At 11:55 AM 8/12/2004, Dave Howe wrote:
of course someone *really* cynical might think they already had him,
but needed to spring a billion towards shrub's reelection campaign
S that's not supposed to happen until October...
Adam Back wrote:
Maybe Bin Laden would turn himself in in
Yeah, about as brilliant as a turd. Didn't they recently call Al-Qaeda's
network a hydra? correct me if I don't recall my Ancient Greek myths, but
when you cut off one head on the hydra, two more grow back, so are we to
assume that future heads that grow back will carry such bounties?
A
Maybe Bin Laden would turn himself in in return for a billion $ for
his cause (through a middle-man of course).
Seem to remember that Bin Laden was relatively wealthy himself (100
M$?), but you'd have to balance these rewards to not be too
excessively much more than net worth of the individual.
Nah, if Bush already had him in a hole somewhere to produce him just in
time for the elections, he'd collect the billion for himself as his
personal reward.
--Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos---
+ ^ + :Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are
With the possibility of earning a $1 billion bounty, however,
professional Bin Laden hunting firms would form, allowing the U.S. to
enlist the efficiency and creativity of the free market in our fight
against Osama.
This is brilliant, worthy of being called channelling Tim M. As it
relies
