Twitterverse Reacts to Bin Laden’s Death

Twitter erupted with reaction on word of  Osama bin Laden's death Sunday night.  Twitter says that more than 4,000 tweets per second were being sent at the beginning and end of President Obama's speech.

Perhaps the Twitter reaction to the news of bin Laden's death was best summed up by users who tweeted an old quote by Mark Twain: "I've never wished a man deadh, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." Here are some more interesting tweets:

• Keith Urbahn (Rumsfeld Chief of Staff): "So I'm told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden. Hot damn."
• Anderson Cooper: "Ed Henry of CNN reporting Osama killed in mansion outside Islamabad.  Wow,  if true that is stunning,  and Pakistan has some explaining to do"
• The White House: "President Obama:  'I can report to the American people and to the world, that the US has conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden."
• HitFix's  Daniel Fienberg: "In conclusion, Mr. Trump, your 15 minutes are up. My name is Barack Obama and I AM the President.
• Drew Carey:  "Crazy how the world just went from b&w to technicolor. Ding Dong Osama's dead."
• Jim Carrey: "Wow! They killed the Boogieman! I felt something was in the air tonight! Bin Laden ear over! S'next??"
• Colin Hanks: "When you run out of the house to join the Osama is dead rally in D.C., when does grabbing the beach ball cross your mind as a good thing?"
• Piers Morgan: "Far too early to say, as some commentators are, that War on Terror is now 'over.' It's not."
• CNN's Suzanne Malveaux: "Obama got Osama."
• Lindsay Lohan:  "Go USA!"
• Albert Brooks: "Trump demanding to see Bin Laden death certificate."