Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:46 PM

tuvor (15,644 posts)

MAD Magazine: The Unabridged NRA Press Release

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58 replies	Author	Time	Post
MAD Magazine: The Unabridged NRA Press Release (Original post)	tuvor	Dec 2012	OP
FUCK THE NRA. -nt	CrispyQ	Dec 2012	#1
+ 1000	Care Acutely	Dec 2012	#10
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Dec 2012	#19
It should have been done in red and blue not red and black.	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#31
with a rusty chainsaw	Cheap_Trick	Dec 2012	#32
+5	ellisonz	Dec 2012	#54
How did the writers at Mad Magazine read my mind?	hlthe2b	Dec 2012	#2
No, I think they got their hands on the actual first draft. n/t	MrModerate	Dec 2012	#18
.	lastlib	Dec 2012	#20
"Every time hiistory repeats itself....	ReRe	Dec 2012	#33
Wow, that is so true!	liberalhistorian	Dec 2012	#44
It's so true....	ReRe	Dec 2012	#47
that really is excellent, may I borrow that too?	navarth	Dec 2012	#49
Absolutely!	ReRe	Dec 2012	#51
Not your Grandfather's Mad magazine	bongbong	Dec 2012	#3
I've been reading MAD for almost 50 years and...	MarianJack	Dec 2012	#5
Mad magazine has always been an equal opportunity lampooner	Brother Buzz	Dec 2012	#15
Mad magazine has always been an equal opportunity lampooner	AlbertCat	Dec 2012	#22
Indeed!	Brother Buzz	Dec 2012	#25
The political right accused Mad as being Communist.	alfredo	Dec 2012	#53
It was always a liberal political magazine	jmowreader	Dec 2012	#55
As always,...	MarianJack	Dec 2012	#4
Alfred E. Newman brilliantly debunks hypocrisy once again!	Surya Gayatri	Dec 2012	#6
K&R, spot on	quinnox	Dec 2012	#7
Spot ON!	tilsammans	Dec 2012	#8
I've been subscribing for years now	NICO9000	Dec 2012	#9
MAD prepared us boomers for the NatLamp and	hifiguy	Dec 2012	#13
Always loved MAD	malaise	Dec 2012	#23
It was a very smooth segue from Mad to National Lampoon	Brother Buzz	Dec 2012	#36
Me too. I picked up my first MAD at 8 or 9 in the mid 1960s	hifiguy	Dec 2012	#37
A couple of years ago I purchased a copy of Mad AND a National Enquirer for a camping trip	Brother Buzz	Dec 2012	#43
And if you fold that length-wise just right it says	Gidney N Cloyd	Dec 2012	#11
HA!	annabanana	Dec 2012	#29
MAD Magazine - Exposing hypocrisy and debunking	hifiguy	Dec 2012	#12
I love Mad Magazine	kimbutgar	Dec 2012	#14
My love of reading is due to Mad magazine	Freddie	Dec 2012	#35
Oh, wow, that is perfect!	liberalhistorian	Dec 2012	#16
Save it to file	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#41
I'm MAD as Hell & I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore!	triplepoint	Dec 2012	#17
This deserves bookmarking.	russspeakeasy	Dec 2012	#21
They are reading between the lines based on exactly how the NRA has been acting all along.	gtar100	Dec 2012	#24
Glad to see that M(ind) MAD still has some	annabanana	Dec 2012	#26
kick	Dawson Leery	Dec 2012	#27
Yes, they are prepared to offer meaningful contributions... to stall for time...	TheBlackAdder	Dec 2012	#28
instant classic	Enrique	Dec 2012	#30
Go MAD	ReRe	Dec 2012	#34
Young minds read this stuff - like that a lot	toby jo	Dec 2012	#38
A keeper	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#39
Correction: On December 21st four days before Christmas....	Initech	Dec 2012	#40
It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide: who knew MAD was still relevant?	REP	Dec 2012	#42
NRA's slogan: "You can have my gun when you pry it out of the cold dead hands of our children."	mikelewis	Dec 2012	#45
So True. FUCK THE NRA!	madinmaryland	Dec 2012	#46
Mad, always been great. Happy to say I knew a few of the old guys there...	Historic NY	Dec 2012	#48
Bill Gaines would be proud.	klook	Dec 2012	#50
Humor in a Jugular Vein	NBachers	Dec 2012	#52
Uh oh	Iwillnevergiveup	Dec 2012	#56
NRA schedules a news conference for the 21st on the hope that the Mayans were correct. nt	Javaman	Dec 2012	#57
The only term I would add somewhere here is:	jonthebru	Dec 2012	#58

Response to tuvor (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:48 PM

CrispyQ (16,023 posts)

1. FUCK THE NRA. -nt

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:10 PM

Care Acutely (1,370 posts)

10. + 1000

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:54 PM

ProudProgressiveNow (3,239 posts)

19. +1 nt

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:49 PM

xtraxritical (2,931 posts)

31. It should have been done in red and blue not red and black.

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Response to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:53 PM

Cheap_Trick (3,689 posts)

32. with a rusty chainsaw

sideways

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Response to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 02:20 AM

ellisonz (26,318 posts)

54. +5

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Response to tuvor (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:49 PM

hlthe2b (47,249 posts)

2. How did the writers at Mad Magazine read my mind?

Spooky....

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Response to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:54 PM

MrModerate (8,040 posts)

18. No, I think they got their hands on the actual first draft. n/t

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Response to MrModerate (Reply #18)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:59 PM

lastlib (3,739 posts)

20. .

K & R!

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Response to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 05:26 PM

ReRe (2,847 posts)

33. "Every time hiistory repeats itself....

.... the price goes up." ~Anon

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Response to ReRe (Reply #33)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:37 PM

liberalhistorian (18,990 posts)

44. Wow, that is so true!

I'll have to remember that one.

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Response to liberalhistorian (Reply #44)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:56 PM

ReRe (2,847 posts)

47. It's so true....

...jot it down and tape it to your computer or lay it there with all that other stuff that's stacked up on your desk.

Better yet, add it to your sig line...

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Response to ReRe (Reply #47)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:58 PM

navarth (3,252 posts)

49. that really is excellent, may I borrow that too?

"Every time history repeats itself the price goes up." ~Anon

realy quite good.

I'd like to add that to my quote collection. I get some good ones here on DU.

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Response to navarth (Reply #49)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:28 PM

ReRe (2,847 posts)

51. Absolutely!

Have at it. Just put "~Anon" behind it. I think I seen it on a description of what was showing on a FreespeachTV documentary one time and jotted it down.

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Response to tuvor (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:57 PM

bongbong (5,436 posts)

3. Not your Grandfather's Mad magazine

It's now very political, and very Liberal.

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Response to bongbong (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:00 PM

MarianJack (7,285 posts)

5. I've been reading MAD for almost 50 years and...

...I seem to remember it always having a bit of a liberal flavor. They certainly were opposed to the Vietnam War!

PEACE!

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:32 PM

Brother Buzz (8,354 posts)

15. Mad magazine has always been an equal opportunity lampooner

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Response to Brother Buzz (Reply #15)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:23 PM

AlbertCat (10,448 posts)

22. Mad magazine has always been an equal opportunity lampooner

Indeed.

It's just conservatives have been setting themselves up for numerous punchlines way more than liberals... since the beginning of time.

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Response to AlbertCat (Reply #22)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:35 PM

Brother Buzz (8,354 posts)

25. Indeed!

GMTA

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Response to bongbong (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:21 AM

alfredo (46,516 posts)

53. The political right accused Mad as being Communist.

The more they complained, the more their mag sold.

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Response to bongbong (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 02:31 AM

jmowreader (23,904 posts)

55. It was always a liberal political magazine

Barry Goldwater and Dick Nixon were frequent targets.

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Response to tuvor (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:57 PM

MarianJack (7,285 posts)

4. As always,...

...MAD Magazinw NAILS it!

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:03 PM

Surya Gayatri (4,205 posts)

6. Alfred E. Newman brilliantly debunks hypocrisy once again!

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:03 PM

quinnox (15,669 posts)

7. K&R, spot on

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:03 PM

tilsammans (2,525 posts)

8. Spot ON!

Thank you, Usual Gang of Idiots.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:03 PM

NICO9000 (970 posts)

9. I've been subscribing for years now

I'm 53 and it never fails to tickle my funny bone just like it did when I was a smart-ass kid. Their humor is pretty edgy for a magazine geared towards teens. In fact, were it not for Creem, Mad and National Lampoon in the 70s, I might have actually made something of myself!

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:22 PM

hifiguy (13,029 posts)

13. MAD prepared us boomers for the NatLamp and

Creem. MAD wised up generations of kids to hypocrisy and stupidity in the adult world.

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Response to hifiguy (Reply #13)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:25 PM

malaise (105,938 posts)

23. Always loved MAD

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 05:48 PM

Brother Buzz (8,354 posts)

36. It was a very smooth segue from Mad to National Lampoon

I was the perfect age when National Lampoon splashed. Odd, I never followed CREEM.

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Response to Brother Buzz (Reply #36)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:00 PM

hifiguy (13,029 posts)

37. Me too. I picked up my first MAD at 8 or 9 in the mid 1960s

and my first Lampoon at 15 or 16 in the very early 1970s. Even read them both for a while.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:26 PM

Brother Buzz (8,354 posts)

43. A couple of years ago I purchased a copy of Mad AND a National Enquirer for a camping trip

I'd never read past the front cover of a National Enquirer at the market. Boy, was I was entertained for hours!

Now, Mad was also fun, and basically the same as I remembered it from my childhood because they were using the same template from decades ago, just updated a bit; the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:16 PM

Gidney N Cloyd (10,444 posts)

11. And if you fold that length-wise just right it says

Last edited Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:16 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

The Nation's
gun and ammo
sales are up
and that makes
us very happy
Keep shooting
and killing folks.
Happiness is a
w a r m g u n.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:39 PM

annabanana (45,548 posts)

29. HA!

good one

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:21 PM

hifiguy (13,029 posts)

12. MAD Magazine - Exposing hypocrisy and debunking

idiocy for 60 years. Long may they run.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:31 PM

kimbutgar (812 posts)

14. I love Mad Magazine

It was one of the first magazines I ever read as an early reader. I picked it up several years ago to get my son to read and I got hooked again. Now my son, husband, my sister and myself read it. It is so right on and truthful in their satire. This is another example of their brilliance in cutting though the NRA crap announcement and adding the real intention.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 05:40 PM

Freddie (1,416 posts)

35. My love of reading is due to Mad magazine

When I was 5 (a very long time ago) and couldn't read yet my teenage cousin gave me a huge box of back issues. I spent hours laughing at the funny pictures and couldn't wait to learn how to read so I could "get" what the pictures were about. One of my best childhood memories was of my Dad stopping at the newsstand to get me each month's issue when it first came out.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:36 PM

liberalhistorian (18,990 posts)

16. Oh, wow, that is perfect!

I gotta figure out how to share that on FB, lol.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:10 PM

nadinbrzezinski (120,145 posts)

41. Save it to file

It's a JPEG, and upload as normal.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:43 PM

triplepoint (431 posts)

17. I'm MAD as Hell & I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore!

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:20 PM

russspeakeasy (5,722 posts)

21. This deserves bookmarking.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:34 PM

gtar100 (2,524 posts)

24. They are reading between the lines based on exactly how the NRA has been acting all along.

It's funny except for the fact that everything they've added to that NRA statement can all be sourced back to the NRA itself. They aren't stretching the truth one bit, merely inserting it.

The only thing the NRA could say *and do* on the 21st that would make any real difference is if they pledged to stop all lobbying efforts on behalf of weapons manufacturers and limited all activity to gun safety classes.

Still wouldn't be enough to wipe the blood of their hands, though.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:38 PM

annabanana (45,548 posts)

26. Glad to see that M(ind) MAD still has some

moxie. I seem to remember that they had gone soft for a coupla years.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:39 PM

Dawson Leery (8,325 posts)

27. kick

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:39 PM

TheBlackAdder (374 posts)

28. Yes, they are prepared to offer meaningful contributions... to stall for time...

Then, when this topic simmers down in a few weeks, like the other mass shootings... they won't offer anything.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:43 PM

Enrique (22,595 posts)

30. instant classic

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 05:33 PM

ReRe (2,847 posts)

34. Go MAD

K&R

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:03 PM

toby jo (436 posts)

38. Young minds read this stuff - like that a lot

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:07 PM

nadinbrzezinski (120,145 posts)

39. A keeper

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:09 PM

Initech (38,779 posts)

40. Correction: On December 21st four days before Christmas....

So we can weasel out of this by scaring the shit out of people who will be more afraid about their "guns being taken away" than they will see the big picture here and gun sales will shoot through the roof (no pun intended).

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:19 PM

REP (18,225 posts)