An article that describes the AMAZING and JAW DROPPING lack of accountability and rogue operating tactics of the ATF. Most of us have been aware of a lot of the crap that these guys pull and get away with but there are a couple things here that I hadn't heard of until now.
"The Continued Lack of Accountability at ATF is Disturbing" - Katie Pavlich
The thing that gets me is that the Republicans in Congress can't seem to muster up the balls to do anything more than hold hearings and look like a bunch of monkeys F@%#$ng a football. Jeez, even Darrell Issa is looking like a timid kitten anymore. Maybe he always has, I don't know. What I do know is that if this was happening under a Republican administration, the Dems (no matter how few they were or weren't) would DRIVE THIS INTO THE GROUND until there was some action and there were a bunch of firings and the administration was left with egg all over it's face. AND EVERY DEM. POLITICIAN WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE VILIFICATION WITHOUT EXCEPTION. You wouldn't be able to get away from it. WHERE ARE THE GOOD GUYS? AREN'T THERE ANY LEFT?
Fast an Furious (as well as others) was an op gone bad that happened mostly in Mexico with a few guns coming back over here and one or two dead Border Patrol Agents. Not to diminish or marginalize this in any way, it was and is a HUGE black eye that still has gone without justice. But for the average American, for all of the fail and obfuscation these things still seemed pretty removed. It did for me and I paid attention and understood what it meant. But THIS stuff happened on MAIN STREET America to average AMERICANS. This stuff could have REAL LEGS if the Repubs. had real balls. And the best OUR Republican Congressmen can do is hold a couple of hearings and contemplate their collective navels while playing with themselves. Where are the Republican Governors, Attorneys General and local Sheriffs in this. It is happening one their streets, under their noses WHERE THEY HAVE JURISDICTION. It is their job to protect their constituents from the criminals AND ROGUE FEDERAL AGENCIES. There has been much ado about local Sheriffs standing up to the Feds when it comes to the Second Amendment What about when the Federal "We can do anything we want" Agencies engage in blatant entrapment (including persons of obvious diminished capacity which should be a separate crime to istself), obvious civil rights violations and gross mistreatment with a wanton disregard of the citizens in general. THIS SHOULD BE A SLAM DUNK and should end up the end of that Federal Agency that has a LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNG record violating the Civil Rights of American citizens as well as AG HOLDER.
But will it be? Nope, nobody on our side has the spine or the balls. Or . . . . . maybe they like things the way they are and the direction they are headed. What's your take? It's pretty evident that this stuff is only the tip of the iceberg.
"The Continued Lack of Accountability at ATF is Disturbing" - Katie Pavlich
The thing that gets me is that the Republicans in Congress can't seem to muster up the balls to do anything more than hold hearings and look like a bunch of monkeys F@%#$ng a football. Jeez, even Darrell Issa is looking like a timid kitten anymore. Maybe he always has, I don't know. What I do know is that if this was happening under a Republican administration, the Dems (no matter how few they were or weren't) would DRIVE THIS INTO THE GROUND until there was some action and there were a bunch of firings and the administration was left with egg all over it's face. AND EVERY DEM. POLITICIAN WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE VILIFICATION WITHOUT EXCEPTION. You wouldn't be able to get away from it. WHERE ARE THE GOOD GUYS? AREN'T THERE ANY LEFT?
Fast an Furious (as well as others) was an op gone bad that happened mostly in Mexico with a few guns coming back over here and one or two dead Border Patrol Agents. Not to diminish or marginalize this in any way, it was and is a HUGE black eye that still has gone without justice. But for the average American, for all of the fail and obfuscation these things still seemed pretty removed. It did for me and I paid attention and understood what it meant. But THIS stuff happened on MAIN STREET America to average AMERICANS. This stuff could have REAL LEGS if the Repubs. had real balls. And the best OUR Republican Congressmen can do is hold a couple of hearings and contemplate their collective navels while playing with themselves. Where are the Republican Governors, Attorneys General and local Sheriffs in this. It is happening one their streets, under their noses WHERE THEY HAVE JURISDICTION.
It is their job to protect their constituents from the criminals AND ROGUE FEDERAL AGENCIES. There has been much ado about local Sheriffs standing up to the Feds when it comes to the Second Amendment What about when the Federal "We can do anything we want" Agencies engage in blatant entrapment (including persons of obvious diminished capacity which should be a separate crime to istself), obvious civil rights violations and gross mistreatment with a wanton disregard of the citizens in general. THIS SHOULD BE A SLAM DUNK and should end up the end of that Federal Agency that has a LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNG record violating the Civil Rights of American citizens as well as AG HOLDER. But will it be? Nope, nobody on our side has the spine or the balls. Or . . . . . maybe they like things the way they are and the direction they are headed. What's your take? It's pretty evident that this stuff is only the tip of the iceberg.
