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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:16 PM
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The Rude Pundit - Dead Terrorist (In Brief)
Yeah, you know, the woman who climbed the light pole near Ground Zero late last night and flashed her bra to the cheering, chanting crowd, according to WNYC, that was probably someone who didn't really get what the hell just happened. Or someone who just associated any occasion with drunkenness and tit-showing. America loves booze, boobs, and killing.

Yes, yes, let's get it out of our systems. Look, hey, sure, fine, enjoy yourselves, dear, happy Americans, holding that Osamagasm in for ten long years. How nice it must be to finally spew that jizz of jingoism right into dead bin Laden's bullet hole. Oh, shit, yeah, it's good to be a liberal who gets to be bloodthirsty for the right reasons. How sweet it is, no?

No, really, though. It's okay for a second or two to say, "Yippee-kay-yay, motherfuckers." It's okay to enjoy the defeat of an avowed violent asshole. It happens everywhere. When the execution of dictator Nicolai Ceausescu was announced in 1989, Romania exploded into celebration and debauchery. So, you know, it's human, so tragically human, to dance over the remains of your enemies. Have at for a few minutes. And then let's clean off the patriotic spunk and get back to work.

Are we leaving Afghanistan now, let alone Iraq? Are we going to stop the relentless cutting back of civil liberties? Are Republicans gonna treat President Obama like a leader and not the lawn jockey who won the lottery? (That we'll discuss later.)

One last note: the Rude Pundit finds it sadly funny that, after a trillion plus dollars spent on the wars, after thousands of soldiers killed, that what it took to get Osama bin Laden was a criminal investigation and an intelligence operation followed by a quick strike. As we ponder our dead, all our dead, as we remember and make silly statements about "closure," let us wonder what might have been for the United States had that been our approach all along.

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nonperson Donating Member (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:22 PM
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1. My second favorite post of the day
Edited on Mon May-02-11 03:22 PM by nonperson
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BlancheSplanchnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 06:39 PM
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9. thanks, I missed this
I love Chris Hedges and The Rude One..... they are both brilliant.

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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:27 PM
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2. Bravo!
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:33 PM
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3. big k and r.
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:34 PM
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4. Can't recommend enough -- he nailed it.
I was extremely impressed with the news, but look how much it cost this country & look how the Republicans who drove us into a canyon are taking advantage of the economic state they created.

Bush's Osama bin forgotten is now gone, there's closure for 9/11 families, & the real enemies are possibly stealing elections in order to implement very radical, un-American policies that adversely affect the majority of citizens who have no representation.
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:45 PM
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5. K&R
What an awesome post -- K&R!

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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:49 PM
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6. "... the lawn jockey who won the lottery" ??
<snip>

Are Republicans gonna treat President Obama like a leader and not the lawn jockey who won the lottery?

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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:50 PM
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7. Rudie nails it again
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 05:09 PM
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8. "what it took to get Osama bin Laden ...
...was a criminal investigation and an intelligence operation followed by a quick strike"

Well Stated.

Those of us who consistently opposed the Invasions and Hostile Occupations of BOTH Afghanistan & Iraq,
the hundreds of thousands (Million?) of needless deaths,
the Trillions spent,
The Patriot Act
and ALL the rest of the madness,
were RIGHT!!!!
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 06:57 PM
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10. K&R. (nt)
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:24 PM
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11. Rude nails it as usual.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:33 PM
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12. "....Lawn Jockey that won the lottery...."
the perfect description of the mindset of the haters.

As disgusting as it is.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:20 PM
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13. I can go along with that
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DirkGently Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 11:32 AM
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14. Yep. Catching "the Bad Guy" does not require multiple multi-trillion-dollar wars. But we knew that.
Edited on Tue May-03-11 11:32 AM by DirkGently
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