Holder Gets Testy At Fast and Furious Hearing

February 3, 2012 Leave a comment

Eric Holder was back at the Capitol yesterday to testify about Fast and Furious. You’ll recall that the ATF sold guns to Mexican drug cartels and/or arranged for Mexican drug cartels to get guns illegally. In theory the ATF was going to track the guns thousands of guns sent over the border. In reality they didn’t and 200+ Mexicans have been murdered with those guns as well as one American border patrol agent. Some on the right have theorized that the Justice Department wanted to use the violence associated with these guns to push for further gun control.

The Attorney General claimed last year to not know about Fast and Furious until just before his hearing before Congress. Since then memos show Holder knew months and perhaps a year before his testimony. Today Holder claims there hasn’t been a cover up, but that’s hard to believe considering his inconsistent testimony.

Holder has spent quite a bit of time in his career testifying that he doesn’t know or doesn’t recall. He’s done that quite a bit during the Fast and Furious investigation. It’s a little disturbing in light of the fact that it’s the Attorney General’s job to know about this sort of an operation. Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) pointed this out and apparently annoyed the Attorney General who said “maybe this is how you do things in Idaho or wherever you’re from.”

Holder’s exchange with Rep. Labrador showed us two things. First, it showed us the racial outlook of Eric Holder. To him it is unthinkable that the white people of Idaho would elect someone with brown skin and/or it’s unthinkable that someone with brown skin would be a Republican. (Labrador is Puerto Rican) This is actual subtle racism, not the sort of subtle racism the left always accuses conservatives of for no other reason than we’re conservative.

But more importantly this exchange as well as others during the hearing show us what Holder really thinks of Fast and Furious. He views this not as a massive disaster that’s resulted in the deaths of hundreds but rather he views this as a political issue. In other words, those dastardly Republicans are up to political games and therefore what happened during Fast and Furious is irrelevant. Again, more than 200 people died with guns illegally handed over to Mexican drug cartels, all without the knowledge of the Mexican government. This isn’t a mere political issue, this is a serious case that deserves a serious investigation.

Of course the mainstream press has largely ignored this issue. Can you imagine what the press would do if 200+ Mexicans and a border patrol agent were killed because John Ashcroft’s ATF handed off guns to drug cartels in Mexico without that government’s knowledge? It would be a massive scandal that is would result in Ashcroft’s resignation. It would have been on the nightly news shows every evening and it would have been front page news in every newspaper. Each Congressional hearing would be covered in depth by the mainstream press. If this isn’t an example of media bias, I don’t know what is.

It is very clear that Holder and company engaged in a massive coverup of Fast and Furious. We can debate what the purpose of this program was but it’s very clear that once it started going bad the Attorney General was involved in a cover up. In short, Holder lied when he told Congress he had just recently learned of Fast and Furious. His behavior at yesterday’s hearing was nothing short of outrageous. Holder displayed his racism and he displayed a complete contempt for anyone who would dare investigate or criticize him. Sadly, this is the story of the Obama administration.

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ATF Tried To Use Fast and Furious To Push Gun Control

December 9, 2011 2 Comments

As previously speculated, the ATF was planning to use the gun sales made via Fast and Furious to push for more gun control legislation. Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News has uncovered the smoking gun, which in this case isn’t far from literal. You’ll recall that the ATF either directly purchased guns that were then handed over to Mexican drug cartel agents or instructed gun stores to sell guns to suspected Mexican drug cartel agents, telling the stores that the ATF was tracking the people who were sold guns. In the end thousands of guns got into the hands of criminals and it has resulted in hundreds of deaths in Mexico and the death of a border patrol agent here in the United States.

There seems to have been multiple reasons for Fast and Furious. Keep in mind, this program is an Obama administration creation. The Bush administration had a similar operation but it was done with the knowledge and help of the Mexican government. Fast and Furious kept the Mexicans out of the loop while Obama’s ATF flooded northern Mexico with thousands of weapons. The administration appears to be favoring particular drug cartels, perhaps for political reasons. But while the administration may have an interest in which Mexican drug cartels control, the big fish is pushing for more gun control legislation.

The left has forever tried to deny Americans their second amendment right to keep and bear arms. Whether it’s local governments trying to ban handguns or the Federal government trying to restrict gun ownership with waiting periods, the left wants to deny us our second amendment rights. What makes Fast and Furious so outrageous is that the ATF is setting up the conditions by which it can then turn around and demand more gun control.

Keep in mind it’s the ATF instructing gun store owners to sell weapons to Mexican drug cartel agents, telling the store owners that the guns are being tracked. The ATF is then going to turn around and claim that we need more gun control because of all the illegal weapons being sent over the border. Yet it’s the ATF who either purchased the guns themselves or instructed gun stores to sell the guns. It’s simply outrageous that a Federal agency is trying to pull such a stunt in order to deny us our second amendment rights.

Meanwhile in Washington Attorney General Eric Holder pretends like he didn’t know anything. We’re supposed to believe that the ATF hatched an elaborate scheme to push for gun control legislation and the Attorney General had no idea what was going on. It’s simply not believable. Especially so in light of the numerous memos sent to Holder during the course of Fast and Furious. Holder knew exactly what was going on. The question is whether he told Obama.

This administration will stop at nothing to deny Americans our rights. They’re willing to sell guns to criminals and then turn around and claim we need more gun control to stop the sale of guns to criminals. We must never forget that this administration follows the Saul Alinsky motto ‘the ends justify the means.’ It doesn’t matter to Obama how we get gun control legislation so long as we get it. It doesn’t matter to him how we get Obamacare so long as we get it. It doesn’t matter to him whether Solyndra has a poor business model so long as billions are spent on green energy. The list goes on and on.

Eric Holder should resign his office. He knew what was going on within the ATF. He knew they were allowing guns to get into the hands of Mexican drug cartel agents. He knew that one of their goals was to use the fact that guns got into the hands of drug cartels as a reason to push for gun control legislation. Eric Holder knew these guns were getting into the hands of dangerous drug lords yet he did nothing to stop it. He did nothing because at the end of the day, he supports more gun control legislation and if Fast and Furious led to more gun control, what’s a couple hundred dead Mexicans and a dead border patrol agent to Eric Holder?

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Eric Holder Uses Fast and Furious To Demand New Gun Control Laws

November 8, 2011 Leave a comment

The Fast and Furious scandal has damaged the Obama administration and the Attorney General’s office. You’ll recall that the scandal surrounds the ATF both purchasing guns and then sending them to Mexico and the ATF allowing known drug cartel members to purchase guns in Arizona to take to Mexico. The ATF was allegedly tracking these guns to see if they came back into the US. The result of all these illegal gun purchases is 200+ dead Mexicans and at least one dead American. The program started during the Bush administration but with the knowledge and cooperation of Mexico. The program continued under Obama but without Mexican knowledge or cooperation.

The ATF and Attorney General Eric Holder had two reasons to go forward with this operation. First, the administration was picking sides in Mexico’s drug cartel civil war. Essentially the administration is trying to prevent any one cartel from obtaining to much power. Second, the administration wanted to use this program to call for tougher gun control legislation. The thinking is that these guns, all bought illegally but with the knowledge of the ATF, would go to Mexico and then return to the United States wherein they would be used to commit violent crime. Since the crimes would be committed with illegally purchased guns the administration would then use this fact to push for tougher gun control legislation.

It all fell apart for Obama and Holder when the public figured out that the government was directly responsible for the illegal gun purchases. Make no mistake, the administration when making calls for tougher gun control laws would have hidden that fact. Holder is set to testify today before the a House committee on the matter wherein he’s going to call for tougher gun control legislation. Apparently he’s set to argue that if there were tougher gun laws the ATF wouldn’t be able to illegally buy guns for Mexican drug lords or allow those same drug lords to purchase guns illegally themselves. If the ATF doesn’t follow current gun laws, why would anyone believe they would follow new gun laws?

In the end Obama, Holder and the far left want to strip Americans of their right to keep and bear arms. They’ll use nonsense like Fast and Furious as evidence that guns are dangerous and then they’ll call for more laws to keep Americans from purchasing them. The problem though isn’t guns. After all, guns don’t kill people. People kill people.

In the case of Mexican drug cartels, the problem isn’t guns that are illegally moving from the US to Mexico and back. The problem is two fold. First, there isn’t a border fence and thus it’s relatively easy for dangerous people to enter the United States with weapons. Second, our drug laws have created this mess and it’s perhaps time to revisit them. We’re essentially watching the modern version of Al Capone battling other rum runners except the players are Mexican rather than American and they’re running drugs rather than booze.

Fast and Furious was a direct assault on Americans right to keep and bear arms. It was intended as such from the time Holder became Attorney General. That Holder is going to continue to push for gun control despite his plan blowing up shows his brazen arrogance. It also shows his willingness to stick to a leftist agenda despite the fact that the facts are exposed. Their goal is clear, they want strict gun control legislation and they’ll do anything to get it up to and including setting the stage for murder.

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Fast and Furious Undermines Gun Rights & Mexican Sovereignty

October 3, 2011 Leave a comment

The Obama administration had largely been scandal free until this year. Solyndra has become the more ‘famous’ of Obama’s scandals as it has highlighted one of the problems associated with green energy’s cozy relationship to the Obama campaign. But another scandal is far more dangerous and it reaches just as high up, perhaps even higher, than Solyndra. A program called “Fast and Furious” purchased thousands of semi-automatic weapons in Arizona for Mexican drug cartels. Many guns were literally purchased by the ATF and handed off to Mexican drug lords, others were purchased by Mexican drug cartels with the explicit approval of the ATF.

Taxpayers spent more than $1.25 million on illegal guns. At least 200 deaths are attributable to Fast and Furious weapons.

The ATF head has already resigned, his replacement has his name all over this scandal. As does Eric Holder and other high ranking Obama officials. What was their purpose? It seems there may have been more than one purpose. It appears that the ultimate goal was to attack American gun rights by pointing out how American guns were in the hands of Mexican drug lords. In other words, the Obama administration planned to attack our second amendment rights by claiming our guns were in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, who are creating havoc in Mexico. Never mind of course that the guns have gotten there because of the actions of our government.

Another possible explanation is that our government is handing off weapons to rival Mexican drug cartels. There is worry that one of them is becoming powerful enough to overthrow the current government, so the ATF is arming their opposition in an effort to control power. Even if this is the case, the administration can still attack our second amendment rights based on these guns. It’s important to keep in mind that Mexico is in absolute chaos right now. Drug cartels are murdering thousands and lawlessness abounds. The ATF is only making matters worse by sending thousands of semiautomatic weapons south of the border.

Why is this a big deal? Here we have a program that is approved of or in the very least is known about in the highest reaches of government. The whole purpose is to send weapons to drug cartels in a foreign nation without the knowledge of that nation’s government. That alone is alarming. It’s not like the United States is arming rebels fighting a communist state or perhaps arming rebels fighting a terrorist. We’re arming Mexican drug cartels who are using the weapons to kill each other and average Mexican citizens as well as create chaos and havoc throughout Mexico. Ignoring the potential attack on the second amendment, this program by the ATF is dangerous and illegal.

This program reaches throughout the upper leadership of the ATF. It reaches Attorney General Eric Holder and it reaches well into the White House. So far the White House hasn’t released many documents and has spent most of its time covering up this scandal. Meanwhile those who ran Fast and Furious have been promoted by the Obama administration, including William McMahon, William Newell and David Voth.

The big question here is what did Obama know and when did he know it. It’s very clear that the White House knew about Fast and Furious, the question is who knew what and when. The bigger question is what was the purpose of this program. Was this a progressive plot to undermine American gun rights? Or is the United States choosing which Mexican drug cartel best suits our purposes in that country? The ultimate question though is why hasn’t a special prosecutor been appointed yet?

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