If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

- George Washington

Saturday, 8 January 2011

What's a guy to think?



  • She's a Democrat, although used to be registered as a Republican
  • She supports citizenship for illegal immigrants
  • She's in favour of alternative energy
BUT:
  • She's a gun owner
  • She's fiscally conservative
  • She's married to an astronaut, for God's sake
  • She loves trucks and motorcycles (and was co-chair of the motorcycle caucus on Capitol Hill)



What's a normal, red-blooded, gun-totin' biker male to think?

Sarah Palin with brains, that's what she is.

I wish her well.
Posted by Richard at 23:35
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17 comments:

  1. Joe Public9 January 2011 at 00:03

    "What's a normal, red-blooded, gun-totin' biker male to think?"

    Schizophrenia or multiple personalities disorder can sometimes be advantageous?

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  2. Richard9 January 2011 at 00:05

    Kudos to the man who can spell 'schizophrenia'.

    Advantageous? Yes, we sometimes think so.

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  3. Dick the Prick9 January 2011 at 03:12

    Proper efficient nutter. Carnage. Bang out of order, really. The numbers are phenomenal.

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  4. Richard9 January 2011 at 05:34

    Mass murder = bang out of order? That has to be the understatement of the week.

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  5. JuliaM9 January 2011 at 05:45

    "The numbers are phenomenal."

    He fired into what, by all accounts, was quite a crowd. Luckily he didn't have anything bigger than a 9mm, or there'd be even more.

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  6. Richard9 January 2011 at 05:48

    Couldn't happen here, where we have proper gun control ... oh, hang on ...

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  7. Joe Public9 January 2011 at 11:51

    "Couldn't happen here, where we have proper gun control ... oh, hang on ..."

    And it's also illegal to carry a Samurai Sword in a public place:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mps-assistant-killed-in-sword-attack-727075.html

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  8. Richard9 January 2011 at 12:00

    In other words, you can never legislate for nutters.

    Interesting to follow the BBC coverage of this. At first, it was assumed that the killer objected to her pro-choice and pro-healthcare views, and he was a right-wing nutjob, controlled by Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. Now it appears that the guy had very left-wing views (as evidenced by a lot of Twitter and social media postings), he's being called 'lone and disturbed'.

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  9. Don9 January 2011 at 13:24

    Richard. Yes I saw the BBC getting tied in knots trying to blame Sarah Palin.
    The latest news says that there were 2 gunmen involved.
    A right wing conspiracy or left wing cry for help ? Wonder which way the BBC will jump ;)
    Oh Bad Al Campbell twittered last night that she was dead and it was the right wings fault. I see he's lost nothing of his nasty incompetence.

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  10. Brian9 January 2011 at 16:59

    Perhaps thinking people formulate their opinions one-by-one for themselves and end up having to order extra favourite dishes from the menu to add to the set meal at the takeaway of life.
    Like most people, I pick and mix ideas from all over the place based on whether they actually make sense and work in reality. Beautiful, romantic castles in the sky get a place in my head as well. I can't pigeonhole myself as left or right or libertarian, green or sceptical.
    My thoughts are with her, the other victims and their families.

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  11. Richard9 January 2011 at 17:33

    Quite right too.

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  12. Nikos9 January 2011 at 20:57

    In a simple answer to your question and with reference to image number 2 I would say:

    "nice BMW Toaster".

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  13. Richard9 January 2011 at 22:29

    It's an R60/5, but I didn't think they had all that chrome on the European models. US special, or just me being unobservant?

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  14. endemoniada_889 January 2011 at 23:29

    "What's a normal, red-blooded, gun-totin' biker male to think?"

    Um...how about: "Dear Santa, see this picture for my Christmas list. Thank you."?

    Even laterest news suggests she may recover (or at least, survive), and that the gunman was quite possibly way too out there to have any real grasp of politics. The leftie thing apparently came from his list of favourite reading, which included the Communist Manifesto. As it also listed Mein Kampf, that may not be much of a clue. Coincidentaly, it would seem that the Palin camp have indulged in a complete deep clean to remove all traces of inflammatory comment from their web presence. It may be from simple decency..or a sign of a guilty conscience.

    (IIRC: there were many non-chromed R60s - not all /5s, though - before they went to the toaster model, but I think that was a universal update, not just for the US).

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  15. Richard10 January 2011 at 10:05

    "Dear Santa" - hmmm :)

    Thanks for the information on the 'toaster' model. I hadn't even heard of this until Nikos prompted me to go and have a look. It's nice - but I bet it's dog slow. Always fancied an airhead beemer.

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  16. Anonymous12 January 2011 at 02:12

    supposedly toaster tank was deemed attractive for US market.

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  17. Richard12 January 2011 at 05:37

    Personally, the deep and practical tank of the /6 series is one of the attractions. Looks very purposeful.

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