"Responsible and Irresponsible"

Are you a responsible party? Do you admit to your errors and try to rectify them? Each day, all across America, we have vehicles engaged in auto accidents, and most of the auto owners are required to have automobile insurance, not to protect themselves, but to protect the injured parties of an altercation. Additional coverage for the owner’s loss is optional and can be declined. We carry homeowners insurance to cover injury incurred by guests while in our homes; this protects them as well liability to the owner. If you have a mortgage, you are probably required to carry this insurance; the bank wants their investment protected too.

Insurance can lapse if we don’t make the payments, or if we do things that void the agreement, such as numerous traffic violations for reckless driving or drunk driving; in the case of home insurance causing a hazardous condition to exist without an attempt to remedy the situation, and it is possible to void your mortgage agreement if you lose your insurance. We are expected to be responsible people in our deeds and actions, or there will be consequences.

A while back, I addressed the “Fast and Furious” scandal that is plaguing the United States Department of Justice. Last week, Eric Holder, once again was called before the Congressional Committee for further testimony. There have been allegations of suppression of evidence by Mr. Holder’s department, and refusal to submit documents to the committee. This committee has requested 93,000 documents, and has received only 6,400 pages thus far. These pages have been described as “heavily redacted” by Darrel Issa, chairman of the House Oversight Committee. There is now talk of citing Eric Holder for contempt because of his not being forthright in his testimony and the “stone-walling” on the surrender of requested documents to the committee. Contempt citations are a severe action from a congressional committee; nothing to be “sneezed at”.

As if the Justice Department didn’t have enough to think about with a contempt citation looming on the horizon, a civil action against the department has been filed by the family of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, who was murdered with a weapon from the “Fast and Furious” program. The suit is requesting 25 million dollars in a wrongful death prosecution against the Justice Department, alleging it was the department’s negligence that led to the death of Officer Terry. It has already been shown that numerous people have been murdered by the weapons that this policy put into the hands of criminals by the Justice Department under the supervision of Eric Holder. Holder has given conflicting statements about his knowledge of “Fast and Furious” since the investigation has been launched in what appears to be an effort to deflect blame to those who work beneath him. I guess Mr. Holder doesn’t take too well to responsibility as he “tap dances” around the truth. Officer Terry was doing his job “responsibly” when he was murdered by a weapon that Mr. Holder was “responsible for”. One of these men took his responsibility seriously, one didn’t; you tell me which is which.