FGS ;^)
Posted on 09/18/2004 8:51:41 PM PDT by kristinn
Is there anyone in the Abilene area who can fax a test document from that Kinko's? It's important to consider the possibility that Burkett faxed something from there (something other than these memos) and CBS, after discovering this, forged a timestamp on its memos to frame Burkett. But I would expect an analysis of a test fax from that Kinko's might suggest that it was used on a 'quality original' or a 'faxed original', or not used at all. Of course, it might prove inconclusive, but there are some interesting traits of the faxes which could suggest that the first generation fax was or was not produced with certain equipment.
Yes, but... you do see how the LSM is now trying to make this about Buckhead instead of looking into how Rater et alia screwed the pooch?
"Appoint Buckhead to SCOTUS!"
Beat me to that one. The wail that would come up from the left would sound like the bowels of hell groaning.
So, now what are you going to do about it?
-PJ
"Why is it suspicious to the Dems that somebody not officially charged with examining the documents noticed the fraud in less than four hours?"
It's a left brain right brain sort of thing. The lefties are right brained mostly. They are the artsie fartsie crowd . They were all tied up with the euphoria of the thought of having pierced Bush.
Those left brained people on the right have logic and reasoning on their side.
Remember only left brained people are in their right mind.
The MSM has tried to insinuate that this was some GOP plot because Buckhead is a GOP type, but what about Howlin, TankerKC, et al? If the media can show some conspiracy between all these folks, then they'll have a story. As of now, they are pissin in the breeze..
Props, Buckhead, from a fellow attorney and Freeper. If you need some help on a cause some time, I'm there for you.
You are right, they have conveniently picked one Freeper when many, many were involved.
By several hours actually. I first posted it on an earlier thread started by Jim Robinson. He preferred Buckhead for President.
I thought the credit for the 'smoking gun' belonged to Little Green Footballs.
To be sure, Buckhead deserves credit for saying "that's funny" and getting enough people interested in looking at the document that somebody would go on to discover the "smoking gun proof" of falsity. And that role, while in some ways minor, is in other ways critically important.
But the proof that the documents are false comes not from the fact that they contain typographical features that would have been difficult to employ in 1972, but rather that the letter spacing just so happens to match that of a font that hadn't even been invented yet. And LGF is responsible for that.
BTW, I am puzzled by why some web sites like the .swf one use "Palatino Linotype" as a font rather than Times New Roman? The faxed documents are clearly not in "Palatino Linotype", as the digits "4" and "5" and a number of the letters are wrong.
You beat me by several hours, I was speaking more of the remark not the timing. My mouth was watering to slip in a remark and as soon as I started scrolling in the remarks there it was...You did beat me.
Buckhead I'm sorry these people in the press are trying to give you so much grief.... hang tough... you done good
The MSM can figure out who Buckhead is after one week, but after 30 years, they haven't identified Deep Throat...
FGS ;^)
Was Buckhead responsible for the 'pulsing document'? If so, would he have produced it if he hadn't read of LGF's results?
Perhaps I'm behind on this one, but can anyone tell me how they got his name?
No, but someone had to be the first to point out the font and the superscript. The actual investigation was the work of hundreds of people at dozens of websites ofer a period of 24 hours or so.
I saw Buckhead's post the night he made it. I was only vaguely impressed. I was interested but not convinced. I argued for more proof, and boy did I get it.
Like the MSM, I was reluctant to believe CBS would make such and amateurish mistake on such an earth shattering issue. It didn't make sense and still doesn't. I will never understand how this happened, unless the perps come forward and tell us what they were thinking about.
Is there an issue with "credit" here? Is Buckhead getting more "credit" than he deserves? Maybe, but that's the way the world works. Community efforts get simplified and labeled as the work of a leader. I personally don't object. there are lots of threads that lay out the history in all its messy complexity.
To the contrary, it is the MSM that has enjoyed the ability to pick and choose the news that is "fit for print" with no means of checks or balances. It is the internet that finally provides a voice to the rest of us. Their monopoly is reaching its twilight.
Your post brings to mind the seminal speech delivered by Matt Drudge to The National Press Club in which he addressed these same issues.
His answers were clever and telling. Nothing which has happened since has diminished their force. I am reading a biography of Benjamin Franklin who started as an apprentice printer writing anonymous articles at the age of 16. A Drudge, a Buckhead, he was in the internet of his day.
The signatures are not even remotely similar. I thought seeBS had some 'expert' state he only could verify the signature as a cover for his embarrassment.
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