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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 06:33 PM
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a mail-in campaign: Send big, blank (joke) checks to MSM mouthpieces
Like those outsized Publishers' Clearinghouse checks, with a lavish amount filled in, saying "Whatever Bush is paying you, we'll pay you more!"

I bet if some of these "reporters" start to get a stack of 'em, we can get under their bought-and-paid-for skins, a little bit...
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 06:34 PM
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1. teehee. love it! n/t
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 06:35 PM
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2. will do!
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Stand and Fight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 06:36 PM
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3. Love it! Great Idea! n/t
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 06:39 PM
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4. I've tried to find a form but can't. Anyone got one that can print out
with spaces for names and such?
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justiceischeap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 06:58 PM
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8. Here ya go!
It's huge but should print out normal size.

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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 06:43 PM
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5. villager i agree
i think this one is the easiest. mass email. pfaw is on it. i have been saying since saturday, lets. but we need tons and off other dem boards. simple emough. how much did bush pay you with our tax dollars

anyway i just sent out all my emails
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 01:33 PM
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17. great, thanks
even if the MSM "reporters" get only *dozens* of these, they'll start to notice...
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 06:47 PM
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6. Fantastic idea can someone photoshop one


that we can copy and email them all around?

People should carry them on January 20th and put them everywhere.

I want to call it Mediagate because it is not just about payola.

When I think of payola I think of a record company.

This iruns so much deeper and main stream America needs to know that they are all on the take rom Matt Lauer on down.
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KarenS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 06:55 PM
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7. I will do it too!!!
Great idea :)
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Eikon Donating Member (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 07:00 PM
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9. Here is one you can use
A template I made. Very basic, but I'm sure someone can add a background and improve it.



:evilgrin:

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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 07:07 PM
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10. may I suggest, on the check address.
It really should be something like this instead of 'Pimp of the Nation'

'We The People'
On Every Street, Avenue, Crescent, Blvd., Rural Address
in America
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 07:53 PM
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47. "We the People"
indeed...!
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:42 PM
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12. ROTFL =that is funny and so true nt
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 07:20 AM
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14. thanks!
n/t
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itzamirakul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 05:25 AM
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31. Did you remove it?
All I get is an error file when I click on the link
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 07:19 PM
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11. I shall join in
Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 07:19 PM by proud patriot
:thumbsup: thanks for the printable versions .

this action totally reminds me of something
Abbie Hoffman and the Merry Pranksters would
of done .

We need to get a huge one for Good Morning America etc...
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 02:02 PM
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22. cutie katie couric gets one for sure
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:44 PM
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13. Great idea! "Payee: Mark Steyn...." n/t
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proudbluestater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 08:28 AM
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15. My Gawd! What a FANTASTIC idea!!
We should organize it and sign them from Democratic Underground, i.e. the "Conspiracy Theorists." ;-)
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 10:15 AM
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16. that's good, too!
n/t
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 02:00 PM
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21. Ger permission from Skinner if you want to use the DU name/logo
That aside, I love the idea! I could send several a day.



:kick:
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 05:47 PM
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23. it doesn't *have* to be a DU campaign...
...but of course, it could. We could put it on the front page!
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 05:54 PM
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24. I think that would be really cool!
The Plaid Addler used to offer a "best of" award. It's time we recognized the "worst of" also.

:kick:
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 01:35 PM
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18. OMG! This is wonderful!
The SCLM (So-Called Liberal Media) ain't going to like it. ROFL
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Fleurs du Mal Donating Member (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 01:37 PM
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19. Fantastic idea!!
Let's do it.
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 01:43 PM
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20. Let's!
n/t
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 06:50 PM
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25. ROFL
Edited on Tue Jan-11-05 06:51 PM by LWolf
How about taking out some ads in prominent newspapers to "display" them?

Or magazines, or billboards...
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-11-05 09:20 PM
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26. hey, that might be even better!
"How much were they paying you, Mr. Novak? The American people will pay you more -- to tell the truth."

And a big ol' check filling the billboard. Good!
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 12:13 AM
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27. It's one thing to get people's opinions in your mail;
your mail is private. To have them plastered clearly where the world can see is another story, isn't it? ;-)
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 02:43 AM
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28. kick
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:11 PM
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35. can't let this one sink... K.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 02:52 AM
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29. Likely Targets?
I can get some in the mail tomorrow or the next day. Problem is I don't watch a lot of mainstream media and I don't have cable. Katie Couric and Novacula have been nominated. I'd send one to Mark Hyman (the SInclair guy) but I don't wish to waste a stamp or provide that ass with my return adress. Who else? Bunus points if you provide addresses for the lazy amongst us. Otherwise if you post names I'll try to find addys for them.
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 10:23 AM
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33. Howard Fineman? Chris Matthews?
Bill Schneider on CNN? God, it could be a long list...
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:01 PM
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39. WaPo's Howie Kurtz. His wife Sherri Annis runs a Repug PR Firm in DC
Prime Candidate....He also whore's on CNN's Reliable Sources which is billed as "where the media casts a spotlight on itself." That's the interoduction he reads before every Sunday edition of his show.

BWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Media casting a spotlight on itself!!!!!
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 05:28 PM
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49. George Will!
His missus is "gainfully employed" by the elites he routinely apologizes for, as well...
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:13 PM
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41. Judith Miller (NYT's), Michael Issikoff and Mark Hosenball (they write
together for Newsweek)
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:18 PM
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44. Don Imus, Rush Limbaugh, Christopher Hitchins, Michelle Malkin, Coulter
and...there are tons...of them. Wish "Media Whore's" old site was still up. The list was there...all of 'em.
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-05 01:11 PM
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48. Good!
Let's cut their checks soon!
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:43 AM
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50. all good!
n/t
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Stockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 05:06 AM
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30. Kick! n/t
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 06:02 AM
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32. another suggestion
send them a dog biscuit or a coupon/ad for dog biscuits

I've taken to refer to the press as "barneys" (i.e. wh dogs)

the WH press puppy 'toon http://radfringe.tripod.com/
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 02:23 PM
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34. "Wag the Dog," eh?
Be good to see their smug selves squirm just a little -- though, do you have to get up off your knees to squirm properly?
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 06:34 PM
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36. Very funny idea!
:kick:
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 06:46 PM
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37. i sent email, gonna send some more., how much did bush pay
you with tax payers money

fineman doesnt get it, but he does some. he said in an article today edia losing their power no one believes them. he blamed it on democrats exclusively which was silly in and of itself but he lightly touched on the talking mouth promoting bush
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 12:55 PM
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38. jesus, he blamed it on Democrats?
How on earth did he find them responsible for the stomach-churning atrocities-by-omission that cowards like Fineman and others have committed?
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:07 PM
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40. Can this be e-mailed. A copy of a check written out... with the different
reporters names...one per check, so we could just cut and paste and ad it in an e-mail to send to them? Figure on an outrageous amount and the proper signature, like one poster here said "We the People."

It would be simpler for those of us who don't want to do the snail mail thing.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:15 PM
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42. Maybe MOVE ON.org. would join in with this...if we have a template?
It might be an action they would like...maybe not..
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Stockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:17 PM
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43. Great idea! n/t
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:30 PM
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45. kick
nt
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:36 PM
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46. let's send Dennis Miller a "check," too!
n/t
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