DOUCHEBAG OF THE WEEK: FBI

Wow, the level of douchebaggerie this week was off the charts. We had heads of state, government in general, Iran, and the Suffolk Police Department just to name a few.Let's see those runner ups.

1)Obama- Not one sector of the government wasn't part of some douchebag scheme this week, but Obama did some real damage with his increasingly Jimmy Carter ways. Obama got his hat handed to him and screwed up yet another foreign policy debacle with a dangerous escalation in the Persian Gulf (more about that later), word that both the Israelis and the Saudis are PISSED at us (and I mean PISSED), and a budget that will destroy lower income individuals. His popularity in this state is crap. In two days, as a reporter, I've met several people who through no prompting on my part, have expressed a general hatred for the man. Yes, they were all older and men so not exactly his demographic but the wide variety of professions between them was a little shocking. The polls suggests similar finding that older white men don"t like him. At first I would have called racism but I find myself in a similar position and I am not a racist so maybe that fear is overblown. What is certain is that he'll need a miracle to stay in power another for years.

2)Republicans and the Tea Party- Actually worse than the democrats this week, the Republicans may just be that miracle to keep Obama another four years. With Tea Party help, their budget is so much worse than Obama's, with 60 billion more in cuts all aimed at lower and middle class individuals. It's crap and dangerous. Speaker Boener has threatened to shut down the government unless their demands are met. Another show down may benefit Obama greatly as it did Clinton back in the mid nineties. Plus, the Tea party backers may help craft the next Presidential candidate of which the two most likely are Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich. Palin because she'll do as she's told and Gingrich because he's a power broker. Both would probably lose in a general election. Don't laugh if Palin is the nominee but we'll all cry if she somehow wins. Also this week, the governor of Wisconsin has crowned himself Ceaser and is trying to have collective bargaining eliminated, in the very state where it was first started back in the thirties. Unions have protested and taken over the capital much like Egypt. The democrats in the Senate have left the state and won't return until negotiations resume, The governor has threatened the national guard. Unions have in turn given up on the pay cut but say they will never give up their collective bargaining rights. Good for them. I hope they get it.

3)Iran- Iran has decided to up the ante by putting two warships into the Persian gulf all but setting the stage for a possible confrontation. Certain missiles and components are illegal to sell to Syria and can be boarded for inspection according to a UN treaty. How the Iranians will respond if we try to board one of their ships headed for Syria is anyone's guess. If the Suez canal is closed, oil prices will go through the roof. This bears further watching.

4)Federal Prosecutors- In a statement released yesterday, the feds have declined to prosecute anyone from Countrywide in the nation's largest mortgage baked scandal. Yet another failure where the rich do as they please and we pay the price. How free do you think you are? Unless you have money, you are subject. See below for more.

5)Suffolk Police Department- They are being sued after illegally holding a woman hostage basically after she was photographing a tourist site near the airport. After being assaulted in front of her three kids. she was whisked to jail, put in gen pop, and released a few days later with no charges filed. On top of that, 5100$ was missing from her belongings which was tuition money for one of her kids. She's suing for 60 millions dollars. Hope she wins.

6) But the big winner this week has to be the FBI, one of the most worthless institutions we have behind the DEA and FDA. Their investigation into the anthrax mail attacks in 2001 is one of legend of how NOT to do an investigation. After nearly ruining the career of one scientist, Dr. Hatfield, who turned out to be completely innocent, they focused on another equally innocent guy. After harassing him to death, literally as he "killed" himself, they said case closed (I say this as the FBI is already implicated in two suspicious deaths connected with OKC). After reviewing the evidence they had against the scientist, the NIS issued a paper calling the FBI's evidence some of the worst they have ever seen. Literally not one piece of evidence they had was scientifically feasible. You cannot screw up that badly unless your trying to hide something. So congratulations FBI, you've proved yet another conspiracy theory may have something to it and you are douchebag of the week.