“Our ‘crack’ weather folks sure sent out the alert early about our ‘mini-haboob’ Wednesday. Asleep at the wheel, caught them napping. Earlier reports were ‘possible chance of rain, about 5 percent.’ Oops?”
“If corporations are people, then why can’t the union of two people (regardless of sex or sexual orientation) be a corporation?”
“I’ll agree that the ideal situation for a child is a mother and a father, but some of you anti-gay folks need to admit that many, many kids would be better served by two fathers or two mothers than so many of the incompetent, immature and violent ‘traditional’ parents we see every day.”
“Our president, who is sworn to uphold the Constitution, has now ‘prostituted’ himself and his long standing moral beliefs for the sake of a few votes. His weak-kneed excuses for sudden change of heart as the result of a ‘family’ discussion, and in particular referring to his daughters, just proves further, ‘It is what it is.’”
“It’s not too late. The radical right could claim marriage fraud is out of control, pass laws requiring a long form birth certificate, a passport, and two other photo IDs from three other states just to get a marriage license.”
“If Sheriff Joe can be sued for racial profiling so can the DOJ for profiling the Italians by calling them the Mafia.”
“Wow, if Joe Arpaio is ‘so happy’ that the Justice Department has filed charges against him for systematic abuses in office, imagine how thrilled he will be when he is actually convicted! I only hope that this comes about before November, but if not, the Arpaio-weary voters of Maricopa County will finally take care of this racist pig. I only hope that his fellow prisoners treat him with the same courtesy and civility as he treated them all these years.”
“When I hear these politicians defending all of these voter fraud laws I have to commend them on their ability to keep a straight face, because I couldn’t do it. But voter denial under false pretense is fraud.”
“I just read that Michelle Bachmann will withdraw her Swiss citizenship. But, where she claims to have studied the law, and also claims to have been a dual citizen defacto from the date of her marriage, when she first took an oath of office, wasn’t she breaking the law? Perhaps Bachmann needs to try something less challenging. I’m forming a new elections committee. I’ll call it “Bachmann for Dog Catcher 2012!” Want to join? Wonder how much bumper stickers would cost?”
truth posted at 5:11 pm on Sun, May 13, 2012.
I have always believed this planet is a penal colony for the criminally insane, Reading the vent and letters to the editor prove I am right.
Accuracy posted at 5:34 pm on Sun, May 13, 2012.
Vent #9: “I just read that Michelle Bachmann will withdraw her Swiss citizenship."
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Dual-citizenship status aside.
Michele Marie Amble was born April 6, 1956 in Waterloo, Iowa, in the United States, has been a U.S. citizen all her life, and she married Marcus Bachmann, now a clinical therapist with a master's degree from Regent University and a Ph.D. from Union Graduate School.
Republican Minnesota representative Michele Bachmann and her husband, Marcus Bachmann, have five children (Lucas, Harrison, Elisa, Caroline, and Sophia). Michele Bachmann and her husband have also provided foster care for 23 other children, all teenage girls.
In addition to their U.S. citizenship, Michele Bachmann and her husband had applied for Swiss citizenship for themselves and their three youngest children, and been granted it on 19 March 2012.
Marcus Bachmann, had already been a dual citizen as the son of Swiss immigrants, and they had been eligible for this under Swiss nationality (citizenship) law because Marcus Bachmann's parents were Swiss.
As a U.S. citizen and saying she wanted to make her pride in America "perfectly clear," Rep. Michele Bachmann sent a letter withdrawing her citizenship from Switzerland.
TruthSeeker posted at 12:57 pm on Mon, May 14, 2012.
A venter is allowed to use the words "racist pig?" What happened to the "Rules of Conduct?" This should not be allowed.
Abstract01 posted at 11:03 pm on Mon, May 14, 2012.
Truth, stop complaining, and go find another planet to live on!!!
sdjtaz posted at 12:40 pm on Tue, May 15, 2012.
To Venter #4, where shall we begin. First, since the Constitution never mentions marriage, why does it matter that he has sworn to uphold the Constitution. His decision to support gay marriage is in no way unconstitional. In fact, the Equal Protection clause may well actually support gay marriage. Second, the President is a product of a marriage (interracial marriage) that was also once vilified and outlawed. It is so hard to believe that he could change his mind in light of this fact.
Venter #6, In order for you to prove this, you would have to show that the DOJ ran bogus operations in largely Italian communities. You would also have to show that they stopped individuals simply because they looked Italian, in the hopes that they would catch someone in the Mafia. You would also have to show the the DOJ denied individuals their civil rights based upon their ethnicity. You also need to show that some Italian individuals were arrested without actually doing anything wrong and when the individuals were arrested (but spoke only Italian) that they were denied a translator and were treated differently in custody.
The truth is that when the Department of Justice runs an operation, it is based on solid police work and strong investigation. When Sheriff Arpaio runs an operation, it is based on "well, there's alot of Hispanics there!".
Accuracy posted at 5:31 pm on Tue, May 15, 2012.
sdjtaz posted: “The truth is that when the Department of Justice runs an operation, it is based on solid police work and strong investigation.”
Strong Congressional investigation that is.
Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder, and the Department of Justice
are under fire for “Operation Fast and Furious” gun-walking and the federal government tactics scandal that has led to investigation investigation in the U.S. Senate and the House Governmental Affairs Committee.
sdjtaz posted at 9:51 am on Wed, May 16, 2012.
(In)Accuracy,
May I make a suggestion to you. Turn off Fox News and investigate (and think) for yourself into these matters.
Since Fox News won't tell you the whole history behind Operation Fast and Furious, here it is:
Feb. 2006: The ATF in Tucson begin a "gunwalking" operation called Operation Wide Receiver. The intent of Wide Receiver was to capture "straw buyers" looking to smuggle the weapons into Mexico. A second operation was started in Phoenix in 2007. Operation Wide Receiver ended in October 2007. Approximately 450 of the weapons were sold in Wide Receiver and most of the weapons were smuggled into Mexico and never recovered.
Additionally, no charges were filed by the Bush administration for Operation Wide Receiver. When the Obama administration took office, the Justice Department under Eric Holder started to file charges that resulted in the arrest and conviction of six individuals with two others still remaining at large.
In October of 2009, top administration officials from DOJ, ATF, DEA, and the FBI met to discuss dealing with the Mexican drug cartels. At no time during this meeting did the subject of "Gun-walking" arise.
In January of 2010, Bill Newell, the head of the Phoenix ATF office developed Operation Fast and Furious with Dennis Burke, US Attorney for Arizona stating that the operation was legal. The goal of Fast and Furious was an attempt to follow guns to the drug cartel, although this went counter to ATF's stated policy of intercepting the guns quickly. During the course of Fast and Furious, about 2000 weapons were sold. Much like Operation Wide Receiver, most of the weapons were smuggled into Mexico and never recovered.
As a result of Fast and Furious, most of the officials involved were reassigned and Dennis Burke resigned his position with the Department of Justice.
The Congressional investigation that you refer to was organized and is being led by Darrell Issa, an extremely conservative Republican, who is attempting to use Fast and Furious as a political tool to embarass the President during an election year. At no time was Fast and Furious sanctioned or authorized by either President Obama or Attorney General Holder. It was a operation conceived and executed at a regional level. Both have held the individuals involved in Fast and Furious accountable for the failure.
The really troubling part is how the right wing, such as Issa (and you for that matter), have attempted to use Fast and Furious for political purposes. I have never heard any right wing commentator or poster decry the fact that weapons made it into Mexico under Wide Receiver, only those that made it there under Fast and Furious. That must be because Wide Receiver happened under a Republican president, so therefore they are immune to your criticism.
Incidently the most disgusting attempt to politicize this issue was the phony anger that I saw from the right wing over the death of an ATF agent. The right wing was great at directing anger at Obama and Holder. But I never saw any anger directed at the criminal that actually killed agent Terry Polk.
Accuracy posted at 11:26 am on Wed, May 16, 2012.
sdjtaz,
So you are only going along with Deputy Attorney General James Cole’s untrue statement (intent to deceive) that the House Oversight Committee’s core questions on the flawed gun trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious” have been answered fully by Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice.
Congress has been waiting since October 2011 – But the department has failed to cooperate with a congressional probe of the matter – stonewalling, and with submission of heavily edited documents, to cover up the major gun smuggling investigation that went awry.
Yes, California Rep. Darrel Issa has drafted a contempt of Congress document against Attorney General Holder for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena. “The Justice Department’s failure to respond appropriately to the allegations of whistleblowers and to cooperate with congressional oversight has crossed the line of appropriate conduct for a government agency,” Issa said in his recent report.
Fourteen months after Agent Terry's death, his family filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against the government – which is not an attempt (by the family) to politicize this issue.