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2013-01-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

A compelling story from NATO General Peter van Uhm

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Posted by Besoeker 2013-01-15 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 "the gun as an instrument of peace and stability"

Nice find! Not your usual TED talk, which tend to fall into the strange attractor of eco-hipster douchery and unicorn-flavored twaddle; not to say there are no pearls amongst the swine.

The audience reaction shots were interesting. More scowls than the usual gleeful delight most TED talks invoke. I put it down to the congnitive from hearing someone from a despised culture stand before them and make sense.

Posted by SteveS 2013-01-15 00:58|| 2013-01-15 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Long but worth it....sadly it will be lost on the liberals. BTW I want the piece on display...7.62 I assume...nice

Posted by Warthog 2013-01-15 01:01|| 2013-01-15 01:01|| Front Page Top

#3 I put it down to the congnitive from hearing someone from a despised culture stand before them and make sense. Posted by SteveS

It was an Amsterdam audience Steve. Nijmegen and the rest of Holland would have responded enthusiastically.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-01-15 01:40|| 2013-01-15 01:40|| Front Page Top

#4 "A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that."

-frome the movie "Shane" 1953

Posted by Broadhead6 2013-01-15 09:18|| 2013-01-15 09:18|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm saving that, Leftys WON'T See this,(Close their Minds and Look away) "But it's true", and powerful.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-01-15 12:28|| 2013-01-15 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 If the day ever comes when I should have to fire a gun
Well, it won't be done for money and it won't be done for fun.
Though I pray each day that such a thing should never come to pass
If you tamper with me liberties then, buddy, it's your ass.

For a gun is just an instrument like any other tool
And to be afraid to use it is to be a bloody fool.
So before you come to visit me remember where I'm from
For I'll help you get to Heaven if that day should come.

Day Ever Comes - Tom Lenahan

Posted by lotp 2013-01-15 13:41|| 2013-01-15 13:41|| Front Page Top

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