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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:44 PM
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If Cindy Sheehan and her supporters had carried firearms outside Bush's ranch...
how much "outrage" would the rightwingers have spewed over the airwaves and the Internet?

Also, how quickly do you suppose they would have all been "renditioned," never to be seen again?

Redstone
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:47 PM
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1. been attending protests and demonstrations
since the Vietnam war. I have NEVER seen a protester w/ a gun.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:54 PM
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8. Babies in strollers, yes
Guns, never.
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:57 PM
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11. and maybe some very cool
puppets

:-)
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GodlyDemocrat Donating Member (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:47 PM
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2. If it were not fully concealed with a permit, it would have been illegal in TX
Arizona, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania have laws that legalize being able to open carry.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:52 PM
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6. That's not the point. And you know it.
Redstone
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GodlyDemocrat Donating Member (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:05 PM
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13. But, legally, that is the point
You asked what would happen to Cindy Sheehan, and the answer based upon Texas law, is that she would be arrested for a Class A misdemeanor, unlawful possession of a weapon, punishable by a year in jail and a $4,000 fine, under Chapter 46 of the Penal Code. This potential conduct, however, may be legal in other states with no legal recourse available by authorities.

I don't believe that if the authorities had the opportunity, they would not press charges on those who are openly carrying firearms at a public protest within walking distance of the President of the United States.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:10 PM
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17. How did I know you'd nitpick?
Redstone
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:59 PM
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30. So in other words, don't let the facts get in the way of a good argument.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 11:08 PM
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31. Of course I wouldn't. Guns are more imnportant than ANYTHING, aren't they?

Redstone
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:15 AM
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32. That's just silly. Who said that guns are more important than anything?
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:28 AM
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36. The cops were too busy arresting Cindy for tresspassing
:crazy:
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:44 AM
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37. Exactly.
Thank you.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:48 PM
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3. They would have been intelligent enough
to see the sheer stupidity and pointlessness of it in the first place.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:49 PM
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4. My dear Redstone!
Oh, absolutely!

The outrage would have been palpable!

:hi:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:50 PM
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5. Cindy was arrested for wearing the wrong t shirt. n/t
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:53 PM
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7. Just so. I knew you'd get my point.
Redstone
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:59 PM
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12. We're seeing very clearly the double standard that exists in this country.
We're in the majority, we have the White House and still, our president is basically being stalked by these freaks. :shrug:
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:19 AM
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34. Exactly
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:54 PM
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9. ....They would still be in jail.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 05:54 PM
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10. They would have shot her dead on spot
Fugg the lying hypocrites
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:08 PM
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14. Code Pink has something the right-wing finds even more terrifying than guns.
Edited on Fri Aug-21-09 06:08 PM by Ian David
Titties.

And vaginas.

And brains.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:39 PM
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22. A combination which rightwingers find truly frightening, indeed.
Redstone
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:09 PM
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15. That would have been the end of Cindy and her VFP escort, wouldn't it? I will never forget...
... her courage that day. She was made to walk in a ditch and then stood in the hot Texas sun until she got sick from it. Her friends were not allowed to return to their vehicle in order to get water. Baby Caligula hid out without showing the slightest particle of compassion. What would it have cost him in political capital to invite her to the porch for some ice tea? Or even to send out a six-pack of bottled water?

I have my doubts about Cindy's methods since Jan. 20 of this year, but as far as I'm concerned she earned her own medal that summer. Rest in peace, Casey. Your mother is one gutsy lady, and we're trying to take it from here.

Hekate
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:09 PM
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16. Actually, NOW we know they CAN do this, don't we?
Shouldn't we arm Camp Casey now?
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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:15 PM
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18. I shudder to think...
:scared:

Nice to see you, Redstone! It's been a while...
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:43 PM
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25. Thank you for your kind words. I'm doing quite well these days, though time
to post on DU has been at a bit of a premium.

Good to hear from you, as well.

Redstone
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:21 PM
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19. i heard she was packin' a Viggo
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X_Digger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:23 PM
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20. Since Texas doesn't have open carry.. not long. n/t
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Thothmes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:23 PM
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21. Of course if Cindy Sheehan
wore a gun to Nantucket, you would be all for that?
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:41 PM
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23. What the fuck? Nantucket? Huh?
Redstone
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:42 PM
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24. Um, Nantucket? Obama's going to Martha's Vineyard.
They're fairly far apart. I'm not sure what would happen in Nantucket.
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 07:05 PM
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26. Um, she wouldn't be wearing a gun at either location. That's beside the point.
The OP is about how the Right would react to anyone being visibly armed near the Chimperor.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 07:32 PM
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28. Thank you.
Redstone
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Kickin_Donkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 07:23 PM
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27. I would worry less about what the wingnuts would think ...
and more about what the organs of government would do.

It would be worse than Kent State ... more like Tiananmen Square.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 07:40 PM
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29. That was my point, indeed.
Redstone
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:27 AM
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35. Good call. I was there and no one had a gun.
We also didn't threaten to kill or shoot Bush.

Been thinking about this a lot lately. Thanks for bringing it up. :)
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 10:51 AM
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38. It's unprecedented, indeed. NEVER before have people brought firearms to
Edited on Sat Aug-22-09 11:08 AM by Redstone
a Presidential appearance.

What the HELL happened to my beloved America? I thought the eight-year nighmare was over, but it continues...

Redstone
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