Shamelessly blowing my own horn ;-) - Democratic Underground

Keith Bee

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Tue May-03-11 11:34 PM
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Shamelessly blowing my own horn ;-)

"Did we get bin Laden?" That's what I posted on this forum at 10:31 PM on Sunday, before any of the networks said it, before any other DUer guessed it. The thread is at

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x664435

Unrec at will: I don't mind. I just wanted to get it on the record. :P

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DrToast

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Tue May-03-11 11:38 PM
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1. Nice try, buddy - 10:19 PM over here

Edited on Tue May-03-11 11:43 PM by DrToast

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=664381&mesg_id=664403

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Electric Monk

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Tue May-03-11 11:49 PM
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4. Win

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Clio the Leo

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Wed May-04-11 12:49 AM
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7. You guys are SLOW .... try 10:02....

Edited on Wed May-04-11 12:52 AM by Clio the Leo

http://twitter.com/#!/CliotheLeo/status/64872432720289792

(you have to hover over the date to see the time stamp)

guessed 15mins after Dan Pfeiffer's original Tweet at 9:47....

http://twitter.com/#!/pfeiffer44/status/64868659339866113

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KingFlorez

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Tue May-03-11 11:39 PM
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2. Good call

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alcibiades_mystery

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Tue May-03-11 11:47 PM
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3. I beat you by 8 minutes...but Dr. Toast beat me by 4

Edited on Tue May-03-11 11:49 PM by alcibiades_mystery

Nice try, though.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=664380

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Tx4obama

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Tue May-03-11 11:49 PM
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5. I didn't post anything that night but here at the house we had some guesses the first few minutes

OBL caught/dead
Gaddafi shot/dead
Biden or Gates - death due to heart attack or accident

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scheming daemons

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Wed May-04-11 12:17 AM
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6. If I could "blow my own horn", I'd never leave the house

ba-dum-bum

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applegrove

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Wed May-04-11 01:27 AM
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8. That's what I love about social media... you can find yourself ahead of the news cycle.

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lame54

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Wed May-04-11 08:59 AM
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9. why so wishy-washy...

Edited on Wed May-04-11 08:59 AM by lame54

you should have made a statement and not asked a question

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