Jeff Gannon wrote about mandates in Nov. 2002 |Same day as Spaceman review

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This is from the Conservative Monitor, which I had never heard of before, but it's the first article I can find from him.

THE 2002 ELECTION MANDATE (November 12, 2002)
Jeff Gannon / -- The mainstream media is full of talking heads claiming the recent elections, although swept by the Republicans, is no mandate. I disagree. Every election is a mandate. Americans express their will by casting their votes and in many cases, withholding them.
This election was a clearly a referendum on George W. Bush. The President took the issues of homeland security, Iraq, social security, prescription drugs and the economy directly to the people when he asked them to elect Congressmen and Senators who would support his initiatives in these matters.

Voters responded by defying midterm election history, returning the Senate to a Republican majority and expanding the House majority held since 1994.

Three days after the American election, the UN Security Council voted 15-0 in favor of a resolution for disarming Iraq. The following Monday, Saddam Hussein called an emergency meeting of the Iraqi Parliament to decide how to respond. The United Nations and Saddam Hussein recognize this as a mandate.

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http://www.conservativemonitor.com/opinion03/4.shtml

Okay, so who owns the Conservative Monitor and why did they give this unknown writer a forum.

On Edit: This is the same day that Spaceman gave Jeff Gannon his last review. Is this a coincidence? Well, I doubt it.

"The most recent review is from 11/12/2002, from a man named Spaceman."

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/02/man-called-jeff.html

[ewagner]

1. Good find n/t

[BurtWorm]

2. Just to be sure, there's nothing bad about giving unknown writer's a forum

is there? DU does it, right?

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7. Absolutely,

I read their purpose and it stated, "At the Conservative Monitor we work hard to keep you up to date on the most recent trends in public discourse. To do this we bring you reviews of the latest books coupled with essays by the best opinion writers on the web. Being that this was the earliest piece I could find from "Jeff Gannon" I just thought it was a bit strange, that's all.

[AlCzervik]

3. here it is

http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=www.conservativemonitor.com





PacNames Whois Server Version 1.1.0

Domain name: CONSERVATIVEMONITOR.COM
Registrar: PacNames
Referral URL: http://www.pacnames.com/

Domain Registrant: TOTALNIC-106010 ([e-mail])
Rayment, William Joseph

156 N. Fourth Street
Harbor Beach MI 48441
US

Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


Administrative, Technical Contact: TOTALNIC-60328 ([e-mail])
William J Rayment
Indepthinfo.com
156 N. Fourth Street
Harbor Beach MI 48441
US

Telephone: [phone]
Fax:


Name Server: NS1.HUGEHOSTING.COM
Name Server: NS2.HUGEHOSTING.COM

Domain creation date: 2002-11-01 03:10:10.0
Domain expiration date: 2006-04-23 01:59:50.0

[caligirl]

4. This looks like an individuals opinion, not a story by a writer.

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5. This RW forum let him post there since he was clearly a 'mandate' expert

Sorry, could't help it.

[BurtWorm]

6. Google W. J. Rayment, the Webmaster of the page

He's one of them thar Internet "entrepreneurs." Not much to see there.

[SmokingJacket]

8. The domain was created just a week or so before the date of that essay.

Was this another forum created for the express purpose of propaganda?

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. My guess is that "gannon" didn't write anything

Notice that that guy, whoever he is has to keep reading from his notes in order to ask a question. My guess is that the guy was simply some kind of actor.

[CindyDale]

10. Male hooker turns journalist to propagandize mandate

If you fictionalized this, people would think it was lame.

[CindyDale]

13. It all started when someone said, "We need a mandate"

and went downhill from there, I guess.

Edit:

Then when Gannon arrived, they exclaimed, "No, not that kind of man date!"

And Gannon said, "Hey, I can do the other kind of mandate, too. Why not give me a chance?"

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11. Psst!!! OVER HERE:

November 12, 2002 is the date of the last "review" Gannon received for his "services".

"The most recent review is from 11/12/2002, from a man named Spaceman."

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/02/man-called-jeff.html

Coincidence? Perhaps, but I doubt it.

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12. kick

:kick:

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25. .

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[justiceischeap]

14. Whois info for Conservative Monitor leads to other sites

Another site this guy is associated with:
http://indepthinfo.com/

Registrant: Make this info private
William J. Rayment (28777535O)
15704 SE 6th St.
Bellevue, WA 98008
US
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Domain Name: INDEPTHINFO.COM

Administrative Contact :
Rayment, William J
(WJR65)
[e-mail]
15704 SE 6TH ST
BELLEVUE, WA 98008-4849
US
Phone: [phone]

Technical Contact :
Support, Technical **
(MC4774)
[e-mail]
101 Continental Boulevard, 3rd Floor
El Segundo, CA 90245
US
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Record expires on 30-Sep-2006
Record created on 30-Sep-1999
Database last updated on 08-Jul-2004

And another:
http://conservativebookstore.com/

Domain name: CONSERVATIVEBOOKSTORE.COM
Registrar: PacNames
Referral URL: http://www.pacnames.com/

Domain Registrant: TOTALNIC-109889 ([e-mail])
The Conservative Bookstore

156 N. Fourth Street
Harbor Beach MI 48441
US

Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


Administrative, Technical Contact: TOTALNIC-60328 ([e-mail])
William J Rayment
Indepthinfo.com
156 N. Fourth Street
Harbor Beach MI 48441
US

Telephone: [phone]
Fax:

[justiceischeap]

15. He also appears to be an author

http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/author.asp?author_id=111397&penname=W.+J.+Rayment

1.How Not To Build an Addition

W. J. Rayment now lives in Harbor Beach, Michigan. He is also author of The Real Man's Cookbook. He works on-line creating websites for indepthinfo.com, but spends his free time maintaining his humble home.

2. The Real Man's Cookbook, by W. J. Rayment.

Conservative ideas are beginning to seep into the mainstream of American culture via the conservative author. "The Real Man's Cookbook", by one of our editors, is a great example of this trend. It contains irreverent humor, a conservative view of the world and best of all recipes that are simple, fun and taste great. Each recipe is accompanied by a short essay that puts a new twist on the culinary arts. It provides not merely food for the gullet, but food for thought. A great read, even if you don't care to cook.

[CindyDale]

16. Has even gotten reviews at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1587360098/104-8820476-7988755

how a chicken recipe can bring peace or something like that.

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17. Conservative Monitor published by the Conservative Bookstore

http://ejournal.coalliance.org/fullrec.cfm?EJID=4834

So that name might go back further and produce more results.

[starroute]

20. Also biblestudyinfo.com

http://www.biblestudyinfo.com

[starroute]

22. Bill Rayment and Alan Caruba

In Googling for Rayment, I found an online review by Alan Caruba which says, "A friend of mine, Bill Rayment, has written an hilarious book, How Not to Build an Addition ... A visit to his website, ConservativeBookStore.Com, will also provide access to many books that will prove of interest to conservatives or anyone seeking to understand the changing American political and social scene."

http://www.bookviews.com/archive/bookviews-april2003.htm


So I Googled a little on Caruba and found that he's another rabid anti-environmentalist like the folks at Frontiers of Freedom, which has connections with GOPUSA. See http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Al_Caruba :

Alan Caruba is a public relations advisor and a vitriolic critic of environmentalism. His website boasts that his clients have included or currently include "chemical and pharmaceutical companies, think tanks, trade associations, service providers, publishers, authors, and others". <1> (http://www.caruba.com/credentials.htm)

A staunch conservative, he has also strongly supported the Bush administration's war with Iraq and advocates similar military action against other countries in the Middle East, including Syria.

The main page of Caruba's site recommends a profile on him that appeared a couple of years ago in Insight Magazine. This is the same Moon publication for which Bobby Eberle of GOPUSA sometimes writes.

Without a tighter connection I wouldn't put too much weight on this, but it does seem to place Rayment and his sites into the same general territory as GOPUSA.

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23. He writes a lot of articles for Conservative Monitor

http://www.conservativemonitor.com/opinion04/opinion04.shtml

http://www.conservativemonitor.com/opinion03/opinion03.shtml

http://www.conservativemonitor.com/opinion/index.shtml

I don't know if it means anything, but this seems to be Jeff Gannon's first foray into "journalism" that I can find.

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24. This Caruba guy is a propaganda expert

http://www.caruba.com/

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26. Is it possible that Caruba is Spaceman?

He is about the right age, writes a lot about space, and is former military. Also, if you look at when Jeff Gannon posted his first article, it appears to replace Caruba's normal spot. This is just speculation, but may be where this all began.

[Zan_of_Texas]

18. I'm wondering how much of this website and this article is real.

I went to their links page. Mind you, at the bottom of the website it says it has been in existence 1997-2005.

There is all of ONE LINK.

That is lame, folks. A conservative website that only has ONE LINK to offer, in 8 years?

Plus, is it 1997 they started? Or the info found above - 2002-11-01

Now, look at the time the Gannon article was posted.
November 12, 2002 at 23:23:55

Is it normal or unusual that the time on the article is seconds before the day's end?

Am I whistling in the wind here? Or, is this just a lame website with a lame article by JG?

[justiceischeap]

19. Hard to say really

The InDepthInfo.com site has articles by Judson Cox. I know I've heard that name recently but I can't quite remember where and what context. The guy also posts at FR and, from what little I looked at is a vet from Gulf War I. So, this could tie into the whole escort thing.

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21. There are a lot of articles on that site

Go here:

http://www.conservativemonitor.com/opinion04/opinion04.shtml