Saturday, August 2, 2014

HEAT TURNED UP ON FAST & FURIOUS?


A Federal Judge has ordered the Department of Justice to provide a list of all documents being withheld in the Fast & Furious investigation under the claim of Executive Privilege.  The gun- running scandal began back in October of 2009 and resulted in a Congressional showdown with Eric Holder when the House held him in contempt for refusing to turn over documents pertaining to the matter; Obama intervened by invoking Executive Privilege and since that time the Department of Justice has steadfastly refused to provide even a list of documents withheld.  Judicial Watch intervened with a FOIA request, (Freedom of Information Act), and the DOJ asked for an indefinite hold on providing any documents, which was shot down by the Judge in that case.  The Court is currently ruling that the DOJ must provide a detailed listing of all documents being withheld, including the statutory exemption claimed on each document and an explanation as to how the release of each document would damage the interests of the claimed exemption.
  
COMMENTS:

Now, don’t get excited.  Obama has a little over two years left in office.  If he stonewalls, he can drag things on out in this Court for at least 18 months.  Then, he can appeal to the next highest Court.  On and on we go, where we’ll end nobody knows.  I think both he and Obama will be collecting what is left of Social Security before we get the list. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS: 

Q. Where are all of these illegals going now?  (Trevor ~ Gila Bend, AZ)
A. Five or six hundred will end up in the Karnes City Detention Center with flat-screen TV in each “suite,” private landline telephones, a soccer field, ping pong tables and a weight room, all along with three square meals a day and health care.  If memory serves me correctly, homeless veterans and the poor of this country don’t get even close to that, even if they are related to Obama. 

Q. Outside of Hillary, who do you think might run for the Demo Presidential ticket in 2016?  (Juanita ~ Lakewood, CO)
A. Jerry Brown, John Kerry, Joe Biden, Andrew Cuomo, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg, Michelle Obama and Sandra Fluke.  Honorable mention goes to Maxine Waters. 

Q. Did I hear that Putin is trying to get his hands on the Internet?  (Everett ~ Franktown, NV)
A. Yes.  He knows that whoever controls the Internet controls banks, communications and even governments.  Word has it, he also likes porn.   

TODAY’S QUOTE: 

"My accomplishments as Secretary of State? Well, I'm glad you asked! My proudest accomplishment in which I take the most pride, mostly because of the opposition it faced early on, you know, the remnants of prior situations and mindsets that were too narrowly focused in a manner whereby they may have overlooked the bigger picture and we didn't do that and I'm proud of that. Very proud. I would say that's a major accomplishment." ~ Hillary Clinton


TODAY’S VIDEO:  This takes guts. 

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