[Bunion]

Prospective or Perspective?
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“at core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them. And probably because they deserve it."

[otis of moab]

[chemman]

[TeleAl]

[JPL]

Murdered Border Agent’s Family Says President Obama ‘Compounding This Tragedy’ with Executive Privilege Assertion

...parents Josephine Terry and Kent Terry Sr.: "Attorney General Eric Holder’s refusal to fully disclose the documents associated with Operation Fast and Furious and President Obama’s assertion of executive privilege serves to compound this tragedy. It denies the Terry family and the American people the truth.”

The Terrys said that their son “was killed by members of a Mexican drug cartel armed with weapons from this failed Justice Department gun trafficking investigation. For more than 18 months we have been asking our federal government for justice and accountability. The documents sought by the House Oversight Committee and associated with Operation Fast and Furious should be produced and turned over to the committee. Our son lost his life protecting this nation, and it is very disappointing that we are now faced with an administration that seems more concerned with protecting themselves rather than revealing the truth behind Operation Fast and Furious.”

The mother of the slain agent: “My son and I were very, very close,” she continued. “And my son was a person that believed in justice and he believed in telling the truth. He was a man of his honor. And if anybody knew him, they knew that. And I know he would be saying ‘you know what, I died for my country.’ He was a true American and I think he deserves the truth and I think everybody should know the truth. And if this was a bad thing they did with Fast and Furious it should be acknowledged so it never happens to anybody else’s son.”

ABC News

[stevesliva]

I thought people killed people, not guns. Oh well. Guess that slogan only matters when you're arguing against gun control laws, not controlling guns.

[chemman]

[satsuma]

I think Obama's real intention is to keep the controversy alive and keep it in the news. The Republicans didn't learn from the mistakes of Ken Starr.

Except for political junkies or those on the right that want red meat, no one cares very much.

The Congressional investigation has been going on for over a year. Fast and furious was shut down a long time ago.

The investigation focuses attention away from the economy, which is to Obama's advantage. Also, he can complain that Congress has spent it's time doing endless investigations, rather than doing something about the economy.
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"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts" Earl Weaver

[Ron R.]

[chemman]

[Andy]

It's good to see that your hearts have been opened to the suffering of victims of government malfeasance, like Cindy Sheehan and the Tillmans.

[freeheelwilly]

[Andy]

Ok. I'll try again without the oblique sarcasm.

We alter our perception of an incident when we choose to focus on the noble well-intentioned warrior who launches the rocket or the brothers, sons, sisters or mothers tragically affected where it lands. Both are the ttruth. Government security operations invariably exist at the intersection of good intention and bad behavior. When we politicize the event, we knowingly, or unknowingly take a convenient path of self-rightiousness that allows us to ignore the suffering caused. How might things be different if we just noticed more of the truth?

[freeheelwilly]

[Andy]

You are right. I there are undoubtedly bad consequences of inaction and I don't have the answer but I have the humility to know and admit it and a commitment to doing my best to live i n concert with my values and accepting that suffering did not start with F&F and will not end there, but i do my best not to add to it