Douche of the Week/Month/Year?

By Mr. Twisted

Congress.

The Supreme Court.

The Department of Justice.

Good fucking grief, is there any branch of the federal government that doesn’t suck major donkey balls?

Last week, the United States House voted to hold Eric Holder, the Attorney General of our country (supreme commander of law enforcement, basically) in contempt for is stonewalling during the hearings regarding Operation: Fast & Furious.

Do you know what it means when Congress holds someone in contempt?

Neither does anyone else.

Point of fact, nobody is really sure if anything will happen to Eric Holder, despite the bloodshed resulting from the debacle that was an operation intended to funnel weapons to drug cartels.

Yes, you read that correctly. The head honcho of law enforcement will see very little – if any – punishment for overseeing an operation that would have led to you or I being shut inside a federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison for a very, very long time.

So that must mean the Department of Justice will police itself and take care of their own trash, right?

Don’t kid yourself. They’ve been frantically firing and demoting the guys who blew the whistle on this operation while blatantly stating that they won’t punish Holder. And who’s going make them? It’s like a game of chicken on the playground between a couple of kids sticking their tongues out at each other.

And yet, that wasn’t even the worst news last week.

Because then there’s the Supreme Court.

They are the ones entrusted with the interpretation of our Nation’s most sacred laws – laws which, if you’ll remember, were intended to be the foundation of our country so that no one would be above it. Rule by law, not by decree, so they say.

But last Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld an idea that we as individuals can be forced to pay for a commodity, simply because some think that it’s better for our country. This notion was ruled Constitutional based on the premise that, if it is a “tax,” then it is completely legal.

Stop and consider that for a moment.

If “the government” (i.e. the ruling body that was elected by the people) can enforce the purchase of a product for the betterment of society simply based on it being a tax, where does that logic stop?

Personally, I think this would be a better country if everyone had an AT-4 and a few M203s with HE rounds in their house. I mean, sure, things would get pretty chaotic for a while, what with all the explosions, mayhem, and, well…death. But I bet after a few solid months of that, the general population would straighten right up and be quite polite and downright cordial with each other.

So it seems rational to me for a tax to be enacted for the upgrading of weapons for each individual – you know, for the betterment of society.

I also know that, when partaking of Irish whiskey, I am a downright funny human being to be around. Seriously, I’m hilarious. Just ask me. So wouldn’t life for me and all those around me be better if the government supplied me with a constant stock of Jameson’s?

I’m sure all of you can think of things you need – weapons, drugs, cars, boats, planes, supermodels, etc. – so write your Congressmen and see what they can do for you.

In all seriousness, who do these people work for? The intent of our law is that they work for you and me. Somehow, somewhere, that has been lost. But the saddest part of this reality is that it was lost a long time ago and it was given up by the general populace. A significant portion of our country wants to be coddled – wants to have things taken care of by their supreme leaders. They don’t want responsibility – they want security.

Unfortunately, as every reader of this site understands, security comes at a cost. And generally speaking, that cost is freedom.

If you are a reader of the Rhino Den, chances are pretty strong that you are someone who understands how to take care of yourself. You also probably understand that shit doesn’t just “happen” without a cause and that, if something crappy happened, it had a force behind it.

The reverse of this is also true and something known to nearly every veteran out there – if you want something good to happen, you have to work for it. Those who think that the government exists to hand things to people who don’t put in that effort are the real douchebags. The ones who believe it is the responsibility of elected officials to tell us what we need exemplify douchetastic behavior of the highest order.

So the real question is: Are the real douches of the week the Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Department of Justice, or are they the people who let them have so much power?

 

5 Comments

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   Derek Q

   July 9, 2012 at 10:16 am

   WOW! bad times for all of our Government. The Supreme Court was Douche of the month. Obama Care, Stolen Valor act, SB10-70, did they vote for anything that held any of are Countries values. No I think not, these Judges should not be appointed for life. The Department of Justice is a walking cluster fuck. You cant even put all the blame on Holder because the Fast and the Furious is more jacked up than the actual movie with my man Vin Diesel. I will give the Justice Department and Congress CO-Douche of the year award. But just the fact that our Executive branch is willing to try and cover this up puts them in the Douchebag Hall of Fame. Hey we don’t want to secure are border but hey do you guys need some guns.. Such A-Typical Fed bullshit…I’M Oscar Mike

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   Bill B

   July 10, 2012 at 7:30 am

   Amen Derek Q. I was pissed about Obama Care but Stolen Valor set me off like nothing else has in a long-time, what the hell were they thinking? You want a douche of the week? Pick one of the PX rangers walking around trying to reap what few perks are being offered for true heroes, our Vets. Posing as soldier should be punishable by 10 years hard labor in prison or banishment to one of the ‘stans with the tattoo “Douche” on their foreheads. OH-P (Obama, Holder – Pelosi)have ruined this country, their administration has been stripping away our traditions, crapping on “The People” with their agendas and the list goes on… I’m disgusted with that thing we call our government. I hope and pray to God that everyone has stopped drinking the Obama kool-aid and votes this donkey out of office…

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   Chad P

   July 10, 2012 at 8:06 am

   Once again a FINE article written in TRUTH. I’m SO FUCKING sick and tired of where this country has fallen, and the worst part is I see NO way out of it right now. It really makes me wonder if what I did for seven years in the military, what my buddies did and died for, and what men and women still today do and die for means ANYTHING at all to these greedy, corrupt bastards we have in office! Again, great article…it’s good to see there are still those who believe in TRUTH!

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   Giant Ogre

   July 10, 2012 at 2:45 pm

   Nobody is forcing us to buy it. That’s where they try to be clever.

   “You don’t have to buy it but if you don’t then we’ll ‘tax’ you $3,000″ or whatever the hell it is. So you either buy health insurance from a private company or you pay a “tax” to Uncle Sam. That’s their “out” by saying no, you don’t have to buy it but you’ll have to cough up a chunk of change either way.

   We need to elect people who’re going to get rid of the tax and not try to ram this whole thing, this whole Obamacare down our throats. I don’t need to tell any of you that.

   It would have been worse if the Supreme Crap had said it’s not a tax because if they had said that then this whole thing would have been cast in stone, don’t pass go, don’t collect $200. So out of a big ol’ steaming pile of crap at least there’s that one way out.

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   Giant Ogre

   July 10, 2012 at 3:09 pm

   Between that tax shit and the Stolen Valor Act outrage it was not a good week. Seriously, I think a JAG should sit on the supreme court.

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