Was Obama too busy panhandling to see the smoke from yet another ATF fiasco?

May 14, 2011

Feds burn Texas during Obama campaign stop

Phil Boehmke

Oh the irony! On Tuesday while Barack Obama was in El Paso fanning the flames of anti-Republican rhetoric before a carefully selected crowd of adoring supporters, the ATF was setting off a blaze of its own in North Texas. According to the Plainview Herald, an ATF training exercise got out of control and started a fire in the drought ravaged panhandle.

Seemingly unaware of the drought in North Texas and the recent wildfires which have devastated the region, the ATF decided to conduct a training exercise for area law enforcement bomb squad officers. Shortly after the stockpile of explosives was detonated the “Fast and Furiousâ€