"This video aids and abets our enemies in time of war and should be deleted" is not the best wording. Google is run by a bunch of radical leftists, and they don't have any problem with aiding and abetting our enemies; they want us to lose the war.

I suggest something more like this: "This video expresses religious intolerance and racist hatred. It advocates the slaughter of innocent people for political gain. It should be deleted immediately and the person who posted it should be banned."

Rachel, Thank You for posting the links! I didn't know about the squirrel video but it doesn't suprise me.

After about a week of trudging thru YouTube's sewers, I can add a few notes:

1. You might not want to post comments. We're having a tough time getting YouTube's attention by flagging the mostly 'graphic violence & hate speech' videos. But we're getting lots of attention (i.e. hate mail) from the jihadi posters, and YouTube allows any poster to block comments from any account they don't like. That's right, jihadi snuff films are ok, but objecting to them via comments is a censorable offense.

2. If you do post comments, make sure you check your profile to make sure there is no personally identifiable information you may have entered when you registered on YouTube (or your google account). Also, the profile pages for these guys often have links to their own sites, and I wouldn't follow them unless you have a strong stomach and are confident in your computer's security (browser settings, anti-virus, firewall).

3. It's still a bit early to draw firm conclusions, but early testing suggests the following: flag politically incorrect videos and you have a fair chance of seeing them deleted. White guys using the 'n-word' have been been taken down with a single flag. Anti-semitism is a mixed bag, most videos calling for the death of all Jews seem to stay up, whoever calls for it. Multiple flaggings of jihadi snuff films will be preserved unless the state of decay on the corpses is especially advanced. There have been a few successes in seeing jihadi videos taken down, but it's an uphill battle.

Lastly, given that YouTube has installed a means of allowing posters to block comments, it's possible the YouTube staff has similar intermal mechanisms to filter out people flagging too many of the kinds of videos they prefer to retain. It may be better to flag a few videos a day than dozens in a single sitting.

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to mention a few precautions worth taking, and to give some initial results. Thanks again.

Thanks Rickbert - I thought about mentioning some of that, which I'd read in the comments on Quoth, but I got in a hurry. So it's awesome that you added it here, thank u!!

Squirrels are definitely terrorists too!

Also - I'm much happier about giving to a cause if they describe what help is being provided. Example: Buying prosthetics? I'm there.

Squirrels are evil! Thank God my Quinn (Siberian Husky) is a fantastic squirrel hunter. She's killed at least 10!!!

So a lot of the videos I'm pulling up are from Joey Jihad...that's stupid.

What if I can't understand what hte video is even saying. It sure sounds like it's a promotion of Jihad. :( But I don't know if I should flag it since I don't understand it. Although the bird noises with the gun shots is interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W_OlGAUykI

There are some hilarious comments though! I Love this one! "May a thousand camels with the runs fly over your compound."

This one is a little more obvious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPdHX9jn94&NR=1

Ala a snack bar ... Oy vey. :)

Rachel,

I hate to point out the obvious to you; Your being intelligent, politically astute and most of all, FUNNY, as you know your Bad Self™ obviously is, but, I must.

Clearly, if you could have somehow made it clear the squirrel was a Christian or a Republican (both is a huge bonus), we would all (and many more) be enjoying that video on YouTube to this day.

We all make mistakes, especially me.

FightClub™

Rachel: You're missing an obvious money-raising combination.

You should be militating to raise funds for Operation GRIM BY having youself photographed for Maxim in said T-shirt.

You could then go on to sell autographed copies of that photo and not have to work again... or at least work very hard.

Could that model look any more bored?

Thanks for the links. Good causes are always welcome.

Rachel: You're missing an obvious money-raising combination.

You should be militating to raise funds for Operation GRIM BY having yourself photographed for Maxim in said T-shirt.

You could then go on to sell autographed copies of that photo and not have to work again... or at least work very hard.

Reminds of the time, before the 2004 elections, when I had some bumper stickers drawn up and tried to sell them on eBay. They said, "WWOVF? Who Would Osama Vote For?" The listing lasted about a day.

Rachel,

Thanks from the crew at QuotheRaven for linking us. The success of Operation YouTube Smackdown will depend on the number of volunteers we can recruit for the effort. Any effort by your readers to help us knock down individual videos is appreciated, but spreading the news to other websites/bloggers is vital. We need volunteers in the thousands. We're gonna be a major pain in the arse to YouTube and the Jihadist swine who pollute the Internet with their filth. Welcome aboard. And don't feel like you have to pull any punches on this issue. Lay on!

~Basil Riverdale (Link to QTR on my name is hot)

Operation GRIM? Been there. Done that. Bought the T-shirt! Literally!

Iran Arrests Squirrels for Spying

"A dozen squirrels were captured by Iranian intelligence who claimed the rodents had been outfitted with electronic detection devices."

So that's it. They took down your squirrel video from YouTube because... you broke their cover!

*stares at picture*

Ummm...I'm sorry, lost my train of thought. What was this post about again?