Senate Democrats for Vote Fraud

It is highly questionable whether Democrats would control the U. S. Senate without election fraud. So no wonder 16 Senate Democrats have asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Voter ID endangers “voting rights”. They are Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Patty Murray of Washington, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, Mark Begich of Alaska, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Tom Udall of New Mexico.

I have little doubt Eric Holder and any number of liberal judges would like to override the states and the vast majority of voters and quash Voter ID. A political firestorm may be coming on this issue.

Clifford of Red Stick Rant and Louisiana illustrates well why Voter I.D. is necessary to protect the voting rights of legitimate voters:

The Bayou State has had a picture ID requirement for some years, and I find it no intrusion. We require photo identification for things far more pedestrian than the sanctity of the Vote. You have to pony up a picture ID to buy beer, buy smokes, cash a check, get on a plane, or rent a car. I'm glad the requirement is there, actually, and I have first hand experience as to why: After returning to Louisiana from 7 years in New England, I found I had continued to "vote" in Orleans Parish for five of those seven years - even though I was lawfully registered to vote in Newton, Massachusetts, and had never come back to Louisiana to vote during that time.

But his Senior Senator Mary Landrieu doesn’t want to lose any of her “votes”. How do you think she got elected in the first place?

The Democrat Answer to Gunwalker Scandal? More Gun Control!

The Operation Gunwalker scandal is getting to be enough of a political problem for Democrats that some of them feel compelled to come up with an answer for it. And their prescription for the corruption and recklessness of the ATF, Eric Holder, and the Obama Administration is . . . more gun control. Yes, not enough gun control is the reeeal problem here.

Some things are so absurd not even my fertile imagination can make them up.

This Democrat response has already been aptly named: Operation Distraction.

(The Wall Street Journal take is here, but may involve a paywall.)

The First Big Obama Scandal?

The Obama Administration is a corrupt, even lawless, Chicago-style regime. But it has yet to experience a major scandal.

I doubt their luck will last, however. And Operation Gunwalker may be their first big scandal. Republicans in Congress have been investigating the ATF’s Operation Gunwalker, which more or less gave a pass to selling arms to Mexican drug gangs. Yes, stupid, if not criminal. The guns involved have been used in killing two U. S. agents and shooting numerous Mexican police.

To say Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder has been less than cooperative with investigations would be an understatement. He may have lied to Congress.

Now ATF head Kenneth Melson will testify to Congress. He has said he is not interested in being “the fall guy”, and should know who knew what about Gunwalker and when.

His testimony may be *interesting*.

For one thing, if he testifies that Eric Holder knew about Gunwalker earlier than he testified he did, then even the “Mainstream” News Media will have trouble continuing to ignore this.

Eucharistic Flash Mob

I could quibble about the Blessed Sacrament being “carried about.” Instead I will give kudos to the Franciscans for organizing this “Eucharistic flash mob” in Preston, UK. Winsome and effective evangelism in the city.

See and hear for yourself.

That was predictable.

Dog pees on fire hydrant. Bear craps in woods. And “evangelical” Fulcrum “expresses serious concern at the launch of the Anglican Mission to England” society.

*Yawn*

In its predicable press release, Fulcrum all but accuses the Anglican Mission of being a breakaway group. I guess Fulcrum thinks they possess “a word of knowledge.” For the Anglican Mission has made it very clear that they intend to work within the Church of England, not unlike English missionary societies of the past:

The AMIE is determined to remain within the Church of England. The desire of those who identify with the society is to have an effective structure which enables them to remain in the Church of England and work as closely as possible with its institutions.

But, of course, Fulcrum will not keep mere facts from getting in the way of expressing “concern” about evangelicals who somewhat live up to the name.

(Secular) Abomination of the Week

Usually I constrain my Abomination of the Week *award* to churchly recipients. But the proposed new European Union “Europa building” looks so much like an abomination of desolation that it begs to be the first secular recipient.

But then the sinister visage of the building would be appropriate given EU policies as Cranmer points out in withering detail.

Just don’t show the plans to any end times “prophets”. They would have a field day with this.

BREAKING: Obama Releases Oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve

President Obama’s sordid history of pitting American against American and favored industries and workers against those less favored by The One now escalates.

His Energy Department has announced it will release 30 million barrels of oil in an effort to lower the price of oil and increase Obama’s poll numbers. Well, that is not the explanation, of course:

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the release of oil is a response to oil supply disruptions caused by turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, including Libya.

The administration said the uprising in Libya has resulted in a loss of about 1.5 million barrels of oil a day. The release comes as the United States approaches a period of high energy use in July and August.

Bull manure. If there are any oil supply disruptions, they are because of the Obama regime.

If Texas were a swing state instead of a red state and oil workers highly unionized, do you think this would be happening?

But even without the obvious politics of this decision, it is irresponsible. The purpose of the SPR is to help us weather genuine oil shortages, not to manipulate the price of oil. This release will make us that more vulnerable to real oil shortages.

And this release may well lead to oil shortages. For once again, Obama is hamstringing those trying to produce oil. Once again, Obama is making it clear that he opposes those trying to produce more oil and has no problem with hindering them for his political gain and ideological motives. Why bother with drilling under such a president? This is just about the worst thing Obama could do for our energy independence.

But it is par for the course for The One.