Bin Laden Dead?

Frogbs-there were jokes during the post-9/11 speech too on the net. It's how some tried to deal with it.

Maybe you missed the past few years of people trying to claim he was an illegitimate president?

why am I even interacting with frogs

you guys, this song

http://hiphopwired.com/2011/05/02/50-cent-signee-releases-new-track-osama-bin-laden-is-dead-audio/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYkMnjrA6iQ

that song can be summed up by the lyric "the great news made me lose my mind"

do you have any particular occasions in mind? this is not generally a charge I level at people, "arrogance," the accusation in general often strikes me as a sort of "I'm out of shit to throw at you so I'm going to call you arrogant"

Maybe as it pertains to celebrities or politicians? It gets leveled a lot at people who sound intelligent but inflexible who hold controversial viewpoints, like say Richard Dawkins. As far as Obama goes I think he does exude an air of authority that no president in recent memory has really had, which obviously some people like myself like, some don't

i figured the arrogance thing started (or blew up) with that Obama quote about clinging to god and guns

lololololol omfg @ this song

Can we talk about that song instead?

I can't because I'm speechless, but if someone else wants to...

we elected him as the leader of the free world, I'm not sure what someone would think his place isn't

Lots of people think his place isn't as the Leader of the Free World, in case you missed birtherism altogether.

"I am the black Bieber"

Maybe as it pertains to celebrities or politicians? It gets leveled a lot at people who sound intelligent but inflexible who hold controversial viewpoints, like say Richard Dawkins. As far as Obama goes I think he does exude an air of authority that no president in recent memory has really had, which obviously some people like myself like, some don't

dude you told me to "think about the people you've labelled as 'arrogant' and your reasons for doing so," hence why I asked whether you meant anything specific, because to the best of my knowledge it isn't really something I do unless I like personally know a dude & he really can't get over himself but as a criticism of the leader of the free world it strikes me as pretty fuckin suspect

Maybe you missed the past few years of people trying to claim he was an illegitimate president?

why am I even interacting with frogs

No I didn't miss that, you might recall people tried to claim that Bush was directly responsible for 9/11 too, and both sides got shot down pretty hard

BTW just to be straight on this I do think the whole stupid "birther" thing was something that is a lot easier to qualify as a race issue but not necessarily so. Hell even my Dad thought for sure that he was not born in the U.S. but also that the whole thing was still a non-issue

the "winning" tag pretty much ruins that song for me though

Oh my fucking god that song.

Also Obama is getting the double-whammy here of "arrogant black man" and "arrogant Ivy League elitist" and it's pretty much impossible to distinguish between the two

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Monday, 2 May 2011 17:05 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://images.wikia.com/30rock/images/e/e3/Toofer-promo-01.jpg

but not necessarily so.
but not necessarily so.
but not necessarily so.
but not necessarily so.
but not necessarily so.

dude, just... stop. for all of our sakes

Bucks player takes ration of shit from Twitter followers for anti-war stance: http://aol.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2011-05-02/chris-douglas-roberts-offers-different-perspective-on-death-of-osama-bin-laden

xp what exactly is your issue jon

Oh my fucking god that song.

http://twitter.com/#!/Timbaland007/status/64906180379672577

xp what exactly is your issue jon

If you don't think the whole birther thing is "necessarily" racist, than I don't really have an issue because its not even worth my time trying to argue it with you.

timbaland a big henry cooper fan

BTW just to be straight on this I do think the whole stupid "birther" thing was something that is a lot easier to qualify as a race issue but not necessarily so.

Jesus Christ. We actually had a candidate for President in 2008 who WAS born outside the United States, John McCain. The result was a fucking Senate resolution saying "He's cool, it's all good." The other candidate, who was born in Hawaii to a mother who is an American citizen, is taking shit about it to this day. But yeah, nothing to do with race.

Necessarily.

Chris Douglas-Roberts totally OTM

Hawaii's like barely a state though

how long have u been bananas foster wallace because that is a fucking A+ username

How can you possibly announce you've just killed bin Laden without sounding a teeny bit arrogant? I mean, I strut like a cockerel any time I manage not to burn dinner.

You're barely a state. xp

How can you possibly announce you've just killed bin Laden without sounding a teeny bit arrogant?

otm - I'd be like that kicking door in gif near the top of the thread somewhere.

I've never been so excited to see the photo of a corpse with a gunshot wound through the head.

http://twitter.com/#!/EmilyMillerDC/status/65078141303001090

Is this person really a senior editor on the Washington Times?

I'd be doing the cooking dance and grabbing my crotch if I was announcing that.

Being down about Obama's speech is kinda like sulking at a Prince concert imo

Why is Sami Hyypia on the Twitter trends? Was he shot in the compound?

in case the song above is too much of a tangent for this thread, I revived one on ILM about its maker: This topic is dedicated to the newest member of G Unit: Young Hot Rod! An exciting new rapper with a splendid name!

Wearing the #4 shirt in Seal Team 6 iirc

xp

guys... this song... what

Wait a minute: his body was buried at sea, and he was from Arabia, where a certain doomsday cult is centered = they gave him to Cthulhu at Rl'yeh. It's a conspiracy!

Is this person really a senior editor on the Washington Times?

― these are my everyday balloons (Ned Trifle II), Monday, May 2, 2011 12:37 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

are you familiar with the washington times

washington times = even more amateur version of ny post

run by moonies iirc.

xp - I do now.

The Times was read every day by President Ronald Reagan during his terms in office

which sea? xp

how long have u been bananas foster wallace because that is a fucking A+ username

― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, May 2, 2011 12:33 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thx, there's a thread for this!

and Human Events!

xxpost

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/05/on-cheering-death/238159/

I'm with Fallows:

Hooray. It is almost never right to celebrate a death. Almost.

I think I'll stop noting that Bin Laden was a killer of Muslims. I feel like Giuliani lecturing Harlem on "black on black" crime. Muslim is a big word, and part of the problem with the last ten years has been the unwillingness to acknowledge that fact. What actually sticks with me is Bin Laden killed mass quantities of human beings with almost [no (sic)] regard for distinctions. It's not that he killed Muslims. It's that he didn't much care who he killed.

The body-count, in number and means, is spectacular--I think Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who video-taped himself beheading human beings. I think about the hundreds of people killed in the bombing of al-Askaria Mosque, with the apparent hope of fomenting a Civil War. I think about the deaths in Nairobi, and bombing of night-clubs in Bali. It really is bigger than 9/11.

Faced with that level of callous disregard for life, I find it a little difficult to lecture 25-year olds who came of age during this time on their varied reactions. Americans are humans too.

Fallows and Coll have been A+ today.

I am looking forward to next week's Osama-themed Family Circus

cannot get enough of "osama is dead tonight"