President Boren Cautions Against Rush to Judgment (re: OU bomber)

via e-mail | 6 Oct. 2005 | David L. Boren

[ovrtaxt]

I guess he's promoting the alternate, official version of reality that your average American TV addict is comfortable with.

[malia]

Boren, referring to the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City --"Some quickly rushed to the conclusion that the bomber must have been a Middle Eastern terrorist"

If my memory serves me correctly -- the very first 'blaming' occured by the now impeached clinton blaming Rush Limbaugh for the bombing.

The old days of news gathering and reporting are over - they have rathergated themselves!!!!

[ovrtaxt]

LOL!! My ten year old son gets it!!

hehe

[PhiKapMom]

Bunch of Bravo Sierra but I have come to expect it in recent days.

[tall_tex]

Owl,

This thread needs some screen time here on FR. I don't know how to ask the Moderator to do this? Do you, can you?

[toomanygrasshoppers]

Thanks for the *ping*. This is important. More people need to be informed about this.

[Chani]

I heard most of the Mark Davis interview with the father. I remember the father also trying to make sure we understood that his son didn't really know the Paki roomate..It was just a rooming for financial convenience. There was more..but can't recall now.

[popdonnelly]

Yeah, but someone should tell President Boren that this kid tried to bring a bomb into his football game. And that, by all appearances, the kid was a jihadi wannabe.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[laz]

Un-freaking believable crap.

I spit on it.

I s*it on it. What a joke. Does he even realize how pathetic this letter is? Who's kidding whom?

[little jeremiah]

Maybe someone is blackmailing him. The letter reeks with pathetic weakness.

[backhoe]

Boren, referring to the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City --"Some quickly rushed to the conclusion that the bomber must have been a Middle Eastern terrorist" If my memory serves me correctly -- the very first 'blaming' occured by the now impeached clinton blaming Rush Limbaugh for the bombing. The old days of news gathering and reporting are over - they have rathergated themselves...

"Rush" to judgement?

That's rich... ironic, bitterly so... didn't "Rush" and "hate radio" get smeared for the original OKC bombing?

Maybe this overeducated fool should read these:

 The University of Oklahoma Bomber- Link Roundup

[ovrtaxt]

Maybe someone is blackmailing him. The letter reeks with pathetic weakness.

I think somebody is calling the shots, and it's probably Homeland Security or the FBI. Boren is just playing the tune that's called.

[laz]

Boren is just playing the tune that's called.

Maybe so, but he seems to be going out of his way to look pathetic and foolish.

[ovrtaxt]

Oh, absolutely- I'm not defending the putz! lol

[OKSooner]

That's an interesting notion.

[dfwgator]

"REMAIN CALM...ALL IS WELL!"

[Itzlzha]

My "PC B.S. Meter PEGGED on this sentence alone...

Among the core beliefs which define us as Americans and which define us as members of the OU family from all backgrounds is a respect for others.

My auto-translator responded with this translation...

"It is probable that there is some connection to Middle-Easterners and terorism, as well as the OKC Bombing before, as well as the Mosque in Norman, but it would be impolite to even LOOK into the possibilities! Just go about your business sheeple, and ignore the Terrorists in our midst, even though New York City is on alert for the EXACT SAME thing happening there!"

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

In fact, national law enforcement statistics compiled confirm that we have a low per capita crime rate.

Well ain't that just dandy. Not too many purse snatchings in Norman OK, so if anyone needed further proof, there you have it. So one nutjob tried to blow hisself up - what's the big deal?

[Kozak]

WTC 1 bombing, Sudan, Kobar Tower, USS Cole, 9/11, Shoe bomber, DC sniper, Madrid, London, Israel,etc etc etc all those events down the memory hole.