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CBS News recently got their hands on secret recordings of conversations about Fast and Furious that took place between an ATF agent and a gun store owner, both of whom were located in the Phoenix area (and both of whom were thoroughly acquainted with Fast and Furious). The recordings captured agent Hope McAllister talking with Andre Howard, owner of Lone Wolf Trading Company, at a time when Howard was noticeably worried that Fast and Furious was going to become public knowledge or be put under the microscope of a congressional investigation. Howard especially feared that Senator Charles Grassley might push...

Obama: Day for 'partnership' passed By: Carol E. Lee May 26, 2010 05:12 AM EDT SAN FRANCISCO – President Barack Obama traveled to one of the most liberal enclaves in the country to deliver some of his harshest criticism yet of the Republican Party – attacking the GOP on points where Democrats sense vulnerability, such as energy legislation and immigration reform. Noting that sometimes conservative activists portray him with a Hitler moustache, Obama seemed to put to rest any notion that there could be broad-based bipartisan cooperation – something he promised to try to bring to Washington during his 2008...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The Iranian regime is notorious for cracking down on dissent inside Iran. Now Mahmoud Ahmadenijad and the mullahs are targeting dissidents in other countries -- including those in the United States. And they are using an international organization to do it. Shahram Homayoun fled Iran for the United States 19 years ago. He was a marked man in his native country, because of his support for democracy and human rights. Now the regime has finally caught up with Homayoun: not in Tehran, but in Los Angeles. "They have managed to keep me here, and it seems...

he Obama administration is sorely in need of a massive public showcase to gin up their flagging public image. They need that showcase both as a means of distraction to go behind the scenes to redirect their health care overhaul, and as an opportunity to try to put a human face on who became during health care debate, the “Hide-Your-Granny-From-Him” Nightmare President. Big on props and imagery from the get go, Barack Hussein Obama was presented to 80,000 supporters at last August’s Democratic National Convention on a stage resembling an ancient Greek temple. Trumping even the most outlandish rock star...

Talk about mandate, do remember what the liberals said about George Bush's mandate and political capital he claimed to have after the 2004 election ? Let me refresh your memory: "What mandate, he won the narrowest re-election of a president since 1916." "Bush only earned barely over half the vote, and just 286 electoral votes" "half of us didn’t trust him, didn’t like him, and didn’t want him in office." So there you have it, clearly liberals have setup the ground game for what defines enough votes for a mandate. So would you spin the Obama win as a landslide...

Friday, February 20th, 2009 at 4:08 pm Time for All of Us to Step Up On Wednesday the President announced the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan -- we asked Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan to come and explain the plan The President has talked about the solution to this economic crisis as a stool with several legs, and his commitment to a comprehensive approach was clear when he moved from the first leg, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, immediately into the second and third legs, the Financial Stability Plan and the Mortgage Affordability Plan. This started as a mortgage crisis, and then a credit...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama encountered lingering skepticism from Republicans on Tuesday during Capitol Hill meetings aimed at building support for his $825 billion stimulus plan, but he urged members of the GOP to put politics aside and act quickly to bolster the economy." CONSERVATIVES need to "urge members of the GOP" to get a set and don’t let this guy push you into submission by telling you that placating their prodigality and profusion is akin to “putting politics aside.” The only thing Obama, Pelosi & Reed want you to put aside is your integrity and your obligation to...

Dignity, wherefore art thou?The President sure is making friends off the bat, isn't he? His silly glove across the face of Rush Limbaugh is already filling up blog space everywhere tonight - and rightly so. It's been a while since we've seen this kind of pettiness coming from the White House. This is just the latest in what has been nearly four days of yanking away the so-called olive branch Barack Obama spent the better part of his campaign promising to extend to the other side and shoving it into the nether regions of his opponents.After all, in his...