I don't know. Rush sounded genuine, even though he had to give Bush a little pat on the back too. :

"We need to open the program today by congratulating President Obama," Limbaugh said. "President Obama has done something extremely effective, and when he does, this needs to be pointed out."

"President Obama has continued the Bush policies of keeping a military presence in the Middle East," he continued. "He did not scrub the mission to get bin Laden. In fact, it may be that President Obama single-handedly came up with the technique in order to pull this off. You see, the military wanted to go in there and bomb like they always do. They wanted to drop missiles and drop bombs and a number of totally destructive techniques here. But President Obama, perhaps the only qualified member in the room to deal with this, insisted on the Special Forces."

Wow..never ever thought I'd hear this from Rush Limbaugh. I am glad. I hope Rush wakes the fuck up and starts saying more positive things like that.

I found a little more on CNN. It does turn out Rush does get very sarcastic, and give more of the credit to Bush policies.


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/02/limbaugh-thank-god-for-president-obama/?hpt=T2

Okay I definitely respect Rush a little more now. No he's not being sarcastic.

Yea but then listen to the second recording (under the original). He's cracking up about it. I think he's being sarcastic. It is hard to tell what he means.

TIS

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/limbaugh-thank-god-obama-bin-laden_n_856425.html

Remember, this is the same Rush that made fun of Michael J. Fox's Parkinsons.

Rush Limbaugh is an asshole without compare. Who gives a damn about what he says/thinks?

Okay after listening to that I'm just extremely confused .

Who was it that asked what Rush had to say about it? Oli?? Anyway, not a clear answer but like SC says, Rush is an asshole and who cares.





TIS

I agree.

Maybe he's laughing at The Hill and The Huffington Post. They know (as we do as well) that Limbaugh has been one of Obama's biggest critics and maybe Rush is laughing at them for having a hard time digesting what he said.

Thing is, Osama Bin Laden is actually the most successful terrorist in the history of the world. We all like to think that the goals of the Bush/Obama War on Terror were to establish democracy in the Middle East, but actually since Bin Laden began attacking the West 20 years ago, we've done nothing but withdraw our attempts to establish Western Democracy via Free Market capitalism and in the process have allowed the Islamic Revolution and it's counterparts to thrive. That's probably the only reason we haven't been attacked more frequently, and possibly why we won't be attacked again in the near future.

Bush didn't really declare war on terrorism as much as he gave into Bin Laden's demands and ceased U.S. efforts to democratize the Middle East. He allowed "free" elections in the Gaza Strip which of course to no one's surprise led to HAMAS taking power; and now in Egypt we see the U.S. backed Mubarak administration (which was a quasi Western democratic-free market capitalist entity) fall to the Islamic brotherhood.

Consider the facts and ask yourself who's really been winning the battle in the Middle East since Bin Laden began attacking the West 20 years ago; the forces of Western capitalism or Middle Eastern Islamism?

Iraq – When the US withdraws at the end of this year, the real battle for Iraq will begin. Pro-Iranian Islamist forces are likely to try to seize power from what they consider an illegitimate secular regime imposed by the US occupation.

Lebanon – Hezbollah recently withdrew from the government, has its own army, and is backed by Syria and Iran. A Hezbollah takeover of Lebanon is now more or less final.

Afghanistan – As the US withdraws this year, reconstituted Taliban forces will seek to expel Karzai’s government which has no popular support.

Pakistan – The nuclear-armed US ally has an unstable government which does not control parts of the country. Pakistan’s security services are linked to the Islamist Taliban movement entrenched in the North along with their Al Qaeda allies.

Jordan – King Abdullah’s tenuous monarchy rules over a population of 70% Palestinian Arabs, in two-thirds of the original Palestine mandate. Islamists view King Abdullah as an illegitimate Western puppet.

Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States – The Saudi and other royal families are totally unacceptable to Islamists who see them as rich elites ruling poor masses.

Yemen – is home to a new Islamist insurgency led by Al Qaeda elements.

Tunisia – is already in flux, its leaders have fled.

West Bank – The PLO has no popular support. An Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank could be met with an overthrow by HAMAS, just as they did in Gaza.

BING BING BING..we have a winner!

Love the Navy Seals sign, Mig.

It's being reported that they got computers/hard drives and a "motherload" of info from OBL mansion.

Is anyone else as fascinated with the mission itself and how it was accomplished? Every detail had to have been considered, right down to, as I understand, a "back-up" helicopter. Good thing since one of the copters went out. It appears it was very well thought out.



TIS

Oh, I forgot to add and you all may have already heard, that there ARE photos and a video of OBL burial at sea. I guess the administration is deciding if and what to show, as the pics are quite graphic.

What is troubling is I actually had a dream about Rush Limbaugh last night. We were partying and he was giving alcohol to a minor. Kept laughing the entire time. That's all I remember.

What do you think it means?

You have the hots for Rush???


Actually, I'd call any dream of him a nightmare.



TIS

The minor is his audience and the alcohol is the words he speaks.

Which part of the international law was the legal basis for this operation?

The barrel of a gun.

~Mao had some great quotes.

All right I'm gonna have to set the record straight. No, I DO NOT have the hots for Rush. Geeeez...I'm into JWoww, Angelina Jolie, Drita D'Avanzo..you know, beauties. Rush is not a beauty.

That's a good one.


It's possible. Or maybe I'm supposed to try out a career in radio and talk about the pros and cons of alcohol abuse.

That's entirely plausible. The more I read about this, the more I'm convinced that the Pakistani government knew exactly where he was. They have a lot of explaining to do.

Since he was living for better part of 6 years 4000 feet from the Military Training station I'd say they knew he was there. Or else they make Barnie Fife look like a Rhodes Scholar.

I heard some NeoCon on FNC last night argue that since the Pakistanis have proven themselves to be either untrustworthy or incompetent, this is a reason NOT to withdraw from Afghanistan and basically we have to do their job.

~I would think that would be the reverse? If your "allies" are backstabbing fuckers (which Wikileaks earlier claimed, same with the Saudis), then why stick with them?

I didn't realize or know that Pakistan might not be trustworthy. I thought they were our allies, but yea, they do have explaining to do.

That also begs the question, why couldn't the last administration find him??? He was hiding "in plain sight." I mean could have we gotten him years ago?


TIS

The Pakistanis knew it the entire time. They could give a fuck about Osama, as long as they get to tax him a little bit.

Dear Westboro Baptist Church,
We have a funeral you can protest. It's in Pakistan, we'll help you pack.
Sincerely,
America