Another Scandal, Did Anyone Notice?

While the nation continues its non-discussion discussion about the Zimmerman trial, congress continues to be hard at work proving that Washington is dysfunctional and untrustworthy. I suppose you have to un-hide some dirty laundry before you have a chance to clean it, but something tells me that these revelations will go right back into the hamper before you know it.

Today's big secret was the response that my Senator Chuck Grassley received from the Treasury Department, in response to a written request for information, the Treasury department has admitted for the first time that since 2006, confidential tax records of several political candidates and campaign donors were improperly scrutinized by government officials.

Finding some space in his calendar between not voting on any white house appointees and not disclosing his own financial records for the sake of public information, Senator Grassley wrote another letter to Eric Holder, asking to explain why the Justice Department chose not to prosecute any of the cases. The Iowa Republican told The Washington Times that the IRS “is required to act with neutrality and professionalism, not political bias.” 

The good Senator has given Mr. Holder and the Justice Department until July 26th to respond to his call for legal action against those who, you know, broke the law. Of course well have to wait and see if this Justice Department raises a finger to uphold said laws, or if they will simply decree that this is a political attack and ignore it.

If I sound just a little jaded about the entire system, it's because I'm very jaded and can't compose myself in the manner that I would like to anymore. Everything is politically motivated. Senator Grassley even said in his letter that he would like to know what group(s) the 4th individual was associated with so the American people can determine if this was politically motivated or not. Nothing like accusing the other side of political motivations to place a haze over your own political motivations.

When you get to the point where it is proven that your government is gathering data on you, building profiles about you based on your behavior, can kill American citizens without any due process, uses almost every branch of government as a political tool, and then we, as a populace do not hold them accountable. I refer you back to our last attempt to through a congress with a 21% approval rating at the time of the election. We re-elected over 90% of them.

So this is my open letter to Senator Grassley and Eric Holder. Prove to me that you give a d@mn. Restore my faith in this country, cause right now it is waning. I find myself rooting for the Mannings and the Snowdens and rooting against the Grassleys and the Holders. I would start by not having so many laws on the books that are used to hide the secret laws on the books, to stop acting like a hero when you seek the truth and then seek out those who know the truth like they are villains. To be candid when the facts don't lead them to where you want them to go, and to admit it when you are wrong on premise, rather then defend yourselves by finding the insignificant loopholes. And lastly, to just be a little humble that 7 out of 8 Americans think you are bad at your job, yet you still have a job at all.