by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) says Eric Holder has some explaining to do regarding his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Rude Behavior By Press Flacks Towards Sharyl Attkisson Is Standard Tactic In Obama Admin
The rude, crude, and unattractive behavior exhibited by DOJ press flack Tracy Schmaler and White House Associate Communications Director Eric Schultz towards CBS News Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson is part of a conscious effort on the part of the Obama Administration to bully reporters over their stories. This according to a blog post by Keith Koffler of the White House Dossier blog. Koffler has covered the White House since 1997 and is the White House correspondent for Roll Call.
Koffler says the bullying tactics used against reporters are part of the Obama Administration’s standard repetoire of tactics used to get them to spike negative stories.
Such tactics as this were rare in both the Clinton and Bush White Houses.
These Obama flacks are not just reacting with visceral anger to the story. They are specifically trained and encouraged to do this. Most of them are actually quite nice to be around when they’re not in Kill the Story Mode.
As Koffler notes, this tactic amounts to a suppression of free speech by this administration. He has written more extensively about it here.
Moreover, Koffler says it amounts to an admission on the part of the Obama Administration that the reporting on Operation Fast and Furious and Project Gunwalker “has legs.” Of course, any reader of this blog or Mike Vanderboegh’s Sipsey Street Irregulars or David Codrea’s National Gun Rights Examiner column knows that. Still he has some good advice for Sheryl:
If Ms. Attkisson understands it’s nothing more than a tool being used against her, it shouldn’t affect her.
Except in that she should understand there’s a good reason they’re doing it: she’s onto something big. The higher the volume of the screaming and the more sickening the language, the closer she’s getting.
As to the immature twits running press operations in this administration, frankly they need their mouths washed out with soap and should be sent to their rooms without dinner. It goes without saying that they shouldn’t be allowed their Blackberries or Xbox 360s either.
Government Helped Arm Drug Cartels – Who Is Accountable?
That is the question that is being asked in this hard-hitting video released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. If Eric Holder and Barack Obama had their wish, it would be some meaningless underling who takes the hit. I think it has gone beyond that point now.
HR 3065 – Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC-11) has introduced the House version of Sen. Mark Udall’s S. 1249 – Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act. Both bills seek to reallocate Pittman-Robinson Wildlife Restoration Act monies towards the development of shooting and archery ranges on both Federal and non-Federal lands.
The act says that the Federal portion used for construction or expansion can be up to 75% of the total cost. Moreover, for land acquisition to be used for a range or its expansion, the Federal share can be up to 90% of the total.
The bill currently has 52 co-sponsors from both sides of the aisles.
Rep Austria, Steve [OH-7] – 9/23/2011
Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] – 9/23/2011
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] – 9/23/2011
Rep Benishek, Dan [MI-1] – 9/23/2011
Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] – 9/23/2011
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] – 9/23/2011
Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] – 9/23/2011
Rep Buchanan, Vern [FL-13] – 9/23/2011
Rep Bucshon, Larry [IN-8] – 10/4/2011
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] – 9/23/2011
Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] – 9/23/2011
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] – 9/23/2011
Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] – 9/23/2011
Rep Coffman, Mike [CO-6] – 10/3/2011
Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] – 9/23/2011
Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] – 9/23/2011
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] – 9/23/2011
Rep Critz, Mark S. [PA-12] – 9/23/2011
Rep Duncan, Jeff [SC-3] – 10/5/2011
Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] – 9/23/2011
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] – 9/23/2011
Rep Guinta, Frank C. [NH-1] – 9/23/2011
Rep Guthrie, Brett [KY-2] – 9/23/2011
Rep Hanna, Richard L. [NY-24] – 9/23/2011
Rep Harris, Andy [MD-1] – 9/23/2011
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] – 9/23/2011
Rep Hultgren, Randy [IL-14] – 9/23/2011
Rep Hunter, Duncan D. [CA-52] – 9/23/2011
Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] – 9/23/2011
Rep Kinzinger, Adam [IL-11] – 10/4/2011
Rep Kissell, Larry [NC-8] – 9/23/2011
Rep Kline, John [MN-2] – 9/23/2011
Rep Latta, Robert E. [OH-5] – 9/23/2011
Rep Lewis, Jerry [CA-41] – 9/23/2011
Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine [MO-9] – 10/5/2011
Rep Lungren, Daniel E. [CA-3] – 10/3/2011
Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] – 9/23/2011
Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] – 9/23/2011
Rep McKinley, David B. [WV-1] – 9/23/2011
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] – 9/23/2011
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] – 9/23/2011
Rep Owens, William L. [NY-23] – 10/4/2011
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] – 9/23/2011
Rep Ross, Dennis [FL-12] – 9/23/2011
Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] – 9/23/2011
Rep Simpson, Michael K. [ID-2] – 10/3/2011
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] – 9/23/2011
Rep Walberg, Tim [MI-7] – 10/5/2011
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] – 9/23/2011
Rep Wittman, Robert J. [VA-1] – 10/5/2011
Rep Yoder, Kevin [KS-3] – 9/23/2011
Rep Young, Don [AK] – 9/23/2011
I initially missed this bill because it was introduced on September 23rd which was the first day of the Gun Rights Policy Conference. Now that I see it, I encourage everyone to contact their Congressman or Congresswoman to become a co-sponsor. If they are already a co-sponsor, make that a thank-you note!
Quote Of The Day
I rarely make the Quote of the Day about financial matters but this quote from fund manager Bill Gross was too good to pass up. Gross is the Chief Investment Officer for Pacfic Investment Management and is the manager of the world’s largest bond fund, PIMCO Total Return. With regard to the amount of debt in the developed world including the United States, Gross had this to say:
The midriff “bulge” would be a rather kind description of
today’s debt crisis. No muffin top there – if anything,
sovereign balance sheets resemble an overweight diabetic on
the verge of a heart attack.
I should note in passing that Gross tends to lean towards the Democrats and was very critical of President George W. Bush.
Under The Radar
Project Gunwalker and Operation Fast and Furious is becoming a popular topic for Chris Muir of Day by Day cartoon. That’s good because it expands knowledge and awareness of it well past just us gunnies.
Courtesy of Chris Muir at Day by Day Cartoon.
October Gun Contests
Aaron Spuler at the Weapon-Blog has just posted his monthly round-up of gun contests. The highlight of this month’s list is the new Beretta Nano which is being given away by Beretta.
Go here to get the full list.
Again, thanks to Aaron for this service he provides monthly.
Obama Aware Of Gunwalking? “Certainly I Was Not”
The transcript of the relevant question and answer on gunwalking from the news conference is below:
And then just as a separate question — as you’re watching the Solyndra and Fast and Furious controversies play out, I’m wondering if it gives you any pause about any of the decision-making going on in your administration — some of the emails that Democrats puts out indicating that people at the Office of Management and Budget were concerned about the Department of Energy; some of the emails going on with the Attorney General saying he didn’t know about the details of Fast and Furious. Are you worried at all about how this is — how your administration is running?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first on the issue of prosecutions on Wall Street, one of the biggest problems about the collapse of Lehmans and the subsequent financial crisis and the whole subprime lending fiasco is that a lot of that stuff wasn’t necessarily illegal, it was just immoral or inappropriate or reckless. That’s exactly why we needed to pass Dodd-Frank, to prohibit some of these practices.The financial sector is very creative and they are always looking for ways to make money. That’s their job. And if there are loopholes and rules that can be bent and arbitrage to be had, they will take advantage of it. So without commenting on particular prosecutions — obviously that’s not my job; that’s the Attorney General’s job — I think part of people’s frustrations, part of my frustration, was a lot of practices that should not have been allowed weren’t necessarily against the law, but they had a huge destructive impact. And that’s why it was important for us to put in place financial rules that protect the American people from reckless decision-making and irresponsible behavior.
Now, with respect to Solyndra and Fast and Furious, I think I’ve been very clear that I have complete confidence in Attorney General Holder in how he handles his office. He has been very aggressive in going after gun running and cash transactions that are going to these transnational drug cartels in Mexico. There has been a lot of cooperation between the United States and Mexico on this front. He’s indicated that he was not aware of what was happening in Fast and Furious; certainly I was not. And I think both he and I would have been very unhappy if somebody had suggested that guns were allowed to pass through that could have been prevented by the United States of America.
He has assigned an Inspector General to look into how exactly this happened, and I have complete confidence in him and I’ve got complete confidence in the process to figure out who, in fact, was responsible for that decision and how it got made.
He may as well have said he didn’t know about no steenkin’ gun walking for how believeable his response to Jake Tapper’s question really is.
Meet The New Boss – Same As The Old Boss
David Codrea writing in his National Gun Rights Examiner column today says that ATF Acting Director Todd Jones has given us “kabuki” instead of a real shakeup with the changes he announced yesterday in the senior management of ATF. Or as David headlines his column, meet the new boss – same as the old boss.
As any Who fan knows – or anyone that watches CSI: Miami – those lyrics come from the last stanza of The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”.
I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
We don’t get fooled again
Don’t get fooled again
No, no!YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
And so, in honor of Todd Jones’ reshuffling at ATF HQ, here is The Who.
Steve Jobs RIP
I’m not sure if I would have wanted to work for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs but I sure did like his products. Over time I’ve owned a Macintosh Plus, mid-90s era PowerBook, 2 iPods, an iPhone 4, and an iPad2.
To honor his memory and his passing, I thought the 1984 Superbowl commercial was appropriate. It is still, to my mind, the best Superbowl commercial created.