Build-A-Meme Project:  Project Frog-walk -- weird MSNBC story rankings?

What kind of crap is this?  Am I supposed to believe that all the people who read MSNBC.com over the weekend have completely ignored the CIA/Valerie Plame story?  Am I supposed to believe that less than 166 people have any interest in this developing situation?

Do you think this is fishy?

By the way, there's a brand new story at MSNBC.com, contains snippets from this morning's Meet the Press interview with the rather stressed-out Condi Rice.  There's a link to the transcript of the interview as well; I'll be coming it over shortly since I know I missed a few key pieces.  I've already ranked it, too.

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RantsCounterRants:  Calling all Retired Spooks…

Hello?  Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity?

We’ve read your letter to the White House, asking for straight talk and an end to the abuse of intelligence.  We’ve read your letter to the intelligence community, asking them to speak out to stop continuing intelligence abuses.

Great stuff, really.  Perhaps that last letter set the wheels in motion in the Plame case.

Can we keep this momentum going, and in the right direction?  To that end, what else is there behind the Plame story that we the public don’t know?

Yes, the press should be all over it.  But you as a group and I know they haven’t exactly been doing a stellar job over the last year.  It simply make take leading the horse to water.

And who better to do it than folks who have a lifetime’s experience in getting to the truth?

Help us out here.  Please.  Keep us moving towards the truth.

1:51:21 PM    comment []

Build-A-Meme Project:  Frog-walk them out the door

Here it is, your chance to be a political activist today.  You up to it?  I am!

We’re taking on the issue of White House officials outing a covert CIA operative.  Let’s call it “Project Frog-walk”

First, educate yourself if you’re not aware of this situation.  Read up Kriselda’s coverage at differentstrings.info; she’s got a fine mess of links on the subject.

See also Rob Salkowitz’ Emphasis Added and Doug Anders’ The Agora – they’re talking about this situation, too.

If you haven’t already done so as recommended by Atrios, go to MSNBC.com and rate highly the first story on this topic.

Be sure to look for the latest story at MSNBC.com and peg the rating on that one as well (as of this morning, the latest story is dated 28-SEP).

**If you’re a blogger, post about this topic ASAP.  Let’s see if we can move Technorati, DayPop and Popdex on this story and get the eyeball time it deserves.  Be sure to use links from the larger news services when posting so that your piece can be scanned by **

Wonder if this is going to get airtime this morning on any of the morning news shows?  I’ll be watching – hope you will be, too.  Condi Rice is up on Meet the Press; sure hope Russert asks her about this.  My money right now is on an all-out internal war between the CIA and the White House, and that the next move at the White House will be to say the CIA is screwed up and provided lousy data on Iraq.

DAMN!!!  He’s going there!!! She just said “yellowcake”!!!  You know what’s next!!!  She’s already claiming a weak memory – plausible deniability on the 16 Words!  Condi sounds stressed out!

Anybody out there got a suggestion on the next  step to building this “Frog-walk” meme?  Let me know, I’ll be glad to promote it.

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