Like Westlake Hardware with a Zombie center?
(found at Uncles')
From Weer'd, an opinion on Romney:
I lived in Massachusetts under Romney, as well as Deval Patrick who is more-or-less a Barack Obama clone. The difference between the two logistically is that Deval Patrick has been too incompetent in 5 years as Governor to manage to pass any relevant laws to hurt me….Mitt Romney on the other hand managed to raise taxes, pass Romneycare, and outlaw “Assault Weapons” indefinitely.
Let’s put it this way, do you think the Leftists think things are any better for themselves now with Barack Obama in the white house, vs. George Bush?
Obama is just a Brown George Bush, and Romney is a Mormon Obama.
Authoritarians suck no matter what party they belong to, and I’m concerned that Romney might actually ACCOMPLISH something…and if you ever find yourself nodding your head to this blog, whatever Romney manages to do, you’re likely going to hate just as much as you hated the Bush shit, and the Obama shit.
More hypocrisy from the CSGV clowns.
How useless are the TSA molesters and the 'Terrorist Watch List' clowns? Read #5
And that's it. More later. Maybe much later.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Considering how little the FBI probably wanted to catch the guy
you have to wonder if she'd be more endangered from them...
Yes, that's a nasty statement; if you're not familiar with this mess, here's a book that covers it; you'll understand why I wrote it. I think it was Chris at Anarchangel who wrote that the Feebs were probably hoping he'd quietly die somewhere so they'd never have to have all this stirred up again.
You know, just on general principles you'd think a media outlet would be damned careful about letting a name like this slip out; they KNOW it could get someone killed.
Some thoughts over here on the possibly Iranian-backed attack plan. He's wondering if this is being misrepresented as an Iranian government plan when actually more of a freelance operation. And he doubts it's a puffed-up thing to try and distract from Gunwalker;
No, it wouldn’t dare since such behavior would eventually be easily exposed and backfire big-time. And besides, if it were going to do such a thing it would invent a free-lance terror plot, not drag the United States into a potential confrontation with Iran, a country that it’s been trying to avoid confrontation with.
You'd think so; considering the reaction to Gunwalker being opened up bit by bit has been to lie over and over and plant faked-up stories about Issa with friendly media people, I admit to wondering if 'wouldn't dare' is in any way accurate about these people.
Might This Blow Up in the Obama’s Administration’s Face?
Absolutely yes. If they were fooled by a fabricator, if revealing the case too soon (to stave off criticism of Attorney General Holder over the gun-smuggling case) damaged the chance of success in uncovering the terrorist network, or if the government’s response is not equal to the crisis they’ve developed, then the Obama administration will look worse.
No kidding.
Speaking of Gunwalker, I'm going to borrow a big piece- well, most of it- from Sipsey here:
Sources familiar with the congressional investigation into the Gunwalker Plot say that investigators are homing in on early conversations -- and meetings -- between ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Division William Newell and his self-described "long-time friend," Kevin O'Reilly, a State Department employee then on the National Security Council. This is reflected, say the sources, in the subpoena issued this week by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee seeking, among other things, "All communications to or from William Newell, former Special agent in Charge for ATF's Phoenix Field Division, between . . . March 16, 2009 to March 19, 2009."
The sources also say that Newell met personally with O'Reilly during this early period in the Obama administration and they believe that Newell may have "weaponized" the desire for more better statistics on the part of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others to support the "90 Percent" meme -- that 90% of weapons seized in Mexico from the drug cartels actually came from American civilian market sources.
Newell, who the sources say was familiar with the tactic of "gun walking" from the previous failed Operation Wide Receiver in Tuscon where Newell had participated in it, probably provided the germ of the idea that "walked" weapons could be used to "boost the statistics" of weapons found at crime scenes in Mexico, in the words of an early whiistleblower in this case.
If this is true, it places Kevin O'Reilly, a State Department employee responsible to Hillary Clinton, as the critical potential witness in the early history of the Gunwalker Scandal. Sources also say that there is a "not unfounded" fear that O'Reilly, who was suddenly transferred to Iraq "to keep him from being interviewed by the committee" according to one, "will not survive the deployment.
Well, Iraq's not a D.C. park, but it'd do, I suppose.
Snarky? Sure; but I do wonder how well O'Reilly's sleeping lately.
Yes, that's a nasty statement; if you're not familiar with this mess, here's a book that covers it; you'll understand why I wrote it. I think it was Chris at Anarchangel who wrote that the Feebs were probably hoping he'd quietly die somewhere so they'd never have to have all this stirred up again.
You know, just on general principles you'd think a media outlet would be damned careful about letting a name like this slip out; they KNOW it could get someone killed.
Some thoughts over here on the possibly Iranian-backed attack plan. He's wondering if this is being misrepresented as an Iranian government plan when actually more of a freelance operation. And he doubts it's a puffed-up thing to try and distract from Gunwalker;
No, it wouldn’t dare since such behavior would eventually be easily exposed and backfire big-time. And besides, if it were going to do such a thing it would invent a free-lance terror plot, not drag the United States into a potential confrontation with Iran, a country that it’s been trying to avoid confrontation with.
You'd think so; considering the reaction to Gunwalker being opened up bit by bit has been to lie over and over and plant faked-up stories about Issa with friendly media people, I admit to wondering if 'wouldn't dare' is in any way accurate about these people.
Might This Blow Up in the Obama’s Administration’s Face?
Absolutely yes. If they were fooled by a fabricator, if revealing the case too soon (to stave off criticism of Attorney General Holder over the gun-smuggling case) damaged the chance of success in uncovering the terrorist network, or if the government’s response is not equal to the crisis they’ve developed, then the Obama administration will look worse.
No kidding.
Speaking of Gunwalker, I'm going to borrow a big piece- well, most of it- from Sipsey here:
Sources familiar with the congressional investigation into the Gunwalker Plot say that investigators are homing in on early conversations -- and meetings -- between ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Division William Newell and his self-described "long-time friend," Kevin O'Reilly, a State Department employee then on the National Security Council. This is reflected, say the sources, in the subpoena issued this week by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee seeking, among other things, "All communications to or from William Newell, former Special agent in Charge for ATF's Phoenix Field Division, between . . . March 16, 2009 to March 19, 2009."
The sources also say that Newell met personally with O'Reilly during this early period in the Obama administration and they believe that Newell may have "weaponized" the desire for more better statistics on the part of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others to support the "90 Percent" meme -- that 90% of weapons seized in Mexico from the drug cartels actually came from American civilian market sources.
Newell, who the sources say was familiar with the tactic of "gun walking" from the previous failed Operation Wide Receiver in Tuscon where Newell had participated in it, probably provided the germ of the idea that "walked" weapons could be used to "boost the statistics" of weapons found at crime scenes in Mexico, in the words of an early whiistleblower in this case.
If this is true, it places Kevin O'Reilly, a State Department employee responsible to Hillary Clinton, as the critical potential witness in the early history of the Gunwalker Scandal. Sources also say that there is a "not unfounded" fear that O'Reilly, who was suddenly transferred to Iraq "to keep him from being interviewed by the committee" according to one, "will not survive the deployment.
Well, Iraq's not a D.C. park, but it'd do, I suppose.
Snarky? Sure; but I do wonder how well O'Reilly's sleeping lately.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
"Why am I not enthusiastic about the OWS clowns?"
Because far too many of them are like this:
Occupy L.A. Speaker: “One of the speakers said the solution is nonviolent movement. No, my friend. I’ll give you two examples: French Revolution, and Indian so-called Revolution.
Occupy L.A. Speaker: “One of the speakers said the solution is nonviolent movement. No, my friend. I’ll give you two examples: French Revolution, and Indian so-called Revolution.
Gandhi, Gandhi today is, with respect to all of you, Gandhi today is a tumor that the ruling class is using constantly to mislead us. French Revolution made fundamental transformation. But it was bloody.
India, the result of Gandhi, is 600 million people living in maximum poverty.
So, ultimately, the bourgeosie won’t go without violent means. Revolution! Yes, revolution that is led by the working class.
Long live revolution! Long live socialism!”
Crowd: [Cheers.]
The only thing this kind of crap gives me enthusiasm for is a large stock of ammo. Because if they're PLANNING to come after me...Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Issa says there's proof that DEA was more involved
than may have been previously thought. AND there's more evidence of the State Department, which means Hillary Clinton, being more involved.
This is going to get hugely messy; I think there's going to be some things come out that even Tingles Matthews can't gloss over.
This is going to get hugely messy; I think there's going to be some things come out that even Tingles Matthews can't gloss over.
Termination report
Fuzzy-tail birdfeeder raider: assuming ambient temperature.
Security Staff(Sr.) completed said operation.
Thatisall
Security Staff(Sr.) completed said operation.
Thatisall
Now we see two things:
A: how desperate Holder is to not go under oath again,
CBS News has learned a Congressional subpoena directed to Attorney General Eric Holder could go out as early as Tuesday, ordering him to appear before lawmakers and testify about when he was aware of a controversial gun smuggling operation known as Fast and Furious.
and, if he ignores/refuses it, B: if the Stupid Party people actually have the balls to act.
They'd better.
CBS News has learned a Congressional subpoena directed to Attorney General Eric Holder could go out as early as Tuesday, ordering him to appear before lawmakers and testify about when he was aware of a controversial gun smuggling operation known as Fast and Furious.
and, if he ignores/refuses it, B: if the Stupid Party people actually have the balls to act.
They'd better.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Issa responds to Holder's letter
And basically says "You're either incompetent or a liar, and we're going to prove which it is." Two of the good bits:
To that end, just last month, you claimed that Fast and Furious did not reach the upper levels of the Justice Department. Documents discovered through the course of the investigation, however, have proved each and every one of these claims advanced by the Department to be untrue. It appears your latest defense has reached a new low. Incredibly, in your letter from Friday you now claim that you were unaware of Fast and Furious because your staff failed to inform you of information contained in memos that were specifically addressed to you. At best, this indicates negligence and incompetence in your duties as Attorney General. At worst, it places your credibility into serious doubt.
And
Following this briefing, it is clear that Grindler did one of two things. Either, he alerted you to the name and operational details of Fast and Furious, in which case your May 3, 2011 testimony in front of Congress was false; or, he failed to inform you of the name and the operational details of Fast and Furious, in which case Grindler engaged in gross dereliction of his duties as Acting Deputy Attorney General. It is fair to infer from the fact that Grindler remains as your Chief of Staff that he did not engage in gross dereliction of his duties and told you about the program as far back as March of 2010.
This is about as blunt as it gets in Sodom on the Potomac to saying "You and your associates are lying bastards, and we know it. And we can prove it."
Something makes me think that Holder's next under-oath appearance before the committee is likely to be interesting.
To that end, just last month, you claimed that Fast and Furious did not reach the upper levels of the Justice Department. Documents discovered through the course of the investigation, however, have proved each and every one of these claims advanced by the Department to be untrue. It appears your latest defense has reached a new low. Incredibly, in your letter from Friday you now claim that you were unaware of Fast and Furious because your staff failed to inform you of information contained in memos that were specifically addressed to you. At best, this indicates negligence and incompetence in your duties as Attorney General. At worst, it places your credibility into serious doubt.
And
Following this briefing, it is clear that Grindler did one of two things. Either, he alerted you to the name and operational details of Fast and Furious, in which case your May 3, 2011 testimony in front of Congress was false; or, he failed to inform you of the name and the operational details of Fast and Furious, in which case Grindler engaged in gross dereliction of his duties as Acting Deputy Attorney General. It is fair to infer from the fact that Grindler remains as your Chief of Staff that he did not engage in gross dereliction of his duties and told you about the program as far back as March of 2010.
This is about as blunt as it gets in Sodom on the Potomac to saying "You and your associates are lying bastards, and we know it. And we can prove it."
Something makes me think that Holder's next under-oath appearance before the committee is likely to be interesting.
Now THAT is a
water hazard.
Know what struck me about Rep. Lewis being treated this way?
A: He threw away his integrity when, after shoving Obamacare down our throats, he lied about the tea party people calling him names and spitting on him , and
B: This is who you allied yourself with, Lewis; how do you like them?
So they see a market for toys to teach the kids
"Just stand still and be molested, they do have uniforms!"
Go check out the comments.
"What's wrong in this picture" ? Hell, you can make a list!
For that matter, from the story, "Rifle butts pointing through the street railings, gunmen shot in the direction of the sniper fire.” Well, yeah, you can point with the butt...
The officer is an incompetent; and the department should also be held liable for the idiocy of having the Taser carried this way.
Teddy Roosevelt's 1902 Colt
Know what struck me about Rep. Lewis being treated this way?
A: He threw away his integrity when, after shoving Obamacare down our throats, he lied about the tea party people calling him names and spitting on him , and
B: This is who you allied yourself with, Lewis; how do you like them?
So they see a market for toys to teach the kids
"Just stand still and be molested, they do have uniforms!"Go check out the comments.
"What's wrong in this picture" ? Hell, you can make a list!
For that matter, from the story, "Rifle butts pointing through the street railings, gunmen shot in the direction of the sniper fire.” Well, yeah, you can point with the butt...
The officer is an incompetent; and the department should also be held liable for the idiocy of having the Taser carried this way.
Teddy Roosevelt's 1902 Colt
I'll add one thing to my Gunwalker post yesterday:
From Holder's letter:
While failing to interdict weapons is an unacceptable tactic to stop the flow of illegal weapons, it seems clear that some in Congress are more interested in using this regrettable incident to score political points than in addressing the underlying problem.
'Regrettable incident'. Two US cops- that we know of- dead, God only knows how many Mexicans total- so far- and Holder calls Fast & Furious a 'regrettable incident'.
Think about the mindset of someone who defends this horrendous mess with those words. And then uses it to claim "If you'd give us more laws and restrictions WE wouldn't have done what we did!" to try to shift blame.
Mr. Holder, the big 'underlying problem' is that bastards like you thought ALLOWING guns to be bought illegally and then smuggled into Mexico- sometimes with your help, you corrupt sack of crap- was a good thing because you could use it for political capital to try to push your political views on the country. You've got two choices: come clean and resign, or have all this dragged out a bit at a time. Either way you may well face charges, so it would be nice if you showed the integrity to own up to what you did.
But that would require integrity and honor, so I doubt you'll do it.
While failing to interdict weapons is an unacceptable tactic to stop the flow of illegal weapons, it seems clear that some in Congress are more interested in using this regrettable incident to score political points than in addressing the underlying problem.
'Regrettable incident'. Two US cops- that we know of- dead, God only knows how many Mexicans total- so far- and Holder calls Fast & Furious a 'regrettable incident'.
Think about the mindset of someone who defends this horrendous mess with those words. And then uses it to claim "If you'd give us more laws and restrictions WE wouldn't have done what we did!" to try to shift blame.
Mr. Holder, the big 'underlying problem' is that bastards like you thought ALLOWING guns to be bought illegally and then smuggled into Mexico- sometimes with your help, you corrupt sack of crap- was a good thing because you could use it for political capital to try to push your political views on the country. You've got two choices: come clean and resign, or have all this dragged out a bit at a time. Either way you may well face charges, so it would be nice if you showed the integrity to own up to what you did.
But that would require integrity and honor, so I doubt you'll do it.
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Ah, it appears AG Holder is feeling the heat
and griping about it in the "How dare you accuse me of having a hand in this? Stop looking at the blood under my nails" kind of way.
Much has been made in the past few days about my congressional testimony earlier this year regarding Fast and Furious. My testimony was truthful and accurate and I have been consistent on this point throughout. I have no recollection of knowing about Fast and Furious or of hearing its name prior to the public controversy about it.
Ok, think like a lawyer: how many ways can you spot, in that last sentence, that you can say "This is a way of getting around that lie, and this is..." ?(link to the full letter)
From the look of it he realizes they've got some kind of documentation- BESIDES what's already been revealed- showing he was informed about it, and he figures he has to lie even bigger to try and cover up as much as possible.
Also, like Ace, I consider this to be important for a couple of reasons:
As I have said, the fact that even a single gun was not interdicted in this operation and found a way to Mexico is unacceptable. Equally unacceptable however, is the fact that too many in Congress are opposed to any discussion of fixing loopholes in the laws that facilitate the staggering flow of guns each year across our border to the South.
The only 'loopholes' in this mess was A: the coverup and B: that it was the bloody DoJ and ATF that were helping these clowns evade the laws AND smuggle the things into Mexico. Yeah, he and his die-hard(or too tied to him to cut him adrift) defenders will try to claim something like "You in Congress wouldn't give use the laws we wanted so we HAD to do this!" or "Things are so bad we had to do SOMETHING, and it turned out to be a bit flawed, so it's not our fault! You forced us to do it!" when they simply cannot claim anymore- with any kind of straight face, anyway- "We didn't know".
Ok, speaking of 'more proof', looked around at Sipsey and found this:
Documents recently turned over by the Justice Department to Congressional investigators indicate that then-Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler received a detailed briefing on Fast and Furious more than a year and a half ago.
"Deputy Attorney General" is the Justice Department's No. 2 figure, directly under Attorney General Eric Holder.
Grindler moved from Deputy Attorney General to a spot as Holder's chief of staff last January.(here's the link to CBS)
So, supposedly Holder's #2 knew all about this and never mentioned it to Holder? At all?
Sipsey also notes that Issa stated Holder is going to get another subpoena.
And, to close, something guaranteed to offend and piss off a LOT of the left:
Mr. Vanderbough suggests passing this around as much as possible; not a bad idea.
And, stolen from Towhhall.com, Top Ten Signs Holder is Lying:
10. His greyhound dog is named “Fast” and his Chihuahua is named “Furious.”
9. His voice cracks like Justin Bieber’s whenever he discusses the topic.
8. When he’s constipated, Fast & Furious is his go-to laxative.
7. Every Halloween he dresses like Paul Walker.
6. His right eye violently twitches every time Darrell Issa walks into the room or his name gets mentioned.
5. Roger Clemens tweeted, “Holder’s good. Real good …”
4. His nose grew 19 inches when he claimed no prior knowledge.
3. When he said he didn’t know about F&F his pants burst into flames. It’s true.
2. He keeps trying to change the subject to Solyndra.
1. King Samir Shabazz just stated on his blog, “Of course he knew, you stupid white cracker b*tches!”
Much has been made in the past few days about my congressional testimony earlier this year regarding Fast and Furious. My testimony was truthful and accurate and I have been consistent on this point throughout. I have no recollection of knowing about Fast and Furious or of hearing its name prior to the public controversy about it.
Ok, think like a lawyer: how many ways can you spot, in that last sentence, that you can say "This is a way of getting around that lie, and this is..." ?(link to the full letter)
From the look of it he realizes they've got some kind of documentation- BESIDES what's already been revealed- showing he was informed about it, and he figures he has to lie even bigger to try and cover up as much as possible.
Also, like Ace, I consider this to be important for a couple of reasons:
As I have said, the fact that even a single gun was not interdicted in this operation and found a way to Mexico is unacceptable. Equally unacceptable however, is the fact that too many in Congress are opposed to any discussion of fixing loopholes in the laws that facilitate the staggering flow of guns each year across our border to the South.
The only 'loopholes' in this mess was A: the coverup and B: that it was the bloody DoJ and ATF that were helping these clowns evade the laws AND smuggle the things into Mexico. Yeah, he and his die-hard(or too tied to him to cut him adrift) defenders will try to claim something like "You in Congress wouldn't give use the laws we wanted so we HAD to do this!" or "Things are so bad we had to do SOMETHING, and it turned out to be a bit flawed, so it's not our fault! You forced us to do it!" when they simply cannot claim anymore- with any kind of straight face, anyway- "We didn't know".
Ok, speaking of 'more proof', looked around at Sipsey and found this:
Documents recently turned over by the Justice Department to Congressional investigators indicate that then-Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler received a detailed briefing on Fast and Furious more than a year and a half ago.
"Deputy Attorney General" is the Justice Department's No. 2 figure, directly under Attorney General Eric Holder.
Grindler moved from Deputy Attorney General to a spot as Holder's chief of staff last January.(here's the link to CBS)
So, supposedly Holder's #2 knew all about this and never mentioned it to Holder? At all?
Sipsey also notes that Issa stated Holder is going to get another subpoena.
And, to close, something guaranteed to offend and piss off a LOT of the left:
Mr. Vanderbough suggests passing this around as much as possible; not a bad idea.
And, stolen from Towhhall.com, Top Ten Signs Holder is Lying:
10. His greyhound dog is named “Fast” and his Chihuahua is named “Furious.”
9. His voice cracks like Justin Bieber’s whenever he discusses the topic.
8. When he’s constipated, Fast & Furious is his go-to laxative.
7. Every Halloween he dresses like Paul Walker.
6. His right eye violently twitches every time Darrell Issa walks into the room or his name gets mentioned.
5. Roger Clemens tweeted, “Holder’s good. Real good …”
4. His nose grew 19 inches when he claimed no prior knowledge.
3. When he said he didn’t know about F&F his pants burst into flames. It’s true.
2. He keeps trying to change the subject to Solyndra.
1. King Samir Shabazz just stated on his blog, “Of course he knew, you stupid white cracker b*tches!”
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Ah, the memories that bike maintenance bring up...
One of those oddball things that came to mind when considering bike maintenance:
Grew up in a small town for a number of years, late 60's-early 70's. Everybody who could talk their parents into it and get enough together got their motorcycle license when they turned 14(guys; never saw a girl get one). Most were Honda or Yamaha single-cylinder, 75-100cc(at that time in OK if you were under 16 you couldn't have a bike over 100cc for road use).
It was wheat country, which means, especially spring/summer, lots of dust in the air. One guy had a Honda 90 that started burning oil badly, and had the engine rebuilt: bored-oversize cylinder, piston and rings to match, cleaned up the valves. Ran beautifully.
For about three months.
At which time it was smoking like he had a wood-burning steam engine in the thing and you could smell the oil. He started griping about what pieces of crap Honda made, and one day I asked when was the last time he'd cleaned the air filter(remember, back then it was a foam filter you soaked some oil into):
"I took it off."
I don't really understand why, but I'd gotten something of a reputation of a bike guy; apparently reading the owner's manual for things like the filter and adjusting clutch and brake cables was good enough. So I said "Why?"
"Because you get more power that way!" Accompanied by a look of 'you didn't know that?'.
"Well, that's why it's burning oil again! Without the filter it's sucking in all this dust and it's grinding the rings down!"
This was a guy who had family who farmed, not exactly unacquainted with mechanical stuff, but for some reason the fact of what that filter was there for hadn't really sunk in. Or what would happen if you didn't use it. The look on his face, I'd have to describe as 'Dawning Aw Shit'.
Amazing what comes up out of the memory hole
Grew up in a small town for a number of years, late 60's-early 70's. Everybody who could talk their parents into it and get enough together got their motorcycle license when they turned 14(guys; never saw a girl get one). Most were Honda or Yamaha single-cylinder, 75-100cc(at that time in OK if you were under 16 you couldn't have a bike over 100cc for road use).
It was wheat country, which means, especially spring/summer, lots of dust in the air. One guy had a Honda 90 that started burning oil badly, and had the engine rebuilt: bored-oversize cylinder, piston and rings to match, cleaned up the valves. Ran beautifully.
For about three months.
At which time it was smoking like he had a wood-burning steam engine in the thing and you could smell the oil. He started griping about what pieces of crap Honda made, and one day I asked when was the last time he'd cleaned the air filter(remember, back then it was a foam filter you soaked some oil into):
"I took it off."
I don't really understand why, but I'd gotten something of a reputation of a bike guy; apparently reading the owner's manual for things like the filter and adjusting clutch and brake cables was good enough. So I said "Why?"
"Because you get more power that way!" Accompanied by a look of 'you didn't know that?'.
"Well, that's why it's burning oil again! Without the filter it's sucking in all this dust and it's grinding the rings down!"
This was a guy who had family who farmed, not exactly unacquainted with mechanical stuff, but for some reason the fact of what that filter was there for hadn't really sunk in. Or what would happen if you didn't use it. The look on his face, I'd have to describe as 'Dawning Aw Shit'.
Amazing what comes up out of the memory hole
Now to Gunwalker: six Arizona sheriffs
say "Enough of this crap":
The sheriffs represent Pinal, Cochise, LaPaz, Mohave, Greenlee, and Yavapai counties and are both Democrats and Republicans. They all agreed that it was not a partisan issue for them but rather a feeling of betrayal by the Federal government. According to the report by ABC 15 reporter Lori Jean Gliha, all the sheriffs were united in their call for an independent investigation.
"It's embarrassing to this country and me," said LaPaz County Sheriff Don Lowery. "I've spent fifty years in uniform, and it's embarrassing for me to stand before you and apologize for people that we elect."
Right now, they and a lot of other cops are wondering how many robberies/rapes/murders in their areas were committed with guns that Obama, Holder & Co. ran to the cartels.
Some thoughts about Democrats who are not standing up for Holder; my, there seem to be a lot of them.
Words from Mark Steyn:
Steyn noted the lack of media outrage compared with other scandals in the past.
“Now real Mexicans are dead,” he continued. “Does the president of the United States, does his attorney general, does CNN, does The New York Times, does NPR — do they not care about dead Mexicans?
“I mean, forget the United States Border Patrol guys that were killed about these ‘Fast & Furious’ guns. Real-live, or previously live, citizens of third world countries — the kind of people that NPR, The New York Times claim to love — are dead because of this.”
“Why isn’t that a national scandal?” he pleaded. “This is absolutely a — Iran-Contra didn’t rack of that kind of body count. Watergate didn’t rack up that kind of body count. Sarah Palin’s daughter’s boyfriend’s mother, or whatever stupid story they were chasing around Wasilla for months, that didn’t rack up a body count. There were hundreds of dead Mexicans from a gun running program run by the United States.”
Video at the link. Oh, hell, I'll steal it:
The sheriffs represent Pinal, Cochise, LaPaz, Mohave, Greenlee, and Yavapai counties and are both Democrats and Republicans. They all agreed that it was not a partisan issue for them but rather a feeling of betrayal by the Federal government. According to the report by ABC 15 reporter Lori Jean Gliha, all the sheriffs were united in their call for an independent investigation.
"It's embarrassing to this country and me," said LaPaz County Sheriff Don Lowery. "I've spent fifty years in uniform, and it's embarrassing for me to stand before you and apologize for people that we elect."
Right now, they and a lot of other cops are wondering how many robberies/rapes/murders in their areas were committed with guns that Obama, Holder & Co. ran to the cartels.
Some thoughts about Democrats who are not standing up for Holder; my, there seem to be a lot of them.
Words from Mark Steyn:
Steyn noted the lack of media outrage compared with other scandals in the past.
“Now real Mexicans are dead,” he continued. “Does the president of the United States, does his attorney general, does CNN, does The New York Times, does NPR — do they not care about dead Mexicans?
“I mean, forget the United States Border Patrol guys that were killed about these ‘Fast & Furious’ guns. Real-live, or previously live, citizens of third world countries — the kind of people that NPR, The New York Times claim to love — are dead because of this.”
“Why isn’t that a national scandal?” he pleaded. “This is absolutely a — Iran-Contra didn’t rack of that kind of body count. Watergate didn’t rack up that kind of body count. Sarah Palin’s daughter’s boyfriend’s mother, or whatever stupid story they were chasing around Wasilla for months, that didn’t rack up a body count. There were hundreds of dead Mexicans from a gun running program run by the United States.”
Video at the link. Oh, hell, I'll steal it:
Oh, now THAT would make some video...
Darrell Issa: When did you first know about the program, officially I believe called fast and furious to the best of your knowledge what date?
Eric Holder: What?
Darrell Issa: What country are you from?
Eric Holder: What? What? Wh - ?
Darrell Issa: "What" ain't no country I've ever heard of. They speak English in What?
Eric Holder: What?
Darrell Issa: English, motherfucker, do you speak it?
Eric Holder: Yes! Yes!
Darrell Issa: Then you know what I'm sayin'!
Eric Holder: Yes!
Darrell Issa: Did the deputy Attorney general authorise it?
Eric Holder: What?
Darrell Issa: Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time!
Dad spent over 30 years on Highway Patrol here in OK, every kind of vehicle/vehicle & pedestrian/vehicle & livestock accident imaginable; there are some he still won’t speak of. Stories like this, I suspect, are why. (Found at BRM)
I keep seeing people on Facebook posting 'Support the daring people occupying Wall Street' and such crap; they don't seem to like hearing about what some of those 'caring people' are doing:
Several influential New York state lawmakers have received threatening mails saying it is “time to kill the wealthy” if they don’t renew the state’s tax surcharge on millionaires, according to reports. “It’s time to tax the millionaires!” reads the email, according to WTEN in Albany. “If you don’t, I’m going to pay a visit with my carbine to one of those tech companies you are so proud of and shoot every spoiled Ivy League [expletive] I can find…”
I think I've been interested in volcanoes most of my life; the first big one I read about was probably Krakatau. Take a look at where it is
It blew itself almost out of existence in August, 1883. Look at the islands around it, and imagine what the tsunami was like.
More pictures of volcanoes here.
And some Gunwalker stuff, but I'm putting that in a separate post
Eric Holder: What?
Darrell Issa: What country are you from?
Eric Holder: What? What? Wh - ?
Darrell Issa: "What" ain't no country I've ever heard of. They speak English in What?
Eric Holder: What?
Darrell Issa: English, motherfucker, do you speak it?
Eric Holder: Yes! Yes!
Darrell Issa: Then you know what I'm sayin'!
Eric Holder: Yes!
Darrell Issa: Did the deputy Attorney general authorise it?
Eric Holder: What?
Darrell Issa: Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time!
Dad spent over 30 years on Highway Patrol here in OK, every kind of vehicle/vehicle & pedestrian/vehicle & livestock accident imaginable; there are some he still won’t speak of. Stories like this, I suspect, are why. (Found at BRM)
I keep seeing people on Facebook posting 'Support the daring people occupying Wall Street' and such crap; they don't seem to like hearing about what some of those 'caring people' are doing:
Several influential New York state lawmakers have received threatening mails saying it is “time to kill the wealthy” if they don’t renew the state’s tax surcharge on millionaires, according to reports. “It’s time to tax the millionaires!” reads the email, according to WTEN in Albany. “If you don’t, I’m going to pay a visit with my carbine to one of those tech companies you are so proud of and shoot every spoiled Ivy League [expletive] I can find…”
I think I've been interested in volcanoes most of my life; the first big one I read about was probably Krakatau. Take a look at where it is
It blew itself almost out of existence in August, 1883. Look at the islands around it, and imagine what the tsunami was like.More pictures of volcanoes here.
And some Gunwalker stuff, but I'm putting that in a separate post
Got a comment on the oil change
Rather, the time needed to remove things to GET TO the filter, and it reminded me of something:
Back when crotch rockets(aka 'superbikes' at the time) were getting popular, some bike rag added a test to their road tests: at some point during the time they had it, they'd park it normally, and them push it over. Then ride to the nearest dealer to get an estimate of what it'd cost to repair the damage to the fairing. Some of the estimates made you think the damn things were made of unobtanium plated with atomized unicorn fur.
Back when crotch rockets(aka 'superbikes' at the time) were getting popular, some bike rag added a test to their road tests: at some point during the time they had it, they'd park it normally, and them push it over. Then ride to the nearest dealer to get an estimate of what it'd cost to repair the damage to the fairing. Some of the estimates made you think the damn things were made of unobtanium plated with atomized unicorn fur.
Friday, October 07, 2011
Before I collapse, I will note
that it takes longer to take off the fairing pieces from the bike than it does to change the oil and filter that is the reason for taking the damn things off.
And for my closing number,
heard about this yet?
In an obvious effort to protect President Barack Obama, a group of congressional Democrats has introduced legislation to create an official process that will allow the commander-in-chief to keep presidential records secret after he leaves office.
Ironically, Obama revoked a similar George W. Bush order in one of his first official acts as president. In 2001 Bush penned an executive order severely limiting public access to his presidential records. Shortly after swearing in, Obama killed it as part of his much-ballyhooed commitment to government transparency. At the time, the new president claimed that he was giving the American people greater access to “historic documents.”
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If the Democrats’ proposed measure (Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011) becomes law, former presidents will be allowed to assert a new “constitutionally based privilege” against disclosing records of their liking. Here is how it would work; the Archivist of the United States would be required to notify the former president, as well as the incumbent, of intentions to make records public. Anything that either the former or current president claims should be kept private won’t be released.
In an obvious effort to protect President Barack Obama, a group of congressional Democrats has introduced legislation to create an official process that will allow the commander-in-chief to keep presidential records secret after he leaves office.
Ironically, Obama revoked a similar George W. Bush order in one of his first official acts as president. In 2001 Bush penned an executive order severely limiting public access to his presidential records. Shortly after swearing in, Obama killed it as part of his much-ballyhooed commitment to government transparency. At the time, the new president claimed that he was giving the American people greater access to “historic documents.”
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If the Democrats’ proposed measure (Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011) becomes law, former presidents will be allowed to assert a new “constitutionally based privilege” against disclosing records of their liking. Here is how it would work; the Archivist of the United States would be required to notify the former president, as well as the incumbent, of intentions to make records public. Anything that either the former or current president claims should be kept private won’t be released.
Attkisson is indeed doing interviews
One part:
O'REILLY: Well, wait wait, wait, wait, wait. Now, I have had that happen to me, and you wouldn't- anybody would curse at me- I mean, come on. You get a promotion doing that. But you're a nice person. I mean, you're just somebody who's trying to get the story. Why would this guy curse at you? What led him to do that?
ATTKISSON: In the course of covering these kinds of stories, as you know, you get into a lot of difficult moments with people that you talk to, and they probably don't think you're as nice as you think I am, Mr. O'Reilly. But when you talk to them-
O'REILLY: No- well, you know what I'm talking about here. It usually lights a fuse- particularly if somebody like that- at that level, the White House level, did actually curse at a reporter, a CBS News correspondent- that's not something that happens every day, Sharyl. So what do you think lit that fuse?
ATTKISSON: Well, I would say there have been some pretty incredible developments in the past week. Also, documents- we haven't even had time to report on all of them. There are very sensitive documents and allegations going around. Many of them we haven't reported yet because we need to get more confirmation of them. But what you see on the surface, that we do report in our stories, is really only a part of what may be going on, and we may be reporting in the future when we can get confirmation-
O'REILLY: Okay-
ATTKISSON: And I can only say that this is a very sensitive story that goes into many facets-
O'REILLY: Absolutely-
ATTKISSON: And there's a lot of sensitivities-
Oh, Ms. Attkisson, I think you're stomping all over their sensitivities.
When it was just Mike Vanderboegh at Sipsey Street and Dave Codrea reporting on this, the White House got to pretty much ignore it; but this here innernets(thanky, Algore!) let them both contact people and put the information out. Not that long ago it'd have been phone calls and magazine articles months delayed, but now the information gets out now, to anybody and everybody interested. And that helped get Attkisson, an actual reporter it seems, involved. And now Obama & Minions are getting actual questions from people, and what comes out in the committee gets around to everyone; and it's gotten real, real interesting.
O'REILLY: Well, wait wait, wait, wait, wait. Now, I have had that happen to me, and you wouldn't- anybody would curse at me- I mean, come on. You get a promotion doing that. But you're a nice person. I mean, you're just somebody who's trying to get the story. Why would this guy curse at you? What led him to do that?
ATTKISSON: In the course of covering these kinds of stories, as you know, you get into a lot of difficult moments with people that you talk to, and they probably don't think you're as nice as you think I am, Mr. O'Reilly. But when you talk to them-
O'REILLY: No- well, you know what I'm talking about here. It usually lights a fuse- particularly if somebody like that- at that level, the White House level, did actually curse at a reporter, a CBS News correspondent- that's not something that happens every day, Sharyl. So what do you think lit that fuse?
ATTKISSON: Well, I would say there have been some pretty incredible developments in the past week. Also, documents- we haven't even had time to report on all of them. There are very sensitive documents and allegations going around. Many of them we haven't reported yet because we need to get more confirmation of them. But what you see on the surface, that we do report in our stories, is really only a part of what may be going on, and we may be reporting in the future when we can get confirmation-
O'REILLY: Okay-
ATTKISSON: And I can only say that this is a very sensitive story that goes into many facets-
O'REILLY: Absolutely-
ATTKISSON: And there's a lot of sensitivities-
Oh, Ms. Attkisson, I think you're stomping all over their sensitivities.
When it was just Mike Vanderboegh at Sipsey Street and Dave Codrea reporting on this, the White House got to pretty much ignore it; but this here innernets(thanky, Algore!) let them both contact people and put the information out. Not that long ago it'd have been phone calls and magazine articles months delayed, but now the information gets out now, to anybody and everybody interested. And that helped get Attkisson, an actual reporter it seems, involved. And now Obama & Minions are getting actual questions from people, and what comes out in the committee gets around to everyone; and it's gotten real, real interesting.
Somehow, it doesn't surprise me that this idiot in Frisco (Updated)
is a teacher; Deity help the kids he's 'teaching'...
Mr. Hill, you might look up that quote about 'rough men ready to do violence': it's why clowns like you have the freedom and leisure to bitch about Tommy.
As to Mr. Lowenberg... I can't remember where to find the piece, but years back read about a old Jewish couple who somehow survived in a camp, and after it was liberated they discovered that one of the troops was a Jew. They were alive, and one of their people helped throw the bastards out. The writer spoke of how they marveled at 'how big and strong you are!', and then the man stroked the M1 he held and said "And what a fine rifle you have!"
Somehow, I doubt Mr. Lowenberg considers American airmen to be a threat. Except to the enemy.
Update: Mr. Volk provided the link I'd forgotten, here's the passage:
I chose it because of a short story by Irwin Shaw that I read a couple of years earlier and which I have re-read frequently since. It was called "Act of Faith". Although I disagreed with the ending of it, a particular page struck in my mind and made me spend money on a clumsy, over-muscled artifact from the more primitive times.
My own learning experience that same week was even more ironic and thought provoking. I was sitting in a seminar on the Holocaust at the University of San Francisco, completely mesmerized by the personal testimony of William Lowenberg, a Holocaust survivor now recently deceased. As he closed his incredible presentation, reminding us of how important it is to investigate and teach about the past, the Blue Angels flew over Lone Mountain, interrupting with their own thunderous narrative. I wondered what associations such sounds from the sky had in Lowenberg’s mind. I could not fathom the gravity.Of that, I have absolutely no doubt. Because, while there were no FA-18s flying overhead the concentration camps in World War II, there were P-51s and P-47s, flown by the forefathers of those men whose noise and valor you despise, Mr.Hill. To Mr Lowenberg, the sound of their heirs overhead very likely associated in his mind with life and liberty.
Mr. Hill, you might look up that quote about 'rough men ready to do violence': it's why clowns like you have the freedom and leisure to bitch about Tommy.
As to Mr. Lowenberg... I can't remember where to find the piece, but years back read about a old Jewish couple who somehow survived in a camp, and after it was liberated they discovered that one of the troops was a Jew. They were alive, and one of their people helped throw the bastards out. The writer spoke of how they marveled at 'how big and strong you are!', and then the man stroked the M1 he held and said "And what a fine rifle you have!"
Somehow, I doubt Mr. Lowenberg considers American airmen to be a threat. Except to the enemy.
Update: Mr. Volk provided the link I'd forgotten, here's the passage:
I chose it because of a short story by Irwin Shaw that I read a couple of years earlier and which I have re-read frequently since. It was called "Act of Faith". Although I disagreed with the ending of it, a particular page struck in my mind and made me spend money on a clumsy, over-muscled artifact from the more primitive times.
It just so happend that most of my grandmother's family was wiped out by Germans in 1941. They did not get to see the liberators nor could they fend for themselves for they lived in the Soviet- and later Nazi-occupied Belorus...and neither of the masters would permit them weapons for self-protection.
My Garand has a lot of dings on the stock, despite having been refinished more than once from the looks of things; all I did was get out the old grease & oil and give it several coats of a protective finish. The barrel isn't the original; not surprising as the serial number shows it was made in early January 1941. A couple of years ago I dated a lady who wasn't exactly thrilled with my liking/owning firearms and asked me why; I showed her the Garand, told what I knew of this history and ended with "This is an actual physical piece of American history. I get to use it and care for it for a time, then it'll go to the kids. This is among the reasons I own them."
One more story: a few years back a local shop got in some Mauser rifles that looked like standard K98 models. Closer inspection showed all the German proofs had been defaced(on some of the rifles chopped to complete illegibility), and on the receiver ring was stamped a six-pointed star. These were some of the rifles smuggled to what what would become Israel. I told the lady that it greatly pleased me to think of Hitler & Co. gnashing their teeth in hell at the knowledge that Nazi-produced arms had been used to help create and defend the nation of Israel.
Worth repeating
An old Marine Pilot sat down at the Starbucks, still wearing his old USMC flight suit and leather jacket and ordered a cup of coffee.
As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him. She
turned to the pilot and asked, 'Are you a real pilot?'
He replied, 'Well, I've spent my whole life flying planes, first Steadman's, then the early Grummans... Flew a Wildcat and Corsair in WWII, and later in the Korean conflict, Banshees and Cougars. I've taught more than 260 people to fly and given rides to hundreds, so I guess I am a pilot; and you,what are you?
She said, 'I'm a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women. As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about naked women. When I shower, I think about naked women. When I watch TV, I think about naked women. It seems everything makes me think of naked women.'
The two sat sipping in silence.
A little while later, a young man sat down on the other side of the old pilot and asked: "are you a real pilot?"
He replied, 'I always thought I was, but I just found out I'm a lesbian.'
Found over here
As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him. She
turned to the pilot and asked, 'Are you a real pilot?'
He replied, 'Well, I've spent my whole life flying planes, first Steadman's, then the early Grummans... Flew a Wildcat and Corsair in WWII, and later in the Korean conflict, Banshees and Cougars. I've taught more than 260 people to fly and given rides to hundreds, so I guess I am a pilot; and you,what are you?
She said, 'I'm a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women. As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about naked women. When I shower, I think about naked women. When I watch TV, I think about naked women. It seems everything makes me think of naked women.'
The two sat sipping in silence.
A little while later, a young man sat down on the other side of the old pilot and asked: "are you a real pilot?"
He replied, 'I always thought I was, but I just found out I'm a lesbian.'
Found over here
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Oh, for God's sake,
how long has this idiocy been going ON? And how many people are dead from it?
Allegations are that the Obama Administration had gun-walking operations in at least 10 cities in 5 states, including the Midwest and East Coast states. The operations were not feeding weapons just to cartels, but street gangs, contributing to the murder of an unknown (for now) number of American citizens, in addition to hundreds of deaths in Mexico.
Which means how many people dead right here in the US?
In case it didn't sink in before, I don't give a rat's ass who authorized it, when or where: ANYBODY, any party, any whatever, who took part in such needs to be tarred, feathered and then- no, strap them to a whipping post and use a flagrum, THEN the tar and feathers.
According to Atkisson, "gunwalking" may not be limited to border towns.
She said, "We have found allegations of gunwalking in at least 10 cities in five states, so this apparently was not isolated to Arizona."
Added: More proof of AG Holder: Perjurer
Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Darrell Issa today said that Attorney General Eric Holder received at least five weekly memos beginning in July 2010, including four weeks in a row, describing the ill-advised strategy known as Operation Fast and Furious. The memos were to Holder from Michael Walther, the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center.
The Attorney General told Issa during a House Judiciary Committee in May 2011 that he had just learned of Fast and Furious a few weeks before. Yet, on January 31, in a previously scheduled meeting, Grassley personally handed him two letters about Fast and Furious. Grassley and Issa said they find it very troubling that Holder actually knew of Operation Fast and Furious much earlier, and in greater detail than he ever let on.
The memos specifically said that the straw buyers were “responsible for the purchase of 1500 firearms that were then supplied to Mexican drug trafficking cartels.”
Allegations are that the Obama Administration had gun-walking operations in at least 10 cities in 5 states, including the Midwest and East Coast states. The operations were not feeding weapons just to cartels, but street gangs, contributing to the murder of an unknown (for now) number of American citizens, in addition to hundreds of deaths in Mexico.
Which means how many people dead right here in the US?
In case it didn't sink in before, I don't give a rat's ass who authorized it, when or where: ANYBODY, any party, any whatever, who took part in such needs to be tarred, feathered and then- no, strap them to a whipping post and use a flagrum, THEN the tar and feathers.
According to Atkisson, "gunwalking" may not be limited to border towns.
She said, "We have found allegations of gunwalking in at least 10 cities in five states, so this apparently was not isolated to Arizona."
Added: More proof of AG Holder: Perjurer
Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Darrell Issa today said that Attorney General Eric Holder received at least five weekly memos beginning in July 2010, including four weeks in a row, describing the ill-advised strategy known as Operation Fast and Furious. The memos were to Holder from Michael Walther, the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center.
The Attorney General told Issa during a House Judiciary Committee in May 2011 that he had just learned of Fast and Furious a few weeks before. Yet, on January 31, in a previously scheduled meeting, Grassley personally handed him two letters about Fast and Furious. Grassley and Issa said they find it very troubling that Holder actually knew of Operation Fast and Furious much earlier, and in greater detail than he ever let on.
The memos specifically said that the straw buyers were “responsible for the purchase of 1500 firearms that were then supplied to Mexican drug trafficking cartels.”
In response to another idiot celebrity, I shall steal Jennifer's suggestion
Latina pop star Shakira condemned Arizona's new law targeting illegal immigration, saying it promotes discrimination and robs Latinos of human dignity.
Visiting Phoenix City Hall on Thursday, the Colombian-born entertainer told more than 100 members of the media: "I'm in opposition to this law because it is a violation of human and civil rights. It goes against all human dignity, against the principles of most Americans I know.
The response:
Kid, you're pretty and talented; you're also NOT A US CITIZEN and our laws to deal with illegal aliens are none of your damned business. Go sing and dance and shake them hips, and stay the hell out of our business.
By the way, if you're all so concerned and all, why weren't you raising hell when Pelosi & Co. were preventing a free-trade agreement with Colombia from going through? Or is them screwing with your country not as important somehow as you screwing with ours?
If you don't know Jennifer, go meet the lady
Visiting Phoenix City Hall on Thursday, the Colombian-born entertainer told more than 100 members of the media: "I'm in opposition to this law because it is a violation of human and civil rights. It goes against all human dignity, against the principles of most Americans I know.
The response:
Kid, you're pretty and talented; you're also NOT A US CITIZEN and our laws to deal with illegal aliens are none of your damned business. Go sing and dance and shake them hips, and stay the hell out of our business.By the way, if you're all so concerned and all, why weren't you raising hell when Pelosi & Co. were preventing a free-trade agreement with Colombia from going through? Or is them screwing with your country not as important somehow as you screwing with ours?
If you don't know Jennifer, go meet the lady
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
So, is CBS scared of or sucking up to the Oval Office?
Today, I called CBS News in an attempt to interview Attkisson. I was told by CBS News senior vice president of communications Sonya McNair that Attkisson would be unavailable for interviews all week. When I asked why Attkisson would be unavailable, McNair would not say.
I've also heard from a producer at another media outlet that has previously booked Attkisson that they tried to book her since she made news with the Laura Ingraham interview yesterday. They were also told that she would be unavailable.
After our initial conversation earlier today, I called McNair back and left a message with her office. I also sent McNair an email asking whether Attkisson's unavailability has anything to do with reporting that the White House and Justice Department were angry at her. I further asked McNair if the White House or Justice Department contacted CBS News about Attkisson since yesterday. McNair has not responded to my inquiries.
From what I've read the CBS brass haven't exactly been enthusiastic about investigating this in the first place; with Attkisson actually acting as a reporter(as opposed to the current examples of 'journalist') they're probably catching heat from the Obama minions for daring to allow someone to really investigate.
Added: this says there are so many requests for interviews that they've told her to just stay on the story for now. Hopefully, that's the case.
I've also heard from a producer at another media outlet that has previously booked Attkisson that they tried to book her since she made news with the Laura Ingraham interview yesterday. They were also told that she would be unavailable.
After our initial conversation earlier today, I called McNair back and left a message with her office. I also sent McNair an email asking whether Attkisson's unavailability has anything to do with reporting that the White House and Justice Department were angry at her. I further asked McNair if the White House or Justice Department contacted CBS News about Attkisson since yesterday. McNair has not responded to my inquiries.
From what I've read the CBS brass haven't exactly been enthusiastic about investigating this in the first place; with Attkisson actually acting as a reporter(as opposed to the current examples of 'journalist') they're probably catching heat from the Obama minions for daring to allow someone to really investigate.
Added: this says there are so many requests for interviews that they've told her to just stay on the story for now. Hopefully, that's the case.
Mr. President,
In direct response to a question from Univision’s Jorge Ramos as to who authorized the operation, the president said:
Well, first of all I did not authorize it. Eric Holder, the Attorney General, did not authorize it. He’s been very clear that our policy is to catch gun runners and put them into jail.
The problem with this statement, as the top-level Justice Department memoranda reveal, is that Holder knew gunwalking operations were occurring, that his direct reports were involved in them, and that he did nothing to stop them, or, based on evidence gleaned to date, to even question them. That his subordinates felt comfortable including him on routine reporting shows they assumed his tacit approval for their activities, that is, his authorization.
No other explanation is credible, including ridiculous new excuses which would show unprecedented incompetence if we are to believe that Holder did not read the reports from his staff, or that he did not understand a direct question put to him by Darrell Issa, or that the memoranda were talking about a different gunwalking operation!!!
and
And there’s another problem for the president, because his assurances have covered more than his attorney general not authorizing gunwalking. He is also on record asserting Holder did not know about it (as well as covering his own tracks):
I heard on the news about this story that…uh…Fast and Furious, where … uh … allegedly … uh … guns were being run into Mexico and ATF knew about it but didn’t … uh … apprehend those who had, who had sent it. Eric Holder is the attorney general, has been very clear that he knew nothing about this…
"Very clear"...?
Documented evidence from the Justice Department now shows us this is just not so. So the questions now become:
Did the president believe what he was saying when he said it?
Did Holder lie to his boss as well as to the House Committee on Oversight and Government reform?
Or might we have probable cause to doubt the implausible assertions coming from the Chief Executive? Especially since the White House withheld releasing “an unspecified number of internal e-mails exchanged among three National Security Staff aides” because, according to its Chief Counsel “the [Executive Office of the President] has significant confidentiality interests in its internal communications."
From an interview Issa did last night, transcript at Sipsey Street:
Anderson Cooper: “CNN has obtained some of the documents that you and your colleagues have referenced and the Attorney General did receive some memos last year acknowledging the existence of Operation Fast & Furious, but only in passing. The Justice Department is saying basically, ‘Look, he receives dozens of reports every week, some more than a hundred pages. There’s no indication he knew of the problems of this particular operation that far back.’ Do you believe that?”
Rep. Darrell Issa: “Well, it’s difficult if at all possible [to] believe it. Additionally, there’s a spin going that when they talked about guns walking in excess were other programs. We’ve had testimony in front of our committee that says, ‘Justice never lets guns walk.’ And now we have written proof that they were concerned about the guns walking. They were concerned about the optics of press interviews in which they were going to talk about problems, including Brian Terry’s murder. And very clearly, this was not hundreds of pages of reports… He had to at least say, ‘I’m familiar with the name. What is it you mean?’ or that ‘I don’t fully understand everything as well as I did two weeks before.’ Instead, in fairness both to myself and to Jason Chaffetz, the Attorney General implied that he had never heard of this until two weeks before, rather than that perhaps he didn’t know what a felony stupid program this was that led to the death of Brian Terry and the release of at least 2,000 weapons into the worst of the worst people’s hands.”
Anderson Cooper: “I want to read you what a Justice Department official has told CNN cause they’re pushing back on what you’re saying. They said, ‘Chairman Issa, of all people, should be familiar with the difference between knowing about an investigation and being aware of questionable tactics employed in that investigation since documents provided to his committee show that he was given a briefing that included the Fast and Furious Operation in 2010 – a year before the controversy emerged.’ So I mean, did you, yourself know about the operation last year?”
Rep. Darrell Issa: “That is an outright lie that the Justice Department has been spinning. They shopped that to the newspapers until they found one that would print it. The fact is Kenneth Melson, a man who under oath very, very well recorded, has said he didn’t know about much of this, and clearly did not brief me in one briefing that was about gun trafficking into Mexico. And let’s understand something, Anderson. They would have you believe that I knew, that I knew what the Attorney General didn’t know, that I knew what they were deliberately withholding from ATF, DEA, and Justice agents in Mexico City and from the M- U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. So as this cover-up and this game of spin-and-delay continues, the problem is it’s only creating problems that didn’t initially exist. Initially, this was a dumb program that led to very adverse consequences. Now it’s about a cover-up, about deception, about slow-rolling discovery of this and other committees. Understand I got involved in this because Senator Grassley was denied any discovery because he wasn’t the Chairman over in the Senate, and I got involved somewhat on his behalf, and my committee has taken a lead on it. But this was about stonewalling of the Senate long before I got involved.”
To the Democrats now trying to say "BUSH STARTED IT!!!",
Rep. Darrell Issa: “Well, Anderson, we’d know a lot more about it except that’s among the documents we’re still waiting to get. What we do know about ‘Wide Receiver’ somewhat is very small amount of weapons, much more intensive following, but, in fact, we will get to the bottom of whether or not this practice in a smaller way may have begun on the Bush watch. We’re not putting it past any Administration and giving anyone a pass. The American people and the people of Mexico expect us to have a zero tolerance for letting drugs come into our country or weapons go into Mexico.”
"So knock off the bullshit and give us the documents."
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Awww, the poor little nannies are intimidated
by having to obey the law; don't you just feel so sorry for the sad little pandas?
To borrow from Insty,
So they happily broke the law to deprive people of their legal rights and now that they might be punished for doing so, they’re troubled? Personally, I’m gratified. And if being punished for violating the law is troubling “intimidation,” then what have you folks been doing — illegally, I stress — since 1987?
They've been screwing with people's lives because they could get away with it, that's what.
So the corrupt bastards running Fannie Mae knew about problems clear back to 2003? Why am I not surprised...
Note to the dumbass redhead in the BMW on NW36th this afternoon: you know, deciding to blow past me in the narrowing area wasn't a real good idea, and if I hadn't seen you and eased back & over you'd have had some nice scrapes in your paint; and after all that you were right in front of me for blocks. You idiot.
On that Gunwalker news, listen to what the White House weenies were telling her about 'reasonable' media:
They REALLY don't like it when major media people actually ask them hard questions on a seriously nasty matter, do they? All good, the 'reasonable' crap starts about 8:20
They will tell you that I’m the only reporter–as they told me–that is not reasonable. They say the Washington Post is reasonable, the LA Times is reasonable, the New York Times is reasonable, I’m the only one who thinks this is a story, and they think I’m unfair and biased by pursuing it.
(fG)Britain is well and truly fucked, just no two ways about it.
...Only in a world where irony is dead could people not marvel at concerned parents being prosecuted for stealing a free public education for their children.
In August, an internal PowerPoint presentation from the American Federation of Teachers surfaced online. The document described how the AFT undermined minority parent groups' efforts in Connecticut to pass the "parent trigger" legislation that offers parents real governing authority to transform failing schools. A key to the AFT's success in killing the effort, said the document, was keeping parent groups from "the table." AFT President Randi Weingarten quickly distanced her organization from the document, but it was small consolation to the parents once again left in the cold.
To borrow from Insty,
So they happily broke the law to deprive people of their legal rights and now that they might be punished for doing so, they’re troubled? Personally, I’m gratified. And if being punished for violating the law is troubling “intimidation,” then what have you folks been doing — illegally, I stress — since 1987?
They've been screwing with people's lives because they could get away with it, that's what.
So the corrupt bastards running Fannie Mae knew about problems clear back to 2003? Why am I not surprised...
Note to the dumbass redhead in the BMW on NW36th this afternoon: you know, deciding to blow past me in the narrowing area wasn't a real good idea, and if I hadn't seen you and eased back & over you'd have had some nice scrapes in your paint; and after all that you were right in front of me for blocks. You idiot.
On that Gunwalker news, listen to what the White House weenies were telling her about 'reasonable' media:
They REALLY don't like it when major media people actually ask them hard questions on a seriously nasty matter, do they? All good, the 'reasonable' crap starts about 8:20
They will tell you that I’m the only reporter–as they told me–that is not reasonable. They say the Washington Post is reasonable, the LA Times is reasonable, the New York Times is reasonable, I’m the only one who thinks this is a story, and they think I’m unfair and biased by pursuing it.
(fG)Britain is well and truly fucked, just no two ways about it.
...Only in a world where irony is dead could people not marvel at concerned parents being prosecuted for stealing a free public education for their children.
In August, an internal PowerPoint presentation from the American Federation of Teachers surfaced online. The document described how the AFT undermined minority parent groups' efforts in Connecticut to pass the "parent trigger" legislation that offers parents real governing authority to transform failing schools. A key to the AFT's success in killing the effort, said the document, was keeping parent groups from "the table." AFT President Randi Weingarten quickly distanced her organization from the document, but it was small consolation to the parents once again left in the cold.
No, that didn't take long!
House Republicans are going to call for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Holder perjured himself during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News has learned.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, is sending a letter to President Obama arguing that Holder cannot inves
The question is whether Holder committed perjury during a Judiciary Committee hearing in May. At the time, Holder indicated he was not familiar with with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives program known as Fast and Furious.
Judiciary’s call for special counsel comes after documentation surfaced yesterday that indicated Holder was getting weekly briefs on Operation Fast and Furious, and that senior Justice Department executives were well aware that these operations were walking guns into Mexico.
Special council. People under oath with a no-bs "Lie to me and I will prosecute you" situation. About damn time.
Also, I think the stress is getting to them. Espcially considering how much the major media has been covering for them up till now.
6:05 - Laura: So they were literally screaming at you?
Attkisson: Yes. Well the DOJ woman was just yelling at me. The guy from the White House on Friday night literally screamed at me and cussed at me. [Laura: Who was the person? Who was the person at Justice screaming?] Eric Schultz. Oh, the person screaming was [DOJ spokeswoman] Tracy Schmaler, she was yelling not screaming. And the person who screamed at me was Eric Schultz at the White House."
Monday, October 03, 2011
AG Eric Holder: Perjurer
Yes, there's proof:
New documents obtained by CBS News show Attorney General Eric Holder was sent briefings on the controversial Fast and Furious operation as far back as July 2010. That directly contradicts his statement to Congress.
On May 3, 2011, Holder told a Judiciary Committee hearing, "I'm not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks."
Yet internal Justice Department documents show that at least ten months before that hearing, Holder began receiving frequent memos discussing Fast and Furious.
Sipsey Street has links to three of the documents; for those who can't go there, here they are:
Read the July 5, 2010 memo
Read the "It's a tricky case" email
Read the memo to AG Holder from Asst. AG Lanny A. Breuer.
And something from Mark Steyn on our Obama-ass-kissing press and some of the consequences:
But in the case of Obama the chasm between soft, seductive, politico-media "centrism" and hard, grim reality is too big to bridge, and getting wider all the time.
You would think this might prompt some sober reflection from an American mainstream media dying in part because of its dreary ideological conformity. After all, a key reason why 53% voted for a man who was not, in Tina Brown's word, "ready" is that Tina and all her pals assured us he was.
Occidental, Columbia, Harvard Law, a little light community organizing, a couple of years timeserving in a state legislature: That's what America's elites regard as an impressive resume rather than a bleak indictment of contemporary notions of "accomplishment."
Obama would not have withstood scrutiny in any society with a healthy, skeptical press. Yet, like the high-rolling Wall Street moneybags, they failed to do due diligence.
Three years on, nothing has changed. Obama is proposing to raise taxes because of some cockamamie yarn Warren Buffett has been peddling about his allegedly overtaxed secretary. Yet the court eunuchs of the media persist in taking Buffett seriously as a archetypal exemplar of the "American business community" rather than as an especially well-connected crony.
...
It is alleged that the administration chose to facilitate the sale of American weapons to crime kingpins south of the border in order to support a case for gun control north of the border. Evidence keeps piling up:
The other day, a letter emerged from ATF supervisor David Voth authorizing Special Agent John Dodson to buy Draco pistols to sell directly to known criminals. Over 200 Mexicans are believed to have been killed by "Fast and Furious" weapons — that is to say, they were killed by a U.S. government program.
Doesn't the New York Times care about dead Mexicans? Doesn't Newsweek or CBS News? Isn't Obamaism with a body-count sufficiently eye-catching even for the U.S. press? Or, three years in, are the enablers of Obama still so cynical that they accept it as a necessary price to pay for "change you can believe in"? You can't make a hopenchange omelette without breaking a couple hundred Mexican eggs?
Obama says America has "gotten a little soft." But there's nothing soft about a dead-parrot economy, a flat-line jobs market, regulatory sclerosis, "green jobs" multibillion-dollar squandering and a mountain of dead Mexicans. In a soft nation, "centrist" government is hard and cruel. Only the coverage is soft-focus.
New documents obtained by CBS News show Attorney General Eric Holder was sent briefings on the controversial Fast and Furious operation as far back as July 2010. That directly contradicts his statement to Congress.
On May 3, 2011, Holder told a Judiciary Committee hearing, "I'm not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks."
Yet internal Justice Department documents show that at least ten months before that hearing, Holder began receiving frequent memos discussing Fast and Furious.
Sipsey Street has links to three of the documents; for those who can't go there, here they are:
Read the July 5, 2010 memo
Read the "It's a tricky case" email
Read the memo to AG Holder from Asst. AG Lanny A. Breuer.
And something from Mark Steyn on our Obama-ass-kissing press and some of the consequences:
But in the case of Obama the chasm between soft, seductive, politico-media "centrism" and hard, grim reality is too big to bridge, and getting wider all the time.
You would think this might prompt some sober reflection from an American mainstream media dying in part because of its dreary ideological conformity. After all, a key reason why 53% voted for a man who was not, in Tina Brown's word, "ready" is that Tina and all her pals assured us he was.
Occidental, Columbia, Harvard Law, a little light community organizing, a couple of years timeserving in a state legislature: That's what America's elites regard as an impressive resume rather than a bleak indictment of contemporary notions of "accomplishment."
Obama would not have withstood scrutiny in any society with a healthy, skeptical press. Yet, like the high-rolling Wall Street moneybags, they failed to do due diligence.
Three years on, nothing has changed. Obama is proposing to raise taxes because of some cockamamie yarn Warren Buffett has been peddling about his allegedly overtaxed secretary. Yet the court eunuchs of the media persist in taking Buffett seriously as a archetypal exemplar of the "American business community" rather than as an especially well-connected crony.
...
It is alleged that the administration chose to facilitate the sale of American weapons to crime kingpins south of the border in order to support a case for gun control north of the border. Evidence keeps piling up:
The other day, a letter emerged from ATF supervisor David Voth authorizing Special Agent John Dodson to buy Draco pistols to sell directly to known criminals. Over 200 Mexicans are believed to have been killed by "Fast and Furious" weapons — that is to say, they were killed by a U.S. government program.
Doesn't the New York Times care about dead Mexicans? Doesn't Newsweek or CBS News? Isn't Obamaism with a body-count sufficiently eye-catching even for the U.S. press? Or, three years in, are the enablers of Obama still so cynical that they accept it as a necessary price to pay for "change you can believe in"? You can't make a hopenchange omelette without breaking a couple hundred Mexican eggs?
Obama says America has "gotten a little soft." But there's nothing soft about a dead-parrot economy, a flat-line jobs market, regulatory sclerosis, "green jobs" multibillion-dollar squandering and a mountain of dead Mexicans. In a soft nation, "centrist" government is hard and cruel. Only the coverage is soft-focus.
Sunday, October 02, 2011
There are some flat nutty people out there
for whom 'insane' hardly seems more than a beginning.
Iowahawk taps into a phone call from someone in the Administration to Mexico.
'Bad day on the range', no bloody kidding.
The geniuses we have in the White House:
When it was Mr. Hamm’s turn to talk briefly with President Obama, “I told him of the revolution in the oil and gas industry and how we have the capacity to produce enough oil to enable America to replace OPEC. I wanted to make sure he knew about this.”
The president’s reaction? “He turned to me and said, ‘Oil and gas will be important for the next few years. But we need to go on to green and alternative energy. [Energy] Secretary [Steven] Chu has assured me that within five years, we can have a battery developed that will make a car with the equivalent of 130 miles per gallon.’” Mr. Hamm holds his head in his hands and says, “Even if you believed that, why would you want to stop oil and gas development? It was pretty disappointing.”
Even if you believed this battery crap, you STILL HAVE TO GENERATE THE ELECTRICITY TO CHARGE THE DAMN THING. Bleep. For that matter, I wonder if Chu and Obama have any idea how many products oil is the base for? Or if they do, do they care?
One further bit:
Washington keeps "sticking a regulatory boot at our necks and then turns around and asks: 'Why aren't you creating more jobs,'" he says. He roils at the Interior Department delays of months and sometimes years to get permits for drilling. "These delays kill projects," he says. Even the Securities and Exchange Commission is now tightening the screws on the oil industry, requiring companies like Continental to report their production and federal royalties on thousands of individual leases under the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting rules. "I could go to jail because a local operator misreported the production in the field," he says.
The White House proposal to raise $40 billion of taxes on oil and gas—by excluding those industries from credits that go to all domestic manufacturers—is also a major hindrance to exploration and drilling. "That just stops the drilling," Mr. Hamm believes. "I've seen these things come about before, like [Jimmy] Carter's windfall profits tax." He says America's rig count on active wells went from 4,500 to less than 55 in a matter of months. "That was a dumb idea. Thank God, Reagan got rid of that."
There was a lady who worked in the agency I used to work for; she and her husband had a stripper well on some land they owned(drilling rights leased to the oil company), produced something like $150 or so per month for them. Until that moron Carter did this; after it went into effect, their check came out to a few dollars a month. So many people got a little extra income off wells like this, and Carter screwed them out of it with this 'windfall profits' bullshit. If he'd come through OK after that, he'd have had trouble getting out without either a necktie party or having trash thrown at him.
And last, Weerd notes one of the more idiotic things I've read in a while concerning courtrooms and idiot/dirtbag lawyers and prosecutors.
Iowahawk taps into a phone call from someone in the Administration to Mexico.
'Bad day on the range', no bloody kidding.
The geniuses we have in the White House:
When it was Mr. Hamm’s turn to talk briefly with President Obama, “I told him of the revolution in the oil and gas industry and how we have the capacity to produce enough oil to enable America to replace OPEC. I wanted to make sure he knew about this.”
The president’s reaction? “He turned to me and said, ‘Oil and gas will be important for the next few years. But we need to go on to green and alternative energy. [Energy] Secretary [Steven] Chu has assured me that within five years, we can have a battery developed that will make a car with the equivalent of 130 miles per gallon.’” Mr. Hamm holds his head in his hands and says, “Even if you believed that, why would you want to stop oil and gas development? It was pretty disappointing.”
Even if you believed this battery crap, you STILL HAVE TO GENERATE THE ELECTRICITY TO CHARGE THE DAMN THING. Bleep. For that matter, I wonder if Chu and Obama have any idea how many products oil is the base for? Or if they do, do they care?
One further bit:
Washington keeps "sticking a regulatory boot at our necks and then turns around and asks: 'Why aren't you creating more jobs,'" he says. He roils at the Interior Department delays of months and sometimes years to get permits for drilling. "These delays kill projects," he says. Even the Securities and Exchange Commission is now tightening the screws on the oil industry, requiring companies like Continental to report their production and federal royalties on thousands of individual leases under the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting rules. "I could go to jail because a local operator misreported the production in the field," he says.
The White House proposal to raise $40 billion of taxes on oil and gas—by excluding those industries from credits that go to all domestic manufacturers—is also a major hindrance to exploration and drilling. "That just stops the drilling," Mr. Hamm believes. "I've seen these things come about before, like [Jimmy] Carter's windfall profits tax." He says America's rig count on active wells went from 4,500 to less than 55 in a matter of months. "That was a dumb idea. Thank God, Reagan got rid of that."
There was a lady who worked in the agency I used to work for; she and her husband had a stripper well on some land they owned(drilling rights leased to the oil company), produced something like $150 or so per month for them. Until that moron Carter did this; after it went into effect, their check came out to a few dollars a month. So many people got a little extra income off wells like this, and Carter screwed them out of it with this 'windfall profits' bullshit. If he'd come through OK after that, he'd have had trouble getting out without either a necktie party or having trash thrown at him.
And last, Weerd notes one of the more idiotic things I've read in a while concerning courtrooms and idiot/dirtbag lawyers and prosecutors.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Proof that leftists just do not get it,
or that Zakaria is a fucking moron. Maybe both.
The structure of the Senate is even more undemocratic, with Wisconsin's six million inhabitants getting the same representation in the Senate as California's 36 million people. That's not exactly one man, one vote.
Ok, Mr. Zakaria, let this dumbass redneck explain two things about this to you:
A: The Senate was set up that way for a reason: you see, the number of Representatives in the House does vary according to the population of a state; so the Senate was set up as 'Two Per State' specifically so that smaller-population states could not be run over by larger states.
B: If you actually don't understand the difference between 'One man gets one vote' and how the Reps and Senators are numbered, you're a fucking moron. The other possibility is you're a vicious little shit who is willing to lie and distract to screw our system up. In the one case there's a slight chance you can learn, in the other you're a traitor as far as I'm concerned.
Oh, and just in case you really are a moron, WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY: we are aRepresentative DemocracyRepublic*, just to try to avoid the mob rule that you seem to long for.
There's a lot more at the link, Zakaria isn't the only enemy of the US noted there.
*Yes, I worded badly; I need to either slow down or wait 'till I'm less pissed when writing.
The structure of the Senate is even more undemocratic, with Wisconsin's six million inhabitants getting the same representation in the Senate as California's 36 million people. That's not exactly one man, one vote.
Ok, Mr. Zakaria, let this dumbass redneck explain two things about this to you:
A: The Senate was set up that way for a reason: you see, the number of Representatives in the House does vary according to the population of a state; so the Senate was set up as 'Two Per State' specifically so that smaller-population states could not be run over by larger states.
B: If you actually don't understand the difference between 'One man gets one vote' and how the Reps and Senators are numbered, you're a fucking moron. The other possibility is you're a vicious little shit who is willing to lie and distract to screw our system up. In the one case there's a slight chance you can learn, in the other you're a traitor as far as I'm concerned.
Oh, and just in case you really are a moron, WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY: we are a
There's a lot more at the link, Zakaria isn't the only enemy of the US noted there.
*Yes, I worded badly; I need to either slow down or wait 'till I'm less pissed when writing.
I agree: if they do away with BATFE, it won't be
for the right reasons, it'll be to try to cover Gunwalker up as much as possible to protect the higher-level people. Like Holder and Napolitano and Obama and Mueller:
Multiple sources, including sources from ATF, DOJ and Congressional offices have said there is a white paper circulating within the Department of Justice, outlining the essential elimination of ATF. According to sources, the paper outlines the firing of at least 450 ATF agents in an effort to conduct damage control as Operation Fast and Furious gets uglier and as election day 2012 gets closer. ATF agents wouldn’t be reassigned to other positions, just simply let go. Current duties of ATF, including the enforcement of explosives and gun laws, would be transferred to other agencies, possibly the FBI and the DEA. According to a congressional source, there have been rumblings about the elimination of ATF for quite sometime, but the move would require major political capital to actually happen.
The DEA? What the hell does the DEA have to do with firearms or explosives? And aren't they too busy screwing over doctors and patients who use 'too much' in the way of pain relievers to get their hands dirty with this?
Multiple sources, including sources from ATF, DOJ and Congressional offices have said there is a white paper circulating within the Department of Justice, outlining the essential elimination of ATF. According to sources, the paper outlines the firing of at least 450 ATF agents in an effort to conduct damage control as Operation Fast and Furious gets uglier and as election day 2012 gets closer. ATF agents wouldn’t be reassigned to other positions, just simply let go. Current duties of ATF, including the enforcement of explosives and gun laws, would be transferred to other agencies, possibly the FBI and the DEA. According to a congressional source, there have been rumblings about the elimination of ATF for quite sometime, but the move would require major political capital to actually happen.
The DEA? What the hell does the DEA have to do with firearms or explosives? And aren't they too busy screwing over doctors and patients who use 'too much' in the way of pain relievers to get their hands dirty with this?
Two things for a Friday evening
And the White House stonewalling continues
However, the chief counsel to President Barack Obama, Kathryn Ruemmler, indicated that the White House was withholding an unspecified number of internal e-mails exchanged among three National Security Staff aides.
"These internal NSS emails are not included in the enclosed documents because the [Executive Office of the President] has significant confidentiality interests in its internal communications," Ruemmler wrote in a letter to House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The letter, posted here, was obtained Friday by POLITICO.
The latest batch of 102 pages of records partially duplicated information previously sent to Congress and didn't appear to include any smoking guns showing that White House officials were aware that the operation involved allowing hundreds or thousands of guns to flow essentially unimpeded from the U.S. to Mexican drug cartels.
"We don't WANT to send you those, so we don't have to."
Over at Sipsey, from this CBS story,
Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF "Fast and Furious" gunwalking scandal.
The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix office Bill Newell - who led Fast and Furious - and then-White House National Security Staffer Kevin O'Reilly. Emails indicate the two also spoke on the phone. Such detailed, direct communications between a local ATF manager in Phoenix and a White House national security staffer has raised interest among Congressional investigators looking into Fast and Furious. Newell has said he and O'Reilly are long time friends.
...
Among the documents produced: an email in which ATF's Newell sent the White House's O'Reilly an "arrow chart reflecting the ultimate destination of firearms we intercepted and/or where the guns ended up." The chart shows arrows leading from Arizona to destinations all over Mexico.
In response, O'Reilly wrote on Sept. 3, 2010 "The arrow chart is really interesting - and - no surprise - implies at least that different (Drug Trafficking Organizations) in Mexico have very different and geographically distinct networks in the US for acquiring guns. Did last year's TX effort develop a similar graphic?"
(Hello, proof of a similar operation in Texas; possibly proof of perjury?)
...
Also included are email photographs including images of a .50 caliber rifle that Newell tells O'Reilly "was purchased in Tucson, Arizona (part of another OCDTF case)." OCDTF is a joint task force that operates under the Department of Justice and includes the US Attorneys, ATF, DEA, FBI, ICE and IRS. Fast and Furious was an OCDTF case. An administration source would not describe the Tucson OCDTF case. However, CBS News has learned that ATF's Phoenix office led an operation out of Tucson called "Wide Receiver." Sources claim ATF allowed guns to "walk" in that operation, much like Fast and Furious.
From Sipsey: Been waitin' for that one. We heard about "Wide Receiver" a while ago and were asked not to break the story. Knowing that it would come out one day, we agreed. Can you say, "national policy to allow weapons to walk"? I knew you could. And the frigging White House is asking about it. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
No matter how hard they try to hide it, stuff just keep coming out; and sooner or later there will be indictments. For lying under oath to Congress if nothing else. We'll see what some people start saying then.
"These internal NSS emails are not included in the enclosed documents because the [Executive Office of the President] has significant confidentiality interests in its internal communications," Ruemmler wrote in a letter to House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The letter, posted here, was obtained Friday by POLITICO.
The latest batch of 102 pages of records partially duplicated information previously sent to Congress and didn't appear to include any smoking guns showing that White House officials were aware that the operation involved allowing hundreds or thousands of guns to flow essentially unimpeded from the U.S. to Mexican drug cartels.
"We don't WANT to send you those, so we don't have to."
Over at Sipsey, from this CBS story,
Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF "Fast and Furious" gunwalking scandal.
The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix office Bill Newell - who led Fast and Furious - and then-White House National Security Staffer Kevin O'Reilly. Emails indicate the two also spoke on the phone. Such detailed, direct communications between a local ATF manager in Phoenix and a White House national security staffer has raised interest among Congressional investigators looking into Fast and Furious. Newell has said he and O'Reilly are long time friends.
...
Among the documents produced: an email in which ATF's Newell sent the White House's O'Reilly an "arrow chart reflecting the ultimate destination of firearms we intercepted and/or where the guns ended up." The chart shows arrows leading from Arizona to destinations all over Mexico.
In response, O'Reilly wrote on Sept. 3, 2010 "The arrow chart is really interesting - and - no surprise - implies at least that different (Drug Trafficking Organizations) in Mexico have very different and geographically distinct networks in the US for acquiring guns. Did last year's TX effort develop a similar graphic?"
(Hello, proof of a similar operation in Texas; possibly proof of perjury?)
...
Also included are email photographs including images of a .50 caliber rifle that Newell tells O'Reilly "was purchased in Tucson, Arizona (part of another OCDTF case)." OCDTF is a joint task force that operates under the Department of Justice and includes the US Attorneys, ATF, DEA, FBI, ICE and IRS. Fast and Furious was an OCDTF case. An administration source would not describe the Tucson OCDTF case. However, CBS News has learned that ATF's Phoenix office led an operation out of Tucson called "Wide Receiver." Sources claim ATF allowed guns to "walk" in that operation, much like Fast and Furious.
From Sipsey: Been waitin' for that one. We heard about "Wide Receiver" a while ago and were asked not to break the story. Knowing that it would come out one day, we agreed. Can you say, "national policy to allow weapons to walk"? I knew you could. And the frigging White House is asking about it. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
No matter how hard they try to hide it, stuff just keep coming out; and sooner or later there will be indictments. For lying under oath to Congress if nothing else. We'll see what some people start saying then.
Friday, September 30, 2011
A good outline of Gunwalker
in Forbes; and, I say once again, the FBI is in this up to its groomed eyebrows:
Actually, it’s even worse than that: According to court records obtained by Fox News, two of 20 alleged smugglers who were later indicted in the Fast and Furious investigation had felony convictions. As gun-stores must run a person’s name through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) before selling that person a firearm, this should have stopped these felons from buying even one measly.22 rifle.
Congressional and law-enforcement sources say this situation suggests the FBI, which operates the NICS system, had to have knowingly allowed the purchases to go forward after consulting with the ATF. Given that we know the director of the FBI was in on at least one early meeting on this issue, this seems logical.
Why yes, it does.
The title of the article is "Fast And Furious" Just Might Be President Obama's Watergate; but let us keep pointing out that nobody died in Watergate, but Fast & Furious has stacked bodies by the dozens.
Actually, it’s even worse than that: According to court records obtained by Fox News, two of 20 alleged smugglers who were later indicted in the Fast and Furious investigation had felony convictions. As gun-stores must run a person’s name through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) before selling that person a firearm, this should have stopped these felons from buying even one measly.22 rifle.
Congressional and law-enforcement sources say this situation suggests the FBI, which operates the NICS system, had to have knowingly allowed the purchases to go forward after consulting with the ATF. Given that we know the director of the FBI was in on at least one early meeting on this issue, this seems logical.
Why yes, it does.
The title of the article is "Fast And Furious" Just Might Be President Obama's Watergate; but let us keep pointing out that nobody died in Watergate, but Fast & Furious has stacked bodies by the dozens.
A good comment on Gunwalker
If someone can tell me the difference between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Sons of Anarchy, I'd sure like to hear it. I don't know if you've seen the show Sons of Anarchy - it's a biker gang that runs guns. Gosh! I actually don't understand the difference between Sons of Anarchy and ATF. They both run guns. They both don't pay attention to the national borders. They both don't care who the collateral damage is.
Chiappa Firearms: they ought to have to buy all the tinfoil hats
they made snotty comments about.
Chiappa says "Oh, we won't do that in the US!"; question would be, do you trust them on that? And will they hold to it?
Chiappa says "Oh, we won't do that in the US!"; question would be, do you trust them on that? And will they hold to it?
So, was the NYPD guy just full of crap,
buying into the EEEVILLLEEEEEE .50-cal bullcrap, or trying to sound even more important/dangerous/bigshot than usual?
Turns out that the NYPD commish bought his own bullshit, and was referred to the Barrett .50 cals in his department’s inventories.
Turns out that the NYPD commish bought his own bullshit, and was referred to the Barrett .50 cals in his department’s inventories.
Big reason why I couldn't be happy with Christie
running for President: he's a anti-2nd Amendment gun-ban fan, pure and simple.
In your morning Gunwalker news,
Morales told Mexican reporters that she is demanding a full and honest explanation from the United States government especially since evidence is being gathered that reveals the Obama administration was more involved in Operation Fast and Furious than top officials admitted in their sworn statements.
If what is being reported is true, U.S. Attorney General and other government officials may have committed perjury and/or obstruction of justice if it's proven they lied when testifying before House and Senate committees.
Bad thing about the article: they repeat the 'botched covert operation' line, when later in the article they note
Dodson claimed during his House testimony, that he acted on his own, against supervisors’ instructions, to monitor the movement of the guns to a “stash house.” He kept the house under surveillance until a vehicle showed up to pick up the guns for smuggling into Mexico.
Dodson says he called for a team to move in to arrest the smugglers, but his supervisors refused. The guns then disappeared from ATF surveillance.
Bold mine. You can't claim that losing track of the guns was a 'botched sting' when you never TRIED to keep track of them.
If what is being reported is true, U.S. Attorney General and other government officials may have committed perjury and/or obstruction of justice if it's proven they lied when testifying before House and Senate committees.
Bad thing about the article: they repeat the 'botched covert operation' line, when later in the article they note
Dodson claimed during his House testimony, that he acted on his own, against supervisors’ instructions, to monitor the movement of the guns to a “stash house.” He kept the house under surveillance until a vehicle showed up to pick up the guns for smuggling into Mexico.
Dodson says he called for a team to move in to arrest the smugglers, but his supervisors refused. The guns then disappeared from ATF surveillance.
Bold mine. You can't claim that losing track of the guns was a 'botched sting' when you never TRIED to keep track of them.
Proof that Oklahoma isn't safe from the nanny-state idiots
Specifically, in this case, the OKC city council:
Fast-food menu signs are not currently regulated by the city, so right now, restaurants can make them as large as they want. A public hearing to discuss changes will be held Tuesday at the Oklahoma City city council meeting.
So, apparently, all the real problems are taken care of, since they have time to waste on this.
I heard something about this after the meeting; restaurant owners pointed out they've already got Obamacare & other new rules to jump through the hoops of, and why are you screwing with us on this? It was put off for 'further study', which probably means 'till we can find a less-intrusive way of screwing with things'.
Fast-food menu signs are not currently regulated by the city, so right now, restaurants can make them as large as they want. A public hearing to discuss changes will be held Tuesday at the Oklahoma City city council meeting.
So, apparently, all the real problems are taken care of, since they have time to waste on this.
I heard something about this after the meeting; restaurant owners pointed out they've already got Obamacare & other new rules to jump through the hoops of, and why are you screwing with us on this? It was put off for 'further study', which probably means 'till we can find a less-intrusive way of screwing with things'.
Nut-level leftist women: I've heard bits & pieces of this before,
but when you put it together...
The price of clinging to the enemy [a man] is your life. To enter into a relationship with a man who has divested himself as completely and publicly from the male role as much as possible would still be a risk. But to relate to a man who has done any less is suicide.... I, personally, have taken the position that I will not appear with any man publicly, where it could possibly be interpreted that we were friends.
...
No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one.
...
How will the family unit be destroyed? . . . the demand alone will throw the whole ideology of the family into question, so that women can begin establishing a community of work with each other and we can fight collectively. Women will feel freer to leave their husbands and become economically independent, either through a job or welfare.
...
In order to raise children with equality, we must take them away from families and communally raise them. (bolds all mine)
The above from Ti-Grace Atkinson, Simone de Beauvoir, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Prof. Mary Jo Bane. That's two respected 'feminists' and two professors; there's a lot more at the link.
'Pro-choice' my ass, only when and in what it suits them and their ideology.
The price of clinging to the enemy [a man] is your life. To enter into a relationship with a man who has divested himself as completely and publicly from the male role as much as possible would still be a risk. But to relate to a man who has done any less is suicide.... I, personally, have taken the position that I will not appear with any man publicly, where it could possibly be interpreted that we were friends.
...
No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one.
...
How will the family unit be destroyed? . . . the demand alone will throw the whole ideology of the family into question, so that women can begin establishing a community of work with each other and we can fight collectively. Women will feel freer to leave their husbands and become economically independent, either through a job or welfare.
...
In order to raise children with equality, we must take them away from families and communally raise them. (bolds all mine)
The above from Ti-Grace Atkinson, Simone de Beauvoir, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Prof. Mary Jo Bane. That's two respected 'feminists' and two professors; there's a lot more at the link.
'Pro-choice' my ass, only when and in what it suits them and their ideology.
If you have/are thinking of ordering from CMP,
here's the latest:
CMP STORE SCHEDULES FOR 2011: Operating hours for the remainder of 2011 are now posted on the web pages for the CMP North store at Camp Perry, OH and the CMP South store in Anniston, AL. The stores will be closed during the holiday periods. Please see http://www.odcmp.com/Sales/stores.htm.
.22 CAL RIFLES NOW AVAILABLE: CMP has completed the inspection and sorting of all the model 40X, 52, M12, M416, M44, M513T, M521T, M540X, M541X, M144, and M82 rifles we accumulated over the past several years. Please see http://www.thecmp.org/Sales/rifles.htm for description and pricing of available options. Quantity is relatively small and we expect these will sell quickly. For some models, the quantity is so small that we will sell those in the stores at Camp Perry and Anniston only. Mail orders will be processed in sequence received while quantities last. Please note that there are no large quantities of these models remaining anywhere. Limit of one per model per person until 3 Jan, 2012, at which time limits will be lifted on any remaining models.
BAYONET AND SCABBARDS – 16”: We now have a small quantity of 16” bayonets available for purchase. These bayonets and scabbards are all used and condition ranges from good to poor. Bayonets are separated by manufacturer. Scabbards are not separated by manufacturer. Bayonets and scabbards are sold separately. For more detailed description and pricing, please see http://www.thecmp.org/Sales/relatedsales.htm (Accessories Tab). Sales of these bayonets and scabbards will be limited to one per customer. Limit will be removed on 3 Jan 2012.
BOLT ACTION RIFLES NOW AVAILABLE: CMP has completed the inspection and sorting of all the model M1903, M1903A3, M1917, and Krag rifles we accumulated over the past several years. Please see http://www.thecmp.org/Sales/rifles.htm for description and pricing of available options. Quantity is relatively small and we expect these will sell quickly. For some models, the quantity is so small that we will sell those in the stores at Camp Perry and Anniston only. Mail orders will be processed in sequence received while quantities last. Please note that there are no large quantities of these models remaining anywhere. Limit of one per model per person until 3 Jan, 2012, at which time limits will be lifted on any remaining models.
CLIPPED .30-06 AMMO SOLD OUT: We project that our item 4C3006X215-192P, (192 rounds of.30-06 ammo in clips and bandoleers) will sell out in the next week or two. The only HXP ammo we will have for sale is 4C3006X000-200P (200 rds of .30-06 ammo loose in .30 cal ammo can) for the next few years. New manufacture commercial .30-06 ammo is also available.
SHIPPING AND HANDLING INCREASE: CMP S&H rates for all items will be increasing for all orders received after 31 October, 2011. Amount of increase will vary depending on the item and shipping option.
UPDATE ON .22CAL SIGHTS: CMP has accumulated a few hundred sights for the .22 cal rifles we have sold over the past 15 years. We are in the process of inspecting them and making them ready for sale, but do not expect to have them ready for at least another 60 days. Once they are ready, we will announce them via sales update email and list them on the estore.
GARAND PRICE INCREASES COMING: The price of CMP M1 Garands will increase slightly in the near future, to keep up with our rising costs. As prices are changed, they will be posted on the website. Any orders already in-house when prices change will be charged the price listed at time order was mailed.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
And, in more fun news, range day
Checking zero on the Mauser, in case I'm able to go attempt to convert Bambi to ambient temperature, and some general fun shooting. Barring something nasty happening to the rifle, if I do get a shot and blow it I can't blame it; it was still dead-on.
Put 80 rounds through the .45 conversion. I had three rounds in a row that wouldn't cycle the action fully, but I'm blaming the ammo for that: the empties ejected with all the energy of a just-fed kitten and traveled maybe three inches from the pistol. All others cycled with no problems. The grease is good.
It should be noted Pachmayr grips are worth every penny, especially on something of a magnum persuasion.
I took the Martini 12/15 along, and tried it with Federal Auto Match ammo, just to see; it shot very well. I want to find a way to stick a scope on this rifle for ammo testing, as even with the excellent Parker Hale sights I have some trouble anymore at 100 yards with irons. Or maybe try a bigger black bullseye...
H&H doesn't allow draw & fire, so the Banner Road range(where went today) is the only place I can live-fire that; it's been a while, but didn't do too bad. I can also do things like backing & firing(opening distance from the target) if there's nobody else on the pistol side. I need to check and see if I can find a class of the type Tam has been hitting, I could use it.
I think I shall now treat myself to dining out, and then start cleaning guns.
Put 80 rounds through the .45 conversion. I had three rounds in a row that wouldn't cycle the action fully, but I'm blaming the ammo for that: the empties ejected with all the energy of a just-fed kitten and traveled maybe three inches from the pistol. All others cycled with no problems. The grease is good.
It should be noted Pachmayr grips are worth every penny, especially on something of a magnum persuasion.
I took the Martini 12/15 along, and tried it with Federal Auto Match ammo, just to see; it shot very well. I want to find a way to stick a scope on this rifle for ammo testing, as even with the excellent Parker Hale sights I have some trouble anymore at 100 yards with irons. Or maybe try a bigger black bullseye...
H&H doesn't allow draw & fire, so the Banner Road range(where went today) is the only place I can live-fire that; it's been a while, but didn't do too bad. I can also do things like backing & firing(opening distance from the target) if there's nobody else on the pistol side. I need to check and see if I can find a class of the type Tam has been hitting, I could use it.
I think I shall now treat myself to dining out, and then start cleaning guns.
Now, that is just damn silly
Over at Pistol-Training.com:
airline clerk: (loudly) Sir, you need to open the case so I can verify the guns are unloaded.
ToddG: (quietly) I thought TSA was responsible for that now?
airline clerk: No, sir. (loudly) We need to check your guns here at the counter. Can you please show me your guns so I can verify they are unloaded?
ToddG: (opens case, shows her disassembled Glock 17′s)
airline clerk: Are they unloaded?
ToddG: They’re disassembled.
airline clerk: Oh, OK. I don’t really know anything about guns.
ToddG: Then how are you supposed to verify they’re unloaded?
airline clerk: That’s why I asked you.
airline clerk: (loudly) Sir, you need to open the case so I can verify the guns are unloaded.
ToddG: (quietly) I thought TSA was responsible for that now?
airline clerk: No, sir. (loudly) We need to check your guns here at the counter. Can you please show me your guns so I can verify they are unloaded?
ToddG: (opens case, shows her disassembled Glock 17′s)
airline clerk: Are they unloaded?
ToddG: They’re disassembled.
airline clerk: Oh, OK. I don’t really know anything about guns.
ToddG: Then how are you supposed to verify they’re unloaded?
airline clerk: That’s why I asked you.
Lesson of Life #3: Almost NOTHING will be as easy
as they tell you.
"Push on the caliper to compress the pistons" my ass.
"Push on the caliper to compress the pistons" my ass.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
More on the Guerena murder
And at this point I'll be referring to it as a murder. Go here and read; if you can get through the SWAT team 'commander' interview without wanting to break things and hang people, you have far more ability to withstand idiocy and criminal incompetence than I.
As somebody asked, Where ARE the Republican
presidential candidates on Gunwalker? This is a big damned bloody mess that includes violations of federal law, murder, lying to Congress and so forth, so why don't we have a statement from any of them saying "If it's not all dug up, I will dig through EVERYTHING to find who's responsible, and hold them accountable"?
Oh, for Bleep's sake,
Based on the novel by Lew Wallace, the period drama revolves around Judah Ben-Hur (Heston), a Palestinian nobleman [bold font by Big Hollywood] who is enslaved by the Romans, engages in one of the most thrilling chariot races ever captured on screen, and even encounters Jesus Christ.
Considering it's one of the central themes of the movie, how they can ignore the 'Jew' part is beyond me.
Considering it's one of the central themes of the movie, how they can ignore the 'Jew' part is beyond me.
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