{"id":39223,"date":"2013-10-24T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=39223"},"modified":"2014-11-19T17:29:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T23:29:51","slug":"watching-the-astroturf-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=39223","title":{"rendered":"Watching The Astroturf Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Twin Cities&#8217; assembly of gun grabbers is having a meeting tomorrow. \u00a0And you&#8217;re invited!<\/p>\n<p>Sort of.\u00a0 More on that in a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway &#8211; if you&#8217;re out and about tomorrow (Friday) morning (and it always seems these anti-gunners are unemployed, work for non-profits or retired, and have ample weekdaytime to devote to attacking other peoples&#8217; civil rights), it might be fun to drop by.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the invite, and the agenda, more or less:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Dear ***********,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">It&#8217;s happened again. In Nevada, a 13-year-old brought a semiautomatic handgun to school, killed a teacher and wounded two students, and then killed himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>This can&#8217;t keep happening &#8212; and it won&#8217;t stop on its own. We all have to step up.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">On\u00a0Friday, Oct. 25, Protect Minnesota is hosting a Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities summit for all who want to create safe, peaceful communities free of gun violence. Can you be there?\u00a0<del>Click here to RSVP<\/del>**<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Where: Shiloh Temple International Ministries, 1201 W. Broadway, Minneapolis<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>When:\u00a0Friday, Oct. 25 from 10 am &#8211; 3:45 p.m., with lunch provided.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Find out what&#8217;s next in this important work and what your role can be.\u00a0Sessions include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">&#8212; Changing the narrative around gun violence prevention<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">&#8212; Developing effective media strategy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">&#8212; A deep dive on gun policy in Minnesota<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">&#8212; Grassroots lobbying<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">&#8212; Creating change with personal stories<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Together, we can change the conversation around gun violence at this critical time in the history of gun violence prevention.\u00a0<\/span><del>Click here to RSVP<\/del><span style=\"color: #808000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080;\">T<span style=\"color: #808000;\">hank you for all you do,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Heather Martens<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Executive Director<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Protect Minnesota<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #808000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>If you happen to show up? \u00a0Excellent. \u00a0If this is like most &#8220;Protect MN&#8221; meetings, there&#8217;ll be several Real Americans (defined as &#8220;people who support all ten amendments of the Bill of Rights) for every orc.<\/p>\n<p>If you happen to show up and get video of someone telling a real howler? \u00a0Send me the vid or the YouTube link. \u00a0If it&#8217;s good, I&#8217;ll buy you the beverage of your choice the next time we get together. \u00a0Heck, even a great quote. \u00a0Send it on in.<\/p>\n<p>By the way &#8211; to show you what a potemkin front &#8220;ProtectMN&#8221; is? \u00a0They didn&#8217;t even send out the email with the invite by themselves. \u00a0It was sent by the Brady Factory &#8211; which, like the\u00a0<em>MinnPost<\/em>, MPR News and ProtectMN itself, is sponsored by the Joyce Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>More on their agenda tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re planning to attend, let me know. \u00a0Off-line, ideally. \u00a0I&#8217;ll explain that later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twin Cities&#8217; assembly of gun grabbers is having a meeting tomorrow. \u00a0And you&#8217;re invited! 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