Osama is dead!!!

[insertNameHere]

Woot Woot, we finally got Osama bin laden, thats nice, I guess the evening news never came on and now they are still showing shit about Osama acting like nobody has ever heard of him.

While it is a major media event and a good thing to have put an end too, I really think that

Bin Laden Dead Continuing Coverage on..... the local news facebook and twitter and since it is 12:19, they just announced tune in at 4:30 for the morning edition with continuing coverage. He is dead, I'm sorry that is the fucking story, maybe a quick blimp how he died. Lets run a ticker at the bottom of the screen.... But I can see this being like the royal wedding. Enough already, once you make the story you don't need to also cover any possibilities in an alternate reality to make sure everyone even those under a rock will hear.

[AdminAssistant]

It's almost midnight on a Sunday night - what else are they going to talk about? (And don't say, "Tornadoes and floods killing/affecting thousands in the South" because that's just not happening. Never does, never will.)

[Plaidman]

I said it at CS, I'll say it here. Meh.

This isn't the first time they claimed he was dead. They said he was dead a couple years ago from a disease.

[Greenday]

I said it at CS, I'll say it here. Meh.

This isn't the first time they claimed he was dead. They said he was dead a couple years ago from a disease.

When was this? I don't remember ever hearing any news that he died. There was news that he was dying but not dead.

[Rapscallion]

Looks like the royal wedding is off the front pages for now...

Rapscallion

[insertNameHere]

Actually, I did bring that up to my co-worker that they did mention a few years ago they believed he HAD to have died of health issues, Idk, I would like to see some local news and weather.

However, the one part they did mention a team of soliders engaged him in a gunfight. So I guess we actually have a body?

[Rapscallion]

The statement from Obama said that they have his body. The thought I have is who is going to be the next bogeyman?

Used to be communism from Russia or China, or the very close threat of commies in Cuba. For a decade it's been Bin Laden. Who are they going to use to distract the citizens of the US now?

Rapscallion

[Greenday]

The statement from Obama said that they have his body. The thought I have is who is going to be the next bogeyman?

Used to be communism from Russia or China, or the very close threat of commies in Cuba. For a decade it's been Bin Laden. Who are they going to use to distract the citizens of the US now?

Rapscallion

North Korea
Pakistan
Iran
Any number of revolting countries

[daleduke17]

The statement from Obama said that they have his body. The thought I have is who is going to be the next bogeyman?

Lichtenstein.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The statement from Obama said that they have his body. The thought I have is who is going to be the next bogeyman?

Whoever takes over being in charge of Al Qaeda. This won't just make them go away.

[telecom_goddess]

Whoever takes over being in charge of Al Qaeda. This won't just make them go away.

Maybe not but it will knock it down quite a bit. Turns out Hitler died the same day and when he was gone the Nazi party was not nearly the power it once was. There are still believers but they don't have any power to take over countries.

[Dreamstalker]

I heard that the majority of AQ sect leaders and members never had any direct contact with Bin Laden, so one hopes he wasn't able to pass on his "wisdom".

[Rapscallion]

Whoever takes over being in charge of Al Qaeda. This won't just make them go away.

Regrettably, I think you're right in that they won't go away, and that they will likely continue being the bogeyman for ages to come.

Wish I'd thought my question through a bit more first

Rapscallion

[Boozy]

Mod Note:

We have another thread going about this here.

The mods have decided not to merge the two threads, since this one deals with the topic in general, and the other deals with the possible political ramifications for the upcoming presidential election. Please try to keep the two discussions as separate as possible for the sake of organization. I understand they'll be some incidental overlap, and that's fine.

Thanks everyone.

[HYHYBT]

Apparently, they *don't* have the body... anymore. Burial at sea.

Which, on the one hand, makes sense... but on the other, if it makes even me a bit suspicious, well...