tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post7720408305463722070..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: Armed America...Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-75814279941397182882007-08-03T10:20:00.000-06:002007-08-03T10:20:00.000-06:00BLIND NAVY VETERAN ACCOMPLISHES THE IMPOSSIBLE DRE...BLIND NAVY VETERAN ACCOMPLISHES THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM<BR/>The Navy has a tradition of helping their own. Elroy day, a former bubble head has an incredible story to tell. He was blinded in a home invasion in North Carolina in 1995. He recently applied for and was accepted into the Purple Heart Service Foundations job training program to teach him how to become an at home call center agent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-16038008855021468632007-08-02T10:03:00.000-06:002007-08-02T10:03:00.000-06:00I've got a copy of the book sitting on my desk. It...I've got a copy of the book sitting on my desk. It is very well done; Mr Cassidy lets his subjects speak for themselves, both by photographing them in their homes holding their guns and in their brief answers to the question: "Why do you own guns?" No long, windy essays here. My favorite is the guy whose answer is "Because I can." That says it all. (It also happens to be my reason.) <BR/><BR/>I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-41893338235861736092007-08-02T08:09:00.000-06:002007-08-02T08:09:00.000-06:00I don't think the article quite does the book just...I don't think the article quite does the book justice. I haven't seen the actual book yet, but from the reporting on it all over the place, and his own words, I take Cassidy's implicit argument to be that you can't draw easy stereotypes about gun owners. The PW article does just that by selectively profiling hipsters--philadelphia's sub-cultural-elite, as it were. The effect is really to make Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-84467085458398350142007-08-01T21:13:00.000-06:002007-08-01T21:13:00.000-06:00There was a time when I would become begrudgingly ...There was a time when I would become begrudgingly happy over some city-slicker journo "discovering" that all sorts of folks actually own and use guns.<BR/><BR/>However, as of late, I no longer feel any happiness over this occurrence, begrudging or otherwise.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I instead find myself wondering what sounds a smug, insular, totally clueless journo makes when hit by a speeding UPS Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-71829304542317659872007-08-01T14:45:00.000-06:002007-08-01T14:45:00.000-06:00I remember when Kyle was hanging out on the LJ gun...I remember when Kyle was hanging out on the LJ guns community looking for Philadelphia area gun owners. Sadly, I didn't volunteer. I'm not too big on being photographed, and my house has hideous pink carpet (ask Bitter, she'll tell you) that I can't get rid of fast enough.<BR/><BR/>He did a great job though. We couldn't ask for better PR than that. To have a major Philadelphia publication Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-39886298955079192722007-08-01T11:44:00.000-06:002007-08-01T11:44:00.000-06:00mb--duck-"whating"?? what does that mean? and wh...mb--duck-"whating"?? what does that mean? and what is meant by that phrase--whatever it is? that photog would be even more amazed at what is owned and in my upscale Jewish Miami Beach neighborhood--without even one tattoo!! dmdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-968054023290370302007-08-01T10:24:00.000-06:002007-08-01T10:24:00.000-06:00Philly journalists spends millions of words a year...Philly journalists spends millions of words a year trying to convince themselves that they really work in New York City. <BR/><BR/>Philly is a city of houses, fairly blue collar and fiercely proud of itself. A perfect day in the city for most folks would be a Sunday drinking beer, eating a cheese steak and watching the Eagles beating the Dallas Cowboys 42-0.<BR/><BR/>Ask Uncle Walt if he's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com