Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
And where did you obtain the proof that gaining media attention was the intent of the indivduals involved? Certainly not from the article you posted. No one bothered to post anything resembling an interview of the ones you are impugning. As far as I can tell, no one in the media bothered to ask them why they were carrying their firearms.
As far as you can tell...which isn't much due to your willful ignorance and parrot like adherence to neocon talking points.. Proof? Well, the first asshole, William Kostric showed up strapped and with a placard to draw attention to his foolishness. He was on the radio talk show circuit, but he got more exposure than he bargained for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflE0RMiIiA
http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/08/12/william_kostric/
http://www.alternet.org/rights/1419...wnhall_linked_to_gop_'stop_obamacare'_effort/
The second stupe with the assault rifle was part of a gaggle of gunners who wanted to peacefully protest....exactly what they were protesting is beyond me because THEY HAD THE GUNS AND WEREN'T ARRESTED FOR ABIDING BY THE STATE LAWS.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/obama.protest.rifle/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
Assault rifle man declined to give his name, but said he was doing this because "In Arizona, I still have some freedoms".
I find that statement fascinating, because nowhere in the news medium, Main stream or otherwise, have I seen reports of martial law being declared in Arizona or any reductions of civil rights that have place it's denizens in peril of losing touch with the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Smells like neocon BS to me.
Fact is, you want to find reason to call them assholes. Nope....I have FACTS that prove them so. So you make up reasons without anything to substantiate it. See above. The media went nuts over the issue, but that is the fault of the media, not the ones legally carrying their firearms in a legal manner. Wrong again....these dopes were LOOKING for publicity, as I've proven above. That they got it and it makes them look like assholes is NOT the fault of the media.. And you don't like it, so you join in the media craze.
Wrong as usual, my intellectually impotent neocon parrot! As I've demonstrated above, it is YOU who are not even aware of the FACTS surrounding these incidents. But ignorance has never stopped you in the past from carrying on as if you are knowledgeable and that your "knowledge" validates all your assertions. Pity reality tells another story...."Bravo" indeed.