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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 04/06/2010 : 04:24:38
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It is the anniversary of the day a "patriotic" douchbag with no brains at all blew up the Federal Building in OK City. Now it has become a celebration for other "patriotic" douchbags with no brains at all, who will march and speachify whilst openly carrying firearms. One presumes that said firearms will be loaded, as will many of the said douchbags. The irony here is that it was Obama who relaxed the gun laws for open carry so's they could do this.
Pro-gun ‘patriot groups’ plan dual rallies in Washington on disputed April anniversary
By Stephen C. Webster
Monday, April 5th, 2010 -- 8:16 pm
Update (at bottom): Pro-gun ads appearing in this report not directly linked to RAW STORY
The date April 19 seems to have a strange echo in American history.
According to the media, a pro-gun group planning a rally in Washington, D.C. on that day is doing so because it is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. While technically correct, that's not half the story.
The controversy surrounds two groups: Oath Keepers and Second Amendment March; one, a rapidly growing association of current and former military and law enforcement personnel who've sworn an oath to uphold the constitution, even if ordered otherwise; and the other, a pro-gun group organizing rallies across the country.
While Oath Keepers forbids its members from ever ushering U.S. citizens into a military tribunal or a detention camp, its promotional materials tend to focus on resisting the Obama administration -- even though their items of concern are artifacts from the Bush administration. They were the subject of a recent profile in Mother Jones magazine, which characterized them as deeply resentful of President Obama.
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And, a little farther along, you will see why I refuse to re-join the NRA.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2010 : 05:00:47 [Permalink]
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Wow! Rep. Paul Broun is just batshit crazy.
The Georgia Republican is guilty of numerous hair-raising exaggerations in his rhetoric, including a claim that Democratic leadership intends to declare martial law in the United States and establish a totalitarian state under their sole authority, which would be ushered in by a pandemic or natural disaster.
He also believes President Obama has established a private army at his personal command, has usurped complete control of the American media and is in the final stages of making guns illegal. Broun was also an enthusiastic supporter of the Republican meme that making health care available as a public service would result in mass casualties
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Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. -Anonymous |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2010 : 05:24:22 [Permalink]
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It seems pretty clear to me that these groups, and even the NRA, are far more interested in general rightist political rabble-rousing than in protecting their unthreatened right to bear arms. A rightist takeover by hook (or, with some of them, by crook) seems to be the true goal of all these groups.
If Obama personally handed out free Squad Automatic Weapons to every attendee, these guys would (after taking the weapons) then just say it was somehow a trick to destroy the Second Amendment.
(Foreign observers: It is important to try to understand that in state and national politics, virtually no politicians in the USA are willing to even propose limitations on gun ownership and use. Virtually the only strong anti-gun laws are municipal. It would be absolute political suicide to propose such bans in states or nationally. The gun lobby is that powerful, and can mobilize millions of voters.) |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1486 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2010 : 15:38:54 [Permalink]
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It's like the crazies want Obama to try to take away their guns so they have an excuse to get violent and do some shootin'.
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 10:24:43 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by ThorGoLucky
It's like the crazies want Obama to try to take away their guns so they have an excuse to get violent and do some shootin'.
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Me thinks you just hit the proverbial nail on the head |
I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
The result of an unbiased and rational search for the truth.
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2010 : 13:11:07 [Permalink]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_19
Hmmm... a lot have happened on this date.
1529 - Beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
1922 - Birthday of the Ace of aces
1927 - Mae West sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity
1971 - Charles Manson death sentence
1987 - The Simpsons premiere
1989 - USS Iowa turret explosion.
2005 - Pope Palpatine election
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"Any religion that makes a form of torture into an icon that they worship seems to me a pretty sick sort of religion quite honestly"
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April 19 is a very important day.
