A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...09-09-03...Guns Definitely Are OK

9/9/2003 | FreeTheHostages

[FreeTheHostages]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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GunsAreOK
	GunsAreOK takes rhetorical aim at Clintonista Sidney Blumenthal at a recent DC Chapter booksigning Freep

GunsAreOK freeps with the DC Chapter. Here's a poetic photo (courtesy tgslTakoma) of GunsAreOK reflecting a Hilary booksigning Freep. He's the conservative-looking, thoughtful guy in the reflection, not the snide-looking liberal to the left.


(Hint: he's to the *right* people.)
He credits Rush and FreeRepublic for being the two “sparkplugs” of "whatever conservative activism" he has displayed over the past three years.

Ah, he's being too modest! "Whatever?" I show you "whatever!" The guy is his own sparkplug. Check it out.


SPARKY CHANTS

GunsAreOK has chants that take direct aim at the 'rats.

This I know, because he's been to, like, ALL the DC stuff for years, and he's very much into carrying just the Right sign with the Right chant. First and foremost, he's always one of the first to remember to thank the cops for protecting us from violent leftists. But other than a Known Leader of the DC Chapter's "famous cops cheers," his favorite chants are:

Ho, ho Ho Chi Minh:
Albert Gore and Lieberman!

Now, that's good rhetorical aim!  

Or how about:

Hey, hey, NEA,
how many brains have you washed today?

Pretty good, huh? The latter chant was for a group of NEA teachers for Gore who showed up at Cheney’s house one Saturday evening in December 2000.



A SPARKY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

"I would describe my political philosophy as traditional conservative with some libertarian leanings." By that he means:

I support a strong national defense, tight control of the borders, and a coordinated national response to terrorism conducted by either political or environmental extremists. I support the cancellation of extra-constitutional Federal regulation and spending and using the eventual budget surplus to repay the national debt.

OK, pretty standard conservative stuff. But then GunsAreOK gets very sparky: He in fact favors the gold standard, tuition tax credits, the eventual privatization of both education at all levels and social security, voluntary public prayer in all venues, and a rollback of all Federal gun control laws to those that existed before 1927.

Oh, and he would, if he had his druthers, repeal all Federal prohibitions on the sale and distribution of marijuana, hashish, and hemp.

Wow? Did he just say that? He adds: "No, I don’t use either of the two drugs but flame away if you insist." Ahem, let me be the first: Guns, you're a loveable, sparky guy but you're *TOTALLY WRONG* on that one! {{{GunsAreOK}}} (He's very huggable anyway.)

GunsAreOK is of the view that "FR requires more active participation" than Rush, and he definitely gets out there and activates as a sparkplug in the group.




SPARKY, BUT ....

   BUT . . . WELL-BEHAVED:

GunsAreOK has been lurking on FR since May or June of 2000, but he only obtained a screen name only after the election controversy began. He credits Hail Cesar for telling him about the protests at the White House and at the Vice President’s house and for urging him to take the subway to the White House one November Saturday during 2000.

I saw right away that we were well-behaved but our presence seemed to incite the leftists to violence. How ironic. Weren’t these the folks who, according to the liberal media, advocated peace and good will and weren’t we the mean-spirited right wingers? As we found out later at the Supreme Court, the opposite is true and the fact is demonstrated even more dramatically today when we oppose ANSWER and its fellow travelers at our support the troops rallies.

Hey, Guns, if you won't outlaw drugs, will you at least agree to outlaw leftists? Hee hee.

   BUT . . . MODEST:

Seriously guys, one of the great things about GunsAreOK is that he offsets meglomaniacs like me. He's very nice and humble. Noting that the people not mentioned do not deserve any less credit for their abilities and efforts, GunsAreOK says he's in "continual awe" of Kristinn's exhaustive knowledge of constitutional government, politics, and the political players here. "He is unflappable when confronted with the leftists' boorish behavior." He salutes Angelwood for her "tireless work" on the logistics of our counter-protests, serving as chapter secretary, maintaining, with her husband, the chapter website. Oh, and of course, all those buttons. And he praises tgslTakoma's energy and signs as inspirational. "In city traffic, she can outdrive and outpark a great many of us guys." (Note he says "many of us guys," not "all." Newsflash: I don't know any guy alive who drives like tgslTakoma! It's an adventure!)

   BUT . . . A BIT OF A FOOD CRITIC!

One of his favorite activities after the Freep is getting together with the Freepers for a bite to eat.  He calls this Freeper Time (kind of like Miller Time).  For this activity, Luigis on 19th Street NW between L and M is an old standby.  "They've welcomed us during all seasons from the earliest freeps to the present."

But it's not all about the food at Luigi's. According to GunsAreOK, it's about the food at Smith and Wollensky steak house, just down the block from Luigis. He asks me tell you all that they have "very good, very good service too, but pricey (be aware of that)" and he also requests that I mention that Fran O' Brien's steak house--near 16th and K NW, and the American City Diner on Connecticut Ave NW just south of Chevey Chase Circle, are good.

Ahem. So, I'm thinking at this point: what kind of market is there for conservative food critics? In DC??!! I dunno, but however we got here, he does have a good lyrical grasp of his subject.  He notes that the pork sandwich at that last-mentioned establishment "is one of the best he's ever had anywhere and that you can get shakes with real ice cream there. What a combination! Two of the basic four food groups." Hee hee. He encourages me to note jokingly that, to look at him, you'd never know he likes to eat. Well, Guns, not more than the rest of us! Sheesh, can you get to work finding us some nice organic vegetarian place for our next meal? ;)

Really, I'm sorry if you're from out of town and actually had to read any of this, 'cause it makes no sense: you'd have to be a local to deeply appreciate just how hard it is to get a pork sandwich anywhere around these parts. I personally am not sure what one looks like . . . .


A RHETORICAL SURE-SHOT  

It's signs, not guns, that should garner GunsAreOK the nickname "sureshot" at our Freeps. Here are a couple of signs from his Hilary Freeps.

Two pedestrians read the signs of Taxman, GunsAreOK ("Senator 4 sale" sign), leadpenny, and staytrue at a Hilary fundraising Freep.	Angelwood has to adjust her glasses after reading one of GunsAreOK's signs!
Well, you can't see anyone in this photo from the Hilary Freep, but the signs are too funny for GunsAreOK not to be in the mix somehwere here! He'd be the first to object that he doesn't make up all these signs. 'Tis true. But I'm sure tgslTakoma has him in mind as an intelligent consumer of signs when her muse strikes: he always ends up holding the wittiest ones! He's got discriminating taste -- discriminating against leftists!

  Cool Stuff, GunsAreOK.   
Congratulations on being

one of Freeper's Finest!

(Yup, and so far as I know, he always wears a nice, neatly pressed white shirt at Freeps.)

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[FreeTheHostages]

Well, hmmm, I'm *trying* learn them. They keep cropping up and I keep flattening them, LOL. I know the layers are trying to help me, but frankly they're a little creepy! Persistent buggers.

[Billie]

Billie, again it's all your fault!

Sigh! You always say the nicest things. It's no wonder I'm so crazy about you.

[Billie]

I got one with burlap and I found a gun and I used the "smudge" and "lightening effect" features of Adobe Photostop. This is my most advanced work with photoshop.

You're really doing a super job. Freezie. Any of these photo editing programs take some getting used to and practice, practice, practice! It does get easier though!

It's nice to see the DC group come out in full force today!

[Exit148]

I have proudly Freeped beside, and noshed beside "Guns"! He definitely is OK and a GREAT conversationalist,also!

Guns ----- I shot off my first gun/guns/rifles/shotguns early this summer, and they are OK!

Hope to see you again, when I next Freep with you in DC.

[FreeTheHostages]

You always say the nicest things.

Ahem, it's a little early in the afternoon to be imbibing. At least without the wolfie. Speaking of which, yoo-hooo, where are you {{{{{wolfie}}}}}.

[FreeTheHostages]

Yup, he's the best. He really is serious about food though. I do recall that after one of our Support the Troops rallies, we went to Luigis and he went to Smith & Wollensky's and got a take-out something to eat with us! :)

[dutchess]

Hi Free....Just now getting here...VERY LONG DAY and have to leave in a bit for a banquet. Just wanted to tell you what a great job you did today. Gosh...you've "zoomed" right past me in just a few short weeks! Anyway, very interesting profile and just LOVE the presentation.

(((((((FREEZIE))))))))

[dutchess]

Hi Guns...So nice to meet you. Thanks for fighting the good fight along side all our other dedicated DC freepers. My only complaint...you guys have way too much fun!

Kidding aside...thanks for all you do!

[FreeTheHostages]

Trust me, I could write a book about what I don't know about graphics. LOL, I don't think anybody around here is "zooming:" I'm (quite seriously) so stubborn and independent that I've been teaching myself because I'm quite incapable of learning from others. So it seems like zooming to ya guys because I did it on my own, but really that's because I'm an overly independent New Englander type when it comes to tech and science stuff.

Prof. Barry Mazur, who taught me group theory -- a hard kinda math -- at Harvard, stood up before our class and suggested that the stuff was so complicated that we really had to teach *ourselves* group theory -- he could just help. LOL, that course WAS hard and basically, he was right. Stuff like math I can only learn myself, really.

Like right now, at work, my boss has given me comments on something. And - I hope he doesn't mind - I'm always asking him questions about his comments and asking him to repeat parts, just 'cause my skull's so thick I want to make sure I'm absolutely absorbing his take on it. Even when I *want* to listen, LOL, I really have to focus to do it.

Which all goes back to the Freepmail St.Louie1 sent me when I did my first post. He said: "I guess this means you're going to be pretty impossible around here now." And I responded, "Wasn't I always?" ;)

No zooming here. Just stubborn, individualistic, secretive New England plodding.

[dutchess]

Hi Finest DC Freepers. So good to see you all here today. I always enjoy when Free features a DC freeper because I can always count on seeing my personal heros...the DC Chapter members!

[dutchess]

No zooming here. Just stubborn, individualistic, secretive New England plodding.

That's one of the things I love about you girl! (and one of the reasons you can survive with reasonable sanity in D.C. while most of us are safely "enscounded" in the midwest...(or red states)

[dutchess]

Hi lovely sistahs...Alas...I must leave and not sure I'll be back tonight. Will be AWOL until tomorrow night...but I am really looking foward to your thread Aqua! Will check in as soon as I can. Know I'll be here in spirit!

[Aquamarine]

Hmmmmm....Louie's never sent me a FReepmail....wonder what that means.

[FreeTheHostages]

Hmmmmm....Louie's never sent me a FReepmail....wonder what that means.

I'm pretty sure I kicked off the whole exchange. He's like a rock star, y'know. I think you have to approach *him.*

[Aquamarine]

Hi Dutchess, hope you get to spend some time here later tomorrow. Lady is leaving town and will miss the whole thing!

[FreeTheHostages]

I too am looking forward to tomorrow, Aqua! I think it may be right up my alley!

[Aquamarine]

He's like a rock star, y'know.

LOL!!!

[FreeTheHostages]

reasonable sanity

You're too kind. Literally.

[FreeTheHostages]

yup, and they should come back tomorrow too because I hear we're going to have a special treat

[FreeTheHostages]

Lady is leaving town

Not without a hall pass she's not. Does she have a hall pass?