- 2 stories yet to be told: details on how the special forces team got OBL, and how social media was used to create the flash mob at the WH.
- Obama probably had a GULP moment when the helicopter went down in Pakistan, flashing back to Mogadishu and the Iran hostage rescue failure.
- What a boost for Obama's re-election campaign. Right wing's gotta be pissed that OBL wasn't caught on their watch.
- Many in the crowd outside the WH are from the generation that has fought America's longest war -- a war with very few victories until now.
- Think the Secret Service crew at the WH is on high alert? What's the last time there was a crowd this big outside the WH gates?
- Dude 1: "Let's go join the crowd celebrating in front of the White House!" Dude 2: "Okay, I'll bring my beach ball!"
- Just saw a guy in a Hulkamania shirt in the crowd outside the White House. Probably bought it when the hostages were released from Iran.
- David Gregory was good anchoring NBC coverage, but Brian Williams came in anyway. Meanwhile, Katie Couric & Diane Sawyer nowhere to be seen?
- For those wondering where the Pakistan city of Abbotobad is, it's a straight line from there to nearby Costellobad.
- As an Apple shareholder, I'd love to hear that the CIA got OBL because they were able to pinpoint his location using that iPhone tracking data.
- Great quote from Lara Logan on CBS: "You've got to get OBL to win, but getting him doesn't mean you've won."
- From Doyle Brunson: The U.S govt found out Bin Laden was running an online poker room, so they stepped up their efforts to find him.
- From Bob Powers: "I loosened it." -- Bush
- The delay in Obama's speech is to set up a real Mission Accomplished banner -- exactly 8 years after Bush made that ridiculous announcement.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Tweeting The News
In case you don't follow me on Twitter, here are some of the quickie thoughts I tweeted tonight in the hour after the news of Osama Bin Laden's death at the hands of US special forces in Pakistan: