{"id":3190,"date":"2012-06-21T22:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/06\/21\/alternate-suggestion\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:18:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:18:51","slug":"alternate-suggestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3190","title":{"rendered":"An Alternate Suggestion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15590,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/thomas.loc.gov\\\/cgi-bin\\\/bdquery\\\/D?d112:47:.\\\/temp\\\/%7EbdqPpd::%7C\\\/bss\\\/%7C&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15591,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.blogger.com\\\/goog_591894961&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15592,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.latimes.com\\\/news\\\/nation\\\/nationnow\\\/la-na-nn-atf-eliot-ness-building-20120620,0,6205168.story&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.latimes.com\\\/news\\\/nation\\\/nationnow\\\/la-na-nn-atf-eliot-ness-building-20120620,0,6205168.story&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15593,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.riehlworldview.com\\\/carnivorous_conservative\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/atf-gun-licensing-director-arrested.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100328125450\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.riehlworldview.com:80\\\/carnivorous_conservative\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/atf-gun-licensing-director-arrested.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 14:03:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 14:03:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15594,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Glory_hole_%28sexual_slang%29&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260326060158\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Glory_hole_(sexual_slang)&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 14:03:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 14:03:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/bdquery\/D?d112:47:.\/temp\/%7EbdqPpd::%7C\/bss\/%7C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has introduced S.3304<\/a> which would rename a number of Federal buildings. Included in the buildings to be renamed is the ATF Headquarters in Washington, DC.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/goog_591894961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nation\/nationnow\/la-na-nn-atf-eliot-ness-building-20120620,0,6205168.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The LA Times reports:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Congressional legislation has been introduced to name the bureau&#8217;s D.C. headquarters the &#8220;Eliot Ness ATF Building\u2019\u2019 after the agent whose battles with bootleggers and mobsters  in Prohibition-era Chicago inspired the book, movie and TV series &#8220;The Untouchables.\u2019\u2019  <\/p>\n<p>The naming really had nothing to do with the Fast and Furious operation, which has become the subject of a congressional investigation. It&#8217;s  included in a broader bill, introduced by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate committee that oversees federal buildings.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is reported that Acting Director B. Todd Jones is wholly in favor of this move by Sen. Boxer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>ATF spokesman Drew J. Wade called the proposed name &#8220;wholly appropriate and fitting.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The agency&#8217;s acting director, B. Todd Jones, came to the ATF with a &#8220;keen understanding of the bureau&#8217;s rich history and contributions to public safety and federal law enforcement,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As such, Mr. Jones determined to see the ATF headquarters building named after one of its own.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The dissident agents at CleanUpATF.org don&#8217;t think too much of this aggrandizing move. They come up with an alternative name in honor of another famous (or infamous) ATF employee.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Many of us disagree. It would be far more fitting, proper and descriptive to name ATF Head quarters the &#8220;Russell Vander Werf Building&#8221; to memorialize ATF management and commemorate Vander Werf&#8217;s sterling (all night) performance in Metairie, LA, December, 2009. Not &#8220;The Untouchables&#8221;, but &#8220;The Touchables&#8221;. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riehlworldview.com\/carnivorous_conservative\/2009\/12\/atf-gun-licensing-director-arrested.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr. Vander Werf was the ATF manage<\/a>r who was arrested for installing a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glory_hole_%28sexual_slang%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;glory hole&#8221;<\/a> in the door to his motel room.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I have an alternate suggestion for Sen. Boxer and Acting Director B. Todd Jones as to names. I think the ATF HQ should be named after another Federal law enforcement officer who lost his life in the course of duty &#8211; Brian A. Terry. It would be a constant reminder to all ATF Special Agents, managers, and employees of what happens when they seek to influence gun control policy and then f@%k it up by letting guns walk.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has introduced S.3304 which would rename a number of Federal buildings. 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