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"snopes.com: Media Quiet About San Antonio Theater Shooting" by RobVG January 16, 2013 10:52 pm

Well, I have the facts...now I am gonna spin it to my satisfaction. *They* kept quiet about it because there ... by Jody 2013-01-18 09:02:30
Signal to noise ratio by Robert 2013-01-17 12:08:04
- Rob was referring to a very specific category of shooting. by TB 2013-01-17 12:26:58
  - That's what I said: cherry-picking by Robert 2013-01-17 13:15:26
    - Given the details of actual gun death statistics, the entire "assault rifle" flap is cherry-picking. by TB 2013-01-17 15:02:03
      - I thought the NRA proposal was "volunteers", not "cops in schools". by alcaray 2013-01-17 21:05:29
        
        The exact quote from LaPierre's press conference: by TB 2013-01-17 21:12:47
        
        And here I was trusting Rob's description. Never mind. by alcaray 2013-01-18 00:39:54
        
        I didn't mention the NRA. n/t by RobVG 2013-01-20 12:03:19
        
        The exact quote's been out there all this time. by TB 2013-01-19 09:47:08
        
        You say I mischaracterized what LaPierre said? Care to point that out to me, please? by alcaray 2013-01-19 23:52:46
        
        (an apology will work, in lieu) by alcaray 2013-01-19 23:54:42
        
        "Trusting Rob's description." by TB 2013-01-20 08:32:10
        
        No you need to find a post where I said anything at all about the "LaPierre plan". by alcaray 2013-01-20 11:36:42
        
        Implied by RobVG 2013-01-20 12:20:15
        
        I don't think repetition will help much with these guys. Nice try though. n/t by RobVG 2013-01-19 13:09:03
"Reporters don't report buildings that don't burn." by TB 2013-01-17 08:06:13
- That's an even crazier thing to say than Rob's was. by alcaray 2013-01-17 21:00:26
  - There's one list... by TB 2013-01-17 21:20:47
    - They are very old cases and I don't recall the coverage except for one of them. by alcaray 2013-01-18 00:51:59

Newsweek's latest cover by TB January 18, 2013 4:14 pm

More... by TB 2013-01-20 10:42:56
Now you know. by bowser 2013-01-18 21:39:34

Making things up by TB January 19, 2013 3:14 pm

I have had several people in my life over the years do this sorta thing...embellish the truth. It is very ... by Jody 2013-01-19 16:19:21
Must have been an SF convention in town. by TB 2013-01-19 15:19:17
- ? by Jody 2013-01-19 16:19:44

A most reasonable opinion by RobVG January 18, 2013 7:26 pm

Interesting. by TB 2013-01-18 20:51:55
- Surely you jest. by bowser 2013-01-18 21:34:05

Update on TB's "communist" takeover of California by BuckGalaxy January 11, 2013 3:20 pm

The creative disappearing budget act by SteveS 2013-01-12 08:32:13
- Well, on the bright side we get that cool High Speed Train. by TB 2013-01-12 10:57:53
  - Nonproductive government spending by SteveS 2013-01-13 08:27:27
Yay. by TB 2013-01-11 18:26:53
- What's the lesson here? by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-11 19:33:27
  - Good. Now tell me how Texas, with no state tax and a lower sales tax rate, did it. by TB 2013-01-11 21:10:03
    - Start with the worst healthcare and education in the nation. by BuckGalaxy 2013-01-12 19:12:43
      - Worst by SteveS 2013-01-13 08:18:57
        
        The silence is deafening :) by FrankC 2013-01-16 19:20:06
      - Education rankings, by TB 2013-01-12 21:21:56
        
        Health care rankings, by TB 2013-01-12 21:39:01

A Martyr is born by Jody January 14, 2013 7:23 pm

Let's face it. by bowser January 12, 2013 3:20 pm

The Taft High School shooting , less than a month after Sandy Hook by RobVG January 11, 2013 7:28 pm

Another incident... by TB 2013-01-11 22:39:59
27 dead at an elementary school (minus one, to be technical) vs. 0 dead at a high school? What have you been smoking? by alcaray 2013-01-11 19:58:29
- You have to be joking. n/t by RobVG 2013-01-11 20:09:41
  - I think alcaray is right Rob...not enough blood shed to warrant an outrage. *sigh* Society is pathetic. The End. by Jody 2013-01-11 22:20:52
    - Only sensational events make for sensational news. Only sensational news is fodder for activists. by alcaray 2013-01-12 01:14:04

Dear Uninformed Voter: by TB January 11, 2013 9:39 pm

Hmmm. Much like the "Bush" income tax rates. (which whenever someone mentions not renewing even a portion of them, someone else screams about liberals raising taxes.) by alcaray 2013-01-12 01:12:30
We are where we are because of who we are. by bowser 2013-01-12 00:45:28

Hagel foes praise James "f*ck the Jews" Baker by BuckGalaxy January 7, 2013 5:27 pm

Connecticut Rep. To Gabby Giffords: Newtown Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us by BuckGalaxy January 7, 2013 3:41 pm

I've about had it. by RobVG December 18, 2012 6:51 pm

Welcome to the new world... by SDAI-Tech 2012-12-22 16:53:21
- There might have been a certain amount of scholarship since the Durants. by alcaray 2012-12-24 19:43:51
  - Or not. by SDAI-Tech 2012-12-27 01:36:56
Anti white racism. by BuckGalaxy 2012-12-22 00:12:51
- Stooping by RobVG 2012-12-22 12:06:31
  - I have no idols by BuckGalaxy 2012-12-23 00:02:44
    - lol. You do that too? n/t by RobVG 2012-12-23 10:19:28
What's really nuts... by TB 2012-12-18 22:08:18
- What's really nuts... by ER 2012-12-19 07:39:15
  - "The NRA is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again" by RobVG 2012-12-19 10:19:31
    - The best contribution the NRA could make is to quit contributing to political candidates. by ER 2012-12-19 13:29:25
      - That probably describes eighty percent of political contributors. by TB 2012-12-19 19:27:01
      - Well, somebody is going to have to speak for the gun owners. by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 16:03:10
        
        As a gun owner myself... by ER 2012-12-19 21:23:31
        
        I was going to get into game theory as it applies to politics, but you know... by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 22:13:18
        
        I agree Mary Anne. by Jody 2012-12-20 06:06:15
        
        OK. by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 22:05:07
        
        Do we really have a problem with gun-owners not sharing their opinions? by alcaray 2012-12-19 19:58:08
        
        Do we really want to get into a situation where they believe they have no input? by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 20:13:12
        
        I can't imagine this country without a gun lobby. It will never happen. by alcaray 2012-12-19 20:51:47
        
        There are very few decisions being made in this country now except emotional ones. by TB 2012-12-19 19:21:29
        
        Yeah. Ever since September 11, 2001. by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 20:13:56
        
        A bit like saying someone has to represent leg trappers by bowser 2012-12-19 17:57:19
        
        Drop dead by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 18:03:53
It's insulting. by bowser 2012-12-18 20:03:13
You left out the part where race is an issue. by alcaray 2012-12-18 19:33:57
- I still don't get it. Did somebody complain that the girls were racist? The cop? by alcaray 2012-12-19 14:16:21

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