Proof is in the pudding, more challenges

It seems like I was far from alone in my questioning the game plan when it came to handling the death of Bin Laden.  As the day unfolded there were reports of lots of proof being available like post mortem pictures, video and documentation of them dumping the body in the sea.   I’ll be happy to see it if/when it is released.

I heard a couple explanations of why the decision was made to quickly dump the body in the ocean.  They included observing Muslim traditions to avoid additional anger about Bin Laden’s death and denying the extremists the ability to turn his grave into a shrine to amplify Bin Laden’s becoming a martyr.  Personally I don’t think either of these situations will be lessened at all by feeding Bin Laden to the  fishes.

I am very much a “show me” guy in most aspects of my life, hence my desire to see his dead body on display.  I just wish that his death meant something more than a symbolic victory.  This isn’t going to slow down Al Qaeda one iota, if anything I expect a big retaliatory FU to be in the works as I type.

Jeremy has launched yet another physical challenge on Facebook.  You would think he might have learned a lesson based on the results of the last public challenge he issued. (weighted pull ups)  This time Jeremy wants to have a 4 man King of the Beach tournament involving Randall, Tabby, me and himself.

I think his intention is to prove that his volleyball skills have not shrunk as his body weight has grown, despite the stark contrasting results I had playing with him and then Tabby two weeks later.  The way it works is each person takes turns playing games with every other person.  The King is the person that amasses the most total victories.

I did my best to throw some lighter fluid on Jeremy’s fire by predicting that whomever plays with him will lose so in theory that means Randall, Tabby and I will wind up in a 3 way tie.  There is no firm date set for the event as I can’t even consider participating until after the Rumble in late June.