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Charles Foster Johnson (born April 13, 1953) is a greater Los Angeles, California-based web designer who runs a weblog popular with right-wing Americans called Little Green Footballs. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Little Green Footballs (LGF) is a conservative blog run by California web designer Charles Johnson. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Nickname City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Government Country State County United States California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water  - Urban 1,290. ... Web design is the design or designing of a web page, website or web application. ... A weblog (now more commonly known as a blog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order). ... Little Green Footballs (LGF) is a conservative blog run by California web designer Charles Johnson. ...

Work history

Johnson was born in New York and raised in Hawaii. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,941 sq. ...

He launched his first career (as a jazz guitarist) in the mid-1970s. Extensive recording credits include at least three albums that went gold, namely Reach For It by George Duke, School Days by Stanley Clarke, and Live in London by Al Jarreau. Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... George Duke (born 12 January 1946) is a piano and synthesizer pioneer. ... Stanley Clarke (born 30 June 1951) is an American musician known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and bass guitar. ... Alwyn Lopez Jarreau (born March 12, 1940 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin), known popularly as Al Jarreau, is an American, Grammy Award–winning jazz singer. ...

He later co-founded a company called CodeHead Technologies, which marketed productivity and desktop publishing software (mostly hand-coded in assembly language) for the Atari ST computer. Desktop publishing (also known as DTP) combines a personal computer, page layout software and a printer to create publications on a small economic scale. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... It has been suggested that Assembler be merged into this article or section. ... For the concept Atari (当たり) in the board game of Go, see Atari (go term). ... The IBM ThinkCentre A Series is a popular line of computers. ...

Today Johnson runs the "Little Green Footballs" web design firm with his brother Michael. The LGF weblog began as a testbed on that company's website, but is now known as a center for opposition to political Islamism. This article is about political Islamism. ...

He is a co-founder of Pajamas Media, a website that posts news gathered by bloggers. Pajamas Media, briefly known as Open Source Media, is a startup company founded in 2004 by mystery writer and Huffington Post blogger Roger L. Simon and Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs with the intention of. ... This article is about a type of web application. ...

Political conversion

Johnson claims to have voted for Al Gore in 2000, but was deeply affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks and now describes himself (per neoconservative writer Irving Kristol) as "a liberal who got mugged by reality". Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... Neoconservatism is a somewhat controversial term referring to the political goals and ideology of the new conservatives (ultraconservative) in the United States. ... Irving Kristol (born 1920) is considered the founder of American neoconservatism. ... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of...

Johnson coined the term "idiotarian," popularized the epiphet "moonbat", and has also adopted the phrase "Religion of Peace", using it sarcastically to describe Islam. The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Moonbat is a political epithet coined in 2002 by Perry de Havilland of Samizdata, a libertarian weblog. ... Religion of Peace (sometimes abbreviated as RoP) is a sarcastic euphemism for Islam, primarily referring to the sometimes violent methods of Islamic extremists. ...

Religious affiliations

Johnson was raised Roman Catholic but now considers himself an agnostic. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The term agnosticism and the related agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869. ...

External links

• ArtistDirect.com - Charles Johnson musical biography
• ArtistDirect.com - Charles Johnson recording credits
• Right Wing News - Interview with Charles Johnson
• Israel National News - "If the title of Righteous Gentile is ever bestowed upon friends of Israel in this war, Charles Johnson will deserve a place on the list of candidates for the honor."
• New York Sun - "The Blogger Who Helped to Dislodge Dan Rather" (Profile of Charles Johnson)