Posted on 09/10/2004 1:49:38 PM PDT by RWR8189
CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER to address, in detail, the issues surrounding the authenticity of the documents broadcast in the 60 MINUTES report on President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard... Developing...
Hello everyone!Just got in from work.Can someone tell me briefly what has happened today?
Asswipe, even if the documents WERE true,which they're not, President Bush's actions didn't cause POWs in Vietnam to undergo torture,unlike scum of the earth Kerry's. You tell me what's worse,not showing up for a physical,or giving aid and comfort to the enemy knowing that it will lead to the torture of your fellow soldiers? What a fat slimey slug you are,now get off FR and quit leaving slime trails all over the place.
Too bad--I'm going to be at my son's soccer practice.
Details everyone? (I know y'all won't disappoint me! ;) )
yesterday there was a story about paper size and 8/12x11 for commerical paper and 8/12x10.5 for the government. did this prove to be correct?
If we don't hurt these sponsors really badly and soon, Rather could get by with this deception.
And if he did, we would have nobody but ourselves to blame.
Contact Info For CBS Sponsors: It's Now Or Never, Do Or Die!
This is our moment of truth. We either step up to the plate or wimp out. I not only take a printout of products to boycott when I go shopping (I keep it in the car) but I also return any of those products I've already bought and demand a refund.
Free Republic is an expensive tool and it's not just for yammering at eachother. It's intended also as a conservative activist website so let's get activist now!
I nominate Howlin to be the Freepers one nationwide representative to tune in and watch that channel and report back to us. I won't watch.
He'll say the Bush White House/ Karl Rove is behind it.
Anyone got a bet pool going? :)
If that's all he's got, he's dead.
LOL.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the DNC or CBS News right now.
1. Type up to the point where the "st" or "nd" or "rd" or "th" appeared after a typed number. Roll the platen up half way. (Normally that would be 6 points, but these documents are 13 pitch, which was not available on any machine in the 70s.)
2. Remove the type ball and insert another one with a smaller type face on it. Type the "st" or whatever follows the number in question. Then roll the platen back to normal.
3. Continue with the typing until the next number with following letters, crops up. Repeat steps 1 - 3 until the document is finished.
All this assumes that Lt. Col. Killiam could type his own memos in addition to having access to such a specialized machine and the extra typing ball. Killian's widow, and his son who followed him in the Guard and retired as Captain, asset that Killian did not type. The standard practice is that the typist puts his/her initials at the end of the document -- to identify who made the mistakes, if mistakes were made.
Here's the format for that in civilian life: JCA/kh The first initials are the person who wrote the letter, the second are the typist. IIRD, the military standard then was to reverse the order and use a colon: kh:JCA Since no initials appear, either Killian typed these himself, or the typist used did not follow the rules, or these documents are forgeries. There are no other options.
Congressman Billybob / John C. Armor
"The docs are Times New Roman, a copyrighted font first published in 1988"
Try 1931. Mis-statements don't advance our case.
Very much appreciate the explanation. I'm sure others will also. Best Regards, BJN
It's been so long since I watched anything on CBS that I'll have to check the channel listings (or maybe the frequency).
Can the RNC press charges against Rather and CBS?
Also note, with interest, that:
1. The first ordinal is not only superscripted, it's underlined.
2. It's obviously a typewritten, rather than word processed, piece. Note the "jumpy" letters in TRNG...
3. It's obviously a monospace typewriter, anyway, so how is it relevant to the matter at hand?
Killians son say they were ignored by CBS..They warned them to no avail that they sounded wrong..gave them ex Guard members who served with Bush to contact.
If the documents were produced on a typewriter, each letter should show the same wear markings from the metal type - same as a fired bullet or fingerprints. Should be simple enough to check with a kid's microscope. Hey, Dan - add in another $100 to next year's budget for a scope.
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