Fox News and Young Hunters
I would just like to say that the O'Reilly Factor is simultaneously the funniest and perhaps most frightening thing I have ever witnessed on television. Like every good anti-propagandist I usually try to steer clear of mainstream news stations, but sometimes I tune into Fox News for a good laugh now and again. So after returning home from the weekly ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE meeting (so many exciting things going on with them!!!), I turned on O'Reilly Factor and got out the popcorn for some good frightening entertainment. Naturally, dear Bill did not disappoint.
Of course this story would involve the NRA, right? They're a fun bunch. So the laws in most states set the minimum age for using a gun at the ripe old number of 12 years. Per usual, this doesn't satisfy our trigger happy friends of theprojectionist homophobic macho freak hunting community. No, they'd really like it if the power's that be would consider lowering the age to 8 years old. But wait, this isn't the best part of the story! Oh no... it gets better. And this part made me stop and ask the television set, "Is this a joke? No, really... IS THIS A JOKE? Is it April Fool's and I forgot?" The man in charge of the campaign to lower the age... his name is... wait for it... SCOTT... GUNDERMAN (can't find a link on him). Yes. His NAME has the word GUN in it. I swear to Big Brother I'm not making this shit up. I nearly died laughing.
But I digress. Yes, these crazy people actually want to put shotguns in the hands of 8 year old children and then send them off into the wilds to gun down Bambi! Let's think about this for a moment. Think back, if you can, to yourself at the age of 8. What sort of things were you doing to entertain yourself at that age? Moi, I was playing with my pet cat, Smokey (not actual photo... but he looked just like that) in the backyard. He really liked to be buried in pine needles and then dig his way out. I was bird watching in the thicket with my dad's binoculars. I was splashing through mudpuddles with my then 1 year old brother on rainy days. When I ventured inside, I was playing archaic versions of today's computer games and dancing to Oldies music in the living room with my best pal teddy bear. I WAS NOT ON THE DELIVERING END OF A MALICIOUS FIREARM WITH A HELPLESS ANIMAL IN MY SIGHTS!!! And what child SHOULD be?! My God, what is our nation coming to? Are they trying to desensitize us to death and cruelty as soon as possible so that when we get drafted into their glorified military factions we won't need as much training to fork out ruthless slaughter to our so-called "enemies?" Sounds about right to me.
... Okay... I had way too much fun with the links in that post. *laughs*
Of course this story would involve the NRA, right? They're a fun bunch. So the laws in most states set the minimum age for using a gun at the ripe old number of 12 years. Per usual, this doesn't satisfy our trigger happy friends of the
But I digress. Yes, these crazy people actually want to put shotguns in the hands of 8 year old children and then send them off into the wilds to gun down Bambi! Let's think about this for a moment. Think back, if you can, to yourself at the age of 8. What sort of things were you doing to entertain yourself at that age? Moi, I was playing with my pet cat, Smokey (not actual photo... but he looked just like that) in the backyard. He really liked to be buried in pine needles and then dig his way out. I was bird watching in the thicket with my dad's binoculars. I was splashing through mudpuddles with my then 1 year old brother on rainy days. When I ventured inside, I was playing archaic versions of today's computer games and dancing to Oldies music in the living room with my best pal teddy bear. I WAS NOT ON THE DELIVERING END OF A MALICIOUS FIREARM WITH A HELPLESS ANIMAL IN MY SIGHTS!!! And what child SHOULD be?! My God, what is our nation coming to? Are they trying to desensitize us to death and cruelty as soon as possible so that when we get drafted into their glorified military factions we won't need as much training to fork out ruthless slaughter to our so-called "enemies?" Sounds about right to me.
... Okay... I had way too much fun with the links in that post. *laughs*
posted by Laura at 21.4.06
2 Comments:
oh God...O'Reilly. they had the best SNL parody of him last weekend (oddly enough, when Lindsay Lohan was hosting...go figure) but anyways, they were poking fun of how he goes "I respect your opinion, but I'm RIGHT and you're WRONG" (even though he's so obviously wrong AND stupid). i can't believe that stupid gun association wants to actually LOWER the gun age. HELLO? do they have any concept of how completely IRRATIONAL that is! if VP Cheney can 'accidentally' shoot his 'friend' with a gun while hunting, what is an 8 year old going to do with a gun? this country is getting too stupid and dangerous to live in anymore. *sighs and packs bags to move to Canada or Switzerland*. (It's Precious posting, btw) ; )
Haha, oh hi dear ^_-
Seriously... *packs for Barbados*
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