Of course, the Squirrels mourned.
James Jay Lee, the militant environmentalist who took hostages at Discovery Networks headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland today, was shot and killed by police today just before 5 p.m. According to Breaking News:
Update on #Discovery: Sources tell NBC’s Pete Williams the suspected gunman is dead.
Not exactly the most detailed update, but I don’t think lone whack jobs have a high rate of survival against SWAT teams. Lee’s three hostages are all safe and out of the building.
Well, that was a wild and crazy afternoon, huh? I’m glad this ended more or less happily, otherwise I would have felt pretty bad about all those jokes I made when reading Lee’s manifesto. Rest in peace, James Lee. You were a criminal madman, but I will always respect your hatred of TLC’s baby-crazy programming. You will live on in my memory and these squirrel Photoshops I’m working on.
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At least he knows how to go out on top, something those American Chopper dips don’t understand.
I can’t wait for these photoshops.
Well, at least he won’t be contributing to the overpopulation problem.
I like turtles.
Attention future crackpots: I live in southeastern PA. Like, less than an hour from Kate Gosselin. I will pick you up at the Philly airport and drive you there. Let’s leave the innocent out of this and go straight to the source.
We all know that “Of course, the Squirrels” will be the new meme hotness.
@ Punch
Yeah, I’m going to drive this motherfucker into the ground. Then it will get played out, and everyone will be all, “Ugh, not the ‘of course, the Squirrels’ thing again.” Then, 6-8 months later, one of us will sneak it back in, and will receive +1′s and fawning praise by Matt, fellow commenters…
and, of course, the Squirrels.
+1 DG
/too soon?
R.I.P. Beautiful Jimmy Lee. Only The Good Die Young They Say. Our Brightest Stars Burn The Hottest And Are Extinguished far Too Soon. I Hope Heaven Has Enough Animals And Open Space For You. Every time I Don’t Have A Baby I’ll Think Of U.
Zero parasite kids … two hearts … froggies.
Connected in love.
Of course, the squirrels.
Affirmed.
/Dee Mirich’d
What he did wasn’t perhaps the best idea, but he did have the right concepts. This planet is overpopulated, we can’t sustain 6.6 Billion people. And we’re building cities, to house the overpopulated planet. Yet people don’t think about the animals that are forced to extinction when the cities grow.
Good concept Mr. Lee, sad to see you went about it in the wrong way.
Since when has WG become poetry?
//gives rose to everyone in the comments
Rest in pieces… BITCH!
“He who loves his neighbour, loves God; and he who loves God, loves himself”, said St. Anthony the Great. And the reverse is also true. May James Lee rot in Hell.