Posted on 03/14/2005 8:26:43 PM PST by Pikamax
Atlanta attorney, the blogger 'Buckhead,' first discredited anchor's report
By Rachel Tobin Ramos Atlanta Business Chronicle Updated: 7:00 p.m. ET March 13, 2005Before Dan Rather signed off March 9 after 24 years as a news anchor for CBS, conservative "netizens" already were cheering the man they believe led to the tidal wave of criticism that forced Rather to leave his post a year early: Atlanta attorney Harry W. MacDougald.
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MacDougald, 46, who has been with Atlanta's Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC since 2002, was the blogger "Buckhead" who first started a cascade of criticism about a report Rather aired Sept. 8 on CBS's "60 Minutes II" about President George W. Bush's Air National Guard service.
MacDougald's initial Web posting on FreeRepublic.com, less than four hours after the Sept. 8 broadcast, said the font in the documents Rather used to show Bush had received preferential treatment in the military weren't typical of 1970s-era typewriters.
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Forrest Gump Buckhead, again congratulations. You were the first one to say , "Hey, look at that!".
Thanks to Pikamax for starting the thread and Howlin with her great coordination.
The next morning, by the time I woke up West Coast time and got to my email , a freeper had sent me the famous email where the changes happened on your screen in front of you.
I immediately emailed that to my select 50 email list. Within an hour, people were getting back to me asking where it had come from. When I got back that it had originated on Free Republic, they emailed it out on their lists. Before the day was over, I was receiving that document which showed the fraud in front of your eyes from people not on my email list. Then, I knew that Rather, 60 minutes, CBS and the DNC were in trouble. Some of my younger relatives spent the next few days emailing that changing document to every email address they had.
Again, this reality must be stated. If Jim Robinson had not founded and nutured Free Republic, there never would have been the posters, Buckhead, Pikamax and Howlin. Kerry would probably be our president. This is why we must invest our $'s in Free Republic to keep it viable and capable de BSing the lies of the libs.
2 kewl!
I like those badges. "Gold Shields," the symbol of special achievement.
As I see hundreds of thousands of people demanding FreeDom in Lebanon, and as I read of the leaders in Egypt, and even Saudi Arabie start talking about FreeElections, I am still humbled by what Jim Robinson started at FreeRepublic, and the man Buckhead who said "look at this."
Free Republic is an incredible entity, that has impacted the American life and political life significantly since the 2000 president election.
Yesterday, I posted a reply to one of the Lebanon threads re the million marchers, that I was looking forward to new free Freepers from Lebanon. Then, they would tell us what has happened there for decades and what is happening in real time w/o MSM massaging their reality/news.
That would be fantastic. Getting the truth in news from FreePers in Lebanon long before MSM could get it and suppress it or twist it.
"You spoke up, and that's what made the difference. I know it's had a big effect on my life, because after hearing about FR on the news, I got curious and poked my nose in, then joined. I've found a community that gives me hope and encouragement, as well as a place to vent, and I can only hope that one day I can have even half the effect on events as you have had."
Well said, SlowBoat! Echoes my sentiments about FR exactly! Without FR and others, Kerry might be our President right now. Hopefully, we can stave off the Hildebeast in 2008!
Duh:
FOR THE RECORD: CBS Memos Controversy on Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220090/posts
"That would be fantastic. Getting the truth in news from FreePers in Lebanon long before MSM could get it and suppress it or twist it."
We probably have Freepers with relatives and friends in Lebannon, and when it is safe for those in Lebannon to start using the internet, we will probably see threads and replies from Lebannon.
This direct reporting from real individuals without the MSM suppressing or twisting it, scares the hell out of the elite limo liberal mediots who control the MSM.
Thanks for collecting this and posting it.
I'm sure that eventually many master's thesis and phd thesis will use this data to document what happened re Rathergate.
FOR THE RECORD: CBS Memos Controversy on Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220090/posts
Forrest Gump Buckhead, again congratulations.
You were the first one to say , "Hey, look at that!" .....
"It's amazing how something can be covered and dissected on the internet by the time MSM decides to investigate it!"
In years past the MSM used its other weapon against the truth, and that was the deliberate spiking of news or just ignoring it.
The MSM still tries to spike the real truth/news, but with the internet and conservative talk radio, the truth gets out. Now when they do a so called investigation, most of it is whitewash and deliberate potshots Free Republic, conservative blog sites and conservative talk radio. This arrogance is destroying them as former users of their bias go to other sources.
Below is a great example of the news we can get on Free Republic which often is spiked/ignored by the MSM.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1363234/posts
Daily Terrorist Round-up Stories - March 15, 2005 (Ides of March Round-Up)
3/15/05
Posted on 03/15/2005 8:22:40 AM PST by Straight Vermonter
23 dead as Philippine forces storm prison to end Islamic militant revolt
Twenty-three people including three top leaders of an Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic group have been killed when Philippine police stormed a maximum security prison to end a day-old revolt. Around 300 heavily armed special forces police firing tear gas and automatic rifles took part in the operation at Camp Bagong Diwa prison in southeastern Manila, where three prison guards and two inmates were killed in a jailbreak attempt Monday.
If we want to know what is happening in N Korea and in/to S Korea, we can read TigerLikesRooster's threads:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1361847/posts
N. Korea: No Flying Zone Might be Imposed(if N. Korean Situation Deteriorates)
Yonhap News ^ | 03/13/05 | Lee Kwi-won
Posted on 03/13/2005 4:40:24 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
/begin my translation
No Flying Zone Might be Imposed, if N. Korean Situation Deteriorates
If diplomatic efforts fail, in the worst case, it may be imposed south of Pyongyang.
And they can post more pictures of the Lebanese Protest Babes! (c8
"And they can post more pictures of the Lebanese Protest Babes! (c8"
Some of the most beautiful and sexy women I have had the pleasure of meeting have been Lebanese America women.
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