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In the discussion thread: Gun Makes Men Look Taller And Stronger, Air Force Study Shows [View all]

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 10:47 AM

Fumesucker (31,595 posts)

46. That's why it's called Purple America..

I even mentioned in the post you replied to that the correlation isn't perfect, the blue band through Alabama for instance is largely comprised of black voters who vote Democratic for the most part.

Obama spoke of the political gap between rural and urban in his last campaign and got hammered for accidentally telling the truth.

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2008/04/obama_they_clin.html

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59 replies	Author	Time	Post
Gun Makes Men Look Taller And Stronger, Air Force Study Shows [View all]	onehandle	Apr 2012	OP
'Bigger' as in 'taller'	Cirque du So-What	Apr 2012	#1
The bigger the gun...	Major Nikon	Apr 2012	#13
Just like "The longer the car..."	sakabatou	Apr 2012	#19
The shorter the......?	LongTomH	Apr 2012	#51
But, a gun actually DOES make me taller and stronger.	razorman	Apr 2012	#25
Sorry about your penis.	baldguy	Apr 2012	#38
Supports My Theory About Guns	fightthegoodfightnow	Apr 2012	#2
And women shooters? nt	Union Scribe	Apr 2012	#18
What about them?	fightthegoodfightnow	Apr 2012	#29
Please explain.	NutmegYankee	Apr 2012	#32
Who was the most worried about "terrorism" after 9/11?	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#39
I can't say that was my experience.	NutmegYankee	Apr 2012	#42
Which areas are the most paranoid about Muslim terrorists?	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#44
There sure is a lot of purple on that map	NutmegYankee	Apr 2012	#45
That's why it's called Purple America..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#46
The culture here is gun friendly -	NutmegYankee	Apr 2012	#48
I'm not exactly urban..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#49
The urban comment wasn't directed at you.	NutmegYankee	Apr 2012	#50
Nah	fightthegoodfightnow	Apr 2012	#55
How so?	NutmegYankee	Apr 2012	#56
Wouldn't it depend on whether the gun was held	petronius	Apr 2012	#3
Warning: Object in photo appears to look bigger....	Grassy Knoll	Apr 2012	#4
Hah! The oompa-loompas will never get Violet to the juicing room...	petronius	Apr 2012	#6
So bad and so funny!	siligut	Apr 2012	#37
Too funny with that video!!!!!!!!!.....he has a BMI of 23 when he puts the gun down....hahahaha	Namvet67	Apr 2012	#20
If big boy didn't have diabetes, he wouldn't have erectile dysfunction	Kolesar	Apr 2012	#23
LMAO	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#33
Not only taller, but wider, too........	TheCowsCameHome	Apr 2012	#24
DUzy fo sho!!	Sancho	Apr 2012	#47
Well, that's pretty misleading.	bluedigger	Apr 2012	#5
...	xchrom	Apr 2012	#7
Guess that only goes for men.	Rozlee	Apr 2012	#8
Probably true for a person holding any kind of weapon.	Atypical Liberal	Apr 2012	#9
Bingo!	Tom Ripley	Apr 2012	#10
The study confirmed that too.	ManiacJoe	Apr 2012	#12
And yet the 'knife lobby' isn't sweeping hundreds of conservatives into office...	onehandle	Apr 2012	#26
Maybe we should quit giving the "gun lobby" more ammo. (n/t)	LAGC	Apr 2012	#36
You mean the anti-knife lobby isn't pissing off millions of people period?	Threedifferentones	Apr 2012	#54
Hopefully people like you will not make it neccesary for them to try to do so.	PavePusher	Apr 2012	#57
Larger than Life?	fightthegoodfightnow	Apr 2012	#30
And that's what gun marketers bank on -- they know many gun carriers want to be "larger" than life.	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#34
I have noticed	Fastcars	Apr 2012	#11
Dogs will cower when you point a finger at them if you do it with enough intention. n/t	EFerrari	Apr 2012	#15
Beat me to it!	tavalon	Apr 2012	#59
Fuck guns, ya ever see a guy holding a two-handed claymore?	Poll_Blind	Apr 2012	#14
Different kind of sword, but you made me go back and reread the first few chapters	petronius	Apr 2012	#17
A little Neal Stephenson in the morning -- better than coffee! (nt)	enough	Apr 2012	#28
I wonder whether that applies to women also.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#16
Interesting	boomerbust	Apr 2012	#21
Are you talking	Becka2515	Apr 2012	#31
It also makes one feel stronger and bigger.	DCBob	Apr 2012	#22
That goes for the guns they're holding, too.	sofa king	Apr 2012	#27
Yep, a 22 barrel looks the size of the Holland Tunnel if it's pointed at you.. n/t	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#40
Oh yeah.	sofa king	Apr 2012	#41
That's why I always carry around a sub sandwich. One phallic symobol's as good as another.	Vidar	Apr 2012	#35
I've found that the ladies really love a big, big sandwich on a man. nt	onehandle	Apr 2012	#43
But two guns have the opposite effect, i.e.,	rusty fender	Apr 2012	#52
No one has asked the obvious yet? Does a gun make a WOMAN looker taller & stronger? nt	Honeycombe8	Apr 2012	#53
Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" Award	rocktivity	Apr 2012	#58

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