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OK, In case y'all hadn't heard yet, my new "toy" is here; the IPads arrived today when Hubby got home from work! :D So, tonight's diary is the first on the IPad; once I get the hang of it, I'll be both hunky & dory! ;D
Let's try some "this day in history" IPad style. In an item for Keith Olbermann in case he's lurking (not bloody likely), On this date in 1936, baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut with the New York Yankees. Bing Crosby, American singer, actor, songwriter, and child abuser was born on this date in 1903. But, he did participate in one of my FAVORITE Christmas carols ever; my first attempt at YouTube embed, so please forgive the Christmas in May! ;D OK...can't figure it out yet, but I will!
IPad SPARK time! A judge decided to celebrate OBL's demise in his courtroom. Some geeks knew where OBL was before our fancy shmancy intelligence folk did! Finally, this child of the 80s is broken - hearted by this news!
On with The Rachel Maddow Show!
"On Our Terms, Not His" - OBL was a rich rich boil on the butt of humanity, so he was the money dude behind LOTS of attacks and BFF with the Bush family; let's not forget that! The "Saudi elite" don't think much of OBL now; they didn't even want his body. OBL was our country's BFF when he was helping to fight the Commies in Afghanistan, too; we helped!
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One of OBL's main goals in the 9/11 attacks was to bankrupt our country; thanks to GWB & his peeps, he did that & then some. It was a lot about the money to him. Ugh, I hate to see those 9/11 pics. :( Ezra Klein wrote about this subject today. The wars since 9/11 cost over $1.2 trillion - with a "T" - at the conservative end.
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The costs & personnel associated with defense also sky - rocketed. Wow...all that money...all those lives... Median household income has also gone down; the cost of living & health care costs went up and up. Our education creds have gone down, too. Y'all feel good now?!
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The most wealthy counties in the country are all around DC - lovely. Eugene Robinson is in da' proverbial house! Logic would dictate room to change some of our spending priorities, but, since when do politics & budgets adhere to logic? *&^%$#@! Eugene also thinks it's high time to reconsider our efforts in Afghanistan; troop level decisions & other decisions of that nature are supposed to be decided this summer.
"FAUX Sure" - Ugh, this segment better not be about FAUX News! A doggie helped kill OBL, too? Neato! :D Ya' know, I could care less how many helicopters were involved, I don't care how many SEALs made their way to OBL's room, I don't care if OBL was a boil on the butt of humanity & used a woman as a human shield; the mofo is DEAD!!! THAT'S all I care about, and I care and am grateful that none of our peeps were hurt.
"Humint" - The memo concerning whether or not water boarding led to us getting OBL will be predictable depending on who's saying it at the time. GWB's "peeps" will say that it did; everyone else will say that it didn't. Malcolm Nance was an instructor of the SERE school & has testified in front of Congress about the effects of torture. He thinks AQ will diminish a great deal with OBL's demise; I'm crying a river - NOT! OBL was such a powerful symbol to those people. Can y'all just imagine what of OBL's stuff we have?! I wonder if OBL was a porn guy? Mr. Nance, without a doubt, does not believe the intelligence that led to getting OBL came from torture. The GOBP will be calling him UnAmerican in 5...4...3...2... Huh, it sounds like OBL was a slob everywhere he went! :D
"United" - How 'bout that cheer for President Obama?! :D He barely got the words out. He made a plea for unity, but that plea has already fallen on deaf ears. Alice Hoagland's son was on United 93 on September 11, 2001. She is a grateful Mom & happy OBL is DOA.
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"Under New Management" - There's probably a FNG in charge of AQ - lucky! He's boring, he's a FNG new guy in the realm of the big fight, and he would probably like to get back to being a doctor; imagine HIS bed side manner! EEEeeeeWWWWww! Apparently, being Egyptian is not cool in AQ. Huh, I wonder why? This dude apparently has the charisma of a wet rock.