http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2009/06/08/targeted-by-the-nra/ Random rants and curious explanation. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:58:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2009/06/08/targeted-by-the-nra/comment-page-1/#comment-3346 Al Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:11:13 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/?p=478#comment-3346 You are a gentleman, a scholar (+ writer, actor, carpenter, fisherperson) and precisely the kind of citizen Plato had in mind for his Republic -- the kind who forgets to make money pandering and then forgets he doesn't have a gun. You are a gentleman, a scholar (+ writer, actor, carpenter, fisherperson) and precisely the kind of citizen Plato had in mind for his Republic — the kind who forgets to make money pandering and then forgets he doesn’t have a gun.

]]> http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2009/06/08/targeted-by-the-nra/comment-page-1/#comment-3343 Steve Alber Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:05:32 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/?p=478#comment-3343 I got the same tantalizing invitation: a fancy-looking card with a picture of an eagle and my name in raised letters. I know what you mean; it was hard to pass up. And when I got to thinking about NRA ethos and marketing ploys, I started thinking I'd spent a lifetime in the wrong business. I should have realized early on that there's big dough in pandering to the paranoid and the stupid (e.g., look at the revenue stream of Fox News). I could just shoot myself! ... but I'd better hurry up before Obama takes my gun. Oops! I forgot. I don't have one. I got the same tantalizing invitation: a fancy-looking card with a picture of an eagle and my name in raised letters. I know what you mean; it was hard to pass up. And when I got to thinking about NRA ethos and marketing ploys, I started thinking I’d spent a lifetime in the wrong business. I should have realized early on that there’s big dough in pandering to the paranoid and the stupid (e.g., look at the revenue stream of Fox News). I could just shoot myself! … but I’d better hurry up before Obama takes my gun. Oops! I forgot. I don’t have one.

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