You don't get to hide accountability in a democracy.

You don't?

Oh, wait...you were talking about Justice.

Whew.  You scared us.

Posted by: SCRednek at June 13, 2011 03:58 PM (6cEN2)

Where? Where?

I now see why Teh Won is sooo enamored with high speed trains.  There's a lot more room under one of those than a plain old bus!

Refusing to disclose subpoenaed documents for Operation Fast and Furious and Project Gunrunner.

That's racist!

It would be the sweetest thing if they could prove that Obama signed off on it in some fashion, but the Adminstration's assertions that effect mean, he had no freaking idea what was going on under his watch, are sadly plausible. 

Oh well.

Did know: Real bad for Obama.

Didn't know: Less bad but definitive evidence of being a clueless putz.

"You don't get to hide accountability in a democracy."

EXACTLY! You openly tell the mundanes to go fuck themselves sideways! 

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 13, 2011 04:05 PM (G/zuv)

You said it!  Woooooooo!!!

It would be the sweetest thing if they could prove that Obama signed off on it in some fashion, but the Adminstration's assertions that effect mean, he had no freaking idea what was going on under his watch, are sadly plausible. 

Obama's greatest sterength is being completely out of touch with reality.

I was driving through a border checkpoint in New Mexico when the flags were at half-mast for those guys.

Nice story.  Too bad New Mexico borders Canada, not Mexico.

Posted by: John Boehner at June 13, 2011 04:02 PM (FkKjr)

Boehner/Weiner 2012

If you are going to be boned anyway, let the experts do the job.

@8: "Although not many of them seem to be making it off the battlefield these days."

We're largely busy in Libya right now.  Give us a few more weeks and we'll get back to you. 

PS - thanks for the taxpayer supported air cover.  Very nice of you.

Ooops, just checked google.  I was a County Supervisor.

Puppehtfail.

Contempt Charge Coming For Lawless Attorney General Holder?

What I don't understand is why this is even a question.  How is it not a given that ignoring a House subpoena is going to result in a contempt charge?  I'm not talking about making a justifiable argument that X document is classified for Y reason, blah, blah, blah.  Holder's DOJ has done none of that.  They've just ignored the subpoena.  WTH?  If I did that my ass would be in jail, or fined like you wouldn't believe. 

Why are we even asking about a contempt charge, when we should be hearing about Holder being forced out and his whole administrative team put on unpaid leave pending investigations into this and other miscarriages of justice.  The Voting Rights Division alone is a treacherous hive of scum and villainy that needs a serious weeding.

Damn it all to hell, OFF SOCK.

Puppehtfail.

Posted by: arhooley at June 13, 2011 04:13 PM (YfO7c)

I hear the D.O.Edu has played pretty fast and loose with the SWAT lately...

I think Holder has almost as much respect for a contempt charge as he does for the Constitution.

Almost.

Which federal agent has the balls to order a squad out to bust into his office?

Police Squad

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 13, 2011 04:16 PM (G/zuv)

Oh God.

*girds loins*

[redacted], can you take thirty seconds to sign the Daily Kos and CREDO petition telling Congress to tax millionaires and billionaires instead of shredding the social safety net? It's right here: [link removed]

Thanks! Chris [the cocksucker] Bowers

[redacted], can you take thirty seconds to sign the Daily Kos and CREDO petition telling Congress to tax millionaires and billionaires instead of shredding the social safety net? It's right here: [link removed]

Thanks! Chris [the cocksucker] Bowers

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 13, 2011 04:18 PM (G/zuv)

Hey, Chris!   Can you take five seconds to tell me how my ass tastes?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 13, 2011 04:16 PM (d0Tfm)

Who had BackwardsBoy at #45?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 13, 2011 04:20 PM (UvFnc)

And let's not forget the boned economy, dead end private sector growth, massive unemployment, and the complete lack of anything damning in Sarah Palin's emails.

That last one must be particularly vexing to the JEF.

OT

See the side bar where Zero plans to train 10,000 new engineers per year? What a dunce. The manufacturing is drying up in this country. Without manufacturing, you only need structural/civil engineers. The market for engineers is going away. The degree is just too damn hard to get to be worthwhile these days. You can get better return on your money and time elsewhere. Talk about someone who has no clue at all, Zero is da Man. The market drives the demand for skilled people, not the other way around.

The law enforcement procedure aplied here sort of inverts the speculative one in the science fiction movie Minority Report.  In contrast to the probabilistic predictive outcomes shown in the movie, by using the more reliable Fast and Furious technology the government can predict with absolute 100% certainty that the crime is going to happen, because instead of using psyhics with wires up their butts to guess at it in a dream state, they use the brutally simple technique of ensuring a reliable supply of the means to commit the crime.

And then instead of rushing in and preventing the crime at the last second, they let it happen and blame the 2nd Amendment.

@57: Or we could stop throwing money at the tax leeches Communist indoctrinators caring professionals who call themselves teachers and professors.  They seem to offer such a good return on investment.

However, a good funny lawyer story: http://tinyurl.com/4yk53ja

as usual I spotted yet another absurd bumper sticker in
Cambridge, this weekend.

TAX THE RICH

I'll take your "Tax the Rich" bumper sticker and raise you one I saw in Portland, OR:

"Thou Shalt not Kill"

God

(COEXIST)

I wanted to ram the Prius with my Honda Accord.  Unfortunately, hubby wasn't down for the struggle.

Please. Like anybody is going to get tough on Holder.

Well, I honestly didn't think anyone would get a hold on Weiner, but that finally exploded after Ace continually beat that story with a stick.  You just don't know any more.  Oblahblah would be more than happy to throw Holder under the bus if it takes the focus off of him and his disaterous policies.  Remember, in Oblahblah's world, it's all about self preservation.  The guy threw his own grandma who raised him under the bus.  I won't be shocked in the least bit when he heaves Michelle and the girlz under there too.  It will happen eventually.  It's the way he's wired.

Is this what Obama meant by destroying the Second Amendment 'under the radar?' 

Think about it: they want to reinstitute the scary-looking rifle ban on Americans but sent hundreds to Mexican drug gangs.  

...to.  Mexican.  Drug.  Gangs.  And, oops, had no tracking system.  Didn't.  Track.  Them.      

Time for a grand jury-special prosecuter to get to the bottom of this one. 

Minority Report

Hey! That's it, I'm not answerin' any more questions!

@64: "I'll be stunned if they have the guts to go for a contempt charge. They'll do something to let Holder save face.
Can Holder actually go to jail if he's found in contempt?
Can Barry Pardon him? And then keep him as AG?"

The real fun part is if Mexico indicts me and demands that the US extradite.

Oh and speaking of Moochelle, there's this:

Mrs. Obama will be in California today and tomorrow, visiting Los Angeles, Pasadena, Oakland and San Francisco. She will hold two official “first lady” events and be the star attraction at FOUR fundraisers.

Whether she would have attended the official events if she wasnÂ’t going to troll for money is anyoneÂ’s guess. But what seems likely is the cost of flying Michelle out to the West Coast so she can soak the legions of wealthy Californian Democrats for cash is being mitigated by having the official appearances on the schedule.

The first ladyÂ’s office did not respond to a request for information about whether and how much of the trip will be paid for by the government. But with official events scheduled, itÂ’s very safe to assume that a chunk – perhaps most –  of the first ladyÂ’s travel aboard a specially equipped air force plane along with her security detail and entourage will be paid for by taxpayers.

Mrs. Obama today will hold a fundraising luncheon in Pasadena and a dinner in Los Angeles. Tomorrow, cash will pass hands at a breakfast in Oakland and a lunch in San Francisco.

TV crews will be BARRED from the fundraising events, which will instead be covered by a limited “pool” of print reporters.

TV crews will be permitted, however, into Mrs. Obama’s first official event today at 10:00 am PDT, an appearance with Hollywood types to promote her “Joining Forces” initiative to support military families. At 3:00 pm, she will tape an appearance on the iCarly children’s show, again to promote Joining Forces

Not only is she fundraising on our dime, she's using the military as props for her campaign ads.  I hate these people.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 13, 2011 04:24 PM (G/zuv)

Well, given that the progressive agenda is actually one of REgression, not long at all.  They want us to go back to using trains for all of our transportation, so let's call that our baseline.  Trains were at the height of their popularity and usefulness and modes of mass transit in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.  Let's call it a draw and say the regressives want us to go back to 1875, just to make it nice and tidy.

They've gotten us to this point in the span of Obama's presidency to date, so a little over two years (the roots were planted well before the JEF hit the Oval Office, but it really shifted into high gear - no pun intended - since his Ascendancy).  That means:

Two years progression = 136 years regression

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published in 1818 in London.  Since Frankenstein is usually the first thing that springs to mind when one mentions mobs with torches and pitchforks, let's say that 1818 is the regressives' ultimate destination in terms of "tax the rich" propaganda and protest. 

1875 - 1818 = 57 years

Using the "two years forward = 136 years back" formula...

136 years back = 2 years forward

68 years back = 1 year forward

...we can expect leftist mobs with torches and pitchforks to be appearing on the front pages of America's blogosphere in about a year, give or take a violent protest or two.

(I realize this is complete crap, but it's at least as valid as AGW science)

Mrs. Obama will be in California today and tomorrow, visiting Los Angeles, Pasadena, Oakland and San Francisco. She will hold two official “first lady” events and be the star attraction at FOUR fundraisers.

What's that cracker reporter doing here? Lock him in the broom closet!

Contempt charge against the Lord High Inquisitor?

no chance

@102: "They want us to go back to using trains for all of our transportation, so let's call that our baseline."

Coincidentally, I'm a fan of trains, too.

Anybody know of a good masseuse? I've got such a crick in my neck.

"We're a nation of cowards."

Gosh, we think that's kind of a harsh assessment.  We don't want to overstep our bounds or anything, but we really hope that you don't think that's true. 

@109: "I don't think we're too far away from the Leftist mobs actually sacking houses in affluent neighborhoods."

Heh, hitting their own donors.  That's funny.

Seriously though, anyone got some Ben Gay?  Wait, "Ben Gay?" Nahhhh, too Jewish.  How about some Icy Hot?

TV crews will be permitted, however, into Mrs. Obama’s first official event today at 10:00 am PDT, an appearance with Hollywood types to promote her “Joining Forces” initiative to support military families. At 3:00 pm, she will tape an appearance on the iCarly children’s show, again to promote Joining Forces

Not only is she fundraising on our dime, she's using the military as props for her campaign ads.  I hate these people.

+1000

"Look to the West, Little Wooden Boy!"

The most disgusting thing about this is that while the administration was trying to convince the American people that most of the guns going into Mexico were coming from here in the states and how that was just so fucking horrible, they were behind the scenes making damn sure that's what was happening.

They were the ones making sure that's what fucking happened.   Sick fucking asswipes.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Feudalism is the end game of the Left.  They just don't realize that the aristocracy was a much more exclusive club then, so if they get their wish a lot of them will be on the wrong side of the moat.

Sort of. In feudal societies the sovereign was fairly weak and relied upon the support of his vassals. They were the ones who provided the muscle to the crown. If he treated them well, they enforced his legitimacy. If he mistreated the nobility then they either ignored him or indirectly overthrew him by giving their support to some other noble with a claim to the throne. However, this all changed with gunpowder; at this point, the sovereign could hire a smaller professional army, arm them with firearms, and completely bypass the nobility. This is when the state began to accrue absolute power and that's what the left wants.

I believe that the left would be most interested in something like Imperial Russia: absolute power concentrated in a small number of elites that ostensibly seeks to improve society but in truth acts primarily to maintain power, a small aristocracy that is beholden to the ruler, an even smaller middle class that just tries to keep its head above water, and a large ignorant underclass working for subsistence and having no concept of independence. And all of the elites speaking French.

The American Revolution was a historical aberration.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at June 13, 2011 04:04 PM (F6xNb)

Great point. I had't thought of that angle.

Contempt?  Holder should be charged with murder of a US law enforcement officer. 

I hope there were a lot of whistleblowers up and down the ranks.  Anyone who didn't sound an alarm is complicit in all the crimes up to and including murder of LEO.

To quote our VP-savant, this is a big f*cking deal.

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