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June 28, 2012

BREAKING: Eric Holder releases new statement: Fast and Furious was a tax.
— Ace

Via @MStevensG8r. Just funny, had to share.

Posted by: Ace at 07:14 AM | Comments (51)
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1 Ha

Posted by: Hal Burton at June 28, 2012 07:15 AM (iYvMQ)

2 Well Americans get free healthcare and Mexicans get free bullets fired at them.

Posted by: William Amos at June 28, 2012 07:16 AM (UgnFs)

3 At least we have a contempt vote to look forward to.

Posted by: LIGuy at June 28, 2012 07:16 AM (+usC4)

4 Oh, God, thank you. I needed a laugh.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at June 28, 2012 07:16 AM (dL9LY)

5 What was the last count on non-criminal dems who are going to vote for contempt? We need thirty or so.

Posted by: Alamo at June 28, 2012 07:17 AM (m/tN9)

1) Can we start discussing the actual probabilities that this will actually get overturned if Mitt wins?

2) Is it in bounds to bring up Mitts court picks during his time in elected office and how they might give insight into his picks if POTUS?

3) Can we discuss these things without getting labeled lefty trolls or concern trolls?

Because it's pretty fucking pertinent to the topic at hand since we're just magically assuming #1 and #2 are going to be favorable to the Constitution.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 28, 2012 07:17 AM (rX1N2)

7 Thank you for the laugh!

Posted by: PJ at June 28, 2012 07:18 AM (DQHjw)

8 What time does the House censure Stedman?

Posted by: The Q at June 28, 2012 07:18 AM (B/yDO)

9 If you're not already killing Mexicans and Border agents, then you will be taxed to pay for bullets to be used for killing Mexicans and Border agents.

Posted by: chief justice dunsel at June 28, 2012 07:18 AM (nrW1y)

10 Yuk, yuk. I'm not in a laughing mood.

Posted by: dogfish at June 28, 2012 07:18 AM (N2yhW)

I guess the exchange rate is just murder.

Posted by: Hal at June 28, 2012 07:19 AM (MftY/)

12 I needed a chuckle, thanks.

Posted by: willy at June 28, 2012 07:20 AM (kUCQ4)

13 Mitt's gonna speak soon on this ... it better be good

Posted by: SoCalMe at June 28, 2012 07:20 AM (s72/N)

14 This was the wrong day to file my taxes.

Posted by: Jack at June 28, 2012 07:20 AM (wUFaM)

CJ Roberts Opinion, pg 6:

"It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices."

Posted by: William Amos at June 28, 2012 07:21 AM (UgnFs)

So it was......Death by Taxes.

Posted by: wheatie at June 28, 2012 07:21 AM (0T8H7)

17 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 28, 2012 07:21 AM (Xb3hu)

18 @15

you're joking

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 28, 2012 07:23 AM (8sCoq)

19 You know, Ace, I resent that. If you look at Webster's you will clearly see that Fast and Furious does not meet the definition of a Tax.

Posted by: King and Ruler Supreme Barack Obama at June 28, 2012 07:23 AM (gmeXX)

20 hahahaha and then Chief Justice released an opinion saying it's okay! yeah, it's not really funny now, is it?

Posted by: soothsayer at June 28, 2012 07:24 AM (jlW3q)

21 So did Roberts basically say that there is no limit on Congressional power?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 28, 2012 07:25 AM (famk3)

22 Doom...where is thy sting!

Posted by: Myan Calendar at June 28, 2012 07:25 AM (YNPwP)

23 thank you - i needed a laugh!

Posted by: Tati at June 28, 2012 07:25 AM (shFJR)

24 The Final Solution was a tax.

Posted by: Zombie Adolf Hitler goes Godwin at June 28, 2012 07:26 AM (VzYy6)

"It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices."

Johnny, it's your damn job to keep the structural restrictions on legislative overreach contained in the Constitution that you just pissed all over in place.

You are a disgrace to the bench, the Founders, and the country. You have failed your oath.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 28, 2012 07:27 AM (d0Tfm)

26 I request that Justice Roberts decide if I am in contempt. I'll take those odds.

Posted by: Eric Holder at June 28, 2012 07:27 AM (QxDuX)

27 The Republicans better be pissed off and ready to smack Holder upside the head with the contempt vote. If a single effen R votes against the resolution, that Congressman needs to booted immediately.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at June 28, 2012 07:27 AM (+/C3g)

28 If it is a tax under the Article II tax power, then what was the point of the 16th A?

Posted by: SH at June 28, 2012 07:27 AM (gmeXX)

29 ""It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.""

True, that.

The 2012 House and Senate elections will not be pretty for Dem incumbents ...

"Congressman Taxemhigh voted for the biggest tax increase in US history ..."

The most important reaction to the ruling will come from the USCCB. Catholic schools, hospitals, food banks, charities, -everything- now stand in the balance.

Posted by: mrp at June 28, 2012 07:27 AM (HjPtV)

30 WIN! Thanks for that, Ace. We all need teh Lolz now more than ever.

Posted by: Adc at June 28, 2012 07:27 AM (JJJ5P)

31 I'm still stuck between the stages of shock and anger.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 28, 2012 07:28 AM (xrrIr)

32 @21

I see no limits at all. Congress can make me buy a product, take away my property, tell me what kind of toilet I can have, tell me I can't fill in a puddle on my farm, send my money to Egypt, log my cellphone usage, monitor my emails, stop me anytime...

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 28, 2012 07:29 AM (8sCoq)

33 WTF?

The first point of the decision says the Anti-Injunction Act didn't bar the court challenge because the bill is.not.a.tax!

'Splain me, Lucy...

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 28, 2012 07:30 AM (famk3)

34 Twenty-seven hundred pages of incomprehensible gobbeldyfuckingook. And Roberts sides with Kagan. The Universe is off kilter.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 28, 2012 07:30 AM (x8us2)

35 It's days like this when I think that all the sacrifice and hard work of those who came before us has been wasted.

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 28, 2012 07:31 AM (8sCoq)

What I left in your mouth,

That's a tax.

Posted by: The Beady Eyes of Justice Roberts at June 28, 2012 07:31 AM (3oPjL)

37 The House must respond with these new "taxes": A tax on being an illegal immigrant A tax on getting an abortion A tax on being a SCoaMF A tax on getting a degree in Womyn's/Ethnic/Gay studies

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 28, 2012 07:32 AM (XYqoq)

Isn't the better strategic approach for the House right now to have a repeal vote on the mandate tax? We all prefer full repeal, and we may not want to water down that argument. As I type this, I think I am answering my own question.

Posted by: SH at June 28, 2012 07:33 AM (gmeXX)

39 I just put my last post up at my blog. I quit.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 28, 2012 07:35 AM (d0Tfm)

40 1."But Congress did not intend the payment to be treated as
a Â“taxÂ” for purposes of the Anti-Injunction Act. The Affordable Care
Act describes the payment as a Â“penalty,Â” not a Â“tax.Â” That label
cannot control whether the payment is a tax for purposes of the Con-
stitution, but it does determine the application of the Anti-Injunction
Act. The Anti-Injunction Act therefore does not bar this suit."

The fuck?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 28, 2012 07:35 AM (famk3)

41 He's not heavy, he's my tax and spend motherfucking president, - and his slacker Attorney General!

Posted by: Fritz at June 28, 2012 07:36 AM (/ZZCn)

42 GOP-led Congress, 2013:

"Everyone who does not purchase a gun is hereby taxed"

Posted by: The Q at June 28, 2012 07:37 AM (B/yDO)

43 Eric Holder: Fast and furious was a tax... Oama disagrees declares Executive Privilege and admonishes Holder for looking up the definition of what a Tax is in the dictionary.

Posted by: ADK46er at June 28, 2012 07:37 AM (tkY5j)

Maybe Arizona should impose a tax on illegal aliens? A tax on hiring illegal aliens? Brocoli tax? Be sure to fill out your Form 10666 and include the receipt to show proof of purchase. Don't forget to sign the "I really ate it" form under penalty of perjury. And don't be late!

This justification on the taxing power demands mocking. 24/7. Forever. Show Roberts how this "legitimacy of the Court" thing is working out.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at June 28, 2012 07:42 AM (qwK3S)

45 Methinks the contempt vote (assuming it goes through) will require a Flaming Skull. I vote for skull with sombrero and gunbelt.

Unfortunately, my Photoshop-fu is weak.

Posted by: RightWingProf at June 28, 2012 07:58 AM (IC6Er)

46 WTF?

The first point of the decision says the Anti-Injunction Act didn't bar the court challenge because the bill is.not.a.tax!

'Splain me, Lucy...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 28, 2012 11:30 AM (famk3)

In the Dred Scott decision, the court said Dred was not a citizen, so could not sue, but ruled the Republican political platform illegal anyway.

It is a rich tradition.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 28, 2012 08:09 AM (rzSn3)

47 Thirsty, so Thirsty....

Posted by: The Tree Of Liberty at June 28, 2012 08:11 AM (0xJAW)

48 I hope congress sends Holder to jail and really reams him. We still have Obama's role in F&F to expose. I can live with this if Obama, the idiot, is behind bars and laughed at for all time

Posted by: Can of Raid at June 28, 2012 08:29 AM (mLZe7)

49 Well, considering they apparently used stimulus funds to funnel cash to some of the straw buyers... (some were FBI informants..) and fund the ATF itself, it was a tax. Sorry to be a downer on a good joke though.

Posted by: JS at June 28, 2012 09:01 AM (/dsDz)

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 01:23 PM (YdQQY)

Dontcha know?

You can't get free stuff unless you pay the free stuff tax!

Posted by: 2SoonOld2LateSmart at June 28, 2012 08:08 PM (YFAMg)

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