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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 02:54 PM
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TV Week editor wants to *know* freepers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1020839/posts

The magazine's editor, Alex Ben Block, ran into freepers when they were hassling Dan Rather in Los Angeles last week, and wants to write a story about them and is asking for their comments about themselves.

Perhaps someone ought to tell him about the porta potty wars. Or about the actions against the Chuy's waittress. Or about their threats against various journalists. Or the racism. And the hate speech.

As far as I can tell from the magazine's web site, his email address is ablock@crain.com.

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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 02:56 PM
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1. some funny comments....
...from freerepublic:

I recall reading the other day a thread about an article written about DU. They DU was excited by the fact that they had 30,000 members. Wow a whole 30,000! Now I don't know if you've ever gone there but one of the first things that struck me is they know how to swear, they know all the words. To say I was IMPRESSED would be an understatement.
Of course they'll use the same word as an adjective, Pronoun, and a verb all in the same sentence, but HEY we can't be bothered by little things like that.


30 posted on 11/13/2003 7:58 AM PST by Valin


I would do a lexus nexus search on what this guy writes about and look at his slant first. If he's a lib he will make out everyone to be kooks.


24 posted on 11/13/2003 7:36 AM PST by Walkingfeather

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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 02:57 PM
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3. But at least we know how to spell them correctly, for the most part.
:)
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ShimokitaJer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 02:56 PM
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2. If he isn't a Freeper himself, he'll find out
One quick trip to the Freeper message boards will expose them for what they are.
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 03:11 PM
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4. Chuy's waitress???
Inform me, I must know what this is about.
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Romulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 03:14 PM
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6. that's the place
where the Bush girl got busted for trying to buy booze.

The waitress called the cops after spotting the fake ID Jenna was trying to pass off. I think it's TX law or something to report attempted fake id passing.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 03:18 PM
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9. It was the restaurant manager.....
She reported one of the Bush girls, as required by law.

The Freepers found out her address, etc. & were threatening her with violence. Lots of noise & ugliness--no actual results, as usual.

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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 03:11 PM
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5. Tell Him To Check Into the Fresno Story
About the attacks the Fresno City Council got when they labeled Free Republic a "hate group".
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 03:16 PM
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8. Careful, Jim "sue happy" Robinson will get you for that
File a complaint for definition of character.

Naturally, it'll be frivolous, since he ain't got none!
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 03:15 PM
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7. In the biblical fashion? Can I watch?
Nothing to see here folks, move along.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 03:54 PM
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10. the story about chuy's
a blast from the past. Oh, and don't forget how they sabotaged Julie Hiatt Steele's web site by contributing to her donation fund with phony credit card numbers, costing her thousands of dollars.

http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010605MiaLawrence.html

Tuesday, June 5, 2001 -- WASHINGTON (APJP) -- While the Bush family jokingly rolls its eyes about Jenna's and Barbara's underage drinking and refuses to comment publicly, Bush supporters are bringing a bitter jihad of retaliation against Chuy's, the Austin restaurant at which the young lushes violated the law -- an the bar manager who did the right thing and phoned police.

The attacks against Mia Lawrence, the bar manager, are being orchestrated on the Internet. Her address, date of birth, drivers license and registration information, physical description, and even birth information about her infant child have been posted on freerepublic.com, along with calls for punitive actions. Freerepublic.com website's sysop pulled some of the information as it was called to his attention -- to his credit -- but the info has circulated and been posted to other Internet forums to spread the "Get Lawrence" frenzy.

Bush supporters have obliquely and directly called for Lawrence to be punished -- publicly humiliated, fired from her job, impoverished, and exposed to risky and dangerous situations.

A freerepublic.com member who uses the screen name "tracer" recommended using her private info for identity theft:

"Giving out her driver's license no. and her DOB opens her up to mucho identity theft. It also makes background checks by 'inquiring minds' a breeze . But at least that's better than the way a Democrat apparatchik in Chicago would have handled this if the roles/parties were reversed. The result rhymes with 'room.'"

"Eva" wrote:

"I think that you should visit the restaurant with a camera and a cell phone. Take pictures of the staff serving the underage college students and send them to the newspapers. Also take pictures of Mia What's her name and post it on the internet , along with her license number. Make this chick so paranoid that if she thinks if she so much as goes through a red light, someone will call 911. Let her know that her picture is being posted."

Others suggest pouring bar drinks on her and making a permanent web site with her personal info. On the web site lucianne.com is posted a link to a 2001 personal bankruptcy claim filed by Lawrence, with all its unhappy detail about her finances, including many thousands of dollars in medical expenses.

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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-03 04:04 PM
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11. better email address for Block
alex@lapressclub.org
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