Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

I don't have any idea what the kerfuffel is regarding Eric Holder, the POTUS, et al--haven't read a word about it. I understand that the House wil proceed with a contempt of Congress "trial" against Holder beginning next week. That's after all those hearings and two unsuccessful trials of Roger Clemens for a similar offense. I wonder how much those trials cost the taxpayers?

I wonder if Congress has any more important issues that they might go to work on? A real immigration bill, a re-do of Social Security and Medicare, what to do about the expiring Bush tax cuts, some serious cutting of government spending, what to do about closing Guantanamo Bay, coming up with some serious energy policies, what about doing something about the crappy education results among our kids, seriously debating the farm spending bill with close to a trillion dollars in food stamp spending?

Any of those things would be productive. But "productive" isn't necessarily on Congresses' agenda. Not when some old-fashioned political bickering will have a great chance to get them some soundbites on TV. Maybe they could figure out how to get involved in planning the NCAA football playoff.

Do you think the House suddenly deciding to try the AG for being contemptuous of hem might be a tit for tat over Obama's executive order on migration last week?

Disgusting. If they want to try someone for being contemptuous of Congress, try me! I'm really contemptuous of the whole bunch of them.