NRA Misses the Mark

I opened an email from the NRA tonight that included the following:

• Perhaps it is a rich, velvety Pinot Noir… hand-crafted by a fiercely independent winemaster along a remote section of California’s Russian River Valley. It’ll pair perfectly with a tender sirloin steak on the grill.

• Or possibly it is an elegant Chardonnay… showcasing bright notes of pear and peach with a toasty oak finish that lasts for days. It’s an ideal way to unwind after a long day at work.

As a Preferred Member of the NRA Wine Club, …

It was one of the NRA’s well known solicitations for financial support via product sales. It’s a time proven strategy. Give the supporter a gift in exchange for their financial support, and the “profit” or a percentage thereof becomes income for the NRA. They’ve done it with anything from golf shirts to novel weapons. Why should wine be any different, you ask?

Simple. I believe the NRA has been moving purposefully along a path toward becoming a “gun based high-end retailer” instead of America’s voice for 2nd Amendment protection. To test my theory, I conducted a very basic, non-statistically valid poll in my gun shop today. Here are the results:

Q: When you hear the name of NRA, what do you immediately think of?

A: Among many responses, the most common were variations on this theme: A group of people that want your money and have forgotten how to effectively fight for gun rights.

Q: What has NRA done recently to protect your 2nd Amendment rights?

A: ——– (not one respondent could name a program or legislative action NRA achieved).

Q: What is your favorite NRA merchandise?

A: I had all kinds of answers, from ball caps to range bags, from key chains to guns.

Q: Are you a member of NRA?

A: 75% yes, 25% no

Q: (for the ‘no’s’ Will you join NRA today?

A: No…why should I? What do I get for my dues? etc.

So what conclusions can we draw from my non-scientific study? Most people, in fact most members in my small corner of the world, do not think the NRA is an actively effective pro-gun lobbying group. They are more interested in the gifts and merchandise they can get (not to mention the cheap magazine - yes, the NRA’s magazines are pretty good).

So listen up NRA - skip the wine club for gun owners. Most gun owners cannot tell the difference between a good shiraz and the most peppery gamay noir. Put OUR money where it belongs - bribing the crooks in Congress to keep guns an American RIGHT.

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Magic is over for U.S. According to France

The following article appeared in the international Herald Tribune:

“By Allison Smale

PARIS: Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister of France and a longtime humanitarian, diplomatic and political activist on the international scene, says that whoever succeeds President George W. Bush may restore something of the United States’ battered image and standing overseas, but that “the magic is over.”

In a wide-ranging conversation with Roger Cohen of the International Herald Tribune at the launch of a Forum for New Diplomacy in Paris, Kouchner on Tuesday also held out the hope of talking with Hamas, the Palestinian faction that rules the Gaza Strip but has been ostracized by the West and by its Palestinian rival, Fatah, because it opposes peace talks with Israel and denies that Israel has a right to exist.

Asked whether the United States could repair the damage it has suffered to its reputation during the Bush presidency and especially since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Kouchner replied, “It will never be as it was before.”

“I think the magic is over,” he continued, in what amounted to a sober assessment from one of the strongest supporters in France of the United States.

U.S. military supremacy endures, Kouchner noted, and the new president “will decide what to do - there are many means to re-establish the image.” But even that, he predicted, “will take time.”"

The above article is not quoted in its entirety.

I have issues with this:

1.  Since when does the U.S. need foreign approval of anything?

2.  The socialists in France have come a long way since the  Vichy days.  Amazing how the same people who almost lost their nation twice in the last century find it so easy to criticize and bite the hand that saved them.  When these hand-wringing “New World” advocates start whining for more diplomacy it should be pointed out to them how miserably diplomacy failed in the 1930’s and other pre-war periods.

3.  What do you expect from a country that has allowed itself to become one of the largest havens for ex-pat radical Muslims?

So Frogs, tend to your own country and butt out.  There is no “new world” as you claim (read the entire article for more on this).  Anyone who thinks otherwise and wants to come over here for a round of diplomacy is welcome to do so - Wyoming style.  Of course they will have a hard time telling me how wrong and bad America and our freedoms are while spitting out their teeth.  I’m going to bet on western diplomacy, thank you, and the French can go to hell (or the Middle East - same difference).

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