OWG
I love my real-life friend Pam. We play politics together. We also point and laugh a lot.
Bubba asked for Pam’s help with a local political project because he looked up one day to see that he and two other old white guys were trying to make a decision on door hangers. Pam, who is African American, calls them The OWGs. Old White Guys. It has kinda stuck, in a loving way.
All OMG aren’t so lovable.
Big, long, worth your time story about a study of gun violence.
Counter to what Republicans are claiming, gun violence is way down in Texas and California. Both states are down more than double any other state. Now this is kinda odd since California has very strict gun control laws and Texas has none. Hell, we give you a gun to hold when you visit the state capitol.
So, what’s causing the decrease in gun violence in those two states and New York?
In past decades, California, New York and Texas’ young Latino men ages 10 to 24 suffered twice the risk of being killed by guns than white, non-Hispanic men aged 40 and older. After enormous population growth, young Hispanic men today are substantially less at risk from guns than older white men.
And why are older white men more at risk?
Despite its Wild West image, Texas’ big gun problem today is not drug-running immigrants, home-invading thugs or vigilantes incited by pro-gun laws. Increasingly, it’s middle-aged white men shooting themselves.
So, there’s hope for Rick Perry and Sean Hannity.
Pam is making an effort to distinguish our OWGs from their OWGs, by re-naming their’s DAWGs – Dumb Ancient White Guys.
Thanks to Bunny for the heads up.
Yea Pam!
1Good on Pam! But I coulda told you that! A good item to research would be the number of men who at a certain age gave up hunting and why.
2There you go! a research project just sitting around and waiting to be dug out.
3Just remembered something from grad school. That happens sometimes when I think a thought. Most men in AA who are successful at kicking that habit are from 45 on up. It seems that middle age gives them a strong inspiration. Could this correlate to the old white guys giving up their guns?
4Perry has such bad aim he couldn’t even hit himself if he tried.
5Pams sums it up nicely. There are the loveable OWG and the grumpy OWG. Or a mnemonic, the “long” versus the “gone.” May the loveable OWG be long with us, while we hope the grumpy OWG are gone before breakfast.
Corinne Sabo, ah but the beauty of it is: none of those ammosexuals mean to shoot themselves. Aim is not a requirement, while st00pid seems to improve their chances of winging themselves. So, we can hope prick’s gross st00pid will result in his hitting one or both of his tiniest little targets.
6Acronym of the Day: SOWG
7Stupid Old White Guy.
In other words, a Republican.
Two prime examples: Rick Perry and Sean Hannity.
Corinne……he shoots himself in the foot all the time……
8I know that I shouldn’t be, but I’m okay if the DAWGS shoot themselves and each other. I’m working every day to improve my attitude, and I’ll let you guys know if I experience any success with that.
9Rubymay there’s nothing wrong with your attitude. If the ammosexuals would confine themselves to shooting themselves and their kindred idiots, I’d even experience a glimmer of sympathy for their families. But as long as their st00pid continues to injure or claim the lives of innocent bystanders, let them all grab a Darwin Award.
Their latest: Accidental shooting takes life of mother and her unborn baby. It seems that the pro-life rights and 2nd Amendment rights cannot always coexist.
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2014/07/accidental-shooting-takes-life-of.html
How much crazier does it need to become? This wasn’t an argument/heated/self defense situation. It was a st00pid ammosexual playing with his ‘toy’ in a completely irresponsible fashion.
Totally appreciate your frustration, Rubymay, as we’ve been raised to cause no harm and help whenever possible. But the NRA and gun manufacturers have raised the stakes to the point we need laws on Felony St00pidity.
10“re-naming their’s DAWGs – Dumb Ancient White Guys.”
The word “Ancient” is a standin for a three letter one that begins with “A”, ain’t it?
11Thanks fir the snicker this morning. I like Dumb A$$ White Guys, myself.
12I have been calling them WORMs — white, old, rich men. But judging by the sartorial splendor of some of them, the word rich probably does not apply. So I will change my term to DAWG. Thanks for the suggestion.
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