Based on past experience, I'm convinced Rush, Boortz and others scan FR for news tips. Let's see if they pick up this one.
On that note, 5-6 years ago, I used to have an old Boortz mindspring email address, from when it was on an early, early version of his web page. That address wasn't even on his web page at the time. This was long before syndication.
I'd email some fairly obscure material into it, that I'd found here, late at night, and fairly frequently, it would show up on the program the next morning.
While I never got any emails back, I'm pretty sure I know where he got those items.
You said -- "ased on past experience, I'm convinced Rush, Boortz and others scan FR for news tips. Let's see if they pick up this one."
I like Free Republic, too. It makes things just too easy, because of the "variety" of reading that others do -- and then post to "one place".
However, how do you know that these people (that you list) are primarily getting these things from Free Republic when the sources for this information is already out on the net. I found this out on the net -- first -- and then checked to see if it was here. It was.
But, I would imagine that their research would include a lot of other sources besides Free Republic. And if so, they would have found it by other means.
Regards,
Star Traveler