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Student's Suicide Sets Off Explosion Of Theories by Blogs
WSJ ^ | 10/13/05 | RYAN CHITTUM and JOE HAGAN

Posted on 10/13/2005 10:04:33 AM PDT by Pikamax

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To: sarasota

Exactly. The story has been elevated to discussion in a widely circulated, highly-regarded publication. The number of people who now know about the incident at all increased expotentially. The blogosphere is not available on every newsstand in the country, nor lying about airports, hotel lobbies, and doctors' waiting rooms.


21 posted on 10/13/2005 11:54:41 AM PDT by Eroteme
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To: Pikamax

"None of these claims are true: Mr. Hinrich's family, university officials and the Federal Bureau of Investigation say Mr. Hinrichs suffered from depression, and the explosion was an isolated event."

Well, this is a sentence that just begs to be parsed. As written, this means that "Mr. Hinrich's family, university officials and the Federal Bureau of Investigation say Mr. Hinrichs suffered from depression, and the explosion was an isolated event" are untrue claims.

Can the Wall Street Journal buy a semicolon, please? LOL.


22 posted on 10/13/2005 11:57:29 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry (Esse Quam Videre)
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To: Pikamax
"Attempted Act of Terrorism by Suicide Bombing Sets Off Explosion Of Theories by Blogs"
23 posted on 10/13/2005 12:00:11 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: PetroniusMaximus
>Nothing here folks... move along. Please return to your shopping

None of the chatter
on the internet has changed
the way the mainstream

still does stories on
Flight 800. They won't change
til Jesus comes back.

24 posted on 10/13/2005 12:00:40 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: MizSterious

I wish we could read the police reports, especially the ones regarding the search of Hinrichs' apartment. I think it's suspicious that the search warrant information has been sealed. Hinrichs is already dead, so releasing the information wouldn't jeopardize a criminal charge against him.

It's also suspicious that we haven't seen any photos of the scene of the explosion before it was cleaned up. Photos of that scene might allow us to estimate the power of the explosion. A powerful explosion would indicate that the bomb was designed to kill several people.

A depressed college student who simply wanted to kill himself wouldn't strap on a large home-made explosive charge and walk towards a packed football stadium. It's naive to think this was just a suicide. It is very reasonable to believe Hinrichs was trying to get into the stadium.

Perhaps it's just a coincidence that Hinrichs had a Pakistani roommate. But how do you explain Hinrichs' inquiry about the purchase of ammonium nitrate? And what are the chances that the roommate didn't see, or at least smell, the explosive ingredients.

I wish the FBI would simply say this is an on-going investigation, and they don't want to release any info yet.

The WSJ article and the statements by the O.U. president are an insult to anybody with common sense.


25 posted on 10/13/2005 12:02:45 PM PDT by 04-Bravo
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To: cripplecreek

ROFL!


26 posted on 10/13/2005 12:04:10 PM PDT by Nita Nupress
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To: cripplecreek
>'If you don't go shopping, the terrorists have won.'










If we don't look at
Anna at least once a day
the terrorists win!

27 posted on 10/13/2005 12:14:20 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: Pikamax

Maybe the MSM and the authorities are offended that we were able to get information and draw our own conclusions. That conclusion was that we are not swallowing the official line.


28 posted on 10/13/2005 12:34:17 PM PDT by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: indcons
Lies, lies, and more lies.

Not only do they lie, but they accuse us of being the liars. The MSM is throwing down the gauntlet. They are claiming that they tell the truth, and that the New Media is nothing but a bunch of delusional tinfoilers.

The vaunted MSM: Fake but accurate. Put that on their headstone. They are beyond pathetic, they are an utter disgrace, and they deserve the slow death they are enduring. Expect them to whine even more as their death throes continue.

29 posted on 10/13/2005 1:56:51 PM PDT by laz (They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)
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To: Eroteme

I agree with you!


30 posted on 10/13/2005 2:12:19 PM PDT by Nancie Drew
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To: laz
"Expect them to whine even more as their death throes continue."

I think we're going to see them graduate from mere whining on this one. Try vengeful. Who are the most public figures standing in opposition to the company line? Michelle Malkin and who else? They're already teetering on the verge of character assassination.
31 posted on 10/13/2005 2:23:33 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry (Esse Quam Videre)
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To: Americanexpat
Maybe the MSM and the authorities are offended that we were able to get information and draw our own conclusions. That conclusion was that we are not swallowing the official line.

Can't have that! Repeat after me: Any connection to islam is purely coincidental...

/

32 posted on 10/13/2005 2:29:53 PM PDT by teawithmisswilliams (Question Diversity)
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To: indcons

I really don't understand this at all. Look at the way they treated the NY threat this weekend and they were pretty sure that was bogus and then someone tries to pull off a bomb at a packed stadium for reals and they blow it off.


33 posted on 10/13/2005 3:05:57 PM PDT by tiki
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To: Grampa Dave

"These liberals live in a different world than the rest of us."

You're absolutely right, GD. Truer words have seldom been spoken before.

~ indcons


34 posted on 10/13/2005 3:31:56 PM PDT by indcons (Let the Arabs take care of their jihadi brothers this time around (re: Paki earthquake))
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To: indcons

Who was is that said "I don't care what people print about me as long as they spell my name right." (As in, there is no such thing as bad PR).
I'm just proud to see a national MSM story that at least mentions the Pakistani roommae, shows the beard, etc. and mentions how QUICKLY Boren and the FBI said "This isn't terrorism."
I think this article is going to raise some people's eyebrows.


35 posted on 10/13/2005 3:35:23 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: Eroteme

I agree. Between the lines, this story is not good for Boren and the "move on, nothing to see here" crowd.; especially given the increased credbility of blogs after Rathergate.


36 posted on 10/13/2005 3:38:44 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: Grampa Dave

Ug, Al Hunt? One of my least favorite WSJ "journalists." That explains a lot.


37 posted on 10/13/2005 3:54:01 PM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: Eroteme

You make an excellent point. This writing is so devious-looking that it would make any thinking person wonder--the key here is "thinking person"--so many just soak it up and don't think at all. They sometimes show up on these threads insisting that everything is, indeed, mere coincidence. Or that there is an "innocent" explanation.

Actually, there might be, but I haven't heard it yet.


38 posted on 10/13/2005 3:57:01 PM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: 04-Bravo
"I wish the FBI would simply say this is an on-going investigation, and they don't want to release any info yet."

Not only the FBI, but also president Boren. Boren has jumped out there with statements that, in some cases, seem just plain nuts, and in others, make him look like a liar. A simple "This is an ongoing investigation...etc." would have sufficed, and sounded a hekkuva lot better.

I find the sealing of the search warrant suspicious, too. Usually, they only do that if foul play is involved. If this is a simple suicide, they wouldn't need to do that.

39 posted on 10/13/2005 4:01:05 PM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: MizSterious

And then this happens...


AP-Reporting College Station ....
AGGIE football practice was delayed nearly two hours today after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field.
Coach Fran immediately suspended practice while police and federal investigators were called to investigate.
After a complete analysis, FBI forensic experts determined that the white substance unknown to the players was the goal line.
Practice was resumed after special agents decided the team was unlikely to encounter the substance again.


40 posted on 10/13/2005 4:02:53 PM PDT by willyd (Good Fences Make Good Neighbors)
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