indonesian cleric Bakar Bashir debuts, calling for violence against non-Muslim tourists whom he likens to “worms, snakes and maggots,” an Islamic critic’s attempt at dialogue is thwarted.

Over the weekend, it came to light that Network Solutions, an American internet hosting company, had pulled the plug on Dutch politician Geert Wilders' website. Wilders was set to premier Fitna, a documentary he produced exposing "the intolerant and fascist nature of the Koran."

The British press, meanwhile, outs a radical cleric living in the UK and drawing thousands in welfare benefits (sound familiar? Maybe here?), at the same time he calls for Muslim Brits to attack their country's own soldiers.

[Anjem] Choudary —who once called for the Pope to be executed and described the September 11 hijackers as "magnificent martyrs" — could face arrest under anti-terror laws for his evil ranting on the tape, which was passed to the News of the World.

After hearing his latest inflammatory remarks, terror experts asked: "What more does this man need to do before he is locked up?"

Choudary, 41, was taped lecturing a secret meeting in west London earlier this month. On it he urges his Islamic followers to persuade would-be terrorists to sign up for killing campaigns.

The bearded mullah describes non-Muslims as "the enemy" and tells his sympathisers they should brainwash at least TEN Britons a month into becoming al-Qaeda supporters.

He also urges his clan to preach that:

FIGHTING jihad \ against Western society is an obligation.

BRITISH Muslims should travel abroad to fight our troops.

TERRORIST wannabes should "put fear into the hearts" of non-Muslims in the UK and spread al-Qaeda messages.

Choudray's lecture tour was launched with the aim of teaching Islamic extremist recruiting teams how to win new members and brainwash them into backing the mass-murdering terror group.

Charming. But not nearly as much as this report from an Australian source.

ISLAMIC cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has returned to his hardline rhetoric with a call for followers to beat up Western tourists and for young Muslims to die as martyrs.

In the sermon, organised by an Islamic youth organisation and delivered a few kilometres from the home village of convicted Bali bombers Amrozi and Mukhlas, Bashir likened tourists in Bali to "worms, snakes, maggots", and specifically referred to the immorality of Australian infidels.

The address was caught on video by an Australian university student.

"The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death," said the cleric, who was convicted of conspiracy over the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, but was later cleared and released from prison.

"The young must be first at the front line - don't hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness."

Observers said the sermon's content was a clear indication of what many terrorism academics have noted - that the accused spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiah has been emboldened by his release from prison last year after serving 26 months for conspiracy in relation to the Bali blasts.

Back to Network Solutions. The Jawa Report has taken the time to contact them and was kind enough to post the conversation, along with a small call for action. Sorry, no effigy burning, angry rioting, beheading, praise of Hitler, or calls for the death of Network Solutions are included. Only their phone number.

I just spent 30-40 minutes on the phone with Network Solutions (based in PA), complaining about their removal of the fitnathemovie.com website.
Ultimately, I was only able to get as high a woman named Shannon, the Assistant to the Executive Officer (his name is Roy Dunbar), who gave me a polite brush off, without actually answering any of my questions.

But I was making her very uncomfortable...I could actually hear her blanching over the phone!
I explained why I was contacting her (she was already aware of Fitna), and when I was done explaining my gripe (forcefully), she asked me if I had any specific questions for her.
So I asked her some specific questions, and informed her they were for an article I was writing for a popular conservative blog (where upon her voice became even gloomier)...

1. "Why did you remove a website for TOS violations when there was nothing but a parking page with the text "Coming Soon", and a photo of the Quran?"
She directed my attention to the notice on the page, saying "It is what it is."

2. "Why is an American based company willing to practice preemptive censorship, when there has not yet been any violation?"
Again, she had no answer.

3. "Is it Network Solutions' common practice to remove websites on the day prior to their launch, after months of work have gone into promoting those website?"
She said she was not aware of such a practice, but she could forward my question upward.

4. I informed her I was in the process of building a new, massive website (true), and that I had planned to host with Network Solutions prior to this debacle (not true).
I asked her why American companies should give Network Solutions their business, when her company has demonstrated their willingness to ruin their customers' livelihoods for the sake of political correctness, and their own bottom line?
She just sort of sputtered, told me she understood my point, and assured me she'd look into it.

5. I asked her why an American based hosting company is more concerned about disgruntled Muslims than protecting free speech on the Internet?
Dead silence.

6. I asked her for contact information for her boss, Roy Dunbar (CEO of Network Solutions), as she was unable to provide me with answers to my questions, and she declined, stating she could not allow every complaint to go directly to him, because he was a busy man.

I informed her I too am a busy man, and that I had just wasted more than a half hour of my time, being shuffled from person to person, trying to get answers she was ultimately unwilling or unable to provide.

I informed her I knew she was not personally responsible for this debacle (I had been pretty tough on her), and I apologized for what I was going to have to do.

I explained that, unlike radical Muslims, law abiding citizens did not have the option of issuing threats or becoming violent, thus our only recourse is to become such a pain in the ass that companies such as Network Solutions find offending Muslims preferable to the time and resources wasted dealing with us.

I told her I would be posting the gist of our conversation online, at a popular site, and that she was in for a bad week. I really hope I'm right.

Network Solutions
Roy Dunbar, CEO
10 Azalea Drive
Drums, PA 18222
800-333-7680
www.networksolutions.com

Give 'em hell Jawas!

Don't let yourselves be brushed off by the first few people you talk to... and don't waste a lot of your time talking to them. They are low level functionaries, and you are better off wasting the time of someone at a higher pay scale.
Just keep asking to speak with someone in the corporate offices until you are connected.

Over the weekend, it came to light that Network Solutions, an American internet hosting company, had pulled the plug on Dutch politician Geert Wilders' website. Wilders was set to premier Fitna, a documentary he produced exposing "the intolerant and fascist nature of the Koran."

The British press, meanwhile, outs a radical cleric living in the UK and drawing thousands in welfare benefits (sound familiar? Maybe here?), at the same time he calls for Muslim Brits to attack their country's own soldiers.

[Anjem] Choudary —who once called for the Pope to be executed and described the September 11 hijackers as "magnificent martyrs" — could face arrest under anti-terror laws for his evil ranting on the tape, which was passed to the News of the World.

After hearing his latest inflammatory remarks, terror experts asked: "What more does this man need to do before he is locked up?"

Choudary, 41, was taped lecturing a secret meeting in west London earlier this month. On it he urges his Islamic followers to persuade would-be terrorists to sign up for killing campaigns.

The bearded mullah describes non-Muslims as "the enemy" and tells his sympathisers they should brainwash at least TEN Britons a month into becoming al-Qaeda supporters.

He also urges his clan to preach that:

FIGHTING jihad \ against Western society is an obligation.

BRITISH Muslims should travel abroad to fight our troops.

TERRORIST wannabes should "put fear into the hearts" of non-Muslims in the UK and spread al-Qaeda messages.

Choudray's lecture tour was launched with the aim of teaching Islamic extremist recruiting teams how to win new members and brainwash them into backing the mass-murdering terror group.

Charming. But not nearly as much as this report from an Australian source.

ISLAMIC cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has returned to his hardline rhetoric with a call for followers to beat up Western tourists and for young Muslims to die as martyrs.

In the sermon, organised by an Islamic youth organisation and delivered a few kilometres from the home village of convicted Bali bombers Amrozi and Mukhlas, Bashir likened tourists in Bali to "worms, snakes, maggots", and specifically referred to the immorality of Australian infidels.

The address was caught on video by an Australian university student.

"The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death," said the cleric, who was convicted of conspiracy over the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, but was later cleared and released from prison.

"The young must be first at the front line - don't hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness."

Observers said the sermon's content was a clear indication of what many terrorism academics have noted - that the accused spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiah has been emboldened by his release from prison last year after serving 26 months for conspiracy in relation to the Bali blasts.

Back to Network Solutions. The Jawa Report has taken the time to contact them and was kind enough to post the conversation, along with a small call for action. Sorry, no effigy burning, angry rioting, beheading, praise of Hitler, or calls for the death of Network Solutions are included. Only their phone number.

I just spent 30-40 minutes on the phone with Network Solutions (based in PA), complaining about their removal of the fitnathemovie.com website.
Ultimately, I was only able to get as high a woman named Shannon, the Assistant to the Executive Officer (his name is Roy Dunbar), who gave me a polite brush off, without actually answering any of my questions.

But I was making her very uncomfortable...I could actually hear her blanching over the phone!
I explained why I was contacting her (she was already aware of Fitna), and when I was done explaining my gripe (forcefully), she asked me if I had any specific questions for her.
So I asked her some specific questions, and informed her they were for an article I was writing for a popular conservative blog (where upon her voice became even gloomier)...

1. "Why did you remove a website for TOS violations when there was nothing but a parking page with the text "Coming Soon", and a photo of the Quran?"
She directed my attention to the notice on the page, saying "It is what it is."

2. "Why is an American based company willing to practice preemptive censorship, when there has not yet been any violation?"
Again, she had no answer.

3. "Is it Network Solutions' common practice to remove websites on the day prior to their launch, after months of work have gone into promoting those website?"
She said she was not aware of such a practice, but she could forward my question upward.

4. I informed her I was in the process of building a new, massive website (true), and that I had planned to host with Network Solutions prior to this debacle (not true).
I asked her why American companies should give Network Solutions their business, when her company has demonstrated their willingness to ruin their customers' livelihoods for the sake of political correctness, and their own bottom line?
She just sort of sputtered, told me she understood my point, and assured me she'd look into it.

5. I asked her why an American based hosting company is more concerned about disgruntled Muslims than protecting free speech on the Internet?
Dead silence.

6. I asked her for contact information for her boss, Roy Dunbar (CEO of Network Solutions), as she was unable to provide me with answers to my questions, and she declined, stating she could not allow every complaint to go directly to him, because he was a busy man.

I informed her I too am a busy man, and that I had just wasted more than a half hour of my time, being shuffled from person to person, trying to get answers she was ultimately unwilling or unable to provide.

I informed her I knew she was not personally responsible for this debacle (I had been pretty tough on her), and I apologized for what I was going to have to do.

I explained that, unlike radical Muslims, law abiding citizens did not have the option of issuing threats or becoming violent, thus our only recourse is to become such a pain in the ass that companies such as Network Solutions find offending Muslims preferable to the time and resources wasted dealing with us.

I told her I would be posting the gist of our conversation online, at a popular site, and that she was in for a bad week. I really hope I'm right.

Network Solutions
Roy Dunbar, CEO
10 Azalea Drive
Drums, PA 18222
800-333-7680
www.networksolutions.com

Give 'em hell Jawas!

Don't let yourselves be brushed off by the first few people you talk to... and don't waste a lot of your time talking to them. They are low level functionaries, and you are better off wasting the time of someone at a higher pay scale.
Just keep asking to speak with someone in the corporate offices until you are connected.

I find it extremely odd that Network Solutions have chosen to suspend a domain set up by Geert Wilders to launch his film Fitna:

This site has been suspended while Network Solutions is investigating whether the site's content is in violation of the Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy. Network Solutions has received a number of complaints regarding this site that are under investigation. For more information about Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy visit the following URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/legal/aup.jsp

The complaints cited by Network Solutions seem to address something which nobody has yet seen. The site seems to have consisted so far only of an image of the cover of a Koran on a black background with the text: "Coming soon: Fitna". That can hardly be regarded as offensive by anybody.

Most of the people protesting against the Mohammad cartoons have actually never seen them. I would not state an opinion about Fitna before I have seen the film. Let us just watch it first!

Edit: I spotted a clip (via Befria Media) with Geert Wilders commenting the fuzz around his film. This is the first time ever I recall agreeing with him.

I decided to man up and be a true tech geek. I decided to buy a web domain.

It was going to be suhweet. It would be the home of all my ramblamatic life nonsenseries that I periodically push as socially acceptable viewpoints. I'd give it a great name, "CollinCummings.com", and every Tom, Dick, and Larry would come to see what brilliance I conjured in those hours between sleep and awakened consciousness.

Like any good and faithful idealist, I planned it all out in my mind, and mentally skipped to Network Solutions as I (once again the blind kid metaphor) blindly punched my desired domain into their evil form. Grr, that form.

To make a long story short, the domain was available so I waited to buy. I check it a few more times and finally decided to commit myself to the small 2 digit loss for a beefy new website.

Once I was ready to check out, I saw the price was all of a sudden $35. I'm cool headed, so I didn't panic. But I did get an idea.

Checked sitelutions... not available.

Checked Go Daddy... not available.

Checked Network Solutions again... available, but now it's $40.

So now I have the option to rant to you about how that's dishonest, ridiculous business that should not be engaged, even on our super unregulated internet. I'm not going to do that so I can save people's eyes from a text fest.

I'm going to say this much tho... it is the most unlegit, sad, and self serving business practice I have ever seen. I hope they get nabbed and Enron'ed (that's right, I just made that a verb). Since when has it been good business to exploit your customers as much as you can to make things happen for you (*ahem communism*).

Oh, and in the end. I did buy a domain. I got the .net from Sitelutions. I'm too much of a freedom fighter to support that.