Liars, Guns, and... Send me money
Well, today was lots of fun, I covered the introduction of a bill to outlaw .50 Caliber Sniper Rifles.
And the only completely honest person I spoke to today was a spokesman for the White House who told me what the President's position on the bill was.
Which means he just quoted the president. That's it.
Everyone else tried to bullsh*t me at some point, some were semi-accidental, others ignorant, and some outright dastardly.
But I won't get into that.
What I will say is that it was a great deal of fun, and I got to check out one such weapon, an AR-50 worth $3,000. When ArmaLite sells one of these babies, they actually include earplugs.
And Tylenol.
Depending on who you ask, these things can pierce:
A) inch-thick steel at a mile's distance.
B) half-inch steel at 2 kilometers.
C) that semi-edible thing the lunchladies at my old high school cafeteria called a "hot pocket" from point-blank range.
To be truthful, I doubt an M1A1 Abrams tank's 120MM smoothbore cannon could take out that last one.
Also, I must say I'm very proud of the story I just put out on the wire, I tried my darn-tootin-est to be objective and all, and I think I did a pretty good job of making a story that most people will enjoy and walk away better-informed.
And I'm glad I don't have to eat a hot pocket tomorrow.
And the only completely honest person I spoke to today was a spokesman for the White House who told me what the President's position on the bill was.
Which means he just quoted the president. That's it.
Everyone else tried to bullsh*t me at some point, some were semi-accidental, others ignorant, and some outright dastardly.
But I won't get into that.
What I will say is that it was a great deal of fun, and I got to check out one such weapon, an AR-50 worth $3,000. When ArmaLite sells one of these babies, they actually include earplugs.
And Tylenol.
Depending on who you ask, these things can pierce:
A) inch-thick steel at a mile's distance.
B) half-inch steel at 2 kilometers.
C) that semi-edible thing the lunchladies at my old high school cafeteria called a "hot pocket" from point-blank range.
To be truthful, I doubt an M1A1 Abrams tank's 120MM smoothbore cannon could take out that last one.
Also, I must say I'm very proud of the story I just put out on the wire, I tried my darn-tootin-est to be objective and all, and I think I did a pretty good job of making a story that most people will enjoy and walk away better-informed.
And I'm glad I don't have to eat a hot pocket tomorrow.
posted by Logan C. Adams at 2/08/2005 07:51:00 PM
3 Comments:
Mmm... Hot Pockets! That sounds really good right now.
Katie
Talking about hot pockets...
You'll be glad to know that they are actually on the menu for tomorrow at school.
http://www.cgrove417.org/cghs/teach.html
(I'm glad I got open lunch passed!)
Drew
You guys have open lunch?!
Way to take the initiative. Or at least be liked by the teachers, maybe?
Anyhow, good job Drew!
Jocelyn
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