Attorney General Holder refuses to do his job

Well I hate to say the Republicans were right. But there seems to be no way around it. The Obama administration has brought about the end of our democracy. Of course, it didn't happen the way the GOP predicted. And in fact, it has occurred in a way that benefits them.

It didn't come about as a result of revolution or the total collapse of the economy (GOP can still take credit for that) or an across the board implementation of Socialism. Our democracy was cratered by Attorney General Eric Holder and his absolute abdication of his duty as the nation's top cop, Wednesday, when he told a Senate committee that some banks are just too big to prosecute.

"I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions become so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge it will have an negative impact on the national economy and perhaps the world economy and I think that is a function of the fact that some of these institutions have become too large," Holder said Wednesday.

Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit. Where can you even begin to answer such an egregious statement? I'll try anyway. First of all, sometimes you're job is hard. Get over it and do the job you accepted. Because when the Attorney General of the United States abdicates his responsibilities, the very foundation of our democracy suffers.

As to the effects of the economy, our economy imploded in 2008 because of the crimes committed by these very banks. On their heads are the suffering of millions of Americans without jobs, millions of children going to bed with growling stomachs, millions of mothers and fathers faced with hard choices about how to feed their children and provide a roof. Millions of families were left homeless and the entire world economy put into turmoil. Yet, the attorney general of the United States of America has the audacity to look those Americans in the eye, most of which have abode the law of the land their entire lives, and tell them they don't deserve justice. And why don't they deserve justice? "Well you see, our government was lax in its responsibility to uphold the laws prohibiting monopolies and we just let them get so big, nothing can be done about it now."

Again I say bullshit. If these banks are too big to prosecute under the law, then they are too big to enjoy the protection of the law. Every day, the courts, supported by taxpayer dollars, are used by these same banks to evict families from their homes. Every day, somewhere in America, a sheriff's deputy paid by tax dollars, is sent to a home to throw women and children and all their belongings onto the street all in the service of a bank that is too big to prosecute.

So if Eric Holder is going to maintain that these banks are too big to prosecute, he should declare that banks no longer have the protection of law. It should be declared legal to rob banks. The law should no longer be used to protect the property they stole. And if you decide to just whip the living dog shit out of a banker, he shouldn't be able to file assault charges against you. My point is that if the law doesn't apply equally to everyone, then it has no function and anarchy must be the end result.

To quote a Kris Kristofferson song, "I want mercy, but I'll settle for justice." Unfortunately, Eric Holder will give you neither.

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