no worries. No, we don't know for sure, either of us. But I think unreasoning fear benefits both the terrorists -- there really are some -- and the administration. Check it out, sure. Deport them since they are illegal, sure. Jump to the conclusion that there was a terrorist attack in the making, no. In my opinion.
I mean... I just went to the bank. Some lady's bank card -- I know this because she was ahead of me in line -- had been issued with the wrong picture on it and she was about halfway convinced that terrorists had her bank account information. Even though it had been mailed to *her* and there were no suspect transactions on her account. I'm just saying let's all take a deep breath :) Dana On 7/26/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, you don't have to be liberal to think that Fox News is biased. > That's about as close to fact as one can get. :) I just thought it was > funny that it was brought into the discussion when it really hadn't been > about politics/left/right/rep/demo/etc. I guess I see where you're > coming from with the political slant now, though. Although I tend to > think that it is more because of the publicized attacks abroad as of > late, but I guess neither of us know for sure. > > I wasn't saying you lived in a safe haven, either. Just that it (the > incident) was far away from you, so it might be easier to take the more, > "its just a series of crazy coincidences" route. I'm not saying that > that could be ruled out, but I don't think it is asinine that this > situation raised red flags and is being investigated. I'd rather have > these things investigated that have another attack take place where we > look back and wonder if there was more that could have been done. > > Of course, I think it's a little overboard to divert flights because > "three Pakistani men were moving around in the cabin". This situation > is a lot more suspect, IMO. > > Anyways, it wasn't supposed to be a personal attack. Hope you knew > that. I just felt the need to chime in..... > > Dana wrote: > > Do you have to be a liberal to think that Fox News is biased? If so I > > am, I guess. Some of the people on this list sure seem to think so, > > though I personally think I'm fairly centrist. > > > > As for safely across the country... I'm about two miles from a huge > > nuclear stockpile :) If New Mexico seceded it would be the worlds's > > third largest nuclear power. So it's not like the threat of terrorism > > does not affect me. > > > > Maybe it *is* a terrorist incident thwarted. Maybe it was too when > > they diverted a flight because a suspected terrorist was on board, > > except that whoops, it turned out to be Cat Stevens. Bummer. > > > > Meanwhile, I think it's more likely the poll standings that provide > > the key piece of information here. But I have been known to be wrong. > > I don't see the story *anywhere* else, though. I am skeptical, pending > > further information. > > > > Dana > > > > > > On 7/26/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Dana, I'm usually on your side, but I think it's easy for you to sit > >>back and postulate from way across the country. If you were living in > >>NYC, I think you'd have a different perspective. There are just too > >>many "coincidences" in this scenario to not have it raise a red flag. > >> > >>Also, I think your comment about it being a "Fox News Photo Op" seems a > >>little strange, seeing as how this really has nothing to do with > >>politics. I thought you said you weren't a liberal? Lashing out at Fox > >>News without provocation seems like a very liberal thing to do, IMO. > >> > >>Ray > >> > >>Dana wrote: > >> > >>>Exactly what part of the scenario cannot be explained by being an > >>>illegal alien? I see a lot of innuendo. "Holed up," forsooth. Since > >>>when is a subway map evidence of bad intent? > >>> > >>>Dana > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166658 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
