The sleeze is strong in this familyPosted on 10/08/2017 5:45:48 AM PDT by NOBO2012
Finally, something substantive to move us off the Las Vegas shooting incident that nobody knows nuttin’ about: the Harvey Weinstein disgusting pig-man chronicles. I see that Lanny Davis and Lisa Bloom (Gloria Allred's little Eveready Bunny clone) both resigned today as more sordid stories ooze out. And seriously, how scummy do you have to be to have your own brother blow the lid on the story?
Bob Weinstein, the disgruntled co-founder of The Weinstein Company, may have been the mastermind behind an exposé of lurid sex allegations that led to his brother’s humiliating downfall, the sources said.
What a charming family.
I wouldn’t trust either of them but the one with the little eye definitely looks like a real perv.
Seriously, I’d rather talk about Las Vegas…or guns, specifically. I note that today was the day that Peggy-once-in-a-blue-moon-I-have-a-point-Noonan nailed it: Why do Americans own so many guns? Because they don’t trust the protected elites to protect them.
The establishments and elites that create our political and entertainment culture have no idea how fragile it all is—how fragile it seems to people living normal, less privileged lives. That is because nothing is fragile for them. They’re barricaded behind the things the influential have, from good neighborhoods to security alarms, doormen and gates. They’re not dark in their imagining of the future because history has never been dark for them; it’s been sunshine, which they expect to continue. They sail on, oblivious to the legitimate anxieties of their countrymen who live near the edge.
Those who create our culture feel free to lecture normal Americans—on news shows, on late night comedy shows. Why do they have such a propensity for violence? What is their love for guns? Why do they join the National Rifle Association? The influential grind away with their disdain for their fellow Americans, whom they seem less to want to help than to dominate: Give up your gun, bake my cake, free speech isn’t free if what you’re saying triggers us.
Would it help if we tried less censure and more cultural affiliation? Might it help if we started working on problems that are real? Sure. But why lower the temperature when there’s such easy pleasure to be had in ridiculing your mindless and benighted countrymen?
The article is behind a paywall but don’t worry, the rest of it is pretty much typical Peggy pablum. But when she’s right she’s right. Anyway, in summary: why do Americans own so many guns? Because the Second Amendment is premised on the fact that eventually the know-it-all, better-than-us elitists will grow tired of lecturing us and simply decide to rule by fiat. Because they only want what’s best for us.
At that point they’ll begin to understand why Americans own so many guns.
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
We like them.
Its a free country, aint it?
Because we're on to THEM, that's why.
Because when we need one, we can't find the ones we know we have. So we go out and buy some more. Eventually, we have so many that we never have to search when the need arises.
Because we can.
BFYTW.
Good lord, if you can’t use apostrophes correctly, don’t post articles on the Internet! I couldn’t make it past the title.
Why does a dog lick his balls???
Why do the Swiss?
Peggy nails this one.
We live in a very thin veneer of civilization. Time and time again it doesn't take much to expose the base elements of human nature.
Having just been though Hurricane Irma, and having part of Hurricane Andrew in South Florida, the very first thing I did was inventory weapons and ammo, made sure all were in working condition and made available in short notice.
No way in Hades was I going to let some worthless scumbag thug steal my generator, food supplies, water if the worst came to pass.
Because we don't have enough apostrophe's...
You remind me of former Texas Senator Phil Gramm.
Years ago, he spoke at an NRA convention and told the crowd,
“I have more guns than I need, but not as many as I want.”
They’re a better investment than gold...the ultimate currency for uncertainty...don’t forget to invest in ammo too...
One month after "Lights Out," Manhattan will be Cannibal Island.
Peggy must have an alpha male friend with a landing strip out in flyover country.
The left imagines that every gun that’s purchased is intended to be used to shoot somebody. Hunting, target shooting or just collecting doesn’t appeal to them so nobody should do it. And the constitution is irrelevant to them.
Actually, I think Americans with lots of disposable income own lots of guns. Let’s do away with disposable income (snark).
But seriously, if you can afford a shotgun you get one, if you can afford 10 different kinds of various weapons with various calibers you get those, if you can support all those calibers with fancy-dancy reloading equipment you can purchase all that.
It really comes down to disposable income and it’s not a matter of Americans having a lust for Weaponry but more so a case that some Americans enjoy a good hobby and practice that hobby to its fullest. Or..m that some folks are not interested in becoming a victim or an unfortunate statistic. That’s the majority.
There is also that small percentage known as the criminal element...
Once again (and this is a disconcerting trend) there are those on the soapbox who strive to pass laws and cultural mores for the benefit of the lowest common denominator. While the majority of law abiding taxpaying citizens are stripped of any recourse.
For times like these.
Because we can. Next question?
Couple of songs written and performed by a good friend of mine Tommy Conners, they’ll explain our need for guns.
American Rifle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxIX5ShpaTs
Ammendment Number Two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC7GCJFDVpg
What the hell! A few more.
People like me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5myKIbt7sAI
What they didn’t tell you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M1rWdObsxQ
Old Side by Side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQx2tvSnIkE
Hand it down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJOarDxHV5M
This song always puts a tear in my eye because it reminds me so much of my father and I. He started me hunting as soon as I was Big enough to shoot. He shook my hand when I got on the bus headed for basic training and hugged me with tears in eyes when I got off the plane in San Francisco after a tour in Vietnam. I lost Pop 3 years ago at the age of 92.
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