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Did Morgan Spurlock sit down interview with Osama? More importantly - did he whip out a .45 and shoot him?

first? by PVIII	Dec 5th, 2007 04:03:41 PM
prob not, read the article.
yeah, knew it. by PVIII	Dec 5th, 2007 04:04:33 PM
but I would hate this guy if he didn't try and kill osama or at least tip off the CIA after. Should be executed for treason in that case.
MMMMM BURGER by Unlabled	Dec 5th, 2007 04:05:43 PM
Spurlock caught footage but he didn't interview him
This TB is going to be one for the books! by Fuckles	Dec 5th, 2007 04:05:49 PM
I can feel it.
Osama's Beard=Flames on Optimus by Unlabled	Dec 5th, 2007 04:06:25 PM
Too soon?
Maybe the US government doesn't want to find him? by photoboy	Dec 5th, 2007 04:08:00 PM
They were quite happy to fly the rest of Osama's family out of the country following the 9/11 attacks...
I don't believe it a single second by SpencerTrilby	Dec 5th, 2007 04:08:30 PM
but if true, it would be awesome. Not the lame ass awesomeness of these bogus Cloverfield "reviews". I mean, it would be so AWESOME that it could tear the very fabric of the universe and send back Michael Moore to his fake home movies. But I don't believe it. I'm too jaded by shitty hollywood marketing tricks.
Yeah U.S. knows by erichaislar	Dec 5th, 2007 04:08:53 PM
They just don't give a fuck. But if he really did interview him he. This will be quite a embarrassment for the Bush Administration.
Probably Bullshit by ryman7	Dec 5th, 2007 04:09:07 PM
I doubt Mr. Super size me is truthful... but then again that 25 mill (if true) lends some credence. More importantly- IF HE DIDN'T SHOOT HIM THEN WHY DIDN'T HE TELL THE MILITARY SO THEY COULD SHOOT HIM!!! If he did get the interview and did not help the military, he should, frankly, be put on trial. And if he did, then yes it is extremely embarrassing. But I still call bullshit on this.
let's not get carried away fellas by Vern	Dec 5th, 2007 04:09:47 PM
I've been looking forward to this movie since hearing about it, I'm sure it's pretty interesting. But that footage screened 10 months ago. You think they could keep it a secret that long? You think they'd WANT to keep it a secret? If it was something amazing like that I don't think they'd be so concerned about waiting for the right release date. Besides, Geraldo already said he was gonna catch bin Laden and bronze his head, so Spurlock's gotta get in line.
it's been longer than six years by pikagreg	Dec 5th, 2007 04:11:42 PM
clinton also said that the u.s. would not rest until they found bin laden after they bombed that naval ship in the gulf. so it's actually been over a decade since we've been looking for him.
Ok, for all you "Why didn't he shoot him" types by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 04:14:23 PM
Think for a moment. If Spurlock really did talk to bin Laden, don't you think that he would be 1)searched first for weapons by bin Laden supporters, and 2) whisked in and out of wherever the hell bin Laden was while blindfolded by said followers? By far, the more important question would be, is documentary/journalistic/popul ar interest in interviewing arch-terrorists a good or bad thing? I'm on the fence.
Wasn't Bruce Willis going to kill Osama? by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 5th, 2007 04:14:49 PM
Instead he resorted to chatting on TalkBacks and posing in webcam pics.
this AND harold & kumar escape from guantanimo? by finfangfoom	Dec 5th, 2007 04:17:03 PM
The US government is starting to get pissed at movies already most likely (flags of our fathers, any michael moore movie), and with all this shit coming up, they are gonna be pissed. Also, in unrelated news, im still choose my words wisely when i talk on the phone.
$25 MILLION IS A LOT OF DOUGH....HE AT LEAST SAW OSAMA by TheDohDoh	Dec 5th, 2007 04:17:54 PM
My bet is on Spurlock finding the guy in a village but not getting a word with him. They are definitely keeping this project hush (besides the "holy grail" line, which might end up hurting this flick if it doesn't deliver). I don't see why Weinstein would pay $25 milla for this without some crazy footage though. Also, wouldn't the government step in and take hold of the footage? I think that's against the law to hold out proof of the whereabouts of the FBI's number one man. Lastly, THE US GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT TO FIND THIS FUCKER. He's not even on the Nightly News anymore. So if Spurlock found him, that means not only was the government not looking, but neither was the mainstream fucking media. Wouldn't be surprised. Either way, this flick is going to rile up the debate over Osama and WE FUCKING NEED THAT TALK TO START AGAIN.
Dis talkback... by DocPazuzu	Dec 5th, 2007 04:18:01 PM
...gonna 'splode!
This TB should get great. by Chairman_Kaga	Dec 5th, 2007 04:19:08 PM
I look forward to the loony "Truthers" vs the loony Right Wing Zealots this TB will invariably attract.
$25 million, huh? by Mr. Nice Gaius	Dec 5th, 2007 04:19:45 PM
Isn't that what the US Government is offering for Osama's whereabouts? (I always knew that Weinstein humped for The Company...)
The US is like OJ by Unlabled	Dec 5th, 2007 04:19:52 PM
searching for the 'real killers'.. Ain't shit happening.
Yeah, cause murdering one guy will save the world by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World	Dec 5th, 2007 04:24:21 PM
Especially when its an old guy in a cave with pancreatic cancer or whatever. Is killing him really going to make all you sociopaths feel good and make you feel like this whole shitty war that's killed fuck knows how many people was all worth it?
Now let's have a Hollywood remake! by JackPumpkinhead	Dec 5th, 2007 04:24:33 PM
With Shia la Boof as Osama.
Have you seen recent photos of Morgan Spurlock? by Orionsangels	Dec 5th, 2007 04:24:50 PM
What's with the long beard? Did join some organization Spurlock? Did he grow it to fit in and help him reach Osama?Hmm...http://tinyurl.com /33obeu
Shit you actually think by dirtsandwich	Dec 5th, 2007 04:25:13 PM
the gov doesn't know where he is. If they wanted to find him they could. We can land a probe on an asteroid whipping through space millions of miles away. They don't want to find him. They want him to go to Iran so it gives us more reason to turn the place into glass.
To skywalkerfamily by The Devlinizer	Dec 5th, 2007 04:25:44 PM
This is the viral campaign. He didn't find fucking Bin Laden
RodHolt by erichaislar	Dec 5th, 2007 04:26:27 PM
he exist the dude is a hero in his own country. People have been praising his name since the 70's Your argument is pretty lame. I'm not trying to start shit. But if thats all you got then sorry man.
Heather Graham with a cock! by dirtsandwich	Dec 5th, 2007 04:29:52 PM

RodHolt by Quin the Eskimo	Dec 5th, 2007 04:31:13 PM
What the fuck are you trying to say? If Morgan Spurlok found Bin Ladin then he should have called a press conferance, then casually whipped Bin Ladins head out of a cooler and screamed "FUCK YOU ALL, I AM YOUR GOD." Thrown it at the press corp and fly out of the room.
Damn, it's obvious now. It's just a viral campaign. by JackPumpkinhead	Dec 5th, 2007 04:32:40 PM
A mutated Osama is either the monster in Cloverfield, or this documentary is really about the Ledgeoker.
He shared a coupel of Quarter Pounders with Osama by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 5th, 2007 04:32:53 PM
Osama dripped some special sauce in his beard and the rest of the film is them laughing about it for an hour and a half straight.
Killing Osama Bin Ladin by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 04:33:31 PM
Probably wouldn't have stopped 9/11, and ain't going to stop Islamic Jihad. Interviewing Osama Bin Ladin . . . why, what would he say? "Vote Hillary, 08!"
JUST SAW OSAMA BIN LADEN... by leobloom	Dec 5th, 2007 04:33:47 PM
at a secret screening in NYC!! IT WAS AWESOME!!!
Morgan Spurlock Throwing Osama's Head by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 04:34:43 PM
That would be a more interesting movie. Supersize me wasn't bad, although I thought Morgan came off like a douchebag.
Bin Ladin, strangely not a fan of the McRib sandwich. by Quin the Eskimo	Dec 5th, 2007 04:34:48 PM
HUGE fan of the Care Bears and My Buddy though. Weird, I know!
I AM OSAMA BIN LADEN!!! by erichaislar	Dec 5th, 2007 04:34:53 PM
So fuck u all!
Spurlock spotted Osama.. by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro	Dec 5th, 2007 04:35:42 PM
at a Mickey D's. Word Up.
Turned Out it was Just an Eminem Video by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 04:35:45 PM
For a second there, I thought it was Osama, until he whipped off the fake beard and started rapping about beating the shit out of his wife.
I Wonder if There's a Lot of Footage by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 04:37:11 PM
Of Spurlock's doctor advising to stop searching for Osama. "Stop doing it, man. You're killing yourself! This is terrible for your health."
Turns Out Where They Serve Healthy School Lunches by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 04:38:00 PM
There is no jihad. No terrorism. It's amazing what junk food and sugar is doing to those kids! Bless you, Morgan Spurlock!
Come on, most of us would probably still fuck heather gram by s0nicdeathmonkey	Dec 5th, 2007 04:38:30 PM
cock or no. Who wouldn't want a shot at that ass?
Morgan Spurlock Finds the Guy Who has Eaten by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 04:39:45 PM
An Osama Bin Ladin every day for the last thirty years. And he's skinny, and in great shape! It sort of undermines the thesis of the film--that eating too many processed terrorist leaders is bad for your health--but it's so cool that this guy eats a whole Osama Bin Ladin every day that he just has to leave it in the film.
Osama Bin Ladin fucked Heather Graham? by Quin the Eskimo	Dec 5th, 2007 04:40:28 PM
Some guys have all the luck.
I've Found Osama Bin Ladin by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 04:40:50 PM
He's in this TalkBack. Now, was that so hard?
Heather Graham doesn't have a cock? by jesuschrist	Dec 5th, 2007 04:46:21 PM
Hmmmm....
His videos are horrid, Avid Farts all over the place by Quin the Eskimo	Dec 5th, 2007 04:46:59 PM
and I didn't really BELIEVE him, know what I mean? Fuck Kevin Smith for starting this lazy indie film movement. FUCK HIM
What The Fuck? by travis-dane	Dec 5th, 2007 04:47:37 PM
Who wants to catch Osama anyways?Surely not the Bush gang!
Morgan tells Osama... by BoggyCreekBeast	Dec 5th, 2007 04:49:03 PM
"Super size THIS, bitch!" and then shoots that bastid right in the head! Now THAT would be worth $25 million!
Of course he didnt shoot him by Knobules	Dec 5th, 2007 04:49:21 PM
If he did pull it off they probably had him isolated and naked for a week, blindfolded and dropped off somewhere. Oh wait. That was my bachelor party.
Bin Laden's confirmed by Catnip_Thieves	Dec 5th, 2007 04:50:19 PM
for BNAT. He'll be handing out delicious candy after Cloverfield, and will perform a selection of songs from Walk Hard as well. And then, when your eyelids are beginning to droop and you start to doze, he'll sodomize you and give you AIDS, just to keep you pepped. He's that kind of team player.
Its just a typo by The Winged Doucheman	Dec 5th, 2007 04:54:29 PM
Its actually called Where in the World is Barrack Obama. *Spoiler* He's hanging out with Carmen Sandiego, Waldo, and Matt Lauer, and oddly enough Joanie Laurer (Chyna).
pikagreg... by Darth Kosher	Dec 5th, 2007 04:55:34 PM
Are you referring to the U.S.S. Cole bombing? The one that took place in October 2000 (not over a decade ago)? The one that happened just 3 months before Clinton left office? Too bad Bush didn't continue the regular meetings on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda that the previous administration had. Who knows what would have (or what wouldn't have) had happened.
Jett by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 04:55:57 PM
Why stop there? Let's take out Africa, Australia, Europe, and both Americas while we are at it. That'll show 'em.
Carmen San Diego by Darth Kosher	Dec 5th, 2007 04:56:52 PM
She's dead. Thank you for bringing up such a painful memory. --the San Diego Family
Remember the story by Banditmania	Dec 5th, 2007 04:59:28 PM
from 09-09-01 about how 2 men with Hungarian passports had killed Osama?
MORGAN SPURLACHER PLANNED 9/11 by PVIII	Dec 5th, 2007 05:00:20 PM
WITH OSAMA, DICK CHENEY AND THE POPE. KUCINIICH 2008.
"We've definitely got the Holy Grail" by OnomatoPoet	Dec 5th, 2007 05:08:33 PM
Is this like last February when James Cameron found Jesus?
Jett by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 05:08:35 PM
bit too far. Genocide humor requires a light touch.
If he found Osama then Morgan is a traitor. by MontyPigeon	Dec 5th, 2007 05:09:08 PM
If he knew where he was then he should have done his patriotic duty and tell the government. He should be shot on sight for being a traitor to America IF he never told the US intelligence.
OSAMA IS IN MY BASEMENT by THE KNIGHT	Dec 5th, 2007 05:12:29 PM
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Jett is Michael Moore. by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 5th, 2007 05:13:59 PM
He also ate Morgan Spurlonk's wife.
Wouldn't the government know Spurlock's every move? by The Winged Doucheman	Dec 5th, 2007 05:14:40 PM
If a semi-high profile tourist is in the Middle East to film a documentary, wouldn't the CIA be all over that shit?
Traitors to America.. by OBSD	Dec 5th, 2007 05:17:21 PM
Like the ones who outed a CIA agent to get back at her husband or the ones who actually had Osama cornered in Tora Bora and let him go so they could start an illegal and immoral war that killed almost 4000 American soldiers for no good fucking reason? You mean like that? Douche.
Dog the Bounty Hunter by The Winged Doucheman	Dec 5th, 2007 05:18:38 PM
Said he'd go get him if the money was right, then he proceeded to shout out racist slurs as he motorboated Beth's tig ol bitties.
Fuck this. Where's Waldo? by IAmMrMonkey!	Dec 5th, 2007 05:19:13 PM
I've been searching for him a lot longer than the U.S has been looking for Osama.
FOX NEWS LOVES TO COVER MOMMY KILLERS, BUT NOT OSAMA by TheDohDoh	Dec 5th, 2007 05:21:56 PM
Look at all of the manhunts that plague Fox News day and night. What the fuck, the Peterson murder or whatever. And OJ. But they don't ever ask WHY AREN'T WE LOOKING FOR OSAMA. Because it's a fucking cover up. I agree with Mos Def when he says Osama probably doesn't even exist and more probably wasn't behind 9/11. He's just a boogeyman. My cock can make a more believable tape and record a more believable audio threat. Fuck the current U.S. administration. They need to be raided and put on the shooting line.
@MontyPigeon by TheDohDoh	Dec 5th, 2007 05:24:44 PM
WHAT THE FUCK. PLENTY OF JOURNALISTS HAVE INTERVIEWED "VILLAINS" OF THE UNITED STATES. It's not their job to arrest these motherfuckers. The Bush Administration has sold this country's fucking soul and they are the ones who are goddamn filthy fucking traitors to the nation and its citizens. Somebody needs to spank Jenna Bush....Spurlock?
Judging by the humorous tone of this TalkBack... by IAmMrMonkey!	Dec 5th, 2007 05:25:30 PM
..I'd say that as many people here believe this is true as there are writers working on new scripts for U.S television shows at the moment.
Harry, you unbelievable sheep... by expert_40	Dec 5th, 2007 05:26:53 PM
... we know exactly where Bin Laden is. He's in Pakistan. Do you know why we can't go in and get him? Because Pakistan has nuclear weapons and Pakistani people hate India. The current president of Pakistan may be a douchebag, but he keeps others in Pakistan from launching nuclear weapons at India and start a Holy War which would erupt into catastrophic war. If we were to go into the Taliban areas of Pakistan and get Bin Laden, it would throw the country into chaos and put someone like Bin Laden in power with his finger on the button Harry, I know you're a sheep when it comes to politics and really have no opinions which are truly your own, and believe me, there is plenty to goose the Bush administration about, but not going in and getting Bin Laden with the threat of nuclear war in Pakistan and India hanging around is actually not one of them. Yes, it sucks we can't go in and get him, but the consequences of doing so would be great indeed. You want further proof of your sheeple statis? You're so quick to blame Bush for this, but refuse to acknowledge that if Clinton had just done what he was charged with doing as Commander in Chief and President of the United States and killed Bin Laden when he had the chance, then there would have been no 9/11. Bush wouldn't have made it past 4 years, and the world would be a much different place. But you're such a left-wing sheeple (just as bad as a right-wing sheeple) that you're too blinded by your sheepish ideology to understand that.
Heather Graham might have a cock. by JonQuixote	Dec 5th, 2007 05:27:31 PM
I mean, she's getting older and she still looks the same. That doesn't happen which chicks. Ergo, therefore, henceforth...
Obviously satirical... by judge dredds fresh undies	Dec 5th, 2007 05:32:26 PM
.
If you are close to Satan then you don't interview him by MontyPigeon	Dec 5th, 2007 05:32:36 PM
Unless your moralistic values just flew out the window and you wish to end up in fucking hell for eternity. That's my moralistic values anyway, others will sell their soul to get that story. I understand people have done this but I only wish they had more value for their own soul before selling it. "If you could go back in time to Germany, before Hitler came to power, knowing what you know now, would you kill him?" That question was just asked to Spurlock if this is true and we know his answer. Next person who sees Osama, piss on his bullet ridden face for me and even deficate for a better effect.
Bin Laden is hiding... by The Winged Doucheman	Dec 5th, 2007 05:32:48 PM
Behind Heather Graham's cock.
@ expert_40 by TheDohDoh	Dec 5th, 2007 05:33:03 PM
Yeah fucking right dude. If Pakistan knowingly harbored Bin Laden, the entire world would decry that they flush that fucker out. He's the FBI's Most wanted criminal since 2001. The fact that we don't hear about the guy who hypothetically destroyed the World Trade Center and orchestrated a plane into the Pentagon on any mainstream news station is a goddamn conspiracy. I hear more about Don Imus than bin laden, and in the stream of history, that is ridiculous. I'd love to see a report of how many press releases the Bush administration has put out in 2007 regarding bin laden's whereabouts. If anyone has such info, let me know.
photoboy... by expert_40	Dec 5th, 2007 05:37:02 PM
... YOU are another sheeple. By your logic, if you commit murder, your family are guilty by their association with you. Do you even know that the Bin Laden family disowned Osama long ago? That they haven't had anything to do with him for over 20 years? You know what, photoboy, instead of relying on the notorious liar, Michael Moore, for your information, why don't you actually find stuff out for yourself and throw off the yoke of your sheepdom. Idiot.
OSAMA BOUNTY IS NOW $50 MILLION AS OF THE SUMMER by TheDohDoh	Dec 5th, 2007 05:37:33 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ame ricas/6898075.stm
Heather Graham has a cock?? by kafka07	Dec 5th, 2007 05:37:44 PM
dude that's so fucking hot.
expert_40 by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 05:39:01 PM
While I agree with you that Harry (or very good with prepositions--"Did Morgan Spurlock sit down interview Osama?" did he indeed, Harry) isn't always great at the ol' critical thinking, I think that it's probably unfair to blame Clinton for 9/11 just because he didn't kill bin Laden "when he had the chance." The guy was at the end of his presidency, and was being hammered left and right for what overt actions were being taken on the theory that he was merely trying to distract the nation from the investigation into his personal life. Perfectly reasonable in such a situation to punt to the next president; it's just hindsight that makes it look like a bad call now. Moreover, I think your argument suffers from the false assumption that the US can do anything it wants, just so long as the political leadership decides to do it. It's not clear that we could have killed bin Laden in 2000; nor is it clear that that would have stopped 9/11, anyway. The US ain't all-powerful by a long shot, as your discussion of why we don't intervene in Pakistan makes clear.
TheDohDoh... by expert_40	Dec 5th, 2007 05:41:14 PM
... well, they made a South Park episode all about YOU. Get some help, man, and lay off the copious amounts of weed. It may grow in the ground, but it does not do the body good.
Killing Hitler; killing Bin Laden by OnomatoPoet	Dec 5th, 2007 05:45:37 PM
Killing Hitler may have actually prevented World War II and its peripheral atrocities, whereas killing Bin Laden would not stop terrorism. Besides, killing Hitler? Isn't that rather extreme? Wouldn't it be more virtuous to work with him diplomatically, restore some of "Germany's" land and rewrite the Treaty of Versailles whilst making sure his more genocidal, megalomaniacal policies were stopped dead before they ever began? I suppose it would take less work to shoot the fucker, but then who's the fascist?
Montypigeon by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 05:48:05 PM
Um, unless Spurlock both actually did interview bin Laden AND has a time machine, your comparison to an interview with a pre-3rd Reich Hitler is way inapt. Killing bin Laden now won't undo 9/11. Just like when Hitler committed suicide, it didn't undo the second world war.
Spurlock is a dirty liberal! by samsquanch	Dec 5th, 2007 05:48:30 PM
He criticized McDonalds! That's like criticizing Christianity and the flag and apple pie! or McDonalds apple pie... with a flag stuck in it... at church! You can't believe anything that guy says! Waaahhh!!!! alright, miracle of xanax... perform your magic...
SPURLOCK TAKES BIN LADEN A CUP O' CHOC. PUSSY JUICE by leobloom	Dec 5th, 2007 05:48:45 PM
"How did I ever live without this HOLY FUCKING AWESOME CHOCOLATE PUSSY JUICE???" he's quoted as saying.
Isn't it Sherson? by queerfilmjunkie	Dec 5th, 2007 05:48:49 PM
One sherson, two sheeple? How is Harry a sheeple? Holy fuck. I can't believe I'm wasting my time in this TB.
Even if Spoogelock didn't interview Bin Laden... by queerfilmjunkie	Dec 5th, 2007 05:50:23 PM
that doesn't mean he knows where Bin Laden is. Haven't any of you heard of blindfolds?
Bin Laden will be killed by by The Winged Doucheman	Dec 5th, 2007 05:53:04 PM
Tom Cruise with an eye patch.
OnomatoPoet by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 05:55:43 PM
Looks like you beat me to the argument. Montypigeon's thinking is screwy for another reason, too: the whole "would you kill hitler to stop the holocaust" thought experiment isn't particularly meaningful. I mean, offer anybody a choice between one death on one side and tens of millions on the other--that's not a very thorny moral question. And it's a question that we never encounter in real life, because we can't ever really know what will happen next, or what would have happened if we acted differently. At best, we can make guesses--some stupid, some well-informed--and make moral decisions based on those. That's why moral decisionmaking is so hard. And why Montypigeon's thought experiment is really just a retreat into an irrelevant artificial simplicity. It's dangerous to think like that.
OnomatoPoet, I can see your point. by MontyPigeon	Dec 5th, 2007 05:56:09 PM
On Osama though, he should be shot dead at first sighting. Radical Islam worship him like a prophet and that's a dangerous thing to have alive in this world. It wouldn't stop Terrorism but the satisfaction alone of his death would be cheered and welcomed by millions upon millions. Sometimes the good guy has to win, don't they?
Monty by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 05:58:06 PM

systemsbroom, yes the Hitler thing was irrelavent by MontyPigeon	Dec 5th, 2007 05:59:24 PM
I still think Osama should be shot dead on the spot by anyone who has the balls to do it. The man is still dangerous, pulling the strings behind that terrorist group. Those strings need to be cut or 9/11 will look like a picnic compared to what may happen (If it ever does).
i wouldnt kill hitler by aestheticity	Dec 5th, 2007 06:00:24 PM
makes no sense. why kill hitler when you could go back and kill kaiser wilhelm, which would prevent ww1 causing the economic disaster that gave hitler power? why stop there? why not go back and kill napoleon to prevent the conflict that shaped modern europe? why stop there, go back and kill charlemagne to break the holy roman empire. or go back and hand a roman caesar the ingredients for gunpowder so they rule the entire world for a thousand years. and so on. what a stupid, unthinking concept. "would you kill hitler". fuck off idiot.
I seriously, seriously doubt it by Durendal	Dec 5th, 2007 06:01:33 PM
For one, I don't think Osama is that stupid. Some American wants to interview him, even one critical of the Bush admin? Like he or his cronies would ever let Spurlock get that close. Two, I seriously doubt Spurlock would have been able to find that guy all by himself or with himself and his few film crew guys. There have been vigilantes that have tried the same thing and failed. There's a massive bounty on the guy's head, so don't think for a second that others haven't tried. In the incredibly rare event that Spurlock did find him long enough to film him, or even interviewed, then he should have his head smashed in if he didn't try tipping off the authorities to the location. Hate the Bush admin all you want, but don't let that blind you to the fact that Osama is a murdering monster who needs to die.
I would fuck Heather Graham, even if she had a cock! by Zardoz	Dec 5th, 2007 06:01:50 PM
Yeah! And God bless Morgan Spurlock! He's everything Michael Moore isn't: a fair and un-biased doco-journalist. (and I like Mr. Moore, but man, the bastard is biased and mean-spirited!) And don't tell me Dan Rather or Katie Couric or whoever isn't foaming at the mouth at the thought of being scooped on the interview of the millenium...
now that the xanax has kicked in... by samsquanch	Dec 5th, 2007 06:09:57 PM
I can't decide what makes more sense! Blaming Clinton for 9/11, or Heather Graham's cock? What a mix-up!
Bin Laden... by micturatingbenjamin	Dec 5th, 2007 06:10:36 PM
Uh...Bin Laden's real. He's a real, really real rich kid with a mad on for the US after we shafted the fucking Taliban by letting them swing in the breeze, right after we helped them...like we did in Chile, you see. I'm NOT naive. I understand that our government, and country, to survive, has to destabilize those who would fuck us in the ass without a second thought. But, as many people neglect to mention, Bin Laden was a buddy of ours during the Reagan administration because they were fighting the Russians. We did our best to fuck over the commies by playing the 'enemy of my enemy' game. The problem with that is while we can fuck over France and Spain and Italy with regularity, because they understand that they can fuck with us in political ways all over the world and 'count coup' on us while we do the same to them. We can fuck over the Russians with the frequency of Lucy pulling away the football, as well. In the case of the Middle East, they still are PISSED about the Crusades. I mean shit. Come the fuck on, get over it. But, the CIA misjudged the allies of this 'derka derka' and is ability to garner support from angry marginalized students and dirt-worshipping cunts all over the world. Yes, I'm a little prejudiced about religious nutbags, but I also call the fucking WWJD morons cunts all the time as well. This feeble clutching for an invisible daddy figure falls onto the heads of all who choose to remain ignorant, or allow someone to determine their thought process. In case someone wants to call me insensitive to the Muslim faith, fine, do so, but please do so with the understanding that I think that everyone who uses God as an excuse to be an asshole needs to be culled from the herd. Finally, Bin Laden is a real guy, but his cult of personality is raised by our demonizing of him, like the former Qadaffi. We did that, we made him a badass, he was mostly talk until we vilified him. If Morgan Spurlock found this fucking douche, it's NOT his job to fucking shoot Bin Laden. Just like it wasn't Dan Rather's job to fucking SHOOT CASTRO. It's not the reporter's job to be an assassin....No the fucking idiot in the White House...THAT IS HIS JOB. And this proves (if it's OBL) that he CAN be found...with investigative processes, not bombing his enemies, and acceding to his demands...Yeah, remember we took out our base in Saudi Arabia, because HE TOLD US TO, we caved like the fucking accordians we are. His demands have been met: No more bases in SA, no more Iraqi oil flooding the market, no pipeline to the Caspian...all of these things were scrubbed because of Bush Jr's lack of fucking brains and will to do the right thing.
aestheticity by MontyPigeon	Dec 5th, 2007 06:11:51 PM
Me or Stephen King? :P I would kill Hitler though without a single thought. Then again, I wouldn't be around to see Led Zeppelin on Monday and that would suck. :P
Montypigeon by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 06:15:03 PM
I don't think that killing bin Laden would do very much to "that terrorist group." Terrorist organizations are not like states; you can't simply eliminate their leadership and expect it to have much of an impact. The whole reason that terrorist organizations are dangerous is because they are diffuse and disorganized. This makes them hard to fight, and difficult to predict. Basically, what's happening is that the price of conflict has gotten very low. The cost of communication, coordination, weaponry, and information on how to destroy things has dropped quite a bit over the past century, to the point now where pretty much anybody can afford to learn on the internet how to cause some mayhem, put together a bomb, and coordinate with a few like-minded buddies in setting it off. Bin Laden doesn't need to be--and really isn't--involved. Moreover, killing him would just make him more of a hero and an inspiration, inspiring more otherwise innoccuous people to blow stuff up. Instead, I'd favor capturing, running him through a carefully stage-managed trial, and then locking him up in the ultramax for the rest of his life. We'd dribble out occasional photos of him playing checkers and eating whitebread sandwiches off of cafeteria lunch trays, and the world's last memories of the guy would be of a silly, befuddled old man. Who would want to die for him then?
He could have proof he was dead. by Batutta	Dec 5th, 2007 06:24:36 PM
That's the only other outcome that wouldn't suck. I personally think he got his interview.
Murgan Spunglelock 2: THE BEARDENING by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 5th, 2007 06:27:49 PM
Check out his phatbeard. Seriously.
Pffffffffffffffffffffff by Nicoflex	Dec 5th, 2007 06:29:00 PM
I heard this one a few months ago. Fuck, Google Osama and Spurlock and check the dates!
Expert_40 by SkiBum	Dec 5th, 2007 06:30:04 PM
I am glad to see that at least one person posting in this talkback is using their brain. I was surprised to see an intelligent post sandwiched between the comedy that is the neo-liberal point of view and Heather Graham with a cock.
Very true systemsbroom by MontyPigeon	Dec 5th, 2007 06:33:50 PM
All I wanted was Spurlock to have informed the government about his whereabouts instead of interviewing him or even (which I think happened) a slight glimpse of him on film. As long as he dies in jail or not, that's fine by me. As you say, it wouldn't stop that Terror group and yes he would become a hero to the nutcases. Who would then probably use the day of his death as ceremonial day to put others to death in his name. Sad, sad world we live in.
Why this could be true... by ConquestMelee	Dec 5th, 2007 06:34:35 PM
Morgan Spurlock is an acclaimed documentary filmmaker, best known for exposing a deceptive symbol of Western Capitalism, McDonalds. Such a figure could be trusted to interview Osama bin Laden. There is only one way in which this interview could have happened. Spurlock, by this point heavily immersed in Arab culture, put word out amongst Pakistani tribal leaders. Once the regime was able to verify the nature of the project, they probably kidnapped Spurlock in the middle of the night, blindfolded him, and brought him and his equipment to the tribal regions of northern Pakistan. Such tactics would remove any threat he would pose to bin Laden. Do I root for our forces in the struggle to kick Al Queda's ass? Of course. Every patriotic American does. But Mr. Spurlock has the right, as a respectable documentary filmmaker, to deliver an unbiased story from angles unseen before. Don't waterboard him. He didn't find bin Laden. It was bin Laden that found him.
A respectable documentary filmmaker... by leobloom	Dec 5th, 2007 06:37:00 PM
you mean Ken Burns?
First this is just by Varakor	Dec 5th, 2007 06:39:15 PM
a publicity stunt. How thehell did supersize me guy find Osama? Fuck Spurlock, fuck him up his stupid ass! Oh and someone mentioned Kucinich.... I would do everything to his wife..... and I mean everything.....
Bin Laden is probably dead by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 06:39:49 PM
That seems to be the popular consensus after those farce videos were released in September (most of the "video" is a still shot of footage that looks similar to footage from 2004)
SkiBum, re neoliberalism by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 06:43:17 PM
I don't think that word means what you think it means. Neoliberalism generally has to do with a sort of free-tradey internationalism. Market solutions, that sort of thing. I'll admit, I've been skimming most of the posts here, but I don't think anybody is talking about that.
I just got off the phone with Osama Bin Laden by Turd Furgeson	Dec 5th, 2007 06:43:22 PM
and he only agreed to meet with Morgan because he was promised a McGriddle.... It's really hard to find one in the Kashmire region and those fucking things are addictive...
guys, it's obviously marketing by finky089	Dec 5th, 2007 06:44:04 PM
Morgan Spurlock may be doing his own documentary dealing with something in the volatile middle east, but there's no way he sat down and interviewed Bin Laden over a couple of Happy Meals. UNLESS Osama hates McDonalds as much as he acts like he hates the rest of Western culture. In which case, he may very well have an affinity for Supersize Me!
Frankly, if I was the US Government by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 06:44:39 PM
If I had located Bin Laden, I wouldn't have brought him in. Just keep monitoring his position and his communication. The Allies didn't announce they cracked Enigma, if you find Bin Laden, keep an eye on him. Of course, Bin Laden may have ended his mission against the US since they removed their troops from Saudi Arabia, which was what his whole jihad was about. All the anti-Israel stuff he tacked on later.
Besides, if you paid $25MM for Spurlock's film... by finky089	Dec 5th, 2007 06:45:01 PM
...wouldn't you be out there viral marketing the fuck out of your film so that you can make your money back?
OhyeaI am with the Majority by Varakor	Dec 5th, 2007 06:46:40 PM
when I say that yes I would fuck Heather Graham even if she had a cock. I'd give her a reach around and all, She is that hot. Do we have cock confirmage? Anyone?
leobloom by ConquestMelee	Dec 5th, 2007 06:48:25 PM
True, Spurlock isn't up to the Ken Burns level, but he is willing to put himself on the line. I think this could be a fascinating film.
Spurlock shot first! by Spiegeltrui	Dec 5th, 2007 06:48:33 PM
Damn them for adding the CGI Osama shooting first.
Also that audiotape from a few days ago by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 06:49:13 PM
mentioned Afghanistan, but not Iraq. Hmm... I wonder if someone has started releasing a Best of Osama collection.
Why is this so shocking? by Larry of Arabia	Dec 5th, 2007 06:49:26 PM
There are hundreds, HUNDREDS of cases where journalists have somehow gotten access to people the government can't get. Never, ever forget that terrorists, dictators, and high profile criminals are publicity sluts. They have taken reporters, blindfolded them, and brought them into the deepest recesses of Hammas, Islamic Jihad, and any number of places. This is far from shocking. It's business, and it's the job of an self respecting journalist. Or have we forgotten that in tis day and age when FUX News touts the party line like gospel and never, ever asks any questions.
Willing to bet... by PirateEmery	Dec 5th, 2007 06:49:44 PM
... it's a joke.
"He didn't find bin Laden. It was bin Laden that found him." by MontyPigeon	Dec 5th, 2007 06:51:03 PM
Interesting, ConquestMelee. Now you got me thinking that this could be the case. It would work more favourable for Osama to show up the US media this way and it's government.
"Mr. Spurlock, I loved your work on 30 days ..." by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 06:53:56 PM
"... but it was sort of sad the alcoholic mother couldn't turn her daughter's life around ... do you know if she's still drinking? And single?"
Dog The Bounty Hunter Said he'd go get him if the money was righ by canopus	Dec 5th, 2007 06:56:09 PM
Did he really say that? Aren't they offering over 20 mil for him dead or alive, the money doesn't get much righter than that. Anyway, I think it's possible it might be true, but if he got within ten miles of him, he would have been surrounded by Osama's security guards, and true believers that love him, so he wouldn't be able to try anything. After the interview, Bin Laden would be gone from whatever area they had been in. Who knows, maybe Osama is in U.S. confinement somewhere, ready to be whipped out when Bush hits 13 percent in the polls.
Let's see the Bush Administration try to halt the release by Jugdish	Dec 5th, 2007 06:56:21 PM
like they tried on Farenheit 911- that didn't work to good for them
canopus: I've considered that possibility by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 06:59:24 PM
But I'm wondering Bush is waiting for the day after election day '08 to reveal it, as a giant F U to the Republicans that abandoned him when his numbers dropped.
Osama's dead by HarrysTitCheese	Dec 5th, 2007 07:04:01 PM
The fucker hasn't been seen in years and he had a fucking reality star level need to be on TV. Any footage or audio that surfaces is always found out to be spliced from old footage or unconfirmable as him. The Republitards know this but they're smart enough to realize without a boogeyman to "chase" they can't push through their raping of the constitution.
wait wait, Spurlock vs. Bin Laden... by samsquanch	Dec 5th, 2007 07:09:18 PM
are we talking fat Spurlock or skinny Spurlock?
systembroom, SkiBum, by samsquanch	Dec 5th, 2007 07:12:37 PM
What about neoneoism? Sheesh, try to keep up, guys. Systembroom, don't come around here will all yer fancy book learnin' and politically accurate syntax and your obviously superior ability to understand the english language and expect us to listen to you. What are you, a fag?
People who resort to using hackneyed, childish by Frijole	Dec 5th, 2007 07:13:36 PM
terms like "Republitards" and "Democraps" are the same nitwits that foisted nicknames like "Dubya" and "Slick Willie" onto the world. The McDonaldization of political discourse, you could say. Grow up, folks and get a real opinion... not a fucking bumper-sticker opinion.
sorry, systemSbroom by samsquanch	Dec 5th, 2007 07:14:00 PM
my mistake buddy, my mom's doing the actual typing because she's the one with a third grade ejicashun.
International perspective for you all... by Gabba-UK	Dec 5th, 2007 07:18:48 PM
If this is true (and I for one don't believe it is, the MOST they'll have is footage of him), then not only should you, yes you, the voters that inexplicably put that idiot in charge of your country for a second time, DEMAND his resignation but you need to seriously re-evaluate the entire command and control structure for your whole military and intelligence agencies. Because if a weirdly bearded film documentary maker succeeded in doing what the allegedly most powerful nation in history couldn't do and find a another equally weirdly bearded man in a cave somewhere, then not only did Bush piss away all that deserved goodwill you had from nearly the whole world after 9-11, he has presided over what can only be described as the world greatest ever cock up and made your great nation look very, very stupid.
Re Systemsbroom by SkiBum	Dec 5th, 2007 07:18:55 PM
I was not refering to neoliberalism, I was making a jab at the people refering to "neo-cons." Sorry for the mix up.
Gabba-UK: No offense, but we beat you up twice by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 07:20:35 PM
We don't have to take advice from the UK anymore. (I'm kidding, chill out)
All didn't you vote out Churchill after he saved your asses? by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 07:22:37 PM
Ungrateful Brits.
samsquanch by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 07:24:47 PM
nope, not a fag--just bored at work. Left-handed compliments appreciated, though.
That should've been "although", not "all" by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 07:25:26 PM
Weird how that happened.
I'm waayyy liberal, but if he found him and didn't turn him in by modlight	Dec 5th, 2007 07:25:49 PM
he is a traitor. I love Morgan Spurlock, I love his shows, his politics, but if he got that close and didn't share it with government so they could get him... damn. If for no other reason, how awesome would it be to shove it in this administrations face that a NY liberal artist is the one that managed to finally find that criminal son of a bitch, and it would prove this whole war was a waste.
skibum by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 07:27:42 PM
no worries. I just get concerned that people are going to warren g. harding their way into referring to all contemporary democrats/liberals/progressive s whatever as "neoliberals" the same way they started calling all contemporary republicans/conservatives/bush -admirers "neocons" a few years back.
uhhh, Rush told me all liberals were fags, by samsquanch	Dec 5th, 2007 07:31:27 PM
you calling Rush a liar?
Churchill: chrth by Gabba-UK	Dec 5th, 2007 07:31:39 PM
Yes we did. Then promptly re-elected him 6 years later. And despite what you might think most Brits with a rational mind thank you for your help in ending WWII earlier than it would've. We'd have just liked you to have joined in a little sooner thats all. :-)
If this is true then Spurlock is a jerk and a coward by wolvenom	Dec 5th, 2007 07:33:34 PM
for not mowing osama down with a 12 gauge. Anyone else would have killed him where he stood.
Mongan Spurlank by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 5th, 2007 07:34:00 PM
WHO DOES THIS GUY THINK HE IS!?
i agree spurlock should be thrown in jail... by wolvenom	Dec 5th, 2007 07:35:42 PM
if he didn't do anything to help the military find him. hell he should be put in jail just for not shooting osama upon seeing him.
MORGAN SPURLOCK IF THIS IS TRUE YOU DISGUST ME... by wolvenom	Dec 5th, 2007 07:38:18 PM
how you could just sit there without strangling osama to death is beyond me.
Just a not to all those saying Spurlock should've.... by Gabba-UK	Dec 5th, 2007 07:40:09 PM
Do you honestly think if he got close enough to interview him he would be allowed to have any weapons on him? He was properly having to interview him naked, with bullet-proof glass between them and with a dozen AK-47's pointing at his head!!! I'm sure Morgan wanted to tear him a new one with 12 gauge like any of us here, he was just unlikely to be given the chance! I still say that this is bogus and as such a moot point.
HOW IS HE A TRAITOR IF HE PUTS BUSH ON THE SPOT? by TheDohDoh	Dec 5th, 2007 07:40:33 PM
If Spurlock didn't make this film, Osama would probably not be mentioned on any goddamn news programs all of next year. No matter whether he interviewed him, found him, got new footage of him, or concludes that he is dead, Spurlock is doing what the fucking media should be: ASKING WHERE THE FUCK THE GREATEST ENEMY/CRIMINAL OF THE UNITED STATES IS. Why don't you Conservatives on here explain why Bush has pushed aside bin laden's search in order to focus on a neverending War on Terror, a faulty-pretense war in Iraq, and continued threats about invading Iran???? Answer me that. Why isn't your president doing his fucking job? You mention bin laden to Bush these days and he barely recognizes the name.
Maybe, Spurlock had a gun to his head the whole time... by The Dum Guy	Dec 5th, 2007 07:43:24 PM
Or, I guess, he could have sewn a bomb into his belly to kill himself and Bin Laden, thus going out ala Jihad.
I'm just sayin'... by blackbottomlip	Dec 5th, 2007 07:47:07 PM
wait....don't we remember that Bin laden was TRAINED and FUNDED by our govt??? We have more questions to ask... I'm no fan of whoever took down the towers...but let's look a bit deeper here 1- Bin Laden didn't take away our liberties...Bush did...for laughs try reading Naomi Wolf's End of America...we're on all 10 steps to fascism people...Bin laden didn't do that 2- we don't even know if Al Quaida is real??? Much less Bin Laden's connection...check out his evolving beardage...google it 3- I'm sure the fireballs are lobbing at me already...but heck guys, if Spurlock could find 'em and our govt couldn't....and we have the best intel on the planet...why does that make you mad at Spurlock instead of our govt??? ok...back into my hole now....have mercy....
TheDohDoh: Uh, you need to catch up on your news by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 07:47:40 PM
There will be no invading Iran ... for now.
TheDohDoh... by ccchhhrrriiisssm	Dec 5th, 2007 07:49:07 PM
I seriously doubt that Spurlock knows where Osama is located. Osama is presumably moving from location to location on the back of a camel. The chance that this Hollywood opportunist happened upon Satan's buttbuddy (Osama) is extremely unlikely. He probably happened to find another tall, ugly extremist who needs a shower. In the end, it might better serve the interest of this nation to have Bin Laden remain in control of his fractured organization while hiding in a series of caves. If we had his head on a platter, some other madman would take control and fill the minds of the young and the brainwashed with visions of 70 virgins dancing in their heads. Believe me, Spurlock is just another liberal opportunist doing his best to make a name (and some $$$) for himself. If he actually had footage...don't you think that the CIA would know it?
Murglan Sponlonk by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 5th, 2007 07:51:07 PM
WHERE DOES THIS GUY GET OFF?!
Spurlock should have at least tried to kill Osama.. by wolvenom	Dec 5th, 2007 07:51:14 PM
even if it meant his own death. God knows that anyone else would have tried to kill him. We owe our lives to those who died on that fateful day. The least Spurlock could have done was die trying to kill the evilest man alive.
There's only one man who can find Osama Bin Laden: by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 07:51:47 PM
OJ Simpson. Right after he finds Nicole and Ronald's killer.
Guys, seriously, Osama is dead. by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 07:52:55 PM
Or imprisoned by allied forces. It's the only fact that makes sense considering all of Osama's "recent" audio/video don't look very recent at all.
There's no need for anyone to interview Osama... by wolvenom	Dec 5th, 2007 07:54:41 PM
he's the evilest man on earth and needs to die for what he did.
blackbottomlip... by ccchhhrrriiisssm	Dec 5th, 2007 07:57:18 PM
So you think that "Bush took away your liberties?" Are you MENTAL -- or do you really believe that crap that spews out the mouths of Gore, Kerry, Obama and Pelosi? The authorities aren't removing your "liberties" brainless. They are simply monitoring some phone calls while searching for terrorist activities. Don't be such a whiney lib-dick! California liberal extremists in the DemonRATic Party want to limit true "liberties!" What the hell was that bill about trying to force pet owners to have their pets spayed and neutered? Talk about limiting the "liberties" -- Fido, Garfield, Mr. Sprinkle and owners who would like to breed their own pets! No matter how much propaganda the LIBTARDS feed us, it is not a removal of "civil liberties" to monitor the airwaves for terrorists in order to protect this nation. Damn -- you stupid liberal extremists want to vilify Bush, Cheney, Rove and ANYONE who doesn't agree with your warped and extreme-left social views! But thank God that you have the LIBERTY to spread your misleading propaganda in this nation. *Sigh.
I sense a lot of emotion on this talkback by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 07:59:26 PM
I'm going to go now before it infects me.
If I could interview Osama... by ccchhhrrriiisssm	Dec 5th, 2007 08:00:12 PM
...my only question would be: "Any last words, dickhead? Tell it to Satan!" BANG!
"We owe our lives to those who died on that fateful day." by OnomatoPoet	Dec 5th, 2007 08:00:27 PM
Those who died? Which people are you talking about? The terrorist attack worked. Holy fuck we all wish the victims were alive and well today, but they didn't save any one of us by dying. The martyrs are the American and Iraqi people who have been shooting each other ever since, because their commanders are exacting vengeance on icons rather than trying to work something out.
Why would an interviewer strangle his subject to death? by TallBoy66	Dec 5th, 2007 08:01:43 PM
And, considering how many weapons would have been trained on him at the time, would that even be possible or plausable? That is what you would call Fucking Retarded.
If I could interview Osama... by wolvenom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:01:59 PM
my only question would be: 'how do you want it? slow and painful or very slow and painful?'
Osama said... by ccchhhrrriiisssm	Dec 5th, 2007 08:04:19 PM
"Vote for Hillary/Obama in 2008! They will restore our, err, your civil liberties!"
more importantly the AWESOME cloverfield thread... by leobloom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:05:55 PM
reached 1000 posts. AWESOME!!!
Didn't Jim Cameron find Jesus? by Christopher3	Dec 5th, 2007 08:06:28 PM
Never mind.
Spurlock should try to kill Osama? Yeah, right! by Zardoz	Dec 5th, 2007 08:06:32 PM
He should try and kill Osama only if he wanted to die right after he tried it! Do you seriously think Osama's gonna let ANYONE interview him that hasn't been thoroughly searched for ANY weapons? What should he do? Try and rip his jugular out with his teeth? Sacrifice his own life in the attempt? You first, morons! Don't you think the interview would take place with like a hundred other "derka-derka's" present and pointing machine guns at his head just in case he FARTED in Osama's general direction? That said, he should definitely tell the military where the interview took place, if he even KNOWS where it was: he would be taken there BLINDFOLDED, fer chrissakes! Jeez, I don't know if some of you guys are really THAT dumb, or just naive...
ccchhhrrriiisssm by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:06:42 PM
I'll agree that civil libertarians make a lot of a rather small set of expansions of federal and executive power (perhaps, as do certain talkbackers when discussing proposed pet ordinances?), but it is worth keeping in mind that the Bush administration is of the opinion that the executive is able to arrest and detain indefinitely united states citizens, without review by other branches or portions of the government, when the executive, again, without review by other branches or portions of the government, declares such persons to be a new, special type of criminal. That's a rather novel development in the US, and I don't think that it's hysterical to question its wisdom.
wolvenom: 'how do you want it? slow and painful or very slow an by The Dum Guy	Dec 5th, 2007 08:07:49 PM
That's what she said... er. I was going to question the whole "We owe our lives" thing, but I'm not sure I want to try and understand.
Spurlock should definately be charged at the very least by wolvenom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:10:39 PM
Who cares if he was blind folded or not. If its true he knows what country Osama is in, and should have told the military where Osama's hiding within seconds of leaving the interview.
ccchhhrrriiisssm, my comrade by blackbottomlip	Dec 5th, 2007 08:13:00 PM
just kidding about the comrade part man, seriously...I just raised some questions and you about blew a hole through me...let's get some perspective about who has what issues...I know this talkback should really be about the film...but I'm just gonna do 1 response then I'm out... You seem pretty indoctrinated, so don't imagine you want to check this out...but yes, the govt is taking liberties. use the precious internet to research it while you still have it. anyone can be declared enemy combatant and put away indefinately. we lost habeus corpus, we lost posse comitatus, the natl guard can be deployed against us, blackwater was already deployed against us in katrina aftermath. I'm actually not a leftist, nor a commie or any other of the things you hurled at me. I have done a lot of research...but honestly you don't have to do more than a little googling to find out. I'm not talking about monitoring airwaves etc....this is significantly more serious than that. and YES I AM very THANKFUL for the liberty I have to say these things...more than you know. I wish you were more gracious to those of differing opinion, I thought that was what made America great? But perhaps you want to live under fascism...your response certainly is fascist-like... help me out people? I'm all done for now...thanks for the great forum Harry and the chance to discuss things- I have loved it!
a journalist/documentarian being able to find a most wanted pers by smackfu	Dec 5th, 2007 08:13:04 PM
when the government can't is not surprising, and doesn't indicate any fault on the government's behalf. The simple fact of the matter is that there are certain paths that are open to established media faces that do not open themselves to CIA operatives. Now perhaps if the government were to take one of there operatives, make him a world famous newsperson or documentarian for 7 or 8 years to establish journalistic credibility, that person may have a miniscule chance of one day getting an 'interview' with Osama that would conclude with a poison dart launching out of a boom mic, but that's not really a practical plan. It's just basic logic people, obviously Al Qaeda is more open to whisking away a blindfolded journalist in the dead of night with six guns pointed at his head to an unknown cave to talk to Osama than they are to do the same with a Navy Seal or some shit. Even if a government agent DID manage to get close to Osama by the same means Spurlock or other journalists do, they would be in no position to make a move.
ccchhhrriiisssm by canopus	Dec 5th, 2007 08:13:07 PM
Are you really that trusting of the government? If Hillary, or any of the democrats win next year, will you still think the government should be able to listen in to private calls without any restrictions? I sure wouldn't, and I'm a democrat. I don't think it's too much to ask that they follow the law, heck, they can even get the warrent retroactively, after they've already done the monitoring, but for some reason they don't want any checks and balances on it. I'm sorry, but I never trust the government implicitly.
I'm really proud of you guys by slone13	Dec 5th, 2007 08:14:14 PM
185 posts and nary a "meh" to be found.
blindfold or not... by wolvenom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:16:43 PM
he knows what country and even the area he was in when whisked away to do an interview.
Anyway, Osama should be captured ALIVE... by Zardoz	Dec 5th, 2007 08:16:53 PM
So he can stand trial and then suffer for his crimes through righteous JUSTICE not VENGEANCE. We don't want him to become an even greater martyr to radical Islamists in death than he is now in life...
systemsbroom... by ccchhhrrriiisssm	Dec 5th, 2007 08:17:43 PM
Name ONE citizen of the United States that was arrested and detained indefinitely. Can you name ONE single person? Was that person guilty of anything that would not have warranted a similar detention during World War II? The "removal of civil liberties" propaganda repeatedly spewed by the liberal extremists in the Democratic Party (like Pelosi) are usually unmentioned by name. They are usually referring to the "phone taps." Since the government is prohibited against using anything in a legal sense except information that is damning to non-citizens, then what "liberties" are being "removed?" It is mere propaganda from the far-left. They feel that if they repeat something often enough (using media coverage), then less educated fools will believe it. You know what? It works. There are some fools (like Rosie O'Donnel) who still believe that 9/11 was an "inside job" by the Bush Administration. It's sad that the libtards' propaganda is so far reaching! Look at the last CNN orchestrated YouTube debate! Half of the questions were asked by known Democratic activists!
Any chance that the US could send their Christian Right over to by Miyamoto_Musashi	Dec 5th, 2007 08:17:58 PM
Can you guys send the Christian Right, you know the idiots who voted for Bush and believe being abusive at funerals of homosexuals, executing people, whilst killing abortion doctors, is what a loving god would want. The world would be a much better place if these crazies took each other out. Think the south of the US would be much more empty as well, plenty of space for the Mexicans etc to live after that come across the border.
Osama Is Goldstein by pockybot	Dec 5th, 2007 08:18:47 PM
It absolutely amazes me how people think Osama is behind 9/11. Even the government says it was Khalid Shaek Mohammed and Mohammed Atta, not Osama who was behind 9/11. Of course, the section chief of the CIA said the white house intentionally let Osama flee the Tora Bora region in Afghanistan in December 2001...where he remains under Pakistani Intelligence protection in Warzaristan to this day.
Favorite words of liberal propagandists... by ccchhhrrriiisssm	Dec 5th, 2007 08:19:28 PM
BUSH is a facist. Bush is evil. The Bush Administration is taking away our civil liberties. Bush is the antiChrist. Bush caused global warming.
If This Is True: Official 9/11 Story is Done For by pockybot	Dec 5th, 2007 08:21:57 PM
If Spurlock really did find Osama, then the official story of 9/11 and the war on terror is done for. It would mean that the 10.59 BILLION given to Pakistan to find Osama, and the trillion plus war on terror(200 billion borroed from China) has not really been going to take out al Qaeda or Osama...in fact, it's seriously doubtful the US government is "incompetent" enough to not find Osama. Saddam in a hole anyone? Why so many people believe Osama by himself blew up three New York highrises and orchestrated 9/11 all by his lonesome is smoking some major CIA imported crack. MSNBC and ABC just outed Guiliani as being business partners with the Qatari elites who sheltered KSM and Osama and funded 9/11. And we know Saudi intelligence and Pakistani intelligenced funded and helped with 9/11. Talk about a setup.
ConquestMelee by leobloom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:22:19 PM
Spurlock's willing to put himself on the line for what? Publicity? Attention? The guy is as much a "serious" documentary maker as Michael Moore is. They're entertainers, the same as Sean Penn or Cloverfield's monster.
Zardoz by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:23:01 PM
Exactly. Place him on trial, and let the whole world see as he rails against the evil of America while we provide him counsel, treat him with efficient dignity, and just basically show the world that, whoa, actually, the US is a pretty fair place. Overshadowed probably by the shock and horror that much of the rest of the world feels in response to the US's glorious and completely non-incompetent liberation of Iraq, but hey, baby steps.
blackbottomlip: by smackfu	Dec 5th, 2007 08:23:50 PM
Do you really think this ccchhhrrriiisssm fucktard has any idea what 'habeus corpus' means?
smackfu by blackbottomlip	Dec 5th, 2007 08:32:27 PM
ha ha! Drew??? man you put the kung fu on him!
you conspiracy nuts are the worst... by wolvenom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:33:16 PM
If i ever meet one of you crazy conspiracy nuts in real life I'll be sure to send you home with a black eye.
ccchhhrrriiisssm by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:38:48 PM
First, are you playing an act here? If so, I'll wink and salute your attempts to troll up some controversy. Second, I don't think that it's necessary to wait for an administration to start arresting US citizens without charges before society has a debate about it, once the administration has announced that that is what it feels it has the authority to do. Third, there is a rather famous citizen of the US who was arrested and held as an enemy combatant, Yaser Esam Hamdi. True, he wasn't held indefinitely, but my point wasn't that US citizens were being held indefinitely--just that the current administration is of the opinion that it has that power. Hamdi was only charged because the administration lost a case before the Supreme Court. Fourth, and finally, comparisons to world war two are inapt. Setting aside the argument that what was wrong then is wrong now, the United States is not in the midst of a world war, except rhetorically. The US faces no existential threat, and neither do any of its allies. Terrorism is a weapon, not an enemy in the classic sense, and the current levels of terrorism facing the US today are much more appropriately handled with well-funded, professional police and intelligence work, not the sort of emergency measures arguably necessary in legitimate wartime.
he keeps others in Pakistan from launching nuclear weapons at In by smackfu	Dec 5th, 2007 08:39:04 PM
No offense to anyone of those particular nationalities, but the only global reprecusions of a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan would be a general consensus of 'wow, too bad for them'. Pakistan is such colossal fuckup of a country that governments all over the world would be going 'well, that's one less thing we have to worry about'...and while India is generally considered to be a benevolent country and ally to many, in all honesty, we really don't 'like' like you, if you know what I mean. It would be sad if you got nuked, but we won't feel sad enough about it to go to war to avenge you.
slone13: Meh by chrth	Dec 5th, 2007 08:39:16 PM

FINDING OSAMA SHOULD BE BUSH'S #1 PRIORITY by TheDohDoh	Dec 5th, 2007 08:45:05 PM
If you disagree, then you are mental. Instead, Bush went after Saddam because he convinced small segments of the American public that he was harboring WMDs and terrorists and thus needed to be removed by the sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. He bullshitted the most malinformed, uneducated parts of America and made them think we were getting two birds with one trillion-dollar stone. Instead, Saddam is dead, Iraq is a fucking mess and always will be, and bin laden is just chilling out and strenghtening his forces. It's agreed that he is probably in Pakistan or Afghanistan. So go get them, or let an adventurous, controversy-seeking documentarian make us all look like jackasses with a rag-tag film crew. There is no conspiracy in what I just said: the country's biggest criminal and enemy (perhaps in the country's lifetime) roams free and is not our focus whatsoever, even after the motherfucker attacked us at home and boldly claims that it was the first of the last blows to our empire. What's so patriotic about Bush not paying the guy any attention? You'd think he'd want to capture the guy and leave a legacy. You'd think the mainstream news would be apeshit these last six years about our government's lethargic search for bin laden. But no. All we have our goddamn conservatives spewing bullshit under the guise that the Iraq War is tied to the fucking Bible and End Times. HOW COME THE WAR ON TERROR DOESN'T SEEM TO INVOLVED CAPTURING, TRYING AND KILLING THIS SONUVABITCH AKA BIN LADEN? THE ENTIRE GODDAMN WAR ON TERROR SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON THAT AS A TOP PRIORITY. Anyone who is pro-Bush can't face that question. Thank you.
Wow! by Ozzie_H	Dec 5th, 2007 08:48:57 PM
This documentary sounds genius. I wonder if the CIA is gonna waterboard him to get the where abouts of his illusive subject.
smackfu by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 08:49:27 PM
Not to be a jerk or anything, but if nuclear war were to embroil the one billion inhabitants of India-Pakistan, the rest of the world would feel pretty enormous repercussions, even if only through impacts to the global economy. But of course, Pakistan and India would do what all other powers have done in major wars--they'd destroy shipping and energy transmission wherever they could, to try to hurt the other side. And so if you can simply shrug off the thought of potentially millions of people dying in nuclear attacks, you might want to consider some of the other impacts. I'm certain that the rest of the world would have to divert enormous resources to ending the conflict, and repairing the damage.
Spurlock not shooting Osama by MC-909	Dec 5th, 2007 08:49:37 PM
Listen to yourselves. Does that sound even plausible? First of all, let's say he did get an interview. Do you think Spurlock made the stipulation that he should be allowed to bring a gun to the interview? Secondly, you've seen Supersize me. Spurlock and his girl are hippies. Do you think they even know how to use a gun?
If you buy the "he did what Bush has failed to do" line... by Frisco	Dec 5th, 2007 08:51:12 PM
...please, just die. And don't breed on the way either. Seriously, some people's moronic children...
grassy knoll assassin by Prossor	Dec 5th, 2007 08:51:16 PM
is badgeman italian or spanish?
JFK conspiracy by Prossor	Dec 5th, 2007 09:01:14 PM
was badgeman italian or spanish?
Good talk by genre.comeback	Dec 5th, 2007 09:13:38 PM
This talkback is actually generating some interesting conversation! I am a liberal (gasp) but I love informed debate, as long as it's kept sane and civil. Basically ccchhhrrriiisssm, you've failed on all counts. I'm going to have to ask you to leave the talkback. If you weren't already insane, you became so the second you compared arresting and detaining citizens without a shred of proof or due process, illegal supervision and invasion of privacy, and the support of torture tactics with the forced neutering of pets. Not only did you compare them, but apparently making a dog into a soprano is worse. Wait a tic... is your real name Lieutenant Barkers? Despite my liberal leanings, I still don't believe the gov't had anything to do with 9-11. For one thing, do you really think a gov't this inept could possibly pull off, in the words of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, "the world's most intricate and flawlessly executed plan ever"? Plus, I just kind of hate conspiracy theories.
hey sensible thought!! by blackbottomlip	Dec 5th, 2007 09:21:09 PM
thanks for that genre.comeback! you know, either way- if spurlock's doc is a joke or serious, this could get ask some much needed questions. I don't see morgan as someone who just goes for show...I mean he is doing a form of entertainment yes...but in that Shakespeare/Oscar Wilde/ well can't think of another social commentator type...rats! Anyhow he seems to want to bring things to attention for people to talk aobut. I, for one, am very curious to see what he's got brewing!
LOUD NOISES! by ebonic_plague	Dec 5th, 2007 09:36:21 PM
This talkback is pointless, you all need to just lock yourselves in the Thunderdome and battle it out like the piggybacked retards you've all demonstrated yourselves to be by participating in this talkback. Uh oh, now I'm condemned to the same fate. Well at least now I get to "debate" Wolvenom in the customary AICN manner: Wolvenom, bring that closed-minded tough guy bullshit to me and I'll kick your ass so hard that your rectum will be writing wistful love letters to my boot. HEY LOOK DENZEL I BE DEBATIN!
Osama was going to appear, but the writer's strike delayed it al by Cletus Van Damme	Dec 5th, 2007 09:39:34 PM

Osama and the Weinsteins couldn't agree on the sequel... by Cletus Van Damme	Dec 5th, 2007 09:40:55 PM
...the Osama tried to kill them for being jews.
...then Osama tried to kill them for being jews. by Cletus Van Damme	Dec 5th, 2007 09:41:33 PM

leobloom by ConquestMelee	Dec 5th, 2007 09:43:01 PM
If he sat with Osama bin Laden, that's a line not many would put themselves on. I understand the criticism toward entertainers taking on causes. When this comes out, if its all a big publicity stunt, I'll be the first to yell boo. But if this speculation proves true, then its possible that Spurlock has made a worthy documentary. It won't be "The War", but it will be entertaining and informative.
people saying he should have killed him by Halfbreedqueen	Dec 5th, 2007 09:44:44 PM
ASSUMING he actually found anything groundbreaking for this docu and ASSUMING that groundbreaking stuff included an interview which I highly doubt, mainly because of the way they are hyping this (if they got the interview clips would be everywhere as a tease and the debate would be raging on all fronts because even though bin Laden isn't that important anymore, he is still a symbol, and icon of evil for America.) so yeah, ASSUMING all that, a) HE WOULDN'T HAVE WEAPONS, and b) it's not his responsibility to kill him. and as someone else mentioned above, I don't want us to kill bin laden. he hasn't earned that. that would make him a martyr. he deserves a small jail cell for the rest of his life, which ironically the caves are similar to. i'm betting he's dead now anyways. the US has way bigger problems than bin Laden right now.
SO I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH OSAMA by J-Dizzle	Dec 5th, 2007 09:52:04 PM
He said, "Spurlock iz teh awesomo!"
Ashok0 by systemsbroom	Dec 5th, 2007 09:53:12 PM
Would that that were true. While I agree that those who think Bush is trying to take over the world are obnoxious and counterproductive, the Bush administration has had a whole lot more than "some" bad policies, and the US will be paying for it for a long time to come. Just look at the studies concerning the present sunk cost of the Iraq war--most of them put the pricetag (including direct costs, costs of repairing/replacing military hardware, medical costs for the injured, lost productivity, and financing on the money borrowed to pay for it) in the trillions of dollars. Consider that, for a moment. Trillions. You could build and endow several Harvard-class universities in every state in the country for that amount, and give a generation of kids free tuition to attend. You could build not just a base but a city on the moon. You could make sure medicare and medicaid are solvent forever. You could create hyperbroadband internet infrastructure, and deliver it to every person in the country. You could fund research into unimaginable advances in medicine, energy, etc. You could pay off a healthy chunk of the national debt. Or you could give it back to the taxpayers. Missed opportunities. But consider that before you suggest that "we were better off with him than without him."
I hate conspiracy theories too by ebonic_plague	Dec 5th, 2007 09:58:25 PM
Especially the implausible ones, like a bunch of stooges flying planes into buildings which are then magically free of plane wreckage and then implode and crumble in a manner consistent with controlled demolition, featuring Saddam plotting all this with his good buddy Bin Laden. Who buys into this bullshit? Have fun condescending, friends!
I Like Spurlock by Memnoch71	Dec 5th, 2007 10:02:28 PM
I hope he does shed some light on OSB, the Hunt for him and everything that entails. I know, how silly of me to actually comment on the actual Documentary Film in a Talkback forum on a Website dedicated to films....
ebonic_plague by Memnoch71	Dec 5th, 2007 10:04:34 PM
keep on drinking the Cool-Aid. I'm sure your Lithium will kick in any minute now....
Articles like this are free publicity and hype by Bobo_Vision	Dec 5th, 2007 10:08:32 PM
He's basically taken the Michael Moore formula of old from documentaries like "Roger and Me", where, whether he talks directly to Bin Laden or not, the entire film serves as a look into what it takes to find Bin Laden, what the U.S. is doing to find him, and whether such a feat is plausible, the resources put towards finding him, and those towards distractions of war in other countries, and so forth. The question of whether or not he finds him creates the suspense and the hype in order to get a big draw to the theaters. I'm sure box office will have a huge drop after the initial week when people hear that he doesn't actually find Bin Laden, but if the movie is well made, there still might be enough buzz to earn some decent cash, and give the Weinsteins a solid return on their investment.
Why did it take.... by Chairman_Kaga	Dec 5th, 2007 10:12:36 PM
This long for some "Truther" loons to show up?
JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH SPRURLONK by Kurzinski Valentine	Dec 5th, 2007 10:25:51 PM
He said Osama tastes like PUSSY COATED CHOCOLATE MILK with a dash of CUNT GRAVY.
suckers by vicious_bastard	Dec 5th, 2007 10:49:53 PM

This is complete bullshit. If it WAS true, However... by uss cygnus	Dec 5th, 2007 10:51:55 PM
The man should be arrested, tried, convicted and executed. He is guilty of treason against the United States of America. We have all the time in the world, OBL doesn't, but WE do.
If that's what the government said happened, Ashok by ebonic_plague	Dec 5th, 2007 11:01:38 PM
...you'd probably believe it. I'm not going to waste any more time on you or the other talkback scholars, but suffice it to say, the only thing I truly believe about the events of 9-11 is that the official version of the story is not the truth. Have a sincerely wonderful life, you enlightened internet champion of wisdom and truly biting sarcasm.
You know this kind of makes me wonder... by That 70s Venom	Dec 5th, 2007 11:06:20 PM
... why didn't the U.S. Government give a journalist or documentary filmmaker a tracking device and then he pushes a button when he finds Osama and then they know where Osama is and then the journalist can leave a tracking device where he interviewed Osama, leave the area, and let the military carpet bomb Osama's lair. *IF* this whole thing is true, but I doubt it.
4 minute clip online......not Bin Ladin by loureed	Dec 5th, 2007 11:08:28 PM
BUT....there is a shitload of other funny stuff.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vDMN9Qdgl5A
systemsbroom by smackfu	Dec 5th, 2007 11:13:59 PM
I can imagine a few economic reprecusions. Mainly, the western world would either have to find another 3rd world country to exploit for slave labor, or perhaps bring the jobs back to their respective countries. As far as Pakistan goes...I can't think of a single positive contribution they bring to the world. I'm sure there may be one or 2, I just can't think of any at the moment.
WOW. by Mr. Nice Gaius	Dec 5th, 2007 11:19:39 PM
Funny how just one Talkback that references Bin Laden (and 9/11) will bring out certain Talkbackers that haven't been heard from in ages. With pockybot's arrival, I won't be surprised if AGE IIX and an emissary from PrisonPlanet make an appearance.
GUYS by Prossor	Dec 5th, 2007 11:20:11 PM
badgeman: italian or spanish? I WANT TO KNOW.
zfisk/homewrecker... by Mr. Nice Gaius	Dec 5th, 2007 11:20:34 PM
I know you're watching...
You guys are missing the obvious... by tailhook	Dec 5th, 2007 11:23:39 PM
Spurlock probably interviewed Bin Laden via webcast. I seriously doubt it was face to face. a) He's not going to get kidnapped for the interview and b) Bin Laden has no reason to let any American that close. Al-Quada simply finds a place to setup a webcast... calls Spurlock(who probably hasn't even left the US) with the web address.. do the interview for 15-20 minutes, and Bin Laden then gets immediately moved with the connection taken down. No muss, no fuss... Al-Qaeda gets free PR from Spurlock and Spurlock gets his movie deal and a trip to federal court on aiding the enemy charges. Hope he likes federal pound-you-in-the-ass prison.
The Omaha Shopping Mall Shooting Today... by That 70s Venom	Dec 5th, 2007 11:26:27 PM
... did anyone else notice how the gunman's name was Rob Hawkins? The main character from Cloverfield is Rob Hawkins too. Could this be another Cloverfield clue? What is that crazy J.J. Abrams up to this time!?!?!??!
Cloverfield/Omaha Mall Shooting by That 70s Venom	Dec 5th, 2007 11:27:58 PM
See look, the shooter's name is Rob Hawkins, same as the main character from Cloverfield. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W estroads_Mall_shooting
Bush Will Be Chillin' at his Mega Green Enviro-Friendly Ranch by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 11:29:36 PM
In 2009. While Gore floods the world with carbon-dioxide and excuses himself because he's bought carbon credits . . . from himself.
You Guys are Missing the Obvious . . . by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 11:31:05 PM
Spurlock couldn't eat three sausage-egg-and-cheese biscuits without barfing. He didn't frickin' interview Osama Bin Ladin.
If Journalists Were Supposed to Shoot Bad Guys . . . by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 11:34:13 PM
They'd all show up packing to the Whitehouse press conferences and shoot Bush, because they think he's the biggest most evilest sumbich in the world, next to Darth Cheney. And all the 9/11 conspiracy theorists and we're-losing-all-our-rights alarmists can get in a big circle with the Clinton-is-murdering-people and Democrats-are-going-to-outlaw- Christianity folks and jack yourselves off. Bring some tissue!
Gabba-UK, I know this is late by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 11:37:38 PM
But just so you know, pretty much all of us who voted for Bush think most of you folks in the UK are leftist twits with your heads so far up your own arses you pass out every time you fart. Seriously, worry about your own elections, and bugger off.
Morgan Spurlock Should Have Performed a Citizens Arrest by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 11:41:22 PM
And kept Osama there until Andy and Barney showed up to take him to the Sheriff's office.
Ashok0 by kevinwillis.net	Dec 5th, 2007 11:44:48 PM
There was no evidence of planes hitting those buildings! Except for the thousands of gallons of jet fuel and giant chunks of fuselage and entire jet engines and the film footage of, I dunno, planes flying into the buildings from a dozen different angles. And then, obviously Bush had Haliburton perform a controlled demolition of the Twin T

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Did Morgan Spurlock sit down interview with Osama? More importantly - did he whip out a .45 and shoot him?