Can't help but wonder how many people wouldn't have to have died if Bush hadn't diverted troops, resources and attention to Iraq in 2002. Thank you troops...you are my heros.
First, I want to say that I really, really, really hope that the news leaks out that they shot him while he was sitting on the john, taking a Shakespeare.
Second, I predict that Chickens will bump the 9/11/2001 thread first thing Monday morning.
Or the guy is female...ran over him while driving a car...wearing a tank top and shorts...drinking a beer...eating porkchops...whistling some Jewish folk song
Or the guy is female...ran over him while driving a car...wearing a tank top and shorts...drinking a beer...eating porkchops...whistling some Jewish folk song
My special effects technician alerted me to Bin Ladin's passing. He said my film killed him. I believe it. I'm going to slather my naked body with molten marshmallow fluff to celebrate.
First, I want to say that I really, really, really hope that the news leaks out that they shot him while he was sitting on the john, taking a Shakespeare.
Oh I'm pretty sure there are TWO exit wounds on that one.
Isn't it great how being an American gives you the right to storm in to another country and kill people because "you think" they are evil? I heard Bin Laden dropped to his knees and asked for a trial. But the slimey Americans shot him in the head and peed on his corpse.
Also, my facebook news feed is filled with variations of the same three posts:
Renewed interest in patriotic fervor: AMERICA RULES!!! I LOVE THE STARS AND STRIPES MORE THAN THE GENTLE CARESS OF A WOMAN!
Self-satisfied hipster of the patriots: I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT, AMERICA! I LOVED AMERICA BEFORE IT WAS COOL TO LOVE AMERICA! GO AMERICA!
Holier-than-thou: Ugh, why are we celebrating the death of a human being? My attention span is short enough that I have forgotten the fact that he is responsible for the atrocities on September 11th, 2001. Either that or I am too young to clearly remember the event. Either way, I will put up my nose at the natural inclination to celebrate this victory and I will make myself feel so important by saying I hope he rests in peace. WWJD?
As a mostly-embarrassed-at-how-Frost-ing-stupid-we-are-collectively American, I also ask: How come Osama/Usama/Wesama is never refered to as the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks? I know I spent a lot of time on Shelle's boudoir pics, but holy Shakespeare, did I miss the trial?
Whatever, I guess. I'm about as mean as the average dipShakespeare, but I can't get behind celebrating killing a guy. The fools jumping for joy outside the White House last night just needed a burning effigy to look exactly like every radical islamic group that's ever formed to burn our president in effigy. So I guess we're all equal now. Yay?
I also ask: How come Osama/Usama/Wesama is never refered to as the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks? I know I spent a lot of time on Shelle's boudoir pics, but holy Shakespeare, did I miss the trial?
I am so relieved to see folks speaking up about the distastefulness of the celebrations. I had the same reaction when I saw Return of the Jedi, and everyone was cheering and singing at the end after the Emperor was killed. I mean, the guy never got a trial or anything! Who says he was responsible for all those deaths? The only time we saw him use his lightning bolt fingers was in self defense.
I never commented on the people celebrating in the streets. I was just responding to why the media were not saying he was allegedly responsible. While he may or may not have lied about being the mastermind is debatable, media outlets can call him the mastermind because he claimed to have been responsible.
True, sorry about that. Got caught up in hatin on my fellow Ameridumbs for looking so stupid as they celebrated.
I'll return to other, equally unfunny, topics now. Or later.
P.S. To Jeeni - Loved that post. Only skimmed the first part in my rush to respond, so when I re-read it fully I was cracking up. Nicely played, ma'am.
I'm about as Progressive as they come (I LIKE that people are on welfare!), but I'm thinking about taking up a collection to bribe John to release the real names of BisectYouAllIdiot and the TaxingMan so we can turn them over to some right-wing crackpot militia. With guns.
I think the Star Wars similarities died with Reagan. It's obvious the Emperor was a terrorist. He was building a giant weapon, designed to destroy an entire planet.
If you really want to look at a film that mirrors the things the US is doing now, look at The Lost Boys. The bad guys live in a cave and pretty much keep to themselves, except if they need to eat. The good guys come from out of town, with their own set of rules. Find a couple of people in town who agree with their "comicbook-style" law and coordinate an attack against the cave dwellers. They even invite the "bad guys" to come over to their house and have a party (Sept 11)...where they serve them garlic; something they are obviously not fond of. Ultimately, the "good guys" kills the bad guys by attacking them and stabbing them in the chest.
I know there are a few hole here, but there are just as many, if not more with the Star Wars example. I mean wookies and jawas aren't even real.
I'm with Dogs on this one. If I leaned any further left I'd fall over, but Bin Laden orchestrated (blah freaking "allegedly") attacks that killed 343 of my brother firefighters and I am happy to see him go out a coward in hiding. I'm not overly patriotic, but Frost yeah to the soldiers who carried out this mission.
I used to live in the DC area (Alexandria VA), and I can assure you that the majority of the people outside the White House singing and cheering were drunk people from local bars. I've occasionally been in crowds like that at Lafayettte Park.
All this patriotism and patting the president on the back is pretty damn hilarious when it is obvious that the Americans had nothing to do with Osama's death.
Do you really think it's a coincidence that Prince William and Katepostponed their honeymoon and wanted to keep their location over the weekend private?
And speaking of postponement, why wasn't the space shuttle launched???
Duh! William and Kate stole the shuttle so they could fly to Afghanistan and take down Osama. They knew he would be so preoccupied with blogging about their wedding that he would never see it coming.
I still can't get over how he was staying in a million dollar compound with 18 foot high walls about 30 miles from the capital of Pakistan and they didn't know he was there.
I mean, it's obvious that they need even more money and technology so they can help us find the other terrorists!
I had the same reaction when I saw Return of the Jedi
My love of Straw right now is so deep that I would kill a terrorist right now! Without a trial! With my bare hands! (Well, maybe my bare hands holding a big Frost-ing rock.)
I still can't get over how he was staying in a million dollar compound with 18 foot high walls about 30 miles from the capital of Pakistan and they didn't know he was there.
They could have just used google maps satellite feature.
Filly, it's already happening. I have mixed feelings of this.
A: I am a capatalist loving pig who is ROFLCOPTER-ing at the irony that people are making money off his death with a economical system he tried to bring down.
B: Some of these are really tasteless. Some are patriotic and ok and then some are just horrible.
Straw and I first found out about the death of OBL via Yahoo on Sunday night. Approximately 11.2 microseconds later, we both asked eachother it GAb knew about it, and promptly logged in. But instead of just blindly starting a thread, we took a few seconds to see if anyone else had started one before us.
I am amazed at how many facebook users have fallen for the "Osama Kill: Leaked Military video" scam. Any link on there that asks you to answer security questions before viewing is obviously a fake. Duh.
And then when people answer the questions, everyone on their friend list gets a link to it on their wall. Just. Stop. It.
I know I spent a lot of time on Shelle's boudoir pics, but holy Shakespeare, did I miss the trial?
I've got a few extra 5 x7s left if you're interested. My husband won't let me frame them and put them up in the house. He says it makes people uncomfortable. And by people, he means my mother-in-law.