Maybe the best thing I can say...

...about Eric Holder is that he's contemptuous of John Boehner's House of Representatives. He's hardly exceptional in that respect, of course, but now he's got the papers to prove it.

I confess to a degree of jealousy.

Contempt toward officials?

For military officers, it's not just a bad idea, it's against the law. From the Manual For Courts-Martial of the United States…

Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

I've considered McChrystal's public relations end runs around his superiors borderline insubordination for awhile. The insubordination is now explicit. This is a Truman-MacArthur moment. One of the Constitutional principles that McChrystal and I and every soldier is sworn to uphold is civilian control of the military. It the General ever had the integrity to merit his commission, he should resign it now and save his Commander in Chief the trouble of relieving him.

If there was ever any doubt…

...AG Michael Mukasey made it official today. We have an outlaw administration that refuses to execute and enforce the instructions and statutes passed by the Congress. On the matter of Harriet Miers' and Josh Bolten's personal expression of contempt for the Congress (and the Constitution, and you), the Speaker is one step ahead of them...

“Anticipating this response from the Administration, the House has already provided authority for the Judiciary Committee to file a civil enforcement action in federal district court and the House shall do so promptly. The American people demand that we uphold the law. As public officials, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and protect our system of checks and balances and our civil lawsuit seeks to do just that.”

Sic 'em, Madame Speaker.

More of this, please.

Via CNN…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday requested that a federal grand jury be appointed to investigate whether a top White House official and former official should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.

Of course, it's a sad thing that this is the only way to get the Bushco™ 'Justice' Department to act, but they've been purged, trimmed and managed to into the virtual role of mob lawyers for the criminal enterprises of the administration.

Sic 'em, Madam Speaker.