Kids, guns and Dr. Phil: Larry Elder exposes how pop psychologist distorted firearm statistics

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Thursday, November 28, 2002 -- Happy Thanksgiving! | Larry Elder

[brewcrew]

I believe it stands for Piled Higher and Deeper.

You are correct. And B.S. stands for Bull S***, while M.S. stands for More S***. The stuff of which Dr. Phil is full.

[mafree]

BANG! BANG!

[demosthenes the elder]

When I regain the ability to write without suffering from a remorselessly insistent urge to endorse extreme and ghoulishly creative violence against Dr Phil, I shall respond to this atrocity in my usual vein. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, mhking.

[On the Road to Serfdom]

I betcha his DR is a PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper) and not an MD.

I'd take that bet. (Based on the M.D.'s who have been involved in past anti-gun "research".)

[On the Road to Serfdom]

Oops, maybe I won't take that bet.

[Teacher317]

Of course the "experiment" is fatally flawed. You don't teach gun safety by telling a child once or twice "don't touch". That is stupid.

Don't be silly. It worked for the "just say no" campaign, the "sex can wait, I'm worth it" campaign, and the D.A.R.E. program. You only have to say it once to kids and they're programmed properly for life... aren't they?

/Lib-Think^tm>

[CARepubGal]

LOL! MD's tend to be a bit smarter than Phil.

[demosthenes the elder]

BTTT

[demosthenes the elder]

repost from separate thread, same article/topic

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I know this is from World Nut Daily, but Larry Elder has always seemed to be a decent guy. Dr. Phil is a clown.
1 posted on 12/04/2002 6:05 AM PST by jjm2111

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To: *bang_list

Bang!
2 posted on 12/04/2002 6:05 AM PST by jjm2111

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To: jjm2111

this was posted on FR last week.
3 posted on 12/04/2002 6:08 AM PST by demosthenes the elder

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To: jjm2111

If you like Larry Elder and don't want to give World Nut Daily any hits, go to Larry Elder, Jewish World Review
4 posted on 12/04/2002 6:10 AM PST by BlueLancer

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To: demosthenes the elder; Admin Moderator

My bad, I did a search, but it didn't come up. Admin, if you want to pull it....
5 posted on 12/04/2002 6:11 AM PST by jjm2111

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To: jjm2111

Kids, Guns and Dr. Phil

Rats! I was secretly hoping that kids with guns had attacked Dr. Phil. Oh well.
6 posted on 12/04/2002 6:12 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG

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To: jjm2111

everyone does it sooner or later. if you want to add your thoughts to the thread, it is located here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/797341/posts
7 posted on 12/04/2002 6:14 AM PST by demosthenes the elder

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To: jjm2111

"...Dr. Phil is a clown..."

A tabloid recently accused him of unscrupulous, even borderline criminal/fraudulent business dealings in his past.

I haven't heard any outraged protests, any threats to sue for libel, from him.

Does anyone know whether these stories are true? Is he no more than a common criminal who simply 'beat the system' who now panders to domestic enemies of the Constitution of the United States?

Enquiring minds want to know.
8 posted on 12/04/2002 6:20 AM PST by DWSUWF

[gnarledmaw]

"Beware of anything told you by psychologists, psychiatrists ..."

Is that anything like:

If it was free then its advice, if you paid for it then its counciling, if you can use either then its a miracle.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

From the article: Do you know what your child would do if he found a gun and you weren't there?

I'd hope she'd go hunting Dr. Phil...

[demosthenes the elder]

surely your daughter has a better sporting ethic than to hunt a crippled and brain-damaged animal?

[wku man]

Dr. Phil says five kids are killed by firearms a day in the US? Well, aside from that being total BS, something struck me as odd. I distinctly remember, in the days following Columbine, the anti-gun Commies were saying 13 kids a day died "from guns". Wow...so that means either (1) a heckuva lot fewer kids are being shot today, or more likely (2) these friggin' lying sack of crap Commies are just yanking numbers out of their wazoos. This is typical of liberal scumbags...if you don't have the stats or facts to back up your argument, just make 'em up and hope no one calls you on it.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[jjm2111]

Another episode in "fun with statistics".

[demosthenes the elder]

if you don't have the stats or facts to back up your argument, just make 'em up and hope no one calls you on it.

...and shout them down as some form of "-ist" when and if they DO call you on it.

[Protagoras]

Anyone who has met and chatted with Larry, as I have done, comes away with a postive impression. He is an impressive and down to earth guy.

[Coleus]

Some good stats here which puts things in perspective. Now let's go license all those who sell and own swimming pools.

[Calpernia]

That is an excellent contrast of stats.

I've not noticed a review of the data in article since 1999.