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No matter what you think of Dee Snider at the moment this is a somber version of their 'hit'.

MONTREAL - The rich, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, are very different from you and me. True that … and he never knew Ed Snider. Snider owns the Philadelphia Flyers. As is the case with most plutocrats, the 79-year-old businessman is conservative in his politics.

The story of Todd Snider and his Facebook group “I Wonder How Quickly I Can Find 1,000,000 People Who Support Israel,” which appeared on FrontPage last Friday in the article “Facebook Jihad,” has taken a bizarre new turn. Snider, you may recall, is the enterprising and dedicated fourteen-year-old who last summer started a Facebook group that quickly grew to become the largest pro-Israel group on the popular social networking site. Snider’s group, “I Wonder How Quickly I Can Find 1,000,000 People Who Support Israel,” which he founded in July 2008, had over 180,000 members by mid February of this year.

MTV or Bust MTV debuted in New York City in 1981, and as it quickly spread across the country along with the spread of cable television, it soon became known as the network that went against the grain and represented youthful defiance in America. Because of this defiant nature, MTV was not afraid to back down from political controversy. In 1985, Dee Snider, Frank Zappa, and John Denver testified before the US Senate in response to the Parents Music Resource Center’s goal of censoring records containing improper lyrics. MTV had no qualms about taking the side of these three musical...

Shut up and teach! Mike S. Adams October 13, 2004 Dear Professor Snider (csnider@csulb.edu): Someone recently sent me a copy of the guidelines for a research paper that you require of your students at California State University, Long Beach. According to your website, the purpose of the paper is “to persuade or at least to create tolerance for your point of view on a controversial issue; also to acknowledge the opposing side of the issue.” Below the basic requirements for the paper, you have listed a number of suggested “Subjects for an Argument Paper.” Below I have listed some of...