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2003-05-22 Home Front

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Posted by Mike 2003-05-22 05:28 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Methinks it was a disgruntled student succumbing to the pressures of "finals week".

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-22 07:49:15|| 2003-05-22 07:49:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Agree with CO...this was an extreme version of the old "call in a bomb threat so you won't have to take the test" ruse.

Posted by TJ 2003-05-22 08:11:46|| 2003-05-22 08:11:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't there an enormous amount of premeditation and preparation that would be required for an explosion that big? I think it's too extreme to be a disgruntled student.

Posted by Becky 2003-05-22 08:17:24|| 2003-05-22 08:17:24|| Front Page Top

#4 This is either an isolated incident more in line with a prank, or a deliberate event. The best way to determine which category it falls into would be to look at what else is going on at Yale at this time. The fact that the bomb exploded in an EMPTY building gives credence to the bomb not being of MidEastern origin - Al Qaeda & co. WANT civilian casualties. That doesn't mean it wasn't a terrorist act. We have a large group of home-grown terrorists, including PETA, ELF & the ALF that could be ultimately responsible for this explosion. Usually, however, those groups are eager to claim credit, even when they don't have a hand in the action.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-05-22 09:18:19|| 2003-05-22 09:18:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Will be tough to blame Hatfield for this one, since he's been a bit off his stride lately. heh heh.

Posted by Becky 2003-05-22 09:22:04|| 2003-05-22 09:22:04|| Front Page Top

#6 One of the blogs is suggesting that labor unions may be behind it.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-22 11:57:38|| 2003-05-22 11:57:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Union action? Hmmmmm... Yale has been in the forefront of denying their minimum wage help the same rights and privileges that its professors have. Wouldn't surprise me but I still lean towards one of those wacky, zany students.

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-22 12:50:37|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-22 12:50:37|| Front Page Top

#8 One report mentioned that today is Ted Kaczynski's birthday, and sort-of suggested this might be an early commemoration/present.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-22 16:02:12|| 2003-05-22 16:02:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe it was Al Gore. Wasn't he a Kaczynski fan? You could barely tell the difference between their writing. Maybe ol Al is still smarting over the fact that they denied him a position, worthy of his greatness, and he was angry that no one seemed to notice or care.

Posted by Becky 2003-05-22 18:02:34|| 2003-05-22 18:02:34|| Front Page Top

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