From: [c d t] at [sw.stratus.com] (C. D. Tavares) Newsgroups: misc.legal,tx.general,tx.politics.talk.politics.guns,alt.law-enforcement Subject: Re: The blight of instant news (was Re: FBI Director's Statement on Waco Standoff) Date: 28 Apr 1993 22:39:50 GMT Real sportsmanlike of you to set the followups to alt.flame, Fred, but not this time... In article <[1993 Apr 28 133845 25800] at [mksol.dseg.ti.com]>, [m c call] at [mksol.dseg.ti.com] (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes: > Yeah, we sure know that, all right. I mean, it's not like people were > shot by the BD's in the compound or they started the fires themselves, > is it? Wait a minute, according to what we know now, it seems that > that is *exactly* what it's like. Yeah, we know a "whole lot more" now. (In article <[w vvv m b] at [dixie.com]>, [j g d] at [dixie.com] (John De Armond) writes:) Today's Atlanta Constitution headlined that "independent experts" confirmed arson as the cause of the fire. No evidence presented, of course. Later, inside, in the fine print, it is noted that these "independent experts" have worked for the BATF in the past, were pushed on the FBI by BATF and that the wife of one of the investigators works as a BATF secretary. I guess this is the post-structuralist definition of the word "independent." > Of course, we wouldn't want reality > to intrude on your little dream world, so you go right ahead with your > tirade. Feel free to get all the mileage you can out of the early returns before they turn on you. -- [c d t] at [rocket.sw.stratus.com] --If you believe that I speak for my company, OR [c d t] at [vos.stratus.com] write today for my special Investors' Packet...