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pinktricam
Dec 7, 2011, 5:55 AM
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Discuss.
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traddad
Dec 7, 2011, 6:08 AM
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I think someone should liken Jesus to Charles Manson in a national ad.
Discuss.
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ubu
Dec 7, 2011, 6:16 AM
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That's a decent price for 124g 9mm rounds.
Oh, and I like the way they put the two black guys next to each other.
(This post was edited by ubu on Dec 7, 2011, 6:16 AM)
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lena_chita
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Dec 7, 2011, 6:47 AM
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camhead wrote: pinktricam wrote: [image]http://i.huffpost.com/gen/425093/GUN-AD-OBAMA.jpg[/image] Discuss. It's brilliant advertising. No one ever went broke by underestimating the idiocy of the average American.
First thing I saw in that picture was an ad for a burning hot deal on a bullet-type vibrator.
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scrapedape
Dec 7, 2011, 7:07 AM
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camhead wrote: It's brilliant advertising. No one ever went broke by underestimating the idiocy of the average American.
It would be pretty easy to go broke that way, actually.
I'm sure you meant to say that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
I've also seen this great Mencken line quoted as, "No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
I think both are equally applicable in this case.
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traddad
Dec 7, 2011, 7:19 AM
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scrapedape wrote: I've also seen this great Mencken line quoted as, "No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
...and they would be tasty.
Chianti?
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camhead
Dec 7, 2011, 7:35 AM
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scrapedape wrote: camhead wrote: It's brilliant advertising. No one ever went broke by underestimating the idiocy of the average American. It would be pretty easy to go broke that way, actually. I'm sure you meant to say that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. I've also seen this great Mencken line quoted as, "No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." I think both are equally applicable in this case.
Woops. That's what I get for answering a PTC post before I've had my coffee.
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scrapedape
Dec 7, 2011, 8:31 AM
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camhead wrote: scrapedape wrote: camhead wrote: It's brilliant advertising. No one ever went broke by underestimating the idiocy of the average American. It would be pretty easy to go broke that way, actually. I'm sure you meant to say that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. I've also seen this great Mencken line quoted as, "No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." I think both are equally applicable in this case. Woops. That's what I get for answering a PTC post before I've had my coffee.
I find it too painful to answer his posts until I've had a beer. Or two.
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petsfed
Dec 7, 2011, 9:21 AM
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I think Obama has been the greatest thing for the firearms industry since smokeless powder. Everybody's so paranoid that he'll take all their guns away, they've started snapping them up in droves. He's a job creator!
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veganclimber
Dec 7, 2011, 9:55 AM
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Wait, guns are still legal? I thought Obama was going to get rid of them when he was elected the first time. What happened?
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iknowfear
Dec 7, 2011, 12:57 PM
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pinktricam wrote: [image]http://i.huffpost.com/gen/425093/GUN-AD-OBAMA.jpg[/image] Discuss.
that thing looks like a ammu-nation add from GTA.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Dec 7, 2011, 7:44 PM
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pinktricam wrote: [image]http://i. huffpost.com/gen/425093/GUN-AD-OBAMA.jpg[/image] Discuss.
wait are you reading the huffer?
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traddad
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Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: pinktricam wrote: [image]http://i. huffpost.com/gen/425093/GUN-AD-OBAMA.jpg[/image] Discuss. wait are you reading the huffer?
I've said more than once here that I think Pinky is a gay liberal from NYC portraying a Fundy Whackjob for shits and giggles.
SANTORUM!!!!
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pinktricam
Dec 9, 2011, 1:47 AM
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Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: pinktricam wrote: [image]http://i. huffpost.com/gen/425093/GUN-AD-OBAMA.jpg[/image] Discuss. wait are you reading the huffer?
Yep...I read and ponder many different news sources ranging from one side of the spectrum to the other.
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pinktricam
Dec 9, 2011, 1:52 AM
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petsfed wrote: I think Obama has been the greatest thing for the firearms industry since smokeless powder. Everybody's so paranoid that he'll take all their guns away, they've started snapping them up in droves. He's a job creator!
That's actually bern a running joke between a few friends of mine since prior to the President's election.
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scrapedape
Dec 9, 2011, 3:25 AM
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pinktricam wrote: petsfed wrote: I think Obama has been the greatest thing for the firearms industry since smokeless powder. Everybody's so paranoid that he'll take all their guns away, they've started snapping them up in droves. He's a job creator! That's actually bern a running joke between a few friends of mine since prior to the President's election.
People are friends with you??
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rrrADAM
Dec 9, 2011, 4:19 AM
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scrapedape wrote: pinktricam wrote: petsfed wrote: I think Obama has been the greatest thing for the firearms industry since smokeless powder. Everybody's so paranoid that he'll take all their guns away, they've started snapping them up in droves. He's a job creator! That's actually bern a running joke between a few friends of mine since prior to the President's election. People are friends with you??
Imaginary... In fact, one of his imaginary friends can do magic, and can even be 3 distinct entities, yet at the same time be only 1.
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superchuffer
Dec 9, 2011, 5:32 AM
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petsfed
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I just think its political suicide to try to ram through an honest to god gun-control bill. Obama has struck me as a pretty sharp politician so I've always doubted that he'd try to get something passed. What might get passed is a rebudgeting that gives the ATF the funds to actually enforce all of these laws, at which point we can all say "you didn't fight these laws 15 years ago, what's changed?" Enforce the laws we've got, then see about applying stricter ones (or more relaxed ones). The straw purchase loophole is what allowed Fast And Furious (the operation) to get all those guns down to Mexico. Close that first and we can go a long ways towards squeezing off legal gun trade.
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pinktricam
Dec 9, 2011, 6:36 AM
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petsfed wrote: The straw purchase loophole is what allowed Fast And Furious (the operation) to get all those guns down to Mexico.
I think it was the Justice Department green lighting those sales that allowed all those guns down to Mexico.
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petsfed
Dec 9, 2011, 5:41 PM
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So you're saying the gun sales themselves were illegal, or just the smuggling out of the country part? Because as far as I'm aware, the gun sales themselves were legal. It was the spectacularly shitty job of the ATF following those sales that's really the scandal here.
I'm uncomfortable with the concept of gun registration, but I feel that there needs to be a clear chain of custody with every firearm, for exactly this reason. I see absolutely no legal reason why a straw purchase is EVER necessary. You don't get out of car registration just because you bought it as a gift for somebody else. Hell, I can't give my girlfriend a puppy without expecting her to register it. If you're buying the gun as a gift, why shouldn't it be registered? If you're buying the gun for somebody who cannot legally own a gun (to be differentiated from somebody who can't legally buy a gun, like a child), then you are breaking the law, and aiding somebody else in breaking the law, and we shouldn't have to wait for that person to do something shitty for that law to be enforced.
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