For those who haven’t seen it yet, this is quite a wonderful thing to see in Congress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yAcEH6ZbNwI
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Wonderful! and also why he will never be on “Meet the Press.”
don’t know why the thumbs down on that… the Sunday morning news talk shows never discuss the drug war. I tell ya… where’s a real conservative when ya need one?
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Since you asked, the thumbs down was because I get sick and tired of the people who think that things can never change. Wallow in misery if you will but don’t expect me to share in it.
Wallow in misery if you will…
Wallows are for buffalo… and I have no expectations of or for you. As for misery… I always thought it was a state in the midwest.
I took the statement as one of fact, not future prediction. And no, I didn’t ask.
WILL you guys pipe down? And stop throwing Cheeto’s at each other. Pete hates it when they get stepped on and ground into the rug. Jeez….
ok, ok…
I didn’t ask, but thanks for filling in the blanks Duncan! As a peace offering I’ll split one of my stashed Twinkies® with you.
While you guys argue, you’ve just lost the chance to ask Rep Cohen to go to next year’s senior prom. . . he’s mine.
That’s a good C-Span video. If little Holder doesn’t stop all his shenanigans -he’ll get no pie and be sent to his room without dinner. One day, American history will vilify AG Holder and scold his decisions and actions the way we scold Custard (the General, not the tasty treat), the Trail of Tears, J. Hoover, Wounded Knee and southern slave owners . . . and the Dukes of Hazard Movie.
Actually, if any of the media have any sense they will put him on, because it is interesting and different, (although their ‘sponsors’ would undoubtedly not approve).
Damn, wouldn’t it be great if all those drug ads disappeared from the tube suddenly!
Too bad Holder never responded, (time ran out), although what could he say to that, ‘Sure, I’ll end prohibition.’
When I watch this kind of thing, I get the depressing feeling that many of these guys really do think they are doing the best they can, even while supplying favors to their job creating corporate sponsors, oops, advisors.
But ultimately isn’t this all the result of Nixon and laws that now need to be changed? Does Holder really have the authority to not enforce these laws, as Cohen is suggesting? (Without possibly subjecting himself to the equivalent of impeachment?) I’m asking.
I guess there really are not enough hours in their day to deal with all that needs to be dealt with, but surely this (prohibition, forfeiture, etc.) seems like such a basic set of rights that are being trampled, that the correction of same should rise to the top of the pile and get dealt with. Just saying . . .
http://www.c-span.org/
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/event/218742
(this is the link for the whole days testimony, excerpt above is around 1:49:18)
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Don, unless things have changed when I wasn’t looking there’s plenty of other crime to keep the DoJ busy. Unless the choice to not enforce a particular law would results in law enforcement people sitting around and twiddling their thumbs, it most certainly is expected that they’ll have discretion to prioritize and do as much as they can. This discretion is very much needed, but there is such a thing as abuse of discretion.
He could boycott his position on the drug war and give it a thorough apology as to why he decided to do it . . . the public may love him for it and demand nothing like losing his job will happen. Thoreau went to jail by not paying his taxes because of the Massachusetts link to slavery. We need to encourage people to apply for these types of positions who will boycott these un-Constitutional aspects of law enforcement/politics. The people love a moral rebel.
I’m sad that we didn’t get to watch Mr. Holders reaction.
***Edit***
I apologize, I’ve been informed that the video was not of Mr. Holder being body slammed by the opinion of the general public, but that of a deer being hit by a city bus. Surely you can understand my confusion. Who the heck would expect that a deer would be uninjured after being hit head on by a city bus?
Cohen for President 2016
I’m total agree witch you guys.