Re: Gun Laws Kill - "Thirty-two fine young men and women are dead and that is a huge tragedy" --Michael Reagan

Dennis (Icarus) wrote:
"Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:133en1jr2n22hb2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Gringa's a Vietnam veteran impersonator (tunnel rat, of course), rabid
liberal and Kerry supporter, with a long list of self-proclaimed accolades
like "quick draw artist" and "-international- body builder", none of which
he can prove.

sonny boy, I proved it. I sent you a newspaper photo of me (a lat shot) shortly before I won the Masters class of the South American Bodybuilding Championship. I even wrote a bedtime story for you. I did not claim to be a quick draw champion, merely to have competed. My measured average reaction time is .185 seconds, far too slow to place high in the standings (world champion's reaction, and draw and shoot time of slightly over 24/100th of a second). You can test your reactions, see how you compare to this 59 year old man--and you don't even need to load the .45 you're never without, brave boy.
http://gunfightergulch.com/movies/reaction.swf

Hey, hero: when do you leave for the war zone?


As much of a bad ass as he is, he's terrified to post his name an
address.


Hey, I did everything but draw you a fucking map to my home. I don't give out my credit card to telemarketers; I won't give the same kind of scumbag my name or my street address. Come calling and you can get my address off my mailbox.


Hey, fat boy, I never claimed to be a bad ass. To the contrary, sonny. In a month I will be 59, I have been a sedentary trucker for almost 21 years, I am 5'5" and weigh 153. But, having been smaller than the bullies my entire life, I've been bloodied a number of times. Once more won't put me out all that much: I will heal, I will still be confident in my manhood. but you'll still be a fat, immature punk.


I never claimed to be a hero in 'Nam. I did exactly what was required of me, and nothing more. I didn't run, but I didn't win any medals for bravery. And I came home alive. Sixty thousand other young men didn't. The big bad barroom loudmouths like you, when the guns began firing, your kind either strutted into the line of fire or stuck their heads up their flabby asses.


He did admit to being a prison guard at one of the most brutal prisons
in
the United States, where guards murdering helpless prisoners is a
documented
fact.

Among other specific departures from reality, he keeps insisting I have
an
8 year old son.



you silly motherfucker. If not true, sonny, that was YOUR lie. Or maybe it was Scottie's (you two were connected at the hip back then, I couldn't tell you apart--you couldn't fight your battles by yourself; you still can't.


Dennis argued him into the dirt.




:-) Enjoyed it :-)


I enjoyed our discussion, also. See, you presented your arguments like an adult. Point, counter-point. But you won nothing. I didn't change your mind, but you sure as hell didn't convince me of anything either. Question: do you still believe we should stay in Iraq till Bush tells us it has been won?




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I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
--Abraham Lincoln
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