AR-15's at Arizona Healthcare Rally
Update: http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/central/story/Man-protests-President-Obamas-Phoenix-speech-with/q4OeoN6qZU-efcy1Zoq7xQ.cspx Here is a link to the story on the local station, where it becomes clear the colored man was, indeed, protesting against healthcare and, despite what I can only assume is a typographical error in the story, FOR his right to keep and bear arms.

Embedded video from CNN Video
Wow. Obviously this one's gonna be a touchy issue. And of course anyone can see the dangers in allowing guns to be brought to presidentail speeches, and anyone concerned about civil liberty and the loss thereof can see the dangers in disallowing it. I know I'm just a tinfoil hat-wearing conservative, but here are my thoughts that I think most people won't pick up on.

1. Notice how there is very little discussion regarding what's actually happening, and in fact the reporter is confounded when asked anything but superficial questions. In fact, most of the discussion here is just commentary and speculation, not news.

2. I love how the anchorman was flabbergasted that this could be happening to the Obama! It sounds like he's thinking, "well, with Bush I could understand...but people are supposed to like Obama!"

3. Notice how he's quick to speculate that maybe the colored person in the video is carrying his AR-15 in support of Obama. What are the odds of that? God forbid that anyone but those rascist white Christian males should criticize the great Obama.

I was amazed last week when I noticed the training facility at which I was teaching had FOX News playing in the lobby, but MSNBC playing in the break room...I guess they were trying to please all sides. I knew both of those sources were hideously biased one way or the other, but I was still trying to convince myself that CNN at least tries not to take sides. Guess it's nothing but the Guardian, the BBC, slashdot and the Onion for me from here on out.