"No Terrrorist Involvement/Threat"

[bratch]

Reading the news every morning on FOX or CNN I've started noticing this little gem "There was no terrorist involvement/threat".  It was in EVERY story about the missing Egyptian students along with just about any other story about planes, trains or automobiles.  What do you guys think about the catch phrase? Can it compete with "Its for the children"?

[grampster]

Good observation.  Why, it is for the children afterall.  Isn't it?....

[Art Eatman]

Maybe it's my doubting, cynical nature, but it's less credible for Egyptians than for the arrest of the woman who raised a ruckus on a flight from England to the US.

I guess it's any unequivocal, "There's no terrorism involved," as opposed to, "At this time, we do not suspect any terrorism."

Any time Gobbermint sez something as a categorical statement, I tend to assume the opposite.

My batting average, there, would be the envy of any who've ever played baseball--by better than double.

Art

[Jamisjockey]

And see, I see it cynically from another standpoint:  The current administration has only benefitted from scaring the bejesus out of the sheeple.  Therefore, it would be in thier best interest anytime they can jack us up to Re-election condition Orange, or whatnot.  So, I'm not as skeptical when they say that these Egyptians pose no serious threat....or when some dumb wench loses it on a flight.

[Jamisjockey]

Today, with all this Ramsey stuff dominating the news, I fully expect some form of terroist attack, arrest, or announcement in an attempt by the administration to grab the headlines and keep it in the forefront of the sheeples thoughts....

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

Today, with all this Ramsey stuff dominating the news, I fully expect some form of terroist attack, arrest, or announcement in an attempt by the administration to grab the headlines and keep it in the forefront of the sheeples thoughts....

I hate to say it, but I wouldn't be surprised.