Posted on 05/16/2002 9:16:35 PM PDT by codebreaker
Gee, whatever gave 'ole Norm THAT idea?
(Maybe Norm missed his calling as head of the FBI instead of Trans. Sec.)
The heist was consistent with others in which thieves took trucks for their cargo to "try to sell it on the market without knowing what's inside," the spokesman said.
Imagine the shock and dismay of discovering that a uniform delivery truck, stolen from the lot of a uniform supply company, contained, of all things, uniforms? They'd been hoping to score a haul of cigarettes or liquor. Damn.
FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza said the theft appeared to be conventional commercial theft. The intruders took the first available truck after entering the facility,...
Amazing that the first available truck happened to contain airline uniforms and not bellman uniforms or bakery whites or any of dozens of non-security related occupations. I'd be checking out Cintas empoyees. IMHO, the thieves struck when they did because of where that particular truck was at that time. They were either tipped to the convenient location of the target, or someone arranged for that truck to be there at that time.
There are so many thefts committed each day in our country, that I would be surprised if this was the only theft of uniforms to have occurred. I would not be surprised to learn that at least some thefts of uniforms since 9/11 could be proven to have happened by accident.
The media is able to distort the truth by omission. By simply reporting on events which appear to have significance and failing to report on events which would suggest that there is no such significance, the media manages public opinion.
A similar process occurs with respect to guns. When a child is killed by gunshot, the nation learns the details. There are few reports of the numerous times in which guns are used to preserve innocent lives.
I would not wish to be a Muslim in the US today. Any action, however innocent, might be construed to be part of a conspiracy to commit terror.
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