From: John Cuccia 

Nope, all systems are operating normally.

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:06:56 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:

>Whew, there for a second I thought it was something to be concerned about.
>The RMM feed is not a problem on the other hand. 
>
>Gary
>
>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:1u29h1hd31eugde32c9i10rvp80rm45mft{at}4ax.com...
>> You're an unaware victim of the Republican Mind Meld.
>>
>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:12:17 -0400, "Gary Britt"
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >I've noticed recently on two blogs that two of my pet phrases are being
>used
>> >by many others.  I thought these were my phrases.  Everyone here knows
>how
>> >long I've been using them, but now they have been stolen without
>> >attribution!!!
>> >
>> >The phrases to which I am referring are:
>> >
>> >"Hate America First Crowd" or variations thereon and
"Democraps".
>> >
>> >Was I the first to use these or just the victim of my own independent
>> >creation??
>> >
>> >For an example of this.  Here from http://www.powerlineblog.com/ is a
>story
>> >today of a blogger and his conversations over 2 days at Camp
Casey:  Note
>> >the use of "Hate America crowd" in the third
paragraph below??!!!
>> >
>> >Most of the Sheehan protesters were either professional (paid staff of
>> >Fenton Communications or the radical organization Code Pink or
the like),
>or
>> >were long time protesters, some admitting to beginning vigils
against the
>> >government as early as 1965. I had conversations with
approximately 50 of
>> >these people over 48 hours, and all seemed like interesting and engaging
>> >people. We talked sports, and cars and how wonderful California is, and
>just
>> >about everything that could be discussed without my divulging
that I am a
>> >conservative. But when “scratched” just a little with some
mild political
>> >talk, they all responded the same way…”it is America's fault”. No matter
>> >what the issue, each and every one of them had the same default…”bad
>things
>> >are America’s fault”.
>> >
>> >Toward the end of my time there, I decided to innocently toss into the
>> >conversation different issues just to elicit a response. One issue I
>> >politely deposited into our talks was of the peasant unrest in rural
>China,
>> >and the brutality shown to the peasants by the government and
their hired
>> >thugs. There response to this problem was…”well, look how we treated the
>> >blacks in America”, or, “gays are being beaten every day in America”.
>> >
>> >So the clich‚ of the “hate America” crowd is indeed true. It
is as if the
>> >protesters were intellectually bulimic, and having ingested all of the
>hate
>> >America bile, they looked forward to regurgitating it as a show of their
>> >steadfastness to their cause of peace and love.
>> >
>> >Cindy Sheehan spent most of her time huddled with VIPS in and
>> >air-conditioned trailer. When she ventured out it was for a scripted and
>> >often televised moment. She was always trailed by her media people, and
>they
>> >were quick to keep her on point. During one conversation I had
with her I
>> >tried to ask her a pointed question about how much time she would
>actually
>> >be on the bus tour to Washington (I had discovered she would only be on
>the
>> >tour for two days, and would be away giving speeches during the rest of
>the
>> >trip…and I wondered if she were being paid for these speeches) Her media
>> >person grabbed her arm and led her back to the trailer, and
away from me.
>> >The message was protected. I was left standing there…alone,
and feeling a
>> >little less secure about my status at Camp Casey.
>> >
>> >But just a few minutes later, she emerged from the trailer, smiling, and
>> >performing for the cameras. Like the chicken at the local carnival that
>> >plays tic tac toe, she eagerly performs for any microphone. She is
>> >relentless, and professional, well financed and on message.
>> >
>> >And the message is “All things bad are America’s fault."
>> >
>> >
>> >Gary
>> >
>>
>

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