Eric Holder

It takes a very conceited man to stand before a national audience and admit he is still right regardless of what the rest of the nation says. When Mr. Holder announced he would prosecute the suspected 9-11 terrorists in New York City, my eyebrows attempted to locate my hairline. I must say, that in itself is a formidable task.

The amount of security required to protect the suspects, families, jurists, and the city at large would be extremely cost prohibitive. Within the past several months, the US faced devastating releases of information from the folks over at Wikileaks.com. Yet, I can only imagine the several hundred thousand pages of documents would pale to the amount of paperwork that would have to be released during disclosure procedures. What safeguards would be in effect to prevent a massive release of information should that have occurred?  Private Manning would be left scratching his head at the irony of the situation.

So, it's back to Gitmo for the trials. As far as I've been able to tell, the families of those killed in the tragedies are for this. The taxpayers of the city of New York are behind the idea of not having to foot the bill (in essence suffering twice for the same attack) and assume the risk.

Then why can Mr. Holder not simply admit he was wrong instead of placing fault at the halls of the Legislature? Under his administration, he had sufficient time to press forward while the Democrats were in control, yet he chose to delay. When finally, he was presumed ready, the tide of the nation had changed and somehow, he missed it.

There may be a new entry in Dictionary.com. Hubris; see Eric Holder

The Royal Nonesuch

Mark Twain, in the classic book, Huckleberry Finn writes about two men Huck meets while rafting down the Mississippi with his friend, Jim, who also happens to be a runaway slave. These two men, assume the identities of the Duke and the Dauphin and perpetrate scams among people of the various towns they pass. One of the scams, the Royal Nonesuch, entails one of the two dressing as an ass for about half the town.

The participants are then so embarrassed at being taken by these two, they decide to talk up the show so the other half will go for the second show. Sure enough, the second show sells out necessitating a third which the townsfolk will use to extract their revenge.

Little do the townsfolk know but this is exactly what the hucksters intend for them to do. They show up, pay their admission and prepare to beat the Duke & Dauphin and retrieve their money. Alas, the pair are long gone.

Why this came to mind is related to the train wreck that is Charlie Sheen and his Torpedo of Truth Tour that is currently on its second night of  the tour. One would imagine Twitter and other Social Media has ruined this opportunity for Mr. Sheen to perpetrate this scam upon America, but no, sadly, even when confronted with the evidence that Sheen is just another huckster in a different age, they still attend and berate those who see the show for what it is. A hot mess masquerading as theatre.

These are the same individuals who, when faced with the ever mounting evidence that Mr. Obama has plunged our nation into a morass of monumental proportions, will vote for him and denounce anyone who speaks against him as racists intent on restoring a white man to the Oval Office.

Blame the other guy! For two years Mr. Obama has complained that he inherited the mess we are currently in. He neglects to add that as President, he has spent more than any other President in history with little to no effect on the economy except to line the pockets of his supporters in the unions.  He ran on a policy of transparency yet has held up countless FOIA requests.

Mr. Sheen has actually done more to stimulate the economy by singlehandedly (and admittedly) pouring $2 million dollars into the prostitution industry. I have no guess how much he has poured into the illegal narcotics industry. Sheen has decided to blame the people paying him nearly 2 million dollars an episode for the troubles he finds himself in these days.

As I'm writing this, I see the reviews coming in from Chicago are much better than those from Detroit 24 hours ago. I wonder how the Duke and Dauphin would be preparing for the next show.