Posted on 07/02/2006 3:49:07 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: After an eventful week capped by their visit to Graceland, the President and First Lady spend a quiet Saturday at Camp David. They returned to the White House earlier today.
During her press preview last Thursday of the Official Dinner for the Japanese Prime Minister, Mrs. Bush had some interesting and fun things to say. Here's an excerpt. Go here to read the entire transcript.
Q Mrs. Bush, could talk about the decision to have a state dinner tonight? This has become rare in this administration.MRS. BUSH: Well, I wouldn't say it's really rare. We've hosted nine or 10 state leaders at Camp David. We've hosted at least 10 state leaders, including Prime Minister Koizumi, at the ranch. Those have been opportunities to get to know world leaders in a more relaxed and private setting, especially at the ranch, where it's our own home and they can see what our life is like. We have had a number of state dinners, but this one is not actually a state dinner, because the head of state, of course, would be the Emperor of Japan. But this is an official dinner, just like a state dinner, for a Prime Minister.
And we're thrilled to have the opportunity to host Prime Minister Koizumi. We actually had scheduled a state dinner earlier for him. I don't know if we'd announced it, but we'd scheduled it before he called for the last elections, his last elections.
So anyway, now we're glad to get to have him. And as it turned out, the weather was perfect. We were afraid it would be really too hot for the arrival ceremony in June in Washington, but it was just right.
Q Mrs. Bush, could you talk a little bit about the jukebox that the President presented to the Prime Minister, and his reaction?
MRS. BUSH: Well, we have -- we found a really great jukebox from the '50s -- refurbished, obviously, and filled with 45 songs, including 25 of Elvis Presley's. So it was in the Red Room when we came in from the arrival ceremony this morning. And Prime Minister Koizumi searched the keys and found, "I want you, need you, and love you," and played that first. (Laughter.) So he and the President sang a duet. (Laughter.)
But some may well be engaged in an insidious practice to which all web forums are subject: A single individual who signs on with multiple screen names, and holds a conversation with himself in order to pretend several people agree with his (or her) point of view -- usually one at odds with most of the people who post on the forum. Sometimes the single individual might have one or two accomplices. Together, they can make it seem as though the legitimate posters are the ones out of step with prevailing opinion on the forum being targeted by the disruptors.
I learned about this practice some time ago on another forum, and mentioned it to Peach recently. She and I discussed how one person can log on with two or more screen names at the same time. She then did further research on her own and obtained the following information from another FReeper:
As far methods, yes, there are lot's of ways to appear with 'multiple personalities', like some of the ways you mentioned.You could use two different browsers such as Microsoft IE and FireFox which keep their cookies (where/how your Freeper ID is stored locally) in different places. So, you would not have to log in each time. In this method, the IP address would be the same though.
You could use anonymous redirecting servers to appear to be coming from different computers with IP addresses. Pre-911, there were several networks/companies where a computer savvy type could choose a route where it looked like he was coming from Hong Kong, London, Ghana, India, Kansas, whereever. These were shut down quietly after 9-11, and I would bet the reason is so the powers that be could track the bad guys easier.
You could also just disconnect from your ISP and then pick up the next random/available IP address and post. Although with this method, a savvy operator like Jimbo would see you always coming from the same ISP and city.
Now understand that if you are coming from a local LAN, with all computers going through one router, the world (such as the FR website) will see all of the local LAN PC's as coming from the router WAN IP address.
Peach and I discussed the fact that publishing this information on the Dose can help all of us better understand that at least some segment of the "hostiles" we've seen all over FR the last couple of years may, in fact, be lone individuals talking to themselves.
Some of the methods used to do this are easily detected by the web site's management. Some are undetectable. This is just something to keep in mind if you find yourself seemingly surrounded by "hostiles" on any given thread. The possibility exists that they are all really one tech savvy person, or at most a handful.
Peach pinging you specifically to my #1 today. Re one person signing on with multiple ID's as we discussed awhile back.
Pinging you to the Sunday afternoon Dose.
Hi.
Looks like the President has a little sunburn.
President Bush reads the inscription on a copy of 'Life as a Vapor,' a book by John Piper, after it was presented to him by Andrew Benecke, left, and his parents Jim and Barbara, June 28, 2006 at Lambert Field in St. Louis. GWB presented Andrew with the Presidential Scholarship Medal.
Yes, we sure have had some doozies recently.
Looks like The forgot His glasses in # 9!
The wing on the back of the "Car of Tomorrow" will replace the spoiler NASCAR fans are familiar with, although a wing is not new to NASCAR racing. Seven-time champion, Richard Petty, used one on his Dodges in the 1970's.
Waltrip shows the VP one of the new helmets that will be mandatory for drivers to wear when the "Car of Tomorrow" begins racing next year.
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Good afternoon Wolfstar and Dosers!
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