Thursday, April 22, 2010

The video of my chat with Paul Helmke.

Here.

19 comments:

tom said...

Did you wash your arm off quick after that?

TotC said...

If I see lions lying with lambs, I am running for the hills.

The Packetman said...

Interesting that he didn't seem at all inclined to argue his side.

Witchwood said...

Mr. Helmke is very effeminate in this video. He twists around at the hip like a shy schoolgirl and glances away demurely when Mike talks to him. Very off-putting.

CorbinKale said...

From the look on his face, Paul won't be showing up at the next rally. No doubt, he did not anticipate being 'embraced' by those he despises.

Charlie said...

Doesn't the fact that Helmke felt safe enough to attend the rally undermine his position that a lack of onerous restrictions on Second Amendment rights necessarily leads to "senseless gun violence?" He didn't exactly have many fans among the rally participants, yet he was never in any danger of physical harm.

Anonymous said...

LOL Helmke didnt have the decency to face you, to shake your hand, or to engage in a discussion that wasnt poor bumper sticker slogans/passive-agressive quips.

What a weasel. His video with Stephen Colbert was also illuminating.

It was a pleasure to see him so uncomfortable.

Dakota said...

Well that could have been more cordial at least on his part. Not surprisingly he is very uncomfortable and not used to having confrontations with those he is trying to enslave. I have to wonder if he was actually scared .... he acts like he'd like to run away.

Too bad you didn't leave him a parting gift of something meaningful....hmmmmmmm

Bill (Bad Cyborg) Mullins said...

“There are none so blind as those, that will not see”

I think that says everything that needs to be said about Mr. Helmke.

sofa said...

Listen carefully - His emphasis on "courts" reveals that he know the public is opposed to what he's doing, and he is in contradiction to the Constitution, but he is counting on "courts" to do his dirty work. That part was very interesting...

Anonymous said...

I had the chance to meet a couple of the counterprotesters in the parking lot at Ft. Hunt. They hate it when you are nice to them. One went so far as to cuss us out. It was extremely funny. Strangley enough, he didn't go to Gravely Point, even though I told him we were moving up there.

Janet Incompetano said...

What I wanna know is - in the related vid of Mike debating the idiot who said that his forebears were killed in the death camps - when that lying bitch said that this website had a picture of a man holding a gun and saying "Democrats, you're going to die!", WHY did no one call her out on it... or at least say, YOU LIE! and demand that she show the website displaying that???

Eric said...

http://blog.bradycampaign.org/?p=2083

Charlie said...

re: "Democrats, you're going to die!"

This is apparently the blog entry mis-characterized by the counter protester:

/sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2010/03/hey-democrats-is-our-health-care-worth.html

I'm the one who took the video, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't interested in getting into an argument with a raving lunatic. She had a print-out in her hand of the blog post in question, so it was obviously beyond her cognitive abilities to understand the point that the illegitimate use of deadly force (such as that which awaits those who ultimately refuse to comply with Obamacare mandates) ought to be resisted with deadly force. Remember, earlier in the video, these were the folks that claimed the Jews had no right to resist the Nazis by force of arms. Its futile to try to talk sense into crazy people.

re: http://blog.bradycampaign.org/?p=2083

They don't allow comments (even moderated ones)? No fun!

There is an ocean of difference between how we see the Constitution and how the Brady Bunch views it. I have no doubt on whose side the Framers would line up.

Janet Incompetano said...

CHARLIE -
Thanks for the clarification, and yes, you are right, it would have served no purpose after all to engage such a brittle harridan who was obviously flying in the realms of madness. Who knows - she might have pepper sprayed you or worse.
You KNOW how violent those 'peace loving' leftists can be!!!
You made the right call and the camera work was good. I could not have made the shots without having to pause to projectile vomit.

Semper Fi!

Charlie said...

Thanks, I had to stop and pull out my pocket Constitution to remind myself that our gun rights are not subject to her votes, but that she does have the right to complain about that fact.

Anonymous said...

Helmke is the typical internet tough guy. He wouldn't even look you in the eye. Some spineless weasel like that thinks he knows what is good for everyone else.

Also, can someone define "common sense gun laws"? You mean the ones that exist that I wouldn't even feel comfortable saying criminals have open contempt for, because contempt implies some sort of recognition? Those gun laws? Those gun laws that aren't Constitutional to begin with?

So if we had a time machine and could go back to pre-Civil War America, the people of America, from top to bottom would agree with Mr. Helmke and not us? This is what I find hilarious about such arguments; they are non-factually based arguments. You have to believe in a false history for them to even be defensible.

I think such laws can be summed up in the ridiculous nature of the "armor piercing pistol rounds are illegal in the commission of a felony" laws in some states and municipalities. Really? Seeing as how they're already illegal, what are they going to do? Put you in extra jail? Or rather, extra extra jail, since you'd be committing a felony, while using a pistol, while using armor piercing bullets. All things that run through a criminal's mind before he does the deed, I'm sure. I think that's what he means by "common sense gun laws", but I'm still not sure I will ever get it.

Dedicated_Dad said...

Bah. Blogger ate my comment.

In sum, here's proof that Helmke's a pathological liar. For all his fake PSH about "bloodbaths in the streets" he wasn't the least bit afraid to come show his smarmy face at a gathering where he *KNEW* - beyond any doubt - that hundreds (perhaps thousands) of the people he claims to fear would be carrying loaded sidearms and scary-looking rifles that could easily BE loaded in a couple of seconds.

L I A R .

As to his behavior in the vid, he's acting just like every other liar acts when caught in their lie.

Mike certainly put the bell on THIS pussy...

DD

Matt said...

I absolutely love the look on Helmke's face when you put your arm around him! I'm pretty sure I would pay to see that again, if I had to.

And, ditto on what everyone else said about him. No need to rehash that.