The terrifying yet sadly amusing world of Wayne LaPierre
Coming to an America near you!!
I am very, very grateful that I do not live in Wayne LaPierre’s world. Because as described in a new column by the NRA leader, that world is a scary place right out of a Mad Max movie:
“Meanwhile, President Obama is leading this country to financial ruin, borrowing over a trillion dollars a year for phony “stimulus” spending and other payoffs for his political cronies. Nobody knows if or when the fiscal collapse will come, but if the country is broke, there likely won’t be enough money to pay for police protection. And the American people know it.
Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Riots. Terrorists. Gangs. Lone criminals. These are perils we are sure to face—not just maybe. It’s not paranoia to buy a gun. It’s survival. It’s responsible behavior, and it’s time we encourage law-abiding Americans to do just that….
Responsible Americans realize that the world as we know it has changed. We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest or natural disaster.
Since the election, millions of Americans have been lining up in front of gun stores, Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops exercising their freedom while they still have it. They are demonstrating they have a mass determination to buy, own and use firearms. Millions of Americans are using market forces like never before to demonstrate their ardent support for our firearm freedoms. That’s one of the very best ways we can Stand And Fight.”
There’s a quivering, even pornographic quality to LaPierre’s description of the apocalypse that looms ahead. And isn’t it interesting that his recommended solution — BUY MORE GUNS!!! BUY MORE AMMO!!!! PANIC!! – just happens to dovetail with the best interests of his paid masters in the firearms industry.
As he puts it in his closing:
“We will not surrender. We will not appease. We will buy more guns than ever. We will use them for sport and lawful self-defense more than ever. We will grow the NRA more than ever. And we will be prouder than ever to be freedom-loving NRA patriots. And with your help, we will ensure that the Second Amendment remains America’s First Freedom.”
– Jay Bookman
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alex
February 14th, 2013
3:55 pm
Jam vet, as has been stated by others before (Marx brothers), “I wouldn’t be a member of any club that would have me.”
Adam
February 14th, 2013
3:56 pm
TBG: I think if LaPierre is assaulted, it will be by someone who opposed his position and the NRA. Look at the comments here and else where. When it comes to someone advocating violence re: the gun control issue, it’s usually the pro gun control advocate proposing violence against the anti gun control.
I happen to think it equally likely that a mentally ill person might attack him along with several others if he happens to be in the wrong crowded area at the wrong time. And I would place bets that LaPierre having a gun would have done next to nothing to stop or slow the gunman. So far, only instances in which trained officers or law enforcement officials are already around has a gunman been subdued, and even then it’s hit or miss.
StopTheMadness
February 14th, 2013
3:57 pm
“Sure, and you go back to questioning Obama’s birthplace…”
You mean instead of his unsettling affiliations with Marxists, terrorists and racist preachers or his paper thin resume? I think there is an OJ autographed jersey on eBay you might be interested in buying…
Itchy Finger
February 14th, 2013
3:58 pm
TaxPayer
The common public understanding of the origins of the Tea Party is that it is a popular grassroots uprising that began with anti-tax protests in 2009.
However, the study reveals that in 2002, the Kochs and tobacco-backed CSE designed and made public the first Tea Party Movement website under the web address http://www.usteaparty.com. Here’s a screenshot of the archived U.S. Tea Party site, as it appeared online on Sept. 13, 2002:
Tea Party! Grass roots! The “conned” sure live up to that name too.
There’s no such link sport…. I think Media Matter steered you wrong….
That Black Guy
February 14th, 2013
3:59 pm
Lord Help Us
February 14th, 2013
3:28 pm
‘it’s usually the pro gun control advocate proposing violence against the anti gun control.’
Have broad brush…will paint…geez…
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Please explain….
Adam
February 14th, 2013
4:00 pm
Itchy Finger: Drudge posts news articles from legitimate news sources. Just because its an article of fact that makes obama or any dem look bad they ignore it..
Drudge often posts articles with their own headlines that mislead as to the actual article’s content, sometimes even imply the direct opposite of what the article actually says. Drudge posts articles in a biased way, and doesn’t always post from legitimate sources. It does, however, either follow up on or reinforce the talking points of the day. And this is why you should get your news from other sources.
For example, Drudge heavily implied that Hillary could out-primary Obama and might actually do so. That was always false. Drudge also hyped the “unskewed” polls and reinforced the idea that Romney would win in a landslide.
It’s misinformation, pure and simple. Do you get it now?
Itchy Finger
February 14th, 2013
4:00 pm
Even the Bookman Buffoons are getting restless with this blog… The constant bashing of Conservatives just want to root here in the bright red state of Georgia… Oh wait. the last blog said Republicans are a dying breed. Not here bud…
Itchy Finger
February 14th, 2013
4:01 pm
Adam:
Like Media Matters and Daily Cos?
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:01 pm
“Drudge posts news articles from legitimate news sources”
Um. Uh. Yeah. Most of us know that. But for an idiot its much easier to ignore the fact that most drudge articles are simply reprints from credible news sources. If someone is not a terribly bright guy(to put it nicely) and they have a choice between actual debate and mindless drivel such as screaming drudgey spam then what do you really think they’re going to do?
Adam
February 14th, 2013
4:02 pm
Itchy Finger: There’s no such link sport…. I think Media Matter steered you wrong…
Here ya go: http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/tea%20party%20and%20ceed%202.jpg
BTW can’t help but notice you referenced Media Matters as though they misinform. Do you have evidence of this?
StopTheMadness
February 14th, 2013
4:02 pm
“Only occasionally, crybaby.”
It shows, Einstein. Most people might think you wise if you said little, but unfortunately for you, the little you do say demonstrates only a palpable lack of intelligence. I would say up your game, but I don’t think you have much native ability.
That Black Guy
February 14th, 2013
4:02 pm
TBS
February 14th, 2013
3:31 pm
TBG @ 3:28
He wont be the 1st to fall of the “new and improved” wagon.
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Heck, I’m still putting cocabutter on the scars when I fell off and it ran me over.
Hope Jam knows I’m joking. he is a better read now.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 14th, 2013
4:02 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaOyoVS-IAI
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 14th, 2013
4:03 pm
It shows, Einstein.
Bored now.
Adam
February 14th, 2013
4:03 pm
But for an idiot its much easier to ignore the fact that most drudge articles are simply reprints from credible news sources.
It “simply” does no such thing. Yes, it links to articles, but no, it does not “simply” link to articles.
TaxPayer
February 14th, 2013
4:04 pm
A little tea party nostalgia for itchy.
StopTheMadness
February 14th, 2013
4:06 pm
“But for an idiot its much easier to ignore the fact that most drudge articles are simply reprints from credible news sources. If someone is not a terribly bright guy(to put it nicely) and they have a choice between actual debate and mindless drivel such as screaming drudgey spam then what do you really think they’re going to do?”
Drudge does not “reprint” articles – it links to them. It is a so-called “news aggregation” site (upon which the Huffington Post was originally modeled). The headlines on Drudge are often inflammatory, but that doesn’t change the content of the linked articles.
StopTheMadness
February 14th, 2013
4:07 pm
“Bored now.”
Then get out of Spain.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 14th, 2013
4:08 pm
I. T. Middle — “Below is the ordinance is Kennesaw – Since the law was enacted there have been 0 murders. Kennesaws overall crime rate is subtantially lower that the state or national average. Just sayin.. ”
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2007/01/16/kennesaw-gun-ordinance-yet-aga/
Uh Huh....... Never trust a demon who has a hundred motives for what he does 99 of them are malevolent
February 14th, 2013
4:08 pm
LaPierre is FEEDING the demons that possess the mentally
ill by telling them BUY MORE GUNS!!!
BUY MORE AMMO!!!!
PANIC!!
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
That Black Guy
February 14th, 2013
4:09 pm
Brosephus™
February 14th, 2013
3:34 pm
First, I don’t give a bag of frozen monkey nipples what Reagan thought, I’m not a registered republician.
Not even the 5lb family sized bag???
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Nope.
They cook down too much. You start with 5 lbs, but end up with a 1/2 lb of hairy raisins.
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:09 pm
“Drudge posts articles in a biased way, and doesn’t always post from legitimate sources.”
So how does one post an article “in a biased way”? That is an absurd comment. If drudge posts the article and folks want to read the article then it is what it is. There’s no “biasing” an article unless you just post bits and pieces of it only.
“It does, however, either follow up on or reinforce the talking points of the day.”
And other news outlets don’t do the same? You gotta be kidding.
“For example, Drudge heavily implied that Hillary could out-primary Obama and might actually do so. That was always false.”
Um. No Adam. That “implied” opinion is just that- an opinion. Its not false if its just their opinion and not something they are presenting as a fact.
“Drudge also hyped the “unskewed” polls and reinforced the idea that Romney would win in a landslide.”
So what. It was their “opinion” that Romney would win in a landslide. You’re in your 30s and you can’t discern the difference between presenting something as opinion vs fact? Geez.
Itchy Finger
February 14th, 2013
4:09 pm
Adam
February 14th, 2013
4:02 pm
Itchy Finger: There’s no such link sport…. I think Media Matter steered you wrong…
Here ya go: http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/tea%20party%20and%20ceed%202.jpg
BTW can’t help but notice you referenced Media Matters as though they misinform. Do you have evidence of this?
Do you have evidence that the Koch brothers were involved in this???
getalife
February 14th, 2013
4:09 pm
Stop the madness indeed.
Surrender gop and get out of the way of business.
StopTheMadness
February 14th, 2013
4:11 pm
“BTW can’t help but notice you referenced Media Matters as though they misinform. Do you have evidence of this?”
Of course not. Everyone know it is the most objective and truthful news site in existence. How’s the kool-aid, by the way?
Uh Huh....... Never trust a demon who has a hundred motives for what he does 99 of them are malevolent
February 14th, 2013
4:11 pm
Live by the Gun, Die by the Gun
Obama Kills
February 14th, 2013
4:12 pm
How emotional of yall, remember emotions destroy reasoning and yall are proof of that.
bookman and all his cool-aid drinking children need to grow up, the “real world” is a dangerous place.
always has been always will be.
Quit projecting your own inability to control you emoitions and actions on to adult gun owners.
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:12 pm
“The headlines on Drudge are often inflammatory, but that doesn’t change the content of the linked articles.”
Now if only young Adam could understand that.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 14th, 2013
4:13 pm
TBG — “They cook down too much. You start with 5 lbs, but end up with a 1/2 lb of hairy raisins.”
See, this is why you need to shop at Costco instead of Sam’s Club.
stands for decibels
February 14th, 2013
4:13 pm
You mean instead of his unsettling affiliations with Marxists, terrorists and racist preachers or his paper thin resume?
No way this isn’t a parody troll. right?
getalife
February 14th, 2013
4:14 pm
The gop are a better reality show than freak show.
stands for decibels
February 14th, 2013
4:15 pm
Burglaries in Kennesaw did not change significantly
I’m shocked, shocked.
Itchy Finger
February 14th, 2013
4:15 pm
StopTheMadness
The headlines on Drudge are often inflammatory, but that doesn’t change the content of the linked articles.
Wow I’m sorry that’s the truth hurts your feelings. The same could be said about almost every news site when they try and slime Republicans. Just look at Bookman’s headline….
stands for decibels
February 14th, 2013
4:17 pm
…keep in mind that this Crime Capital of Bumf### County had a whopping peak of 10 (ten!) burglaries per year before this Very Serious Law was passed.
DannyX
February 14th, 2013
4:18 pm
Remember this Drudge headline a couple of days before the election?
“LANDSLIDE WATCH…Romney up in OH, VA, MI, WI, PA, NC, CO and FL”
Michael
February 14th, 2013
4:19 pm
Stevie Ray – I don’t think the subject is so complicated, unless you are an actuary or a lawyer. When someone buys a gun at a gun show there is a 40% probability that there will be no background check. And, the gun is then free in America. They can sell it to a drug gang – ala Fast and Furious, they can load it and leave it on the kitchen table, or they can shoot themselves in the head. All of these things happen with some regularity in our country.
Gun buyers should pay into a liability pool, so that when someone is killed or injured by guns, they do not automatically become a cost for the taxpayers of Fulton county which provides care for gun victims at Grady.
Suggesting that people would not try to avoid getting shot, if there was a liability pool for victims is absurd.
Itchy Finger
February 14th, 2013
4:20 pm
Democrats, I mean the ACLU lose battle over Ten Commandments…
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/aclu-loses-ten-commandments-case.html
DannyX
February 14th, 2013
4:20 pm
“How emotional of yall, remember emotions destroy reasoning and yall are proof of that.”
Says Obama Kills.
StopTheMadness
February 14th, 2013
4:22 pm
“For example, Drudge heavily implied that Hillary could out-primary Obama and might actually do so. That was always false”
And Drudge first reported that Hillary’s husband was having yet ANOTHER adulterous affair with an intern by the name of Monica Lewinsky. That was very true.
Before you get so bent out of shape, grasshopper, you should take a couple of journalism classes. You are focused on headlines, which represent only a part of media bias. Arguably the biggest bias come from the selection of stories to cover or NOT cover. Why don’t you see how many times the “mainstream” media “covered” (unproven) allegations of adultery regarding Herman Cain and how many times they have so far covered allegations of pedophilia against Senator Menendez? Again, how do you like the kool-aid?
Joe Hussein Mama
February 14th, 2013
4:22 pm
I. FInger — “Democrats, I mean the ACLU lose battle over Ten Commandments…”
Uh, no. The case was dismissed because the plaintiff lacked standing. Because of the dismissal, there wasn’t even a *ruling,* so there was no winner or loser.
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:23 pm
The Snivel liberties union loses. Hooray for America!
getalife
February 14th, 2013
4:23 pm
Poor cons are flailing, lost, nowhere to go and it is flat out hilarious.
Stay the course cons.
Itchy Finger
February 14th, 2013
4:23 pm
More confirmation of obama not being engaged as Americans died….
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/14/white-house-no-phone-calls-benghazi/
StopTheMadness
February 14th, 2013
4:25 pm
“Wow I’m sorry that’s the truth hurts your feelings. The same could be said about almost every news site when they try and slime Republicans. Just look at Bookman’s headline….”
It doesn’t hurt my feelings at all. I was merely stating a fact (to be fair). And I agree that other liberal leaning news organizations or sites do exactly the same thing.
Michael
February 14th, 2013
4:25 pm
I have an idea that gun manufacturers could initiate. They could install a device to record the fingerprint of the buyer. The gun would not work, unless the user’s fingerprint matched the buyer of the gun. That would have saved everyone in Newtown. I’m quite sure such technology already exists, so this could be done quickly.
This would be similar to the breathalyzer that a repeated DUI offender must use before starting his car. This is another step that has helped reduce the number of fatalaties due to drunk drivers.
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:27 pm
Losers always have an Orwellian way of insisting that they really didn’t lose.
stands for decibels
February 14th, 2013
4:29 pm
Because of the dismissal, there wasn’t even a *ruling,*
foxnews does a sh-tty job reporting a story? Knock me over with a feathuh.
Here’s what appears to be an actual news account of what itchy was fumbling:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130214/ARTICLES/130219767
/drive-by
Joe Hussein Mama
February 14th, 2013
4:29 pm
No ruling = no win, no lose.
It’s really simple, which makes me wonder why some posters can’t understand it.
Jack ®
February 14th, 2013
4:30 pm
Bookman uses fear as a motivator. He tries to instill fear in those that choose to think for themselves.
Uh Huh....... Never trust a demon who has a hundred motives for what he does 99 of them are malevolent
February 14th, 2013
4:30 pm
@Obama Kills
February 14th, 2013
4:12 pm
How emotional of yall, remember emotions destroy reasoning and yall are proof of that.
bookman and all his cool-aid drinking children need to grow up, the “real world” is a dangerous place.
always has been always will be.
Quit projecting your own inability to control you emoitions and actions on to adult gun owners.
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“the “real world” is a dangerous place. always has been always will be.”
It WAS a dangerous place during the BUSH presidency.
Remember, 9/11?
Where was the OUTRAGE then?
You sound like a CRAZED demon like LaPierre.
IF…Obama Kills……YOU and LAPIERRE ARE JUST AS GUILTY.
Uh Huh
TBS
February 14th, 2013
4:30 pm
“Losers always have an Orwellian way of insisting that they really didn’t lose.”
That reminds me exactly of the td fella and others who post how many Republican Governors they are when reminded of their President Romney predictions.
Great quote.
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:30 pm
“Again, how do you like the kool-aid?”
Libs like they kool-aid strong. And with a dash of stupid, a dose of kookiness, and an ounce of pure nonsense.
josef
February 14th, 2013
4:31 pm
IMAM
Methinks thou hast issues here…the visual propaganda above is, well, most intriguing!
However, this is not one of my issues, Too much piss and vinagre still being served by both sides to really pay much attention as anything save raucous background noise creating a distraction from rational and intelligent discussion. Insert a series of emoticons and be done with it…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 14th, 2013
4:32 pm
He tries to instill fear in those that choose to think for themselves.
Dittoheads say, “What?”
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:34 pm
“That reminds me exactly of the td fella and others who post how many Republican Governors they are when reminded of their President Romney predictions.”
tbs,
I think they understand that Romney lost. If the Rs picked up more governships or still have more governorships then I guess they are just looking at the silver lining. But trust me. They know America lost.
alex
February 14th, 2013
4:34 pm
@ stand: “ricky help me, help me ,please…. “I stick my head out for no one”
Thomas Heyward Jr
February 14th, 2013
4:34 pm
The terrifying yet sadly amusing world of Wayne LaPierre………….Versus…………………..Bookman’s Collective Paradise World——————
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Brought to you from your friendly TSA brown shirt—————-
“Thievery is a hallmark of government, inherent, unalterable. Politicians and bureaucrats always steal their victims’ property, whether through inflation, taxation, or outright robbery (euphemized as “confiscation”), either for their own aggrandizement or to suborn the serfs lest they protest such immorality rather than plead for more.
But there’s a special brand of dictatorship that destroys property instead of stealing it. These savages seem particularly incensed at art, culture, anything intellectual, sophisticated or refined. And they gleefully attack such. Who can forget the Nazis’ burning of books? Or the TSA’s* demolition of musical instruments: “…shortly after 9/11, [renowned Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman’s Steinway] was confiscated at JFK Airport when he landed in New York to give a recital at Carnegie Hall. Thinking the glue smelled funny, the TSA decided to take no chances and destroyed the instrument.” Yes. A Steinway. Which Mr. Zimerman had modified himself.
In case anyone still doubts the TSA’s unspeakable barbarity, it has now broken “a rare Heinrich Knopf bow belonging to [cellist] Alban Gerhardt … In what the cellist called ‘an act of brutal and careless behaviour’, the bow stick … was snapped in two, over the bridge of the cello, by air security staff at O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, as they examined the case’s contents.”
In response, the TSA’s sponges and spokesliars began shoveling their usual dung. “In an e-mail, TSA spokesman Lisa Farbstein said the agency ‘takes the issue of claims very seriously…’” Yeah, that would explain why it “paid out only 13% of … LAX passengers’ claims for laptops. As for lost or damaged digital cameras, the TSA approved fewer than 1% of those claims,” according to an “analysis” of “TSA records” at the Los Angeles Times.
But I interrupted ole Lisa. She “add[ed], ‘it truly is a shame about Mr. Gerhardt’s bow…’”
Oh, indeed. And just think: ruining a bow worth $20,000 pales to nothing when stacked against the TSA’s evisceration of basic decency, common sense, privacy, the Constitution, and liberty.
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sigh
Brosephus™
February 14th, 2013
4:35 pm
TBG @ 4:09
First beer is on me for that one!!!!!
josef
February 14th, 2013
4:35 pm
TBG, BROSEPHUS
dixie normous
February 14th, 2013
4:36 pm
bookman, you democrats are such moral critters:
Former San Diego mayor Maureen O’Connor has admitted in federal court that she misappropriated $2 million from her late husband’s charitable foundation due to a gambling addiction in which won more than $1 billion but lost even more over nearly a decade.
O’Connor made the acknowledgement Thursday in an agreement with the government to defer prosecution for two years while she attempts to repay the debt.
O’Connor was the Democratic leader of California’s second-largest city from 1986 to 1992. The two-term mayor was elected San Diego’s first female leader after eight years on the City Council. She was married to Robert O. Peterson, founder of the Jack-In-The-Box restaurant chain.
Prosecutors say her gambling winnings amounted to more than $1 billion from 2000 to 2009 but she lost more than that.
TBS
February 14th, 2013
4:36 pm
Ok Doom, ok buddy
Uh Huh....... Never trust a demon who has a hundred motives for what he does 99 of them are malevolent
February 14th, 2013
4:37 pm
@Jack ®
February 14th, 2013
4:30 pm
Bookman uses fear as a motivator. He tries to instill fear in those that choose to think for themselves.
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“Bookman uses fear as a motivator?”
WHAT is LaPierre DOING?
BUY MORE GUNS!!!
BUY MORE AMMO!!!!
PANIC!! –
YOU CONS are being tricked into believing something without any doubts……
HOOK LINE AND SINKER
Uh Huh
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:37 pm
“The case was dismissed because the plaintiff lacked standing.”
Therefore the plaintiff lost since the case he brought was dismissed.
It’s really simple, which makes me wonder why some posters can’t understand it.
dixie normous
February 14th, 2013
4:38 pm
The NRA is happily spending money given to them by liberals in Chicago. THANK YOU.
Real Scootter
February 14th, 2013
4:38 pm
josef
February 14th, 2013
4:31 pm
One thing I’ve noticed since visiting here is there is nothing that brings out the crazy like guns and abortion.On BOTH sides! Whew.
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:39 pm
tbs,
Romney lost. Plain and simple. What more acknowledgement do you want? I think every R on here knows and acknowledges he lost.
StopTheMadness
February 14th, 2013
4:39 pm
“No way this isn’t a parody troll. right?”
It was overstated for sarcastic effect. But Frank Marshall, Obama’s mentor, was indeed a Marxist. And Bill Ayers was in fact a terrorist. And Jeremiah Wright has indeed shown himself to be somewhat racist.
A better question for someone like you might be this: why have published statements regarding Obama been edited or revised since around the middle of the last decade? For example, consider these two articles:
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/obama%E2%80%99s-purge-why-has-frank-marshall-davis-been-quietly-removed-from-dreams-from-my-father/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/08/01/the-marxist-who-mentored-president-obama-on-general-motors/
Obama is a liar, in my opinion – through and through.
Erwin's cat
February 14th, 2013
4:39 pm
MichaelStevie Ray – I don’t think the subject is so complicated, unless you are an actuary or a lawyer…
I believe he is the former
dixie normous
February 14th, 2013
4:40 pm
“Bookman uses fear as a motivator?”
WHAT is LaPierre DOING?
BUY MORE GUNS!!!
BUY MORE AMMO!!!!
PANIC!! –
YOU CONS are being tricked into believing something without any doubts……
HOOK LINE AND SINKER
Uh Huh
You havent seen obama, feinstein etc mention gun bans? Where the hell have you been? The NRA has nothing to do with people buying guns.
TBS
February 14th, 2013
4:42 pm
Doom
Was just saying your post earlier about those not wanting to acknowledge a loss can be applied to other issues right here on this blog.
Ok buddy? If not ok, oh well
dixie normous
February 14th, 2013
4:42 pm
when the left is in power and starts screaming about banning guns, PEOPLE BUY GUNS! Understand????
Joe Hussein Mama
February 14th, 2013
4:43 pm
No ruling = no winner and no loser.
But some posters think they know better because they watch lots of Law & Order.
Erwin's cat
February 14th, 2013
4:43 pm
- Michael – This is another step that has helped reduce the number of fatalaties(sic) due to drunk drivers
ummmmm…you sure about that?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 14th, 2013
4:43 pm
Lovey-dovey mushy SHEETZ!
Thomas Heyward Jr
February 14th, 2013
4:43 pm
Bookman’s world………….(only as long as HIS guy is doing it)—–lol—————
.
“The Defense Department is reportedly inventing a new medal designed to reward soliders who fight battles from the safety of their computer consoles. The Associated Press says the Pentagon is creating a new ribbon, called the Distinguished Warfare Medal that will be given for “extra achievement” related to a military operation. That would include drone pilots operating unmanned planes from halfway around the world, or even hackers who launch a successful cyberattack on an enemy. Unlike all other combat-related medals, this would be the first one that you can be awarded without actually putting your life on the line.”
.
Combat under Government Coffee.
Forward Heroes!
Aquagirl
February 14th, 2013
4:44 pm
Here’s what appears to be an actual news account of what itchy was fumbling:
Are y’all sure it’s not an Onion story? I mean, a lawyer praising Jesus they beat a “bully” (anonymous for fear of physical violence) who was attempting to intimidate the poor Christians—while standing next to a six-ton monument on the courthouse steps?
Uh Huh....... Never trust a demon who has a hundred motives for what he does 99 of them are malevolent
February 14th, 2013
4:45 pm
@Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:30 pm
“Again, how do you like the kool-aid?”
Libs like they kool-aid strong. And with a dash of stupid, a dose of kookiness, and an ounce of pure nonsense.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
CONS like their MOUNTAIN DEW STRONG.
With a DASH of CRAZY.
A DOSE of HATE.
An OUNCE of DELUSION.
CONS lapped up the LIE of WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
Uh Huh
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:46 pm
TBS,
I hear ya. But I think most cons moved on the day after the loss. I don’t know any cons who base their individual success or failure in life on who happens to be in the white house. They may think its bad for the country as a whole but its not going to stop any of us from getting up in the morning and doing our thing the rest of the day. Life goes on.
USC-69
February 14th, 2013
4:48 pm
It should be obvious by now that the National Rifle Association is run by unstable personality disorders and that they are opposed to back-ground checks because they would not be able to pass them. Wayne LaPierre, now well known, was rejected by the U.S. Army as unfit to carry a firearm because of a congenital psychological disorder (he has refused to disclose the exacty psychiatric diagnosis or medications and therapy prescribed.). David Keene apparently purchased a semi-automatic hand-gun for his son, David Keene, Jr. who used it on the George Washington Parkway in an attempt to murder a woman who had cut him off in traffic. Jr. is reported to have received 10 years. Ted Nugent is so obviously unhinged that no one would sell him either a gun or a drink. He reports that he lost control of his bowels when faced with his U.S. Army induction physical and was also found to be unfit for firearm possession. It would appear that anyone considered unfit for the U.S. Army should be on the no-sale list. The cursory back-ground check currently in-place for some licensed dealers is clearly inadequate. On average guns killed 88 Americans and injured 202 each day during 2011. When available, it is estimated that firearm homicides and suicides in 2012 will exceed motor vehicle fatalities. (N Engl J Med 2013:368:397-399) Are they WELL REGULATED as prescribed by the Second Amendment? Obviously not. If you own a gun, you are statistically, significantly more likely to commit murder and to eventually commit suicide (Univ Penn LDI Issue Brief 2003;8(8), 1-4). What mental screening should be required prior to purchase? I propose a significant upgrade. If guns cause more human damage than automobiles then funds of equivalent amounts should be devoted to registration of each weapon, licensure on your birthday, a psychological screening test (MMPI), a practical operation test, and a written test of the weapons laws.
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
4:50 pm
Uh huh,
Don’t you have a cop killer you need to be spending some time sympathizing over? If said cop killer is dead you can always sympathize over Mummia since I think he’s still alive.
Brosephus™
February 14th, 2013
4:53 pm
I don’t know any cons who base their individual success or failure in life on who happens to be in the white house.
That seems to be the driving motivation for most anti-Obama rants here.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 14th, 2013
4:56 pm
That seems to be the
drivingdrinking motivation for most anti-Obama rants here.Sorry, just thought that needed a little tweak.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 14th, 2013
4:58 pm
Brosephus — “That seems to be the driving motivation for most anti-Obama rants here.”
Yeah, I immediately thought about Fishy, Kayaker and RB when I saw that.
Cheesy Grits is gone but not forgotten
February 14th, 2013
5:01 pm
when the left is in power and starts screaming about banning guns, PEOPLE BUY GUNS! Understand????
Actually the number of US households with guns is declining.
Most support banning assault weapons and an overwhelming majoirty support universal background checks.
The houses with guns are just buying more guns.
Like their Republican brethren they are doubling down on stupid.
Guns make you less safe. Not safer.
Cheesy Grits is gone but not forgotten
February 14th, 2013
5:02 pm
For once Id like to see the Cons here take some responsibility for their lives and stop blaming Obama for everything.
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
5:03 pm
I think those guys are more concerned about the country going down the toilet than their individual circumstances. In the same way libs worried about the course of the nation under W cons worry about the course of this nation under Obama. No difference.
Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
5:06 pm
“For once Id like to see the Cons here take some responsibility for their lives and stop blaming Obama for everything.’
For once I’ld like to see the Libs take some responsibility for their lives and stop looking to the gubment for a check or benefit or for the gubment to solve their every problem for them.
комиссар (Occupation)
February 14th, 2013
5:16 pm
“For once I’ld like to see the Libs take some responsibility for their lives and stop looking to the gubment ”
Gubment blah, gubment blah, gubment blah. So original.
Do you have a brain, Doomy?
Cheesy Grits is gone but not forgotten
February 14th, 2013
5:18 pm
For once I’ld like to see the Libs take some responsibility for their lives and stop looking to the gubment for a check or benefit or for the gubment to solve their every problem for them.
I’m as liberal as they come. I dont get anything from the government
Do you ?
Are you on Medicare ?
Do you have a brain, Doomy?
A: No
That Black Guy
February 14th, 2013
5:22 pm
Brosephus™
February 14th, 2013
3:40 pm
TBG
You know I’m gonna borrow that bag line, right?
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Have at it, Bro.
Use it in good snark.
Besides, I’m stealing Doomy’s “peanut headed ensemble of nature’s carelessness”.
That Black Guy
February 14th, 2013
5:51 pm
Adam
February 14th, 2013
3:53 pm
TBG: People misuse items all the time. Ever use a butter knife on a screw? Ever use your cell phone as a light at night?
OK, while I see your point that people misuse things, your examples aren’t exactly “misuse.” – Whatever.
And no, you didn’t say exactly what I was asking questions about, hence why I was asking questions. I didn’t say you said those things. But you say very little. *** I say what I need to say, using the words I chose to use. You are the one who feel the need to add meanings and thoughts not expressed by others.***
Yes, people misuse firearms. However, firearms are pretty dangerous even if a “good guy” has them. ***Never said they were not***
The fact that some people use guns “correctly,” which I assume means for defense or hunting, does not excuse a blaise attitude about making it EASY for people to MISUSE weapons, first of all by making it easy for them to be acquired ***Please point out *MY* blaise attitude. Thanks***
secondly by creating versions of the weapons that are more efficient ***a weapon is only as efficient as the user***
(and btw, ICYMI, you were wrong about the other items I listed in a previous thread being more or equally as efficient as a gun. Guns win that one hands down, otherwise we’d be claiming those items for self defense and hunting). ***YOUR opinion. Under the parameters you initially set, EVERYTHING I listed would be as efficient as a gun.***
Just because a lot of people “use them properly,” does not mean they should be a free and clear easy to get and easy to use item readily available to everyone. ***Why are you arguing against a point *I* didn’t make?***
They are dangerous, much more so than a knife or a bat or a car etc etc. ***They are only as dangerous as the person using them.***
Deliberate murders are, year by year, perpetuated using firearms about 2/3 of the time. That’s 2 out of every 3 instances. Guns make it easy. And there is no evidence to support the idea that a lack of guns increases the violent crime rate unless you cherry pick. ***When did *I* say otherwise? Do you play tennis alone so you can cover BOTH sides?
If it were true, it would be true EVERYWHERE and more guns would equal less crime EVERYWHERE. And as it turns out, there are quite a few places in which this is not the case. ***See above***
Now, I’m not saying we should ban all the guns, but I am saying it isn’t a straight up invitation to criminals if we do. ***See above***
That Black Guy
February 14th, 2013
5:56 pm
Adam
February 14th, 2013
3:56 pm
TBG: I think if LaPierre is assaulted, it will be by someone who opposed his position and the NRA. Look at the comments here and else where. When it comes to someone advocating violence re: the gun control issue, it’s usually the pro gun control advocate proposing violence against the anti gun control.
I happen to think it equally likely that a mentally ill person might attack him along with several others if he happens to be in the wrong crowded area at the wrong time. And I would place bets that LaPierre having a gun would have done next to nothing to stop or slow the gunman. So far, only instances in which trained officers or law enforcement officials are already around has a gunman been subdued, and even then it’s hit or miss.
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I agree, but what was your point in telling me this?
HINT: You have NEVER seen *me* advocating the “more guns the better” position.
DownInAlbany
February 14th, 2013
6:00 pm
Cheesy Grits is gone but not forgotten
February 14th, 2013
5:02 pm
For once Id like to see the Cons here take some responsibility for their lives and stop blaming Obama for everything.
Bawhahaha How about you folks stop blaming Bush for everything? Or will Obama ever be held to the same standard as Bush?
That Black Guy
February 14th, 2013
6:03 pm
Michael
February 14th, 2013
4:19 pm
When someone buys a gun at a gun show there is a 40% probability that there will be no background check
Proof?
DownInAlbany
February 14th, 2013
6:09 pm
That Black Guy
February 14th, 2013
6:03 pm
If they purchase it from a licensed gun dealer there’s about a 0% chance that there will be no b/g check.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 14th, 2013
6:22 pm
How about you folks stop blaming Bush for everything?
Jimmy Carter says, “What?”
Willydoit?
February 14th, 2013
6:48 pm
If you vote Republicans….they’ll take away your social security!
Sam Nunn wants your gun!!
Will the madness never end???
Scare tactics….people that can be scared into voting for a certain candidate base on fear really shouldn’t be voting.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 14th, 2013
7:03 pm
….people that can be scared into voting for a certain candidate base on fear really shouldn’t be voting.
Dittoheads say, “What?”
Uh Huh....... Never trust a demon who has a hundred motives for what he does 99 of them are malevolent
February 14th, 2013
7:04 pm
@Doomy the bookmaker
February 14th, 2013
5:06 pm
“For once Id like to see the Cons here take some responsibility for their lives and stop blaming Obama for everything.’
For once I’ld like to see the Libs take some responsibility for their lives and stop looking to the gubment for a check or benefit or for the gubment to solve their every problem for them.
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Doomy the bookmaker?…A person who takes bets, calculates odds,
and pays out winnings?
Is YOUR Bookmaking legal or illegal?
YOU CAN BET on this……
If CONS want to LOSE another ELECTION
KEEP doing what you are DOING.
Uh Huh
Itchy Finger
February 14th, 2013
7:23 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
I. FInger — “Democrats, I mean the ACLU lose battle over Ten Commandments…”
Uh, no. The case was dismissed because the plaintiff lacked standing. Because of the dismissal, there wasn’t even a *ruling,* so there was no winner or loser.
Since the Ten Commandments are still there the clear winner seems to be GOD…