Howlin, every single one of these memos to file is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman.
In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing, and typewriters used monospaced fonts.
The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90's. Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn't used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang systems that were dominant in the mid 80's used monospaced fonts.
I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old.
This should be pursued aggressively.
1. You have nailed Dan Rather and CBS. Something every conservative has wanted to do for 25 years.
2. You have added to the prestige of free republic
3. You have effected the presidential election of 2004.
And it was all caused by a font. This sure is a whacky world.
I receive e-mail from a Lt.Col. in the Marines stationed in Iraq at Camp Victory. Someone e-mailed her today regarding the forgeries and she sent his remarks to all of us. I then wrote and told her I knew who got the ball rolling and I'd send her the thread with your now famous post #47.
This thread and post #47 are now on it's way to Iraq!
Are you enjoying your (maybe more than) 15 minutes of fame, LOL?
Buckhead:
If we're judged by the company we keep, FReepers, such as yourself, are indeed great company.
OLA
Bookmark for posterity. Way to go, Buckhead!
Thanks Buckhead. I'm a current reservist, and keeping track of where personnel are from month-to-month is difficult. All of the officers in my unit confirm that no officer would write these kinds of memos.
I can't wait to hear CBS continue to try to defend these memos tonight. They have enough rope to hang the entire network and the Kerry campaign! How much more do they want? Are they really so tonedeaf as to think that even if this stuff was true, anyone (not retarded) would care?
This campaign is hilarious!
Good job, and rock on!
You are famous, you really need to update your homepage for your groupies! ;-)
Historic PING
Thanks. Just, Thanks.
Thank you so much for standing on the side of truth and questioning those who would not be questioned.
Waryone
You made history this day!
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that fought with us upon St. Crispin's day!
King Henry V
My .02 to the most famous FR thread to date. (And hopefully many more to come.)
Although you say that many would have found this, you're the one that did. You da man!
bump for Buckhead post #47....
Bump, Bttt, bookmarking history.
Just Damn!
History making post BUMP
Allow me to pile-on with the congratulations!
Great job for a history-making alert
I just had to put my initials on the walls of history. :D
Congratulations Buckhead.
NX
A bump and a ping to the FAMOUS post 47!!!
Bumping the famous post #47.
(Mostly to spraypaint my initials on this peice of history ;^)
World Magazine names 2004 the Year of the Blog
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