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savalez

(3,517 posts)
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:43 PM Aug 2012

Megadeth Singer Obama 'Staged' Aurora Shooting Massacre

Dave Mustaine -- the lead singer of Megadeth -- believes Barack Obama "staged" the massacre in Aurora, CO in a sick, twisted plot to pass a gun ban.

Mustaine made the comments on stage at an August 7 performance in Singapore ... when he told the crowd, "Back in my country, my president ... he's trying to pass a gun ban, so he's staging all of these murders, like the 'Fast And Furious' thing down at the border ... Aurora, Colorado, all the people that were killed there ... and now the beautiful people at the Sikh temple."

http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/15/megadeth-singer-obama-staged-aurora-shooting-massacre/

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Purposefully NOT put in LBN because Dave doesn't matter.

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Megadeth Singer Obama 'Staged' Aurora Shooting Massacre (Original Post) savalez Aug 2012 OP
I didn't know that Megadeath was even relevent today. xmas74 Aug 2012 #1
another tiny weenie guy flapping his gums roguevalley Aug 2012 #73
Will Megadeath get the Dixie Chick treatment back home? progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #2
Yeah, he's on FOREIGN SOIL!!!! arcane1 Aug 2012 #11
DURING WARTIME!!!!111 datasuspect Aug 2012 #55
Don't connect them - all the Dixie Chicks said was that Bush embarrased them as Texans karynnj Aug 2012 #27
Yeah, that's probably wrong. sibelian Aug 2012 #3
Nice to see he's still crazy as ever. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #4
He's a Megamoron. graywarrior Aug 2012 #5
Jesus.... Broken_Hero Aug 2012 #6
If you sing in a band called megadeth, well, bluerum Aug 2012 #7
Megadave has long been a loon OriginalGeek Aug 2012 #8
This idiot loves Alex Jones and has been on his radio show. He apparently has a low I.Q. Lint Head Aug 2012 #9
megadumb spanone Aug 2012 #10
See? That's why we kicked him out! savalez Aug 2012 #12
Love It rbrnmw Aug 2012 #14
Yup , Lars knew best. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #21
LOL! NikolaC Aug 2012 #36
lol great one proud patriot Aug 2012 #51
Maybe he has been sniffing glue. nt Zorra Aug 2012 #13
You get back to us when this gun ban is actually propsed, OK, Dave? tanyev Aug 2012 #15
Hey Dave you might want to take off the tin foil hat there ... Initech Aug 2012 #16
Will he be blacklisted and get death threats like Natalie Mains? obamanut2012 Aug 2012 #17
I love first response from the audience "Hey we love Obama!" aikoaiko Aug 2012 #18
Staged shootings? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #19
OMG this guy is crazy!! For those who dont know, darkangel218 Aug 2012 #20
Don't forget the fan in Toronto... Initech Aug 2012 #22
Whaa??! darkangel218 Aug 2012 #24
I also read reports during the initial Gigantour... Initech Aug 2012 #41
He defenetly is a douche. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #60
To add Confusious Aug 2012 #76
I think he ranted against the IRA. After he "caught them selling bootleg merch" or something to Erose999 Aug 2012 #80
I think it was just the opposite DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #83
Yeah that makes a bit more sense. Theres nothing the Irish hate worse than Americans going on about Erose999 Aug 2012 #85
Especially me... DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #86
WTF happened to Dave Mustaine?? Sick of the GOP Aug 2012 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Aug 2012 #33
That was the beginning of the end for him... and-justice-for-all Aug 2012 #82
Megadeth; isn't that a Satanist heavy metal band? bluestateguy Aug 2012 #25
They were never considered satanists. Metal bands often darkangel218 Aug 2012 #30
Did you really just say, "Religion should never have a place in music" ? Nostradammit Aug 2012 #38
Music is music, its a form of art. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #47
Nah. None of them were Satanists, even Slayer. Jennicut Aug 2012 #65
Satanists in rock DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #84
They weren't kidding about heroin affecting the brain long after you stop using. HughBeaumont Aug 2012 #26
And I was bitched at on DU for being insensitive when I said freaks would say this. vaberella Aug 2012 #28
Aw. liberalmuse Aug 2012 #29
Megaidiot! malaise Aug 2012 #31
Nice Company You Keep, DU Gun Enthusiasts. (nt) Paladin Aug 2012 #32
I always considered you a gun enthusiast, Paladin. If I recall, you still own and like your guns. aikoaiko Aug 2012 #35
Has anyone at DU said anything like that? Union Scribe Aug 2012 #45
+1 Although, a euphemism like "enthusiast" lets em off a bit easy. Hoyt Aug 2012 #57
Why not...nice company you keep, men. Or white folks. Or anyone with long hair. flvegan Aug 2012 #58
Such a shame, he was great once. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #34
Im not sure if your name has any to do with the band darkangel218 Aug 2012 #37
Yes it does and no they aren't. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #40
I know for a FACT that Tom Araya is born again and rw darkangel218 Aug 2012 #43
Sorry, no. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #50
I knew he lived in Tampa darkangel218 Aug 2012 #53
I don't know why you're trying to slag Tom but you're wrong. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #56
Im not trying to slag anyone. Im stating facts. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #59
You had better come with some definitive proof if you're going to libel someone. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #61
Im gonna post SEVERAL links as soon as i get home tonite. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #63
You are just thinking of the wrong guy. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #71
Slayer... DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #46
You got it. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #52
No, i got it! i want to be right!!! darkangel218 Aug 2012 #54
I must agree proud patriot Aug 2012 #48
They're still ALIVE? Warpy Aug 2012 #39
Mustaine was once just the opposite DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #42
As a megadeth fan from the 80s I must say proud patriot Aug 2012 #44
He's A Birther & Thinks Michele Obama otohara Aug 2012 #49
Oh Dave Mustaine. I loved Megadeth as a 13 year old girl. Jennicut Aug 2012 #62
Dave Mustaine was last relevant back in the day when 'Duck Dodgers' was on the air...... AverageJoe90 Aug 2012 #64
This is an outrage. LaydeeBug Aug 2012 #66
sounds like a typical paranoid gun nut Skittles Aug 2012 #67
Trying to resume relevance by getting a Fox gig Doctor_J Aug 2012 #68
He is a 911 truther - what do you expect? nt hack89 Aug 2012 #69
Think about that jerk walking around with a weapon. Hoyt Aug 2012 #70
All those drugs fried his brain cabot Aug 2012 #72
so that's ted nugent, dave mustain, 3 doors down, and toby keith.... pepperbear Aug 2012 #74
So, will the RWers lash ou at him.... LTR Aug 2012 #75
"Megadeth Singer Obama"... I thought he was a Muslin??? 4_TN_TITANS Aug 2012 #77
This must be the only President in US History AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #78
Have a seat next to Victoria Jackson and Ted Nugent...... Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2012 #79
Dave has finally lost his fucking mind... and-justice-for-all Aug 2012 #81

xmas74

(29,675 posts)
1. I didn't know that Megadeath was even relevent today.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:45 PM
Aug 2012

Dave must be out there promoting something or another and trying to get any kind of media attention available.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
2. Will Megadeath get the Dixie Chick treatment back home?
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:45 PM
Aug 2012

Mustaine is as bad as Nugent, and just as "talented."

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
11. Yeah, he's on FOREIGN SOIL!!!!
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:52 PM
Aug 2012



That said, he's about as crazy as Nugent, but significantly more talented. I can at least enjoy a couple of Megadeth's albums. Ted sucks all the way!

karynnj

(59,504 posts)
27. Don't connect them - all the Dixie Chicks said was that Bush embarrased them as Texans
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:25 PM
Aug 2012

This is really sick, conspiracy theory nonsense. (I have never heard Megadeath and from their name hope never to do so.)

bluerum

(6,109 posts)
7. If you sing in a band called megadeth, well,
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:51 PM
Aug 2012

he has zero credibilty to start with imo. This trash just reduces it to less than zero.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
8. Megadave has long been a loon
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:51 PM
Aug 2012

ANd seems to get worse every year.


His music has sucked since he quit drinking. And kinda before that.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
9. This idiot loves Alex Jones and has been on his radio show. He apparently has a low I.Q.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:51 PM
Aug 2012

Another Ted Nugent coward.

NikolaC

(1,276 posts)
36. LOL!
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:41 PM
Aug 2012

Good one! I used to be a huge Metallica and Megadeth fan. I am so disappointed in Mustaine and I no longer listen to Megadeth. He used to make sense once upon a time and then went wing nut crazy about 10 years ago.

obamanut2012

(26,111 posts)
17. Will he be blacklisted and get death threats like Natalie Mains?
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:07 PM
Aug 2012

And, she didn't even say anything that was bad.

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
20. OMG this guy is crazy!! For those who dont know,
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:13 PM
Aug 2012

He's a born again fundie, who years ago refused to play with certain bands on the same stage because they were quote on quote " satanic " he's a joke and I'm ashamed I used to like megadeth at one point of my life.

Initech

(100,099 posts)
22. Don't forget the fan in Toronto...
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:19 PM
Aug 2012

They were playing a show there a few years back and some fan throws a joint on stage. Dave literally stops the show, screams into the microphone "what the fuck is this shit????", destroys the joint, and waits for security to come and kick the fan out of the venue. There's a reason this douchebag got kicked out of Metallica.

Initech

(100,099 posts)
41. I also read reports during the initial Gigantour...
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:01 PM
Aug 2012

Dream Theater had these meet and greet packages where you could buy tickets and then go backstage and meet the band - and Dream Theater fans were getting really pissed at him because he was being such a dick. I don't blame them one bit.

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
60. He defenetly is a douche.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:24 PM
Aug 2012

Back in 2005 Megadeth and Dissection were on tour in Israel, and he told the promoters that he won't go on stage if Dissection is to play. So they told Dissection to pack up and leave just because of Munstaine. He's a complete tard.

Confusious

(8,317 posts)
76. To add
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 07:24 AM
Aug 2012

He was playing in Ireland, and expressed support, or seemed to, for the Irish republican army. Caused a riot. According to wikipedia.

Not too bright.

Erose999

(5,624 posts)
80. I think he ranted against the IRA. After he "caught them selling bootleg merch" or something to
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 03:52 PM
Aug 2012

that effect. Either way, they were lucky to get out alive after the crowd rioted. LOL

DissidentVoice

(813 posts)
83. I think it was just the opposite
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 02:43 PM
Aug 2012

I remember reading in Kerrang! magazine back in the '80s about a Megadeth gig in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Mustaine went on and on about how he has "Irish blood" and started in with how he supported "the Cause" and "give Ireland back to the Irish."

There were a load of letters to the magazine about that. One stated "there were both Catholics and Protestants at the gig...a rock show is one of the few places we can put that aside...he almost started a fucking riot."

Dave, you too often let your BB arse load your .45 calibre mouth.

Erose999

(5,624 posts)
85. Yeah that makes a bit more sense. Theres nothing the Irish hate worse than Americans going on about
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 02:59 PM
Aug 2012

how "Irish" they are, hahaha.

DissidentVoice

(813 posts)
86. Especially me...
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 07:08 PM
Aug 2012

...since I am matrilineally descended from Theobald Fitzwalter, 1st Baron Butler, founder of the Butler Dynasty of Ireland, who was descended from the Normans who invaded Ireland in 1169! I doubt the average Irish (Republic or Ulster) would welcome me with open arms upon learning that!

At least I wouldn't walk around in Dublin or Belfast trumpeting that...unlike Mustaine, I know (usually) when it's best to keep my yap shut.

 

Sick of the GOP

(65 posts)
23. WTF happened to Dave Mustaine??
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:21 PM
Aug 2012

I used to LOVE Megadeth back in the early 90s. Hated Metallica but loved Megadeth. Thought Mustaine had a great voice too. Now he's doing all this Ted Nugent, Charlie Daniels shit... What a waste.

Response to Sick of the GOP (Reply #23)

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
30. They were never considered satanists. Metal bands often
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:28 PM
Aug 2012

Have names like that, or sing about death and destruction, but its really nothing more then music / art. Just like a horror movie, or a gore painting. Religion should never have a place in music. In his case however, he turned into a religious fundamentalist, and that's really fuct up.

Nostradammit

(2,921 posts)
38. Did you really just say, "Religion should never have a place in music" ?
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:47 PM
Aug 2012

I guess we need to destroy all those recordings of Amazing Grace.

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
47. Music is music, its a form of art.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:05 PM
Aug 2012

And art can be interpreted on a personal level in many ways. Nothing more than that.

DissidentVoice

(813 posts)
84. Satanists in rock
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 02:51 PM
Aug 2012

When I was in high school in the '80s, the "Satanic Panic" was in full swing.

Slayer rode the Satanic gravy train for their first few albums, but I am guessing they frankly got bored with it. How many times can you repeat that without getting bored?

Kerry King once said "I read The Satanic Bible once, but it was all bullshit."

The only ones I can personally think of who are/were avowed Satanists are King Diamond (Mercyful Fate) and Glen Benton (Deicide). KD has even moved away from that a bit and describes himself more of an agnostic these days. Benton, though, is still waist-deep in Satanic swillage.

Man, I got so tired of that back when I was a kid. A girlfriend of mine's parents forbade her to see me because they said I was a Satanist...just because I had long hair and listened to bands like Rush, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, etc. Finally my dad said "if they don't knock that shit off I'm going to have them in court for slander!"

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
26. They weren't kidding about heroin affecting the brain long after you stop using.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:25 PM
Aug 2012

IMHO, Megadeth has really only made one good album. The majority of his work beyond the first two has been slightly above average at best and (mostly) goddamned awful at worst. So Far, So Good, So What has to be one of the worst follow up metal albums to a master work ever shat out.

vaberella

(24,634 posts)
28. And I was bitched at on DU for being insensitive when I said freaks would say this.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:25 PM
Aug 2012

Uh huh. Well then.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
29. Aw.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:26 PM
Aug 2012

He used to be so hot back in the day. Then I saw the "Metallica" documentary and was so disappointed at what a groveling wimp he'd become. I liked it when he was "edgy", not insane. He's still more likable than Nugent.

aikoaiko

(34,183 posts)
35. I always considered you a gun enthusiast, Paladin. If I recall, you still own and like your guns.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:35 PM
Aug 2012


Union Scribe

(7,099 posts)
45. Has anyone at DU said anything like that?
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:05 PM
Aug 2012

Or are you just tossing darts at the wall hoping one will stick?

flvegan

(64,412 posts)
58. Why not...nice company you keep, men. Or white folks. Or anyone with long hair.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:18 PM
Aug 2012

Or anyone that plays guitar...wears shoes...has two legs...breathes.

See? Kinda dumb.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
34. Such a shame, he was great once.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:34 PM
Aug 2012

First four Megadeth albums are some of the best Metal ever written. But he traded in the needle for the cross and his intelligence for insanity. It's sad really.

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
37. Im not sure if your name has any to do with the band
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:44 PM
Aug 2012

But 2 of the Slayer members are now born again RW nuts. And they're not alone, sadly a lot of the bands I grew up with are now fundies. Pretty sad.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
40. Yes it does and no they aren't.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:59 PM
Aug 2012

No one in Slayer is a born again or a right wing nut. Tom Araya has always been a Christian but is no way a fundie or a born again. Kerry and Jeff are atheists and apolitical. In fact their songwriting was quite anti-Bush on Christ Illusion. And Dave has never mentioned his religion at all.

I don't know where you're getting this from but it's bullshit.

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
43. I know for a FACT that Tom Araya is born again and rw
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:02 PM
Aug 2012

I live in FL and so does he, I have friends who know him personally.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
50. Sorry, no.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:08 PM
Aug 2012

I know more about them than they do. He is not born again. He has always been catholic.

He also lives in Texas not Florida. You must be thinking of someone else.

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
53. I knew he lived in Tampa
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:11 PM
Aug 2012

And my friends boycoted his shows because he proclaimed he was born again. I'm gonna find out.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
56. I don't know why you're trying to slag Tom but you're wrong.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:14 PM
Aug 2012

Are you sure you aren't talking about Chuck Shuldiner? He went born again after making some of the best Death Metal ever.

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
59. Im not trying to slag anyone. Im stating facts.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:19 PM
Aug 2012

I can't post link.because I'm on my cell, but Google Tom Araya born again xtian, or go to the gauntlet.com , you'll see it for your self. I've been in the metal scene my whole life and too many ppl said the same thing to be wrong. Of course you can say its not true all you want, that's not gonna change the reality cheers!

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
61. You had better come with some definitive proof if you're going to libel someone.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:24 PM
Aug 2012

And you have none. Araya is a roman catholic and lives in Texas. You're wrong. Period.

DissidentVoice

(813 posts)
46. Slayer...
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:05 PM
Aug 2012

Of course they rode the "Satanic" wave when they first started; almost everyone was doing it then to try and outdo one another. The only ones back then who were really serious about it that I know of were King Diamond/Mercyful Fate, and even he's more of an agnostic these days.

Tom Araya is a Roman Catholic, as is Dave Lombardo. Araya is Chilean, Lombardo Cuban, so that isn't surprising given that the Roman Catholic Church is dominant in that part of the world.

Kerry King is an atheist and I've never heard Jeff Hannemann say one way or the other.

Warpy

(111,329 posts)
39. They're still ALIVE?
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 06:57 PM
Aug 2012

Seriously, though, Mustaine has lost it completely. He needs a trip to a nice hospital, a rear end full of antipsychotics, and a lot of nice men in white coats to talk to for a while, away from Glen Beck and other AM radio shock jocks.

DissidentVoice

(813 posts)
42. Mustaine was once just the opposite
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:02 PM
Aug 2012

I have an old guitar magazine from the early '90s, just before the '92 election where he was railing against "the right-wing conservatives who rule this country" and how he was voting for Ross Perot, because "he's the only one who understands what this country needs."

I don't get it how an explanation is that once he became a Christian he became a right-wing zealot. I am a practicing Lutheran and find GOP dogma antithetical to the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, not to mention Moses and the Jewish Prophets who taught about justice for the poor and downtrodden.

Dave, I think you're having flashbacks that make you talk BS like this.

I loved Megadeth's Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? album way back in the day. He's still a good guitar player but please don't do the Nugent shtick...I know all about that because I live in Michigan and got rid of my Ted discs (which I once liked a lot) because I just can't listen to the guy any more without hearing the goofy BS he spouts.

proud patriot

(100,714 posts)
44. As a megadeth fan from the 80s I must say
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:04 PM
Aug 2012

Dave has lost his ever lovin mind ...all my cd's of yours are going the way of all those mel gibson movies now Dave ..

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
62. Oh Dave Mustaine. I loved Megadeth as a 13 year old girl.
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:25 PM
Aug 2012

You were once cool (Peace Sells..But who's buying?). I loved you in the late 80's/early 90's. But then you became "reborn again." You know, that is not the only way to get over an addiction but many people fall prey to it. I guess James Hetfield knew you were an asshole all along.

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
64. Dave Mustaine was last relevant back in the day when 'Duck Dodgers' was on the air......
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:27 PM
Aug 2012

Nowadays, he's all washed up.

cabot

(724 posts)
72. All those drugs fried his brain
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 08:56 PM
Aug 2012

I guess he's still bitter about being kicked out of Metallica. What an asshole.

LTR

(13,227 posts)
75. So, will the RWers lash ou at him....
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 05:50 AM
Aug 2012

..for criticising the president on foreign soil?

After all, the Dixie Chicks got death threats and boycotts. Think those same people will hold Mustaine accountable for his nasty attacks? After all, fair is fair.

4_TN_TITANS

(2,977 posts)
77. "Megadeth Singer Obama"... I thought he was a Muslin???
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 03:18 PM
Aug 2012

Is there anything our Prez can't do, now he's singing with Megadeath?

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
78. This must be the only President in US History
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 03:29 PM
Aug 2012

(Other than Vampire killing, Zombie Killing Abe Lincoln) Who has the ability to jump back in time, and change his Birth Certificate, Stage things from hundreds of miles away, while being in two places at the same time... and has superpowers that are beyond belief..



Wow... and these people will be voting? I love this President, but these people are wacky.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,191 posts)
79. Have a seat next to Victoria Jackson and Ted Nugent......
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 03:46 PM
Aug 2012

In the Bat-Shit Crazy Conservative Celebrities department.

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