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I’m not entirely sure how the death of Osama Bin Laden, killed in a firefight in Pakistan, announced last night by President Barack Obama in a surprise press conference, has much to do with a pop culture website about celebrity vanity lifestyle websites and Skynet fan fiction, but this is also pretty huge news and fundamentally unavoidable, so we might as well talk about it. It’s kind of like that part in White Squall that I may or may not have just made up when Jeff Bridges turns to Scott Wolf and says “the storm is too big, we have to sail RIGHT INTO IT!” Of course, the unexpected but welcome death* of Osama Bin Laden is our business insofar as 9/11 MADE IT our business. You know what I mean? He kind of stuck his greasy fingers in all the pies with that one. Then again, there are probably other things that are more fun to talk about than the death terrorist figurehead whose role was mostly likely entirely symbolic at this point and whose death will inevitably leave behind a power vacuum that may very well incite an escalation of violence against American interests both here and abroad. For example: animated GIFs of pets falling asleep. It’s up to you, I am just putting all the options on the table. America #1!
*Obviously, it is inherently tasteless to celebrate the death of a human being. Also tasteless: masterminding 9/11. So let’s just call this one a wash.
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Why does Pres. Obama hate America so much that he would remove the only common enemy that brings the American people together as one??
He left one…
I won’t believe he died on Pakistani soil until I see the death certificate.
long form?
They’re going to try and pass off his Certificate of Dead Death as the real thing.
“9/11 was lacking in taste.” – Gabe Delahaye
Break out the Glee gifs!
Viola
#neverforget
“Voila.”
-Someone Else
“Vial O” — Mad Scientist
“Aloive”
-Someone poorly imitating an Irish accent
“Violin”
- This jerk music major I went to college with
Viola
“Vulva” – Steve Winwood
Oh, Steve. You had me at, “She’s pretty.”
Ginger Ball Z last night waiting for El Presidente’s speech.
I find it somewhat fitting that I watched Obama’s speech on the same old 20″ CRT TV that I watched the towers fall on in college (because I’m old and was already in bed and said TV has now been relegated to the bedroom). But I also find the amount of celebrating and waving of “ROT IN HELL!” headlines to be only slightly less tasteless than the Palestinians celebrating after 9/11. Kinda asking for retaliation by doing so, are we not?
on the other hand:
There’s nothing tasteful about celebrating a man’s death, but it is a man who dedicated his life to find the best ways to kill civilians. Therr’s also the historical lesson that he was not killed by one of the long ass wars that we got into, but by tactical special forces with the cooperation of the goverment of the country where he was living. Does this end terrorism? Nope, but it could be an important lesson on how to handle it.
Woops, i meant to say:
Cat Roomba does the opposite of what a vacuum does.
Is it actually eight years TO THE DAY since “Mission Accomplished”?
not sure! Too bad Keith Olbermann isn’t around to take this question.
I really agree with you, CT. It’ll take a while for me (and I’m guessing some other people too) to get past whatever our initial reaction was (for me, jingoistic chants of USA! and shots of tequila; for others, total disgust at a reaction like that) and sort out how we really feel about the moral and social implications of celebrating a man’s death. I think a lot of people reacted very viscerally to the news, in however they are likely to react to ANY huge important news that happens to take place in the middle of a Sunday night.
We’ve been looking for this guy through three separate presidencies and yeah, it felt good as hell to know that someone finally found him. We needed the military to do something right, with efficiency and good intelligence, and they got this about as right as they could have. It’s a turning point in one direction or another, and only time will tell what its effect will be on the wars and terrorism and the immediate threat of retaliation. I know pretty much everyone I’ve talked to has run the gamut of human emotions about this ALREADY (I’m pretty sure twitter totally exhausted everyone last night) and there is still a whoooooole lot of peacemaking work to do, but it is important, and I don’t think it’s wrong to be happy.
I guess I phrased my comment poorly, I’m certainly happy we got him. Just that some of the jubilation struck me as a little over the top and might reflect poorly on us. By now it’s a point that’s been made many a time, so I’m going to stop at that. But yeah, I agree that it’s a good thing, as are cat roombas.
When Mussolini was captured, they hung him upside down from meat hooks in the street and let civilians beat his body. As an Italian American, knowing that always made me feel a little better about my distant relatives and some of their roles in the military at that time (although, my relatives came straight out of Sicily so I should probably be more ashamed of their mob ties). But what I’m trying to say is that I don’t think history will be too hard on a big group of jolly frat boys – with some true 9/11 survivors, first responders, and vets sprinkled in – celebrating the death of the man who almost succeeded in tearing our country apart. I, personally, was revisiting all the sadness and frustration of the last 10 years after hearing this news… but I guess I understand some of the celebrating. I’m really just proud of America for so respectfully disposing of the body. Could have Mussolini’d him!
We-just-killed-Osama Sex = the best
After elevator and White House, sure.
don’t forget cave sex. it’s insane. because of all the echoes and humidity.
@duke silver
That’s… actually probably pretty true, but very weird to think about in the context of this thread.
Are you missing the crucial fact here? Obama gets to have:
Just-Killed-OBL Sex
IN the Elevator
OF the White House
MAYBE PAUSED BETWEEN FLOORS of the Command Bunker that totally counts as a cave.
Obama just killed the sex game, is what I’m saying. Shit reads like a game of CLUE.
And now you get to have “Just-posted-ultimate-comment” sex.
Not with the Judge Doom avatar I don’t.
Not a gif, but who cares?
Nothing more fitting for this monumental occasion than a timely reference to White Squall.
Is it weird that I don’t care very much that we got Osama? Like we just solved our problems or something.
Unpatriotic? Unpatriotic.
That’s probably why you’re digging to China.
Well I made it 4 feet so far, so I am almost there. #ScrewScience #IBelieve
I think the word you’re looking for is rational.
We all knew how much Osama loved pop culture…
I don’t care if it’s tasteless, I am so fucking excited about this particular guy’s death. Congratulations, Obama! YOU FUCKING DID IT!!
That was a pretty great speech, as speeches go.
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He had just watched last week’s Cougar Town and wanted to prove to himself that his laffs at the gaffs of Jules were warranted. Now he knows that he, in a similar situation, would not blunder so.
It would have been really awesome here if Obama was wearing Heely’s and just wheeled down the hallway.
Agreed. Look I know we are all intelligent cynics here and I know we all understand that this event is entirely symbolic and, in some ways, is like kicking a hornets, but I mean COME ON! A decade of looking for this guy? Obama’s speech? NAVY SEALS??? I don’t care who you are or what side of the aisle you’re on (spoiler: we are all on the same side of the aisle) fucking shooting this asshole in the head and then dumping his body in the ocean is about as fuck yeah America as it gets.
Also, and I was going to post this later but I’m rolling so here goes, I would like to mention the significance of this for the younger generation. As you guys know, I teach high school and I opened up discussion of this to my juniors (17-18 year olds) and they were all over it. They mentioned that they were in 2nd grade (2ND GRADE!) when 9/11 happened and so, for them, Osama Bin Laden has been this kind of childhood bogeyman who has cast a pall over their collective youth. More than one actually mentioned a strange sense of ambiguity towards 9/11 because they simply weren’t old enough to understand its significance when it occurred. But now, they are conscious and aware enough to join in the discussion (#literally) which they felt was important.
I know we have younger monsters, and I would love to hear their take. As for me, I say we have had a mess of things lately. You guys, the president of the United States of America had to POST HIS FUCKING BIRTH CERTIFICATE last week. And, let’s face it, Democrats have been getting reamed since the midterm elections. But with the correspondents dinner and now this, it’s just a nice day to be an Obama supporter and I’m sure it is even nicer to be the Commander-in-Chief himself. You go, Glen Coco.
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are you for real?
I was in 4th grade when 9/11 happened so the search for Osama has been pretty much one of the reigning political topics in my life. With him dead, it’s kind of like some type of closure on the 9/11 attacks. It’s a very small victory, and most likely a symbolic one, but still, it’s kind of comforting. I have a friend who’s a Marine serving overseas so it’s kind of nice to have this gratifying, tangible effect of the work they’re doing. I don’t support the war because of the reasons that it has carried on (oil) but a victory like this is definitely something we all needed. I’ll admit that at first, hearing USA chants over a man’s death, I felt a bit conflicted (12 years of catholic school guilt) but I remembered 9/11 and how it took me a few years to process it and realized that this man was truly a monster. We’re at a time in American culture when it seems the first instinct of people is to shit on and criticize things and everything is approached with a feeling of detachment, which I admit I definitely have. If I was to approach everything I saw or heard in a serious, personal manner, I would probably have a heart attack by the time I’m 24. There is a difference though between a removed attitude for the sake of your sanity and in a callous, acerbic view on everything around you and I think that’s a line a lot of people straddle. In a time like this, it’s good to see the people come together and I just wish it would happen more often and not just every time the worst enemy of the United States is killed. This is weird for me because I have almost no political views and it seems like EVERYTHING is revolving around politics but I’m going to try and enjoy this small oasis of unity (ugh did I really just say that? yup, I did) that exists right now. And also, I love to yell “What?!” during the rest note in the USA chant so today is like Christmas for me.
I was 13 in 2001, and living in a small, completely white town in Minnesota. I was just starting to read about colonialism and imperialism, and I felt the same mix of fear towards what America was going to do mixed with sadness about the attack that I do now.
Since then, I have moved around, including long spells living in Bangladesh (’tis Muslim) and then moving to NYC. I was just walking to the Chambers stop (for non-NYC monsters, it is right next to the WTC) yesterday, and thinking about how spooky the place still is to me, both as a symbol of U.S. (and Western) domination and subjugation of much of the world and a violent and unproductive (in my eyes) response to it.
So, spooky stuff. Hoping I don’t hear anyone saying any racist shit today in Manhattan. Don’t think I could take it.
Overseeing all world events with the knowledge to bring peace, but sworn an oath to never intercede, this is the blessing and the curse of the noble Corgi.
If only their little legs could run faster, maybe they’d have a chance…
Meerkats try to do the same, but fall asleep everytime.
Lots of corgis around here lately! It’s the way to go.
This lady knows what you’re talking about.
Come here boys! Want a treat?
i havent been able to finish reading the tagline cause i keep drifting back to the AWESOME CORGIS
As the self-appointed Prime Ministress of Canadagum, I hereby beseech all Canadian Monsters to get out there and vote in the federal election.
It may not be as glamorous as throwing a street party to celebrate the violent death of your enemies, but hey, at least it actually has the capacity to change the world for the better.
It’s goodness and hope that are going to save the world, kids.
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
-Gwyneth Paltrow, probably
This wombat knows what I’m talking about.
I’m sorry, is this a thing that I could theoretically have and it would live with me and take naps in my hats, too? Can people own wombats?
I usually never vote, because I usually despise most if not all politicians, but this time I think the ‘stache might have mine. Also, he just looks so damn cute in a Star Trek suit:
At the 2009 Toronto Pride Parade, I was standing on the northeast corner of Church and Gerrard when I turned to see Jack Layton standing next to me eating a gigantic slice of pizza.
I decided I was going to ask him for a hug.
“Alright,” he said. “But I might smell like pizza.”
And then he hugged me. And he smelled like pizza. And several months later, when I ran into him again at a fundraising event, he remembered “Pizza Girl,” gave me a bear hug, and told me to “keep fighting the good fight.”
It was kind of the best.
I have an Osama joke hangover from Twitter last night, not to mention a regular hangover, too.
Preach it, DP. *ow my head*
Is the Westboro Baptist Church planning on protesting his funeral?
I think then the world might actually end.
You know what, I think I’ll take the death on this one. Sorry cute animals falling asleep, this one’s going to Dead Osama.
I found the juxtaposition of the imagery of American idiots celebrating the death of Osama last night with the standard image of a Riled up Crowd in the Middle East to be quite funny.
Osama’s hideout looked awfully familiar…
Barack Obama didn’t take “wasn’t optimistic it could be done” for an answer.
DId any other Canadian monsters encounter a lot of knee-jerk anti-Americanism on their FB and twitter feeds last night? Yes, cheering at a man’s death isn’t pretty, but a lot of people I know skipped right past “thinkging about the layers of complicated meaning, from nasty revenge to long-awaiting catharsis, that are totally understandable and need release” to “lets call them all xenophobic idiots who don’t understand anything.”
It was frustrating and depressing. It made me definitely need this:
No, not at all. Very few of my fb “friends” actually commented. A few are focussed on our election. Those who did comment, were just glad of the “closure.”
I don’t care if it’s tasteless to celebrate someone’s death. Osama Bin Laden wasn’t just some annoying guy. He was a fucking terrible person and he deserved to die.
Yes. Generally I’m not one to say stuff like “I am glad a person is dead” or to chant “USA!” — but let’s not mince words: this guy belonged dead, and the way we finally got him was the US at its best: we persisted, we were smart, we were daring, we used science, we followed all the Islamic rules for death and then we dumped his fucking corpse in the ocean. THAT IS AWESOME. It really is. And honestly, anyone who brings any kind of wishy-washy “on the other hand” BS about it, I respect that person less than fully.
For the record: I found out at 12:30 PT. I went out to a coffee shop because I don’t have TV; there were 3 people there. Two were girls of 20-25, one of whom was psyched and kept saying “I can’t believe it.” Then I walked down to Hollywood Blvd. It was super quiet. I went into a sports bar where the news was on a couple screens, but the crowd of trashed 20somethings was over it. There was no chanting or hugging.
Walking home I thought: this is about right. The town is quiet and warm and brightly lit. There’s palm trees and people going about their lives. We’re gonna take this one in stride. That’s how awesome we are. I actually wanted a little more, but it was all right. I got home, poured an oaky whiskey, tilted back in the fancy chair, and listened to the president’s speech on the radio. It was aaallll right. USA!
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You are right. My being Canadian gives me no right whatsoever to comment on international events. I’m just going to shut up and go back to my igloo now.
I don’t know how you guys live in those things.
quarters mostly, I don’t know why you’re getting downvotes. That really is the math: It’s fine to be glad that 1 guy died who murdered 3,000 innocent people. Anyway, that’s all — I’m posting to support you since you posted to support me. TEAMWORK!
Also, a kitten:
I think he’s getting downvotes for the “sit down all you Canadians” thing.
You know, because we’re apparently all too busy snowshoeing or something to have educated opinions.
Thanks Hotspur. I knew I would get downvotes for that last part. But I never said anything about Canadians being stupid or list any sterotypes about igloos or whataver. You’re trying to make it personal and make me seem like a Canadian hater when I would have said the same thing to a British person or German or anyone. It’s just that I don’t feel that coming from somewhere else you really have a right to comment on how Americans SHOULD feel about this. I know people around the world were sad and angry when 9/11 happened but for us, it was personal and it changed our way of life in a lot of ways. It just seems to me that all the people saying ‘well how awful to celebrate the death of a human being’ and all that are just kinda trying to seem, I don’t know, better or above that kind of thing and more sensitive and intelligent. And I can sort of see their point, like I wouldn’t cheer over a convicted murderer getting the death penalty here because it’s sad all around. But this guy WAS evil. When you consider the scope of what he did and how many were affected by it, I mean, what other conclusion can you come to? He deserved to die. He was evil. There’s no getting around that. Plus, we’ve been in this war a long time now and it’s seemed so futile sometimes and poorly handled in a lot of ways, so I think it’s totally understandable that people would celebrate such a decisive victory. It’s not just that he’s dead, it’s also the fact that there is some hope now that this might actually end or at least be getting somewhere.
You know what? I’m an American. And I didn’t feel like celebrating, cheering, chanting, or dancing in the streets when I heard the news. I didn’t really feel much of anything, except a sense of amazement because I just never thought it would really happen. But that’s it. And I promise you I’m not saying this to seem better or more sensitive than anyone else. It’s the honest to god truth. It was definitely a momentous occasion, but I don’t think that much will change because of it. I’m not going to get the country I had before 9/11 back, that’s for sure. That’s neither here nor there though. Mostly I’d just like people to respect my right to have my own feelings about it the same way I try to respect theirs, even the ones that make me uncomfortable, because everyone’s coming from a different place and I think the wide range of responses in this thread alone speak to that.
My husband and I had just finished watching the last episode of Lost, and I decided to go on the IMDB to see what other people thought of it. Someone had posted on the message boards, “Obama is dead!” I was so freaked out I went straight to CNN, and then I saw the news. We turned on the TV and saw Obama’s speech. Is it bad that as he was speaking, I lost interest because I was reading all the Lost recaps here and laughing my ass off?
The world is a better place without this man. Sure, an ideal might have been yo put him on trial, but a very bad man is now dead.
ah blast, a typo! Proceed to down vote away. However, be aware that typing with tears of pride in my eyes is very difficult. Said tears #not intended to be a factual statement
No, Fake Locke deserved to die.
Why would a trail have been even necessary, let alone ideal? We know he did it. We would have kiled him anyway. He deserved to die.
In other news, LOST has been resurrected and renewed for a SEVENTH season. Sources claim ALL mysteries will be solved with a strike team and a helicopter. #lapidus #keamy
Last night I got plenty of dead Osama, but too little of this:
Guys, I just woke up. What are we talking about? Is this the SNL recap? Never mind, I’m going back to bed.
Abbottabing
Of course, Fox News totally nailed it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMP7Ys57ha4
Whoops, I refreshed this page, but should have checked the Vgum homepage. #commentingFAIL
Videogum worlds collide as first image of the CIA operative who pulled the trigger is released.
http://www.funnypetstorys.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/patriotic-dog.bmp