The news nets are buzzing with Osama's latest rant. The most entertaining point is the reported lefty content of the speech:

Bin Laden says President Bush's words echo "neoconservatives like Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Richard Perle."

"People of America: the world is following your news in regards to your invasion of Iraq, for people have recently come to know that, after several years of tragedies of this war, the vast majority of you want it stopped. Thus, you elected the Democratic Party for this purpose, but the Democrats haven't made a move worth mentioning. On the contrary, they continue to agree to the spending of tens of billions to continue the killing and war there."

..."It has now become clear to you and the entire world the impotence of the democratic system and how it plays with the interests of the peoples and their blood by sacrificing soldiers and populations to achieve the interests of the major corporations."

...He goes on to call Noam Chomsky "among one of the most capable of those from your own side," and mentions global warming and "the Kyoto accord."

He also speaks to recent issues grabbing headlines in the United States, referring to "the reeling of many of you under the burden of interest-related debts, insane taxes and real estate mortgages; global warming and its woes..."

ABC consultant Richard Perle suggests that Osama's no-longer-gray beard is a fake, meaning he could be clean shaven to alter his appearance. Based on the content of his "Special Comment" video and the latest imaging technology, Exurban League has created a composite of what a clean-shaven Osama bin Laden might look like:



No, doesn't look familiar to me either. What's that "MSNBC" dealie in the lower corner? A new network or something?

UPDATE: A cordial welcome to the Ronin of IMAO! I would have picked up the place if I knew we were having company...