# It's Amazing Just How Badly Bill Clinton Dropped The Ball RE: Bin Laden **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954 "2005-09-04T00:21:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/141 "2005-09-07T15:13:56Z")
> [@Twin](#): > > – Twin (anxiously waiting for **Merijeek** to post another non-sequitur response to this post. Please don’t disappoint!) Banana hammock! That a good non sequitur for you? Fact of the matter is, IMO, this thread along with pretty much everything Stephe96 posts is nothing but trolling. I think the mods have shown extreme restraint in this situation and, really it annoys me. It annoys me that they have to step so carefully around people that, IMO, are pretty blatant trolls simply because the Whining Right-Wing Minority never actually stop whining, bitching, and playing the victim card. As such, said whiners and (IMO) trolls deserve very little respect, and once they start actively displaying their paranoia in an attempt at sympathy they deserve nothing but scorn. So, really, that’s it. Don’t like it, fuck off. You do like it, meet me in the closet for some heavy petting. -Joe, the big banana ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/142 "2005-09-07T15:35:16Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > -Joe, the big banana Oh, and for the hard of thinking, the above “IMO” bits were because I don’t want to call anyone a troll. Because that would be wrong, of course. I just have my opinon, which, sometimes, is negative towards certain people. Of course, if I get admonished by a mod it must be de facto proof of a Vast Right-Wing Mod Conspiracy here at the SDMB. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/143 "2005-09-07T16:12:59Z")
Goodbye, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/144 "2005-09-07T16:35:05Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Goodbye, asshole. Possibly. That’s up to the mods. Glad you had something to contribute, though. As usual. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/145 "2005-09-07T16:39:03Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Oh, and for the hard of thinking, the above “IMO” bits were because I don’t want to call anyone a troll. Because that would be wrong, of course. I just have my opinon, which, sometimes, is negative towards certain people. Um, nice try, but the rule against accusing other people of trolling includes offering the opinion that someone is a troll. Consider yourself warned. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/146 "2005-09-07T16:56:04Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You then immediately go on to accuse **Stephe** of being incendiary, either deliberately or because he is stupid and has a 'very rigid point of view" (meaning, it seems, flaming any American President other than Bush). **Veb** did _not_ say that having a rigid point of view was the same as being stupid, you dishonest crybaby, nor that it has _anything at all_ to do with whether one is pro- or anti-Bush. I think those partisan blinders you wear are pinching your brain. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/147 "2005-09-07T17:01:28Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Goodbye, asshole. Aw! Don’t go. You won’t believe the fucking wailing that the _other_ rightward-leaning sniveling cunts here will engage in. “You libruls drove poor, honest, well-meaning, thoughtful rational **Shodan** away!!!” Spare us this fate, please. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/148 "2005-09-07T17:02:48Z")
It’s not clear in my post above that I do not regard all rightward leaning posters as sniveling cunts. The latter is only a subset of the former. ---
**Author:** ![Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/149 "2005-09-07T17:08:16Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > Aw! Don’t go. You won’t believe the fucking wailing that the _other_ rightward-leaning sniveling cunts here will engage in. “You libruls drove poor, honest, well-meaning, thoughtful rational **Shodan** away!!!” Spare us this fate, please. I believe **Shodan** was saying goodbye to **Merijeek** , anticipating that he would be banned for his comments about **Stephe96**. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/150 "2005-09-07T17:08:50Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > It’s not clear in my post above that I do not regard all rightward leaning posters as sniveling cunts. The latter is only a subset of the former. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/151 "2005-09-07T17:14:21Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Um, nice try, but the rule against accusing other people of trolling includes offering the opinion that someone is a troll. Consider yourself warned. Ah. Must have missed the precedent for that interpretation. My bad. Won’t happen again. I look forward to Stephe96’s banning. Strictly for being him/herself. -Joe, chastened ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/152 "2005-09-07T17:15:33Z")
> [@Twin](#): > > I believe **Shodan** was saying goodbye to **Merijeek** , anticipating that he would be banned for his comments about **Stephe96**. Actually, I got that. I thought it would be funny to kind of turn it around on him, as if he were actually threatening to leave. Believe me, I have no real hope we could be so lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/153 "2005-09-07T17:44:32Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > Actually, I got that. I thought it would be funny to kind of turn it around on him, as if he were actually threatening to leave. Believe me, I have no real hope we could be so lucky. Oh…I get it! I get jokes… ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/154 "2005-09-07T17:45:52Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > **Veb** did _not_ say that having a rigid point of view was the same as being stupid, you dishonest crybaby, nor that it has _anything at all_ to do with whether one is pro- or anti-Bush. Read the thread, you quarter-wit. Regards, Shodan PS - If I were leaving, I would have said “good-bye, assholes **s** ”, to make it clear that I was leaving all the ass holes, not just **Merijeek**. God knows you people are too stupid to understand anything that doesn’t hit you directly over the head, and a lot of stuff that does. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/155 "2005-09-07T17:55:28Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Read the thread, you quarter-wit. I did. Do you think it somehow changes your false restatement of **Veb** ’s post? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/156 "2005-09-07T17:56:38Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Read the thread, you quarter-wit. > > Regards, > Shodan > PS - If I were leaving, I would have said “good-bye, assholes **s** ”, to make it clear that I was leaving all the ass holes, not just **Merijeek**. God knows you people are too stupid to understand anything that doesn’t hit you directly over the head, and a lot of stuff that does. Awww…someone is getting mad. Don’t say anything stupid - we’d miss your “wisdom”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/157 "2005-09-07T18:03:18Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > PS - If I were leaving, I would have said “good-bye, assholes **s** ”, to make it clear that I was leaving all the ass holes, not just **Merijeek**. God knows you people are too stupid to understand anything that doesn’t hit you directly over the head, and a lot of stuff that does. I think “assholes” has only one “s”. Unless you were trying to talk about something that more than one asshole posesses. But then you’d want to use an apostrope, and maybe drop the second “s” anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/158 "2005-09-07T18:05:34Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > God knows you people are too stupid to understand anything that doesn’t hit you directly over the head, and a lot of stuff that does. Ah, the irony. You should really feel more at home here, then. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/159 "2005-09-07T18:07:43Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > PS - If I were leaving, I would have said "good-bye, assholes **s**. Maybe that means “Goodbye, asshole_less_ (I’m taking my own with me)”? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954/160 "2005-09-07T18:26:45Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Maybe that means “Goodbye, asshole_less_ (I’m taking my own with me)”? Assholes are like opinions. I’ve got a million of 'em. -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-just-how-badly-bill-clinton-dropped-the-ball-re-bin-laden/319954.md?page=9)