MURDERGATE
Posted on 06/23/2012 4:06:53 PM PDT by neverdem
The two most important words in the current Obama administration scandal aren’t “Fast” or “Furious.” They are “Brian Terry.”
In December 2010, Brian Terry — a former Marine and police officer turned Border Patrol agent — was working in Arizona, 11 miles from the Mexican border. He was killed in a gunfight with Mexican drug runners, and two of the AK-47s found at the scene were linked to a then-unknown program of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms called “Operation Fast and Furious.”
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The name is perfect, because the president wants you furious — and fast.
He wants you focused on those mean ol’ House Republicans who, according to Department of Justice consultant Robert Raben, are just “doing the bidding of the National Rifle Association.” Obama wants you debating Bush-era gun programs vs. his own, the limits of presidential privilege — anything except the fact that yesterday brought us the highest four-week average of initial jobless claims for the year.
For Team Obama, this story is all about politics.
But for the family of Brian Terry, it’s the story of their son — murdered with guns given to killers by his own government. Yet many mainstream news consumers never heard of it until this week. According to Media Research Center, the first time NBC mentioned the story was last week.
For the Terry family, it has been a year and a half of lies, obfuscation and stonewalling. They just want to know what happened to their son — the kind of son who, before he died on Dec. 14, had already bought and mailed them Christmas gifts.
His brother-in-law tells the rest:
“We buried him not far from the house that he was raised in just prior to Christmas day. The gifts that Brian had picked out with such thought and care began to arrive in the mail that same week. With each delivery, we felt the indescribable pain of Brian’s death.”
Are Democrats like Raben right? Is finding the person responsible for arming Terry’s killers with government-issue guns really merely doing “the bidding of the NRA?” Why the hell isn’t it the “bidding” of the entire Justice Department? Of the whole White House? Instead, Democrats like our own Reps. Stephen Lynch and John Tierney have consistently voted against having Attorney General Eric Holder provide documents that could end this family’s pain. Ranking House Oversight Committee member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) famously pledged, “I will not rest” until justice is done for the Terry family.
But what did he and every other Democrat on the committee do this week?
They sided with Holder and voted against holding him in contempt.
Tierney demeaned the effort to get the documents as “partisan political theater.” Lynch went even further, offering an amendment calling for a review of the costs of the investigation and complaining that it had dragged on.
“I want to balance out the benefits of this investigation with costs being accrued,” Lynch complained.
“I would remind the member we’re talking about the death of an American border patrol agent,” replied Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.).
“Brian Terry’s family deserves every penny we have spent,” added Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).
I agree. Lynch does not.
Michael Graham hosts an afternoon drive time talk show on 96.9 WTKK.
The Terry’s are not getting 1% of the attention the media gave Cindy Sheehan, before Obama was elected.
Brian Terry and Jaime Zapata.
Thanks for the link.
FYI:
The Zapata family and Jaime’s LEO partner filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the same twenty four hour time frame that 0 triggered EP.
Could they be connected?
What an odd thing for a Democrat to say!
You never hear a Democrat say such words in relation to say; Solyndra or Stimulus 1 or 2.
Penny wise and pound foolish the saying goes.
But for the family of Brian Terry, it’s the story of their son — murdered with guns given to killers by his own government. Yet many mainstream news consumers never heard of it until this week. According to Media Research Center, the first time NBC mentioned the story was last week.
For the Terry family, it has been a year and a half of lies, obfuscation and stonewalling. They just want to know what happened to their son — the kind of son who, before he died on Dec. 14, had already bought and mailed them Christmas gifts.
His brother-in-law tells the rest:
“We buried him not far from the house that he was raised in just prior to Christmas day. The gifts that Brian had picked out with such thought and care began to arrive in the mail that same week. With each delivery, we felt the indescribable pain of Brian’s death.”
Lord, help us bring justice so these fine men can Rest in Peace.
If he had been gay, there would have been outrage. If he had been called a “slut” by a conservative talk show host, there would have been outrage. If he had been asked for identification by the Sheriff’s office of Mariposa County, again plenty of outrage....or a black hoodlum, or an illegal immigrant....etc. etc.
But hey, just a border patrol.....can’t get worked up about that....especially if it reflects badly on the ‘king’.
Had been been black high,wearing a hoodie , easting skittles, the MSM would have started covering this 3 years ago.
The DNC hates white people.
Had Agent Terry been been black high,wearing a hoodie , easting skittles, the MSM would have started covering this 3 years ago.
The DNC hates white people.
I’ve written to both Carl Levin and Debbie stabenow and asked that as Senators from Terry’s home state, they stand with the Terry family who deserve justice.
Good luck with that.
Damn straight, it is.
It's laughable how talk of Brian Terry's murder is political to Preezy Obamugabe's jug ears (as well as all his stooges'), but the dialogue over the murder of his Skittles eating homeboy, Trayvon Martin, isn't political.
If I try to get my head around that cognitive dissonance, I fear it'll explode in an ugly mess.
First abt BP Terry. I am aquainted with a couple of his friends all BP. I live in so Arizona. They are heartbroken and mad. All of us down here are. Ice agent Zapata appears to be a victim too.
You have asked a excellent question. I have one what abt the gun dealers I bet they are scared to death
Invest in duct tape. Lots and lots of duct tape. Because this is going to get worse before it gets better.
Ya think? Tricky Dick came up with the stick of affirmative action. The Supreme Court is taking another case about it in the next session.
Stabenow is up for reelection
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