I know. Still. It's hard to cast the current administration as the victim when by definition they have more political power than most of the other players. I realize that this leaves out the power of money to make things happen or not happen, but the bully pulpit is kind of important too.
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Well consider how often such reasonable controls are squelched, such > as restriction on purchasing more than one firearm a month. And look > who does the squelching. > > There are reasonable solutions, but either the political will is not > there, or these solutions are blocked by vested interests. > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > pretty much. In an analogous situation, the economy is still a problem > even > > if it's an inherited problem, and it matters that Obama took some of the > > steps he did. He got handed a tough problem, sure, but he didn't resolve > it > > very well. By comparison, how hard is it to stop selling guns to Mexican > > drug lords? > > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> It was a bad idea when it was started as well. I don't think Holder > >> deserves blame for starting in since he didn't start it. He does > >> deserve blame for continuing it though. A bad idea is still a bad idea > >> regardless of who started it. > >> > >> Judah > >> > >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > The irritating thing is that Fast and Furious was a part of Project > >> > Gunrunner. The ATF began Project Gunrunner as a pilot project in > >> > Laredo, Texas, in 2005 and expanded it as a national initiative in > >> > 2006. So Holder, who btw did a great job as the DC AG, has to take the > >> > blame for a Bush initiated project. Yes you don't hear a peep from the > >> > reich wing about that part of it. I guess its only a bad thing if a > >> > Democratic Party member is in power > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348454 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
