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Darb · 08-19-2009, 11:34 AM

True.

(Sorry to re-invoke Godwin's Law.) It seems those who are quick to equate Obama to Hitler conveniently forget that some of the first prisoners of concentration camps were political opponents. Namely members of the KPD or the SPD, Germany's Communist and Social Democratic parties.

mo_feezy · 08-19-2009, 11:43 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS0hW_-kvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcRr5xA-K80

Darb · 08-19-2009, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mo_feezy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS0hW_-kvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcRr5xA-K80

For some reason the sound on either is broke.

mo_feezy · 08-20-2009, 12:58 AM

Quote:

allowed liberals to protest the wars for 8 years

are you serious? they made protesters go to "free speech zones" and people were arrested for anti-Bush t-shirts.

now we have people with assault rifles and signs designed to bastardize famous quotes in an obvious threat of violence towards the president, AT presidential events, and they aren't even arrested.

Originally Posted by mo_feezy View Post

Quote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS0hW_-kvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcRr5xA-K80
For some reason the sound on either is broke.

it seems the first one has been removed. It was an Israeli man talking about how great the health care system is in Israel, and a protester shouts "heil hitler" to him and he shouts at her for yelling that at a jew. The second video is the woman who shouted it being interviewed. Claiming she believes in "biblical values" (apparently like yelling "heil hitler" at jews). Not sure why the sound wasn't working. it works for me. You should be able to find these clips from other sources, there was lots of buzz around this today.

ChinoCharles · 08-20-2009, 01:23 AM

No, see, there is no double standard. I don't care what American president it refers to. Its equally stupid either way.

Please don't post that garbage on these forums. I removed it for obvious reasons.

Bob Dog · 08-20-2009, 02:25 AM

I saw that 17 year old class president of my high school beaten bloody by Nixon's thugs for protesting an earlier war many years ago. At the time I was quite shocked. Peaceful conservtives perhaps like the NRA folks pulling out their pistols and shaking them at people. Kal-El you are not only adamant, but quite self deluded.

elmo · 08-20-2009, 09:34 AM

i am a member of the NRA and i really find it hard to believe and NRA member would point a gun at someone and NOT actually shoot them. (give me a source) the NRA members i know kinda like to keep a low profile but i don't think it would be wise to fuck with them

Bob Dog · 08-20-2009, 12:55 PM

I have real some good friends who are members and hunt with a guy whose a member myself, but there is a definite lunatic fringe in the organization, and a fair number of hot headed bully boys as well. You know as well as I do that a gun need not be pointed at someone to be used as an instrument of intimidation.

RedRide · 08-20-2009, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Dog

I have real some good friends who are members and hunt with a guy whose a member myself, but there is a definite lunatic fringe in the organization, and a fair number of hot headed bully boys as well. You know as well as I do that a gun need not be pointed at someone to be used as an instrument of intimidation.

Exactly.

BTW, I'm not an ARA member, nor do I currently own any guns although I have in the past.

However, I sincerly believe that if the police are the only ones to have guns, we are all in serious trouble!

TLyttle · 08-20-2009, 01:17 PM

Frightening.....

Bob Dog · 08-20-2009, 05:38 PM

An unarmed populace with an armed govenment is an incipient police state, but a populace that out guns the powers of authority is incipient anarchy. I personally am not fond of guns. We hunt to control an over abundance garden eatting, accident causing deer, and secondarily to fill our freezers with fine, organic meat. I find gun sport, when separate from hunting to be loud, rude and annoying in proximity to any populated area. A gun is a tool like a chainsaw, it will do a certain job better than any other tool but it is a dangerous tool, and only fools play with them like they are toys. As to the NRA, they are basically a tool of the weapons industry and I want nothing to do with them.

SailDesign · 08-20-2009, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Dog

<huge snip>
As to the NRA, they are basically a tool of the weapons industry and I want nothing to do with them.

+1
I enjoy target shooting (little paper tagets, 25 or 50 yard range, .22 LR) and the only way, apparently, to shoot competitively in this country (US) is to belong to the NRA. So I don't shoot competitively. Having grown up in England, my view of firearms ownership and "rights" is a little different from theirs.
I also want nothing to do with them.

TLyttle · 08-20-2009, 10:54 PM

+2

In my (much) younger days, I was 2 points away from going to a national shoot, and that was BEFORE I got the glasses I needed. I have never seen a need to own or fire a gun since then, and most of my contemporaries have seen a need either; maybe it's a Canadian thing...

I am totally puzzled by the American attitude towards firearms, and I will likely never understand.

2+2 · 08-21-2009, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TLyttle

+2
I am totally puzzled by the American attitude towards firearms, and I will likely never understand.

It's a national fascination/idolatry with The Duke. 20 or 30% percent of the population wakes up each morning imagining that they walk and talk like him. As long as they're not pointing a gun at you at the moment it's really kind of cute.

Altitude · 09-05-2009, 04:07 PM

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/618...s-haden-church

Bob Dog · 09-05-2009, 06:35 PM

sure got that right

Slick · 09-05-2009, 07:08 PM

HEY! Dont dog The DUKE lol.

Altitude · 09-05-2009, 08:01 PM

I never did understand the fascination with John Wayne. He was an actor, but the people that love him would have you believe what they saw of him on screen was his real life. Anyhow, I'd take the bad ass roles that Clint Eastwood played over Wayne any day.

08-19-2009, 11:34 AM	#1
Darb Bear Traffic Controller Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,833	True. (Sorry to re-invoke Godwin's Law.) It seems those who are quick to equate Obama to Hitler conveniently forget that some of the first prisoners of concentration camps were political opponents. Namely members of the KPD or the SPD, Germany's Communist and Social Democratic parties. __________________ Darryl Kids Playing Chase On Freeways Get Smashed.

08-20-2009, 12:55 PM	#8
Bob Dog DARK PHASE OF THE MOON Drives: 07 liftback Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: the Boondocks, NC Posts: 993	I have real some good friends who are members and hunt with a guy whose a member myself, but there is a definite lunatic fringe in the organization, and a fair number of hot headed bully boys as well. You know as well as I do that a gun need not be pointed at someone to be used as an instrument of intimidation. Last edited by Bob Dog; 08-20-2009 at 01:07 PM.

09-05-2009, 07:08 PM	#17
Slick View User's Garage Drives: '09 3-Dr Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 616	HEY! Dont dog The DUKE lol. __________________ In a world... where things squeak, wont fit,start to bleed, or are just plain hard to do.... ArmorAll will fix that

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08-19-2009, 11:43 AM	#2
mo_feezy Drives: 08 Yaris S Sedan AT Black Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Salina, KS Posts: 55	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKS0hW_-kvA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcRr5xA-K80

08-20-2009, 01:23 AM	#5
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	No, see, there is no double standard. I don't care what American president it refers to. Its equally stupid either way. Please don't post that garbage on these forums. I removed it for obvious reasons.

08-20-2009, 02:25 AM	#6
Bob Dog DARK PHASE OF THE MOON Drives: 07 liftback Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: the Boondocks, NC Posts: 993	I saw that 17 year old class president of my high school beaten bloody by Nixon's thugs for protesting an earlier war many years ago. At the time I was quite shocked. Peaceful conservtives perhaps like the NRA folks pulling out their pistols and shaking them at people. Kal-El you are not only adamant, but quite self deluded.

08-20-2009, 09:34 AM	#7
elmo WFO Drives: 2008 hb Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: E. Tennessee Posts: 190	i am a member of the NRA and i really find it hard to believe and NRA member would point a gun at someone and NOT actually shoot them. (give me a source) the NRA members i know kinda like to keep a low profile but i don't think it would be wise to fuck with them

08-20-2009, 01:17 PM	#10
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	Frightening.....

08-20-2009, 05:38 PM	#11
Bob Dog DARK PHASE OF THE MOON Drives: 07 liftback Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: the Boondocks, NC Posts: 993	An unarmed populace with an armed govenment is an incipient police state, but a populace that out guns the powers of authority is incipient anarchy. I personally am not fond of guns. We hunt to control an over abundance garden eatting, accident causing deer, and secondarily to fill our freezers with fine, organic meat. I find gun sport, when separate from hunting to be loud, rude and annoying in proximity to any populated area. A gun is a tool like a chainsaw, it will do a certain job better than any other tool but it is a dangerous tool, and only fools play with them like they are toys. As to the NRA, they are basically a tool of the weapons industry and I want nothing to do with them.

08-20-2009, 10:54 PM	#13
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	+2 In my (much) younger days, I was 2 points away from going to a national shoot, and that was BEFORE I got the glasses I needed. I have never seen a need to own or fire a gun since then, and most of my contemporaries have seen a need either; maybe it's a Canadian thing... I am totally puzzled by the American attitude towards firearms, and I will likely never understand.

09-05-2009, 04:07 PM	#15
Altitude Drives: '08 LB MT Bayou Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,671	http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/618...s-haden-church

09-05-2009, 06:35 PM	#16
Bob Dog DARK PHASE OF THE MOON Drives: 07 liftback Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: the Boondocks, NC Posts: 993	sure got that right

09-05-2009, 08:01 PM	#18
Altitude Drives: '08 LB MT Bayou Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,671	I never did understand the fascination with John Wayne. He was an actor, but the people that love him would have you believe what they saw of him on screen was his real life. Anyhow, I'd take the bad ass roles that Clint Eastwood played over Wayne any day.