I saw these stories the other day and wondered why they were rehashing month-old items.

Hussein, aged 15 and who was born after Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war, says he is crazy about the food in Buns and Guns, even though in fact it scarcely differs from that served up in any other Lebanese fast-food outlet.

"My friends and I love weapons -- though not to kill each other," he says, speaking through a mouthful of "grenade" potato-chips.

"Lots of youngsters come here, but our message is not to teach them violence but rather to familiarise them with these weapons so they know the dangers," comments Youssef.

LOL

What better source for your headlines than a known terrorist organization? They are clearly telling the absolute truth, cmon, it's the ROP!

Using the same regional stringers they always use

The media constantly says "Holy" Koran, so why not quote Hisballah, too?

re: #1 JammieWearingFool,

They're hoping it helps the terrorists.

reuters is pushing the killer sandwich shop?

Well- they do read LGF, after all.

Embedding with terrorists is hazardous to your health. That includes the bottom line. Media companies would be wise to remember this from time to time, especially when they see their bottom line disappearing - and have to cut staff time and time again.

For crying out loud! With the current demise of newspapers in this country, you would think some one would step into the void to counteract this kind of thing, other than bloggers. A print medium. Sheesh.

Propaganda that came directly from the Hizballah terror gang is now being parroted by Western wire services:

The wire service editors must have trained them well. No need for massaging it for Western audiences anymore.

Disgusting.

In that 3rd link above, why is Guns and Buns store sign only written in English? Don't they speak Arabic in Beirut.

I always have another mental picture when I think of buns and guns.

The only reference to Hezbollah, which claimed victory in a devastating 34-day war against Israel two summers ago, is an "RPG" (rocket-propelled-grenade) chicken, offered in "Resistant Bread".

What happened to "terrorist bread"?

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

I always have another mental picture when I think of buns and guns.

I am forbidden from reading your link.

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

I always have another mental picture when I think of buns and guns.

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re: #7 Sharmuta

reuters is pushing the killer sandwich shop?

Well- they do read LGF, after all.

Yep - two at the last count today ...

"Lots of youngsters come here, but our message is not to teach them violence but rather to familiarise them with these weapons so they know the dangers," comments Youssef.

Yeah- I'm buying that line of thinking.

/NOT

re: #15 MandyManners

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Go to Google images, enter buns and guns and check the results.

Well, wait a minute - how about if the Pentagon buys up those 600 closing Starbux stores, and offers free weapons familiarity there?

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

Dead link for me.

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Not a surprise.

The media are the fifth column.

They are the enemy.

Does Green Helmet guy work there? I could see him parading around the restaurant holding up the same plate of shwarma all day long.

re: #23 Mich-again

Does Green Helmet guy work there? I could see him parading around the restaurant holding up the same plate of shwarma all day long.

Maybe:

Dressed in military fatigues and wearing a helmet, chef Amer cuts and fries pieces of chicken, as drops of sweat pour from his brow.

So yeah- maybe.

It's the damned Jewish controlled media!

re: #5 Lively

The media constantly says "Holy" Koran, so why not quote Hisballah, too?

Good point. The only thing holy to the media is themselves.

Could you imagine the OUTRAGE if an American business owner opened a similar store with the same theme?

It's not like the buns and guns picture is pr0n or anything. Just a young, well-endowed lady with a pistol.

The food is to die for.

You never know who shows up for lunch. Look, there's Blue Helmet Guy in the corner with the Reuters photographer.

Easily a four and a half bullet holes establishment.

I prefer Stacked & Packed.

This is so unquestioning and credulous as to be ridiculous:

"My friends and I love weapons -- though not to kill each other," he says, speaking through a mouthful of "grenade" potato-chips.

"Lots of youngsters come here, but our message is not to teach them violence but rather to familiarise them with these weapons so they know the dangers," comments Youssef.

That said, there's nothing inherently wrong with the wire services putting something up about the restaurant. Just like there's nothing wrong with Charles' post about it -- which, as I remember, didn't offer any particular context or criticism. The absurdity of the thing stands on its own.

For what it's worth, this sort of restaurant ain't exactly original. I ate at a similar place in another country long ago.

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

I always have another mental picture when I think of buns and guns.

Worked for me.

Imagine the media spin if the same restaurant was here in the States.
Oooops! That wasn't multiculturally sensitive. Must attend more electro-shock therapy.

re: #5 Lively

The media constantly says "Holy" Koran, so why not quote Hisballah, too?

Is that like Holy sh*t?

re: #24 Sharmuta

Dressed in military fatigues and wearing a helmet, chef Amer cuts and fries pieces of chicken, as drops of sweat pour from his brow.

mmm. Does he scratch his armpits and pick his nose too? Count me out.

Are we sure they're terrorists? Maybe they are just murderers.

Husam Taysir Dwayat, the 30-year-old east Jerusalem man who carried out Wednesday's terrorist attack in the capital, was "a murderer and not a terrorist," according to his family's attorney, Shimon Kukush.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

this really tends to main stream death and destruction. people are literally eating it.

The only reference to Hezbollah, which claimed victory in a devastating 34-day war against Israel two summers ago, is an "RPG" (rocket-propelled-grenade) chicken, offered in "Resistant Bread".

I really want to know what happened to the "terrorist bread". When this story was on hizbullah TV, it was "terrorist bread", but now it's suddenly "resistant bread". Did they change their menu? If so, why? If not, why is it being reported as different bread?

"My friends and I love weapons -- though not to kill each other,"

Thats whats Jews and the Infidels are for.

re: #35 Mich-again

LOL. My mom was in a local pizza establishment years ago at the counter ordering and saw the cook reach INTO his pants and scratch his jewels. She freaked out, told the manager, got her money back and we never at there again.

Eh. I think fussing about the restaurant is overreacting a bit.

The interview with the guy who owned it, he said it's not political, he just thinks it's funny. I mean, they have a "terrorist meal" for crying out loud.

Just a smart businessman with a sense of humor, I think. I wish they had those in the US, I'd eat there! Nice MP5 over the cash register, and nice selection of translites of various FN products on the soffit over the grill. :D

re: #40 bellamags

LOL. My mom was in a local pizza establishment years ago at the counter ordering and saw the cook reach INTO his pants and scratch his jewels. She freaked out, told the manager, got her money back and we never at there again.

There used to be a sausage stand in front of Lowes. Walking by one day I saw two fat girls who worked there sitting at the picnic table picking scabs off their arms.

re: #42 NJDhockeyfan

grosser than gross. were they eating them? that would have topped it off.

Appetite supression.

re: #43 bellamags

grosser than gross. were they eating them? that would have topped it off.

I didn't hang out to look. I went inside and warned the front desk not to eat there.

re: #42 NJDhockeyfan

There used to be a sausage stand in front of Lowes. Walking by one day I saw two fat girls who worked there sitting at the picnic table picking scabs off their arms.

I once saw a food worker lick his fingers to separate the cheese slices before placing them on the burgers frying on the grill.

Civilians.

There are many who confuse the concept of "equal time" with "fair and balanced." The wire services in particular will shill for anyone who claims anything, regardless of whether there is any merit in it or not.

How else can we explain the "news" of American Idol shows, Movie Stars, and BS from the likes of irrelevant people such as the Goracle.

I choose not to read them. I don't read their ads. They are mostly useless. May they all follow the lead of the LA Times.

What's the big deal?

We have Quaker Oats.

And you know about them Quakers.

re: #36 Opinionated

Are we sure they're terrorists? Maybe they are just murderers.

Husam Taysir Dwayat, the 30-year-old east Jerusalem man who carried out Wednesday's terrorist attack in the capital, was "a murderer and not a terrorist," according to his family's attorney, Shimon Kukush.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Hairsplitting.

Feh!

BEN HUR!

Quaker Oats lower cholesterol too.

The one question I have about the restaurant...do the sandwiches cost $7.62, or $5.56 for a less substantial one? :)

I like the bullet menus, and the silkscreened hollowpoints on the windows. That, and eating behind sandbags. It really does look like someone has a sense of humor, there, and it's more Gun Pr0n than anything idealistic. You'd need it. Place was once a resort town, now it's had war after war after war.

(I noticed it's all in English, too, on all the signs.)

re: #48 blangwort

There are many who confuse the concept of "equal time" with "fair and balanced." The wire services in particular will shill for anyone who claims anything, regardless of whether there is any merit in it or not.

How else can we explain the "news" of American Idol shows, Movie Stars, and BS from the likes of irrelevant people such as the Goracle.

I choose not to read them. I don't read their ads. They are mostly useless. May they all follow the lead of the LA Times.

Objectively speaking, the problem that occurs in terms of bias is that each person has a different view on what aspect of a story HAS merit and should be emphasized, and which aspect of a story does not.

The whole concept of "equal time" is an ill-minded (in my opinion) attempt at solving that problem.

I assume this must be AP, since no linky is there.

re: #50 The Other Les

Hairsplitting.

Feh!

Not really. I don't think that murderers have home renovations done by a Cat D-9 - although that is probably not such a bad idea.

re: #50 The Other Les

Hairsplitting.

Feh!

I have a simple reply: He was a murdering terrorist. Loved the vid of the happy ending.

Hehe. I heard about this restaurant on NPR this morning.

Wasn't Guns n' Buns a Wiskey a' Go Go house band back in the 80's?

re: #38 Sharmuta

I really want to know what happened to the "terrorist bread". When this story was on hizbullah TV, it was "terrorist bread", but now it's suddenly "resistant bread". Did they change their menu? If so, why? If not, why is it being reported as different bread?

The oft-quoted AFP article by author Rana Moussaoui (who is from Lebanon) has the term "resistant", but the video has the owner saying "terrorist".
Looks like Rana did a little spinning.

re: #8 lawhawk

re: #8 lawhawk

Embedding with terrorists is hazardous to your health. That includes the bottom line. Media companies would be wise to remember this from time to time, especially when they see their bottom line disappearing - and have to cut staff time and time again.

I think the best way for papers to cut their staff overhead is to embed their reporters with terrorists. Boom. That should take care of it.

And meanwhile in the US, our Liberals freak out about G.I. Joe toys.

re: #17 Sharmuta

Yeah- I'm buying that line of thinking.

/NOT

re: #55 Creeping Eruption

Not really. I don't think that murderers have home renovations done by a Cat D-9 - although that is probably not such a bad idea.

I'm trying to work on this empathy for the victims thing. Unlike the MSM.

re: #61 Pyrocles

And meanwhile in the US, our Liberals freak out about G.I. Joe toys.

What?

the msm, getting this story, out will find that many people are not impressed w/ these calloused jerks who name their menu items in such a disgusting way.

re: #58 ackomanyuki

Wasn't Guns n' Buns a Wiskey a' Go Go house band back in the 80's?

I thought it was Male Exotic Dancers.

re: #38 Sharmuta

I really want to know what happened to the "terrorist bread". When this story was on hizbullah TV, it was "terrorist bread", but now it's suddenly "resistant bread". Did they change their menu? If so, why? If not, why is it being reported as different bread?

Is 'resistant bread' hard to chew? Did they leave it out too long?

re: #65 NJDhockeyfan

I thought it was Male Exotic Dancers.

Yum.

re: #40 bellamags

LOL. My mom was in a local pizza establishment years ago at the counter ordering and saw the cook reach INTO his pants and scratch his jewels. She freaked out, told the manager, got her money back and we never ate there again.

Ewwwwwwwww!

re: #64 nyc redneck

the msm, getting this story, out will find that many people are not impressed w/ these calloused jerks who name their menu items in such a disgusting way.

I find the unholy alliance between terrorist web sites and MSM to be disgusting.
Having said that, I must admit that Buns 'n Guns is a very clever marketing device and is also very funny.
It made me remember that not so long ago Beirut was considered to be an oasis of Western values in the Arab desert.

Speaking of Cozying with Creeps,

Last night the BBC tv World News from its DC bureau, gloated (to its international/terrorist audience) our US Admiral Mullins said IT WOULDN'T BE PRUDENT for the US (or Israel) to attack Iran!

BBC was basically telling Iran, "Don't Worry, Be Happy", the US doesn't want a third front in the GWOT right now.

BBC said it was clear US Admiral Mullins was telling US/Israel to cool it, knock off the "Iran's next!" talk.

Anyone else see or hear this report? I was not in the room but couldn't believe my ears.

re: #50 The Other Les

Hairsplitting.

Feh!

No big deal for you, Infidel, but what about the terrorist and/or Murderer?

This really sucks for him.

The 72 virgins were all set to do what they do, but were called back at the last second.

His pleading that shouting Allah Akbar while killing Jews should count for some virgins was ignored.

re: #68 buzzsawmonkey

What about "militant bread?"

* * *
Don't be fooled by militant bread morphed into "Freedomfighter Pita"

Here's one order you probably can't place at Gund 'n Buns:
Give me an egg-cream please.

Insurgent bread - you eat it and your stomach insurges an hour later. BYOBB - Bring Your Own Barf Bag.

re: #51 loppyd

BEN HUR!

Quaker Oats lower cholesterol too.

Try cooking oatmeal with some dried cherries.

re: #59 gman

The oft-quoted AFP article by author Rana Moussaoui (who is from Lebanon) has the term "resistant", but the video has the owner saying "terrorist".
Looks like Rana did a little spinning.

If they didn't change their menu, then it's definitely being spun.

re: #78 Sharmuta

The owner in the video certainly didn't look like a fundamentalist extremist type. He looked like a clean-cut young entrepreneur.

Beruit needs more of those. Not everyone who lives there is a maniacal bad guy...

re: #66 buzzsawmonkey

What does the kiddie menu look like?

.22 and airsoft?

I don't see what's wrong. The guy thought of a unique marketing campaign and he's attracting customers. He isn't hurting anyone. Capitalism.

Are we going to complain about Hooters expoiting women next?

re: #79 Kalak

Not everyone who lives there is a maniacal bad guy...

Please point me to the post where I said he was.

I'm talking about the reporter. The bread was originally "terrorist bread" but now it's not. Who changed the name and why?

re: #57 Pyrocles

Hehe. I heard about this restaurant on NPR this morning.

All part of the MSM food chain.

I'd eat there, who cares about where the source came from, the restraunt is a great idea. Just like 94th Aero Squadron near my place, love the idea of war themed restraunts.

Maybe one day he'll have chains around the world, like Jolly-Bee or other non-american fast food outlets. This could only be signs that western world practices are starting to take root in Lebanon.

This is not capitalism. The restaurant is a Hizballah propaganda concept, intended to convey the message that the entire country is onboard with Hizballah's terrorist agenda.

They didn't put it on Al-Manar TV to show the wonders of capitalism, although they were obviously right to think that some Westerners would see it that way.

Wire Services CozyLousy with Terrorists

re: #85 Charles

You are exactly correct, but I would add that Capitalism isn't by itself completely innocent by its essence alone. One cannot and should not seperate personal responsibility and morality from their acts of capitolism.

One could have argued that the Jews during the holocaust was pure capitalism. Morals and responsibility have to play a part.

re: #87 WrathofG-d

huh?

re: #80 Kalak

re: #66 buzzsawmonkey

What does the kiddie menu look like?

.22 and airsoft?

They'll put their eye out with that thing!

The MSM have been doing their best.
Previously at LGF
The Media are the Enemy
Here is a Google news search for articles about that "restaurant"
See how many of them

The disguises become more attractive but the stench is still present.

re: #87 WrathofG-d

Wrath, as Charles explains, this isn't about capitalism. Capitalism does has it's problems, to be sure, but this is about Hizbollah propaganda.

how sick is this? it's eerily reminiscent of the fast-food chain created in don't mess with the zohan.

our world is bordering on surreal.

I still think it's just someone making light of the fact that life there otherwise sucks. For a lot of people in Beruit, you either laugh or you cry. A lot would just like the brief period of "cruise ship destination, peaceful place" to return.

I see it sort of like the spoof restaurants in Russia that appeared in the 90's. One looked like a Party members only club in a basement, complete with a guy in a grey coat who would suspiciously scowl at you as you entered, and another was called "Joe's", and was a Western style diner full of irreverently displayed Stalin memorabilia, often with silly hats on statues.

re: #94 Kalak

that's cute. that's kitschy. this glorifies violence.

that's the difference in my eyes.

re: #93 Kefirah

how sick is this? it's eerily reminiscent of the fast-food chain created in don't mess with the zohan.

our world is bordering on surreal.

Would you also call the Spaghetti Western Espresso restaurant in Prescott, AZ sick? Even the doorknob is a lever-action rifle fastened to the doorframe, and there's gun and gunfight stuff everywhere. It's awesome. Liberals hate it.

I see only photos of guns in the pictures, nothing to do with Hezbollah at all. Hell, everything's in English and most all the guns are US and European makers.

re: #95 Kefirah

that's cute. that's kitschy. this glorifies violence.

that's the difference in my eyes.

Let me ask you this, then.

If it was in the US instead, with just all the same sorts of gun pictures, run by a corporation, would you still say it glorified violence?

re: #97 Kalak

that's the key, though. corporation. it isn't corporately owned or publicly shared.

and it's all green. not desert camouflage. hezbollah green.

and no, i wouldn't call the arizona restaurant "sick," mostly because of context. we don't send our children to die.

re: #98 Kefirah

Well, the green, perhaps. I don't know. It might be to appease them. I don't know the whole story, but the guy in the interview didn't look like a wild-eyed radical.

The thing is, as I said, not everyone in Beruit is a bad person. If you think that, then we might as well just nuke the whole middle east.

There are good people everywhere. Sometimes, they can't even speak up or do anything but keep their head down, or the extremists will quite literally take it off.

The key is to destroy the extremists without mercy, but also to let the good people know that we don't hate them, or, well...otherwise, there's really no point to trying to liberate these lands, is there?

re: #99 Kalak

agreed with you there, whole-heartedly. and i certainly don't hate them - have a number of lebanese friends.

but restaurants or television shows or theme parks or whatEVER paradigm or gimmick you want to use - things like this make it harder for the good people to get any sort of foothold, and that's what's sad. and scary.

re: #96 Kalak

Would you also call the Spaghetti Western Espresso restaurant in Prescott, AZ sick? Even the doorknob is a lever-action rifle fastened to the doorframe, and there's gun and gunfight stuff everywhere. It's awesome. Liberals hate it.

I see only photos of guns in the pictures, nothing to do with Hezbollah at all. Hell, everything's in English and most all the guns are US and European makers.

It originates at the Hizballah propaganda channel Al-Manar.

By the way, I know there are plenty of good people in Beirut. But this is terrorist propaganda.

re: #85 Charles

Yeah, yeah. And Hooters is evil exploitation of women. Chuckie Cheese causes children to be hyper-competitive instead of sharing. Ronald McDonald is thoughtlessly promoting obesity. What else?

Unless you show me some evidence that the money is actually flowing back to Hezbullah, it seems to me that you are strainging to find a fault. It is capitalism.

Looks like the media outsourcing to terrorists is biting them in the butt by way of seriously reduced revenues. Boo-fricking-hoo. Now the MSM are some very evil corporations, and deserve whatever happens for thinking no one would notice their biases.

re: #103 DeafDog

Yeah, yeah. And Hooters is evil exploitation of women. Chuckie Cheese causes children to be hyper-competitive instead of sharing. Ronald McDonald is thoughtlessly promoting obesity. What else?

Sure, it's just like Hooters. And Ronald McDonald.

_cough

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

is a 404 anything like a .303?

re: #102 Charles

You rock Charles!

re: #99 Kalak

Er, what do you think radicals look like? You really don't think they're all wild-eyed, or like Islamic Rage Boy---do you?

Ah yes, I remember going to McDonald's when I was a wee moppet, and all the fun I had when I discovered a free hand grenade, in my happy meal, and how amusing all the servers were, dressed in camouflage pants and bandoliers, and how Ronald himself told us that the Hamburgler was really a Zionist agent, and that we must shoot him on sight with our complimentary Clown pistols. . .

re: #97 Kalak

I don't know about Kefirah, but I think I'd say "yes."

(At the very least, it's downright weird.)

re: #103 DeafDog

And Hooters is evil exploitation of women.

Pardon the vulgarity, but fuck you.