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by Simon_Jester
10/15/03 8:32:39 AM
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New Follow-up from USA - it was 500 letters....

Army officials revealed Tuesday that 500 identical form letters were sent to newspapers across the country with different signatures. They said the mass mailing was the wrong way of getting the message out, but they didn't know whether the commander would be disciplined.

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MacDonald said no one was forced to sign the letter, though most did. At least one soldier contacted by Gannett News Service said he never signed the letter that appeared in his hometown newspaper in Charleston, W.Va. Several parents also said they knew their sons had not written the letters that appeared in local newspapers. The letter appeared in at least a dozen newspapers, according to a Gannett News Service search.
[link|http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-10-14-letters-usat_x.htm| USA Today ]

Grassroots form letter...uh, yeah, cough.
Post #121,309
by jake123
10/15/03 1:03:34 PM
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New No, they're sincere! Marlowe said so!
After all, he's got the inside track on people's mental states: behaviour be damned.

Even the one by the guy that said he never signed such a letter. But really, he was sincere, because Little Phil's all-seeing eye knows that he meant what he didn't (actually) say.
--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
     Astroturf campaign caught - (JayMehaffey) - (12) - Oct. 11, 2003, 02:57:17 PM EDT
         I see a M$ New Account here..__ practice__practice__practice -NT - (Ashton) - Oct. 11, 2003, 07:49:05 PM EDT
         And we know who did it: a bunch of soldiers - (marlowe) - (10) - Oct. 12, 2003, 08:51:41 AM EDT
             Is it astroturf if it comes down the chain of command? - (kmself) - (9) - Oct. 12, 2003, 11:48:20 PM EDT
                 Down the chain of command? From a platoon sergeant? - (marlowe) - (8) - Oct. 13, 2003, 09:41:59 AM EDT
                     Does a Lt. Col count? - (Simon_Jester) - (7) - Oct. 14, 2003, 12:56:57 PM EDT
                         Re: Does a Lt. Col count? - (rcareaga) - (4) - Oct. 14, 2003, 04:29:32 PM EDT
                             No, it still gets a slot. - (marlowe) - (3) - Oct. 15, 2003, 10:30:38 AM EDT
                                 Prove sincerity - (jake123) - Oct. 15, 2003, 01:01:47 PM EDT
                                 Deliciously bogus, Phil. Of a piece w/the rest of you. -NT - (rcareaga) - Oct. 15, 2003, 01:07:13 PM EDT
                                 Sincere like this? - (jb4) - Oct. 15, 2003, 05:02:54 PM EDT
                         Follow-up from USA - it was 500 letters.... - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - Oct. 15, 2003, 08:32:39 AM EDT
                             No, they're sincere! Marlowe said so! - (jake123) - Oct. 15, 2003, 01:03:34 PM EDT

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