Tuesday, July 3, 2012

"Meet The Camo-Clad, Gonzo Bloggers Behind The Fast And Furious Story."

"The most high-profile scandal of the Obama presidency has its roots in reporting by two conservative gun rights bloggers."
Mike Vanderboegh and David Codrea are rarely mentioned in connection with what is perhaps the highest-profile law-enforcement failure of the Obama Administration. Their central role in unearthing the story, though, offers a glimpse at the new media cycle of news bubbling up from outlets few traditional reporters read, or would even feel comfortable crediting. Before their first report on the story on December 28, 2010, Vanderboegh of “Sipsey Street Irregulars” and Codrea of examiner.com were gun-rights activists who curated small bands of loyal followers with a live-free-or-die ethos. (A few days before publishing the post that set the investigation of Fast and Furious in motion, for example, Vanderboegh wrote about a TSA parody video called “Grandma Got Molested at the Airport”.)
"It has been," said Vanderboegh, "the fight of my life."

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice article and a really cool picture with excellent background art. Uplifting, a keeper!

Transsylvania Phoenix said...

The article is actually not as bad as I was expecting. It takes a couple of cheap shots at you (like the "break the windows" story) but it also tells the story of your "shit for brains Marxist youth" pretty accurately.

Anonymous said...

That was nowhere near as hostile and biased as I expected.

I am pleasantly surprised.

Oh and congratulations.

Anonymous said...

"It has been," said Vanderboegh, "the fight of my life."

You seem to be winning. Keep up the good work and God speed.

MALTHUS

M. Simon said...

What I don't get is why the gun rights folks aren't also inditing the Drug War. I have no such fear.

Gun Values and the Drug War

Or as I like to say: The Drug War – It Is Not Just For Dopers Anymore

M. Simon said...

After looking around further I see you have done more than more than most gun blogs to connect gun prohibition and drug prohibition.

Excellent. Hit it harder. You might pick up more than a few lefties.

If we don't all hang together...

I'm a libertarian Republican BTW.