NO PLACE TO HIDE

A Poem

Nixon tried
Clinton tried
What they both found
Is there’s no place to hide

The End

There are currently at least two major scandals brewing in Washington. One is Solyndra and the other is “Fast and Furious.” I believe both will prove to be much bigger than we now think and like all such scandals, these stories have legs and they are not going away. First let us look at Solyndra.

You have heard the story of this doomed solar energy plant, probably one of many “green companies” which will not be around very long. We, the taxpayers, loaned this outfit half a billion dollars and it appears they used the money to enrich a few executives and the rest to file for bankruptcy. There were many who advised against this loan, but it was made anyway. Now the excuses and alibis are being floated. I have heard some of the Washington elite say that sometimes we just have to gamble in order to create alternative forms of energy. I think it is a lot easier to gamble when you are using another person’s money. I have also heard that some of the Solyndra executives were major contributors to Obama’s campaign. It also appears that there are other companies who have, or will soon face, the same failure. The Obama Administration, in their wisdom, has now decided to not release any more information on this matter. They are telling Congress and the American people, just trust us, there is nothing more to be learned from our secret e-mails. What? Do they really think this is just going to go away? Fat chance.

Scandal number two involves Attorney General Holder and the “Fast and Furious” gun program. He has been subpoenaed to testify before Congress to explain why he apparently lied about knowing of this program. He says he didn’t read the memos that were on his desk. Now we have dead law enforcement officers and guns in the hands of ruthless drug cartel members and they originated with our own government. And Holder didn’t know anything about this program? Who does he think is going to buy that?  My take is, stick a fork in Holder. He’s done.
Once again high powered people are trying to cover up matters and incidents which will be discovered and once again the results will be that the cover up is at least as bad if not worse than the original incident. Of course Solyndra got the money because of their connections through campaign contributions. Of course Holder knew of and probably approved the “Fast and Furious” gun program. Obama probably knew about it also. These things don’t happen in a vacuum.

How is it possible that so-called intelligent people like Presidents and Attorney Generals do not realize that everything they say or have ever said are probably recorded somewhere by someone just waiting for the opportunity to release their data. Fifty years ago you could probably get away with lies and deceit. Not today. Also, do they really think that the Republican controlled House is going to just let this pass? Are they crazy? Of course this will be pursued until the last breath of scandal is squeezed out, exposed and used for the benefit of the pursuers. As John Wayne once said, “Life is tough. It is a lot tougher if you’re stupid.”

Nixon tried
Clinton tried
What they both found
Is there’s no place to hide.

Ron Scarbro October 19, 2011