October 08, 2011
— Guest Blogger Back on July 8th of this year, Kirsten Powers appeared on Special Report with Bret Baier and blindly defended the Administration's position on Fast & Furious. The interview struck me because I was surprised how cavalierly Powers admitted she was simply parroting what the Administration told her and she didn't seem to have any interest in learning anything beyond that. I made a mental note to revisit it when Fast & Furious gained a little more media attention.
First, some background. On June 21st, the Washington Post ran this story (I'll explain why the link sends you to HuffPo shortly).
At the briefing last year, bureau officials laid out for Issa and other members of Congress from both parties details of several ATF investigations, including Fast and Furious, the sources said. For that program, the briefing covered how many guns had been bought by “straw purchasers,’’ the types of guns and how much money had been spent, said one source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the briefing was not public. “All of the things [Issa] has been screaming about, he was briefed on,’’ said one source familiar with the session.
On June 23rd, Issa's office responded by denying that F&F ever came up at a briefing, criticizing the use of anonymous sources in the WaPo story and revealing that the Department of Justice had been pushing the story to multiple media outlets. The Washington Post was the only news organization at that point to publish the story and they ultimately were forced to issue a correction (which is why I linked to HuffPo).
A Wednesday Washington Post story used anonymous Justice Department sources to bash IssaÂ’s investigation into Project Gunrunner and Operation Fast and Furious.The anonymous sources claimed that Issa attended a classified April 2010 briefing for members of Congress and their staffers about the programs that have allowed American guns into Mexican drug cartelsÂ’ hands.
Issa spokesman Frederick Hill told The Daily Caller the Post is the first newspaper to run these DOJ claims, but not the first one the Justice Department went to with them.
“We have had people who have contacted us before the Washington Post,” Hill said. “They told us people in the Justice Department were trying to push this story and I think a number of publications didn’t think it was credible or, for whatever reason, decided not to run it.”
Hill said there was a briefing that Issa attended back in April 2010 on a similar subject. “There were questions at the time about the number of U.S. weapons that were ending up at Mexican crime scenes,” he said. “Basically, [it was about] the efforts of the ATF to stop cartels from doing this.”
Did gun walking or Operation Fast and Furious come up at that briefing at all? Hill says “they certainly did not.”
Now, fast forward to July 8th and watch how painfully uninformed Kirsten Powers is, how easily she pushes the (already discredited and corrected) DoJ/Administration position published in the Washington Post attacking Darrell Issa and how readily she admits that she's just repeating what the White House told her. She begins at 1:48, and it's not pretty. Video below the fold.
None of this is new, of course. But, it's helpful to remember just how far this Administration, DoJ and media will go to protect Obama and Holder from this story and also how coordinated it all is. Ben Domenech tells me that Powers is usually pretty good about answering questions on Twitter, so I gave that a shot. No response yet.
I guess what I'm saying is - BREAKING: IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF CORRUPTION AT THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE.
Related: Eric Holder lashes out at Republicans yesterday.
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Posted by: Tami-Cardinals fan at October 08, 2011 08:35 AM (X6akg)
And, of course, it's not just FnF - it's the EPA's CO2 endangerment finding, and a long, long list of other misdeeds.
I'll say it again: this administration came into the White House expecting they'd have a Dem Congress to run interference for them for at least four and probably six years. They were sure they could break all the eggs they wanted to, and sure that by the time they faced scrutiny they would have their little green-socialist Watermelon Omelettes and it'd be far too late for anyone to do anything about it.
It hasn't quite worked out that way, though the Forces of Sanity aren't yet quite strong enough to hose down the mess.
Posted by: JEM at October 08, 2011 08:40 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: SOOOPER POOPER at October 08, 2011 08:40 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: SOOOPER POOPER at October 08, 2011 08:42 AM (eOXTH)
The link to the Steyn interview where he points out that a whole bunch of actual Mexicans are dead and the MFM doesn't really care is great.
Posted by: alexthechick at October 08, 2011 08:43 AM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: huerfano at October 08, 2011 08:47 AM (fecOD)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 08, 2011 08:48 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: I'm in a New York state of mind at October 08, 2011 08:48 AM (4sQwu)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 08:50 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: huerfano at October 08, 2011 12:47 PM (fecOD)
I remember that well. Epic!
Posted by: ErikW at October 08, 2011 08:52 AM (qcUQT)
Posted by: Tami-Cardinals fan at October 08, 2011 08:53 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Vic at October 08, 2011 08:54 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 08, 2011 08:54 AM (ZDUD4)
I'm not seeing that.
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 08, 2011 08:54 AM (nRTou)
NTTAWWT.
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 08:54 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 08, 2011 08:55 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 08:56 AM (AZGON)
"The first Nobel Peace Prize winner indicted by the International Criminal Court"
"Who is Barack Obama?"
"Correct."
Posted by: JEM at October 08, 2011 08:57 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 08, 2011 12:54 PM (ZDUD4)
I hadn't thought of that. If I remember correctly, they had a fairly civilized conversation not too long ago.
Still, it was a thing of beauty both literally and figuratively.
Posted by: ErikW at October 08, 2011 08:57 AM (qcUQT)
Posted by: squad car squatter at October 08, 2011 08:58 AM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 08, 2011 12:54 PM (nRTou)
If I hit the 'continue reading' link, it stops whatever it's trying to load. But if I don't it just keeps spinning with a message 'waiting for youtube.com'.
Posted by: Tami-Cardinals fan at October 08, 2011 08:58 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 09:00 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 09:03 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 08, 2011 09:05 AM (ZDUD4)
Of course that would look like the piston of a Porsche 911 at redline, but what the hell
Posted by: kbdabear at October 08, 2011 09:07 AM (Y+DPZ)
What strikes me in all this is the stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure's comment to the Brady gun control folks that "they were doing things under the radar" to undermine the 2nd Amendment and find some sort of back door way to institute gun control. Maybe he thinks that's one of those "negative liberties" thingys.
And the MFM's role in this is beyond reprehensible. If this was a Republican administration, FnF would be all we'd hear about. But, since it's The Vapid One™, all we hear is crickets. And I also wonder how the White House is able to silence the lone reporterette who dares to do her job.
BTW, JohnE, would you be working on another of your great graphics on this as well? That Solyndra one below is great.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at October 08, 2011 09:07 AM (d0Tfm)
It's never a good sign for nutrition when the largest part of a woman's protein intake comes from the White House.
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 09:07 AM (AZGON)
I know, I know, just answered my own question.
But that fat ass scumbag loudmouth Beckel is in a category by himself, and Dumbo Hannity disgraces himself every time he buddies up to him.
Posted by: ontherocks at October 08, 2011 09:08 AM (HBqDo)
Kirsten Powers had sex with Anthony Weiner.
And later publicly defended him against accusations of junk-texting, because he told her he didn't do it.
Dumb enough to have sex with him, dumb enough to believe him, dumb enough to tell everybody about it.
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at October 08, 2011 09:09 AM (SYrAh)
Posted by: huerfano at October 08, 2011 09:10 AM (fecOD)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at October 08, 2011 09:12 AM (eOXTH)
I know, I know, just answered my own question.
But that fat ass scumbag loudmouth Beckel is in a category by himself, and Dumbo Hannity disgraces himself every time he buddies up to him.
Posted by: ontherocks at October 08, 2011 01:08 PM
Powers has a column in the NY Post, which belongs to Rupert Murdoch. So, that's why she's on Fox.
Posted by: huerfano at October 08, 2011 09:13 AM (fecOD)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 08, 2011 09:15 AM (qpKJT)
Posted by: Truman North at October 08, 2011 09:17 AM (I2LwF)
Kirsten Powers let Anthony stick his Weiner in her. That is proof positive that she is an idiot. And apparently, an easy idiot. Her husband must be delighted that she let the world know about her skankiness when the #Hacked story was going on. I'm surprised her husband didn't kick her to the curb when she was letting the world know that he came in second to Anthony F'n Weiner!
Kirsten Powers-making her daddy proud since...well..never.
Posted by: buck naked at October 08, 2011 09:19 AM (+56Bh)
If not, then where did the money come from and who approved it?
Posted by: Pecos at October 08, 2011 09:19 AM (2Gb0y)
37.....Dumb enough to have sex with him, dumb enough to believe him, dumb enough to tell everybody about it.
I wish someone at Fox would point this out.
The problem is, she has such a chip on her shoulder that not many people there ever call her out on her bullshit. ....It's like they're afraid of her.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 08, 2011 09:20 AM (tBzBC)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 08, 2011 09:21 AM (qpKJT)
Posted by: Ken at October 08, 2011 09:21 AM (7yb9x)
Remember she also actively defended Weiner on his word alone, after she had dated him previously.
She dated Anthony Weiner. So she's a lying whore without any standards.
Posted by: Adjoran at October 08, 2011 09:26 AM (VfmLu)
Posted by: frank sinatra at October 08, 2011 09:27 AM (+56Bh)
That statement is a falsehood and blatantly racist
We eat dogs
Posted by: Korean Chefs Defense League at October 08, 2011 09:28 AM (Y+DPZ)
Two hundred million Americans?
But seriously, folks, you know the stuttering clusterf*** of a miserable failure won't do it, Biden won't do it, and the 535 worthless partisan hacks in Congress (yes, I include Issa, who can "investigate" 'til the friggin' cows come home with no tangible result) won't do it.
Thanks to the monumental stupidity of the American people, Holder, Osama Obama and the rest of their accessory-to-Murder One co-conspirators will walk. No loss of office or pension, no jail time....
How did the United States ever sink so low?
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 08, 2011 09:29 AM (YjjrR)
Pass this bwill!
Posted by: Jodie from Family Affair at October 08, 2011 01:32 PM
Surrender, Mr FRENCH !!!
Posted by: Sissy from Family Affair at October 08, 2011 09:36 AM (Y+DPZ)
Mexican Attorney General: “Obama More Involved in Fast & Furious Than Admitted” It's come to this: the Mexican AG is more believeable than the SCOAMF.
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 09:38 AM (AZGON)
POWER TO THE POOPERS!
Posted by: The Mad Crapper at October 08, 2011 09:38 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 09:38 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 08, 2011 09:39 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Kirsten Powers, Woman of Misery at October 08, 2011 09:40 AM (Y+DPZ)
Great post John E.
Over 2,000 guns were involved in this program of which hundreds have been linked to violent crimes in Mexico and a growing number in the United States.
New media is the new fourth estate.
A new president and new congress along with new revelations and corroborating evidence will move this into a realm where indictments will be the only natural course.
Posted by: journolist at October 08, 2011 09:42 AM (734Ld)
I saw Bert taking a dump on Ernie.
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 01:38 PM
I'm gonna kick his Jew ass!
Posted by: Ernie Santoro at October 08, 2011 09:42 AM (Y+DPZ)
That was painful to watch. "Some corruption". Bwahahahaha. And after what one agency tried to pull this week, I think I know where the next shoe will drop ... http://ow.ly/6RleS
Posted by: ombdz at October 08, 2011 09:42 AM (2DpoY)
Frankly I'm sick and tired of paid shills and hacks on both sides. It's gotta be a great job, though, because where else can you lie and distort and be wrong about everything and still have work.
Fox really needs to shake up the hired help. The same fuckheads keep showing up every other day. Karl Rove must live in the studio in a tent as much as he's on there. Dana Perrino, bless her cute little heart, has never uttered an original thought in her life. Alan Colmes is a zombie who never dies. I keep waiting for Bob Beckel's inevitable stroke/massive cardiac arrest on air.
I don't watch the channel that much anymore because I'm sick of seeing the same hacks. I do watch on the weekends because the triple threat of Jamie Colby, Harris Faulkner, and Julie Banderas is like shooting Viagra directly into your cock with a syringe.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 08, 2011 09:46 AM (AF1jB)
Mind-blowing if true, but hardly out of the ordinary for this fascist bunch. I do wish the linked article had follow-through links to primary sources, although the detail makes it look accurate. Always nice to have primary sources.
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 08, 2011 09:47 AM (AZGON)
Bob Dole does not recommend this procedure, although Bob Dole's curiosity has been highly stimulated.
Posted by: Bob Dole at October 08, 2011 09:48 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: ktgreat at October 08, 2011 09:50 AM (hqGID)
Maybe hell!!! The level of corruption extends all the way to Obama, who up to his eyeballs in the shit.
Posted by: Stan at October 08, 2011 09:50 AM (N1Gru)
You know, this occupy wall street thing. I don't think it's a protest.
I think it's an attack.
Van Jones promised us a "red October".
Dick Trumpka called his union goons, who are now at these "protests", Obama's "army".
Calling these assholes protestors is like calling Kim Jong-Il a comedian.
Posted by: Truman North at October 08, 2011 09:52 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at October 08, 2011 09:52 AM (21lBC)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at October 08, 2011 09:55 AM (21lBC)
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 08, 2011 09:55 AM (wftEk)
Posted by: Napoleone Buonaparte at October 08, 2011 09:56 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 08, 2011 01:46 PM (AF1jB)
You might want to take it easy with that combo guy, I'd sure hate to see you suffer a attack of your username.
Posted by: ontherocks at October 08, 2011 09:58 AM (HBqDo)
To all the halfwits like Jay Carney who shout with faux indignation that the Tea Party and OWS are the same, I think we can trust the experts. Ask any owner of a Mickie D's which group they would rather have next door.
Posted by: pep at October 08, 2011 10:03 AM (6TB1Z)
Kristen Powers? one of the fakest douchebag "i'm a moderate...not really" dem hacks like Gilibrand or Gephardt?
OH! and rememeber when she deamanded we stop bashing Obama over killing Granny because a bill that lead to that stuff was signed by Dubya? even though Dubya veteod it and it only passed cause the Dems overrode his veto?
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Ban Curious) at October 08, 2011 10:05 AM (HhCkU)
The shame of the US Judicial System, sinking below the Mexican Government's!
That the US Attorney General is more corrupt than his Mexican counterpart, and that the US Congress holds its breath in willing suspension of disbelief--only in America.
Posted by: didn't take long at October 08, 2011 10:12 AM (lpWVn)
Posted by: pep at October 08, 2011 10:12 AM (6TB1Z)
I guess what I'm saying is - BREAKING: IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF CORRUPTION AT THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE.
Ya Think?
Posted by: simplemind at October 08, 2011 10:13 AM (za3QZ)
Posted by: ExExZonie at October 08, 2011 10:14 AM (HhqrH)
What strikes me in all this is the stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure's comment to the Brady gun control folks that "they were doing things under the radar" to undermine the 2nd Amendment and find some sort of back door way to institute guncontrol. Maybe he thinks that's one of those "negative liberties" thingys.
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Crap, I had that angle all researched and sourced, then forgot to include it.
Maybe ill run a separate post later.
My question I've mentioned before is: If Fast and Furious isn't the "under the radar" thing they were doing, then what is? If journalists were asking hard questions, they could actually pin someone and get them to admit that there isn't anything else that they were doing.
Of course, they could have just been out and out lying to Mrs. Brady.
Posted by: Happy Mama AJ at October 08, 2011 10:14 AM (XdlcF)
The Obama administration intentionally got a lot of Mexican citizens killed in order to advance their political agenda.
This is your plain, garden-variety EVIL.
And these same evil people portray themselves as friends of Hispanics, asking for their votes.
They are not their friends. Obama views them as expendables, to be manipulated, deceived, or even killed in order to advance his cause, which is the destruction of the United States.
And the mainstream press says nothing.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 08, 2011 10:17 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: simplemind at October 08, 2011 10:21 AM (za3QZ)
Como se dice "broken eggs" in Mexican.
Posted by: Obamao at October 08, 2011 10:22 AM (Ij8nD)
John E.
I say yes to the another post on this per the information referenced in an earlier comment.
Posted by: journolist at October 08, 2011 10:24 AM (734Ld)
This is your plain, garden-variety EVIL.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 08, 2011 02:17 PM (GoIUi)
That's what all of this boils down to. I've said it before and I'll say it again. We are in the middle of a Holy War.
I don't give a damn what anyone says about me, this is a fight between Good and Evil and it's accelerating before our very eyes.
Posted by: ErikW at October 08, 2011 10:28 AM (qcUQT)
Thanks for catching that Al.
I know sentence structure and syntax is your forte.
Much thank you right of course,
journolist
Posted by: journolist at October 08, 2011 10:30 AM (734Ld)
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 08, 2011 02:17 PM (GoIUi)
Er, actually they found a racist rock in 1983 Texas, and that Herman Cain had the audacity to actually attend his classes during the Civil Rights Movement.
Solid pieces of investigative journalism in each case.
Posted by: ontherocks at October 08, 2011 10:31 AM (HBqDo)
Posted by: Happy Mama AJ at October 08, 2011 10:34 AM (XdlcF)
Maybe ill run a separate post later.
There was one other thing that I seem to remember about this also. IIRC, FNC did a piece on this last week where it was strongly implied if not stated outright that the gun dealers were to take all the blame for the guns getting into the hands of the Mexican cartels while the Feds played dumb.
I'm beginning to get the feeling that this might get so big, even the MFM can't ignore it for much longer, which warms my heart. The thought of indictments, prosecutions and impeachments at the highest levels is very nearly fappable.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at October 08, 2011 10:35 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 08, 2011 02:32 PM (GoIUi)
Jesus said this would happen and boy was he right.
Posted by: ErikW at October 08, 2011 10:37 AM (qcUQT)
Posted by: the slob at October 08, 2011 10:38 AM (a/Plk)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 08, 2011 10:39 AM (uIz80)
Posted by: Happy Mama AJ at October 08, 2011 02:34 PM (XdlcF)
--Yeah, whatever his faults he was fiercely loyal to his players --certainly more so than to his coaches!
Posted by: logprof at October 08, 2011 10:44 AM (QaKuj)
If Mexican bounty hunters grabbed Eric Holder and we got to watch him on trial via Univision... oh, the bonerfreude
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at October 08, 2011 10:48 AM (6GvAC)
I don't give a damn what anyone says about me, this is a fight between Good and Evil and it's accelerating before our very eyes.
Agreed. It is entirely possible that we're seeing prophecy fullfilled.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at October 08, 2011 10:49 AM (d0Tfm)
Hell, it may be a rare case of down-ticket races driving the vote, rather than President/VP.
Posted by: logprof at October 08, 2011 10:51 AM (QaKuj)
Btw, don't forget to watch the Lions win their fifth in a row Monday-without Hank, Jr,. They are replacing him with Barry Sanders, but Hank would have been better.
Posted by: chillin the most for Perry at October 08, 2011 10:52 AM (6IV8T)
Posted by: chillin the most for Perry at October 08, 2011 10:53 AM (6IV8T)
Posted by: Marcus Allen at October 08, 2011 02:52 PM (5H6zj)
Al's loss, our gain.
Posted by: Kansas City Chiefs at October 08, 2011 10:57 AM (QaKuj)
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 08, 2011 10:57 AM (wftEk)
Posted by: at October 08, 2011 02:53 PM (6IV8T)
--Yeah, read that last night. I'm glad I had a nice buzz going or I would have become furious.
Posted by: logprof at October 08, 2011 10:58 AM (QaKuj)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 08, 2011 11:00 AM (ZDUD4)
First:
John E.: Congratulations on your excellent work.
Second (O/T, for everyon's files, link currently at tp left on Drudge):
Solyndra loan deal: Warnings about legality came from within Obama administration
First 2 paragraphs:
Energy Department officials were warned that their plan to help a failing solar company by restructuring its $535 million federal loan could violate the law and should be cleared with the Justice Department, according to newly obtained e-mails from within the Obama administration.
The e-mails show that Energy Department officials moved ahead anyway with a new deal that would repay company investors before taxpayers if the company defaulted. The e-mails, which were reviewed by The Washington Post, show for the first time concerns within the administration about the legality of the Energy DepartmentÂ’s extraordinary efforts to help Solyndra, the California solar company that went bankrupt Aug. 31.
Solyndra: The gift that keeps on giving. Bwa ..... hahahahahahaha
I think a tag-team effort, between F&F & Solyndra, ought to be most entertaining ... when one seems a bit old & tasteless, the other delivers something new ...
Heh.
Posted by: Arbalest at October 08, 2011 11:03 AM (X5jwK)
Solyndra: The gift that keeps on giving. Bwa ..... hahahahahahaha
I think a tag-team effort, between F&F & Solyndra, ought to be most entertaining ... when one seems a bit old & tasteless, the other delivers something new ...
Heh.
Posted by: Arbalest at October 08, 2011 03:03 PM (X5jwK)
*DRIP*
*DRIP*
*DRIP*
*DRIP*
Posted by: Chinese Scandal Torture at October 08, 2011 11:07 AM (QaKuj)
Posted by: Flies buzzing around 200 Mexicans killed by F&F guns at October 08, 2011 11:23 AM (SYrAh)
Posted by: Lizzy Dole,
Ignore her, we like wood posts.
Posted by: Bob Dole's cats at October 08, 2011 11:24 AM (txTVO)
She was on the All-Star Panel with Bret Baier last night, sitting between Jonah Goldberg and one of the Politico or Roll Call reporters. Every time Powers made a point on yesterday's topics, she was schooled by the analyst to her right or left on what she said that was wrong or what she carelessly omitted. It was like watching a series of cars running over a dead animal on the highway. I mean, you already knew she wasn't very bright, but with each successive slam you could almost visibly see her sliding down the pole away from the average intelligence mark.
On the other hand, she looked amazing yesterday, wearing an amazing body-hugging dress that was hot, hotter, hottest. So, at least she has that going for her...
Posted by: VideoSavant at October 08, 2011 11:25 AM (BQ8gX)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 08, 2011 11:25 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 08, 2011 03:25 PM (Lt/Za)
Word.
Posted by: Al Davis at October 08, 2011 11:29 AM (QaKuj)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo
It's a short drive
http://tinyurl.com/3tnmvvc
Posted by: DaveA at October 08, 2011 11:29 AM (txTVO)
Posted by: DaveA at October 08, 2011 11:32 AM (txTVO)
Posted by: DC Grand Juror at October 08, 2011 11:48 AM (7ZXjs)
So, corporate and political coruption is a bad thing...
But...
If you go to Wall Street and protest against political and corporate corruption, you're a stupid, ignorant, dirty, smelly, hippy.
Riiight.
Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at October 08, 2011 11:49 AM (E7Z1r)
Especially if you are a stupid, ignorant, dirty, smelly, hippy.
Posted by: toby928©: Perrykrishna and Non-Apple User at October 08, 2011 11:51 AM (GTbGH)
They're not protesting against corruption.
They're trying to extort Wall Street into giving them a piece of the booty.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 08, 2011 11:52 AM (sqkOB)
They want a piece of the pie. Let me spell it out for you:
The "occupiers" are there to get paid off.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 08, 2011 11:54 AM (sqkOB)
Um, yeah... So I've been very curious about this whole OccupyWallStreet movement and how it's been spreading to other cities across the nation. Of course, the use of social media fascinates me... however, this morning on Twitter I was followed by @OccupyBarstow. I'm reasonably sure that even the people who *live* in Barstow don't really want to occupy Barstow. Just sayin'...
Posted by: Anachronda at October 08, 2011 11:56 AM (6fER6)
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 08, 2011 11:56 AM (aYQHH)
hahaahahaha @ the silly notion that the 'cockupiers' are protesting poltical corruption.
You silly bastard.
They're Standing Arm-in-Arm with the Unions. Who is more politically corrupt than the unions?!?!?
Posted by: soothsayer at October 08, 2011 11:57 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 08, 2011 11:58 AM (aD5Kx)
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 08, 2011 12:01 PM (aYQHH)
Here's the rationale:
A guy says, "Hey I got nothing." Then sees his neighbor and says, "Hey he's got more than me."
Then the guy goes over to his neighbor and says, "You have more than me; give me some or else I won't stop harassing you."
This is nothing new. This is not some noble movement for fairness or anti-corruption. This is extortion. This is theft. It is organized piracy.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 08, 2011 12:02 PM (sqkOB)
So, corporate and political coruption is a bad thing...
But...
If you go to Wall Street and protest against political and corporate corruption, you're a stupid, ignorant, dirty, smelly, hippy.
Riiight.
Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at October 08, 2011 03:49 PM (E7Z1r)
--Not only that, they're moochers and freeloaders.
Fuck 'em.
Posted by: logprof at October 08, 2011 12:02 PM (QaKuj)
Posted by: Ronster at October 08, 2011 12:03 PM (/ej8I)
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Posted by: NYT at October 08, 2011 12:05 PM (YulqH)
One person described the administration as the most shocking ‘end justifies the means’ group they have ever encountered
Posted by: Zombie Chrysler at October 08, 2011 12:06 PM (YulqH)
Funny how this Cockupy Wall Street thing just happened right after Obama's push for "the rich" to pay their "fair share."
Posted by: soothsayer at October 08, 2011 12:07 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Rare NYT correction at October 08, 2011 12:08 PM (YulqH)
This is known as the Bizzaro World strategy. Hey, this is a world where a loud mouthed dick waver like Anthony Weiner can be a U.S. congressman and a man who would not be anyone's first choice as an assistant manager of a McDonalds is President of the USA - who is to say it isn't Bizzaro World?
Posted by: An Observation at October 08, 2011 12:08 PM (ylhEn)
None of the assholes involved with Cockupy Wall Street pay ANY taxes.
Yet they're screaming about people who don't pay ENOUGH in taxes.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 08, 2011 12:09 PM (sqkOB)
Things we might soon be hearing come out of Holder's mouth:
That wasnÂ’t the question I answered.
Some other guy did it.
I wasnÂ’t there.
It wasnÂ’t me that did it.
IÂ’m innocent.
I ainÂ’t done nothinÂ’ officer.
WhaÂ’ didido? whaÂ’ didido?
YouÂ’ve got the wrong guy.
I was somewhere else.
I bought this in a bar.
I found this on the sidewalk.
I didnÂ’t hear the question correctly.
You mistook my answer.
You misquoted me.
I invoke my rights, as a citizen of the United States, to keep silent and to have my attorney present.
Posted by: Valar Morghulis at October 08, 2011 12:09 PM (cA6/i)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 08, 2011 04:07 PM (sqkOB)
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Posted by: George Soros at October 08, 2011 12:10 PM (QaKuj)
Yet they're screaming about people who don't pay ENOUGH in taxes.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 08, 2011 04:09 PM (sqkOB)
--Also noteworthy that most of them are young enough to stay on their parents' insurance under Zero Care.
The NMA video has a great aside at the end about the REAL 99%.
Posted by: logprof at October 08, 2011 12:14 PM (QaKuj)
Posted by: tangonine at October 08, 2011 12:18 PM (x3YFz)
The Occupy Wall Street demonstration will show the American people they aren't safe in their gated communities, and they must share more of their wealth with the disenfranchised.
Posted by: Zsa Zsa Huffington at October 08, 2011 04:15 PM (Lt/Za)
I can hav gatez?
Posted by: tangonine at October 08, 2011 12:19 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Travis Bloomberg at October 08, 2011 12:19 PM (4Kl5M)
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And Talked, And Talked, And Talked, And Talked. (you get the picture, you've seen HER before.)
Posted by: Valar Morghulis at October 08, 2011 12:19 PM (cA6/i)
160
And Talked, And Talked, And Talked, And Talked. (you get the picture, you've seen HER before.)
Posted by: Valar Morghulis at October 08, 2011 04:19 PM (cA6/i)
and that's why you have barbacks and bouncers.
Posted by: tangonine at October 08, 2011 12:20 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Ronster at October 08, 2011 12:20 PM (/ej8I)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 08, 2011 12:21 PM (UlUS4)
Bravo for this post. I remember poor Kristin's words as well, bless her heart.
This WH is now in defense mode for Fast and Furious, Solyndra and the information on the DOJ defense of the New Black Panther issues. Fun times for Barry and Holder.
Holder will resign within six months or so, then there will be no one guarding the hen house.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at October 08, 2011 12:26 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 08, 2011 12:26 PM (aD5Kx)
Posted by: Breaker19 at October 08, 2011 12:27 PM (ze29X)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at October 08, 2011 12:27 PM (g6Jrh)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 08, 2011 04:26 PM (aD5Kx)
--It was a make-up for the Chicago Bears visit to the White House they could not do after winning the Super Bowl because of the Challenger explosion.
Posted by: logprof at October 08, 2011 12:28 PM (QaKuj)
--It was a make-up for the Chicago Bears visit to the White House they could not do after winning the Super Bowl because of the Challenger explosion.
Posted by: logprof at October 08, 2011 04:28 PM (QaKuj)
Anything for a photo op, eh?
Posted by: ErikW at October 08, 2011 12:30 PM (qcUQT)
Yeah I know why he was there---just once I'd like to see somebody say "I'm not going to see that JEPOS".
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 08, 2011 12:34 PM (aD5Kx)
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Posted by: NYT at October 08, 2011 04:05 PMJust not MY eggs
Posted by: Pinch Sulzberger at October 08, 2011 12:41 PM (Y+DPZ)
Yes, Mrs. Pad. Nobody had ever heard of crack before 2001.
She must have loved New Jack City.
I blame Wesley Snipes for introducing crack to L.A. It makes just about as much sense.
Posted by: As If! at October 08, 2011 12:43 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: As If! at October 08, 2011 12:44 PM (piMMO)
Boney is busy befouling a public park in solidarity with OWS, and posting from his iPhone4.
Posted by: toby928©: Perrykrishna and Non-Apple User at October 08, 2011 12:45 PM (GTbGH)
From the link in the story. BWHAAAAAA.
What a bunch of clueless idiots there are at the DOJ.
Posted by: An Observation at October 08, 2011 12:46 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 08, 2011 12:48 PM (ZDUD4)
So, corporate and political coruption is a bad thing...
But...
If you go to Wall Street and protest against political and corporate corruption, you're a stupid, ignorant, dirty, smelly, hippy.
Riiight.
Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at October 08, 2011 03:49 PMCorporations and Wall Street Banks are the enemy! Start the Revolution!
Re-elect Obama, ignore his connections to Goldman Sachs, Citibank, General Electric, George Soros, Warren Buffett, and Comcast!
Posted by: Warren Bonehead at October 08, 2011 12:48 PM (Y+DPZ)
I can't tell one scandal from another without an Infographic.
Sarcasm is tough to decipher online so I can't tell if you're trying to tweak me or you just generally dislike me.
Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at October 08, 2011 12:49 PM (nRTou)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 08, 2011 04:09 PM
My mommy and daddy pay lots in taxes, so fuck you!!!
Posted by: Warren Bonehead at October 08, 2011 12:52 PM (Y+DPZ)
Now we learn that not only were the feds in bed and providing information to the cartels, they were purchasing the weapons and delivering them to the cartels. Those guys who show up at your home in the middle of the night and remind you of how accidents happen to people who are troublesome.
So..... while F&F might make most people uncomfortable, consider how those of us who have those guns aimed at our property lines are feeling.
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