ZOT: Breaking Hard!!! Bush orders settlement to conservative GOP website by City of Fresno

IndyBay via Liberty Post | Troy Montague

[Jim Robinson]

And this just in from our You Gotta Be Kidding Me department:

Bush orders settlement to conservative GOP website by City of Fresno

by Troy Montague

Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004 at 11:03 PM

Settlement funnels money to local conservative website on orders of president George Bush. Rightwing website "FreeRepublic" to recieve large settlement from City of Fresno.

This is urgent-read and call the attorney general's office as soon as you can. We must stop this criminal give-away to GOP activists at taxpayer expense.

The City of Fresno has announced it is paying a large settlement to the "FreeRepublic", a right wing conservative website/forum to settle a lawsuit filed by Freerepublic alledging defamation and damage of reputation. Some background on the case:

The case FreeRepublic vs. City of Fresno stems from a bulletin sent to Fresno Police by Fresno Human Relations Commissioner Debbie Reyes regarding an event planned on sept. 13th by the Fresno chapter of FreeRepublic Network. This event, billed by Freerepublic as a picnic/rally was a subject of concern to Reyes as she had been made aware of possible counter-protests to the picnic/rally by activists critical of FreeRepublic Network's harrassment of anti-war activists and general right-wing extremist nature. Ms. Reyes faxed a notice to police that there might be possible conflicts at the event and notified them that FreeRepublic was well known as an organized hate group disguising themselves as patriotic americans. This notice and resulting publicity resulted in the lawsuit naming City of Fresno, Debbie Reyes, and Mayor Alan Autry as defendants. They alledged Reyes fax resulted in defamation and filed suit seeking $1,000,000 compensation.

The very very strange thing in all this is George Bush met with Fresno Mayor Alan Autry on 10/15/2003 and there is good reason to believe this lawsuit by the FreeRepublic Network was the main topic of conversation between the two. The FreeRepublic online forum is a darling centerpiece of the GOP party, the largest and most highly trafficked GOP oriented website in existence. Progressive activists have long suspected FreeRepublic receives under the table covert funding directly or indirectly from the GOP party. So it is quite likely and plausible that when Autry met with Bush and discussed this with him Bush told him to pay off these good old-boy conservatives and get some funds into their hands so they can continue their fight against the left and all things progressive.

It is clear that before any settlement is paid to FreeRepublic an investigation into ties between Mayor Alan Autry and FreeRepublic should be undertaken. He has been supportive of their activitys to a suspicious degree and it is apparent he was very interested in arranging for the city to settle out of court on the lawsuit and quickly get some money into the hands of his fellow patriots at FreeRepublic.

Did Fresno Mayor Alan Autry work at the suggestion of George Bush to supply a large cash settlement to FreeRepublic at taxpayer's expense? Demand an investigation.

Contact: California State Attoney General (916)322-3360

News Release

Daniel G. Hobbs, City Manager

November 14, 2003 Contact: Matt Otstot, Public Affairs Officer: (559) 621-7777

Mayor Autry Commends President Bush for Homeland Security Funding

FRESNO, CA (November 14, 2003) Mayor Alan Autry applauded President George W. Bush and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for releasing over $7 million in grants to the City of Fresno. This grant will be used to fund and improve overall security and preparedness of the City’s Public Safety Departments.

“I commend President Bush not only for providing these much needed Homeland Security funds, but also understanding that as our first responders, local public safety agencies must receive these resources directly,” Mayor Autry said.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced the release of these funds yesterday. A total of $675 million will be funded directly to urban areas across the Country. The areas funded were chosen based on several factors including critical infrastructure, population density, and credible threat information.

Sept 12, 2002 - Letter from President George W. Bush

(September 11, 2002) Mayor Alan Autry today announced the creation of the Fresno Citizen Corps to bring additional volunteer resources to the City's public safety and emergency response agencies, as well as support other civic centered efforts throughout the community.

http://www.fresnocitizencorps.org/president.pdf

But on the way out to the facility, Alan Autry, was traveling with me, the great mayor of Fresno, California, and I appreciate him being here today and I thank him for his friendship. (Applause.) http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/20031015-14.html

[Victoria Delsoul]

Ma'am, do you have a fire permit for those skyrockets?

I don't know, but I sure have a lot of fire, LOL.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Get your Sierra Denali HERE!

[Johnny_Cipher]

Anyway, most of the RVers we know only use the RV to get from one place to another, then park it & drive the tow vehicle.

Fifth-wheeler, eh? I like 'em but use my Class A Winnie to tow my Jeep CJ that I've had for a while. I'm thinking seriously about passing down the Jeep to my nephew and building an enclosure for my Sportster in the RV.

[tpaine]

Good grief... -- Could you run my foul back by the instant replay? -- sure can't see it..

[Carolinamom]

Here I thought the BushBots were pulling the strings at FR because of the VAST amounts of money we were throwing atcha! 'Turns out that it's BUSH who's in control BUT GOOD, huh, Jim? LOL!!!

[jetson]

I saw this gorilla in Barcelona Spain who's name was Snowflake. He or she was one of the only albino gorilla's in the world.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Well isn't that the same thing, since Bush has mind control over the Bushbots????

[Brad’s Gramma]

[Jim Robinson]

And not to be undone in the undunning department, our finely feathered old friend Ferret, the tree hugging anarchist, exposes even more "TRUTH" over on LP:

31. To: TLBSHOW (#29)
Re: That Jim Rob post at Cafe Paranoia; Yup! Saw that one. I have my finers crossed that they produce something to substantiate this Indymedia post. There are posts on that story posting that are interesting mind you, but I hope that come the early part of this next we get to see where the beef is to this story.

Robinson is using this thing much like a Zot by proxy to rally spirits and get the stalled Con a thon jump started. From the looks of things, that hasn't worked. But I do see FReepers starting to ask more in open thread questions that I would like to see answered too:

Why is the FReeperthon still on when apparently Jimmie has extorted tax money he doesn't deserve out of the Fresniod city government?

Does the city expect to be reimbersed for the payout by compensating interests as the Indy story claims?

If Cafe Paranoia is indeed a forum for rank and file conservatives to meet to 'roll back the monster in government,' then why is the place like Disneyland security throwing people out for the moral equivalent of shooting spitballs out of straws on the sky tram? Some of the infractions people get kicked for are petty, and meanspirited.

Is the judgement going to reduce the call for FReeper fleecings in Con a thons in the future?

And last, but by no means the least:

DID JIM ROB OR ONE OF HIS BOTS POST THIS IN INDY TO WAG THE DOG? I am highly suspicious of Jim's thread to this Indy story being spontanious. I would bet it isn't... perhaps I am being too black helicopter here, but when that place is involved in things, I have seen stranger things happen then this.

ferret posted on 2004-01-11 20:34:22 ET Reply Trace


The GIFT is to see the TRUTH. But the real magic is in the imagination of the paranoid. An anarchist's mind is too special to waste.

[jetson]

SNOWFLAKE

[Brad’s Gramma]

You, TOO can learn to shoot spitballs out of straws on the sky tram!!! Come ONE, Come All! Join the Spitball Shooting Team Thingy!

[BraveMan]

Perhaps he (President Bush) can even come on a Freeper cruise. Since he's such a fan, of course. LOL

The next revelation will be the President's FR Screen Name & Monthly Donor status.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Oops, I forgot to add the last line, so let's try again.

OMG! I'm laughing so hard. I feel sorry for the mouser, this is the kind of news that can kill her. Imagine all those poisonous juices flowing to her little head and her puny little heart, bwahahaha, OMG, what a riot this is going to be! Not that fake news would ever stop the mouser from making up stories, LOL!!!

[Admin Moderator]

Good grief... -- Could you run my foul back by the instant replay? -- sure can't see it..

He could, but remember that if he made a good call, (to be determined by the replay judges call mods) you lose a timeout and one instant replay request.

[xJones]

Good grief... -- Could you run my foul back by the instant replay? -- sure can't see it..

That's not the point, you've been drafted out of the stands. Think of yourself as Texas A&M's twelfth man, although I'm not sure which goal post you're supposed to run to. :)

(Actually, I think you were added for reliable caustic color commentary.)

[ladyinred]

DID JIM ROB OR ONE OF HIS BOTS POST THIS IN INDY TO WAG THE DOG?

Geeze, and all this time I thought one of THEM did it! You sure are sneaky!

[SAMWolf]

I think getting the jerk to resign was even better payback. :-)

[xJones]

To: Cultural Jihad
Cultural Jihad wrote:

Is the loss of consortium actionable for the spouses of the terminally-obsessed?

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Is the loss of rationality actionable for the spouses of terminally-obsessed FR jihadics?

170 posted on 01/11/2004 5:39:50 PM CST by tpaine

Whoopsie, I hate it when I miss posts. And the kultured one has done his best over time to wage jihad on Freepers that don't toe his line.

[chadsworth]

I just paid a visit to Liberty Post;

[rintense]

Everyone knows you're a GOP plant, just like me, Jim! LOL. Of course, I'm also an internet cop who works for AOL and gets people kicked off the internet. Seriously.