Not so Fast and Not so Furious: Another account of the issue

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Wednesday night on Politics Nation, Katherine Eban of Fortune magazine threw a major stumbling block into the GOP’s much-ballyhooed Fast and Furious investigation, in which Republicans are seeking to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt.

For her Fortune story, published Wednesday, Eban reviewed 2,000 pages of confidential documents and interviewed 39 people who could shed light on allegations that guns bought by ATF-surveilled “straw purchasers” wound up in the holsters of Mexican drug lords.

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Open Thread…………………………………………Wednesday, June 27

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A week at the beach in Florida during TS Debbie
Tropical storm and hurricane season came early this year.  My family is in Englewood, Florida thiis week and there is no sunny beach.  As shown in the picture, the sun tries to peek through but it isn’t having much luck.
If you go to Florida in the summer or early fall, you risk a hurricane.  There is no avoiding it.  Outer Banks?  Same risk.  It just isn’t as far.  Does anyone have a favorite hurricane story?  I do but ……

Sherwood Forest

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The Banner of Lady Moon and Lady Elena

The past few days have brought some interesting discussion over in Sherwood Forest.  Some of that discussion has made me raise an eyebrow or two and made me think about where I wanted my flag.  My flag is with me right now….and on no man’s plot.  My colors are my own, representing the moon and the wolf.   Elena and I are going to stay out of Sherwood Forest for fear of getting caught in the crossfire.  There are unsubstantiated accusations being thrown around that make us a tad uncomfortable.

We have found that all too often people want to be “in the know” and that sometimes involves people giving wrong information so that they are part of things.  People like to fit in.

Several examples come to mind that might not be correct.  The history of the land parcel (park) known as Catharpin has history that dates back more than  a decade.  Its story deserves its own thread.  Elena will post later.

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