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Re the AG's comments on "racism" I decided to send my thoughts to the gentleman, yes the term "gentleman" is loosely used, so I wrote out a reasonably polite, brief note and emailed it to a linked address found on DOJ’s web site.
First time I sent it, it came back undelivered. Second time I sent it, same results. So this is the "open. transparent government" that the president speaks of, what a laugh, or could it be that people at DOJ are so incompetent that they couldn't create a web site that provides the citizen with a correct email address? Either way, whichever of the two possibilities fit, the picture presented is indeed a sad one. |
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^^^They may be getting more feedback than they can stand. On the other hand, they determine what law will be enforced on who, so why would they care what the proles think.
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They aren't using gmail.com with a large storage capacity... someone oughta send 'em a gmail invite so they can get all the mail they so desperately would love not to lose due to all the overwhelming emails of support from their friends.
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In an article about former Director Melson's July 4th testimony, Richard Serrano at the LA Times is up to his old tricks, spreading the propaganda:
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The plan was: follow the straw purchasers no matter which way the guns go, and inform no one in Mexico that the guns are on the way. That way, agents can follow the guns from stores to Mexican cartel leaders! Wait, that won't work, will it? Maybe no one in government is smart enough to realize that it won't work. Or the plan was devised for some other purpose. I'm hoping it's the latter, I guess. I'm not sure whether "stupid as a box of rocks" is better than "lying" or not. Anyone? |
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I am not sure what the deal is with the DOJ e-mail system but having worked for large corporations, I know that the mail boxes get backed up every night to tape, and there are rotations of tapes, some are kept for 30 to 60 days, some tapes are kept for 6 months. Some are archived longer... financial institutions for instance are required to keep e-mail records involving transactions for 7 years. There is usually a system called "legal hold" for making sure e-mails wih critical legal information don't get deleted.
I don't know how long DOJ keeps backups of their e-mail system - maybe they don't keep e-mails backups more than 30 days, but Issa could subpeona the IT department head/director for the electronic documents. I think it would be interesting first of all to see how far in the past they have the mailboxes backed up, and to see the reaction of Holder to the request. |
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publius42: Thanks for that heads up.
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All those guns from Operation Fast and Furious were not "lost", they were distributed as intended, I submit, going into the hands of criminals.
The remaining question or questions revolve around why the above referenced intentions. In my perhaps jaundiced view "why" is explained as follows. To provide political cover to a very significant push for additional, draconian gun legislation, which would essentially amount to ever more restrictions on the law abiding. There seems no other point to the entire fiasco. |
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Kingpin law?
I was half asleep,half listening to the radio.Lets call this a lead,a maybe,rather than fact for now.
The man I was listening to was J.P Stienbauer,and a site PJ Media was mentioned. Mr Steinbauer said he was in on writing a law called the Kingpin Act,which outlaws having dealings with drug cartels,Sorry I can;t be more specific.The Kingpin law requires some waiver or license from the Treasury Dept for a deal like Gunrunner to occur.This would be in Timothy Geigner's territory.Mr Steinbauer said there are serious prison terms and huge fines for violating this law. Then Mr Steinbauer explained that if this waiver was granted,it would prove the claims of "no prior knowledge" were a lie. This seems like it could besome traction for the good guys. Maybe you folks with a better knowledge of law could check it out |
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Pretty unfunny how we have all the nanny laws, and yet the administration (in my opinion) seems to have no problem with outright murder of US Agents and citizens...
I think the whole system is in need of a "Reset Button"... We the voters have taken governmental disfunction to a whole new level....
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I believe that there is the "reset" button you mentioned. Seems however, regarding the retention rates amongst our congress critters, that the electorate is most reticent concerning use of same, I often wonder as to why this is. |
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Part of the reason this whole story hasn't blown up in the media is that the same media can count on that indifference and placate us with tales of what Snooky did when she was drunk last weekend. Don't believe me? Next time you're at the range and someone brings this whole situation up in conversation, ask them if they've contacted their congressman about it. I guarantee they haven't. We make the mistake of assuming that, because our cause is somewhat political in nature, that we're more involved than the rest of the populace. Sadly, I've not found that to be true.
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Nobody said that. The liberal slant to the news reported by the generally leftist members of the press tend to give a pass to the leftists in power, as demonstrated by the lack of reporting on Dear Leader stating he is not bound by the laws he signs just yesterday, not just the general lack of interest in Fast And Furious plus all the lethal off shoot programs coming to light.
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Respecting your last, I did that ay my local gun club a number of years ago, phrasing the question as follows: On any issue, no matter witch side of the thing you happen to be on, when was the last time you contacted either n appointed or elected official re your concern. As you might expect, I got a lot of blank looks and then there were a couple of comments running along the following line or lines, I don't know who they are, or I can't write or I don't have time ad so forth and so on. To say that it gets discouraging is something of an understatement, but one does what one thinks necessary and or worth while. |
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Example? Let's presume that most folks who are angry at the current state of affairs identify as Republicans. Republican turnout in the 2008 election was 28%. That means that roughly three quarters of the people who've yelled at me about how unhappy they are with the current situation couldn't even take the time to vote. When they find out I'm active, they ask why I haven't done more for them. Yeesh.
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I skipped "republic"? Heavens. That's even in my version of the Pledge.
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All politics aside which is where this thread is nose diving:
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My point is that the politicial situation is the symptom, the voters are the root cause of the political cancer...
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That point of quibblement aside, you've hit the nail squarely on the head, BGutzman. We have met the enemy, and he is us.
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