Ollie was right.

[sketchy]

Anyone remember this ?? It was 1987!

At a lecture the other day they played an old news video of Lt. Col.

Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan Administration.

There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree, but what he said was stunning!

He was being drilled by some senator: "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?"

Ollie replied, "Yes, I did , Sir."

The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, "Isn't that just a little excessive?"

"No, sir," continued Ollie.

"No? And why not?" the senator asked.

"Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir"

Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.

"By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered.

"Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"

"His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.

At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't pronounce it. which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple of people laughed at the attempt. Then the senator continued, "Why are you so afraid of this man?" the senator asked.

"Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of", Ollie answered.

And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.

"Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."

The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was shown of the clip.

The senator turned out to be none other than Al Gore.

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[furie]

urban legend. don't beleive everything you read in email.



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[IkeaBoy]

i remember afterwards Al Gore went scuba diving and was picked up by a plane and dropped on a forest fire.

<a href="http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/north.htm">come on</a>

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[Sheeplovr]

Where's sifl

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[Jackie Sloan]

Yea but before he was scooped up Opie kicked his ass underwater

Hey...your weak will won't help her heal her heart!

[wilee]

It is an urban legend, Gore was never on the panel that questioned Ollie, and the terrorist was a different name
<a href="http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/north.htm">Visit this website</a>

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[TheGameHHH]

I thought Bin Laden was at the actual hearing and everyone took his side instead of Oliver North's.

IT'S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME-AHHH!

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[furie]

see now, I heard that Ollie was concerned, not with bin laden, but with the ghostboy from 3 men and a baby



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[sketchy]

nooooo. i make the rules. ollie was right and gore was there.

oh course its urban legend. i know that. i'm a political junkie i sat home and watched most of the trial. but ithe emails crack me up.

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[jamesdiggy]

Yes, but what did Kookla and Fran have to say about Bin Laden.

Cake or Death? Uh, I'll have the cake please.