The Heat Is On Boehner, DOJ, And ObamaCare *Open Thread*

And the “heat is on” in many of our homes, some more than others, I recognize (I know that many of you really do not want to hear about what it is like down here in Coastal South Carolina, but it is cold for US, so there’s that! It will get colder this week with the lows below freezing, if that helps any! I know, I know, shut up already…).

But the heat is REALLY on John Boehner is the vote for the Speakership of the House goes forward today (Tuesday). He is expected to win, but maybe, just maybe, the concerns of some of those who oppose him will be heard, For instance, one of his challengers, Rep. Ted Yoho, spoke out about reasons he is challenging Boehner. From Breitbart:

[…] He said that there is a lot of “discontent” with Boehner and mentioned that there are “a lot of people who are dissatisfied” with the direction of the country and the direction of Congress,” especially how bills are brought up. Yoho emphasized that bills should be “brought up on principle and not politics.”

Frustrated that Congress has not done much to hold Attorney General Eric Holder to account after he perjured himself with Congress and was held in contempt, Yoho vowed to hold the country’s elected leaders more accountable if he becomes the new Speaker. For instance, he emphasized that if Congress does nothing after Obama “oversteps the boundaries of the constitution with executive amnesty,” then that sets a terrible precedent for the rest of the country.

Yoho noted that “you get a breakdown of a society” if America is not a nation of laws.

“You are seeing a little bit more chaos than you did 20 years ago, he said.

Yoho said the electorate “handed us the baton in November to lead the country,” and “it is going to take new leadership willing to stand up” to Obama. He added that if Republicans give Americans new leadership and take the country in a new direction, then more Americans will “rally behind us and rally behind rebuilding America.” […] (Click here to read the rest.)

I think many of us would agree that Holder AND Obama need to be held accountable for their illegal actions. A contempt citation for Holder just ain’t cutting it. And Obama has already declared that he just doesn’t give a damn about working with the new Congress. Obama fully intends to continue going his own way. SOMEONE needs to rein him in, and the House is a good place to start.

Speaking of Holder, he and the DOJ are in a bit of hot water thanks to intrepid journalist, Sharyl Attkisson. Attkisson is suing the bejeezus out of the DOJ for spying on her by hacking into her computer, not once, not twice, but THREE times:

Investigative Journalist Sharyl Attkisson has filed administrative claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Postal Service, and certain unnamed employees and/or agents of the federal government. Attkisson has also filed a lawsuit in the District of Columbia alleging certain violations of her constitutional rights based on information implicating the federal government in illegal electronic monitoring and surveillance of her home and business computers and phones from 2011 to 2013.

As outlined in the claims, three separate computer forensics exams revealed that intruders used sophisticated, remote capabilities to monitor Attkisson’s work. The intruders installed and periodically “refreshed” software used to exfiltrate data, obtain Attkisson’s passwords to various personal and work accounts, access the CBS News computer system, and monitor Attkisson’s audio using a Skype account. Forensics also revealed evidence of U.S. government-related involvement in the surveillance.

In May 2013, the Department of Justice issued a written response to questions from the news media stating, “To our knowledge, the Justice Department has never compromised Ms. Attkisson’s computers, or otherwise sought any information from or concerning any telephone, computer, or other media device she may own or use.”

Through a Freedom of Information Act request, Attkisson learned that the F.B.I. opened a case on her computer intrusions in June 2013, listing her as the victim, but the agency failed to interview her in the investigation or even notify her that one had been opened. Based on the government’s decision to ignore Attkisson’s requests, Attkisson and her family have chosen the only available option left to them. […] (Click here to read the rest.)

Uh, yeah – and who can blame her? As many of here know, Attkisson, while at CBS, revealed a NUMBER of scandals in which this Administration, and the DOJ specifically in regard to “Fast and Furious.” She, unlike most of her mainstream contemporaries, actually investigated what happened at Benghazi. Consequently, the US Government took it upon itself to hack into her computer, and literally started deleting, before her very eyes, her work. Hey, if the House can’t make Holder abide by the law, maybe Attkisson can.

And finally, seems some of Obama’s biggest supporters of his signature legislation are finally realizing how it is going to impact THEM, and they don’t like it. Well, all I can say is, “TOLD YOU SO!!!” I mean, REALLY – how could they not have known this?? And the ones in this case to whom I am referring are HARVARD PROFESSORS. They are just now cluing in. Melissa Francis, a Harvard graduate, spoke about this Tuesday morning (h/t Facebook friend for article link). From Fox News Insider:

[…] In an op-ed in the school newspaper, The Crimson, 11 Harvard professors wrote, “The University … embarked on a secret and non-consultative planning process and disregarded the strong concerns that faculty have about their own health.”

Fox Business Network host and Harvard alum Melissa Francis said on “Fox and Friends” that these rising health care costs were a foreseeable part of the Affordable Care Act.

“Costs everywhere are going higher,” she said. “As a result, professors are going to face higher costs out of their paycheck and higher deductibles, and they’re outraged.”

“Many people could do math … if you add more people to the system, there was going to be a higher cost.” […] (Click here to read the rest.)

Well, no freakin’ DUH – what the hell did they expect, something for nothing??? Francis has been saying all along, as well as MOST economists (including GRUBER), that this law was gonna cost us and cost us big. Too bad they were so blinded by their partisan politics that they were unprepared for the reality of what this law means. We were not so encumbered, and know that many of us are being hard hit by these costs, thanks so much.

Yep, the heat is on, and there are more stories just like this. And because if you are anything like me, you are probably already hearing this song in your head, I will go ahead and add it here:

Feel free to add your two cents worth – this is an Open Thread!