Who are these awful people?!

Please let all of these people be grotesque examples of the modern American citizen. Please let it be that they are simply strange uneducated backward awful people who contribute nothing significant to the people around them. Please let it be that these people have little-to-no more influence over the world than chance alone:

• John Seigenthaler Sr.
• John Seigenthaler Jr.
• Brian Chase
• Daniel Brandt
• The people who fired Brian Chase for not doing anything wrong

For more information, see the following:

• Culprit in Smearing Seigenthaler on WikiPedia Caught
  

  Brian Chase, 38, left his job on Friday as an operations manager at a small delivery company, after sending a letter to Seigenthaler admitting he had suggested via Wikipedia, the user-written Web "encyclopedia," that Seigenthaler had been involved in the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy.

  
  

  In a letter to Seigenthaler, the Times revealed, Chase said he thought that Wikipedia was a "gag" Web site (some would not argue with this) and that he had written the assassination tale to shock a co-worker.
  
  Chase said he later felt "remorseful," but only offered his apology after a sleuth, Daniel Brandt, of San Antonio, closed in on him. Brandt runs an anti-Wikipedia Web site.

• Wikipedia: John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy
• Phase Portrait: Rectal Pacifier
• USATODAY.com: A false Wikipedia 'biography' by John Seigenthaler

Additionally, here is some interesting information about Daniel Brandt, the "sleuth" in this case:

• Google Watch Watch
• Wikipedia: Daniel Brandt

I wonder what Brandt thinks about blogs and web forums...<?>

I'm pretty sure Brandt is one of those assholes out there who whines about the BCS not being perfect too. Maybe I should add that category of people to the list as well... but then I think I might come close to sounding a little snippy, so I'll leave things as they are: cool, calm, and verifiably correct. The people above are crazy. Lock 'em up, throw away the key; we don't want to encourage more of this type of behavior.