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#51

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 6:48am

Oh Fox, can't you get anything right?

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-

#52

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 7:01am

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

#53

Not a good week for Donald Trump. Over the weekend Seth Myers and Barack Obama make fun of him to his face in a room full of people where everyone laughs and then Obama cuts in to the last 15 minutes of Celebrity Apprentice to announce Bin Laden is dead. No, Trump is not having a good week at all.

'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-

#54

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 7:15am

This is what happens when I watch DVR;ed programs. I totally missed all of this. Holy crap!

KFTC!!!!!

#55

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 7:47am

I am surprised no one's mentioned that this took place 8 years to the day after the infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#56

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 8:16am

It was the best 1st Anniversary my wife and I could (not) ask for...

But much like Elie Wiesel wrote after the collapse of the Berlin wall. (paraphrasing greatly) While this is great news... it also signals the potential for more evil to emerge...

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

#57

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 8:59am

So they buried him at sea already.

I hope they took plenty of photos and DNA samples first (and I wish I were kidding about that).

If not, you're going to hear a lot about providing "proof," in the next few days/weeks/years.

I have to wonder why they killed him, made sure we all were aware this wasn't an attack against a Muslim but a retaliation against an extreme terrorist, and then buried him at sea quickly, "according to Muslim tradition."

Huh?

Okay, I guess ... as long as you have plenty of proof for the many, MANY groups that are about to ask for it and will refuse to acknowledge it otherwise.

Yeah, like Elvis, and Hitler, and ...

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Updated On: 5/2/11 at 08:59 AM

#58

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 9:03am

I found that odd too, Besty. But I think it might also be because the body itself is a liability wherever it is for criminal behavior. Perhaps (just throwing it out there) - the best defense against those that would want to claim the body for their own (either good or bad factions) is to eliminate it from existence.

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

#59

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 9:09am

I just think it sounds too fishy (no pun intended) that they buried him at sea already and used the "Muslim faith" as the reason.

I'll bet the U.S. government still has his body, and they don't want anyone to know where it is or come looking for it. So they made it "disappear" publicly.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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#60

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 9:26am

I'm hearing conflicting reports.Which is it?

White House Reports Bin Laden was asked to surrender before being shot

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110502/world/bin-laden-was-asked-to-surrender-before-being-shot.363158

U.S. Team's Mission Was To Kill, Not Capture

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-dead-kill_n_856211.html

'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-

#61

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:23am

For me it doesn't matter. The man was a world terrorist leader, wanted "dead or alive." Whether they asked him to surrender or not is moot. He needed to be stopped, completely and permanently.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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#62

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:24am

It doesn't matter to me either. I'm just glad the bastard is dead.

#63

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:35am

In one way, though, I think it does matter.

I'm fine with his having been shot dead. But I do think it's important that we be seen as pursuing justice, not mere vengence (and they're not the same thing).

#64

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:39am

I agree with Reg. I think there was more to be gained in his capture and subsequent persecution than in his assassination.

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert

#65

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:41am

Laden is officially a "has-Bin."

#66

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:42am

Muslim faith says they have to be buried quickly and they can't be cremated. They didn't want to bury the body and have the site turn into shrine for terrorism. I can see the logic in the sea burial.

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Wanting life but never knowing how

Updated On: 5/2/11 at 10:42 AM

#67

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:43am

But had he been captured and taken alive, can you imagine what the Taliban would have done to get him freed?

#68

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:44am

Jordan, I thought the same thing.

But it doesn't change the fact (for me) that offering the chance to surrender and face justice was the right thing to do.

But yes, I think ultimately this is the better outcome.

#69

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:48am

Though I know it's impossible, I really wish the media could downplay they jubilation of American's celebrating his death. I remember all too well how INFURIATED people were when seeing images of people in the Middle East celebrating in the streets at the fall of the twin towers on 9/11. The more we celebrate, the more fuel we add to the fire. The figurehead has been killed, but he's really just the tip of a very scary iceberg.

A figurehead living in a cave has been killed. Lets relect Obama solely on that. If so, the American people are more gullible than I thought.

Whahuh? Was Bush's reelection something I just made up in my head? Isn't he the one who couldn't locate Bin Laden on his watch, yet wanted him dead? Didn't 9/11 happen on his watch? Didn't he leverage that to start a phony war we're still waging? Didn't we discover after his reelection his admission of being misinformed and thus, misinforming the American public? Were there really WMDs, but he was just joking with us? Wouldn't Bush's reelection be the very definition of gullibility? To pretend this isn't a feather in Obama's cap and not a slap in Bush's face is more than just a little silly. It's delusional. Sort of like blaming 9/11 on Clinton.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#70

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:54am

Jordon, you're probably right.

#71

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 11:02am

Mister Matt, I agree. But there is a VAST difference between celebrating the deaths of thousands of innocent people and rejoicing at the death of a mass murderer.

#72

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 11:24am

Oh, I agree, Reg. I'm just saying the ones we fear certainly will not view it that way and we've seen what they are capable of accomplishing.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#73

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 11:28am

Yes, I feel the same way.

I'm glad that president reminded us all that Bin Laden was a murderer of Muslims as well.

#74

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 11:30am

Among the many kudos due this administration is the accomplishment of pulling this off over a period of MONTHS without a word leaking to the media. NO ONE in the media saw this coming. In fact, Seth Meyers made a Bin Laden joke at the WHCD Saturday night, and Obama maintained the smile on his face.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

#75

Ding-Dong Bin Ladin's Dead

Posted: 5/2/11 at 11:38am

The image of Obama sitting there calmly at the Nerd Prom, knowing that he gave the order to capture/kill Osama, is one split screen image I will continue to have in my head.

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