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Gunwalker: Punch-Drunk Eric Holder Swings Back at Critics, Hits Self Posted By Bob Owens

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Friday was just another day in a continuing series of bad days for the administration of President Barack Obama, as the furor surrounding the executive branch’s gun-walking scandal continues to escalate.

The day began with a gritty montage-style video from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, asking the question few in the media are willing to ask about the gun-walking program: Holder vs. White House: Who Is Responsible? [1] Like a duffel bag stuffed with straw-purchased Draco pistols, the day quickly went “south” from there.

The White House attempt to implement a weak “Bush did it too” defense collapsed in spectacular fashion, in the worst possible way. The administration – specifically the Department of Justice — leaked a claim that a Bush-era operation called “Wide Receiver” also walked guns to Mexican cartels, just like Obama’s Operation Fast and Furious. The claim served as a “hook” to draw out news agencies that had up until now largely ignored the scandal out of partisan deference to the White House.

But the claim simply wasn’t true [2].Gunwalker: Punch-Drunk Eric Holder Swings Back at Critics, Hits Self Posted By Bob Owens

URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/gunwalker-punch-drunk-eric-holder-swings-back-at-critics-hits-self/

Friday was just another day in a continuing series of bad days for the administration of President Barack Obama, as the furor surrounding the executive branch’s gun-walking scandal continues to escalate.

The day began with a gritty montage-style video from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, asking the question few in the media are willing to ask about the gun-walking program: Holder vs. White House: Who Is Responsible? [1] Like a duffel bag stuffed with straw-purchased Draco pistols, the day quickly went “south” from there.

The White House attempt to implement a weak “Bush did it too” defense collapsed in spectacular fashion, in the worst possible way. The administration – specifically the Department of Justice — leaked a claim that a Bush-era operation called “Wide Receiver” also walked guns to Mexican cartels, just like Obama’s Operation Fast and Furious. The claim served as a “hook” to draw out news agencies that had up until now largely ignored the scandal out of partisan deference to the White House.

But the claim simply wasn’t true [2].

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=240870
In the face of mounting international pressure, Israel cannot afford to lose sight of what the conflict is really about.

“It is time to acknowledge the unpalatable fact that the enmity of Arabs towards the Jews and the Jewish state is:
– not about borders but about existence;
– not about what the Jewish people do but about what the Jewish people are;
– not about the Jewish state’s policies but about the Jewish state per se; and
– not about Jewish military “occupation” of Arab land but about Jewish political existence on any land.

Israel must internalize these truths and undertake a policy to convey them – with conviction and vigor — to the world. Otherwise it may well be “liberated.”

The Fall of the French Senate Posted By Michel Gurfinkiel URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-fall-of-the-french-senate/ As a citizen of France, I have never considered running for office — except maybe for the Senate. My country’s upper house of parliament is located at the Luxembourg Palace, a 17th century building right in the middle of the Luxembourg […]

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/279554/root-and-branch-candidate-andrew-c-mccarthy The question is simple but profound: Will the 2012 presidential-election campaign be about big ideas? Ideas like whether the American people are still masters of their own destiny or instead have resigned themselves to a rule of lawyers advertising itself as “the rule of law”? To push these fundamentals to the fore is the […]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148591 Woman in Labor Survives PA Lynch AttemptPA terrorists attempted to lynch a Jewish couple as they rushed to the hospital on Yom Kippur with the wife in labor. Palestinian Authority terrorists continued their attacks on innocent Jewish motorists over Yom Kippur, this time attacking a woman in labor and her husband as they rushed […]

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/10/07/palestinian-goal-charter/ If anyone still thinks the Palestinians seek a state that will live alongside Israel in peace, they should examine the map broadcast by the Palestinian Authority’s official TV station the day after PA President Mahmoud Abbas formally applied for statehood at the UN. The station, as Palestinian Media Watch notes, is directly controlled by Abbas’ […]

http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/10/08/noted-scholar-asks-yemeni-nobel-peace-laureate-al-qaeda-links/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Tatler THIS PRIZE ALSO WENT TO JIMMY CARTER, MOHAMMED EL-BARADEI, AL GORE, YASSER ARAFAT, AND TINY TUTU…SO WHO CARES? Noted Scholar Asks: Yemeni Nobel Peace Laureate & Al Qaeda Links? As feminists here and abroad celebrate the fact that three women won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Middle East scholar Dr. Michael Rubin of the […]

U.S. State Dept. prevented ban on Qatar charities with terror links http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2011/10_12/3.asp? LONDON — U.S. government documents revealed the State Department’s role in preventing sanctions on Muslim charities in Qatar for funding groups deemed terrorist. The documents pointed to allegations that the Qatari charities were helping the Palestinian movement Hamas, which since 2007 has controlled […]

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Roger F. Noriega (rnoriega@aei.org), a senior State Department official from 2001 to 2005, is a visiting fellow at AEI and managing director of Vision Americas LLC, which represents foreign and domestic clients. José R. Cárdenas (jrc@visionamericas.com) is a contributor to AEI’s Venezuela-Iran Project and an associate with Vision Americas.

Over the last several years Hezbollah and its patrons in Iran have greatly expanded their operations in Latin America to the detriment of inter-American security and US strategic interests. Today, Hezbollah is using the Western Hemisphere as a staging ground, fundraising center, and operational base to wage asymmetric warfare against the United States. Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and other anti-American governments in the region have facilitated this expansion by rolling out the welcome mats for Hezbollah and Iran. US policymakers must increase their attention to this problem, expand their assets in the region, and develop a comprehensive strategy to combat this threat in a sustained and meaningful way.

Arie Friedman is running for State Senate to change the direction of our state government.As a physician, Arie will provide much needed experience and knowledge regarding our state’s fastest growing expenditure: health care. There currently is not a single physician in the General Assembly; despite this, the legislature routinely makes far-reaching health care decisions. As […]