steventangent Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 So many people are talking about Tiger Woods and other mostly meaningless bullshit...and hardly even touching the recent senate study that shows that Osama bin Laden was within our reach. And even among the articles that ARE talking about it, especially in the context of what will happen next in Afghanistan, nobody seems to be mentioning that catching him and stopping al Qaeda are the reasons why we went there in the first place... I have to wonder if Rumsfeld didn't know EXACTLY what he was doing. As conspiratorial as that might sound, when viewed in the context of all the OTHER shit the Bush Administration pulled, it really doesn't seem that farfetched. Oh, America...this is how we keep getting fucked in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I agree completly. That's American news for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 what happened to tiger woods? no seriously i didn't even know anything happened to him. did his break light go out or something and it made headline news? that news is something i kinda already speculated, just didn't want to assume. and i agree, the news here sucks. most effort goes into linsdsay lohan drama than world news. it's sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 ballon boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 I'm not sure how much of it can be blamed on the news, and how much can be blamed on people just being willfully fucking ignorant. I think there HAS to be a reason why they spend more time talking about who is gay on American Idol than something important...like what decisions our leadership is making that are going to have greater implications and lead to more fucking death. I'm already seeing people whitewash over this and it makes me sick. Between that, and the tea bagger people that are too goddamned ignorant to realize their entire movement has just become astroturfing for the status quo...I'm getting a case of that same bile that rose in me when I realized the majority of people supported the war in Iraq and actually reelected that evil dickhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 BRING BACK BRANGELINA!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 WHAT HAPPENED TO SURI CRUISE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 I WANT MY RIGHTS! Y'ALL ARE BRUTALIZIN ME!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 WHY ARENT THERE MORE STORIES ABOUT KIDS FALLING INTO WELLS? DO YOU THINK THAT SHIT MAGICALLY JUST STOPPED HAPPENING? NO. IT DIDNT. AMERICA JUST STOPPED CARING. BUNCH OF SOCIALIST PUSSIES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayeffscene Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 WHY ARENT THERE MORE STORIES ABOUT KIDS FALLING INTO WELLS?DO YOU THINK THAT SHIT MAGICALLY JUST STOPPED HAPPENING? NO. IT DIDNT. AMERICA JUST STOPPED CARING. BUNCH OF SOCIALIST PUSSIES. *Posted from inside a well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I WANT MY RIGHTS!Y'ALL ARE BRUTALIZIN ME!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 In all seriousness... I think the significance of the shit that has happened over the last 8 years just completely escapes most people. I know there will always be entertainment news, and this isn't the first time this shit has happened...but I swear when I read the article about bin Laden, which confirmed my long-held suspicions, I thought....SOMEONE has to be accountable for this, right? But instead of any kind of followup, all I get is, "Breaking news! TIGER STILL ISN'T TALKING!" It's disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Last I heard it was - BREAKING NEWS Tiger Woods not playing own tournament. Breaking fucking news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adammuzzy Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 well with all the extra troops obama is sending, we should have no problem finding bin laden! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 It's how the world is now, complaining about it is even more annoying IMO. Change the way your read your news. I don't read about fluff like the Tiger Woods stuff. If I didn't see it on Twitter I probably wouldn't have known that it even happened. The American public probably forgot who Osama Bin Laden is, he's the President right?!?! It's been 8 years and been out of mainstream coverage for quite sometime. Yeah, catching him is a huge deal, but it's not at the front of everyone's minds right now. If this happened 7 years ago, people would be like OMFG!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Did you guys hear Michael Jackson died? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchrudder Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Did you guys hear Michael Jackson died? Wait what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlrose Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Sooo...Is this guy related to Michaele and Tareq Salahi or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonix Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 what ever happened to the lady with like thirty kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Kirby, it's not the way I read my news. It's the bullshit other people fixate on. And if noticing it is annoying to you, and the alternative is sucking from the tabloid tit, I choose the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Kirby, it's not the way I read my news. It's the bullshit other people fixate on.And if noticing it is annoying to you, and the alternative is sucking from the tabloid tit, I choose the former. Get some new friends? No one pushes anything on me and I can ignore things that I don't really care about. I still have no idea why Tiger Woods is a trending topic on Twitter. I've seen some things about a car crash, but it doesn't interest me, so I've successfully ignored it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifebystereo Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I'm not sure how much of it can be blamed on the news, and how much can be blamed on people just being willfully fucking ignorant. Yepp. And then the same idiots say, "I don't understand! Teach me why I'm ignorant!" instead of caring enough to explore this shit themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Bin laden is safely in Pakistan. They gladly take our money to root out bad guys but end up harboring them around the border because they want the taliban on their side in case things flare up with India. They say they are our allies but our Afghan outposts along the border are constantly being attacked with indirect fire from inside Pakistan, which their government then denies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayeffscene Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Was it Klosterman that talked about how cynics don't think they're cynical? You can't, by definition, describe yourself as cynical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Was it Klosterman that talked about how cynics don't think they're cynical? You can't, by definition, describe yourself as cynical. Klosterman makes some good points but he's in his own head too much. I think that's an example of it. You can know you're cynical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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