Saturday, October 15, 2005
Coinkydink? You Decide
One of the conventions or truisms in postmodern America is that when something is a "conspiracy theory," it's crazy, perpetrated by outer-fringe whackos who can't tell the Good Book from the Hale-Bopp comet. And maybe the following suggests an M.O. on the part of the Administration that isn't entirely on the up-and-up, which some will reject out of hand on the "conspiracy theory" basis.
Still, it seemed mighty bald to me when Bush made what the Administration termed a "major speech on terrorism" and then, later that same day, New York City was knocked on its butt by warnings of imminent attacks on the subway system.
Turns out that this is not the first time such a thing has happened. MSNBC's Keith Olberman reports that "in the last three years there had been about 13 similar coincidences--a political downturn for the administration, followed by a 'terror event'--a change in alert status, an arrest, a warning."
Click the title to read the whole article.
The Quotidian Meander
Still, it seemed mighty bald to me when Bush made what the Administration termed a "major speech on terrorism" and then, later that same day, New York City was knocked on its butt by warnings of imminent attacks on the subway system.
Turns out that this is not the first time such a thing has happened. MSNBC's Keith Olberman reports that "in the last three years there had been about 13 similar coincidences--a political downturn for the administration, followed by a 'terror event'--a change in alert status, an arrest, a warning."
Click the title to read the whole article.
The Quotidian Meander
