Gaddafi killed as Libya’s revolt claims hometown

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on Thursday as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown Sirte, Libya’s interim rulers said. Mother always told us if we can’t say something good about someone, don’t say anything. So here goes nothing.

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  • I'm glad he's dead. He deserved every ounce of pain they gave him. NOW...What worries me is Hillary & "O" going over there and wheelin & dealing. You know they will scam something up and of course the U.S. will have to do a bailout. We might want some oil but we have plenty right here even tho our socialist/marxist won't let us build back our energy again. Come 2012--that will all change.

  • The MSM is full of praise for Obama's latest foreign policy victory. Compare and contrast their reaction on the capture of Saddam Hussein.

    Meanwhile what has happend to Gadaffi's all-female suicide attack batallion?

    Congradulations to our British and French allies for their efforts.

  • The talking heads are already saying that this will send a message to
    Assad in Syria that he doesn't want to end up like his Libyan buddy.

    The question is this: After Assad, who's next? The Saudis?

    • I'm sure the hot chick brigade donned burkhas and snuck out of town long ago, PC. Women like that are NOT welcome in an Islamic theocracy. We do, however, have room for some more of them in San Diego, if they need a place to house the refugees.

      • I'd offer them free housing, but wife would have a fit. She's a hot chick brigade all on her own, with red hair and fire in her eyes.

        Maybe they can live in the shed with your rocking horses -- if RHG's shed is rockin' don't come knockin'.

  • If Obama and the libs supported the rebels you can bet they aren't "moderate sane Muslims".
    The "party of love" is already taking credit for the coup de grass like Obama personally pulled QDaffy's plug.
    Next will come "reparations" and an apologies from Obama sealing the deal

  • These idiots and their cell phone cameras. As if the quality isn't shitty enough to begin with, they haven't grasped the concept of holding the darn things steady for even a few seconds. Oh well. In their religious fervor fever they can't stand still. Happy happy! "Bring in the infidels while we're frenzied!"

    It sure looks like him, or one of the many look-a-likes he reportedly had. This bloody bag of crap appears quite spent indeed.

  • While I'm not sad to see Muammar go, the zealots of the religion of peace will take over, and then watch France really squirm when they shut the oil off.