Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Good Question

So When Is Eric Holder Indicted? [Read]
Wrong answer:
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, was sending a letter to President Obama on Tuesday arguing that Holder cannot investigate himself, and requesting the president instruct the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel.
This Justice Department is in it up to its ears.

Re-up the damn Independent Counsel Act and leave it there for occasions such as this. Otherwise, why shouldn't we believe the fix is in?

[Via Concerned American]

Holder revelations contradict Obama’s ‘Gunwalker’ assertions

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? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes it's not just the Attorney General who appears to have a truth problem.

This Day in History: October 4

The riot, which began on October 4, 1779, after the British Army had abandoned the City of Philadelphia. Lawyer and Congressman James Wilson (1742-1798) had successfully defended at trial 23 people from property seizure and exile by the radical government of Pennsylvania. On October fourth, "A mob whipped up by liquor and the writings and speeches of Joseph Reed, President of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council, marched on Congressman Wilson's home at Third and Walnut Streets. Wilson and 35 of his colleagues barricaded themselves in his home, later nicknamed Fort Wilson. In the fighting that ensued, six died, and 17 to 19 were wounded. [More]