How Absurd Is That?

            There are so many scandals spinning like tornadoes around Washington these days, it is difficult to focus on any one without being immediately distracted by the latest news on another.  If I were a writer for late night TV comedians, I would send Thank You cards to the federal government for all the fresh material dished out daily.  Actually, the absurdity of it all is beyond comical.

            Take the Justice Department, for example, which is responsible for investigating violations  of the First Amendment.  Well, we now have clear evidence of abuse of the First Amendment's  right of free speech in the Associated Press and James Rosen cases.  Feigning outrage, President Obama charged Eric Holder with the responsibility of getting to the bottom of these abuses.  But it so happens that Eric Holder himself signed the paperwork authorizing the surveillance on James Rosen in an unconstitutional attempt to criminalize Rosen's reporting.  So now we have Eric Holder being charged with the responsibility of investigating himself.  How absurd is that?
            We now know that State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland played a major role in altering the Benghazi talking points, thereby concocting the big lie foisted on the American public by Ambassador Susan Rice.  Nuland should have been fired.  Instead, Obama nominated her for Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs.  Not fired... Promoted.  How absurd is that?
            Nine months after she learned of the targeting of conservative groups and said she put a stop to them, Lois Lerner, IRS Director of Exempt Organizations, was still signing off on threatening letters to these same organizations.  This is the same woman who appeared before a Congressional committee to say she did nothing wrong and then took the Fifth.  The embarrassment was too much, so she was asked to resign.  She refused.  So she was placed on PAID administrative leave.  Not fired... Sent on a paid vacation.  How absurd is that?
            More than three years ago Major Nidal Hasan killed 13 and wounded 32 people in Fort Hood.  While sitting in jail all this time awaiting trial, he has been getting regular army pay amounting to more than $278,000.  The wounded, on the other hand, have been denied pay and medical benefits given to soldiers wounded in combat.  Why?  Because the army did not classify this attack as combat-related nor as a terrorist attack, which it clearly was. Instead, the army called this massacre "workplace violence."  How absurd is that?
            Who's in charge here, anyway?  What an absurd question!