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Title: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: The DARK on May 01, 2011, 11:20 PM
Just breaking.
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: Sticky Icky Green Stuff on May 01, 2011, 11:32 PM
Quote from: The DARK on May 01, 2011, 11:20 PM
Just breaking.

america,  fuck yeah.
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: subinai on May 01, 2011, 11:33 PM
crazy. just heard on the news that its 8 years to the day of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech?
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: mgriff73 on May 02, 2011, 12:13 AM
It only took 10 years to catch an old man with dialysis needs and a 25 million dollar bounty on his head.  I feel safer already(sarcasm). 
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: mjk73 on May 02, 2011, 07:08 AM
As one of my friends said, sarcastically, Do not let this distract us from the birth certificate situation. That's a matter of utmost importance.

I'm curious to see how this effects Obama's polls. This coupled with the Press Core Roast of the Don...I mean Press Core Dinner, I think he had a pretty damn good weekend. I'm sure Faux news will downplay.
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: YouAre_GivenToFly on May 02, 2011, 09:13 AM
66 years and 1 day after the death of probably the most famous mass murderer in history. Nice.

This probably doesn't make the US or the world any safer, but it might bring a little more closure or a sense of justice to the families of the victims of his attack, and that alone is cause for celebration.
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: Jaimoe on May 02, 2011, 09:32 AM
The ticker on Fox news this morning read: "Obama Bin Laden". I doubt it was a typo.
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: el_chode on May 02, 2011, 10:59 AM
I won't believe it until I see the long form death certificate
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: Jaimoe on May 02, 2011, 11:03 AM
Quote from: el_chode on May 02, 2011, 10:59 AM
I won't believe it until I see the long form death certificate

Agreed. bin Laden buried at sea sounds "fishy".
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: lil sis on May 02, 2011, 11:15 AM
Here's a video my boyfriend and I took of our dog regarding the issue  ;D

Osama Bin Laden Dead Picture (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_bGG45Maw#)
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: iLikeBeer on May 02, 2011, 12:16 PM
That's effing classic sis!   ;D

I love the head tilting?!  My black lab does the same thing when you ask her questions!   :)

As for the 'fair and balanced' news station, I turned on their coverage last night for shits and giggles and not much to my surprise, they were more concerned about the retaliation that is sure to come and how important it was for President Obama to present his presser on the subject of Bin Laden's death and how pissed off Pakistan must be with us to carry out this covert op on their soil?!  I could only sit there and laugh at the hypocracy of that effed up news network and imagine how they'd probably be dropping confetti and baloons and launching streamers had the death of Bin Ladin happened under Dubyahs watch?!   ::)    :P
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: mjk73 on May 02, 2011, 12:17 PM
Quote from: el_chode on May 02, 2011, 10:59 AM
I won't believe it until I see the long form death certificate
Thanks. I now have to clean the nose squirted water off my desk.
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: Sticky Icky Green Stuff on May 02, 2011, 05:30 PM
am I the only one not even slightly afraid of a possible "counter attack" or whatever?  people keep saying it's inevitable, but what can these yuppies even do?  plant a pipe bomb in a parked car?  terrorist can suck my freedom fry eating dick.  my favorite phrase I heard today was "we cut the head off the cobra".  indeed we did.  ::waits for a terrorist to attack me::
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: gardenparty on May 02, 2011, 05:49 PM
(http://www.yasrsly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/obama-speech-he-is-dead-gif.gif)
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: trav on May 02, 2011, 10:26 PM
Quote from: mgriff73 on May 02, 2011, 12:13 AM
It only took 10 years to catch an old man with dialysis needs and a 25 million dollar bounty on his head.  I feel safer already(sarcasm). 

i completely understand your opinion, and its a popular and frustrated one. but what I think is going to come out in the coming days is that it appears he had a country, or atleast some military support for protection. he was just too close to the capital to call it coincidental. That makes it difficult to find someone, ecspecially when they probably provided false information so consistently. Not saying they did, but I suspect there is a chance of that.

Took far too long, but irregardless, the world is a little better with a person of his evilness off the earth. Won't change a hole lot, but atleast he's gone and the families can try and take a step forward that were affected. I dont believe in true "closure" but it doesnt hurt to hear he got shot in his face, at his house. Sounds like a good KICK ASS move to me. I just hope we dont have to celebrate deaths anymore in the future.
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: lil sis on May 02, 2011, 10:30 PM
Quote from: iLikeBeer on May 02, 2011, 12:16 PM
That's effing classic sis!   ;D

I love the head tilting?!  My black lab does the same thing when you ask her questions!   :)

He does that too when we ask him questions.  "Wanna......" and he does it every time.  I love it lol.
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: YouAre_GivenToFly on May 03, 2011, 12:14 AM
I think we can all agree that Navy SEALs are BADASS
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: el_chode on May 03, 2011, 12:49 AM
Sorry for the large file. This is supposedly the administration watching a helmet cam live stream of the raid, possibly at the moment of the headshot.
(http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/02/5680724572_d4696d593d_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: YouAre_GivenToFly on May 03, 2011, 08:46 AM
Quote from: el_chode on May 03, 2011, 12:49 AM
Sorry for the large file. This is supposedly the administration watching a helmet cam live stream of the raid, possibly at the moment of the headshot.
(http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/02/5680724572_d4696d593d_b.jpg)

Love that picture. The absurdly understated official blurb says it is members of the administration "waiting for an update".

Also, whatever is blurred out on Hillary Clinton's laptop has got to be some pretty awesome info.
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: Tracy 2112 on May 03, 2011, 09:46 AM
Here are some more pics from the White House

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/sets/72157626507626189/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/sets/72157626507626189/)
Title: Re: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
Post by: wolof7 on May 03, 2011, 10:51 AM
The guy who wrote out the mission, the John Lithgow lookalike standing w/ the teal shirt behind the decorated man in the chair is an alumus from my high school....LaSalle Academy, Providence RI representin' 8)