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They didn't notify ANYONE!, Ill bet there wasn't more than 100 people who knew what was going on. This was the best shot at getting this deush bag, they wouldn't risk a leak....
Kudos to every one involved, and i hope at least for a few seconds he knew it was coming!
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I think more than 100 folks knew about this. It's been reported that we suspected OBL was there since Aug 2010. We even built a replica of the compound to practise the raid.
No suprise, the mastermind of the Bali terrorist attacks was captured in the same town.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Hmmmm...well, I'll bet it's a good thing Donald Trump wasn't one of those 100!!!
'Cause just to boost his "Celebrity Apprentice" ratings, that friggin' egomaniac might've spilled the beans RIGHT ON that lousy stupid show o' his last week during Sweeps Week!!!
(...yep, I can see it all now...."OSAMA! You're FIRED!")
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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All these pols have huge egos, luckily they don't have Trump's mouth.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Ya know that's the whole reason OBL hated America, in a previous life Trump fired him.
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Ya know that's the whole reason OBL hated America, in a previous life Trump fired him.
Yeah, and word was that "poor" Osama's severance package ONLY included THREE virgins...and so, can you BLAME him???!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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All these pols have huge egos, luckily they don't have Trump's mouth.
...or his hair!!!
(...or what loosely PASSES for "hair", anyway!!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Someone e-mailed me this, very funny. Animation of Bin Laden's last moments (well, sort of...LOL) http://youtu.be/cw0AXjAaf3g
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I'm waiting to see the u-tube video of his headless pork stuffed body sinking into the briny deep...
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David Letterman's Top Ten List of Osama Bin Laden's final words:
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10. “My horoscope says big surprises are in store.”
9. “See, this is why I normally don’t answer the door.”
8. “The one time I give my bodyguards a day off to go to the zoo…”
7. “What on Earth could be interrupting Celebrity Apprentice?”
6. “I hear Brian Williams is on Dave to discuss my imminent demise.”
5. “At least I’ll be reunited with my dear, departed friend Jack Lalane.” (Letterman, in an aside: “Did you know they knew each other?”)
4. “I’m not sure I want to live in a world where Fast Five is the #1 movie.”
3. “Any man with multiple wives welcomes death. Am I right, fellas?”
2. “I need a house full of navy SEALs like I need a hole in the head.”
1. “Oh, crap!”
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How they found him... 
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The larger question is whether it happened exactly the way they are saying.
Yep, I've been thinking that since the news broke out.
Also, the "burial" and destruction of the chopper were a bit too quick for my liking.
Bedouin.
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Like it or not, waterboarding works!
Congratulation to ALL those involved in this successful operation.
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Conspiracy theorists unite!
They left alot of doors open, this is gonna be funny
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Conspiracy theorists unite!
They left alot of doors open, this is gonna be funny
Hmmmmm...yeah. I wonder if we can somehow work a "magic bullet" into this whole thing????? 
(...seein' as how there appeared to no grass, let alone a "grassy knoll" at that Pakistani compound!!!) 
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We have one already. The wife that got shot. I bet there is a good one in there some where. Also the media stories that don't quite seem to match up.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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...Also the media stories that don't quite seem to match up.
Well, ya see Chad, this is the kind of stuff that happens after Gene Rayburn, Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Riley all died!!!!
(...figure THAT one out for yourselves here, people!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Right, well I could have said the media stories that don't seem to "jive",or correlate. Or even said the ever changing media story. I decided to keep it elementary instead. Sorry Dwight I was not trying to insult anyones intellect. I could have gone with ya know Dano the stories don't seem to match up. To add the TV cop affect.
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Right, well I could have said the media stories that don't seem to "jive",or correlate. Or even said the ever changing media story. I decided to keep it elementary instead. Sorry Dwight I was not trying to insult anyones intellect. I could have gone with ya know Dano the stories don't seem to match up. To add the TV cop affect.
Yeah, don't worry Chad. I certainly didn't think that you were attempting to "insult anyone's intellect" there, and so you can rest assured that I didn't take any offense to that.
(...but I DID take offense to you NOT acknowledging my friggin' MATCH GAME joke, dude!!!!!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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The larger question is whether it happened exactly the way they are saying.
Yep, I've been thinking that since the news broke out.
Also, the "burial" and destruction of the chopper were a bit too quick for my liking.
Still most people won't care. Only the conspiracy nutjobs and anyone running against Obama in the next election. But the latter will have to tread lightly on this topic.
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Hey moe, did you happen to go into Jimmy's library while you were there?
(...I only ask 'cause I've been dyin' to know if it has a special corner of it set aside for a "Killer Rabbit" display or maybe a "Heart Lusting" section!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Never was into game shows. I only watch documentary kind of stuff, or cartoons.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Hey moe, did you happen to go into Jimmy's library while you were there?
(...I only ask 'cause I've been dyin' to know if it has a special corner of it set aside for a "Killer Rabbit" display or maybe a "Heart Lusting" section!)
Nah. I spend the next morning at Andersonville while Lynn was sleeping. She did get see Jimmy at the Historic Inn though. (where we stayed the night).
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Never was into game shows. I only watch documentary kind of stuff, or cartoons.
Well then, I guess you never caught any of my appearances on the 5 game shows I was on as a contestant over the years, huh?!(true)
Btw, here's ya a little game show trivia you might not know then, Chad.
Osama bin Laden was once on "The Dating Game", but of course the little cutie bachelorette didn't pick him 'cause after she asked him, "I'm a little bunny rabbit. What kind of animal are you?", she became rather "turned off" when his reply was, "DIE INFIDEL, DIE!"!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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You and that camera of yours. You sure can take some great pics with it! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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The larger question is whether it happened exactly the way they are saying.
Yep, I've been thinking that since the news broke out.
Also, the "burial" and destruction of the chopper were a bit too quick for my liking.
Still most people won't care. Only the conspiracy nutjobs and anyone running against Obama in the next election. But the latter will have to tread lightly on this topic.
Even that don't really matter. Everyone get two terms now days right wrong or indifferent. This is going to be a fun campaign season though. There should be lots of comic material produced.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Still most people won't care. Only the conspiracy nutjobs and anyone running against Obama in the next election. But the latter will have to tread lightly on this topic.
Yeah John, and apparently it's already started, too!
It seems they found Osama bin Laden's birth certificate(speakin' o' "birth certificates"), and it turns out bin Laden was born in Cairo!
Nope! Not Cairo Egypt...Cairo ILLINOIS!!!!
(...and I THINK you can figure out what they're gonna do with that whole "Illinois connection" that the guy shared with a certain ex-"community activist" from Chicago...RIGHT?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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... There should be lots of comic material produced.
Well Chad, at least I can say that I'M certainly trying MY best in this regard!!!
(...yeah, yeah, I know...hopefully THEIR "best" will be a heck of a lot better than my "best" here, huh?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Jeez, Dwight you missed the joke about Trump demanding to see the long form death certificate.
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Jeez, Dwight you missed the joke about Trump demanding to see the long form death certificate.
Yeah, I missed that one, alright!
(...though I suppose I could ALWAYS use the excuse that that royal wedding also this past weekend was still taking up a little bit too much of my mental acuity to think of it!)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I always worry about straight men (okay, okay, non-Brits) who are obsessed with the royal wedding.  Of course, studies show estrogen levels increase in men in their late 50s... 
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I always worry about straight men (okay, okay, non-Brits) who are obsessed with the royal wedding.
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Of course, studies show estrogen levels increase in men in their late 50s...
Uh huh! And see what you've got to look forward to when you reach my age, kid???!!!
(...though THANKS to recent "medical breakthroughs", certain "symptoms" of that which accompany this condition can, and often are, nowadays being pushed back decades in the life of us "older gents"...namely, of course, by the use of a certain "little blue pill"!!!)
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Still most people won't care. Only the conspiracy nutjobs and anyone running against Obama in the next election. But the latter will have to tread lightly on this topic.
Yeah John, and apparently it's already started, too!
It seems they found Osama bin Laden's birth certificate(speakin' o' "birth certificates"), and it turns out bin Laden was born in Cairo!
Nope! Not Cairo Egypt...Cairo ILLINOIS!!!!
(...and I THINK you can figure out what they're gonna do with that whole "Illinois connection" that the guy shared with a certain ex-"community activist" from Chicago...RIGHT?!)
It'll be hard to say they were anykind of buddies. Obama did give the order to shoot the guy. Besides don't forget the theory that the Binladins and Bush the latter were buddies. That would mean the Bush family and the Obamas would also be buddies at least by proxy. Neither side want that association made.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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The Bushes and Bin Ladens isn't a theory, it's a fact. It's not politics, it's business. You'd think 9/11 would trump (ahem) business but perhaps not. That doesn't explain the failed attempts to get bin Laden before 2001, but perhaps it does in the intervening years.
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I wonder if Bin Laden hummed this little refrain as the bullet was breaking the sound barrier...Drop kick me Allah through the goal post of life, end over end neither left nor the right...
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Still most people won't care. Only the conspiracy nutjobs and anyone running against Obama in the next election. But the latter will have to tread lightly on this topic.
Yeah John, and apparently it's already started, too!
It seems they found Osama bin Laden's birth certificate(speakin' o' "birth certificates"), and it turns out bin Laden was born in Cairo!
Nope! Not Cairo Egypt...Cairo ILLINOIS!!!!
(...and I THINK you can figure out what they're gonna do with that whole "Illinois connection" that the guy shared with a certain ex-"community activist" from Chicago...RIGHT?!)
It'll be hard to say they were anykind of buddies. Obama did give the order to shoot the guy. Besides don't forget the theory that the Binladins and Bush the latter were buddies. That would mean the Bush family and the Obamas would also be buddies at least by proxy. Neither side want that association made.
Ya know Chad, FIRST it was your lack of acknowledging my friggin' "MATCH GAME" joke, and NOW, with your apparent DISregard of my latest "Cairo" one...well...If THIS keeps UP, I'm gonna have to put you on my LIST!!!
"WHAT list?", you ask?! My list of folks around who won't PLAY ALONG with my lousy friggin' comedy routines at BA.com!!!!!
(...and DON'T get any "ideas" out there all you OTHER folks around here who occasionally slip into my little "trap" and unwittingly find yourselves playing along and who NOW might think you might've found your permanent escape strategy from that!!!...YOU'RE STUCK!!!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I am very pleased t the way it was done. Through this whole ugly ordeal the US had admittedly caused many unnecessary civilian deaths (and I am a former US Naval aviator). Bush, Jr. once had a restaurant blown up trying to kill Saddam. He wasn't there but many civilians died. This strike got the target with minimal collateral damage and the SEALs got away clean. On a side note, my sister (now retired USN Captain) was the first female member of SEAL Team Six. Obviously, she was not a SEAL, she was their supply officer. It seems, so far, that current military guidelines are taking the civilian population into consideration moreso than in the recent past.
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Like it or not, waterboarding works!
Congratulation to ALL those involved in this successful operation.
Tom Donilon, the National Security Advisor, stated at a press conference that the claims of information leading to the discovery of Osama Bin Laden bring obtained by 'advanced interrogation techniques' were false. It was just a political ploy trying to credit Bush and torture where no credit was due.
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