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Karl Rove's IT Guru Dies In Small Plane Crash
A dozen readers have submitted the story of the death in a plane crash of Mike Connell, Karl Rove's IT adviser, the man who set up and ran the gwb43.com mail server, and an important figure in GOP tech circles since 1997. The closest thing to straight reporting to be found in a mainstream media outlet is a piece from KDKA in Pittsburgh giving a detailed backgrounder on Connell's work for Rove, two generations of the Bush family, and many GOP congressmen and committees. CBSNews.com is now mirroring the KDKA reporting. Almost all the early media coverage comes from the left and some of it is frankly conspiratorial. Among the milder pieces (although it could not be called balanced) is this interview with Mark Crispin Miller, NYU professor and author of two books about the 2004 election in Ohio. Connell was compelled to testify on the day before the US election in a lawsuit involving Ohio election irregularities in 2004. Connell, an experienced pilot, died on Sunday when his plane crashed two miles short of the runway of Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio.
Does anyone really think this was an accident?</tinfoil-hat>
But seriously, if anyone knew "too much," this guy could qualify.
Start a happiness pandemic
The newest article posted on Ninjalistics (your leading supplier of ISO 9000-compliant corporate espionage and assassination services) is, "Six additional political operatives die in separate accidents unrelated to Karl Rove."
"WOIO correspondent Blake Chenault also reported that twice in the past two months Connell, who was an experienced pilot, canceled flights because of suspicious problems with his plane."
"The CIA and the FBI are far too good."
Three shots, one kill.
Amatures ;-).
"Kill 'em all and let Root sort 'em out"
Like Monica?
-=Maggie Leber=-
DON'T FLY YOUR OWN AIRPLANE!!!
And if you must, have the server backup media shipped by alternate means.
Have gnu, will travel.
This was definitely an accident. You see, Connell was involved in Rove's secret plot to cut the underwater cables in the Mediterranean, and was flying out to intercept the repair crew when he crashed.
FWIW... if something is "balanced", that would mean the two sides[1] of the debate are assigned equal weights. That's how a balance works.
*Fair* is a different story. A *fair* assessment would assign accurate weights to the two sides, which would (gasp) leave an unbalanced situation[2]. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
[1] Assuming any issue is simple enough for a two-sided debate, which would be plane wrong.
[2] As shown by the Evolutionary Theory (ET) vs. Intelligent Design (ID) debate, as follows logically:
1. According to evolutionists, birds evolved from dinosaurs.
2. According to established truth (even ID'ers don't deny it), ducks are birds.
3. Logically then, it follows that ET can be represented by a duck.
4. Some "news" outlets claim to be fair and balanced, by assigning equal weight to ET and ID.
5. Picture a large scale, with ET and ID balanced equally.
6. Now visualize the same scale, with ET represented by a duck.
6. Obviously, since ID weighs the same or more than the duck, it is a witch. Burn it!
Now, Sir Gore, tell me again how sheep's bladders can be used to prevent global warming?
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
I'm not quite sure what you said, but I like it!
Maybe the airplane turned to chocolate in midair, and can't be found because it crashed in Hershey, PA.
Just a equally likely possibility.