Birdbrains by Thom Bluemel for May 03, 2011

Thank you Thom……………………

How very appropriate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And, the face in the cloud is for ALL of our Firefighters lost in this senseless event!!!!

Now that we got our man we can soon get out of Afghanistan I hope.

That’s the plan, but it takes time to execute unless you want to wind up as bad off as before. At least the U.S.A. is happy, 9/11 and other terrorism survivors are happy, and the fish in the Arabian Sea are happy.

That’s one down… But it’s no more a solution in 2011 than it was in 1805.

Thank you Thom….nice tribute! We will never forget!

Thanks, Thom

Thank you THOM. I count over 3,000 smiling faces and feel no need for medication.

Er THOM, how did you this published in a day?

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. I’ll be over here with the rest of the morons.

Thanks Thom

May I add an AMEN! Let us never forget our Heros of 9/11!

I see around 3,000 faces too, Lew.

Wonderful tribute, Thom!

Yes we got the man, and how many others will there be after him? This ain’t over folks, I think it’s just the beginning.

Awesome, Thom.

We will never forget. We still have a long way to go and our service men and women are still not out of danger.

Thank you, Thom.

Thom, you are TIMELY!!!

A new day, a new chapter!

I see 3000 faces, but in particular - 2, who were on the 90th floor of 2 WTC. May everyone, RIP.

Thank you Thom, for your inspiration.

Yes, thank you Thom. But I also agree with Dry. Seeing all those young people chanting and celebrating in the street (although this one success won’t matter a hill of beans in their lives, and they probably don’t really remember 911). I can remember the ends of many wars - now WWI when rationing ended- THAT was something personal!

Thank you, Thom, for a wonderful tribute.

To ALL the people at ground zero, those who rushed to help them, the people on flight 93 and to the people who loved them.

Dear Birdbrainiacs,

I was conflicted about the ending of bin Laden. On the one hand, I’m happy we have triumphed and eliminated such an evil enemy. On the other hand, the killing of any person is a terrible thing. I think it’s about 90/10 in favor of the former, but when I asked myself what I think we should be focused on, what I came to mind was the reason for eliminating that pile of scum.

That reason is the unjustified killing and loss of many innocents in the airplanes, the Twin Towers, in the fire departments, police departments, rescue departments, the military and more. I run this cartoon every Sept. 11 and I will do so again this year, but it is especially poignant and important we rememeber WHY our valiant military took out the trash.

Thank you all for your kind comments. We ALL lost a little piece of our national soul on that horrific day; perhaps now, we have obtained a little bit of the justice we deserve.

God bless America and all of you!

And thank you for reading this weirdly updated cartoon,

Thom

RCMinor, I will not comment on the cartoon - it should leave us with mixed emotions.

However, your assertion that all that waterboarding is what made this possible is not supported. One former Bush administration official said it, but that doesn’t make it true. If they had found that information by torture, they would have known it years ago - which they admit they didn’t. They discovered couriers in recent months and followed them. The compound had been there 5 years.

Will all the questions raised by 9-11 ever be answered?

American soldiers have been “questioned” in many wars although they were in uniform. Taking actions against an enemy while not in uniform is universally considered spying. I see no problem in “questioning ” spies.

I doubt bin Laden would have allowed himself to be taken alive. Either way, we are rid of one evil man. So many more to go.

obl was killing people in other countries too not sorry he’s dead, but i’m sorry for all his victims

I understand the need for a sense of justice and bin Laden’s death is certainly that. But we all know that this is just the beginning of a new reign of terror from those who will avenge his death.

May God have mercy on us all. We can only hope that no one else is a diabolical as he was.

Thank you Thom for a fitting tribute.