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To: Brumar89 who wrote (861883)	6/2/2015 7:57:01 PM
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Brumar, Re: "Would you date Caitlyn? Do you have the guts to say yes?" I bet Bentway-over would date Caitlyn if someone "dosed" him with LSD. Mahmoud

To: Brumar89 who wrote (861883)	6/3/2015 7:42:17 AM
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GERALDO UNHINGED! VINCE VAUGHN SOUNDS LIKE TIMOTHY MCVEIGH… WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A GUN STOPPED A CRIME? During the Tuesday airing of Fox News’ The Five, Geraldo Rivera said Vince Vaughn’s pro-gun statements reminded him “of Timothy McVeigh and the militias.” On Monday, Breitbart News reported British GQ magazine asked Vaughn about “the American right to own a gun” and Vaughn said: We have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government. It’s not about duck hunting; it’s about the ability of the individual. It’s the same reason we have freedom of speech. It’s well known that the greatest defense against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back. British GQ then turned to the current push to put guns in schools so teachers/staff can use them to protect children. They asked if guns should “be allowed in school,” and Vaughn responded: Of course. You think the politicians that run my country and your country don’t have guns in the schools their kids go to? They do. And we should be allowed the same rights. Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat. When Geraldo heard these things, he heard Timothy McVeigh — the man who bombed the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, thereby killing 168 people. Geraldo mocked Vaughn’s contention that the Founding Fathers hedged in the right to bear arms so we could resist tyranny not only outside our borders, but also within. He facetiously said, “Anyone who thinks they need guns, there is a gun for every man, woman, and child in the country, to protect against the corrupt, and arrogant, and pervasive government” of which Vaughn spoke. Geraldo later denied that guns are used by law-abiding citizens to stop crimes. He asked fellow host Eric Bolling, “When was the last time you heard of a civilian stopping a crime with a gun?” And when Bolling said, “It happens thousands of times per day,” Geraldo responded by saying, “That’s a legend. You’re watching too much True Detective.”<span style="font-size:1.3em;"> The number Bolling was looking for was 2,082 defensive gun uses (DGUs) per day. That number comes from Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck’s scholarly work showing a minimum of 760,000 DGUs a year. </span>

To: Brumar89 who wrote (861883)	6/3/2015 8:17:07 AM
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'IT'S WRONG!' Oversight Chairman Holds Memo That Shows Obama's Lies DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION \| ETHAN B Journalists Tell Oversight Committee: Bureaucrats Make FOIA Process ‘Useless’ Members of a House oversight committee were outraged during a bizarre hearing Tuesday in which congressmen listened to journalists discuss how government agencies intentionally botched formal requests for information. The reporters told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of numerous instances where agencies needlessly delayed, denied or redacted Freedom of Information Act requests. The FOIA guarantees the public access to all government documents, subject only to nine exemptions such as for privacy, commercial privilege and national security. The journalists also suggested that government employees who violate the FOIA law should be prosecuted. There are currently no consequences to bureaucrats who don’t abide by the statute that has been on the books since 1966. FOIA is a “pointless, useless shadow of its former self,” said former CBS investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson. “Our role of objectively reporting the facts has been increasingly blocked,” said Newsweek Finance Editor Leah Goodman. “There is a motive for unresponsiveness and unaccountability.” Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, noted that President Obama promised at the outset of his first term that his administration would champion an unprecedented level of openness in the federal government. Chaffetz held up an April 2009 memo that ordered agencies to allow the White House to review any requested documents that involved “White House equities.” There is no provision in the FOIA for the assertion of such a White House privilege. “I don’t care who’s in the White House, it’s wrong, it’s wrong, it’s wrong,” Chaffetz shouted. He blamed the memo for at least part of the government’s steadily growing backlog of unanswered and incomplete FOIA requests and responses. New York Times Assistant General Counsel David McCraw noted that lawsuits are often an essential part of the FOIA process to force agencies to release documents. “Last year, I filed eight FOIA lawsuits on behalf of The Times,” McCraw said. “Much of that litigation was driven not by actual disagreement about legal issues, but in response to unacceptable delay by agencies. Forcing requesters to litigate to get a response is a waste of resources.” Attkisson said that agencies spend substantial amounts of taxpayer dollars on such lawsuits in their efforts to withhold information from the public. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., noted that he knew of no FOIA officers that were fired for giving out too much information. “There is no penalty to routinely violate the law,” said Vice investigative reporter Jason Leopold. He and Attkisson both recommended that violators of FOIA law should face prosecution. McCraw said the problem was an issue from the top down where agencies executives require FOIA officers to withhold as much information as possible. “The leaders for many of those agencies are permitting staff to allow those deadlines to pass,” McCraw said. “This is a management problem.” One way agencies often deter journalists seeking government documents is by simply ignoring their requests. “Agencies take the 20 day time limit as a suggestion, rather than a rule,” Chaffetz said. Federal agencies are required to at least acknowledge receipt of FOIA requests within 20 business days of receiving them. McCraw suggested that FOIA officers be required to communicate regularly with requesters and to provide status updates. Newsweek’s Goodman shared with the committee a quip that is often repeated among journalists: “If you want to know what you’re writing about in three years, file a FOIA.” Chaffetz also said that the exemptions to deny requests “are far narrower than agencies claim.” The journalists noted that one exemption – (B)5, which lets agencies withhold documents if it was part of their decision-making process – has become the biggest FOIA headache for reporters. “The use of that exemption has increased astronomically,” said Leopold. The hearing will continue Wednesday at 9 a.m.