Monday, May 02, 2011

Rest in Hell

T-minus 5 seconds before Michelle Bachmann et. al. demand to see his long-form death certificate.

I like that they said they buried him at sea.

Suck it, bin Laden. Not a bad start to the week.

Hey, now we can fully leave Iraq and Afghanistan, right? Right?!

Osama bin Laden said to be buried at sea after brutal firefight in Pakistan | The Raw Story:
"US media reports said that bin Laden's body had been buried at sea, in a bid to prevent his final resting place from becoming a shrine for extremists."
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I like this guy. Seems to have a spot of fight in him. Granted this was an inside baseball, insular rich media people gathering having no bearing on the real world.

White House Correspondents Dinner: Obama Takes On Trump, Birthers, The Media, And More (VIDEO)

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Credit where credit is due. However, I don't believe any administration, Dem or Repub, would allow another Katrina debacle. Bad for the polling numbers, dontchaknow.

Government’s Reponses to Tornadoes Is Praised by Those Affected - NYTimes.com:
"State and local leaders have not complained that the task of recovery, however big, is beyond their management. But with Alabama facing serious budget shortfalls, Mr. Bentley and Mr. Maddox made it clear that they would quickly require hundreds of millions of dollars in federal reconstruction aid.

Asked what his city most needed from the federal government, Mr. Maddox answered in one word. “Revenue.”"
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Stark reminder that a lot of people in the South need a lot of help:

Alabama Tornado PHOTOS: Aftermath Of Massive 2011 Storm

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1 comment:

Jacqueline TresBella said...

We are ok here, some in Madison County not so lucky. Just finished 5 days with no power, friends still don't have power in the county. But we are ok