Wednesday, June 27, 2012

He *did* say heads should roll

Rush was taking a guy named LZ Granderson to task today. As a journalist he's supposed to find out every little thing, apparently. But frankly I happen to be on Granderson's side about this. Just as Iran doesn't need to know that Obama has a "hit list" and stuff like that, so we - the people, and by extension, our enemies who read the same newspaper we do - don't need to know all the details of fast and furious. As long as Holder's head rolls, isn't that enough?
USH: Have any of you heard of an individual by the name of LZ Granderson? Snerdley? He has not heard of LZ Granderson. Dawn, have you? Brian, have you heard of LZ Granderson? Prior to last night I had not heard of LZ Granderson. However, LZ Granderson was named the Journalist of the Year by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender crowd. He has a column at CNN.com, and he also writes for ESPN. LZ Granderson named the Journalist of the Year. In an op-ed posted at CNN.com yesterday, LZ Granderson, talking about Operation Fast and Furious, said times have changed and not everything is our business anymore. We just need to butt out of this.

As for the people killed because of the operation, they're collateral damage. The Journalist of the Year as named by the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, said of Operation Fast and Furious, it's none of our business. Times have changed. We need to butt out. The people killed in this operation are collateral damage. Journalist of the year. This is an excerpt from the piece. "We are a nosy country. Though to be fair, it's not entirely our fault. Between the 24/7 news cycle, social media and reality TV, we have been spoon fed other people's private business for so long we now assume it's a given to know everything. And if there are people who choose not to disclose, they must be hiding something. Being told that something's 'none of your business' is slowly being characterized as rude, and if such a statement is coming from the government, it seems incriminating. Times have changed. Yet, not everything is our business. And in the political arena, there are things that should be and need to be kept quiet. ... Heads should roll because of the Fast and Furious debacle. We don't need every detail of that operation to be made public in order for that to happen." But we don't need to be told.

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