On Bin Laden

Did the Navy Seal who killed Bin Laden get yelled at by his boss for not capturing him alive?

I read that Bin Laden's wife was in the room with him when he was shot, and that she was shot in the leg and taken alive. Any chance they could have done that to Sammy too? I would have rather seen Bin Laden in U.S. custody than see him dead.

(I'm not faulting the guy for killing him, I'm just saying, if he had a choice..)

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And is Burial at Sea really a Muslim tradition?

I did some research on Muslim burial tradition for this post in January of 2007, and I remember reading that the body was supposed to be bathed and then buried within 24 hours. I don't recall reading anything about the carcass needing to be dumped into the ocean.

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Donald Trump has been doing a lot of Obama bashing lately, and it bothered Obama enough to where he fired back at the White House Corespondents' dinner.

So Sunday night Cindy and I were sitting in front of the TV, and she flipped to NBC just as the opening credits started rolling for Celebrity Apprentice. I looked at Cindy and said, "There's no way I'm going to sit here and watch an entire episode of Celebrity Apprentice."

(I had never watched one before. I saw half of one a couple of weeks ago)

So 50 minutes later, they're in the boardroom and it's high drama about who is going to be fired. Cindy and I thought it was either going to be Hope (the 2010 Playboy Playmate of the Year) or Nene (a former Real Housewives cast member, whose angry rants I enjoyed imitating throughout the show.) We were going back and forth, our instincts said Hope because she was quiet and didn't cause any drama and men who may have been tuning in to watch her for masturbatory purposes had probably lost interest long ago, whereas keeping Nene on would guarantee Trump another week of shouting matches and drama. But then maybe Trump would surprise everyone and fire Nene..

Like I said, it was high drama.

So just minutes before the end of the show, right when Trump was about to say some last words before making his decision, what happens? NBC cuts to coverage of the Bin Laden announcement. And Obama didn't even give his speech for almost another hour.

So my question is this---and I'm serious---did someone in that administration tell the networks to cut out at 9:50 knowing that Obama wasn't ready to give his speech, just to fuck Trump's spotlight?

I honestly believe the answer to that question is Yes.

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Speaking of Celebrity Apprentice, say what you want about the contestants not being celebrities, but I've heard of 13 of the 16 contestants on the show. (I'd never heard of Nene, Hope, or John Rich)

John Rich is a country music singer who wears a big cowboy hat at all times during the show, and he was one half of the team that help millions of teenage boys south of the Mason Dixon line get laid with this song.

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Speaking of country music:  country musicians today are not afraid to be as sexual as hip hop and 80's rock.

Connors and I went through the iTunes top ten singles last week, and 9 out of 10 were about sex.