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Wed Sep-15-04 11:22 AM
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GOP congressman calls for Congressional investigation of CBS?! |
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:25 AM
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:30 AM
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5. LMAO. Open the letter on PDF |
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http://www.cox.house.gov/html/release.cfm?id=766What in the hell was the letter typed with? I demand an investigation!
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:32 AM
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15. Welcome to DU, Little Traveller |
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Check out that guy's teeth. Bogus, for sure. I demand an investigation!
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:31 AM
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9. There's a grammatical mistake in the first line!! LOL |
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"This is a request that you commence a Subcommittee investigation into the continued use by CBS News of apparently forged of documents"
Two "of"s. Guess the guy doesn't know English.
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:26 AM
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2. right after the Sandy Berger investigation |
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did Hastert and DeLay ever call that off?
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:30 AM
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:31 AM
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10. cleared by the justice dept. |
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but DeLay and Hastert had called for Congressional investigations.
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:27 AM
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3. If these memos are fakes CBS deserves it. |
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:30 AM
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When will we have FOX face the music?
They have pulled far more egregious things
And by the way... there is this thing these GOPers want to do... and it is to shut down ANY media critical to them
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:39 AM
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20. Why should we put up with lies from anyone? |
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And an investigation of CBS would not end with CBS. It would include the whole rotten bunch.
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:31 AM
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11. sure, right after they investigate Robert Novak |
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:41 AM
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22. I always thought those memos were deliberate plants. |
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And they sure destroyed the story didn't they?
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:31 AM
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13. They're doing a Kitty Kelley interview, aren't they? |
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What a good time to discredit them.
So, ya think CBS will fight back or cave in?
I think, fight.
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:33 AM
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17. If the memos are real Bush deserves the investigation. |
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I still haven't heard a good reason to believe they're fakes. If you have anything to share with the rest of the class, please speak up.
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:44 AM
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23. The memos are irrelevant. Bush should be investigated anyway. |
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I thought then, and I think now those memos were deliberate plants to destroy the story. Those memos had nothing to do with how Bush got into the Guard. That was the original story that is now forgotten. We were sandbagged.
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Wed Sep-15-04 12:16 PM
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29. a congressional investigation?!? |
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:28 AM
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It is clear that either the TANG had typewriters that make superscript 'th' characters or the White House doctored up the records they released.
BTW, look around and you'll find reduced size 'st' as in 1 st Lieutenant as well. We've identified the IBM Composer and Executive as two typewriters that could have produced this text. We've identified that the text is CLOSE to Times New Roman, but not quite the same. And it's no surprise given that Times New Roman is based on Times Roman.
Let them investigate, I think it will be fun!!!!!
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:30 AM
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7. This means WAR!! Bring it ON! |
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CBS vs The RightWing Machine. A Clash of the Titans.
Let me get some popcorn....
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:31 AM
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Dan Rather v. some idiot Repuke Congressman.
Let's get ready to ruummmmmmble!
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:32 AM
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14. Sijnce when have they cared about fake! |
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I am more convinced than ever that this is ROVE all the way. When will we call for an investigation of Rove.
If we have a CBS investigation, why not include FOX and CNN and all the rest?
Oops, I forgot that the head of the FCC is Colon's whore son. I forgot that we have a Republican controlled Congress and that we live in Nazi Germany.
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:33 AM
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16. Not quite Nazi Germany YET |
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But Mussilini's Italy, all the way
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:35 AM
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Clearly the Republicans believe they have nothing better to spend the tax payers money on.
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:38 AM
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19. No they are correct in calling for one |
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here is the logic
We discredit CBS and the elite media (their mantra) hence their followers no longer pay attention to anybody they say... this happens and they have further control
Moreover, it also keeps the story up there as a FORGERY, nobody is disucsiing the content, but we are not talking about the real issues either
It is a master stroke from any propaganda standpoint, and it is not unlike what the Nazis and Fasicsts did to their respective media in the 1920s and 1930s,
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:40 AM
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21. There is a little thing called the 1st Amendment - freedom of the press. |
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This is just the republicans trying chip away a little more at the bill of rights.
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:46 AM
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24. Does "freedom of the press" include freedom to lie? |
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:56 AM
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27. I'm not an attorney, but I think it does. I think the only recourse would |
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be a civil suit for defamation, but they would have to prove that the documents are forgeries and that CBS knew that they were.
News agencies report inaccurate information all the time. If the government were to investigate every case there would be a constant battle in the courts, and I definitely think it would violate 1st amendment rights.
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Wed Sep-15-04 12:02 PM
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28. I see. It must be proved it was a deliberate lie. Almost impossible. |
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Wed Sep-15-04 12:45 PM
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31. You sure are carrying alot of water today, |
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Edited on Wed Sep-15-04 12:46 PM by bobbyboucher
are you tired?
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Wed Sep-15-04 04:30 PM
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:46 AM
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25. Why don't we also call for an investigation of the GOP congressman calling |
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for an investigation of CBS? Who knows? A link between him and nazi-type opposition to free speech and democracy might be uncovered! Maybe people will begin to see clearly that G e o r g e W a l k e r B u s h has unleashed some sort of Nazi type cult on this nation that will take it down a path many of us want to avoid and many others will regret. :)
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Wed Sep-15-04 11:52 AM
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26. good, finally got to important issues... |
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...now that the Plame scandal, Abu Ghraib scandal, WMD missing scandal, etc...have all been resolved
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Wed Sep-15-04 12:20 PM
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30. Surely this dickhead meant the Niger yellowcake memo, right? |
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Wed Sep-15-04 04:33 PM
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33. If the memos are fake(i doubt it), CBS should say... |
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"We got bad intellegence"
case closed. ;)
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