The cure for the evils of
democracy is more democracy!
H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926
It
has been noted by many that in certain instances, a minimal amount of
information provides the greatest total sum of insight into a situation.
It
is with that perspective that the Madison Conservative offers the following
snippet of the interaction this past Thursday at a congressional hearing with
testimony, under oath, offered by the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
The
issues at the time were the details of the IRS investigation into the tax
agency’s targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups.
The
President and Attorney General had all proffered assurances that the FBI would
doggedly pursue the issue, so that ‘those responsible will be held to account
for their actions’.
The
FBI after all is the investigative arm of the government, and with images of
Eliot Ness & the Untouchables planted
firmly into the national psyche, surely the nation can rest assured of quality professionalism
from such an august institution.
However,
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, seemed to rattle FBI Director Robert Mueller for not
knowing the specifics surrounding the IRS probe.
The
following transcription is courtesy of the Associated Press:
“You’ve had a month now to
investigate,” Jordan
said. “This has been the biggest story in the country and you can’t even tell
me who the lead investigator is. You can’t tell me the actions the inspector
general took which are not typically how investigations are done. You can’t tell
me if that’s appropriate or not. This is not speculation. This is what
happened.”
Mueller repeatedly declined to
answer Jordan’s questions, saying he couldn’t because the investigation was
ongoing or that he’d have to get back to the lawmakers with answers.
When Jordan asked again,” Can you tell
me who the lead investigator is?” Mueller responded, “Off the top of my head,
no.”
Consider
the chilling reality of this exchange – the Director of the FBI has no
information as to who is handling the investigation into the single greatest
abuse of a government agency upon the America people in recent memory. It
is inconceivable this is true, yet it is allowed to stand as factual, sworn to
under oath testimony.
The
political class and their media hacks are continually spouting off as to their
confusion to the American people having less and less confidence in all aspects
of the government, given how the government is doing all these wonderful things
providing comfort and fairness to the people. They may be trampling the
Constitution of the United
States, lying and exhibiting the worse type
of cowardice in the process, but surely such details do not matter in pursuit
of a more beneficent autocracy. Their rationale apparently goes something like
– “the people don’t really care about lying under oath and the suspension of
their fundamental constitutional rights, especially because they’re getting
free health care and we are keeping them safe from those nasty terrorists”.
With
the presentation of the above congressional transcription, the Madison
Conservative responds to the aforementioned confusion thusly:
Enough
said.
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