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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: MikeBjerum on April 19, 2010, 11:05:01 AM

Title: Any Coverage of The March Today???
Post by: MikeBjerum on April 19, 2010, 11:05:01 AM
I'm at the desk today with the TV going.  I grab the remote while waiting on hold and channel surf a lot.

Is anyone aware of any coverage of the Virginia event today?  I can't find it  >:(
Title: Re: Any Coverage of The March Today???
Post by: tt11758 on April 19, 2010, 01:16:44 PM
If you can't find TV coverage that can mean only one thing......a LARGE turnout.  If it was a small gathering they'd be leading with it.
Title: Re: Any Coverage of The March Today???
Post by: MikeBjerum on April 19, 2010, 02:44:44 PM
I've caught a blip hear and a blurb there, but no more than a fifteen to thirty second bit.  A sad note is that apparently this is all about us worshiping Timothy McVeigh, and I have heard nothing about some obscure event in 1775  :'(

On a good note, as tt said - this could be a reaction to a large group; and even better - no news means no violence, routiness, and no issues.  Overall I'm leaning toward this being neutral to good for us.

Hopefully Mr. Bane will give us an update soon.
Title: Re: Any Coverage of The March Today???
Post by: Pathfinder on April 19, 2010, 04:54:20 PM
MB has barely twittered (tweeted?) today. The last tweet (twitt?) was about heading to a bar an hour ago.
Title: Re: Any Coverage of The March Today???
Post by: Bidah on April 19, 2010, 05:25:31 PM
One of those times when the silence is deafening.  We shall see what shows up in the coming days when they have time to think it over and spin it.  It is all about the spin..

-Bidah
Title: Re: Any Coverage of The March Today???
Post by: twyacht on April 19, 2010, 05:42:19 PM
CNN mentioned it, but no numbers.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/19/second.amendment.rally/index.html

Of course the huffington post said "militias" were storming into the National Mall,  >:(

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/19/gun-rally-second-amendmen_n_542872.html





Title: Re: Any Coverage of The March Today???
Post by: PegLeg45 on April 19, 2010, 05:53:26 PM

A blip from our friends over at MSNBC.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36645777/ns/us_news-life/

(http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/ap/second%20ammendment%20rallies--952419639.hlarge.jpg)

FTA:
Quote
Signs reading "Which part of 'shall not be infringed' confuses you?" and bright orange stickers saying "Guns save lives" dotted the crowd at the Washington Monument. Across the Potomac River in Alexandria, former Alabama Minutemen leader Mike Vanderboegh told the crowd armed confrontation should be reserved only for instances of the government threatening people's lives. However, he said it might be justified if people face arrest for refusing to buy insurance under the health care reform package recently passed by Congress.
"If I know I'm not going to get a fair trial in federal court ... I at least have the right to an unfair gunfight," Vanderboegh said.

I like that quote.