This guy is every bit as much a terrorist as what we normally call a terrorist. Let's not distinguish.
I read another article about it and I think listening Tea Party representative continue to complain about how they are being unfairly blamed just set Fuller off. Fuller was out of line but not surprising considering he was one of those shots and his emotions are probably a lot rawer than most of us.
I'm sorry Fuller was a victim in the shooting, but what he did was flat out wrong. I understand his emotions are probably on edge because of the shooting, but maybe he should take some time off until he can maintain his cool. An interesting part of the article for me was this. Somehow he isn't making it political with that kind of talk?
fyi, i was responding to this originally. somehow the poster thinks that bullet holes are "visually exciting". i think you need to be pro violence to think that bullet holes are "visually exciting"
Well, okay, but "draw attention" /= "visually exciting," IMO. part of toning down rhetoric means not putting the most inflammatory words possible in the mouths of others. (And by others here, I mean mostly sane people like StupidMoniker and ROXRAN, et alia... not Limbaugh, et insania alia.)
isn't "exciting" the opposite of "boring"? SM complained that without the bullet holes, the ad was "visually boring".. so adding bullet holes will make it "visually exciting" for him
The articlesz I've read have all said that the Tea Party rep was recommending that any and all political fingerpointing should wait until after all the victims have their services so we don't have something like the Wellstone memorial. Then fuller stands up, snaps a picture of the rep, and says, "You're dead!" It doesn't sound like the rep did anything to warrant that sort of reaction. Personally I hope Fuller at least gets help for possible PTSD in exchange for dropped charges.
Adding graphics to a sign grabs the attention more than a plain text sign. Since the words on the sign are straight shooter, the graphics that go with that would be gun themed or speaking the truth themed. Bullet holes (in paper -or possibly some sort of black painted metal - it should be noted, not on a body) are easier to do and easier to understand as you are driving by than an abstract like truth. I suppose the graphics could have been speakers with truth coming out of them or a microphone with truth going in, but how do you make that without cluttering it up with more text?
you said for the particular ad, straight shooter = person speaking the truth and straight shooter <> guns if straight shooter was really about the truth not guns, why put a gun-themed graphic and not a truth-themed graphic?
obviously, a tea partier . [rquoter]“Being around people who smoke pot, they tend to be a little paranoid,” Mr. Tidaback said. “I got that sense from him... He became intrigued by antigovernment conspiracy theories, including that the Sept. 11 attacks were perpetrated by the government and that the country’s central banking system was enslaving its citizens. His anger would well up at the sight of President George W. Bush, or in discussing what he considered to be the nefarious designs of government.[/rquoter] he sounds like andymoon.
I have never once claimed pot makes you paranoid, don't put much if any stock in conspiracy theories of any kind, believe that the Fed and central banking system we have makes the most sense for a capitalist economy, and can't remember the last time I discussed "nefarious designs of government" except on the TEA Party Patriots forum, where I was poo-poohing their talk of such designs. 0-4 on that comment, but that is just par for the course for you.
andymoon hasn't been around for awhile ... maybe basso is right and the Arizona shooter really was andymoon!
Did Public Enemy start the "anti-government" (oooh scary) hateful speech and violent imagery that led to the shooting in Arizona? They called the entire state racist and showed imagery of a man in the cross-hairs with their real life counterparts carrying machine guns. This vitriolic language must have been absolutely condemned by the left. Public Enemy has blood on their hands. <object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zrFOb_f7ubw?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zrFOb_f7ubw?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object> I'm countin' down to the day deservin' Fittin' for a king I'm waitin' for the time when I can Get to Arizona 'Cause my money's spent on The ******* rent Neither party is mine not the Jackass or the elephant 20.000 nig niggy nigas in the corner Of the cell block but they come From California Population none in the desert and sun Wit' a gun cracker Runnin' things under his thumb Starin' hard at the postcards Isn't it odd and unique? Seein' people smile wild in the heat 120 degree 'Cause I wanna be free What's a smilin' fact When the whole state's racist Why want a holiday F--k it 'cause I wanna So what if I celebrate it standin' on a corner I ain't drinkin' no 40 I B thinkin' time wit' a nine Until we get some land Call me the trigger man Looki lookin' for the governor Huh he ain't lovin' ya But here to trouble ya He's rubbin' ya wrong Get the point come along An he can get to the joint I urinated on the state While I was kickin' this song Yeah, he appear to be fair The cracker over there He try to keep it yesteryear The good ol' days The same ol' ways That kept us dyin' Yes, you me myself and I'ndeed What he need is a nosebleed Read between the lines Then you see the lie Politically planned But understand that's all she wrote When we see the real side That hide behind the vote They can't understand why he the man I'm singin' 'bout a king They don't like it When I decide to mike it Wait I'm waitin' for the date For the man who demands respect 'Cause he was great c'mon I'm on the one mission To get a politician To honor or he's a gonner By the time I get to Arizona I got 25 days to do it If a wall in the sky Just watch me go thru it 'Cause I gotta do what I gotta do PE number one Gets the job done When it's done and over Was because I drove'er Thru all the static Not stick but automatic That's the way it is He gotta get his Talin' MLK Gonna find a way Make the state pay Lookin' for the day Hard as it seems This ain't no damn dream Gotta know what I mean It's team against team Catch the light beam So I pray I pray everyday I do and praise jah the maker Lookin' for culture I got but not here From jah maker Pushin' and shakin' the structure Bringin' down the babylon Hearin' the sucker That make it hard for the brown The hard Boulova I need now More than ever now Who's sittin' on my freedah' Opressor people beater Piece of the pick We picked a piece Of land that we deservin' now Reparation a piece of the nation And damn he got the nerve Another niga they say and classify We want too much My peep plus the whole nine is mine Don't think I even double dutch Here's a brother my attitude hit 'em Hang 'em high Blowin' up the 90s started tickin' 86 When the blind get a mind Better start and earn while we sing it Now There will be the day we know those down and who will go
