I Just Received This E-Mail

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I was checking one of my throw-away email accounts and found this little gem.

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Your next Boston, MA "Million Moms" Meetup is Saturday, Feb 7 @ 1PM. The exact location is open for a vote. Vote for your preferred venue now:


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Fewer than 5 moms who care? In Boston of all places!

I would attend, but we'd still need 4 more people :)

http://millionmoms.meetup.com/topic/vote_rsvp_results.jsp?e=1466155

[nini]

1. Now.. that's just sad. .

I don't even know what to say - you'd think the organizers would put their own names up there :-)

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2. I signed up more than a few times.

Three or four anyways. I even offered to hold a "meet-up" at my gun club of 1,500+ as a venue so I could enlighten them. It's about a 20-30 minute drive from Boston; still, no takers. I guess ignorance is bliss.

[MrBenchley]

11. Either that

or they see no reason to deal with someone demonstrating such bad faith openly.....

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12. What bad faith?

I was honest, open and polite about it. Bad faith would have been if I had signed up pretending to be a concerned "mom", then show up wearing my NRA hat and berate them about gun control issues.

[MrBenchley]

13. "I signed up more than a few times."

Here's a tip...don't try to deny you did something you've already boasted about.

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15. Yep...

the first time the account was deleted for inactivity. The second time was for leaving a pro-gun message on the forum (nothing obscene, over the top or accusatory). The third time was for the invitation to my gun club.
The most recent I just signed up and left well alone.

[MrBenchley]

16. And they still didn't want anything to do with you?

Go figure (snicker)

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17. Seems like they dont want anything...

to do with each other... not enough people for a "meet-up"; a whole whopping 5 is all it takes.

[slackmaster]

14. I attended a San Diego MMM meetup

I think it was their only session. They were very receptive to hearing information not provided by the MMM organization. I was not surprised to see how little they knew about existing law, particularly the federal assault weapon moratorium.

[TyroneStryker]

3. Hilarious

Suburban SUV driving housewives without a lick of sense. Apparently they've dropped the gun issue. Or probably, there were not very many "million" moms to begin with.

Only three "million" moms in my area have signed up.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. What about the inner city "Moms" who are the most affected by gun violence

"Suburban SUV driving housewives without a lick of sense."

Nice smear, "Tyrone".

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5. Why are the inner city kids resolving disputes...

with firearms? It may or may not do any good emphasizing to these kids that firearms violence is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
If the parents don't want to get involved, then the justice system needs to.

As far as the "suburban SUV driving housewives" smear, the proposed venues seem to validate that observation.

Paris Creperie
326 Cambridge St, Boston, MA

(across from Beacon Hill).

Marche Movenpick
800 Boylston St. Prudential Center, Boston, MA

(Not a classy eatery, but the Pru Center definitely appeals to an upscale clientele).

Trident Booksellers and Cafe
338 Newbury St, Boston,

Newbury St?... :eyes:

Why no venue locations in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan? Or at least a
neighborhood with slightly fewer crime problems such as Brighton, Allston, Jamaica Plain?

I'll fathom one guess... the "suburban SUV driving housewives" wouldn't set foot in any of those neighborhoods.

[demsrule4life]

6. You never seen one?

You know the mom driving the 6000 pound tank while talking on the cell phone, reading the paper, putting on makeup and drinking designer coffee all at the same time? Yes no sense at all.

[CO Liberal]

7. Out Here In Colorado, Dems.....

...the women you described call themselves "Second Amendment Sisters".

[demsrule4life]

8. HaHaHaHaHaHa

[TyroneStryker]

9. As an urbanite

I can say that guns are not the problem. Criminals and drugs are.

[CO Liberal]

10. Criminals and Druggies Using Guns...

...is a big problem in many areas.