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What is the "Message" Behind Increased Gun Sales?
Commented Nov 06, 2009 at 18:23:04 in Politics
“"Its beyond me why people draw this conclusion that increase in gun says are directly a result of President Obama."
Not President Obama, at least not for me. After seeing the mess that was the Bush Administration, it was certain that the next President was going to be a Democrat. And considering that the enhanced control or outright banning of certain guns is part of the Democratic Party platform, stocking up simply makes sense. I started in April 2007, when I (like everyone else) thought it was going to be Mrs. Pres. Clinton. Being surprised that a different Democrat won the job doesn't change the overall concern.”
Not President Obama, at least not for me. After seeing the mess that was the Bush Administration, it was certain that the next President was going to be a Democrat. And considering that the enhanced control or outright banning of certain guns is part of the Democratic Party platform, stocking up simply makes sense. I started in April 2007, when I (like everyone else) thought it was going to be Mrs. Pres. Clinton. Being surprised that a different Democrat won the job doesn't change the overall concern.”
Splitsville
Commented Oct 11, 2009 at 19:46:56 in Politics
“"Avowed liberals consider themselves to be loyal to the truth while die-hard conservatives seem only to be loyal. Somewhere in the middle lies the perfect American."
Um, no. Both sides are merely loyal to their side's talking points. "Truth" as such, is a malleable thing, easily bent to whatever point of view a given individual has. This has corrupted the debate to such an extent that citing actual facts can and are dismissed out of hand. I've seen this regularly demonstrated on both sides. Nobody can claim any sort of high ground, because there isn't any. Both Republicans and Democrats say anything to win elections, and then ignore those promises once sworn into office.
The Republicans aren't "the enemy", they're the competition. "The Enemy", as such, is the culture that exists in DC and the various state capitols that enact laws and proulgate regulations which benefit a small, connected group and ignore the rest of us.”
Um, no. Both sides are merely loyal to their side's talking points. "Truth" as such, is a malleable thing, easily bent to whatever point of view a given individual has. This has corrupted the debate to such an extent that citing actual facts can and are dismissed out of hand. I've seen this regularly demonstrated on both sides. Nobody can claim any sort of high ground, because there isn't any. Both Republicans and Democrats say anything to win elections, and then ignore those promises once sworn into office.
The Republicans aren't "the enemy", they're the competition. "The Enemy", as such, is the culture that exists in DC and the various state capitols that enact laws and proulgate regulations which benefit a small, connected group and ignore the rest of us.”
Beyond the Easy Irony of Murdered Gun Advocate Meleanie Hain
Commented Oct 09, 2009 at 18:20:54 in Politics
“Wrong. She was killed by her husband. He used a gun. There was violence in that house, and she had finally decided to take the kids and leave him, so he shot her.
If there weren't a gun in the house, he would have strangled or beaten her to death.
Quit blaming the object.”
If there weren't a gun in the house, he would have strangled or beaten her to death.
Quit blaming the object.”
LeftRight replied on Oct 11, 2009 at 12:19:16
“He MIGHT have strangled her or beaten her to death, or used a kitchen knife. We don't actually KNOW whether he would have done any of those things or not.
There are a lot of people who wouldn't resort to violence to the point of death were they not using a gun. Most gang members will shoot someone, but wouldn't be willing to beat that same person to death with a baseball bat, for example.
I'm not advocating banning guns, nor am I saying that this man wouldn't have killed his wife had he not had a gun, but I AM saying that we need to actually sit down and discuss this without all the vitriol....”
There are a lot of people who wouldn't resort to violence to the point of death were they not using a gun. Most gang members will shoot someone, but wouldn't be willing to beat that same person to death with a baseball bat, for example.
I'm not advocating banning guns, nor am I saying that this man wouldn't have killed his wife had he not had a gun, but I AM saying that we need to actually sit down and discuss this without all the vitriol....”
djcrsn replied on Oct 10, 2009 at 14:45:51
“And since her husband was a LEO--he would have had access to a gun no matter what gun laws were in place”
Congress: We Need You to Lead
Commented Oct 08, 2009 at 01:22:34 in Politics
“Congress? Lead?
You want those myopic narcissists to lead?
Heaven help us all.
Better to send every one of them on a research junket to the Pacific to investigate salt-water snails, this way they won't sell us out, won't ignore their constituents in favor of the last lobbyist to pick up the bar tab, won't project one image while engaging in dubious behavior.
Congress leading? That'll be the death of us all.”
You want those myopic narcissists to lead?
Heaven help us all.
Better to send every one of them on a research junket to the Pacific to investigate salt-water snails, this way they won't sell us out, won't ignore their constituents in favor of the last lobbyist to pick up the bar tab, won't project one image while engaging in dubious behavior.
Congress leading? That'll be the death of us all.”
Gun Show Undercover
Commented Oct 07, 2009 at 20:24:37 in New York
“Of course guns are not enough. One needs at passive support from the populace, discontent in the gov't ranks, and a few other things.
And distorting what I typed into holding out against the US military is 'magical thinking' on your part.
This is a difficult enough subject without you throwing a tantrum when someone disagrees with you.”
And distorting what I typed into holding out against the US military is 'magical thinking' on your part.
This is a difficult enough subject without you throwing a tantrum when someone disagrees with you.”
Paul Hackett replied on Oct 07, 2009 at 23:39:42
“Nobody is 'distorting' what you wrote. All I did was point out the patent silliness of bringing up examples from world war 2 when talking about this issue.”
Gun Show Undercover
Commented Oct 07, 2009 at 17:53:53 in New York
“You're a little off on some details here. There's the plane itself, and then there's the weapons it carries, which are automatic and are therefore subject to the 1934 NFA. There are all sorts of ex-Combloc toys available on the open market:
Czech made BMP-2 : About $16,000, but the cannon has to be demilled.
MiG 21, minus the cannon are being flown here in this country.
Delta-class Russian submarines for a mere $495,000, minus all the weapons.”
Czech made BMP-2 : About $16,000, but the cannon has to be demilled.
MiG 21, minus the cannon are being flown here in this country.
Delta-class Russian submarines for a mere $495,000, minus all the weapons.”
Gun Show Undercover
Commented Oct 07, 2009 at 17:46:44 in New York
“Sorry, but you're missing a vital component here: owning a rifle (or whatever) isn't some magic talisman. Without the will or intent to use it, a gun is no more than an expensive and poorly designed club at best, and more likely a dust collector.
There were lots of guns in Saddam's Iraq, too. Without the will to use them, they're useless, just as they're useless in Iran.
As for that silly "rifles are useless against planes and tanks" meme, look up both Russian and American military histories. There are numerous places where a sniper or two held up hundreds, and sometimes thousands of troops during WW2.”
There were lots of guns in Saddam's Iraq, too. Without the will to use them, they're useless, just as they're useless in Iran.
As for that silly "rifles are useless against planes and tanks" meme, look up both Russian and American military histories. There are numerous places where a sniper or two held up hundreds, and sometimes thousands of troops during WW2.”
Paul Hackett replied on Oct 07, 2009 at 18:57:23
“No, YOU"RE missing the vital component. My point is that just having guns isn't enough to allow a revolution to be successful, there are ZERO examples of the citizenry overthrowing the miliatary/police in any popular revolution over the past 60 years. The only times that popular revolutions are successful is when they live up to their name and are actually popular - thus the police and military join in on the side of the revolutionaries and and turn against the regime in power.
Your fantasy that you're going to be able to hold out against the US military with a rifle is patently absurd. Good luck with your magical thinking.”
Your fantasy that you're going to be able to hold out against the US military with a rifle is patently absurd. Good luck with your magical thinking.”
Gun Show Undercover
Commented Oct 07, 2009 at 13:28:10 in New York
“In aggregate, there are more than 20,000 gun laws on the books in this country.
And they are usually enforced at the whim of the local police department. You or I could get hammered by some PO trying to make his bones, but his best friend who saws off a shotgun barrel or something equally illegal will never see the inside of a courtroom.”
And they are usually enforced at the whim of the local police department. You or I could get hammered by some PO trying to make his bones, but his best friend who saws off a shotgun barrel or something equally illegal will never see the inside of a courtroom.”
Gun Show Undercover
Commented Oct 07, 2009 at 13:23:43 in New York
“...and the purchasers, since they stated that they 'probably wouldn't pass a background check' were breaking the law.
I wonder when those indictments are going to be handed down
(crickets)”
I wonder when those indictments are going to be handed down
(crickets)”
Irmanator replied on Oct 07, 2009 at 14:44:19
“No the purchasers were not breaking the law. Saying "I would probably not pass a background check." to a gun seller is not against the law.”
rascalofearth replied on Oct 07, 2009 at 14:17:36
“you are an idiot. these were law enforcement pros doing this work not right wing pimp and ho punks.”
OdinsEye replied on Oct 07, 2009 at 13:37:56
“Since Bloomberg's investigation did not result in any indictments, chances are that his investigators were once again breaking the law with their operation. This nearly got several of his investigators arrested last time.”
ManWithBrain replied on Oct 07, 2009 at 13:34:38
“You didn't address my post at all. But I'll address yours.
Your argument is competely flawed. They were doing it as an investigation, get it?
By your argument, the undercover narcotics agents buying cocaine from dealers on the street should be indicted. Think before you type.”
Your argument is competely flawed. They were doing it as an investigation, get it?
By your argument, the undercover narcotics agents buying cocaine from dealers on the street should be indicted. Think before you type.”
Martin Luther King Would Have Loved the Teabaggers, Not Called Them Racists
Commented Oct 06, 2009 at 21:40:08 in Politics
“Someone's bad act does not justify you doing the same, and if you had anything in your soul other than blind partisanship, you'd know that.”
NCIndependant replied on Oct 07, 2009 at 04:00:25
“Ah, so it's ok when you do it, just not when it's done to you... got it.”
Martin Luther King Would Have Loved the Teabaggers, Not Called Them Racists
Commented Oct 06, 2009 at 16:22:11 in Politics
“So long as you refer to fellow citizens with a crude sexual reference, you have nothing worth listening to.”
MajorKong replied on Oct 06, 2009 at 17:55:02
“Hey, we learned from the best.
After years of hearing "Welfare Queens", "Death Tax", "Commie Sympathizer", "Objectively Pro Terrorist", "America Hater", "Traitors" etc. did you think we wouldn't take a page out of your playbook?
You've got a lot of chutzpah complaining about lack of civility.”
After years of hearing "Welfare Queens", "Death Tax", "Commie Sympathizer", "Objectively Pro Terrorist", "America Hater", "Traitors" etc. did you think we wouldn't take a page out of your playbook?
You've got a lot of chutzpah complaining about lack of civility.”
LiteSleeper replied on Oct 06, 2009 at 16:58:32
“What are they supposed to be called?”
MGA replied on Oct 06, 2009 at 16:35:28
“Totally agree. The reference is vile.”
Only in the Bizarro World
Commented Oct 06, 2009 at 15:50:56 in Politics
“If everything was handled correctly, we wouldn't need to attach a rider in order to avoid harrassment for exercising a fundamental, universal human right.
Unfortunately, Mr. Madoff, we're living in your bizarro world, and we have to take whatever opportunities that arise to set things straight.”
Unfortunately, Mr. Madoff, we're living in your bizarro world, and we have to take whatever opportunities that arise to set things straight.”
Why All the Booing?
Commented Oct 06, 2009 at 05:16:27 in Entertainment
“What an amazing display of arrogance!
These productions get rightly booed whenever the set designer or director starts to think that 'their' artistry outweighs the work being performed. You want to stage some avant-garde version of Tosca or Tristan u. Isolde? Then compose an opera of the same quality, and then you can bugger it up to your heart's content.
Until then, you need to remember that Puccini, Wagner, et alia, belong to all of us, and very few opera lovers are so bereft of imagination that some off the wall staging is anything other than an unwelcome distraction.
Even Carmen Jones was presented as film entertainment, not as opera, and that was one of the best adaptations ever.”
These productions get rightly booed whenever the set designer or director starts to think that 'their' artistry outweighs the work being performed. You want to stage some avant-garde version of Tosca or Tristan u. Isolde? Then compose an opera of the same quality, and then you can bugger it up to your heart's content.
Until then, you need to remember that Puccini, Wagner, et alia, belong to all of us, and very few opera lovers are so bereft of imagination that some off the wall staging is anything other than an unwelcome distraction.
Even Carmen Jones was presented as film entertainment, not as opera, and that was one of the best adaptations ever.”
When Searching for Extremists, Don't Forget South Carolina
Commented Oct 06, 2009 at 03:25:50 in Politics
“Just doing your part to widen the cultural divide, eh Mr. Levin?”
The FWDing of the Conservative Revolution
Commented Sep 08, 2009 at 18:47:31 in Politics
“RIght up there with "Bush Lied, People Died"
LOL”
LOL”
Whole Foods and Michael Pollan: Wrong to the Core
Commented Sep 02, 2009 at 20:15:13 in Green
“I suppose some folks just need a hobby or something.
Wait, there's the timer. I gotta go get the Whole Foods Supreme pizza out of the oven.
Have fun with your outrage, kids.”
Wait, there's the timer. I gotta go get the Whole Foods Supreme pizza out of the oven.
Have fun with your outrage, kids.”
clintonius replied on Sep 02, 2009 at 23:37:21
“Rednecks wouldn't be caught dead there! Stop lying about your ficticious wf pizza.”
Sneedsnood replied on Sep 02, 2009 at 22:00:15
“Have fun with our Dixie Chicks CD!”
Why Glenn Beck & Fox News Can't Escape the "Racist" Trap
Commented Sep 01, 2009 at 22:01:49 in Media
“And the advertisers who 'pulled' their ads simply moved them to different shows. Nobody lost anything, either in terms of money or exposure for their products. I forget who, but at least one advertiser has moved their ads back to Beck's show.
So much for the vaunted 'boycott' It's working just as well as the one against Whole Foods.”
So much for the vaunted 'boycott' It's working just as well as the one against Whole Foods.”
Freedom from Fear
Commented Aug 22, 2009 at 17:59:58 in Politics
“Exactly: Here we go...
Clinically paranoid? You have some sort of training to be able to make such a claim?
"Genitally Challenged" The standard canard, but dressed up a bit. Seriously, all of your concern regarding my penis is pretty creepy. Please stop, OK?
Knuckle draggers. You have a photo? Something? Anything?
How many times have you been told that it's impolite to interrupt when the grown-ups are talking? Now go outside and play.”
Clinically paranoid? You have some sort of training to be able to make such a claim?
"Genitally Challenged" The standard canard, but dressed up a bit. Seriously, all of your concern regarding my penis is pretty creepy. Please stop, OK?
Knuckle draggers. You have a photo? Something? Anything?
How many times have you been told that it's impolite to interrupt when the grown-ups are talking? Now go outside and play.”
The President Belongs To All Of Us
Commented Aug 20, 2009 at 16:19:07 in Politics
“And the rearranging of the Titanic's deck chairs continues apace.
The more you get upset over legal gun ownership, the more that your little fig leaf gets tattered, Paul.
Please keep it up.”
The more you get upset over legal gun ownership, the more that your little fig leaf gets tattered, Paul.
Please keep it up.”
The President Belongs To All Of Us
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 23:23:00 in Politics
“OTOH, you just had another blog posting write itself!!
:)
Rearranging the deck chairs, with the same result. There's your gun control, Third.”
:)
Rearranging the deck chairs, with the same result. There's your gun control, Third.”
Thirdpower replied on Aug 19, 2009 at 23:41:33
"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 19:16:25 in Politics
“....and to be fair, there was a fair amount of Bubba Bashing from the Republicans during W's first term.
It's still silly. No argument there.”
It's still silly. No argument there.”
cupcake65 replied on Aug 19, 2009 at 19:57:05
“ Yeah - but "Bubba" deserved it!! LMAO.”
"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 19:05:40 in Politics
“Subversive:
Nice try, but no cigar. The 'well-regulated' canard has been put to rest, so please stop bringing it up. Take a look at the 1803 edition of Webster's; it's the same one that the Supreme's use when looking for the intent of the written word in the Constitution.
"Well Regulated" in 1791 = Well Trained in 2009
Period.”
Nice try, but no cigar. The 'well-regulated' canard has been put to rest, so please stop bringing it up. Take a look at the 1803 edition of Webster's; it's the same one that the Supreme's use when looking for the intent of the written word in the Constitution.
"Well Regulated" in 1791 = Well Trained in 2009
Period.”
"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 19:00:21 in Politics
“So long as you feel the need to call people who disagree with you 'wingnuts', you're better off keeping your opinions to yourself.
This goes for the pro-gun folks here as well. No need for name calling.
The White House said that Chris (the black man with the black rifle) was well within his Rights. Clearly, you gun control folks are losing the argument, but as you do, please remember that some things cannot be unsaid.”
This goes for the pro-gun folks here as well. No need for name calling.
The White House said that Chris (the black man with the black rifle) was well within his Rights. Clearly, you gun control folks are losing the argument, but as you do, please remember that some things cannot be unsaid.”
ejay579 replied on Aug 20, 2009 at 09:16:49
“Oh, I get it. These wingnuts have a right to introduce firearms into a volatile situation but I am not allowed to call them as I see them? Do you sense a contradiction here?”
GritsJr replied on Aug 19, 2009 at 21:49:13
“This blog never claimed it was illegal for "Chris" to openly carry that rifle, nor have commenters here.
And everything that's been said here, my friend, needs to be said, and will continue to be said in the coming months.”
And everything that's been said here, my friend, needs to be said, and will continue to be said in the coming months.”
"Resistance Efforts," Guns and the Constitution
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 18:54:08 in Politics
“In that case let's ban outdoor rallies, because someone might get hit by lightning!
And, and, indoor ones, too! Because of earthquakes!
Oh, the horror!!1!!”
And, and, indoor ones, too! Because of earthquakes!
Oh, the horror!!1!!”
DreamWeaver1940 replied on Aug 19, 2009 at 19:29:48
“Are you OK?”
Why Does the NRA Hate Puppies?
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 18:42:34 in Politics
“Poor Josh, you're losing the argument.
Keep rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, though. Makes for some entertaining reading.”
Keep rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, though. Makes for some entertaining reading.”
mollymac replied on Aug 19, 2009 at 18:51:40
“Are you f'ing serious? Have you seen the horrors of puppy mills? The misery of these poor dogs who live and die in cages? Are you completely whacked?”
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