The Perks Of Hunting C.H.U.D.

Huntin' CHUD can be a dangerous way to peruse cyberspace, but the benefits are well worth your troubles. For notifying C.H.U.D. Busters of a sighting, you will get:

• This spiffy button to put on your blog or show off at parties!
• Blogrolled on the C.H.U.D. Buster Consortium List found on the sidebar to your right with a link of your choosing (no link requested will provide a default link to Soldiers' Angels)
• The satisfaction of providing a unique way to support our troops!

All notifications should be sent to LTNixonRants (at) Gmail (dot) com with "I Got Me a Chud" in the subject line. Please provide appropriate links and how you know this is a confirmed CHUD sighting.

Interested in guest blogging? Please contact LTNixon via email.

The most important benefits are of course that the American public doesn't let this happen to our veterans.

Cheers! And stay safe out there.

C.H.U.D. Huntin'

CHUDs have been spotted in various corners of the political blogosphere for quite some time. While many CHUDs linger in the comments on left-wing themed blogs, there have many reports of bloggers being attacked from right-wing sites such as Lew Rockwell or any other site where people think Ron Paul should be president. Some other places where they have been popping up are Youtube comments, Liveleak comments, MySpace, and Facebook. Remember, that CHUDs are only Americans, but we may try international CHUD hunting in the future. Any information on CHUD sightings can be promptly reported to this blog at ltnixonrants(at)gmail(dot)com.

Some basic tools are required for C.H.U.D. hunting


1 Hazmat suit

1 computer (desktop or laptop, your choice)

The willingness to go into the dark sewer regions of the internet

Be careful out there, brothers and sisters. Good Luck and Stay safe!

Definition of a C.H.U.D.

A CHUD is a charecterization loosely based on the 80s horror movie where mutated humans lived in the sewer and would come to the surface to feast on their prey, which was us normal humans. For our purposes, a CHUD can be defined as an irrational citizen making threats or allegations against our fellow servicemembers on either the internet, at anti-war protests, in the media, or even in Washington D.C. It's best to keep your eyes open when you are hunting CHUDs, because they can lurk in the comments section of a blog...and they may go unseen.

Some traits of the CHUD:

• referring to our troops as babykillers, warmongers, idiots, etc.
• protests of recruiting stations or protests openly supporting our enemies that target our troops
• newspaper articles deriding military culture as rapists or mongoloids
• ridiculous accusations about U.S. troops killing civilians in Iraq/Afghanistan
• saying that people in the military deserve to be killed/wounded because they signed up for it
• declaring our military leadership as traitorous with unfounded facts

Some examples of people that aren't necessarily CHUDs:

• getting angry with political veterans for their politics (e.g. not liking McCain, even though he is a vet)
• becoming angry about crimes committed in the war zone (e.g. Abu Ghraib)
• not agreeing with the Iraq/Afghanistan war
• getting angry with a milblogger for reasons not necessarily related to being in the military (e.g. LT Nixon, you are a perv)

But, beware! Sometimes these internet denizens could be hiding their true CHUD identity. A few nested comments or two could make them doff their polite blogosphere personna, and unleash a raging fury of CHUD! So be careful out there.

Our Mission

The brief period of patriotism and unwavering support for our country's military following 9/11 has tapered off slightly, but most Americans are generally respectful of our service members. We are taught to not simply "expect" the public's admiration, but I would say that the military's relation with the public is quite healthy. I have worn a uniform since 2002 and have never been ridiculed for my service in person. However, beneath this pristine and sanitized surface of mainstream culture, there dwells an abominable beast in the sewer that seeks to scorn our military for a variety of personal and political purposes...the CHUD!

While I served my year in Iraq, I was astonished to see my fellow Americans make a mockery of us on cyberspace and in the streets. Code Pink protesting the Marine Recruiting Station in Berkeley, blog commenters ecstatic to see a murderous thug like Muqtada al-Sadr launching attacks on our forces, wild accusations of atrocities against civilians, disabled veterans being referred to as "damaged goods", likening our mission to the Imperial stormtroopers, and a NYC recruiting station that got blown up. The list goes on and on.

Since our disabled veterans will require the public's support for a long time, and learning from the lesson of how poorly our Vietnam veterans were treated, our mission is to take a non-partisan approach in hunting down those who choose to denigrate our troops and exposing them for the yahoos that they are. By keeping CHUDs in the sewer where they belong, we can ensure a prosperous future for those that served during a time of war.

Let the CHUD-Bustin' begin!