Bruce Willis Offers Million Dollar Bounty for Osama or Zarqawi

[ECH1969]

A report to be published Saturday says that Demi Moore's ex will pony up a million cash to any civilian who turns in the terrorist scum.

The hairless Hollywood he-man announced his bounty offer on MSNBC's "Rita Cosby: Live and Direct" this week.

Willis also revealed he was in talks to make a movie about the Deuce Four, the soldiers whose heroic exploits have been chronicled by embedded blogger Michael Yon.

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_27261601.shtml

[applegrove]

1. So now that makes - $21 Million for Osama? If that was going to work

it would have already.

[0007]

16. I thought it was 25 mil before the Willis offer? n/t

[applegrove]

57. I was not keeping count. Could be. Don't know.

[publius_jr]

58. HEEEEEEE - HAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW

I FEEL LIKE I'M BACK IN TEEEEEXXXXXXASSS!!!

THE OL' WIILLL' WEESTTT!

[leveymg]

2. He's Arnold without the musclemass and sense of humor

Willis is trying to become a public figure but lacks the charisma. So he's trying to buy his way in.

He's a nowhere man.

[Dying Eagle]

3. Hey Bruce

How about donating a million to disabled or homeless veterans. Oh wait that wouldn't be good for the "Die Hard" image. Fuck him.

[Hardrada]

4. Why didn't he do that right after 9/11

so we need not have sent troops over there, eh??

[wtmusic]

6. Better yet, why not go over there and fight

I know, I know...other priorities. :eyes:

[LeighAnn]

11. He tried! He tried!

I just read last week or so that he tried to enlist during Gulf I but was too old :(

I remember during the start of this Iraq war there was talk of him wanting to go fight for oil, I remember Bill Maher saying that he was told by the Administration that they would consider it if they couldn't get Vin Diesel.

If he's so hell bent on being in on the action, why doesn't he take a job with Halliburton or something, become a merc? Or why doesn't he just simmer down and wait to get offered one of the many parts for older Sergeant types in any of the hundreds of Iraq War movies they will start churning out over the next decade?

[wtmusic]

29. Well that takes him a notch above the other armchair warriors

and at least shows he's willing to fight for what he believes (however egregious his beliefs may be)...

[Carolab]

5. Those two are priceless to the regime.

It keeps us over there and feeds the war machine.

You'll have to ante up a bit more than that, Bruce.

[freeplessinseattle]

7. reminds me of Bill Maher's comment

a long time ago about how silly it was to double the reward for info about Osama, as if dirt poor people are going to say "hmm, 50 thousand isn't worth it, but 100 thousand is". just illustrates how neo-cons think everything can be solved with money.

[Nabia2004]

45. Good point, but what about mercenaries?

Why hasn't a team of professionals gone after this pot of gold? Just goes to show how this war on terror is as phony as Bush's Texas accent.

[TaleWgnDg]

8. Oh, the indignation of Osama to be at the same *level* as is Zarqawi!!

[ECH1969]

9. Osama could do something about it

and get headlines again instead of sitting in a cave in the middle of nowhere, but I think he is more then content to retire with his life and his legend in tact.

[upi402]

10. and who else is he putting a contract on? Is this confirmable?

It's a crime, no?
Judge, movie star, executioner.

[neuvocat]

12. Buy some body armor for the troops instead, asshole!

What a clueless, sorry ass schmuck. It won't do any good to get rid of Zarqawi because someone else will just take his place. Bin Laden was on a dialysis machine and after being chased around all over the place it is very likely he couldn't stay connected to it after a while and probably is now dead. But did Bruce Willis ever figure that out? Oh no! He's too busy being a big action hero to spend any time thinking. Its so obvious he's never done anything meaningful in his life or otherwise he wouldn't be thinking up stupid shit like this.

[drdtroit]

39. "Buy some body armor for the troops"

That would involve actually having to pony up the money. This way it's a sure bet he'll never have to cough up the mil. Why do I hate these people (hubris exponents) so much???

[truthisfreedom]

13. Bruce should stick to acting.

act, baby. and shut up.

[termo]

14. Bruce next US president ...

he has the style already :o)

[lanlady]

15. so what's stopping Willis

from becoming a merc? Oh, I see. He's busy making a movie. Priorities, priorities.

[anotherdrew]

17. how will bruce feel after his hired gun off's a CIA asset?

off's rather than outs.

[no_hypocrisy]

18. Let Diehard Bruce do it himself and save the $1 million.

[0007]

19. What a guy! Poor fish.....

[Neshanic]

20. You know Bruce....tell your publicist to get a clue.

[henslee]

21. What a putz.

[warrior1]

22. He ain't stupid

he knows Osama is dead and Zarqawi is made up. But boy does he look like a he-man now. Take that Mrs. Wil..I mean Mrs. Kutcher..shoot

[cantstandbush]

59. Must be making a new movie and drumming up audience. n/t

[Algorem]

23. all that dough and his wife still runs away with a teenager?

[lostnfound]

54. yeah, well, maybe she's a bit more COMPLEX nt

[Spinzonner]

24. Looking to get a Fatwa for the ads for his next movie

[Kahuna]

25. What a dope. If 25 mil isn't enticing, how does he figure a measly

1 mil is enticing.

[rpannier]

26. So if 25 mill isn't hasn't done squat

1 million is gonna do what??? Other than give Willis free publicity.

[leesa]

27. What an idiot. He thinks he's in one of his anti-Muslim movies.

[symbolman]

28. Here's an IDEA for Brucie Woosie

Since he's a big strong tough guy, why don't he do his country a favor and head on over to the Middle East, dressed up as a terrorist with all the make up (he can afford that for sure) needed to make him presentable as an ARABIC MUSLIM (and no insults to NICE Muslim Arabs), dye his skin, wear a black beard and a turbin, and then HE can TRACK OSAMA DOWN HIMSELF!

C'mon Bruce, I'm sure the US Govt would issue you a "multi-pass" and you could spent countless hours FLEEING FROM AMERICAN TROOPS who would bomb, strafe, machinegun, call in gunships, smartbombs, use IED's on his Pink ASS (turn him upside down and there is NO difference, even the "breath" smells the same) until there as nothing left that couldn't be picked up with a Handi Wipe and a Stick..

It would be "friendly" fire, so that means it's nothing personal when they WASTED HIM for presenting the Wrong Profile - IE, NOT WHITE..

Even Better, wear a BURKA so that you can REALLY go under cover - and don't forget to whip out your harmonica and play some really pathetic "blues" harp to impress the piles of dead people being eaten by dogs and flies who somehow got dead but were civilians so that would mean that WE didn't kill them, they must have left the gas on in their homes in Fallujah while making the "Welcoming" cakes for the troops..

GO GET 'EM Brucie, the best ROLE of your LIFE, er.. death..

Tough talking wussie. You've been in one too many action movies idiot..

If you were a REAL american patriot you'd put a bounty on someone else responsible for the War - but of course you couldn't do that, as you have your monthly Bush ASS LICKING appointments to keep up..

Fuck you Willis.

[Liberal Veteran]

30. Well, gosh...now that it's 26 million instead of 25, I am so there.....

:eyes:

[AX10]

31. "Girly Man" Bruce should go over there and fight then.

I just hate these "action stars". They are the ultimate chickenhawks.

[goforit]

62. He does like to look pretty.........Vanity at its best.

[Straight Shooter]

32. He should give the $1 million to bush and tell him to buy a clue. n/t

[Dogmudgeon]

33. Good for him

Sorry, but both Osama and Zarqawi are bad guys. "Bad" as in death, genocide, executions, torture, and trafficking in human death. Their trails ought to end making a humble plea in front of a judge who is ethical and honorable enough to wear the title. They can also end their lives at the end of some ordnance belonging to one of their many victims. Death or humiliation -- it hardly matters with these guys.

Willis' machismo may not reflect well on his personal dignity, but his heart is in the right place, and I can forgive the muscle flexing with regard to tyrants.

By the way, this doesn't let the Bush junta off the hook, or justify the concussion-informed inanity of the Freepers. Many, vile, and heinous are the sins of BushCo. He is, in most ways, a workaholic in comparison to Osama and Zarqawi, equalling or surpassing their career totals in blood, dollars, and broken victims. Bush will face his own day in front of a judge, Earthly or otherwise.

Maybe some of Willis' kick-ass courage will find its way to call George Bush to account for lying us into a recreational meat-grinder of a rich man's war and turning the world against us in ridicule. Yeah, I'll bust Bruce's nut on that one, and I'll probably have to get in line to do it. But not when it comes to Osama and Zarqawi.

--p!

[Flammable Materials]

34. Go find him yourself, Mr. Die Hard

You've got the money, Senor Bad-Ass.

"Hairless Hollywood He-Man". Yeah, sums it up.

[maryallen]

35. Billy Joe Bad-Aaassss!!!.

[pinniped]

36. This chumpo wasn't He-man, Dolph Lungren was.

.

[DrZeeLit]

37. Nice stunt. He must reallllllly need the publicity. Movies bombing l/r.

Yeah, well...

In a cavern, in a canyon,
Exacavating for a (land) mine
Stood a Mulah
With some moolah
And his trusty carabine

(oh well, worth a try... tee hee)

Bruce... get a life, man.

[joefree1]

38. Who's Bruce Willis?

Is he the guy Sylvester Stallone will fight in Rocky 6?

[uniden]

40. thank you lord

I was going to get them, but $25 million wasn't enough. Will report back in a week or so.

[CJCRANE]

41. Notice that it's for any "civilian", not soldier n/t

[SomewhereOutThere424]

42. Wow, so many negative comments

Saying pay for the vets or pay for the soldiers armor...but since when has there been a DU fundraiser for doing any of that? WE just say we'll donate to our candidates, even if we don't know they'll win...so why spit on someone else trying to do something?

I'm hoping this starts a trend. Bruce is the first, if we treat this with positive rapport instead of negative, more may follow, making the government's bounty seem like chicken feed. THAT is when we'll catch osama, as the government obviously wants him alive and in the dirt.

[yorgatron]

43. the ONLY reason Bruce made this offer is because he knows

he'll never have to pay it.
he should donate that million to a fund for body armor,or to a veterans organization.

[sonicx]

47. there's already a multi-million dollar bounty on both

Bruce wants publicity. He's also a Bush cheerleader.

BTW, last time I checked, Bruce Willis was a millionare celebrity and DU was a an Internet message board full of working and middle class people. I wonder who'd be better at buying body armor for the troops? :eyes:

[Psephos]

61. Yeah, mockery is fun

Good point about DUers pitching in. Forget the body armor; write a letter to a soldier instead.

http://soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php

Come on, Keyboard Kommandos. It's especially meaningful this time of year...

Peace

[Danieljay]

44. Well big bad Brucey should got out and find them himself!

[Chicago Democrat]

46. That is nice, Bruce... Now give to Democrats who opposed this mistake war

really, very touching..


Every single damn hollywood millionair needs to give to anti-war Democratic candidates and that would be the best way to turn their ez money into world peace!

[cire4]

48. Prediction: Osama and Zarqawi still won't be captured

Such a typical wealthy American mindset....Thinking you can just throw a bunch of money at the problem and the problem will disappear....Ha.

What Bruce Willis (and anyone else who offers a reward for OBL's capture) do not understand is that some people in the world just cannot be motivated by money. Anybody who has any sort of connection to bin Laden or Zarqawi is going to be a part of this group of people.

And capturing OBL will not change a damn thing. The wheels are already in motion. He has successfully launched a worldwide Islamic insurgency that acts completely independent of him. Capturing him will not stop terrorism...In fact, it will probably cause more young men to take up arms and pursue martyrdom.

[Ian David]

49. Didn't another private citizen get five months home confinement for that?

Some other private citizen who worked for a mercenary company was bankrolling a team to go after Bin Laden and got less jail time than Martha Stewart and a fine of something like $5,000.

Anyone remember the details?

[Ian David]

50. Bruce Willis is a Republican donor... and manages a Wal-Mart in Nashville

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=willis%2C+bruce&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2006=Y&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&Order=N

Must be a different Bruce Willis?

Actually, I couldn't find political donations for the Bruce Willis on either OpenSecrets.org or NewsMeat.com .

I've started a new thread of jokes about someone who works at Wal-Mart and is named Bruce Willis.


New thread: Jokes about Bruce Willis, Wal-Mart Manager:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4290776

[ECH1969]

51. Is it legal for a US citizen to put a bounty on someones head?

[Ian David]

52. It SHOULD be if the government is already offering one

It shouldn't be legal to offer a bounty on anyone who isn't already "wanted" by the government.

For example, it should not be legal for an American citizen to put a bounty on Hugo Chavez. It should be legal for an American citizen to put a bounty on Whitey Bulger or Osama Bin Laden-- neither of whom the government actually wants to find, but has still offered a bounty on.

I'm not sure what the law actually is, though.

But wouldn't it be a cool thing to see a bunch of wealthy Democrats put together an expedition to capture Bin Laden without the aid of the American military? Then Bush wouldn't be able to get any of the credit, and they wouldn't be able to keep him from telling everything he knows? I'm not saying anyone should do that. Just that it might be interesting to see if it did happen.

[TheDonkey]

53. what a douche

the best imaginary $1 million he could spend to help ressurect a flagging career.

[Andrushka]

55. "The hairless Hollywood he-man..."

Hair is not the only thing he's missing up top.

[Ilsa]

56. Isn't there $10mil & $25mil on Zarqawi's and Osama's heads already? eom

[otohara]

60. We Occupy Iraq & Afghanistan

and still can't find these two guys. Bush doesn't want these guys caught - dumbass actor thinks Iraqi's care about money, shit they're just trying to stay alive.