Operations Fast & Furious

[koalabear]

I hate to agree with Rob, but ... this appears to be a story that the general public has moved on from. Can you be "worse then watergate" if no one cares?

What do you call Rob with a tampon is his nose? TexasWife25.

 

[coachdb18]

Romney needs to beat that drum as loud and often as he can.

We really don't need the documents other than to get the full details, but what is obvious is that we need Holder's head on a plate, and Obama's criminal ass out of office!

 

[Sean Renaud]

Everything Obama does is worse than Watergate. I figure it's kinda like anything else, Watergate might be the last thing people remember but it's not impressive anymore. It's like claiming you built a building bigger than the Empire State Building. There are a lot of those but I bet if you wiki the building you think is tallest in the world was surpassed and probably a few years ago.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

When Il Obama finally crosses that line and these people look for allies to stop him...

 

[RobDownSouth]

*Yawn* Day 233 - still no outrage from teh general public.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I hate to agree with Rob, but ... this appears to be a story that the general public has moved on from. Can you be "worse then watergate" if no one cares?

If you go to the Aurora shooting thread, on page one you find the cry of the lynch mob and by page three a beginning discussion of gun control...

Brian Terry's parents, on the other hand, get no justice because their son was killed by the actions of the state.

In a couple of weeks, the public will have moved on from the Aurora shooting to something else.

Does this mean we forget about the shooter?

Is that the full measure of justice?

Attention span?

 

[RobDownSouth]

*Yawn* Day 234 - still no outrage from teh general public, but AJ will nevar Nevar NEVAR forget!

 

[MeeMie]

Where is the outrage over Fast and Furious?


It seems that for the magnitude of the Fast and Furious scandal, there isn’t much outrage.

Arizonans don’t need me to tell them that Fast and Furious is a big story. This scandal started in our backyard — in the ATF’s Phoenix office — and was administered by a U.S. attorney appointed by President Obama.

Every step of this operation seems riddled with incompetence and dishonesty.

High-ranking U.S. officials used taxpayer money — stimulus money no less — to buy guns and ship them to Mexico. The administration claims these firearms were shipped to Mexico in an attempt to destabilize Mexican drug cartels.

A further investigation will help us determine if, in fact, the administration’s real agenda was indeed promoting gun control.

Not only did this incompetence sink the operation, it strengthened the cartels and destabilized Mexican security forces on the border.

In other words, under this then-secret program, thousands of guns were shipped over our borders and placed directly into the hands of criminals. Sadly, these guns can be traced to over 200 murders, including that of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and high-ranking Mexican officials.

Some have tried to say that Fast and Furious is simply a case of an overreaching federal government dropping the ball or botching an operation — that it was planned to do something different, that weapons were lost and that officials miscommunicated or were ill-informed.

However, as more evidence has come to light, it has become clear that this operation was not botched. The administration fully intended for guns to end up in the hands of Mexican criminals.

As an Arizonan watching this unfold in my backyard, I can also assure you this is more than feds dropping the ball. People are dying. American tax dollars are arming criminals and it seems the administration is trying to cover it up.

This is egregious.

Almost as egregious, is the fact that the mainstream media has largely seemed to ignore this scandal. Where is the media’s understanding of the scale of this operation? Where is the outrage for not only the actions of President Obama and Eric Holder, but for their inconsistent stories? Where is the outrage for the use of American tax dollars for criminal activity? Where is the outrage for the more than 200 lives lost?

There is a growing voice in the House, mine one of the strongest among them, that believes we need a special prosecutor to hold Eric Holder and the Justice Department accountable. We must put the facts together and properly lay them out on a timeline.

Let’s face it. If it turns out that our attorney general misled the House Oversight Committee in May, the honorable thing for him to do is tender his resignation.

However, the honorable thing for President Obama to do right now is to stop playing politics and come clean on what his Justice Department knew and when they knew it. Incompetence and dishonesty that cost lives cannot and will not be tolerated.

The truth of this operation must come out just as fast and furiously as it was withheld from us.

The main duty of our government is to protect her citizens. However, here in my backyard, taxpayer-funded weapons have taken lives. I do not know what else needs to be said for America to start listening.

Congressman David Schweikert represents Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District.



http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/20/where-is-the-outrage-over-fast-and-furious/#ixzz221GjzQdF

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[mercury14]

Where is the outrage over Fast and Furious?


It seems that for the magnitude of the Fast and Furious scandal, there isn’t much outrage.

Pity bump.

 

[phrodeau]

American tax dollars were used to give guns to Mexicans? Why is David Schweikert the only person saying this? Maybe he doesn't know what he's talking about.

 

[koalabear]

American tax dollars were used to give guns to Mexicans? Why is David Schweikert the only person saying this? Maybe he doesn't know what he's talking about.

He isn't yellow neck, even Holder admitted that much.

 

[MeeMie]

Pity bump.

Pity bump?

I hadn't even posted for 10 minutes and you think yours was a pity bump?


You, and your ilk, might not want to acknowledge that this whole deal was manipulative and wrong, and involved high level authorization, but regardless of news coverage in ObamaMedia, many are demanding truth be known.

 

[TexasWife25]

If you go to the Aurora shooting thread, on page one you find the cry of the lynch mob and by page three a beginning discussion of gun control...

Brian Terry's parents, on the other hand, get no justice because their son was killed by the actions of the state.

In a couple of weeks, the public will have moved on from the Aurora shooting to something else.

Does this mean we forget about the shooter?

Is that the full measure of justice?

Attention span?

Perhaps, I know this may shock you, but just perhaps, there's no outrage because there's no "watergate". Perhaps this wasn't a secret plot by Obama to steal your guns, but an operation gone bad. If those most outraged at f&f actually focused on the poor planning and decision making instead of off the wall conspiracy theories, then more people would be willing to take up their cause.

This thread reminds me of the man standing on the street corner shouting "the aliens are coming!". Maybe he actually saw something of value, but no one will listen because he's jumped to the craziest explanation for what he saw.

 

[koalabear]

Perhaps, I know this may shock you, but just perhaps, there's no outrage because there's no "watergate". Perhaps this wasn't a secret plot by Obama to steal your guns, but an operation gone bad. If those most outraged at f&f actually focused on the poor planning and decision making instead of off the wall conspiracy theories, then more people would be willing to take up their cause.

This thread reminds me of the man standing on the street corner shouting "the aliens are coming!". Maybe he actually saw something of value, but no one will listen because he's jumped to the craziest explanation for what he saw.

You are stupid.

 

[phrodeau]

He isn't yellow neck, even Holder admitted that much.

Did you buy your stupidity, or did someone give it to you?

The Feds bought and sold guns. They didn't give them away. In fact, they probably made a nice profit.

 

[koalabear]

Did you buy your stupidity, or did someone give it to you?

The Feds bought and sold guns. They didn't give them away. In fact, they probably made a nice profit.

If you count bodies.

 

[phrodeau]

If you count bodies.

What do you care about the bodies? An unregulated gun market is more important than a few bodies.

 

[koalabear]

What do you care about the bodies? An unregulated gun market is more important than a few bodies.

If only we had an unregulated gun market.

 

[Sean Renaud]

If only we had an unregulated gun market.

Then we could get really really violent and slaughter each other wholesale.

 

[koalabear]

Then we could get really really violent and slaughter each other wholesale.

You should be worried, logically.

 

[canadianpenny]

The fact that this is named after a movie series screams "do not take this seriously"

If we're talking Vin Diesel, that's another story...

 

[Sean Renaud]

You should be worried, logically.

I am Americans are very stupid and are likely to follow your lead. I'm just warning you though when we degenerate into territories owned by warlords I'm coming for you.

 

[koalabear]

I am Americans are very stupid and are likely to follow your lead. I'm just warning you though when we degenerate into territories owned by warlords I'm coming for you.

One can only hope.

 

[canadianpenny]

I am Americans are very stupid and are likely to follow your lead. I'm just warning you though when we degenerate into territories owned by warlords I'm coming for you.

American logic: I think so so it must be true

Canadian logic: That's cool eh

 

[coachdb18]

Perhaps, I know this may shock you, but just perhaps, there's no outrage because there's no "watergate". Perhaps this wasn't a secret plot by Obama to steal your guns, but an operation gone bad. If those most outraged at f&f actually focused on the poor planning and decision making instead of off the wall conspiracy theories, then more people would be willing to take up their cause.

This thread reminds me of the man standing on the street corner shouting "the aliens are coming!". Maybe he actually saw something of value, but no one will listen because he's jumped to the craziest explanation for what he saw.

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/a-women-bodybuilder-trainwreck-16.jpg?w=500

Sometimes, when people keep yelling 'make it stop', you should listen!