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Mike
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Posted: Sun Mar 15th, 2009 10:26 pm |
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http://www.examiner.com/x-2782-DC-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m3d15-DC-City-Council-afflicted-by-pistolgriphobia
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Some Americans are unfortunately afflicted by hoplophobia, the unnatural fear of guns, which causes them to lose all common sense in public policy discussion about the right to bear arms. This fear may or may not be treatable by gun range therapy and other measures.
But a new phobia that has arisen over the last few years that afflicts some elected officials: pistolgriphobia, the unnatural fear of pistol grips on otherwise ordinary long guns. . . .
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ConditionThree
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 12:44 am |
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| I think this insanity began in California. I apologize, but it appears that we were unable to quarantine the spead of this psychosis.
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Citizen
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 01:05 am |
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Mike wrote: SNIP But a new phobia that has arisen over the last few years that afflicts some elected officials: pistolgriphobia, the unnatural fear of pistol grips on otherwise ordinary long guns. . . .
Ooooooo. Another money-making opportunity for psychiatry.
I know for a fact that this disorder is not listed in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual)
Hopefully, Dr. Mike and I can get this before the committe, get it voted on as a new disease, and get a number assigned to the disease (for convenient insurance billing) right away.
(Note: I am not a psychiatrist, nor do I play one on TV. However, I have been known to make jokes at their expense.)
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ixtow
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 03:02 am |
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Is this similar to yourmagisnottinyphobia? Or howdareitbeblackphobia? Or maybe even whyisitalltwistyontheenditmustbetokillpeoplephobia?
I think they all relate back iamanignoranthatefulbastardandwishtodestroyallmytinyheadcannotundertandandpretenditisforthechildrenphobia.
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MI-copperhead
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 03:20 am |
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ROFLMAO
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TheMrMitch
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 03:50 am |
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Optigriprectitus, perhaps? Where the optic nerve gets crossed with the rectal nerve and they get a sh***y outlook on pistol grips.
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 04:08 am |
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Ixtow, you have WAAAYYYY too much time on your hands, but I laughed my ass off
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 04:12 am |
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| maybe someone should call Merck or one of the other drug companies, they could make something to cure it that ONLY causes heart failure or anal leakage, either way it gets the hoplophobes out of our way.
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FMCDH
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 03:18 pm |
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ixtow wrote: I think they all relate back iamanignoranthatefulbastardandwishtodestroyallmytinyheadcannotundertandandpretenditisforthechildrenphobia.
((facepalm))
They are going to need a new form for that one...
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 03:27 pm |
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Actually, I believe all of these maladies come under a blanket diagnosis of craniorectumitis. This is a condition where the cranium (head) becomes permanently lodged in one's fundamental orifice.
This condition is unfortunately very common and is, in fact, a prerequisite for membership in several groups; the Brady Center is a prime example. I am not a doctor, but I believe a lot of politicians exhibit signs of this malady to include some at the very pinnacle of our government.
This condition can sometimes be corrected by careful tutoring but in severe cases, surgery may be necessary. The surgery does not remove the cranium from its new location, but merely places a window in the abdominal wall so the sufferer can see where he/she is going.
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ixtow
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 03:54 pm |
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I picture is worth 1000 words... I believe I have identified a few specimens...
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Repeater
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 04:39 pm |
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Mike wrote in his new column:
The term "assault weapon" is a pejorative term for otherwise ordinary rifles and shotguns apparently pushed by Brady Campaign spinmaster Josh Sugarman ...
Josh Sugarmann (correct spelling) is the Executive Director and founder of the Violence Policy Center (VPC). He was never "spinmaster" for the Brady Campaign.
Your columns would be much more potent if they were error-free.
Please do a better job of fact-checking and proofreading.
Otherwise, another great column worth reading.
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Mike
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 06:00 pm |
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Repeater wrote: Mike wrote in his new column:
The term "assault weapon" is a pejorative term for otherwise ordinary rifles and shotguns apparently pushed by Brady Campaign spinmaster Josh Sugarman ...
Josh Sugarmann (correct spelling) is the Executive Director and founder of the Violence Policy Center (VPC). He was never "spinmaster" for the Brady Campaign.
I will fix the spelling but Josh is or was on the Brady Campaign Board of Directors and I think very accurate to say he is one of the brady community's more effective spinmasters.
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Sonora Rebel
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 08:34 pm |
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Anyone who still actually 'n voluntarily resides in DC or the Maryland side of the Potomac is pretty much three bricks short of a load 'n shouldn't own guns in the first place. 
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Repeater
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 08:54 pm |
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Mike wrote: Repeater wrote: Mike wrote in his new column:
The term "assault weapon" is a pejorative term for otherwise ordinary rifles and shotguns apparently pushed by Brady Campaign spinmaster Josh Sugarman ...
Josh Sugarmann (correct spelling) is the Executive Director and founder of the Violence Policy Center (VPC). He was never "spinmaster" for the Brady Campaign.
I will fix the spelling but Josh is or was on the Brady Campaign Board of Directors and I think very accurate to say he is one of the brady community's more effective spinmasters.
The Brady Campaign apparently does not make it easy to see who their Directors are.
The NRA is helpful, though:
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (BCPGV)
Board of Directors:
David Birenbaum
Carl Bogus
John Corderman
Lee Fisher
Larry Lowenstein
John Phillips
Helen Raiser
Maurice Rosenblatt
Jeanne Shields
Odile Stern
Edward O. Welles
As you can see, Josh is not listed. He could have been a director in the past.
Further down, though, is this entry for the VPC:
The Violence Policy Center (VPC)
Headquarters: 1300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 783-4071
http://www.vpc.org
Executive Director: Josh Sugarmann
Of Counsel: Kristen Rand
The Violence Policy Center is the new name of the New Right Watch (NRW), a non-profit group that "researched" what it perceived as a new right-wing American political movement. NRW focused its attack on semi-automatic firearms with two releases: "Assault Weapons and Accessories in America" (1988), a joint effort with EFEHV, and "Assault Weapons: Analysis, New Research, and Legislation" (1989). Funding for New Right Watch was received from individual and foundation grants.
VPC is a non-profit national "educational" foundation that proposes firearms restrictions, including total handgun prohibition, as measures to reduce violence in America. VPC's Executive Director, Josh Sugarmann, formerly the Executive Director of the New Right Watch and, previously, with the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, authored a book attacking the NRA -- NRA: Money, Firepower, and Fear (1992). In 1997, VPC produced a report attacking NRA's Eddie Eagle program, calling it "Joe Camel with feathers". This attack was so scurrilous that many in the media denounced it. It stands as clear evidence that VPC is more interested in attacking NRA than in finding any rational or effective solutions to violence in America.
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ixtow
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 11:35 pm |
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Repeater wrote: Mike wrote: Repeater wrote: Mike wrote in his new column:
The term "assault weapon" is a pejorative term for otherwise ordinary rifles and shotguns apparently pushed by Brady Campaign spinmaster Josh Sugarman ...
Josh Sugarmann (correct spelling) is the Executive Director and founder of the Violence Policy Center (VPC). He was never "spinmaster" for the Brady Campaign.
I will fix the spelling but Josh is or was on the Brady Campaign Board of Directors and I think very accurate to say he is one of the brady community's more effective spinmasters.
The Brady Campaign apparently does not make it easy to see who their Directors are.
The NRA is helpful, though:
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (BCPGV)
Board of Directors:
David Birenbaum
Carl Bogus
John Corderman
Lee Fisher
Larry Lowenstein
John Phillips
Helen Raiser
Maurice Rosenblatt
Jeanne Shields
Odile Stern
Edward O. Welles
As you can see, Josh is not listed. He could have been a director in the past.
Further down, though, is this entry for the VPC:
The Violence Policy Center (VPC)
Headquarters: 1300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 783-4071
http://www.vpc.org
Executive Director: Josh Sugarmann
Of Counsel: Kristen Rand
The Violence Policy Center is the new name of the New Right Watch (NRW), a non-profit group that "researched" what it perceived as a new right-wing American political movement. NRW focused its attack on semi-automatic firearms with two releases: "Assault Weapons and Accessories in America" (1988), a joint effort with EFEHV, and "Assault Weapons: Analysis, New Research, and Legislation" (1989). Funding for New Right Watch was received from individual and foundation grants.
VPC is a non-profit national "educational" foundation that proposes firearms restrictions, including total handgun prohibition, as measures to reduce violence in America. VPC's Executive Director, Josh Sugarmann, formerly the Executive Director of the New Right Watch and, previously, with the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, authored a book attacking the NRA -- NRA: Money, Firepower, and Fear (1992). In 1997, VPC produced a report attacking NRA's Eddie Eagle program, calling it "Joe Camel with feathers". This attack was so scurrilous that many in the media denounced it. It stands as clear evidence that VPC is more interested in attacking NRA than in finding any rational or effective solutions to violence in America.
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Citizen
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Posted: Tue Mar 17th, 2009 02:11 am |
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Everybody Else Who wrote: [psychiatric diagnoses]
Pfffft. Laymen.
Just hook up 4 electroshock machines in series and fry 'em into a seizure. Write it down as aversion therapy. Send the bill to the insurance company. Go play golf.
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Posted: Wed Mar 18th, 2009 09:27 am |
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Citizen wrote:
Ooooooo. Another money-making opportunity for psychiatry.
Are you messing with me? Mental health is one of the most short changed and underfunded areas in the medical field. Mental health centers are not funded like hospitals unless they actually have a psych facility, which in itself is not even worth the price of running one. Everyone tells me where I work a psych facility is a drain on money and there is no beneficial income which comes out of it. Basically such a unit is just a blackhole where you throw your money.
You can thank medical insurance, medicare, medicaid, and the state where you live for short changing mental health centers and psych facilities.
Maybe once Obama starts his socialist medicine plan...
Okay, bend over!
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Citizen
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Posted: Thu Mar 19th, 2009 04:27 am |
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insane.kangaroo wrote: Citizen wrote: SNIP Ooooooo. Another money-making opportunity for psychiatry.
Are you messing with me? Mental health is one of the most short changed and underfunded areas in the medical field. Mental health centers are not funded like hospitals unless they actually have a psych facility, which in itself is not even worth the price of running one. Everyone tells me where I work a psych facility is a drain on money and there is no beneficial income which comes out of it. Basically such a unit is just a blackhole where you throw your money.
You can thank medical insurance, medicare, medicaid, and the state where you live for short changing mental health centers and psych facilities.
Maybe once Obama starts his socialist medicine plan...
Okay, bend over!
I was using humor on Mike's spin about an invented phobia.
I don't want to take this any further off topic on Mike's thread, so I'll only be making this one post in reply and go no further.
I wasn't baiting you. Your profession is not relevant to me on a gun forum.
However, you're barking up the wrong tree to try to get sympathy from me on lack of funding for psych's.
Maybe if they ever actually cured anybody, or were known to be successful at curing people, they might find people more willing to contribute to them.
Nevermind that no field should be "funded". If they can't earn a freaking living providing a valuable service, why should they be "funded?"
Of course insurance companies are reluctant. What does one expect? A profession that invents "disorders" at an amazing clip. A profession that declares everyone has some mental illness. What insurance company in its right mind would insure people where the doctors find everyone is a patient?
Also, nevermind the goofy studies done at NIMH and universities. The effect of sex on hamster brains, etc.
I reserve the right to satirize, criticize, and bash any profession with the dismal track record psychiatry does.
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Posted: Thu Mar 19th, 2009 04:35 am |
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TheMrMitch wrote: Optigriprectitus, perhaps? Where the optic nerve gets crossed with the rectal nerve and they get a sh***y outlook on pistol grips.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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