# Obama announcing death of Osama bin Laden \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435 "2011-05-02T02:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhostofArrakis)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/221 "2011-05-02T04:20:09Z")
Logged in for the first time in years to see this. Anywho, about that “Mission Accomplished”… [http://libertymaven.com/wp-content/uploads/obama-mission-accomplished.jpg](http://libertymaven.com/wp-content/uploads/obama-mission-accomplished.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/222 "2011-05-02T04:23:52Z")
Bin laden is dead. BOOYAH! I hope they bury that bastard in raw sewage, facing west, with a pork chop in his mouth. I just put my flag out. I encourage you all to do the same. (It’s dark so I have a light on it) ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/223 "2011-05-02T04:24:03Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > You really have your facts wrong on this one. Obama campaigned on ramping UP the effort in Afghanistan, and on finding Bin Laden. He was clear and consistent on that point. But if you’re wondering how the right will handle this, that’s how: lying through their teeth about it, like they do with everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/224 "2011-05-02T04:24:25Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > This celebration outside the White House must be eating the right wing media alive. How is Rush Limbaugh going to spin this as a some kind of a failure tomorrow? And look at the general age of the crowd – twenty-somethings! I almost feel sorry for whoever tries to run against President Obama next year. Poor slob won’t have a snowball’s chance in hell. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks it’s creepy that thousands of people are gathering to cheer about someone’s death. I suspect you probably are. If I were there, I’d be joining right in. > [@SpaceGhostofArrakis](#): > > Logged in for the first time in years to see this. Anywho, about that “Mission Accomplished”… > > [http://libertymaven.com/wp-content/uploads/obama-mission-accomplished.jpg](http://libertymaven.com/wp-content/uploads/obama-mission-accomplished.jpg) Welcome Back!! ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/225 "2011-05-02T04:24:33Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Best quote so far about Osama bin Laden: > “Everyone knows that Obama’s birth certificate was one of Bin Laden’s horcruxes.” WINNER. Also, I feel…numb. Like it hasn’t truly sunk in yet. Maybe tomorrow I’ll feel differently, but for now, I’m like a deer in headlights. When I first saw this thread I thought “surely not,” and even after seeing it on friggin’ CNN, I thought “still skeptical.” Maybe I still am a little, despite the president’s confirmation. I guess bin Laden’s been part of my existence for so long that his being dead is a concept I still can’t wrap my mind around. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/226 "2011-05-02T04:24:43Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks it’s creepy that thousands of people are gathering to cheer about someone’s death. Only if it were any other person. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/227 "2011-05-02T04:26:27Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > ABC reported that this was NOT a joint effort with Pakistan. Wasn’t it ABC misreporting something else earlier? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/228 "2011-05-02T04:26:53Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks it’s creepy that thousands of people are gathering to cheer about someone’s death. It’s mildly creepy, but as I stated somewhere else, that’s the way it happened. I think we’d see the same crowds and the same response had he been captured alive. I’d have preferred that he live out his life in Florence, Colorado. Oh, well, doesn’t break my heart. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/229 "2011-05-02T04:27:42Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Would Obama be allowed to carry his head in on a pike for every presidential debate in 2012? 😃 You win the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/230 "2011-05-02T04:31:28Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Best quote so far about Osama bin Laden: > “Everyone knows that Obama’s birth certificate was one of Bin Laden’s horcruxes.” Stolen from a FB friend: “This must be how the wizarding world felt when Voldemort died.” ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/231 "2011-05-02T04:32:01Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks it’s creepy that thousands of people are gathering to cheer about someone’s death. It is creepy to some extent, but I also think it’s an understandable reaction. I personally am unable to celebrate a person’s death, even bin Laden’s despite knowing the harm he has done in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/232 "2011-05-02T04:32:16Z")
I was wondering about how it would feel to hear this news for almost ten years now. It feels better than I imagined. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/233 "2011-05-02T04:34:56Z")
Maybe not his head, but I expect Obama’s got a new, tan wallet with the words “Badass Motherfucker” on it. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/234 "2011-05-02T04:35:23Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > But if you’re wondering how the right will handle this, that’s how: lying through their teeth about it, like they do with everything else. Well, this conservative gives credit where credit is due. Obama is neither as bad as his detractors claim. or a good as his supporters think. He has followed a more conservative foreign policy with regards to the wars than anyone, perhaps including Obama himself, ever thought would happen. Obama has plenty of failure for the Republicans to point to in the next election, but this can only to be to Obama’s credit. Job well done. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/235 "2011-05-02T04:35:28Z")
“Terror is bigger than one person. So I don’t know where [Bin Laden] is. You know, I just don’t spend that much time on him, Kelly, to be honest with you. I’ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him.” _George W. Bush_, March 13, 2002 Press Conference at the The James S. Brady Briefing Room ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/236 "2011-05-02T04:37:08Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > 😃 > > You win the thread. “Mr. President, could you explain your plan for social security?” “Certainly. But first, let me take a moment to bash the decapitated head of Osama bin Laden against this wall.” \ “I yield the remainder of my time.” ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/237 "2011-05-02T04:37:10Z")
Any chance there is a GoogleEarth image of the compound? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_the_Wonder_Spirit)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/238 "2011-05-02T04:39:18Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Very dramatic ending to the speech there with Obama just turning and walking away. > [@Shayna](#): > > I know. That was an incredible sight! I thought it could’ve used some [background music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMDgAevEJds). ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/239 "2011-05-02T04:41:29Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > Bin laden is dead. > > BOOYAH! > I hope they bury that bastard in raw sewage, facing west, with a pork chop in his mouth. > > I just put my flag out. I encourage you all to do the same. (It’s dark so I have a light on it) I hope they treat his body respectfully and don’t sink to this kind of level at all. It’s one thing to be proud, relieved and happy that someone who caused your nation harm is dead. It’s another thing entirely to suggest desecrating someone’s corpse for the sake of a final “HA, take that!” ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/240 "2011-05-02T04:41:47Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Any chance there is a GoogleEarth image of the compound? I don’t know, I heard a heli crash landed and they had to blow it up at the compound, it would be interesting to see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=13)