It also shows that everybody who was anybody in the administration was institutionally involved, not just ATF, and certainly not just ATF Phoenix, as some would like to confine investigations to. And among the recipients, one stands out--the last one on the list: NSC. [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a direct line of involvement to the very top that goes back years...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Embassy cable: 'No way of verifying...numbers' of US guns in Mexico
ATF Agent: 'Only way to track guns would be with crime scenes and dead bodies'
"We’re joined by Vincent Cefalu, an ATF Special Agent who helped blow the whistle on Operation Fast and Furious and has since faced retaliation. 'We allowed these guns to continue on in the hopes of establishing some sort of chain, or iron pipeline, which was so far from the truth,' Cefalu says. 'The only way to [track] the guns would be with crime scenes and dead bodies.'" [More]Today's second Gun Rights Examiner report features an inconvenient truth.
An Important Point
The temp is part time...[Read]
Hey, at least they didn't outsource it to India. Although I can just hear the helpline dialog...
Hey, at least they didn't outsource it to India. Although I can just hear the helpline dialog...
Some Minor Clarification is in Order...
"Sharyll Attkisson first broke this story last spring..."
[More]
Sorry, that's not quite accurate.[More]
Although I am delighted to see the term "Gunwalker" gaining mass acceptance.
Oh, and one more thing...
A Dim View
Even "Authorized Journalists" are supposed to have standards. [Read]
The outrage is our expectations for these characters have been so lowered that sentence didn't say "especially" instead of "even."
The outrage is our expectations for these characters have been so lowered that sentence didn't say "especially" instead of "even."
Why has Justice Department not responded to FOIA appeal on ‘Gunwalker’ briefing?
Ms. Jones, I have received no notification one way or another. Is that due to an oversight, was your response lost in the mail, or has not responding to my appeal been directed, and if so, by whom? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report chips away at a stone wall. No, I don't expect to knock it down, but a little erosion here, a little erosion there, why you never can tell what might leak through the breach...
This Day in History: August 31
Erkuries Beatty, Lieutenant, 4th PA, "This morning all the boats was sent down the River likewise in the boats the Ammunition waggons & all the Artillery excepting four three Pounders and a little Cowhorn the wounded & sick went down which was Capt. Tuda which was very sick... [More]
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Examiner Columns
Busy day today. Hardly time to breathe. Please read and share links:
Will prison officials allow Wayne Fincher to attend wife’s funeral?
Breaking: Sources claim Melson out at ATF
Haven't even begun to work on what I wanted to work on today...
Will prison officials allow Wayne Fincher to attend wife’s funeral?
Breaking: Sources claim Melson out at ATF
Haven't even begun to work on what I wanted to work on today...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Switching off War on Guns Radio
It didn't work out. A mutual agreement about aspects of the show could not be reached. I am proud of what I did in the few short months it ran and believe it was a unique effort at serving a growing niche market. Thank you to those of you who listened, who gave me kind feedback and who shared the show with your friends.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Just You and Me?
Yes, I want to take away your gun. [More]Well, Cincinnati is only a few hours away. I suppose we could arrange for you to try.
Or do you mean you want somebody else with a gun to take away my gun?
Well, do ya, punk?
Breaking News: Pippa Goes on Date!
Don't think for a moment the Morlocks don't know exactly what they're doing. [Don't bother]
And no, I would not. They're just going to have to rediscover painting themselves blue again.
And no, I would not. They're just going to have to rediscover painting themselves blue again.
What, When They Said They'd Eat You Last You Didn't Think It Would Be So Soon?
You could mark that up to hypocrisy—artsy do-gooders only too eager to tell others what kind of light bulbs they have to buy won't make sacrifices when it comes to their own passions. [More]Welcome to the party, pals.
The Federal Guitar Police.
Ol' George III would be asking himself "What the hell did I do?"
That's what happens when we let the Cosmic Ray-Denying Taliban have a say in things.
How does clandestine U.S. Mexican policy relate to casino attack?
As long as that policy remains in shadows, as long as stonewalling on “Project Gunwalker” continues, answers to questions like which agencies and departments were involved--to what extent, for what purposes, and how high up in the administration knowledge and direction of operations went--will evade discovery.Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes blood seeping through a stone wall. Lots of it.
And perpetrators will evade justice. [More]
Where's Muammar?
Have they checked the Halls of Montezuma?
"Authorized Journalists"...is it any wonder why we love them so?
Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/26/11)
Interview guests: Stewart Rhodes, Oathkeepers, and Christopher Baker, Hawaii Defense Foundation. [More]Today's lineup...
This Day in History: August 26
On August 26, 1779, Sullivan left Fort Sullivan, where the two columns of his army had converged, with an estimated five thousand well armed and now freshly provisioned troops. They marched slowly up the Cayuga branch of the Susquehanna to destroy the towns and crops of the Six Nations in western New York. [More]
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Crumpler Files Motion to Vacate Conviction
I received a letter today from Hugh Crumpler III, sent from the federal facility in Lexington, KY, where he is serving time for illegal firearms sales... [More]Just received an update in the afternoon mail...
Will your representative cosponsor Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act?
So here's the question: Will you do this as well? No excuses, right now, you're not doing anything else anyway, it will only take a minute...? [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner commentary asks you for something. Am I really asking too much?
Defense against animals more of a crime than murdering a mother?
Which brings to mind another case that took place in Boundary County a decade back—or more correctly, one that did not take place. I’m talking about the dismissal of charges against FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi for the murder of Vicki Weaver. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the government's assessment of relative worth.
Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/25/11)
Interview guest: Tom McHale, My Gun Culture. [More]Today's lineup...
This Day in History: August 25
Henry Dearborn, Lieutenant Colonel, 3rd NH, "We find great difficulty in getting ready to moove for want of a sufficient number of horses to Carry our provisions Ammunition Stores &c however we are to morrow without fail with 27 days flower & live beef Our whole force that will march from here is about 5000 men Officers included with nine pieces of Artillery Three of the Anyda Warriers arriv'd in camp this afternoon who going on with us as guides two runners ariv'd from Col. Broadhead at Fort Pitt Informing that Col Broadhead is on his way with about 800 men against the western Indians." [More]
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Politicized public health model on guns reversed by reality
Ain’t it something? In order to protect public health from disease, we need guns—do it for for the children! [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner commentary calls for immunization therapy.
Way To Go, Chabot
What the hell were you thinking? [Read and watch]
Several people should have got up and put that idiot enforcer under citizen's arrest. Think he'd have dared draw down on half a dozen or so in that setting?
Several people should have got up and put that idiot enforcer under citizen's arrest. Think he'd have dared draw down on half a dozen or so in that setting?
Look! Up in the Sky! It's Bird! It's a Plane!
It's a public/private partnership! [Read]
What would you use to bring one of these babies down?
I looked up the fine folks behind this project and they hide behind a layer from general view. How telling that they want to see us but the mirror is one-way.
Their address "suite" is PO box at a UPS store.
[Via Jeet]
What would you use to bring one of these babies down?
I looked up the fine folks behind this project and they hide behind a layer from general view. How telling that they want to see us but the mirror is one-way.
Their address "suite" is PO box at a UPS store.
[Via Jeet]
Signs Looking Good?
Ulsterman(interrupts) —Staying with Congressman Issa. Can you just say straight on if you believe he will follow through on bringing a special prosecutor to investigate Gunrunner? Just a simple yes or no on that please…I never "rest assured." Particularly when I have no experience with the principals. But I do have hope.
Insider: That kind of thing will take more than just Darrell Issa. Good news is, it’s forming right now. I’ve told you that already and you have no reason to doubt it. The negotiations are currently underway for a special prosecutor and the signs are looking very-very good on that, which is a huge development for all of this – for what we have been working toward. But let’s not get into more details on that just yet – I don’t intend to help fuck this one up. Just rest assured it’s moving along, and at a much faster pace than I would have thought possible just a month ago. [More]
[Via Concerned American]
Government brooks no ‘Gunwalker’ competition
If a private gunwalker merits severe punishment, how much more do obstructionists sworn to uphold the law, who betrayed their official positions of power, engaged in conspiracy, and callously allowed people to die in order to advance an agenda? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes there are those whose interests are served if the rule of law is dead--and unsurprisingly, they work in government.
Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/24/11)
Interview guest: John Snyder, The St. Gabriel Possenti Society and Gun Rights Policies. [More]Today's lineup...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
"Authorized Journalists" Weigh in on Dyer
"...who reportedly belongs to a militia group called Oath Seekers." [More]That right there discredits everything else these lazy parroting mouthpieces have to say. Because he didn't and they're not.
It strikes me if the guy were as dangerous to the public as they're making him out to be, he's had ample opportunity to demonstrate it-- if that really was him. The person I read about in this account wants to avoid trouble.
I don't pretend to know the truth of his case and why he chose evasion, but do wonder why I should believe anything the government or the media have to say about this guy. And isn't that just a damn shame, and indicative of what's wrong with the Republic?
Toy ‘buyback’ shows utter incompetence of gungrabbers at reducing violence
As long as these boobs are calling the shots, don’t look for any true solutions. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary looks at childish expectations from immature minds.
Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/23/11)
Interview guest: Philip Van Cleave, Virginia Citizens Defense League [More]Today's lineup...
Monday, August 22, 2011
Subsidized ‘reporter’ presents fraudulent accounting of gun ‘costs’
It would have been ethical for the Mercury News to disclose “reporter” Johnson’s sympathies and financial incentives, would it not? What does it tell us that they did not?[More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows how a journalistic con game works.
"It Definitely Warrants a Through Investigation By Congress"
No argument--it definitely does. [Watch]
Vanderboegh recommended those originating some of the speculations presented here to get their sources together with congressional investigators. That's what we did.
[Via Andrea Shea King]
Vanderboegh recommended those originating some of the speculations presented here to get their sources together with congressional investigators. That's what we did.
[Via Andrea Shea King]
Unnecessary Roughness
And there's not a damn thing you can do about it, that is, and still be "law-abiding." [Read]
A Very Real Sense
If a right to self-defense actually exists, it is in a very real sense the highest law of the land and all lesser laws must pay it deference. [More]That's what it's all about.
Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/22/11)
Interview guest: Charles Heller of Arizona Citizens Defense League, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership and Liberty Watch Radio. [More]Today's lineup...
This Day in History: August 22
On August 22, 1779, the two armies joined Forces at Tioga Point (Athens, PA) and 3,200 troops marched northwest along the Chemung River. [More]
Sunday, August 21, 2011
According to Iowa City Code, Obama's a nuclear war criminal
Now what is it that accompanies the president everywhere he goes? That’s right, the “nuclear football” that has the launch codes. [More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner commentary asks if we would be punished for violating a "home rule" ordinance, why won't the president be? I mean, they even posted signs, for goodness sake!
Friday, August 19, 2011
"Erroneous Statements"
You know, lies... [Read]
Not that I expect ol' Lickblow and his fellow spittle-swappers to do the right thing when there are murderous administration crimes to run interference for...
I think Sir Wilfrid would like to have a word with them, too...
Not that I expect ol' Lickblow and his fellow spittle-swappers to do the right thing when there are murderous administration crimes to run interference for...
I think Sir Wilfrid would like to have a word with them, too...
Unscrambling ATF supervisor’s omelet shows troubling timeline
In March they knew things were out of control. And Voth was giving official assurances everything was hunky-dory in April. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report highlights chronic and habitual liars, with special guest stars Charles Laughton and Marlene Dietrich. I'd have loved to see Darrel Issa use some of these lines on Gunwalker Bill Newell.
We're the Only Ones "A Few Bad Apples" Enough
He warned against drawing broad conclusions about misconduct cases that have implicated 50 officers in a kickback scandal...four officers mistakenly killed their plainclothes colleague...[an officer] was indicted on federal charges of dealing heroin...[a police major] had a social relationship with [the indicted officer] and appeared in a photo with him — and separately with another man charged in another drug case — [and] was transferred from that command....[More]But don't draw any broad conclusions.
[Via William T]
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