Holder on a Minute

5/10/10
Eric Holder is a monumental disappointment as Attorney General, which is what I would expect from a Stuyvesant H.S. alum (only half joking). Elena Kagan, on the other hand, is a Hunter H.S. alum and will likely soon be confirmed to the nation’s highest court. I obviously have issues with Kagan as well, namely based upon what I have read by Glenn Greenwald, whose opinion I value quite highly, but Holder’s statement over the weekend regarding accused terrorists (their Miranda Rights should be more limited), is just so subservient to the crazy, shred-the-constitution assholes on the right (who I might add are so allegedly fervent about the strict adherence to), it is simply enraging. I am clearly not a Washington insider so I obviously don’t know why it must be so very important to overcompensate for one’s personal lack of fortitude by using his power to bully those that have none, but I suppose I can take a stab at it. It’s simply a helluva lot easier to pound your chest, rattle your sabers and shout your war cry from afar than it is to actually get to the heart of the matter at hand and mete out prudent decisions and policies.