Obama Announcement: OSAMA BIN LADEN DEAD

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  1. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    What the fuck?

    BO just said "today" in terms of the operation that killed him.

    :wtf:
  2. Scott Hamilton Robert E Ron Paul Lee

    Scott Hamilton Robert E Ron Paul Lee Straight Awesome

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    No. Obama hurt his number 1 enemy and killed his number 2.
  3. Dr. Drake Ramoray

    Dr. Drake Ramoray 1 minute, 42.1 seconds baby!

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    You're more charitable than I am, I don't believe for a second that the damage done to the U.S. economy by Pres. Obama's policies are errors or mistakes, but his desired end result.
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  4. sandbagger

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    It's perfectly in keeping with the MO of a small petty man such as Obama.
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  5. sandbagger

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    Yeah you right.
  6. brudder1967

    brudder1967 this is who we are

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    More death from the winner of the Nobel peace prize!!!

    ;)
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  7. Ash

    Ash how 'bout a kiss?

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    According to the President, we did this ninja style. Can't wait for the details.
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  8. Starchaser

    Starchaser Fallen Angel

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    Yeah. Who needs Osama to destroy the country when we have Obama to do it. :Obamadance:
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  9. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    he has fucked up ideas, but he's no fuck up in carrying them out.
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  10. 14thDoctor

    14thDoctor Oi

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    The petty partisanship around here is adorable. :wub:
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  11. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    Fucking awesome!
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  12. MikeH92467

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    Apparently it was SEALs....HOOYAH!!! NBC reports that a Pakistani government may have supplied a chopper to the operation. Sounds like the Pakistani's decided bin Laden had outlived his usefulness. 8 months between first tip and operation suggests a lot of stuff behind the scene.
  13. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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  14. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    The guy who capped his ass needs to secretly get the congressional medal of honor.
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  15. Ash

    Ash how 'bout a kiss?

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    Obama deserves credit on this one. Made it a priority, and gave the "go" order. He didn't just luck into this one.
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  16. Zombie

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    On the way home heard it was in a mansion in the cloak room by Col.Mustard. :P

    But seriously it was in a mansion, by US forces shooting him in the head, and it happened today.

    :techman:

    Since Osama was using couriers I'd bet we finally managed to get a tip on one of the couriers which was the lead Obama talked about.
  17. Elwood

    Elwood I know what I'm about, son.

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    Heh. CNN briefly zoomed in on the crowd outside the Whitehouse. The Photog centered up on a guy holding up a t-shirt that said, "Thank you President Bush"
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  18. The Prussian Mafia

    The Prussian Mafia Sex crazed nympho

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    Of course they had to brief certain members of Congress prior to the announcement which resulted in the news leaking immediately. Obama is going to score huge political points for this and he took a lot of credit for it during his speech.
  19. Dr. Drake Ramoray

    Dr. Drake Ramoray 1 minute, 42.1 seconds baby!

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    Absolutely, if this had gone sideways, he'd have gotten the blame, so give him the credit for a good job here.
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  20. MikeH92467

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    Same as NFL quarterbacks who routinely get too much credit and too much blame...
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    By far the single event that will be most remembered historically about Obama's presidency.

    I think there will be two major events remembered historically, one that he was the first African American elected to the office of President and two the death of Osama Bin Laden.

    In that order.
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    Don't forget: Fucked up the economy way beyond what Bush did and did it on purpose. :bailey:
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  23. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Fuck, this deserves genie wishes.
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  24. BearTM

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    Editted for service branch accuracy and glory.

    :bergman:
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    Nocturne of Vladimir Jazz And Hell's comin' with me!

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    The Good: Osama is dead.

    The Bad: Four more years of Obama.

    The Ugly: Geraldo Riviera all over the television.
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  26. The Original Faceman

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    We need a national holiday built around this. Sales at the mall. American shit. BBQ. Watermellon. Grape soda. Fireworks. Baseball. Sex with dolphins.
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  27. Marso

    Marso High speed, low drag.

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    Brett was talking with Greta and one of the other correspondents, and brought up the fact that the compound where OBL was in hiding is a Pakistani 'military HQ district', and that the indicators are the the Pakis knew where he was all along...

    Then all of a sudden, somebody yaps in Baier's ear and they cut away to go listen to the crowd outside the White House for a few seconds. When they come back in, they go to Gen. McInerny and the WHOLE TOPIC IS DROPPED LIKE A HOT POTATO.

    I think there is some definite 'spin' going on here with regards to the Pakis. I think they're trying to keep the proverbial lid on this particular subject, and the truth is that the Pakis have known where he was for quite some time now...

    This is going to be a very tender topic for the State Department for a while. After all the money spent and all the effort expended, how we 'handle' Pakistan in the near future is going to bear close watching. Obama's remarks were telling as well.
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  28. BearTM

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    BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump demands Osama Bin Laden's death certificate
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  29. Dr. Drake Ramoray

    Dr. Drake Ramoray 1 minute, 42.1 seconds baby!

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    Maybe not, remember George Bush (41) was on top of the world after Gulf War I, a lot can still happen between now and November 2012, like $6-7 per gallon gasoline.
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  30. Zombie

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    Yeah I wouldn't count on this giving Obama four more years. No one who is against Obama is suddenly going to switch sides and vote for him in 2012 just because of this killing.

    Especially if gas keeps climbing.