May 16, 2011
— Russ from Winterset According to this morning's LA Times, approximately 20% of their sample in a poll of the American electorate doesn't believe that Osama bin Laden is dead.
They seem to believe that this is indicative of the stupidity or incredulity of those who oppose the current president.
No word on the larger percentage of the electorate who believe 9/11 was an inside job. I guess they're not stupid...............they're "just asking questions".
How could so many presumably normal citizens (19%, according to Zogby) be so ignorant as to.......not believe the claims of their duly-elected president and the detailed accounts by his deputies of the deadly dark-of-night raid deep into Pakistan by a team of Navy SEALs, the firefight and the flight with the corpse to an American carrier offshore, the confirmation of his DNA, the preparation of his body according to Muslim ritual and its hasty burial somewhere at sea to avoid creating a shrine?
All this within 12 hours?
Well, to be fair to the skeptics; it's not as if the raid on bin Laden was captured live on Fox/CNN/every major news outlet in North America, and witnessed by thousands of New Yorkers, Pentagon workers, and rural residents of Pennsylvania.
(edited to reflect that the LAT article I linked to doesn't actually call those who disbelieve The Official Story to be "stupid". They leave that to the comments section.)
Posted by: Russ from Winterset at
09:36 AM
| Comments (144)
Post contains 237 words, total size 2 kb.
I would bet a bigger percentage of them think they saw Elvis last week at the local A&W.
Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 09:43 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 16, 2011 09:44 AM (LFiVW)
Posted by: D. Gregory at May 16, 2011 09:45 AM (Xv7f/)
Lemme try to comprehend this. The LA Times, one of the worst examples of "make the crap up to suit our needs" and home of 'sit on the other stuff', is bemoaning a populace that tends to believe rumor and innuendo?
Suggestion for a follow up story: "The fake ANG memo, conspiracy theories and plummeting trust and desire for the MFM. Is there any connection"?
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 16, 2011 09:45 AM (Gzv/o)
This conspiracy theory was intentionally created by the Obama Administration. It fits the MO. That way he gets two wins. First when something happens, second when he proves it. He's still spiking the birth certificate.
It wasn't that long ago that the NYT wrote articles favorable of the Truthers, calling them "skeptics."
Posted by: Beagle at May 16, 2011 09:46 AM (sOtz/)
Come to think of it the government withheld those pics too.
Posted by: ontherocks at May 16, 2011 09:46 AM (HBqDo)
Posted by: Naqamel at May 16, 2011 09:47 AM (UMwMT)
Posted by: AndrewsDad at May 16, 2011 09:47 AM (C2//T)
Posted by: Lawrence O'Donnell, draft-dodger at May 16, 2011 09:47 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: D. Gregory
Ixnay on the ausekay of itsha-iringstay from the ediamay.
Posted by: Journolist at May 16, 2011 09:48 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: Ben at May 16, 2011 09:49 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: JR at May 16, 2011 09:49 AM (gWOju)
Beejers. Beejers is the name for the new conspiracy meme I'm trying to get off the ground. And fast. If you know what I mean.
Posted by: Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Dominique Strauss-Kahn at May 16, 2011 09:50 AM (Xv7f/)
Yeah, Bin Laden's dead, but asking for actual proof isn't a conspiracy. We really should have kept the body longer.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 16, 2011 09:51 AM (FkKjr)
Russ, the world is gonna end on the 21st.
So you had better plan accordingly.
That goes for all-a-yous.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 09:51 AM (gM4zK)
Ummmmmmm.... "Bush lied?"
Posted by: wiserbud at May 16, 2011 09:54 AM (3Okgs)
Right again LA times.........but you forgot one thing........
Suck. My. Dick.
I think you've confused them with the San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted by: Ben at May 16, 2011 09:54 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: mikeyboss at May 16, 2011 09:54 AM (MX5qJ)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:55 AM (AZGON)
In related news:
Finally! A moderate muslim.
Posted by: Herman Cain for President at May 16, 2011 01:47 PM
To paraphrase someone whose name I can't remember, the only moderate Muslim is one who has stopped shooting only because he's reloading.
Posted by: Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Dominique Strauss-Kahn at May 16, 2011 09:55 AM (Xv7f/)
Folks, it's a frickn' LA Times poll. Sloppy polling has the media creating more conspiracies than are probably out there.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 16, 2011 09:55 AM (QMtmy)
What is this goat porn of which you speak? Sounds....intriguing.
Posted by: Fareed Zakaria at May 16, 2011 09:55 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:56 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Jeffrey Quick at May 16, 2011 09:56 AM (g9neE)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:57 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Fareed Zakaria at May 16, 2011 09:57 AM (UOM48)
The barkeep swore up and down that the Malmedy massacre was a put-up job by Eisenhower, because..."Peiper was not a killer."
A former first sergeant kind of quietly reminded him that several men present in the room had been there that day. No matter. Never happened.
Since then I have had a curious immunity to ex-post-facto conspiracies.
Posted by: comatus at May 16, 2011 09:58 AM (W5ilH)
Folks, it's a frickn' LA Times poll. Sloppy polling has the media creating more conspiracies than are probably out there.
Sloppy Poling? Clean it up with Don Lemon Pledge®!
Posted by: Don Lemon Poll Polisher at May 16, 2011 09:58 AM (PF3FV)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 09:59 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 16, 2011 10:02 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 16, 2011 10:02 AM (O/onO)
Posted by: Price is Right Plug at May 16, 2011 10:02 AM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 16, 2011 10:02 AM (PrXnz)
Posted by: Joejm65 at May 16, 2011 10:02 AM (BDB5n)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:03 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 16, 2011 10:03 AM (PrXnz)
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 02:01 PM (gM4zK)
--No, but they have one about OBL's porn.
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 10:05 AM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: Maj. General Barack "Strangelove" Obama, War Hero at May 16, 2011 10:05 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Trini Lopez at May 16, 2011 10:06 AM (AZGON)
Some people wouldn't believe a single thing President Present says (and they have their reasons) were it attested by God in all Three Persons, the Seraphim, the Cherubim, and the whole company of Saints. Well, maybe then, but they'd first look for evidence it was all CGI.
And find it, come to think of it.
Posted by: Dianna at May 16, 2011 10:06 AM (qrFCz)
C'mon you guys. You know that Ron Paul could win the election if the photos are shown. Some guy from KOS told me.
This place is as bad as DU sometimes.
Posted by: I'm not curious (Yellow) at May 16, 2011 10:07 AM (YmPwQ)
Oh hell. You know General Prissypants pissed himself if/when he saw the double tap.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 16, 2011 10:07 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Jay Carney at May 16, 2011 10:08 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 10:08 AM (BP6Z1)
speaking of OBL and comedy...
I heard the SNL skit mocking Obama's victory tour was pretty good. Think Ace'll post it?
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 10:08 AM (gM4zK)
Posted by: Cherry π at May 16, 2011 10:08 AM (+sBB4)
Posted by: Sub-tard Goober at May 16, 2011 10:08 AM (Q5+Og)
Iran president takes over oil ministry temporarily
Which means that if OPEC selects Iran to run that cabal of barbaric desert warlords and South American dictators that A-jad would personally be running OPEC.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 16, 2011 10:10 AM (9hSKh)
I have to believe that OBL is dead simply because this administration, as stupid and tone deaf as they are, would not risk the fatal damage that would be incurred if they were proven to have been punked.
The post-op bungling, though, gives me pause.
Posted by: I'm not curious (Yellow) at May 16, 2011 10:10 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: backhoe at May 16, 2011 10:10 AM (0bk6W)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:11 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 10:11 AM (BP6Z1)
Is that the one in the sidebar labeled "Moderately Funny Obama SNL Skit"?
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 16, 2011 10:11 AM (fsGgs)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at May 16, 2011 10:11 AM (HaYO4)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:12 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 02:08 PM (gM4zK)
--It was pretty good (but then my standards for SNL are rock bottom these days), but for most of the rest of the show the talents of Ed Helms and Paul Simon were horrifically underused.
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 10:12 AM (BP6Z1)
Vukodlak User ID: 1304407United States
ALERT: Left-hand Illuminati ritual in place. 6 planet conjunction. BUSH HAS GERONIMOS SKULL @ SKULL & BONES HQ. SAID HE WANTED OSAMAS SKULL!
6 planets are in conjuction right now with Earth. This is left-hand Illuminati feasting ground. BIG TIME. I know a lot about them some in personal and not so personal ways.
BUSH has stated in public that he wanted OSAMA BIN LADENS SKULL ON A SILVER PLATTER.
HE IS SKULL & BONES
Did you know that GERONIMOS skull is at the good ole' SKULL & BONES LODGE?
Skulls carry a huge amount of power for satanic rituals, when so much focus is put on an individual.
THAT is why OSAMA has been FREE for so long. So more hate, murder, violence...AND HENCE POWER COULD BE ABSORBED AND USED.
THAT is why all this controversy is going on about the body...THIS is why it is all happening.
Tomato Plants, bring them in for the entire month of May this time folks, not a joke.
Bin Laden code name "Geronimo". Code name for ROGUE CIA/MK ULTRA AGENT as seen in a 1997 movie?? GERONIMO SKULL???
Well, that all sounds reasonable -- wait, tomato plants?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 16, 2011 10:15 AM (M8E6y)
btw, Obama is gonna allow more domestic exploration just like he added 1200 border patrol on the southern border.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 10:15 AM (gM4zK)
Go figure.
Posted by: ontherocks at May 16, 2011 02:13 PM (HBqDo)
We're not dead, just pining for the time before this fancy, new interweb thingamabob.
Posted by: LA Times at May 16, 2011 10:16 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Roy at May 16, 2011 10:16 AM (VndSC)
All this proves is that 20% of the population is retarded. Which, if you think about it, makes total sense. Somebody's has to be the left side of the bell curve.
Posted by: Spade at May 16, 2011 10:16 AM (7WUru)
Posted by: Tough US Immigration Policies at May 16, 2011 10:16 AM (x/4B/)
Next Up on Cooking with Anderson Cooper:
A 'Special Guest' and my secret recipe for a unique and zesty Lemon Tossed Salad!
Posted by: Cooking with Anderson Cooper at May 16, 2011 10:17 AM (PF3FV)
Posted by: trainer of sceptics at May 16, 2011 10:18 AM (Rojyk)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:18 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, Chromatic Aberrationist at May 16, 2011 10:19 AM (TATbF)
...not believe the claims of their duly-elected president and the detailed accounts by his deputies of the deadly dark-of-night raid deep into Pakistan by a team of Navy SEALs, the firefight and the flight with the corpse to an American carrier offshore, the confirmation of his DNA, the preparation of his body according to Muslim ritual and its hasty burial somewhere at sea to avoid creating a shrine?
All this within 12 hours?
Well, when you put the facts that way, I'm beginning to have my doubts....
Posted by: JollyRoger at May 16, 2011 10:19 AM (NCw5u)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:20 AM (AZGON)
"I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they're doing, but I do think that if you're gay you have a responsibility to come out."
-Rachel Maddow
April, 2011
Everyone assumed she was referring to Anderson "In My Pooper, Please" Cooper.
Hahahahahahahaha, she probably was.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 10:20 AM (gM4zK)
Far more disturbing than birfers or troofers.
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 02:18 PM (AZGON)
--Like George Carlin said, when you consider how stupid the average person is, what's really scary is half the people are even dumber.
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 10:21 AM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:23 AM (AZGON)
Tomato Plants, bring them in for the entire month of May this time folks, not a joke.
When the Shaggoth can't get POWER to feast on, it roams the countryside eating Tomato Plants.
Everybody knows that.
Posted by: garrett at May 16, 2011 10:24 AM (PF3FV)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, Chromatic Aberrationist at May 16, 2011 10:24 AM (+61wI)
Posted by: The Ghost of Benazir Bhutto at May 16, 2011 10:24 AM (6uiF7)
Posted by: 35% of Democrats at May 16, 2011 10:25 AM (lT0LC)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:26 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: 35% of Democrats at May 16, 2011 10:26 AM (lT0LC)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 16, 2011 02:02 PM (O/onO)
Since I'm sure they installed, code-approved, low flow toilets; that couldn't flush a Koran - the military should release a cost review of the GITMO plumbing fixtures everytime this comes up.
Posted by: Jean at May 16, 2011 10:27 AM (WkuV6)
btw, Obama is gonna allow more domestic exploration just like he added 1200 border patrol on the southern border.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2011 02:15 PM (gM4zK)
And closed Gitmo. And ended waterboarding.
Posted by: Chellita at May 16, 2011 10:27 AM (5OEha)
I guess he does look an awful lot like Tom Cruise.
How dare you, Sir!
I look nothing like Tom Cruise.
Posted by: Ralph Macchio at May 16, 2011 10:28 AM (PF3FV)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:29 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:30 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, Chromatic Aberrationist at May 16, 2011 10:30 AM (OW0nw)
Posted by: Cherry π at May 16, 2011 02:25 PM (+sBB4)
--Is this about Tina Korbe?
She's smokin', but who is she?
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 10:30 AM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:31 AM (AZGON)
Some freshly ground pepper?
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, Chromatic Aberrationist at May 16, 2011 02:30 PM (OW0nw)
--Maybe some lemon juice?
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2011 10:31 AM (BP6Z1)
And pledged to take public campaign financing. And promised never to let former lobbyists into the White House.
And promised to be the first "post racial" president.
Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2011 10:32 AM (JIDys)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:33 AM (AZGON)
Well, to be absolutely fair, he had his staff meet former and current lobbyists across the street. So at least they're not on the visitor's log.
Posted by: Dianna at May 16, 2011 10:35 AM (qrFCz)
And closed Gitmo. And ended waterboarding.
and promised that next time it would be my turn.
My favorite?
Line.
By.
Line.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2011 10:35 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: George Orwell at May 16, 2011 10:37 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, Chromatic Aberrationist at May 16, 2011 10:40 AM (TATbF)
Epic WIN.
Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 10:45 AM (M9Ie6)
and promised he'd 'Plug the Hole'.
Posted by: Michelle Obama's Whale Eye at May 16, 2011 02:34 PM (PF3FV)
I plugged the hole! I plugged it with my doublestacked crown weave!
Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at May 16, 2011 10:46 AM (5OEha)
Posted by: Brendan at May 16, 2011 10:49 AM (U6MtO)
School in CT has made it a requirement to speak English to graduate
Only a lot of shit from the ACLU would have made this requirement a necessity. So standby, how long until the ACLU gets this thrown out.Posted by: Vic at May 16, 2011 11:02 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Phelps at May 16, 2011 11:12 AM (ACp4b)
Posted by: Sabba Hillel at May 16, 2011 11:13 AM (u3r63)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 16, 2011 12:57 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: jimmy-joe at May 16, 2011 04:11 PM (6KaEq)
Hide Comments | Add Comment | Refresh | Top
64 queries taking 0.2786 seconds, 272 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.








Posted by: First at May 16, 2011 09:42 AM (V92KK)