Gun nuts eat one of their own

[Sauron]

Yum, yum.

'Terrorist' Remark Puts Outdoorsman's Career in Jeopardy
Zumbo's Criticism of Hunters Who Use Assault Rifles Brings Unforgiving Response From U.S. Gun Culture

By Blaine Harden
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 24, 2007; Page A03

SEATTLE -- Modern hunters rarely become more famous than Jim Zumbo. A mustachioed, barrel-chested outdoors entrepreneur who lives in a log cabin near Yellowstone National Park, he has spent much of his life writing for prominent outdoors magazines, delivering lectures across the country and starring in cable TV shows about big-game hunting in the West.

Zumbo's fame, however, has turned to black-bordered infamy within America's gun culture -- and his multimedia success has come undone. It all happened in the past week, after he publicly criticized the use of military-style assault rifles by hunters, especially those gunning for prairie dogs.

"Excuse me, maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I see no place for these weapons among our hunting fraternity," Zumbo wrote in his blog on the Outdoor Life Web site. The Feb. 16 posting has since been taken down. "As hunters, we don't need to be lumped into the group of people who terrorize the world with them. . . . I'll go so far as to call them 'terrorist' rifles."

The reaction -- from tens of thousands of owners of assault rifles across the country, from media and manufacturers rooted in the gun business, and from the National Rifle Association -- has been swift, severe and unforgiving. Despite a profuse public apology and a vow to go hunting soon with an assault weapon, Zumbo's career appears to be over.

His top-rated weekly TV program on the Outdoor Channel, his longtime career with Outdoor Life magazine and his corporate ties to the biggest names in gunmaking, including Remington Arms Co., have been terminated or are on the ropes.

The NRA on Thursday pointed to the collapse of Zumbo's career as an example of what can happen to anyone, including a "fellow gun owner," who challenges the right of Americans to own or hunt with assault-style firearms.

From his home near Cody, Wyo., Zumbo declined repeated telephone requests for comment. He is a 40-year NRA member and has appeared with NRA officials in 70 cities, according to his Web site.

[California Tanker]

Hmm.. Someone didn't notice the other thread on the subject...

Where've you been anyway? You've been away for a while.

NTM

[TomJoe]

CT scoops Sauron.

[Sauron]

Originally Posted by California Tanker

Hmm.. Someone didn't notice the other thread on the subject...

Where've you been anyway? You've been away for a while.

NTM

Busines grad school is kicking my ass.

10 credits +
10 hours/week of "research" +
1 day/week of onsite education with a coffee company +
assorted volunteer work.

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by Sauron

Busines grad school is kicking my ass. 10 credits + 10 hours/week of "research" + 1 day/week of onsite education with a coffee company.

"1 day/week of onsite education with a coffee company"...which shall remain nameless.

So...You're suffering from an MBAllism?

[TomJoe]

Ah the grad school glory days. Not so glorious by my own recollection either. Best of luck Sauron.

[Sauron]

Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

"1 day/week of onsite education with a coffee company"...which shall remain nameless.

http://puravidacoffee.com/

Fair trade, organic, shade grown coffee - that uses the profit motive to sell great coffee, then rebates a portion back to the growers to help them build schools, rebuild after disasters, etc.

Buy some:
http://www.puravidacoffeeshop.com/

So...You're suffering from an MBAllism?

Macroeconomics makes me want to stick hot flaming forks into my eyes. It's just so damn HARD.

I'm doing an analysis of the US national economy right now, and I have to make forward-looking predictions and then explain the impact to a certain region or industry. While factoring in GDP and its components, inflation, fiscal and monetary policy, import/export balances and international investments, foreign policy developments and national political changes.

[Sauron]

Originally Posted by TomJoe

Ah the grad school glory days. Not so glorious by my own recollection either. Best of luck Sauron.

Thanks.

You don't know anything about Finance, do you?

[TomJoe]

Originally Posted by Sauron

Thanks.

You don't know anything about Finance, do you?

Nope, sorry. But if you ever have any microbiology questions ... I can probably help you out.

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by Sauron

http://puravidacoffee.com/

Fair trade, organic, shade grown coffee - that uses the profit motive to sell great coffee, then rebates a portion back to the growers to help them build schools, rebuild after disasters, etc.

Buy some:
http://www.puravidacoffeeshop.com/

Macroeconomics makes me want to stick hot flaming forks into my eyes. It's just so damn HARD.

I'm doing an analysis of the US national economy right now, and I have to make forward-looking predictions and then explain the impact to a certain region or industry. While factoring in GDP and its components, inflation, fiscal and monetary policy, import/export balances and international investments, foreign policy developments and national political changes.

Oooo...fun.

I'd like to hear your results...encapsulated, of course.

My biggest stumbling block was money & banking. Macro was fun, but back then I nurtured a desire to go into politics. Micro was my forte; particularly price theory. I actually got to apply it in a regional public policy debate...as an "economist". I came out of it more of an "urban economist".

And as for finance...don't ask. I haven't a clue.

[erimir]

Pura Vida, eh?

So, are you gonna get to make any trips to Costa Rica then?

It's pretty nice, although San José is somewhat ugly. Unfortunately we didn't go to the beach, which was my major problem with our trip there - for some reason my parents thought that going to the beach was something we could do any time, therefore we passed on going to a tropical Caribbean beach (background on this is that North Carolina beaches aren't very good when compared to such beaches).

[Sauron]

I want to go.

The problem is that I'm addicted to 3 and 4 star hotels.