Guys, Downing St. Minutes is getting thousands of hits, because of YOU!!!

[sabra]

I just posted this article from the The Sunday Times in LBN (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1536034), but thought I would cross post here too...

DU Rocks!

:yourock:

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1647567,00.html

Downing Street minutes that lasted for months
By Philippe Naughton, Times Online

It is not that often, we have to admit, that an item posted one night on Times Online is still getting hundreds of thousands of hits six weeks later, especially when what bloggers like to call 'the mainstream media' have largely ignored its existence.

But that is what happened to the now infamous secret Downing Street memo, posted on the site on May 1 alongside a story by Michael Smith of The Sunday Times. And if the document has taken on a life of its own it is largely because of the bloggers and their web-savvy allies on the US Left.

The memo is not actually a memo, but the minutes of a top-secret meeting in Downing Street on July 23, 2002, when Tony Blair gathered senior ministers and advisers for a briefing on the Iraq situation. Among those they heard from was Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of the UK foreign intelligency agency MI6, who was identified only as 'C'.

....

Almost six weeks after its publication, "memogate" continues to pick up steam. Senators Kennedy and Kerry have waded in, as has the consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who suggested that the President should face impeachment for lying to the American people over the need for war in Iraq.

Just remember, you read it first in the "Times of London".

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[seemslikeadream]

1. The memo is not actually a memo, but the MINUTES

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I love it

[bloom]

27. Isn't it a Memo of the Minutes?

[Sequoia]

3. Downing...tell me B&B are going DOWN!!!

[Catrina]

4. That's great to know

I haven't read the entire article, but I wish Rep. Conyers' efforts had also been mentioned. Not complaining, just wanting to give credit where it's due. He was on top of this way before Kennedy, Kerry or Ralph Nader!

Either way, it's good to know that people are interested, despite the silence of the US media.

[sabra]

6. Tons of other references and links...

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There are even sites dedicated to nothing else but the memo, including DowningStreetMemo.com and AfterDowningStreet.org.

If you visit the DowningStreetMemo site you can click on a link to Mr Conyers's own site and add your signature to the letter to Mr Bush. So far, 145,000 people have done so; the organisers are hoping to gather 250,000 signatures.

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[FreedomAngel82]

8. Definitley

I love it!

[katinmn]

36. There's a link to Conyer's letter right in the article.

[savannahana]

5. everybody needs to see this :-)

thank you very much, sabra :yourock:

[sabra]

7. no, thank you! :-)

[savannahana]

20. & a 3rd nomination for this thread :-)

:hi:

[WillyT]

9. Delicious... The Ice Is Starting To Crack !!!

Anybody else up for weeks and weeks of impeachment hearings???

I know I am.

:kick:

[stubtoe]

23. Weeks and weeks of impeachment hearings

WillyT, I can't imagine a more happy way to spend my time. Thanks for the delightful image ... will carry me through the rest of the day.

[DoYouEverWonder]

42. Especially

when you're laid up recovering from knee surgery, which is what happened to me during the Watergate hearings. I was stuck at home for most of the summer and the hearings sure beat anything else that was available on the boob tube at the time.

[sickinohio]

34. Great way to spend my time for the long-hot summer

In the air conditioning watching bu$hCo fall down, down, DOWN AND OUT of our WH!!!

:toast: :woohoo:

[jeff30997]

10. Off with their heads !!!

Let's sharpen the guillotines !

[acmejack]

15. Grande idée mon ami!

Sounds like a plan!

[proud patriot]

11. I hope a few of those are from my Yard Sign

:think:

[sabra]

12. Nice! Can you post a pic of that? :-)

[RBHam]

13. SHARK! OMIGOD! SHARK!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3820694

[sabra]

14. LOL, I hear you...

[Itsthetruth]

16. Here's The Link To The Actual Memo

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19809-1593637,00.html

[sabra]

17. As I said, because of you...

;-)

[moobu2]

18. Thanks for posting that sabra

[sabra]

19. we are doing this!

[KansDem]

21. Correction, sabra

Hundreds of thousands of hits !!!!!!!


:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[sabra]

24. indeed :-)

[dalloway]

25. and that's BEFORE the MoveOn email, yes? n/t

[KansDem]

29. I believe you are correct...!

These are exciting times!

[KansDem]

22. HAHAHA...You gotta love British humour...

The final sentence of the article:

Just remember, you read it first in the "Times of London".

A subtle dig at the American media? :rofl:

[bobbieinok]

32. great signature

I was once jumped and mugged by a gang of thugs. After they had beaten me, I laid in a puddle of my own blood, bruised and broken. As the gang walked away, I thought "This is a victory for me for it could have been a lot worse. I'm so glad we compromised!"

[CJCRANE]

33. Yep -

that's a direct message to American readers (to British readers it's just known as "The Times").

[Spazito]

26. Excellent!

:kick:

[wookie294]

28. Thank you, Times of London !!

We will not forget!

[kansasblue]

30. The minutes are powerful. I just leave copies everywhere I go

No comments, no opinions, I just leave it for people to read and decide.

[redacted]

31. You've seen the Minutes, now don't forget the videos

See the 3 BBC clips at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3813130

Sabra, YOU rock! Many thanks.

[katinmn]

35. I love this line at the end:

Just remember, you read it first in the "Times of London".


:)

[cthrumatrix]

37. of course...the US media is controlled by the CIA infested "puppets"

[ailsagirl]

38. Thank God for Conyers!! They are actually LISTENING to us

I just listened to Rep. Conyers on Randi's program-- it's really something to know that WE ARE A VOICE!! No one is dismissing us or AAR or any of the other means being used to get the message out-- people in Washington are actually giving us credence and listening to us.

:woohoo:

[Just Me]

39. Keep pushing it, over and over and over ad nauseum!!!

Make it your mantra!!! OMMMMMMM MINUTES PROVING BUSHCO BETRAYAL OMMMMMM!

[Blue_In_AK]

40. 346,423 -- kick n/t

[GetTheRightVote]

41. I love it, I love it, I just simply love it

Hurray !!!

:kick: