Daily Beast Lies Again
More outright fabrication from The Daily Beast (my bold, of course):
Mr. Blumenthal, I'll make you a deal. Produce a functional gun show-purchased RPG-7 launcher and grenades or a functional "bazooka gun" (whatever that is), and I'll either eat it, or let you shoot at me with it. The simple fact of the matter is that such weapons are not available at guns shows, though replicas— non-firing essentially 1:1 scale models—sometimes are. The take-down rifle design he shows with forboding isn't particularly innovative and has been around for over a hundred years. I just watched the Clint Eastwood classic Joe Kidd over the course of a weekend, where a western set in 1900 featured a scene where the title character assembled a similar weapon transported in a compact presentation case, and then used it to kill a rifleman sniping from a ridge hundreds of yards away. As for Blumenthal's crockmentary, I'm less than impressed with tired leftist tactic he used of finding a small number of crackpots from multiple events and presenting them as being a fair representation of the overall group. Whether used by Blumenthal or Riefenstahl, it is purposefully dishonest. You'll note that though he claims to have attended two shows, he came back to the same 2-3 guys for the bulk of his interviews, most prominently the old Alex Jones fan and the young Paultard. Those interviews were culled from out of what must have been thousands of potential attendees he could have chosen to talk to. I have little doubt his intention was to isolate and fixate upon those he thought would be most useful fodder for a smear out of what was sure to have been thousands (for example, there were 8,000 people attend a gun show in Raleigh over the course of the weekend, and I suspect I could find several dozen conspiracy theorists or more that would give similar stories to what he culled, but that doesn't make them representative of the larger group). It's a smear job from a shameless propagandist, and yet another blow to the credibility of Tina Brown's Daily Beast, which seems to be trying to emulate the kind of journalism that is leading the New York Times into both irrelevancy and bankruptcy.
At the gun show in Reno, I witnessed the sale of rocket-propelled-grenade launchers and bazooka guns; I watched a California-based dealer demonstrate how rapidly he could field strip his .308-caliber sniper rifle, then stash it in a deliberately innocuous-looking backpack and a briefcase that "looks just like a camera case."
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 12:53 PM
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Cy, this show what I have contended a while now. That is the left is not interested in truth, only in outcomes. Our current President is a case in point and the examples are many.
Posted by: Zelsdorf Ragshaft III at May 04, 2009 04:03 PM (wwBik)
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I attended the Reno gun show (the big one at the Grand Sierra Resort) and I can safely say that in my several hours spent there, i never once saw an RPG. I don't know how many attended, but it was so crowded that you couldn't ever walk freely. Good times, Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story- is that their motto?
Posted by: Scott at May 04, 2009 04:16 PM (0snxn)
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Attended the Raleigh gun show this weekend... no rpg-7s. I've seen disabled AT-4s there before but all you can buy is the tube. I guess if ya throw it at someone it might do some damage. Claims like this are so ludicrous that they are almost funny.
Posted by: brandon at May 04, 2009 07:21 PM (6sXlH)
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Come on guys, everybody knows you have to give the secret handshake and password to see the "good stuff" at the gun shows. There's no way they'd let some libtard JournoList behind the curtains.
Heh!
Heh!
Posted by: daleyrocks at May 04, 2009 08:04 PM (odYIP)
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Camera case? Frakking idiot. Ain't no such .308 that I know of.
Posted by: Federale at May 04, 2009 10:09 PM (wpJU1)
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A .308 sniper rifle, huh? Another classic example of someone who knows NOTHING about firearms writing about firearms! An M-14, which fires a terribly slow, heavy 7.64 round is the .308 "sniper" rifle we ALL were forced to carry back in the 60's. It also happens to be a favorite for big game hunters who need short-range, heavy striking power. A SNIPER rifle it most certainly is NOT.
Next!!
Next!!
Posted by: Dell at May 04, 2009 11:01 PM (uRver)
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Dell, the M14 fires the 7.62x51 NATO, or .308. That cartridge is most certainly used in some sniper applications (mission dependent). It is also used to hunt deer and other medium sized game and, therefore, ubiquitous as a hunting cartridge. The libtard at the Daily Beast would have the uneducated believe that any centerfire rifle is, in fact, a dangerous sniper rifle. If you haven't read the comments over there, don't. Your blood pressure will rise to dangerous levels. By their lights, the only firearms we "need" are shotguns and single shot .22s.
If he saw functional RPGs and bazooka "guns" being sold at that show...I'll eat my hat.
If he saw functional RPGs and bazooka "guns" being sold at that show...I'll eat my hat.
Posted by: Barntender at May 05, 2009 12:03 AM (URr0a)
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We'd better be careful if Blumenthal is on the case. Why, I was at an ACORN meeting last Friday and just after we drank the blood of young children and swore our allegiance to exterminate the Jews, we were personally visited by none other than President Biden who told us of the status of the alien takeover.
The one thing he wasn't able to explain is why the media continues to fall into irrelevance, especially with all of these great, anonymous source stories they're reporting on. It's like they're missing something in the big picture.
The one thing he wasn't able to explain is why the media continues to fall into irrelevance, especially with all of these great, anonymous source stories they're reporting on. It's like they're missing something in the big picture.
Posted by: HatlessHessian at May 05, 2009 12:12 AM (7r7wy)
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......Pinot Noir....
Good freaking Jay-Sus.
Smirking and nose leaking coffee in the good old mid-west.
Good freaking Jay-Sus.
Smirking and nose leaking coffee in the good old mid-west.
Posted by: ac halle at May 05, 2009 11:01 AM (YEUKH)
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Well, hell! I want one! I do so detest the left.
Posted by: cmblake6 at May 05, 2009 12:46 PM (mSaOp)
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Remember your Oath? REMEMBER YOUR OATH!
Posted by: cmblake6 at May 05, 2009 12:47 PM (mSaOp)
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If he saw functional RPGs and "bazooka guns" being sold at that show, I will carry his ammo and water from the Hall of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli and kiss his ass when we get there.
Posted by: Letalis Maximus, Esq. at May 05, 2009 10:01 PM (hairM)
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I bought a bazooka gun at the Reno Gun Show.
I use it to protect myself from Michael J. Fox and Bigfoot whenever they come our from under my bed in their Delorean and try to do anal probe stuff on me.
Please don't let Sydney Blumenthal take it away from me!
I use it to protect myself from Michael J. Fox and Bigfoot whenever they come our from under my bed in their Delorean and try to do anal probe stuff on me.
Please don't let Sydney Blumenthal take it away from me!
Posted by: Kasper Hauser at May 05, 2009 10:05 PM (wsgMR)
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Blumenthal must be attending the sissy-shows. I was recently at the Tampa Gun Show, and I saw someone buy an M1 Abrams tank. Really. Just when you think you saw everything, someone else walked out of there having picked up a Zumwalt class destroyer. I don't know how I missed that one, but sometimes you get so fixated on what is *on* the table that you miss the destroyer behind it.
Posted by: RickenAxer at May 05, 2009 10:09 PM (XymOx)
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"Whether used by Blumenthal or Riefenstahl, it is purposefully dishonest."
Agreed. But Riefenstahl would have created a seductive work of art, which is why she was dangerous in ways Blumenthal will never be.
Agreed. But Riefenstahl would have created a seductive work of art, which is why she was dangerous in ways Blumenthal will never be.
Posted by: Arturito at May 05, 2009 10:12 PM (eQmfC)
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Zumwalt: Yeah, I was the guy that bought that M1. I passed on the destroyer because the docking fees can be a bitch.
Posted by: Arturito at May 05, 2009 10:23 PM (eQmfC)
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Gun shows are the political townhalls for conservatives and libertarians. Attacking them has nothing to do with fear of guns, except as a method for getting the shows banned.
The Pomona show in LA had 50,000 people twice a year and it was the greatest political meeting in California. It was banned supposedly because of some gun sales in the parking lot. By that criteria, every rock concert in the country should be banned because of the on site drug sales.
The Pomona show in LA had 50,000 people twice a year and it was the greatest political meeting in California. It was banned supposedly because of some gun sales in the parking lot. By that criteria, every rock concert in the country should be banned because of the on site drug sales.
Posted by: K at May 05, 2009 10:31 PM (ESyOe)
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I've been to the Reno show, and there were many tables selling Soviet army uniforms, Soviet guns, and even Soviet pins and medals. Obviously the show is a hotbed of revolutionary communist party activity.
Posted by: Ernst Blofeld at May 05, 2009 10:42 PM (VONfw)
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An RPG? A flippin' RPG and a Bazzoka Gun? That's it? Tell that dummy to come to Tennessee, that's where the really good stuff is!
Why, just last weekend in Smyrna I bought a freakin' B2 BOMBER! With Crew! Bye bye, San Francisco!
Why, just last weekend in Smyrna I bought a freakin' B2 BOMBER! With Crew! Bye bye, San Francisco!
Posted by: Donald Sensing at May 05, 2009 10:45 PM (ZrAl2)
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at May 05, 2009 11:10 PM (Fe6uK)
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Kasper made me laugh. I would have included a Larry Flynt reference, though.
Posted by: Runcible at May 05, 2009 11:22 PM (zfnhI)
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Blumenthal is a nasty creep. He's the one who filmed himself harassing McCain's mother and daughter at the RNC convention.
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/john-mccains-mother-and-daughter-abused.html
He was proud of himself for that. He also tried to do ambush interviews at Sarah Palin's church, but the folks there had been warned.
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/john-mccains-mother-and-daughter-abused.html
He was proud of himself for that. He also tried to do ambush interviews at Sarah Palin's church, but the folks there had been warned.
Posted by: stace at May 05, 2009 11:25 PM (g/wgk)
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Last gun show I went to, I saw this. And they were giving it away:
http://gizmodo.com/tag/sea-shadow/
http://gizmodo.com/tag/sea-shadow/
Posted by: Don at May 05, 2009 11:30 PM (mqsH/)
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Come up to Minnesota; we had a guy selling something called a Star Destroyer, though he said I had to provide my own Tie Fighters.
I wasn't sure what he meant by all that fancy weapons jargon so I bought a .32 Derringer instead.
I wasn't sure what he meant by all that fancy weapons jargon so I bought a .32 Derringer instead.
Posted by: Haritumo at May 06, 2009 12:02 AM (9v34C)
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Honestly, why should I give a damn what propagandists like that put out?
Why should I give a damn what the assorted ignoramuses in the comments there think? Other than to laugh when they start talking about what weapons one needs for "hunting".
The 2A recognizes the basic human right to arms specifically to counteract what groups of fools such as those might attempt.
At the end of the day, I am armed and they are not. What, specifically, do they intend to do if we refuse to obey? Sic the military after us? News flash - the military wouldn't do a damn thing, because we ARE the military. All of us - soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen, swear allegiance first and foremost to the Constitution, not a bunch of birkenstock-clad mocha-sippers.
If tripe like that encourages them to try their luck, all the better - it's going to have to be settled again sooner or later.
Why should I give a damn what the assorted ignoramuses in the comments there think? Other than to laugh when they start talking about what weapons one needs for "hunting".
The 2A recognizes the basic human right to arms specifically to counteract what groups of fools such as those might attempt.
At the end of the day, I am armed and they are not. What, specifically, do they intend to do if we refuse to obey? Sic the military after us? News flash - the military wouldn't do a damn thing, because we ARE the military. All of us - soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen, swear allegiance first and foremost to the Constitution, not a bunch of birkenstock-clad mocha-sippers.
If tripe like that encourages them to try their luck, all the better - it's going to have to be settled again sooner or later.
Posted by: abcd1 at May 06, 2009 01:29 AM (WXE5d)
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The second revolution appears to be coming.....sooner than later mebbe.
Are the dems and libs so blind they dont see the hangings in front of the Houses of congress coming??????
Are the dems and libs so blind they dont see the hangings in front of the Houses of congress coming??????
Posted by: Fercryinoutloud at May 06, 2009 03:00 AM (wG+y0)
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First question, how long is a rifle barrel? Can it fit in a camera bag? Who uses camera bags anymore? And doesn't a sniper rifle by definition have a long barrel for accuracy?
Second question (or issue): By your comment: "I'm less than impressed with tired leftist tactic he used of finding a small number of crackpots from multiple events and presenting them as being a fair representation of the overall group. Whether used by Blumenthal or Riefenstahl, it is purposefully dishonest."
You're probably thinking of the vile Nazi anti-semitic film "Jud Süß", where photos of deformed Jews were used to represent all Jews. That was directed by Veit Harlan (thank God for IMDB}. Leni Riefenstahl is notorious for "Triumph of the Will", the filming of a Nazi Nurenberg rally and "Olympia" about the 1936 Olympics. I don't think she ever used the tactic that you described.
However, Susan Roesgen, made famous by YouTube did exactly that at the Chicago Tea Party and was called on it by a Tea Party demonstrator. The Liberals feel that they are so much smarter than the rest of us, but they're uninformed dumbsh*ts.
Second question (or issue): By your comment: "I'm less than impressed with tired leftist tactic he used of finding a small number of crackpots from multiple events and presenting them as being a fair representation of the overall group. Whether used by Blumenthal or Riefenstahl, it is purposefully dishonest."
You're probably thinking of the vile Nazi anti-semitic film "Jud Süß", where photos of deformed Jews were used to represent all Jews. That was directed by Veit Harlan (thank God for IMDB}. Leni Riefenstahl is notorious for "Triumph of the Will", the filming of a Nazi Nurenberg rally and "Olympia" about the 1936 Olympics. I don't think she ever used the tactic that you described.
However, Susan Roesgen, made famous by YouTube did exactly that at the Chicago Tea Party and was called on it by a Tea Party demonstrator. The Liberals feel that they are so much smarter than the rest of us, but they're uninformed dumbsh*ts.
Posted by: Jabba the Tutt at May 06, 2009 08:23 AM (6VG7x)
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Max Blumenthal, the author of the article in Daily Beast, is the gay son of Sydney Blumenthal, a prominent Clinton toady. He frequently authors Christian-bashing and anti-conservative pieces for this website.
Posted by: Banjo at May 06, 2009 10:07 AM (1DQ52)
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Bazooka gun; Bazooka gum... What's the diff?
Posted by: Bazooka Joe at May 06, 2009 12:03 PM (g7vSh)
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Hey! How did that LibTard find an RPG and I can't? I want one too.
Posted by: John at May 06, 2009 02:01 PM (QKlMf)
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Hey Blumenthal!
Go over to http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PL61851 and get yourself a shiny new Phaser. It is more "real" then those "RPG's" and "bazooka guns" that you hallucinated....errr....saw at the Reno gun show.
Go over to http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PL61851 and get yourself a shiny new Phaser. It is more "real" then those "RPG's" and "bazooka guns" that you hallucinated....errr....saw at the Reno gun show.
Posted by: Nahanni at May 09, 2009 04:21 AM (S4wMM)
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