Why Brian Terry Still Matters, Now More Than Ever

Memorial day weekend is in full swing - Mom, hot dogs, apple pie and baseball, the unofficial start of Summer, with hopefully, time for some small rememberances of those who died willingly for our precious way of life - Free, because these men and women were so brave,

In times past, it seems that Memorial Day focused on the sacrifices of the Nation's Greatest Generation - our World War II Veterans, who had died in that most horrific of conflagrations, defeating both the Nazi Axis and the Empire of Japan simultaneously.

Accordingly, today I wish to honor a fallen hero, from a different era of mortal combat, one in which the Nation's survival is in no less in jeopardy, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.  Brian is that most rare of America's dead War Heroes - ignored by his Commander-in-Chief, the President of the United States, and almost scorned by the Nation's top law enforcement officer, the Attorney General of the United States.  The reasons for this despicable mistreatment of Brian Terry are well known to few Americans, so let me briefly retell how he was gunned down defending our southern border from the ongoing tidal wave of invaders - drug smugglers, human slave traffickers and terrorists bent on our destruction.

In short, Brian Terry was murdered by a drug cartel soldier using an AK-47 freely given to his Drug Masters by the Department of Justice, in furtherance of a so-called sting operation, Fast & Furious.  With approval of top DOJ officials, the ATF Office in Arizona facilitated the "strawman" purchase of thousands of automatic weapons from legitimate gun shops near the Mexican border, knowing that these buyers were working for the Mexican Cartels and would immediately deliver these weapons to their criminal bosses across the border.

As a result of this federal government criminal conspiracy to engage in "gun walking", hundreds of Mexicans have been murdered by these walked weapons and Brian Terry's family lives every single day knowing that the US government is an accessory in his willful murder.  Attorney General Holder refuses to condemn Operation Fast & Furious, saying only that it had flawed tactics, but that the scourge of Mexican drug violence demands "out-of-the-box" thinking to curb this deadly onslaught.

What an insult to Brian Terry, his family and to us, the American people - with no tracking devices inplanted in these walked weapons, with no surveillance of their movement across the Mexican border and no notifications made to the Mexican government as to the US government allowing thousands of automatic weapons to flow umimpeded into the hands of Mexican drug cartels, F&F worked exactly as its was intended to - cause thousands of illegal American bought weapons to show up at mostly Mexican crime scenes.  Too bad, about Brian Terry being murdered with a F&F walked gun just north of the border.  Oh well, the President, the Attorney General and the Main Stream Media can all today celebrate Memorial Day by enjoying hot dogs, apple pie, baseball and calls home to Mom.

Of course, Mrs. Terry will not be doing any of those joyful things today, most especially not getting a loving holiday call from her fallen war hero son, Brian Terry.  Makes me want to cry.    

Elizabeth Warren, Part Deux

Last week for a change, I tuned into Fox News to catch up on the Lizzy Warren indian escapades.  Fomer Governor Dean campaign director, Joe Trippy, was being interviewd by Steve Duccie, during which conversation, Mr. Trippy castigated the Warren campaign staff for its apparent unpreparedness to address the candidate's claim to the birthright of a Native American.  At first blush, Mr. Trippy's insight seemed to really hit the bulls-eye, so I decided to reflect on what a competent campaign would have said in response to media inquiries about this Warren Claim.  This strategic evaluation gave rise to the Top Ten Reasons Ms. Warren called herself an American Indian:

1) There was no Cherokee law against it.

2) She is a First Amendment Absolutetist.

3) She thought she was putting down Indiana as her home state.

4) She hates Indians, so she didn't want any of them to get a job.

5) She loves Indians, so she knew they would take pride in her accomplishments.

6) She is an irrational liar.

7) She is a rational liar.

8) Hey, you never know, so it could be true.

9) Hey, isn't everyone from Oklahoma a half breed?

And the Number One reasons Elizabeth Warren called herself an AI -
Personal integrity is so old school.

Why Elizabeth Warren Doesn't Matter

Elizabeth Warren must think all voters of Massachusetts are stupid,  Well, we shall see in November.  Ms. Warren claims to be a Native-American for two reasons: her family all have high cheek bones and in her family "lore" (shared around the campfire when Liz was a small papoose) she was repeatedly told of the participation of her ancestors in raiding parties that took dozens of white scalps in the 1890's throughout the Oklahoma territory.  Hyperbole? Probably, but one never knows when tribe elders get their fill of firewater!

Now, the Warren Senate campaign is in full stampede seeking to explain the reason for Liz's assertion of an American Indian birthright. They told the Media that Ms. Warren so informed Harvard Law School of this minority status in order to enlarge the number of invitations to luncheons.  Seriously, no hyperbole.

I guess the Harvard elite wanted to hear Liz's hair-raising tales of sudden hair lose in living women and children.  All humor aside, obviously Ms. Warren speaks with a fork tongue, exploiting the most abused minority in American history for career advancement, or in her words, for a conversation starter at free lunches. (I say this because slaves were often well treated to increase work productivity, while Indians were only killed).  

Obviously, Elizabeth Warren needs to apologize to Native Americans, indeed all Americans for this egregious lack of integrity.  (See, President Obama can serve as a role model in certain situations.)  Then, Ms Warren needs to fully fund a collegiate scholarship for real Native Americans, preferably at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.  This option is available immediately, as the offer of such a scholarship has been awaiting funding since my freshman year at this liberal arts school in April of 1968. Should Liz choose to do so, I will be morally bound to contribute to the Fund as well. My sense is that Liz has no real chance of being elected a US. Senator, and I have less of one to be writing a Scholarship check on her behalf. 

  

Why Brian Terry Still Matters

Regrettably, U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry is dead, while his murderers, and those in the Department of Justice who provided the gun to his killers, are still at large, indeed living large.  To hit the Reset Button, I asked in a Post, dated June 15, 2011: "When a Good Man Dies Needlessly, Who Cares?" After the White House Correspondent's Dinner this past weekend, the unequivocal answer is obvious - No one in Washington, D.C.   As stated on June 15th, Brian Terry is an American Hero, who died defending our country from foreign invaders, seeking to do us all great harm - drug smugglers bringing in crack cocaine guaranteed to spread crime, poverty and despair throughout our population's most vulnerable poor communities, and risking death to those in the entertainment industry who chose to indulge their habitual weaknesses.  Operation Fast & Furious - DOJ allowing illegal guns to "walk" into Mexico to arm the drug cartels - is the most bloody scandal in US Presidential history - over 200 dead Mexicans and two US law enforcement officers.  Still, no Presidential apology to the Nation of Mexico.

Instead, we get this "Joke" from Jimmy Kimmel speaking directly to the President at the Correspondent's Dinner: "Even some of your fellow democrats think you're a pushover, Mr. President.  They think you should stick to your guns.  And if you don't have any guns, they would like you to ask Eric Holder to get you some."  So hilarious, Mr. Obama laughed out loud.  Can you envision Ronald Reagan, John Kennedy, Harry Truman or even Lyndon Johnson giggling about such a preventable tragedy, particularly one for which Mr. Obama's Attorney General is directly responsible.  I can't; as stated on June 15th, they would have had those in their Administration responsible fired the same day they were informed of Brian Terry's death.  Instead, we get that Mr. Obama is willing to apologize only for the perceived misdeeds of President Bush, while his own are the subject of probably the worst joke in Correspondent's Dinner History.  Not a good showing by the Fourth Estate, who faked laughs along with him.