After being so certain for the past three years that Osama bin Laden had been atomized by the blast of a daisy cutter in Tora Bora, I admit to some disappointment that he’s still consuming oxygen and frightening small children.

But look on the bright side. Instead of never knowing the truth, now we may get to see this creature captured or killed for good and all.

If Bush is re-elected.

Osama’s latest speech was an eerie echo of many of John Kerry’s campaign points; the “My Pet Goat” reference, the references to Bush “deceiving America,” etc. So far I’ve only seen excerpts from the speech; I’ll bet that when a full transcript comes out there will be even more examples of this disturbingly parallel viewpoint.