Friday, June 29, 2012
Justice: Holder Above the Law
If the Congress is looking to use its Constitutional powers under Article. I., Section. 8., "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union," I'm in. [Read]
Report points to Clinton-era gunwalking
It does lead to some interesting questions, particularly for those demanding to expand investigations to include the Bush-era “Operation Wide Receiver” program and his then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey. The Twin Cities operation took place under Janet Reno’s watch under President Bill Clinton. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report wonders if it's also fair to asks what did they knowand when did they know it?
My Congressman
We just talked about this worthless lump here.
And now I see this:
Politically execute a few and the rest will take notice--if not out of principle then out of a sense of survival. We should have been doing this all along, instead of falling for the "who else they gonna vote for?" fear tactic they rely on to keep the fearful returning them to office. That's a big part of the reason we're in the mess we are.
UPDATE: John Richardson tells us about his useless lump, who at least has the "excuse" of being a Democrat.
And now I see this:
LaTourette votes no on Holder contemptSeeing as how entrusting him with political power results in his refusal to represent my interests, I will do what I can to retire this useless RINO, even if it means giving up his seat to a damn Democrat. That will only be a temporary and endurable pain, as opposed to continually allowing these worthless GOP hacks to get away with unpunished betrayals.
Politically execute a few and the rest will take notice--if not out of principle then out of a sense of survival. We should have been doing this all along, instead of falling for the "who else they gonna vote for?" fear tactic they rely on to keep the fearful returning them to office. That's a big part of the reason we're in the mess we are.
UPDATE: John Richardson tells us about his useless lump, who at least has the "excuse" of being a Democrat.
Everything You Need to Know
...botched Fast and Furious gun-running operation...flashpoint for the conservative blogosphere...partisan theatrics and escalating conspiracy theories...A thoroughly-researched new expose from Fortune reporter Katherine Eban... [More]Yeah, right, lady. Whatever you say.
I love these people who have absolutely no track record with digging out original revelations on this story, and with absolutely no agency insider sources, suddenly set themselves up as the 11th-hour experts, presuming themselves qualified to teach, but in reality, not having earned the prerequisites to sit in the advanced class.
SOTG 3.0
New developments will be happening soon. [Watch]
Update: He also released "Mediocrity: How to fail and feel good about it."
Update: He also released "Mediocrity: How to fail and feel good about it."
"I Am Robert Heyer"
That kind of reminded me of "I'm Spartacus." What this is about is Brian Terry's cousin engaging with people on Reddit. [Read]
One of the questions raised in this thread was to the effect that if it hadn't been walked guns found at the murder scene, the killers would have still been able to get other guns. That's been argued to me before, too.
It's bullshit, and here's why--a very specific set of circumstances, any of which not happening would have led to a different specific outcome for agent Terry on that particular night --led up to the firefight in Peck Canyon. Change one element in that timeline and you change what happens downstream--and the further back in the timeline you go, the more opportunity for widening the divergence of events.
True, he could have encountered criminals armed with other weapons. But that's not what happened. Had he not encountered those criminals, armed with those weapons, there's every possibility he would not have been killed that night.
One of the questions raised in this thread was to the effect that if it hadn't been walked guns found at the murder scene, the killers would have still been able to get other guns. That's been argued to me before, too.
It's bullshit, and here's why--a very specific set of circumstances, any of which not happening would have led to a different specific outcome for agent Terry on that particular night --led up to the firefight in Peck Canyon. Change one element in that timeline and you change what happens downstream--and the further back in the timeline you go, the more opportunity for widening the divergence of events.
True, he could have encountered criminals armed with other weapons. But that's not what happened. Had he not encountered those criminals, armed with those weapons, there's every possibility he would not have been killed that night.
Frogmarching Eric
David Hardy tells us about an unused dungeon under the big dome. [Read]
Too bad no one has the guts to follow through, but in theory it could result in an armed standoff between the House Sergeant at Arms and DOJ--although I don't imagine tanks pumping CS gas into the monolith at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW is a possibility at the moment...
Meanwhile, the AG is doing his best Jimmy Cagney "You lousy coppers will never take me alive!" impersonation.
I'm not sure how the process works, but they passed a resolution authorizing their House attorney to take the matter to court, and we could see the federal bench in DC side with the administration. Then all SCOTUS has to do is nothing--refuse to hear it...
I'm just guessing here. If you can enlighten us on a more likely process, please do.
Too bad no one has the guts to follow through, but in theory it could result in an armed standoff between the House Sergeant at Arms and DOJ--although I don't imagine tanks pumping CS gas into the monolith at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW is a possibility at the moment...
Meanwhile, the AG is doing his best Jimmy Cagney "You lousy coppers will never take me alive!" impersonation.
I'm not sure how the process works, but they passed a resolution authorizing their House attorney to take the matter to court, and we could see the federal bench in DC side with the administration. Then all SCOTUS has to do is nothing--refuse to hear it...
I'm just guessing here. If you can enlighten us on a more likely process, please do.
Houston Liberty Festival Encore Presentation
Host James B. Towle and the Trigger Sports TV crew return to American Shooting Centers in Houston, Texas for the Houston Liberty Festival, a spectacular sporting clays event benefiting "Homes for Our Troops", an organization that builds specialty homes for returning wounded veterans. This event has grown into more than just a sporting clays tournament, with parades, flyovers, reenactments from civil war, western shootouts and Vietnam, along with cook competitions, carnival, shooting exhibitions with U.S. Army and Travis Mears, flag retirement ceremonies and much, much more! Watch TONIGHT to see an overview of the fun and the tournament and see what this wonderful organization is doing for our veterans.It's one of two Silver Telly Award episodes we helped make happen, and for which James send his thanks. It will be on the Pursuit Channel tonight at 6:00pm Pacific/7:00pm Mountain/8:00pm Central/9:00pm Eastern on DirecTV Channel 608 PRST and DISH Network Channel 240 HUNT.
This Day in History: June 29
When Benedict Arnold wrote this letter to John André, he was still in Philadelphia. General George Washington had agreed to let Arnold have command of West Point on June 29, 1780. [More]