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May 17, 2005
Michael Crook is a PoS
Some people will do anything for attention, even fake their own death. But some are so pathetic and desperate for attention that they will fake their own death and blame it on the United States Military.
The scumbag behind the Forsake the Troops webite had this posted on his site:
On Monday evening, the webmaster of Forsake The Troops was brutally assaulted by two men, thought to be members of the military, in response to their opinions about this website. Mr. Crook had been the target of numerous death threats and trespassers at his residence. All of these threats were saved and have been turned over to the authorities.
UPDATE:
At 6:19pm Eastern time, Michael Crook died of his injuries, after being rushed by ambulance to the leading hospital in the area for head trauma. The two men who allegedly assaulted him are currently in the custody of police. Mr. Crook died with his wife and infant daughter present.
It is therefore the decision of his family, and associates that Forsake The Troops goes offline, to prevent further incidents of violence and threats against his family. Therefore, this domain will permanantly go offline at around 5pm Eastern time, on Tuesday, May 17th, 2005.
Comments, and well-wishes may be addressed to condolences@michaelcrook.com. Media inquiries (no interviews with family at this time), or sincere inquiries from well-meaning people may be directed to (315) 295-2602.
Too bad it ain't true.
A controversial Web site that has called wounded soldiers "leeches" and celebrates when U.S. servicemen are killed in action, is claiming its Web master was beaten to death yesterday.
But local police say no murder has occurred.
The site, www.foresakethetroops.info, posted a claim Tuesday morning that Michael Crook was physically attacked by two men and later died in a hospital from his injuries. The statement speculated that the attackers are "thought to be members of the military, in response to their opinions about this Web site."
The site also says the two attackers were "taken into police custody."
But officials with the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office in Syracuse told Army Times Tuesday that they have no record or knowledge of any such attack in the region.
A message left at the phone number listed on the Web site was not immediately returned.
The Web site has repeatedly posted disparaging comments about the military. Crook, the alleged blogger of the site, has said his main intent is to inform Americans that soldiers are paid too much for what they do.
Recently the site posted this: "Don't military pukes learn anything? Nine more Marines bite the big one in combat. Stupid is as stupid does!"
On May 15, the Web site had a tally of American troops killed in Iraq. It read: "Number of US soldiers killed in the Iraq War, of their own doing, because they CHOSE to be leeches: 1,583. These scumbags asked for it, and got it. Simper Cry."
Meanwhile, the PoS has this to say on his weblog (and no, I won't give the PoS a link, write me if you want one):
Well, I suppose the cat's out of the bag, so....I'm not dead.
To those that sent heartfelt messages, and felt that this was a true story, I truly apologize. This situation quickly got out of hand, when national media outlets called looking for clarification.
I honestly thought people would shrug it off, and go on their merry way. I even got a kick out of the numerous hate messages from people, including an e-mail message from this numbnuts:
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Yea, I am sorry that I couldn't have been there to watch you die. Go Army.
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Real nice guy, he. In any event, this story got way out of hand. The Troops site has, indeed, been taken offline, because quite frankly, I'm tired of the time it takes to maintain it. It's not from a lack of hosts; there are plenty of companies willing to take my money, but enough is enough. Let the drunken rednecks from Weapon Depot think they won. They had nothing to do with it. Nor did anyone else, but myself. I alone chose to take the site down.
But, hey, if it gets your rocks off to make you think you're so important that you had anything to do with it, knock yourself out.........please. Then jump off a tall building with your children in tow.
Life's too short to stress over mean people.
Have a nice night.
Yeah, I snipped out the name of the soldier who wrote him, and I snipped out crook's self-serving whine about supposedly losing a job over the site, but hey, I hope its true.
Piss off Michael. You are boring. and irrelevant. No one gives a shit enough about whether you live or die enough to kill your sorry ass and the world knows that, even if you don't.
Posted by LindaSoG at May 17, 2005 08:32 PM
Comments
I just checked that scuzzy site out, it appears to be gone. Thanks for posting about it, if Michael Crook were on fire I wouldn't urinate on him. Too many good men and women have died to protect the likes of him, I prefer to remember them and my fellow veterans.
Posted by: Jack at May 17, 2005 11:21 PM
well, well, well, I just happened to stumble upon two phone numbers that belong to this scumbag michael crook. 315-424-3785 and 315-475-9404. I suggest we keep calling him at all hours of the day and night to remind him of what a maggot he really is.
Posted by: paul webber at May 23, 2005 10:30 AM
You think that's bad....this scumbag called into the internet radio station I work for a few years ago and started some crap with one of the hosts. He knew the host personally, they had worked together at one time, and tried to flame him. Over the course of 2 hours, this little turd was roasted over an open flame. He admitted to statutory rape and the impregnation of a 15 year old. If its true is uncertain, but the fact is he was bragging about it, saying that he couldn't get in trouble for it.
And his comment about the troops being "poster children for retroactive abortion" is a RIP OFF QUOTE!!!! The hosts of the show he called into actually used that on HIM!!
This guy is a complete tool. In the next day or so, we will be making available a downloadable clip of this douche bag on our site, www.nhbradio.com. Or you can e-mail me and I'd be happy to send it to you.
P.S. I have his actual HOME phone number as well! tee-hee
Greg
www.nhbradio.com
grerg@nhhradio.com
Posted by: Greg at May 27, 2005 07:21 PM
These comments really hit home for me my fiance is in iraq now and was attacked yesterday and i am going next week thank you to all the people that do support us, and we will keep on fighting for you thank you
Posted by: A1CJoe Ferrara at May 30, 2005 10:20 PM