Do you ever think that if President Obama made a public statement that the sky is blue, that the Republicans would disagree with him?
The ATF has been without a director for six years. With an increase in gun crimes, it does seem reasonable that elected official would want to make sure that a director should be approved. However, the
NY Times:
President Obama indicated on Wednesday that along with asking members of Congress to pass measures like an assault weapons ban, he would be ratcheting up pressure on lawmakers to do something they have refused to do for the past six years: confirm a permanent director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.....
....Mr. Jones, 55, a former Marine who is also the United States attorney in Minnesota, has led the beleaguered agency since August 2011, when he was appointed by the administration to take over in the wake of the scandal surrounding the bungled gun trafficking investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious....
....One of the more vocal critics of the Justice Department and the firearms bureau, Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, said on Wednesday that he agreed with the president that it was time for the Senate to confirm a permanent head of the agency, but he raised questions about Mr. Jones’s credibility....
It seems that no matter which person is nominated by President Obama, the
>>> Notre Dame linebacker, Manti Te'o, is the talk of the internet.
USA Today:
There are dozens of crazy things associated with the Manti Te'o "hoax story," first reported by Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey of Deadspin.com. The first, of course, is the hoax itself: Contrary to national reports, Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, not only didn't die in September, she never existed at all.....
....1. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who Deadspin alleged created the Kekua persona, was friends with Te'o. Deadspin suggests in its piece (citing tweets by Tuiasosopo) that Te'o and Tuiasosopo met and spent time together during Notre Dame's trip to play USC in early December.
2. A friend of Tuiasosopo's told Deadspin that he was "80 percent sure" that Te'o was "in on it."
3. ..........
Then, there is this from Buzzfeed----
This afternoon, ESPN aired an interview between Manti Te'o and journalist Gene Wojciechowski from October 2 regarding Teo's deceased girlfriend, Lennay Kekua. Wojciechowski then discussed today's revelation that she does not exist.
Here's the full story of Manti Te'o and his fake girlfriend, which he's calling a hoax he fell victim to....
So if Manti Te'o was a "victim" of a hoax, did his parents meet her, as he said? Wow!
