Posted on 10/14/2005 6:03:52 PM PDT by The Drowning Witch
Might be the break!
I would look at door #2, "Power," although there is a back door not mentioned in your post, which is "covering up past coverups," referring to the OKC bombing. For more info on that particular coverup, see Jayna Davis' book, "The Third Terrorist." If people start digging into this event, they just might turn up old skeletons from 1995.
As I said, our elected officials seem to have a habit of letting us down. I honestly thought Tom Cole would be better than that. My bad.
Thanks for posting the transcript. I watched (in utter disbelief), but it's nice to have a source to quote if needed.
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/011955.php
October 15, 2005
The Journal Punts
This article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal sets out to debunk speculation about whether Joel Hinrichs, the University of Oklahoma student who blew himself up outside the Oklahoma football stadium, may have intended a terrorist attack. It fails. The Journal cites a number of blogs, including us, who have talked about the OU incident. (We discussed it here, here, and here.) The reporters interviewed several bloggers for their story, but didn't make any attempt to contact us.
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I have one of those too. I absolutely love it! I can watch TV and freep at the same time!
I'm reminded of the old Gary Larson cartoon about "What Dogs Hear." Blah blah blah....Ginger.....blah blah blah....Ginger.
Anyone listening to this Cole interview would hear: Blah blah..bomb...blah blah...explosion....blah blah blah ammonium nitrate...blah blah blah....Pakistani roommate....blah blah blah....mosque....blah blah blah...Moussaoui...blah blahhhhhh.
Everyone likes JC. He's definitely from the "Faith Family and Values" wing of the Republican Party.
OTOH, you nailed it about the loafers. That's what we've been hearing around here since back in the late '70s when Boren was just a spring chicken.
I myself wouldn't know about Tenent, except he and Boren are buddies...
But the question whether Hinrichs was part of a terrorist cell is entirely different from the question whether he intended mass murder.
The essence of the "nothing to it" argument is based in the logical fallacy that terrorism is not terrorism unless there's an al-Qaeda union label on it. The American public doesn't give a rat's behind about such technicality.
Each media attempt to debunk and dismiss concerns about this bombing gives exposure to the fact that there was a bombing at all--which in turn gives rise to the followup questions. IMHO, the WSJ article and Fox interview, while conceived as fixit pieces to make the story go away, accomplish the exact opposite.
"Well, there WAS an "accident" that morning of Sep 11.....in George Tenet's briefs."
Well, I guess it was fortuitous that Boren was there to help him out, then.
Is there a little bit of paranoia or racism in jumping in to believe that this person might have other motives other than a lone suicide?
Cole: Well I think concern, yes, and uh, this is an individual frankly that had a history of dealing with explosives back to the time he was a teenager
The power of an "establishment" comes from its ability to grant or withhold favors to those who do their will. The essence of true conservatism is to try to limit govt power and cut govt spending -- which would cripple the establishment's ability to wield power.
The goal of an establishment (Dem or Pub) is to increase its own power, for the purpose of having power and increasing wealth. Don't think that being "connected" doesn't have value. The connected don't get hassled as much as the unconnected; and inside information on what's going to happen, and why, often translates into the opportunity to make investment decisions that put the connected ahead of the peasants
Senators investment portfolios generally do very well, for some reason
Cole was a disgrace... and so is FOX for cooperating in this media handjob...
Unbelieveable! That's why they sealed the warrant and what they was found and I believe pigs fly. No wonder local law enforcement is so frustrated. They are doing a lot of security upgrades for one suicide bomber.
What is with people that were and are in Congress?
You couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a LEO at the TTU game today.
Ditto at South Bend for the Notre Dame Game. They even broadcast on the news the day before for anyone who saw anything out of the unusual to call the authorities. Said their would be tight security. BUT no mention as to why.
I wish you were kidding, but I know you're not. Everyone is very anxious to get everyone to "move on."
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