A voyage into hate groups reveals a lonely existence for those who support all things white.

My Secret Life in the Klan 

A voyage into hate groups reveals a lonely existence for those who support all things white.

I was already nervous when I saw the woman. There was nothing intimidating about her, just a woman in her mid-30s in a pair of sweatpants and an oversized T-shirt, on an evening hike in early August. Still, when she passed me, I looked away from her. It was my first time distributing KKK fliers, and I didn't want to be noticed.

I'd purposely dressed as anonymously as possible: white shirt and jeans, with an 11-day beard, glasses and a ball cap for a university I never attended. My partner for the evening, Adrian Trentadue, was a bit more noticeable, thanks to his T-shirt with a cartoon gladiator declaring war against the hordes of uncircumcised Edomites (a biblical people who went to war with the Jews). I was clutching a thin stack of fliers. Trentadue had the staple gun in his pocket. At each telephone pole we came to, I would hand Trentadue a flier, and he would post it with a staple in each corner.

The front of the flier gave only half the intended message. Under the heading "Grizzly Bloody Murder" was a description of a young, white Tennessee couple allegedly raped and murdered by a gang of five black men. Walking past it, you might assume that it offered a reward for evidence in the case. The point was on the back side of the page, which was the side against the post. It directed you to a white-power online news broadcast and the national mailing address of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, or the Knights Party.

Trentadue looked back at the woman who had passed. "I don't think she's reading it," he said. "You get a lot of people that just walk right by and don't read it."

Trentadue, 28 years old, father of two, is a fully accredited Knight. Though only two years older than me, he kept calling me a young guy. He had the type of slim, fit physique you often see on farm kids or anyone who has spent his life working outdoors. His scalp was recently shaved, and beneath the dark stubble I could see an S.S. tattoo on one side and what looked like a motorcycle on the other. His only other visible tattoos were the words Italian on one forearm and German on the other — representing his heritage, he explained, from his grandfathers.

After papering utility poles on a few blocks, we went to the other side of the street and headed back toward the car, which we had left in a Walgreens parking lot. We had started distributing literature almost three hours before, and the sun had set. The utility poles were the final bit of the routine. Trentadue always began by putting the fliers in boxes of the Pitch.

"See, if we'd have done this when the sun was out, we'd be dead by now," he explained. "That's why you hit the Pitch boxes first."

I agreed. I was tired, and the initial adrenaline rush was ebbing. I was sweating profusely in the heat, and none of my clothes felt like they fit right anymore.

"They don't understand that I'm not trying to attack their paper," Trentadue said. "I'm just using it to spread the message."

I looked across the street at the woman again. She was walking back, and she paused at one of the fliers. It had been six months since my Knights Party orientation package came in the mail, and I knew that Trentadue had copied the flier off a design sent from the home base.

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I hold no affiliation with any orginization for the record. However, it is my free right to be appauled by minority actions begging and freeloading, as much as Im sickened by journalist who bottom feed to the lowest depths, gaining someones trust just for a story. The author has his story, but is also the reason why so many independants grow exponentially every day in silent anger; willingly not standing against White purist. You say racist, We say purist. It is the independant who holds no affiliation with any group, but grows angry every day because of minority racism towards Whites that you should really fear. As one poster tried to sympothise with blacks saying they have lived for hundreds of years oppressed and enslaved, thats not my problem; don't try to smear me and hint that its my fault in some way and that I should feel guilty. That is communistic ideology: the belife that one is differant then the socail norm, then they have no right to have a personal belife. Which ironically the established socail norm is always thumbed in the commuinists side. You want to fight for minority rights, feel free; however don't feel that gives you the right to use yellow journalism, fallacy, backstabbing methods and think others don't view you as a coward. Others who remain under the radar and truely invisable.

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Posted by SJtR on July 3, 2008 at 10:41 AM

I hold no affiliation with any orginization for the record. However, it is my free right to be appauled by minority actions begging and freeloading, as much as Im sickened by journalist who bottom feed to the lowest depths, gaining someones trust just for a story. The author has his story, but is also the reason why so many independants grow exponentially every day in silent anger; willingly not standing against White purist. You say racist, We say purist. It is the independant who holds no affiliation with any group, but grows angry every day because of minority racism towards Whites that you should really fear. As one poster tried to sympothise with blacks saying they have lived for hundreds of years oppressed and enslaved, thats not my problem; don't try to smear me and hint that its my fault in some way and that I should feel guilty. That is communistic ideology: the belife that one is differant then the socail norm, then they have no right to have a personal belife. Which ironically the established socail norm is always thumbed in the commuinists side. You want to fight for minority rights, feel free; however don't feel that gives you the right to use yellow journalism, fallacy, backstabbing methods and think others don't view you as a coward. Others who remain under the radar and truely invisable.

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Posted by SJtR on July 3, 2008 at 7:41 AM

THE ENEMY AMONG US

This is my personal response to a slanderous very personal attack not on either white nationalist organization I belonged to at the time, but a very personal attack on me and my family. An attack that put not only me, but my wife and children�fs lives in very real danger, so you will notice very little if anything will be said about those organizations. Instead the focus of this story, and the benefit of any white nationalist reading it, will be a better understanding of just how slimy and underhanded our common enemy can be, and just what lengths they will go to, to hurt us without regards to our families and most importantly our children. I only pray that many of you who might be on our side can at least learn from may mistake.
It all started back in the early spring of 07�� when I was over seeing the post office box of the NSMKC unit and I had received a couple of positive letters of support. One of them being from a man or lack there of, that went by the name of Bobby Rudd, who I later found out was actually Peter Rugg-your garden variety pinko-Communist writer for The Pitch (a long time free pro-Communist rag in KC that they almost can�ft give away) who had been attempting to track the person responsible for putting pro-white literature in their paper. That person being me. The few times that I had actually done this and the small number of there papers that I had actually (as they put it) �gtainted�h,surprised me as to how much of a hissy fit they had over the whole deal. Which just goes to show when it comes to literature distribution its not quantity of placement but quality. At any rate he had been on this �gstory�h since Jan. 1, 07��. Of course at the time I did not know that�fs who he was and it was not uncommon for NSMKC to get such letters of support.
Rugg played the part very well from the get go. He claimed he was new to the movement and had recently joined a ku klux klan group (which shortly there after I found out that he actually had under his assumed name). His letter was particularly sincere and I accepted his hand of �gcomradory�h. I was a very �ggo get them�h activist at the time (witch was probably my first mistake) and so I wrote him back with my home number enclosed (I had no other) and told him to call me. Needless to say he did a short while later and was very anxious to meet with me in person at a bar and grill on the other side of my town.
Finally getting to see him in person at the bar and grill was a let down to say the least after the multiple phone conversations I had with him in which he almost always used very colorful racial epithets. He was never at a loss for words. Sometimes I would just sit on the phone and let him bitch. He claims in his slanderous article that he �hpurposely dressed as anonymously as possible�h and that�fs no bullshit. Between his pasty, soft, chubby physic that showed no sign of ever having done any manual labor (common with most ARA pinko-Communist) and the way he dressed, he reminded me of that one 30 year old 200 pound kid with a 5:00 shadow on the short bus in junior high. But even in public much to my surprise he was at no loss for words. Its funny how he claims in his �gstory�h he got choked up ever time he felt he had to say something like �hwhite power�h, which I am assuming he claimed to cover his own ass later, for that is certainly not the Peter Rugg I knew. In fact when he excused himself from that first meeting right before he left me there by myself he turned and shouted white power right in earshot of nearly everyone in the bar and grill. Now knowing who he really is it makes me wonder if this was some sick attempt to get me kicked out after he left. You see I always prided myself on carrying myself very professionally and refraining from using any such slogans or racial epithets right out in front of people I don�ft know and even in my own home around my children, so as they don�ft repeat them in the wrong place (any one of my close comrades can attest to this). In fact the only time I recall using any type of language when I was around Rugg that could have been considered racial offensive was when I told him that I heard The Pitch was run by a bulldyke and he misquoted me (one of many times) by saying in his �gstory�h that I said �gThe Pitch was run by gays and I just liked screwing with them.�h Anyway, this was one of a couple of such meetings in which Peter also claims later in his story that he tried not to drink very much so he could �gcontrol�h the conversation. This could not be further from the truth. After our first meeting I noticed he drank rather excessively, and after he got a few in him it was nigger this and fagot that without regard to anyone within earshot. He would always sweat allot to, but by now I was convinced he was just a fat sweaty slob, and not a scared little rabbit. None of this behavior through up a red flag because I had met many newcomers to the movement just like him and had helped to straiten them out. We also talked about many other things besides movement related issues, and sometimes I would just let him talk, or should I say �hvent�h, and so he would drink, he would womanize, and he would bitch about his wife and there uneventful marriage, and then we would part ways.
When he finally decided he wanted to come distribute literature with me was when I had him meet me at my home. We just distributed what I had lying around which was a small stack of about 100 or 150 pieces which addressed the Knoxville murders in which 5 blacks were convicted beyond a reasonable doubt in the grizzly double torture, rape, mutilation, and subsequent murder of a young white couple out on a date. To learn more visit www.channonchristian.com. Now I realize many of the things I have said up until now are just my side of the story and thus can be disputed, but make no mistake despite the facts Peter Rugg actually says in his story �gThe front of the flier gave only half the intended message. Under the heading �gGRIZZLY BLOODY MURDER�h was a description of a young, white Tennesseecouple ALLEGEDLY raped and murdered by a gang of five black men.�h IN DEFENSE OF FIVE OF THE MOST BRUTAL CONVICTED KILLERS IN REAL LIFE HE ACTUALLY MUSTERS UP ENOUGH NERVE TO USE THE WORD ALLEGEDLY!!! Those made up most of the fliers, and then there were a few addressing the illegal immigration issue. None preached outright hatred or used any sort of racial epithets like Rugg so often did himself, (trying to impress me I suppose) rather they just made the reader aware of certain facts. As his �gstory�h more or less states WE put some flyer�fs in some pitch boxes (he really wanted to make sure we did that, which should have thrown up another flag), and we stapled some to some of those wood electric wire post. Its worth noting I think that although he claims in his �gstory�h that he went around cleaning up all the literature we distributed afterword like a good Samaritan, he only cleaned up The Pitch boxes. The literature we stapled on post stayed up for at least two weeks after. I know cause�f I drove by them on my way to work every day.
Peter Rugg demonstrates beautifully who The Pitch really cares about. The Pitch does not even care about there readers, and why should they? Their shit rag is free and so they get nothing back from the readers. They don�ft even care about Peter Rugg, they just used him to get back at me. The Pitch knew they had fired all of their guns in that one story based on what Rugg had �guncovered�h, just as much as they knew that it might very well be Rugg and his family that would feel the recoil for years to come.
The last time I saw him was when WE distributed that literature. After that I did not here from him again until he made that phone call from The Pitch in which he outed himself about a month or two later, and about a week or two before the story was to run. The whole conversation has been recorded for all to hear against my will for years to come. My children�fs children will probably be able to hear my pathetic defense, but what can I say? I had been had by a liberal shit rag that had an ax to grind with me for many years for the ultimate evil of, as they put it, �gspreading my hate�h(although I had never actually used the word once in all of my meetings and conversations with Rugg). Right away I knew something was up when I started seeing The Pitch come up on my caller I.D. The first time I answered one of these calls I was totally caught of guard, but not surprised to hear Peter Ruggs backstabbing voice. I was right in the middle of reading my children a bedtime story, and I knew right at this point The Pitch held all the cards. I freaked, I�fll admit it. But instantly it was not for myself and for three reasons only-my wife and two children. There was no telling how much of my personal information The Pitch was going to print, but one thing I knew for sure is they wanted to print everything they legally could to try to get my family hurt or even killed. For the time being I felt I was at their mercy and they had none to give.
Fortunately nothing ever happened to either of my children or my home. Although he never printed my address, he did however describe what my home looked like to a T, along with the town I lived in so that someone might be able to find it I guess, I know of no other reason. As it turns out (and this is really cheap) he actually got a picture of me with his camera phone. Of course in the picture my back is turned (surprise, surprise!) as I was walking into the bar and grill we met at.
This attack no matter how cold or calculated unfortunately for The Pitch had little or no effect on me personally. My family, my work, all my friends, and everyware I went, everyone knew what I was all about. I kept it no secret. One only had to look at me to figure it out. I was not, and am not ashamed. My wife however has not always shared my same beliefs. Sympathetic to most at best. She was definitely no activist, never belonged to an organization, never put any fliers in The Pitch. But I�fve always loved her just the same as if she had. Her only crime? Being a good, supportive, wife�cthe best, and an even better mother. She is the reason I write any of this or even care about the story written about me. She is the reason I have always kept a low profile. There is no amount of hell on earth I would not crawl through for her.
Rugg had met my wife once briefly while we still had a friendship, and she was nothing but nice to him. For that he made sure she was mentioned in the article. He mentioned exactly what she looked like in exact detail so there would be no mistaking if a reader ever ran into her in the streets. Why�c? My wife had an important position of relative authority at her company and as soon as one person at her job read the article everyone that she got along with before stopped talking to her, and people she worked with stopped respecting her as much. Many of her friends and family have stopped talking to her. I believe this has caused her to feel some resentment toward me weather she wants to feel it or not. The Pitch had fired at me and hit my wife. He did not spare my mother, father, or brothers either. He tried to make it sound as if they were all sympathetic to my ideology. As much as I wish I could say that were true it is not and they all despise white nationalism but only love me as a good son and brother. My family has always had very strong family values.
So while I�fm sure Peter Rugg sleeps much better now thinking he helped The Pitch smash a Nazi or whatever he wants to call me, he actually helped to strengthen my resolve to the point were I feel more conviction towards both white nationalism and identity Christianity than I ever have before in my life, and in the process ruined someone who had done nothing to them, and (here�fs the really funny part) actually read the The Pitch regularly for rock concert updates(which is not the content white nationalist have a problem with). I know some NS skinheads that read it for the same reason. So if your reading this Peter, put that in your crack pipe and smoke it!
I love my wife and children more than anything. It�fs a kind of Nazi love that only one who does not just associate us with �hhate�hcould understand. Bottom line is, The Pitch felt hatred�cno, more like malice toward me for what I had done and they took it out on my family. They were not trying to infiltrate the ku klux klanor any other organization, they were trying to infiltrate me and my family. All they needed was one of there most moraless, scummy writer�fs to sell out there family and even their soul to get the job done. That�fs were Peter Rugg-scum writer extraordinaire came in.
I noticed Peter Rugg wasted no time in trying to get my response right after the �gstory�fs�h print (trying to revel in any misery he may have caused me I suppose). I can assure him I had always planned on it but through my own channels, and good things take time. Also I take great comfort in knowing that this world is allot smaller than we give it credit for. Someday I know I will see Peter Rugg again in real life with nothing but air between us, and Peter, myself, God, and pretty much anybody else who has read his �gstory�h knows he has written checks his ass simply cannot cash.
LEGALIZE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
-Adrian Trentadue

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Posted by dan on January 17, 2008 at 4:08 PM

THE ENEMY AMONG US This is my personal response to a slanderous very personal attack not on either white nationalist organization I belonged to at the time, but a very personal attack on me and my family. An attack that put not only me, but my wife and childrenfs lives in very real danger, so you will notice very little if anything will be said about those organizations. Instead the focus of this story, and the benefit of any white nationalist reading it, will be a better understanding of just how slimy and underhanded our common enemy can be, and just what lengths they will go to, to hurt us without regards to our families and most importantly our children. I only pray that many of you who might be on our side can at least learn from may mistake. It all started back in the early spring of 07Œ when I was over seeing the post office box of the NSMKC unit and I had received a couple of positive letters of support. One of them being from a man or lack there of, that went by the name of Bobby Rudd, who I later found out was actually Peter Rugg-your garden variety pinko-Communist writer for The Pitch (a long time free pro-Communist rag in KC that they almost canft give away) who had been attempting to track the person responsible for putting pro-white literature in their paper. That person being me. The few times that I had actually done this and the small number of there papers that I had actually (as they put it) gtaintedh,surprised me as to how much of a hissy fit they had over the whole deal. Which just goes to show when it comes to literature distribution its not quantity of placement but quality. At any rate he had been on this gstoryh since Jan. 1, 07Œ. Of course at the time I did not know thatfs who he was and it was not uncommon for NSMKC to get such letters of support. Rugg played the part very well from the get go. He claimed he was new to the movement and had recently joined a ku klux klan group (which shortly there after I found out that he actually had under his assumed name). His letter was particularly sincere and I accepted his hand of gcomradoryh. I was a very ggo get themh activist at the time (witch was probably my first mistake) and so I wrote him back with my home number enclosed (I had no other) and told him to call me. Needless to say he did a short while later and was very anxious to meet with me in person at a bar and grill on the other side of my town. Finally getting to see him in person at the bar and grill was a let down to say the least after the multiple phone conversations I had with him in which he almost always used very colorful racial epithets. He was never at a loss for words. Sometimes I would just sit on the phone and let him bitch. He claims in his slanderous article that he hpurposely dressed as anonymously as possibleh and thatfs no bullshit. Between his pasty, soft, chubby physic that showed no sign of ever having done any manual labor (common with most ARA pinko-Communist) and the way he dressed, he reminded me of that one 30 year old 200 pound kid with a 5:00 shadow on the short bus in junior high. But even in public much to my surprise he was at no loss for words. Its funny how he claims in his gstoryh he got choked up ever time he felt he had to say something like hwhite powerh, which I am assuming he claimed to cover his own ass later, for that is certainly not the Peter Rugg I knew. In fact when he excused himself from that first meeting right before he left me there by myself he turned and shouted white power right in earshot of nearly everyone in the bar and grill. Now knowing who he really is it makes me wonder if this was some sick attempt to get me kicked out after he left. You see I always prided myself on carrying myself very professionally and refraining from using any such slogans or racial epithets right out in front of people I donft know and even in my own home around my children, so as they donft repeat them in the wrong place (any one of my close comrades can attest to this). In fact the only time I recall using any type of language when I was around Rugg that could have been considered racial offensive was when I told him that I heard The Pitch was run by a bulldyke and he misquoted me (one of many times) by saying in his gstoryh that I said gThe Pitch was run by gays and I just liked screwing with them.h Anyway, this was one of a couple of such meetings in which Peter also claims later in his story that he tried not to drink very much so he could gcontrolh the conversation. This could not be further from the truth. After our first meeting I noticed he drank rather excessively, and after he got a few in him it was nigger this and fagot that without regard to anyone within earshot. He would always sweat allot to, but by now I was convinced he was just a fat sweaty slob, and not a scared little rabbit. None of this behavior through up a red flag because I had met many newcomers to the movement just like him and had helped to straiten them out. We also talked about many other things besides movement related issues, and sometimes I would just let him talk, or should I say hventh, and so he would drink, he would womanize, and he would bitch about his wife and there uneventful marriage, and then we would part ways. When he finally decided he wanted to come distribute literature with me was when I had him meet me at my home. We just distributed what I had lying around which was a small stack of about 100 or 150 pieces which addressed the Knoxville murders in which 5 blacks were convicted beyond a reasonable doubt in the grizzly double torture, rape, mutilation, and subsequent murder of a young white couple out on a date. To learn more visit www.channonchristian.com. Now I realize many of the things I have said up until now are just my side of the story and thus can be disputed, but make no mistake despite the facts Peter Rugg actually says in his story gThe front of the flier gave only half the intended message. Under the heading gGRIZZLY BLOODY MURDERh was a description of a young, white Tennesseecouple ALLEGEDLY raped and murdered by a gang of five black men.h IN DEFENSE OF FIVE OF THE MOST BRUTAL CONVICTED KILLERS IN REAL LIFE HE ACTUALLY MUSTERS UP ENOUGH NERVE TO USE THE WORD ALLEGEDLY!!! Those made up most of the fliers, and then there were a few addressing the illegal immigration issue. None preached outright hatred or used any sort of racial epithets like Rugg so often did himself, (trying to impress me I suppose) rather they just made the reader aware of certain facts. As his gstoryh more or less states WE put some flyerfs in some pitch boxes (he really wanted to make sure we did that, which should have thrown up another flag), and we stapled some to some of those wood electric wire post. Its worth noting I think that although he claims in his gstoryh that he went around cleaning up all the literature we distributed afterword like a good Samaritan, he only cleaned up The Pitch boxes. The literature we stapled on post stayed up for at least two weeks after. I know causef I drove by them on my way to work every day. Peter Rugg demonstrates beautifully who The Pitch really cares about. The Pitch does not even care about there readers, and why should they? Their shit rag is free and so they get nothing back from the readers. They donft even care about Peter Rugg, they just used him to get back at me. The Pitch knew they had fired all of their guns in that one story based on what Rugg had guncoveredh, just as much as they knew that it might very well be Rugg and his family that would feel the recoil for years to come. The last time I saw him was when WE distributed that literature. After that I did not here from him again until he made that phone call from The Pitch in which he outed himself about a month or two later, and about a week or two before the story was to run. The whole conversation has been recorded for all to hear against my will for years to come. My childrenfs children will probably be able to hear my pathetic defense, but what can I say? I had been had by a liberal shit rag that had an ax to grind with me for many years for the ultimate evil of, as they put it, gspreading my hateh(although I had never actually used the word once in all of my meetings and conversations with Rugg). Right away I knew something was up when I started seeing The Pitch come up on my caller I.D. The first time I answered one of these calls I was totally caught of guard, but not surprised to hear Peter Ruggs backstabbing voice. I was right in the middle of reading my children a bedtime story, and I knew right at this point The Pitch held all the cards. I freaked, Ifll admit it. But instantly it was not for myself and for three reasons only-my wife and two children. There was no telling how much of my personal information The Pitch was going to print, but one thing I knew for sure is they wanted to print everything they legally could to try to get my family hurt or even killed. For the time being I felt I was at their mercy and they had none to give. Fortunately nothing ever happened to either of my children or my home. Although he never printed my address, he did however describe what my home looked like to a T, along with the town I lived in so that someone might be able to find it I guess, I know of no other reason. As it turns out (and this is really cheap) he actually got a picture of me with his camera phone. Of course in the picture my back is turned (surprise, surprise!) as I was walking into the bar and grill we met at. This attack no matter how cold or calculated unfortunately for The Pitch had little or no effect on me personally. My family, my work, all my friends, and everyware I went, everyone knew what I was all about. I kept it no secret. One only had to look at me to figure it out. I was not, and am not ashamed. My wife however has not always shared my same beliefs. Sympathetic to most at best. She was definitely no activist, never belonged to an organization, never put any fliers in The Pitch. But Ifve always loved her just the same as if she had. Her only crime? Being a good, supportive, wifecthe best, and an even better mother. She is the reason I write any of this or even care about the story written about me. She is the reason I have always kept a low profile. There is no amount of hell on earth I would not crawl through for her. Rugg had met my wife once briefly while we still had a friendship, and she was nothing but nice to him. For that he made sure she was mentioned in the article. He mentioned exactly what she looked like in exact detail so there would be no mistaking if a reader ever ran into her in the streets. Whyc? My wife had an important position of relative authority at her company and as soon as one person at her job read the article everyone that she got along with before stopped talking to her, and people she worked with stopped respecting her as much. Many of her friends and family have stopped talking to her. I believe this has caused her to feel some resentment toward me weather she wants to feel it or not. The Pitch had fired at me and hit my wife. He did not spare my mother, father, or brothers either. He tried to make it sound as if they were all sympathetic to my ideology. As much as I wish I could say that were true it is not and they all despise white nationalism but only love me as a good son and brother. My family has always had very strong family values. So while Ifm sure Peter Rugg sleeps much better now thinking he helped The Pitch smash a Nazi or whatever he wants to call me, he actually helped to strengthen my resolve to the point were I feel more conviction towards both white nationalism and identity Christianity than I ever have before in my life, and in the process ruined someone who had done nothing to them, and (herefs the really funny part) actually read the The Pitch regularly for rock concert updates(which is not the content white nationalist have a problem with). I know some NS skinheads that read it for the same reason. So if your reading this Peter, put that in your crack pipe and smoke it! I love my wife and children more than anything. Itfs a kind of Nazi love that only one who does not just associate us with hhatehcould understand. Bottom line is, The Pitch felt hatredcno, more like malice toward me for what I had done and they took it out on my family. They were not trying to infiltrate the ku klux klanor any other organization, they were trying to infiltrate me and my family. All they needed was one of there most moraless, scummy writerfs to sell out there family and even their soul to get the job done. Thatfs were Peter Rugg-scum writer extraordinaire came in. I noticed Peter Rugg wasted no time in trying to get my response right after the gstoryfsh print (trying to revel in any misery he may have caused me I suppose). I can assure him I had always planned on it but through my own channels, and good things take time. Also I take great comfort in knowing that this world is allot smaller than we give it credit for. Someday I know I will see Peter Rugg again in real life with nothing but air between us, and Peter, myself, God, and pretty much anybody else who has read his gstoryh knows he has written checks his ass simply cannot cash. LEGALIZE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT -Adrian Trentadue

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Posted by dan on January 17, 2008 at 1:08 PM

Take a psychology class at any decent university and 90% of those "facts" will be disproved. There are so many logical fallacies I don't know where to start. I'm glad many commentors have picked up on this, there is hope for humanity yet! The only facts that are correct are based on anatomy and that's easy to explain: blacks have lived under extreme environmental conditions for hundreds of years (ie slavery). Living malnourished lives for centuries means the body has continually lost key nourishment that otherwise would have helped them mature and evolve.

It's also interesting to note that science has concluded that all races derived from an area in Africa, where melanin in the skin is required, and that white people are actually a genetic mutation (gene for melanin was not copied properly, creating lighter skin). This is also the case for blonde hair and blue eyes.

I am also interested in a Bible quoter explaining "Love Thy Neighbor," a commandment from God no less, is of less importance than some obscure line written by a man in ancient times?

I'm slightly amused that for being so "great" and "powerful" they must hide their membership and blame everyone else for their problems. If you're so great you wouldn't have any problems.

(I wonder if the only way to discount my post is to commit another logical fallacy-attack the man-like what was done so well to the writer).

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Posted by Aryan descent and not superior on November 19, 2007 at 10:14 AM

Take a psychology class at any decent university and 90% of those "facts" will be disproved. There are so many logical fallacies I don't know where to start. I'm glad many commentors have picked up on this, there is hope for humanity yet! The only facts that are correct are based on anatomy and that's easy to explain: blacks have lived under extreme environmental conditions for hundreds of years (ie slavery). Living malnourished lives for centuries means the body has continually lost key nourishment that otherwise would have helped them mature and evolve. It's also interesting to note that science has concluded that all races derived from an area in Africa, where melanin in the skin is required, and that white people are actually a genetic mutation (gene for melanin was not copied properly, creating lighter skin). This is also the case for blonde hair and blue eyes. I am also interested in a Bible quoter explaining "Love Thy Neighbor," a commandment from God no less, is of less importance than some obscure line written by a man in ancient times? I'm slightly amused that for being so "great" and "powerful" they must hide their membership and blame everyone else for their problems. If you're so great you wouldn't have any problems. (I wonder if the only way to discount my post is to commit another logical fallacy-attack the man-like what was done so well to the writer).

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Posted by Aryan descent and not superior on November 19, 2007 at 7:14 AM

Response to: My Secret Life in the Klan


I applaud Peter Rugg for his courage and how he delved into the realm of evil. Is it not evident that ignorance is evil�s prominent highway?

Every one should get off their butts and initiate peace and harmony. Unfortunately, most people, myself included, have no idea how to initiate this peace now that the world is filled with so many fanatics and extremists. Consequently, we persist in our apathy while other entities persist in their radical behavior.



- Maestro of peace ? -

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Posted by Maestro of Peace on November 1, 2007 at 2:00 PM

Response to: My Secret Life in the Klan I applaud Peter Rugg for his courage and how he delved into the realm of evil. Is it not evident that ignorance is evil’s prominent highway? Every one should get off their butts and initiate peace and harmony. Unfortunately, most people, myself included, have no idea how to initiate this peace now that the world is filled with so many fanatics and extremists. Consequently, we persist in our apathy while other entities persist in their radical behavior. - Maestro of peace ? -

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Posted by Maestro of Peace on November 1, 2007 at 11:00 AM

Michael Burks is being exposed!

http://www.michaelburksexposed...

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Posted by Mark Daniels on October 21, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Posted by Mark Daniels on October 21, 2007 at 10:43 AM

Michael Burks is being exposed! http://www.michaelburksexposed.com

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Posted by Mark Daniels on October 21, 2007 at 7:44 AM

http://www.michaelburksexposed.com

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Posted by Mark Daniels on October 21, 2007 at 7:43 AM

This message is in regards to Mr. Burks comment.

First of all I would like to say that I was very surprised when I saw the image on the Pitch magazine. I have just moved here from Birmingham, Al and was shocked that I saw that the KKK is even prelavent here in MO,KS, maybe more so than Alabama. You try to get away from those racist sterotypes in one city then you hear about it in a new city, depressing.

Well anyway back to his comments.....I think that it is very sad that you would post those comments as facts, especially since a lot of them seem to be from way back when (I saw one from 1915!!!!) racism was more out in the OPEN and normal. Maybe you should look at more recent studies that give a more scientific unbiased view about race and intelligence. A lot of it has to do with sterotypes, insecurities about being black that whites have instilled in our heads, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Remember, it's only been a generation and a half between now and the racist south, so we as blacks are still learning how to assimilate ourselves in the so called "white" America. We are still dealing with generations and generations of negative views about ourselves, it's going to take some time to get those attitudes out of psyche I know a lot of people don't like Wikipedia, but they do have valid sources of where they got their information from, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...

IQ tests are tricky because it's weird on what people base intelligence on. Has anyone ever wondered, what exactly makes you smart? Have you ever spoke with a person who is crazy intelligent (36 ACT), 160+ IQ, but just sucked at other "normal" life skills. I think that different people have different interests and focus on different issues. Young black people are a very sociable lot. I get so mad b/c it seems like all we think about are our friends, that's why we excel in sports, music and entertainment b/c sometimes that seems more interesting. I for one am not like that, I'm actually not that athletic and so my focus was on my studies and so I exceled in those areas. I actually think that blacks, especially a lot of "pure" black from African countries like Nigera where it could be kind of rough at time are exceeding wonderfully. They have some of the most difficult schools (americans couldn't compare)and when they come over here for college they are some of the top engineers, scientists and doctors...hmmm....they can do that with NO white involvement (have been free from Britain for years).

Thanks to the person that listed SOME, although there are many more of the African American scientists and inventors. As far as Mr. Luther King Jr goes: Don't you dare judge a man who almost single handedly changed a nation in order to promte unity and harmony among ALL races. Whatever he may have done in his past (I'm not God and so I can't judge)is nothing compared to the great things that man did and his efforts are still doing. As I can see we still have a long way to go. Thank you for going undercover and taking the negative light out of your newspaper. Hopefully people will read this and one day accept everyone as unique beautiful individuals. End these hate groups and adopt a pro-american group, we are all different and that's what makes this place so great!

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Posted by msegeo on October 9, 2007 at 6:04 PM

This message is in regards to Mr. Burks comment. First of all I would like to say that I was very surprised when I saw the image on the Pitch magazine. I have just moved here from Birmingham, Al and was shocked that I saw that the KKK is even prelavent here in MO,KS, maybe more so than Alabama. You try to get away from those racist sterotypes in one city then you hear about it in a new city, depressing. Well anyway back to his comments.....I think that it is very sad that you would post those comments as facts, especially since a lot of them seem to be from way back when (I saw one from 1915!!!!) racism was more out in the OPEN and normal. Maybe you should look at more recent studies that give a more scientific unbiased view about race and intelligence. A lot of it has to do with sterotypes, insecurities about being black that whites have instilled in our heads, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Remember, it's only been a generation and a half between now and the racist south, so we as blacks are still learning how to assimilate ourselves in the so called "white" America. We are still dealing with generations and generations of negative views about ourselves, it's going to take some time to get those attitudes out of psyche I know a lot of people don't like Wikipedia, but they do have valid sources of where they got their information from, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence_%28Explanations%29 IQ tests are tricky because it's weird on what people base intelligence on. Has anyone ever wondered, what exactly makes you smart? Have you ever spoke with a person who is crazy intelligent (36 ACT), 160+ IQ, but just sucked at other "normal" life skills. I think that different people have different interests and focus on different issues. Young black people are a very sociable lot. I get so mad b/c it seems like all we think about are our friends, that's why we excel in sports, music and entertainment b/c sometimes that seems more interesting. I for one am not like that, I'm actually not that athletic and so my focus was on my studies and so I exceled in those areas. I actually think that blacks, especially a lot of "pure" black from African countries like Nigera where it could be kind of rough at time are exceeding wonderfully. They have some of the most difficult schools (americans couldn't compare)and when they come over here for college they are some of the top engineers, scientists and doctors...hmmm....they can do that with NO white involvement (have been free from Britain for years). Thanks to the person that listed SOME, although there are many more of the African American scientists and inventors. As far as Mr. Luther King Jr goes: Don't you dare judge a man who almost single handedly changed a nation in order to promte unity and harmony among ALL races. Whatever he may have done in his past (I'm not God and so I can't judge)is nothing compared to the great things that man did and his efforts are still doing. As I can see we still have a long way to go. Thank you for going undercover and taking the negative light out of your newspaper. Hopefully people will read this and one day accept everyone as unique beautiful individuals. End these hate groups and adopt a pro-american group, we are all different and that's what makes this place so great!

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Posted by msegeo on October 9, 2007 at 3:04 PM

To set the record straight again, the lawsuit mentioned above, Rhino Times vs. Knights Party, is still being litigated. It�s case No. 06-CUS9975 in Guilford County, North Carolina. More than a year since the case was filed, the Knights Party recently filed court papers indicating that they�ve retained an attorney in the case, a Harrison, Arkansas, lawyer named Jason McAllister Robb.

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Posted by Eric Barton on October 8, 2007 at 5:35 PM

To set the record straight again, the lawsuit mentioned above, Rhino Times vs. Knights Party, is still being litigated. It’s case No. 06-CUS9975 in Guilford County, North Carolina. More than a year since the case was filed, the Knights Party recently filed court papers indicating that they’ve retained an attorney in the case, a Harrison, Arkansas, lawyer named Jason McAllister Robb.

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Posted by Eric Barton on October 8, 2007 at 2:35 PM

Nazis are all self-hating closet-cases. If they had anything in the sack, they'd take responsibility for their own lives instead of blaming everything on blacks, jews, etc. like the whiny little antichristian, un-american pissants they are. Move to fuckin sweden if you can't handle america ya little girls.

They'll never go anywhere coz they're selling fake history, fake version of christianity, fake science, fake community based on fake made-up "heritage" that didn't even exist 100 years ago. They gotta distribute long lists of "facts" to their members because they're all too lazy to read or think for themselves.

Look at this dude with 'italian' on his arm, KKK useta woulda classed him with Irish and blacks, they change their made-up racial theories all the time, just wherever the money goes.

You know how much money the top leaders of the KKK take in dues and fundraisers? Look it up. Ever since the foundation, it's just a pyramid scam, all talk and no cock.

So nobody in the kkk has any problem with me coming to your geighborhoods and putting up "KKK likes to lick each others assholes" posters, right? or you only like free speech when it's coming from you?

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Posted by Garrett on October 4, 2007 at 3:22 PM

Nazis are all self-hating closet-cases. If they had anything in the sack, they'd take responsibility for their own lives instead of blaming everything on blacks, jews, etc. like the whiny little antichristian, un-american pissants they are. Move to fuckin sweden if you can't handle america ya little girls. They'll never go anywhere coz they're selling fake history, fake version of christianity, fake science, fake community based on fake made-up "heritage" that didn't even exist 100 years ago. They gotta distribute long lists of "facts" to their members because they're all too lazy to read or think for themselves. Look at this dude with 'italian' on his arm, KKK useta woulda classed him with Irish and blacks, they change their made-up racial theories all the time, just wherever the money goes. You know how much money the top leaders of the KKK take in dues and fundraisers? Look it up. Ever since the foundation, it's just a pyramid scam, all talk and no cock. So nobody in the kkk has any problem with me coming to your geighborhoods and putting up "KKK likes to lick each others assholes" posters, right? or you only like free speech when it's coming from you?

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Posted by Garrett on October 4, 2007 at 12:22 PM

I can't believe that some of you (Burks, et. al.) are spending so much time and effort responding to this article, and then one of the later entrees claims that only six people even read The Pitch (This would be in italics if the website would let me.). That leads me to the post that blew me away the most! Michael Jones, did no one teach you grammar or spelling??? You want to criticize others' opinions, writing or intelligence, but you don't even know how to spell, where a comma belongs or that "Burks's" last name is, "Burks", not, "Burk"? You had at least eighteen grammar/spelling mistakes in your rant, and that doesn't even include finishing with a cliche'. (Such a copout for any piece of writing.) If you want intelligent people to listen to your opinion, then you need to show your intelligence with proper English.

I found the article fascinating. I don't know if I would be brave enough to do what this reporter did. I also found it sad that our community, our country, still has people who espouse such hatred and violence toward others.

I am thankful for those who posted messages of support for peace and tolerance.

Grace and Peace,
Suzanne

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Posted by Suzanne on October 4, 2007 at 12:31 AM

I can't believe that some of you (Burks, et. al.) are spending so much time and effort responding to this article, and then one of the later entrees claims that only six people even read The Pitch (This would be in italics if the website would let me.). That leads me to the post that blew me away the most! Michael Jones, did no one teach you grammar or spelling??? You want to criticize others' opinions, writing or intelligence, but you don't even know how to spell, where a comma belongs or that "Burks's" last name is, "Burks", not, "Burk"? You had at least eighteen grammar/spelling mistakes in your rant, and that doesn't even include finishing with a cliche'. (Such a copout for any piece of writing.) If you want intelligent people to listen to your opinion, then you need to show your intelligence with proper English. I found the article fascinating. I don't know if I would be brave enough to do what this reporter did. I also found it sad that our community, our country, still has people who espouse such hatred and violence toward others. I am thankful for those who posted messages of support for peace and tolerance. Grace and Peace, Suzanne

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Posted by Suzanne on October 3, 2007 at 9:31 PM

I commend Peter Rugg for writing this article. He was able to find the guy who was sneaking around and putting racist fliers in the Pitch. If he believes in white supremecy so strongly, then why hide it? As Rugg mentions, the Klan advises people not to advertise their beliefs or wear "Klan Wear" while they are out.

I enjoy the comments the members of so-called nazi parties leave. Clearly, no one in any of these groups has an ounce of intelligence. They definitely have no reading comprehension skills, as evidence in their attacks on Rugg. Nothing that Rugg wrote in his article suggests that he is scared of women. The opening line of the story is not about fear of women; rather, he did not want the woman to see what he was doing. I should not have to explain that, but obviously, members of the "nazi" party never learned the meaning behind words.

I also enjoyed "the facts" Burks wrote. I was very amused to see his sources. Nothing past 1993. Many of his "facts" were from the early nineteenth century. Do you also believe the world is flat and that the sun revolves around the Earth? Get some up to date information! Too funny!

Again, I want to praise Rugg for his fine article. It was interesting to read! I'm very glad that he exposed the group of pussies who feel that they have nothing better to do than sit around and hate people because their skin color is different. How PATHETIC!

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Posted by Kevin on October 3, 2007 at 8:41 PM

The Nazi/White supremacists are "preaching to the choir." The tactics will not work. Most people do not listen to Nazi/White supremacists.

By the way, I am glad that the author disguised himself and found the person slipping KKK material into The Pitch boxes.

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Posted by Vincent O. Moh on October 3, 2007 at 6:30 PM

I commend Peter Rugg for writing this article. He was able to find the guy who was sneaking around and putting racist fliers in the Pitch. If he believes in white supremecy so strongly, then why hide it? As Rugg mentions, the Klan advises people not to advertise their beliefs or wear "Klan Wear" while they are out. I enjoy the comments the members of so-called nazi parties leave. Clearly, no one in any of these groups has an ounce of intelligence. They definitely have no reading comprehension skills, as evidence in their attacks on Rugg. Nothing that Rugg wrote in his article suggests that he is scared of women. The opening line of the story is not about fear of women; rather, he did not want the woman to see what he was doing. I should not have to explain that, but obviously, members of the "nazi" party never learned the meaning behind words. I also enjoyed "the facts" Burks wrote. I was very amused to see his sources. Nothing past 1993. Many of his "facts" were from the early nineteenth century. Do you also believe the world is flat and that the sun revolves around the Earth? Get some up to date information! Too funny! Again, I want to praise Rugg for his fine article. It was interesting to read! I'm very glad that he exposed the group of pussies who feel that they have nothing better to do than sit around and hate people because their skin color is different. How PATHETIC!

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Posted by Kevin on October 3, 2007 at 5:41 PM

Wow, who would think that this day in age that racial superiority is still such a loaded debate? What I want to know is what gives white people the right to claim racial supremacy? For centuries the "white devil" has invaded, murdered, and enslaved people of all races, all for the sake of conquest and validation as a superior race. Yet they have had the nerve to refer to other races as "heathens and savages". By definition, the roles are reversed. Who's to say that these "third world countries" are not happier living from the land and helping each other than building tall cities and creating war for money? Really we should take some lessons from people that have such simple lifestyles, rather than trying to eradicate them.
Mr. Burks, your statement that black people never create anything other than trash is ignorant. While you are busy researching to prove your point, possibly you should do a little research of black history, particularly inventions.

Benjamin Banneker- received national acclaim for scientific work in the 1791 survey of the Federal Territory (now Washington D.C.) where he worked along side Thomas Jefferson on the survey team.

Bessie Blount- patented a device that allowed amputies to feed themselves. The electrical device sends one mouthful of food through a tube when he or she bites the end of the tube.

George Washington Carver- discovered over 300 uses for peanuts, including peanut butter. Mr. Carver's crop rotation method revolutionized agriculture in the south. Without which, the southern farmers would still be producing mostly cotton.

Dr. George Carruthers- Developed the first moon-based space observatory, a ultraviolet camera carried to the moon by Apollo 16 astronauts in 1972. The camera allows researchers to view the earth's atmosphere for pollutants.

Dr. Charles Drew- discovered that by separating liquid red blood cells from the near solid plasma and freezing each separately, they could later be reconstituted. This discovery revolutionized the medical profession. Dr. Drew also established the American Red Cross Blood Bank, of which he was the first director, and organized the world's first blood bank drive.

Thomas Jennings- The first African American to receive a patent, his patent was for a dry-cleaning process called "dry-scouring". Where would all the rich white bigots be without dry-cleaning for their Armani wardrobe?

Garrett Morgan- invented a device called the "Morgan safety hood and smoke protector". Mr. Morgan gained national recognition when he lead a team of volunteers to rescue 32 men from a collapsed tunnel 250 feet below Lake Eerie. The rescue team wore Mr. Morgan's gas masks. Soon after firefighters from all over the country were requesting gas masks, and later was refined by the U.S. Army for use in World War 1. Mr. Morgan also invented the hand cranked traffic signal that was used until all traffic signals were replaced by automatic red, yellow, and green-light signals that are used today.

Alice Parker- In 1916 Ms. Parker invented a gas furnace that provide central heating.

Lewis Latimer- As an employee of patent soliciting company Crosby & Gould, Mr. Latimer drafted the patent drawings for Alexander Graham Bell's patent application for the telephone. While employed at the Electric Light Co. Mr. Latimer invented a method of of making carbon filaments for electric incandescent lamps. In 1881, the lamps were installed under his supervision in New York City, Philadelphia, Montreal and London. Mr. Latimer was also the only African American of 24 members of the "Edison Pioneers", Thomas Edison's engineering devision of the Edison Company.

I think I have made my point now. I hope my efforts are not wasted. "Ignorance breeds ignorance".

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Posted by Buffie on October 3, 2007 at 5:34 PM

The Nazi/White supremacists are "preaching to the choir." The tactics will not work. Most people do not listen to Nazi/White supremacists. By the way, I am glad that the author disguised himself and found the person slipping KKK material into The Pitch boxes.

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