A BROKEN MACHINE

The following is a collage of Facebook statuses immediately following Osama bin Laden’s death.  I took these from my personal Facebook newsfeed.  Some are interesting, others disagreeable, and more that are downright vulgar.  Very interesting stuff.

1. going down to ground zero. Such a historic night!

2. good luck in 2012 republicans

3. Bin Laden dead? Time for celebratory pudding

4. Headshot! I say they recover the bullet and put it on the tip-top of the new world trade center.

5. Osama is dead finally — its about time that guy made friends with some bullets

6. So does this mean we can finally bring all of our troops home and slash our military spending?

7. Holy shit Micheal Jackson is dead guys!!!

8. Good day! not only was Osama taken care of, but Cracked.com told me we found the answer to What came first: The chicken or the egg!!! CHICKEN FOR THE WIN!!!

9. America! Fuck Yeah!!

10. 2 wars and millions of dead innocent civilians is not fucking justice you fucking neo-con.

11. “Justice has been done”

12. In the words of Team America – “Americaaa, FUCK YA”

 13. That’s some real-life SOCOM right there

14. I thought Obama’s speech about getting Bin Laden was terrific. He totally gained rep with me on that one.

15. It’s Bin nice knowin’ ya.

16. Osama Bin Laden killed! Good and Hidtoric day for America!

17. God, can’t imagine how sick it would have been to be a part of that mission

18.  According to all of my friends on Facebook, Osama Bin Ladin is dead. Way to go America!

19. Oh hey day that will go down in history.

20. I bet al Qaeda is pretty damn pissed right now…

 21. Yay! have fun in hell Bin Laden!!!

 22. OBL killed on Holocaust Remembrance Day? Coincidence?

 23. so reports say osama is dead…and who can say its really him…we can match his dna to what database? as far as i remember there was suspicion to believe osama went through facial reconstruction/changes to change his appearance/identity..the reports also state that “It was unclear where and how bin Laden was killed and how the U.S. captured his body.” So you decide…dead or alive??

 24. one unnecessary war later and we finally killed the one person we should have been intently searching for the whole time.

25. I just killed Osama on the the Afgan map with a noob tube! (Modern Warfare 2 reference for all you n00bs)

26. Bin Laden must have had his actual location listed on his PSN account.

27. Anyone else feel like they need to be playing the theme song from Team America right now? Hell yeah we got him

28. damn now I can’t grab $25 mill for finding Osama

29. The most well known former CIA agent Osama Bin Laden is dead apparently. Let the absurd shitstorm of “war on terror” propaganda begin anew!!!!! I was wondering when that card was gonna get thrown on the table.

30. the International Hide And Seek Champion was found and killed a few minutes ago. Who’s next? Gadhafi?

31. so I don’t think Michelle Obama will be able to walk straight for a couple of days

32. is adding his status to the chorus of “bin Laden is dead” statuses. I was working on a paper. There goes my focus.

33. The objective, whether right or wrong, has been achieved. We remain, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Hear, hear!

34. Good job, now bring the boys home.

35. devil’s advocate: we are celebrating a death…

36. Happy Day.

37. Hey George! Care if we borrow that, mission accomplished banner?

38. Since everyone is all American all of a sudden I’m going to see how many Drumsticks I can fit in my mouth. Its America’s favorite ice cream snack! … also I thought no one liked Obama… oh right America just likes the team when they are winning.

39. boom! next.

40. Navy Seals FTW

41. We got em

42. is slightly saddened that it takes yet another death to bring a country together.

43. Bin Laden Bin Killed!!! But why “buried at sea?”

44. British SAS personnel dressed as American solders kills Obama! Nice one.

45. I make 1 phone call to Osama suggesting a school reunion, he gets all “how did you get this number” on me and then this. I feel responsible.

46. America has such a freedom boner right now..

47. Thank God Osama is dead. Jesus can be his judge now.

48. me: [Evan Ryan] is glad bin Laden is dead. No true American isn’t. But it doesn’t justify unjust wars, or over-stepping executive power, or sacrificing relationships with our allies. “Let us think back to the unity following 9/11.” That, my friends, is a markedly dangerous statement.