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• Clearing the Browser Tabs – Fast and Furious Update Wednesday Edition
• Ed Schultz’s “Big Black Cloud” is a Big Fat Lie
• The Political Trip That’s Not A Political Trip Starring the Community Organizer Who is President

Clearing the Browser Tabs – Fast and Furious Update Wednesday Edition Posted: 17 Aug 2011 03:10 AM PDT I’ve collected a few more stories about the still-growing Operation Fast and Furious scandal that you might not have seen because, save for a couple reporters like Sharyl Atkisson at CBS News, few outlets seems interested in the story beyond the obvious “Why do Republicans hate President Obama so” spin. That said, this is the kind of story that could make a young investigative reporter’s career, mich in the way that Watergate made the careers of Woodward and Bernstein. I find it unbelievable that there is no potential “Deep Throat” inside the administration. So, here are some new developments. First, we’ve learned that not only was the BATFE neck-deep in Fast and Furious, so much that its acting attaché in Mexico ripped the operation in front of a Congressional committee, but so was the DEA and the Justice Department. Meanwhile, the BATFE has promoted all the supervisors involved in the operation to positions of greater responsibility (via memeorandum). All three men are now working in Washington, DC and my well-honed cynicism tells me that the administration just might want them very close to home as the Congressional investigation heats up. And speaking of my cynical nature, I don’t think that this blatant hit piece about Congressman Issa by the New York Times, just happened. There is only one reason Issa is newsworthy — his committee is the one digging into Fast and Furious. I know a ham-handed attempt to poison an investigation when I see it. Last night’s show was…interesting. We did try to do the full podcast and live show as planned, but my internet connection just wasn’t up to it. We did get a podcast done, and it’s unlike anything you’ve heard from The Delivery before. With luck, I’ll get my phone lines repaired before next week’s show or we may have to do the same thing again. I don’t want that any more than you do, so let’s keep our fingers crossed and send many prayers Heavenward. And now, links! Rick Perry’s job-creation numbers look awfully good to me. I know that his opponents, in both parties, are going to have to poke a few holes in his record, but it’s going to be tough for them to do and not look like they’re nitpicking. I’m pretty sure if George Bush had appointed a major donor to a panel responsible for handing out billions of dollars to an industry in which she still had a considerable financial interest, we would have seen a few stories about it in the MSM. This week in the world of public sector unions. Nothing is Barack Obama’s fault. Ever. Just ask him. Do you want to save the economy? It’s time to take a big honking axe to the nightmare of regulations that punish our business owners for even trying to be in business. Private flights to the International Space Station? Well, it’s not exactly a manned flight, but it’s an awfully good start (via Instapundit).

Ed Schultz’s “Big Black Cloud” is a Big Fat Lie Posted: 16 Aug 2011 04:09 PM PDT If you’re one of the unfortunate half dozen or so people who watch Ed Schultz’ television show on MS-NBC, you’ll know that he is about as in the bag for the Democratic Party as one can be without actually being in a large burlap sack with the DNC logo printed on it. Normally, he’s the garden-variety “in the bag” sort of pundit. You know the type — his show points inevitably map to the bullet points on the latest Democratic strategy memo; every single person to the right of your average 60s hippie protestor is a hood-wearing, baby eating, puppy-stomping fascist; and racism lurks behind even the most innocuous metaphor. Well, it’s the metaphor that’s done in our dear Ed today. You see, Rick Perry has entered the Presidential race and as the successful Governor of a state that has prospered despite the Obama Recession, he must be destroyed by any means possible. So, Schultz and his crack team of editors, got right to work on a recent Perry speech from Iowa and crafted a story so dishonest that it beggars belief. Schultz devoted a segment in a recent show to Perry and the racism that Schultz wants America to believe boils just below his twangy Texas surface. Here’s his monologue. SCHULTZ: I think there’s an element of racism every time people claim this first black President doesn’t love this country. Perry comes from the radical country club that loves to remind white America that President Obama is “other” — not like you. Perry also wants you to know he’s pro-business. PERRY (CLIP): I am a pro-business Governor. I don’t make any apologies about it and I will be a pro-business President. Getting America back to work is the most important issue that faces this country. Being able to pay off 14 and a half or 16 trillion dollars worth of debt, that big black cloud that hangs over America… SCHULTZ: That black cloud Perry is talking about is President Barack Obama. And that, folks, is a big fat lie from a big fat liar, and not a very good lie either. I know it’s a lie because Ed Schultz knows the truth and chose to misrepresent it in the most clumsy and unintelligent manner possible. I may be a humble blogger without a fancy college degree, but I know English well enough to know that when someone mentions the word “debt”, then drops in a comma, the next phrase is going to talk about the debt. No one, not even the most fumble-tongued public speaker would shift gears from business, the economy, and the debt to the President in the middle of a sentence without even an attempt at a segue. Schultz knows this because he’s paid handsomely to run his trap on national television. He’s familiar with basic rhetoric. But that’s not the worst part of his lie. You’ll notice that there is an ellipsis (…) after the “big black cloud” phrase. That’s because Schultz cut off Perry’s comments in mid-sentence. When you watch the video, you’ll see that Perry’s mouth kept moving even as the sound cut off. Here’s what Schultz and his team cut out. …that big black cloud that hands over America, that debt that is so monstrous… [Emphasis mine] So even if you didn’t figure out that “debt” and “big black cloud” go together the first time, the Governor made the connection explicit. But Schultz edited that out so he could perpetuate a ridiculous lie and feed that lie to his guests who waited to pounce on it with bated breath. Ed Schultz owes Rick Perry a public apology, at the very least. If MS-NBC has any interest in journalistic integrity at all, they’d suspend Schultz, make a direct apology to Perry on the behalf of the network, and pray that he doesn’t sue them for slander. Watch this video and enjoy the calumny.

The Political Trip That’s Not A Political Trip Starring the Community Organizer Who is President Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT On Friday, the Mouth of Sauron assured us that the President’s three-state bus tour was not at all a campaign trip. I want to quote exactly what he said, if for no other reason than to give you a sense of how outrageous his lie really was. "The fact is that the president is not engaged in a primary election, and he is doing what presidents do, which is go out in the country and engage with the American people, have discussions about the economy and other policy issues," Carney told reporters. "To suggest that any time the president leaves Washington it's a political trip would mean that presidents could never leave unless they were physically campaigning on their own behalf, and he's not; he's out here doing his job and meeting with the American people." Did you get that? He’s not campaigning. This is not a political trip. He’s just having a discussion. Never mind the mocking impression of Mitt Romney or the dig at Rick Perry or the shots at House Republicans he’s made so far. None of that’s political. He’s just engaging with the American people. Okay, not all of them. There were a few Americans he wouldn’t engage — the ones who asked him why his Vice President called them terrorists. But it’s okay! It’s not a political trip. Not even a little bit. As the president embarked on his Midwestern bus tour, stopping in Minnesota and Iowa and small businesses along the way, he fired off his most intense criticism of Congress yet, warning lawmakers they will be defeated if they continue to obstruct his policies. “If your voices are heard, then sooner or later these guys have to start paying attention,” Obama said in Iowa on Monday. “And if they don’t start paying attention, then they’re not going to be in office and we will have a new Congress in there that will start paying attention to what is going on all across America.” Gosh, how could that ever be construed as political campaigning? Clearly that’s community organizing, which as we know from the President’s many MSM defenders is a pursuit too pure to be pursued by a politician. Yep, just some good, old-fashioned community organizing where he can blame everyone else for the problems he has no idea how to fix and for which he won’t have to pay one thin dime. And doesn’t that just about sum up the President’s entire political career?

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