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Sequester Hysterics
American Spectator, by Peter Ferrara

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Posted By:StormCnter, 2/20/2013 6:13:24 AM

President Obama told America yesterday morning that if the sequester goes through on March 1, It will eviscerate job-creating investments in education and energy and medical research…. Emergency responders like the ones who are here today — their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. Border Patrol agents will see their hours reduced. FBI agents will be furloughed. Federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. Air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: srhcb, 2/20/2013 6:18:32 AM     (No. 9186119)

Oh my!

It will be like going over a Fiscal Cliff!


Reply 2 - Posted by: Janjan, 2/20/2013 6:36:51 AM     (No. 9186152)

Obama is making his appeal to the morons who, when comedians interview them on the street, claim that Oprah is the Vice President. They will unequivically believe this bs. Who on the Republican side, besides Mark Levin, is calling him out for this?


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: mindyourbubble, 2/20/2013 6:38:04 AM     (No. 9186156)

OK There is the good news. Come on BHO, what´s the bad news?
I think I said that wrong. Didn´t I?


Reply 4 - Posted by: philsner, 2/20/2013 6:42:23 AM     (No. 9186162)

#2, Rush Limbaugh. And he went into detail about how Obama´s statements are simply lies directed at weak minded lo-fos.


Reply 5 - Posted by: strike3, 2/20/2013 6:43:16 AM     (No. 9186164)

Not one scary revelation in the whole list. Odummah is losing his touch. Emergency responders don´t respond now. We let murderers out on the streets every day; Jerry Brown does it by the truckload. Crime is rampant throughout the government. Our major cities are all on the edge of bankruptcy. Education is a sham. Shut it all down and let the people handle it.


Reply 6 - Posted by: surfhut, 2/20/2013 6:44:53 AM     (No. 9186166)

Hannity called him on this, too. LoFo´s don´t listen to Levin, Rush or Sean.


Reply 7 - Posted by: hamrman, 2/20/2013 6:45:53 AM     (No. 9186169)

The Little President who cried "Wolf" way too many times...what if a real Wolf shows up?


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: lancelink1, 2/20/2013 6:46:34 AM     (No. 9186170)

yeah....yeah...yeah.....disaster... women and children affected the most.....blah...blah...blah.

Pay attention Lo Fo Mo Fos. The no talent arse clown is talking towards you. And wipe that drool off your chins.


Reply 9 - Posted by: Trigger2, 2/20/2013 6:50:35 AM     (No. 9186174)

The lies just get bigger and bigger yet the no information voters still follow the pied piper to their own destruction.


Reply 10 - Posted by: djcdjc, 2/20/2013 6:51:18 AM     (No. 9186175)

A cut in the growth of spending is not a cut in spending.


Reply 11 - Posted by: sixtiesdude, 2/20/2013 6:51:39 AM     (No. 9186176)

Hey, give Obozo a break. He´s just all wee-wee´ed up. Must be the mom jeans. Or the fact that Michelle (Does This Dress Make My Butt Look Big?) is not by his side, bangs at the ready.

Ought to get really fun as March 1 approaches. And, jeez, get a drink of water, dude!


Reply 12 - Posted by: Spidey, 2/20/2013 6:54:21 AM     (No. 9186183)

It´s too soon now but I wonder how long it will be before some activists start calling for Obama to have a 3rd term.Even though there´s a lot of Hillary enthusiasts,Obama would trow her under the bus in a minute to keep his grip on government.People have billions invested in this guy and it´s hard to believe they´ll let him walk away without the country being destroyed first.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: pineledger, 2/20/2013 7:00:34 AM     (No. 9186196)

His idea.


Reply 14 - Posted by: JimS, 2/20/2013 7:08:03 AM     (No. 9186202)

Heard the video clip of this lying s-bag demagogue. Lies on top of lies. Since when are first responders and teachers paid out of the federal budget? The sequester rolls back the budget to OBAMA´S 2011 LEVELS! So he he is saying if we cut our spending to 2011 all this evil will befall?
And job cuts will not be made by the Repubs, but by the administrators and bureaucrats of the Executive Branch agencies that all work for Obama. They are the ones who decide whether to meet the sequestration by cutting back on wasteful spending for conferences, i-phones, re-decorating offices--or cutting jobs. When Zippy decides to lay off workers, that´s HIS CHOICE.
Someone in the Repub leadership has to shout out to the media that Obama is a LIAR. Only then, will there be enough media attention to get the truth out.


Reply 15 - Posted by: O.S. Banker, 2/20/2013 7:08:35 AM     (No. 9186205)

The day he admits that this was his idea, is the day I will listen to this fool. He and the Democrats in Congress have kicked the can into a blind alley and have happily continued kicking it. But now the can is bouncing off a brick wall, and the harder they kick it, the harder it comes back!


Reply 16 - Posted by: JAN, 2/20/2013 7:09:56 AM     (No. 9186206)

Since no one seems to give a damn, today he´ll be threatening root canals for everyone if he doesn´t get his way.

Seems playing with reggielove did nothing to sweeten him up.


Reply 17 - Posted by: cartcart, 2/20/2013 7:11:32 AM     (No. 9186213)

If we do not treat him nicer, he may never consent to a third term. Keep up the good work!


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: beca, 2/20/2013 7:12:17 AM     (No. 9186214)

i dont listen to him......nothing...if he is on i switch...sotu...no way....he is like the little BOY with emphasis on boy who cried wolf.....i believe nothing he says...nothing........we´d all be so much better off if he would just evaporate...he has ruined my country.....go play golf and leave us alone......you just want the perks anyway


Reply 19 - Posted by: PoliticalJunky, 2/20/2013 7:18:36 AM     (No. 9186230)

Who on the Republican side would they listen to, No. 2?

Certainly not Rush Limbaugh.


Reply 20 - Posted by: tonyp173, 2/20/2013 7:20:41 AM     (No. 9186236)

A third term would require ratification of 3/4 of the states. That´s 38 states. Not enough blue states to do it. There is no Constitutionally supportable way for Obama to remain in the White House beyond 1/17.


Reply 21 - Posted by: M2, 2/20/2013 7:24:05 AM     (No. 9186242)

But this is the President again playing you, because he thinks you are too stupid and uninformed to pay attention to what has been going on.

Well?

What Obama is saying here is that most Americans agree that cutting spending hurts the economy, but raising taxes doesn’t. And if you do agree, and willingly allow Obama to play you like that, it is you who are stupid.

After several generations of public-school-educated people and colleges which don´t educate, we have a majority of people who ARE that stupid. Ignorant, really. But ignorance and stupidity vs. knowledge of the truth is really what our problem is in America: The truth no longer is sought nor does it matter in this Postmodern culture.

We are in deep, deep trouble unless God sends us a serious leader who isn´t afraid to speak the truth and who can rally the people behind him to change things.

Must it take a revolution, blood in the streets, because that´s all I can see on the horizon.


Reply 22 - Posted by: god of irony, 2/20/2013 7:41:03 AM     (No. 9186274)

And no Republicans leaders out there to call him a liar.


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: mws50, 2/20/2013 7:53:16 AM     (No. 9186296)

If a normal person was spending $3500 a month, and one month they were forced to cut back by $85, do you think a normal person could handle $3415 for that month, instead of $3500? Of course.

Unfortunately, our federal government has NEVER done that, so they are in a panic, along with our dumber-than-dirt media.


Reply 24 - Posted by: The Architect, 2/20/2013 7:53:37 AM     (No. 9186300)

I don´t know why his panties are in a bunch. The sequester is his idea. He is argueing against himself.


Reply 25 - Posted by: MDConservative, 2/20/2013 7:59:57 AM     (No. 9186308)

Boehner will back away from his tough talk about spending and tax reform in five...four...three...


Reply 26 - Posted by: smobooks, 2/20/2013 8:02:14 AM     (No. 9186314)

I´m one of those federal contractors who might lose my job because of sequestration. I worried much of last fall but now I don´t care - I´m sick of the GOP caving, I´m sick of my hard-earned money being wasted by government pigs and the piglets they feed...(Of course, I will care a few weeks in when there´s no income, but I´ll figure it out. Won´t end up living under or bridge.)


Reply 27 - Posted by: Crosscut, 2/20/2013 8:06:59 AM     (No. 9186321)

Sooner or later the Media will get tired of being played for suckers by Obama, Obama is going to finally go too far, and it will be all over for Obama. He will still have the support of the looters, moochers, stupid and gullible, but that will be about it.


Reply 28 - Posted by: Gretchen123, 2/20/2013 8:13:52 AM     (No. 9186333)

Bravo #10. Exactly right. However, the media will never explain that to the people. Let the hysterics continue.


Reply 29 - Posted by: Felixcat, 2/20/2013 8:16:48 AM     (No. 9186339)

So where is the loyal opposition calling him out?

Where are the Republican "leaders" saying that Obama (sequestration was his and Reid´s idea) would rather furlough FBI agents than furlough workers at the NEA, etc?

#20 - you think Obama (or even Congress) cares about the Constituion?


Reply 30 - Posted by: OhMy, 2/20/2013 8:28:00 AM     (No. 9186360)

This is what you get when a lifetime of lies and demagoguery is never challenged. First of all this is not a real cut but a smaller increase from last years baseline. Why not go back to the baseline where Obama took office and have zero increase from now on from the baseline? Didn´t he say that Bush spent too much? This way increases and cuts must be labelled properly cutting out one element of the demagoguery. Obama claims to have offered cuts ( he lied ) so demand that he be specific and name one non defence cut he is willing to make. Since defence is only 12% of the overall budget a cut of an equal dollar amount in defence is a much deeper cut than the same cut to entitlements. Air Force 1 is going to be worn out soon. There should be cuts that affect Obama personally. Put a cap on the mileage for Air Force 1 and leave the emergency response, paid by local governments, alone!


Reply 31 - Posted by: KanCreeper, 2/20/2013 8:36:52 AM     (No. 9186376)

In regards to the headline:

The question becomes; how satisfactory would a case of self-immolation be?
Simply setting his hair on fire and running through the Capital would be called a good start.

Histrionics over a cut of TWU Percent in the Total Federal Budget. And the Sequestration was a WH invention and suggestion! More Balderdash, from the Community Organizer.


Reply 32 - Posted by: bpl40, 2/20/2013 8:37:56 AM     (No. 9186377)

I read somewhere that one simple act of Congress will solve all the immediate problems. Postpone the implementation of the ACA (AKA 0bamacare)from 2014 to 2016. Also, IMO. let the people vote in 2014 if the postponement should be permanent.


Reply 33 - Posted by: MattMusson, 2/20/2013 8:38:06 AM     (No. 9186378)

Fox news was showing video of the President rejoicing at his Sequestor - and condeming Congressional attempts to stop it.

The video was 5 months old.


Reply 34 - Posted by: jt26, 2/20/2013 8:40:55 AM     (No. 9186385)

Don´t worry boys and girls John Boehner and Mitch McConnell will be all up in Obama´s business and call him out.


Reply 35 - Posted by: chicodon, 2/20/2013 8:45:42 AM     (No. 9186397)

The best defense would be to immediately go on offense. Will we? No. Boehner will once again be the gentleman and offer to meet Obama half way.

Where are our attack dogs calling this charlatan out? We´ve had some good articles on here lately describing in detail what bin Obama is doing. He wants no deal. This is about 2014. We should be making a mockery of his theatrics.


Reply 36 - Posted by: Rinktum, 2/20/2013 8:48:35 AM     (No. 9186403)

Exactly #30. No one bucks Obama.

Why doesn´t the RNC or anyone put out a short ad on TV and the net that calls Obama out on his lies. If the Republicans don´t go around the media to get their message out and at least try to get the truth out there, Obama wins because ultimately the only one who pays for Obama´s follies are the Republicans. The media sees to that. This administration is quite different than any other in history. They will lie, cheat and steal to achieve their goals. The Republicans just don´t get it and they are going to let this country go down because of their denial, laziness, or complicity.


Reply 37 - Posted by: LZK, 2/20/2013 8:51:35 AM     (No. 9186409)

Let the bamster fall...

It´s HIS sequester and it´s HIS problem....

LZK


Reply 38 - Posted by: uno_thatguy, 2/20/2013 9:07:23 AM     (No. 9186453)

Your analogy is good,#23.
To be more precise, say you´re expecting a 12% raise or $420 you would be expecting $3920 per month. But things are tough and your employer can only give you 8% or $280 per month raise giving you $3780.

Wow! How many meals would you miss?

That´s what this is all about. There are some areas that will actually have cuts, but overall it will be increases that are less that could still be used to build up the cuts and reduce the deficit but will be used to distribute more cell phones.


Reply 39 - Posted by: trapper, 2/20/2013 9:11:54 AM     (No. 9186460)

I hope the elevator operator at the Washington Monument has some savings put aside.


Reply 40 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino, 2/20/2013 9:31:53 AM     (No. 9186498)

Oh, I hope #35 is right!

I can´t wait for Boehner and McConnell to get indignant. They´re so CUTE when they do that!


Reply 41 - Posted by: sorosisbehindit, 2/20/2013 9:39:27 AM     (No. 9186523)

I don´t know what makes me more weary - that the politicians and media keep lying to our face, or that the voters continue to believe the rhetoric.
If you thought you were going to get a 4% raise, but you only got a 2% raise do you tell everyone that the company cut your pay?!
Would you then tell your kids that they would have no food, when you could easily cut the extravagant cable features if money got tight?


Reply 42 - Posted by: Clinger, 2/20/2013 9:59:53 AM     (No. 9186573)

We have a 40% overspending problem and we can´t make the first 2% cut without hysterics? Can you imagine a family or business expecting the banker for the next loan? The stark reality is that our nation is a collection of families, individuals and businesses.

The very discussion makes the point on spending. We can´t provide essential protections because we spent it on what?


Reply 43 - Posted by: dman, 2/20/2013 10:03:15 AM     (No. 9186582)

Like many, I originally wanted to avoid the sequestration. Then, after the "fiscal cliff" fiasco, passively letting it happen seemed the only way to get some spending cuts. Now, with a lying pResident going over the top on this: I strongly urge that the sequestration take effect. If it doesn´t directly prove that the world will not end and that the scare tactic was just that, it will force Emperor NerØbma to expose his priorities, which will be open to attack - at long last. It will awaken the electorate and focus their attention on the problem. I doubt this will play in the Emperor´s favor. I´m for it. Do it. Bring it on. Call the bluff.


Reply 44 - Posted by: fljack, 2/20/2013 10:07:08 AM     (No. 9186595)

It is for the Chillldeerruuunnn!!! he said, dripping with sarcasm...


Reply 45 - Posted by: Sayit, 2/20/2013 10:15:47 AM     (No. 9186621)

The real reason Bamie´s panties are in a wad is because Boehner out manuvered him.

Obama was too busy crowing about his tax increases. Boehner was able to make 99% of the Bush tax cuts permanent and took leveage away from Obama in saying he would agree to military cuts which Obama thought he would NEVER do. This way GOP will get the spending cuts they wanted and Obama can not do a thing about it

This Man has not had a budget in 3 years now he is crying for MORE time. Tick tock time is up !

Obama´s chickens are coming home to ROOST !


Reply 46 - Posted by: Salt5792, 2/20/2013 10:22:59 AM     (No. 9186634)

Also, will no longer have money to buy food for prisoners in federal penitentiaries so they will all be released.


Reply 47 - Posted by: IDestroyObamasGoons, 2/20/2013 10:39:00 AM     (No. 9186666)

Sequestration was his idea. Harry Reid and the ´Rats rammed it through. Obama signed off on it. It is his baby, he owns it. Now he doesn´t want it. I say, tough cookies, clown. You wanted it, you got it. The media won´t pin it on him. They and the sheeple will blame the ´Pubs for anything bad that happens. Odouchebag and the ´Rats know this. If you´re going to get blamed no matter what, I say, let it happen, and don´t give the ´Rats the satisfaction of caving. We should at least be able to say, I told you so.


Reply 48 - Posted by: TexasRose, 2/20/2013 10:49:39 AM     (No. 9186683)

Oh, no! If we cut one little thing, this country is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions! Fire and brimstone coming down from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hysteria!


Reply 49 - Posted by: Republic Can, 2/20/2013 11:02:49 AM     (No. 9186723)

This board has not yet commentedd on how sequestration (in concert with the CR) has already effected our military footprint. With two carrier strike groups standing down, and the depletion of our standing armies, our entire external universe becomes less sustainable.

Someone more knowledgable than I should do the arithmetic, but listening to the world around us banging on our gates is not a good sign. So I think equating the damage done to our national sphere of influence with the lack of cell phones for the mindless only works on the mindless.


Reply 50 - Posted by: rmagnus, 2/20/2013 11:02:49 AM     (No. 9186724)

I would love to see Leno do a man on the street interview segment where people are asked "what do you think about Obama´s sequestration?"

Most of them would think its his new boat or a medical procedure involving his nether regions.


Reply 51 - Posted by: Zumkopf, 2/20/2013 11:48:20 AM     (No. 9186807)

Has anyone forgotten that Obama promised to VETO any attempt to avoid or amend the sequester?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2011/11/21/obama-i-will-veto-attempts-to-get-rid-of-automatic-spending-cuts/

Or does the past always begin and end at yesterday in Obamaland?


Reply 52 - Posted by: berlin, 2/20/2013 11:49:27 AM     (No. 9186809)

Just as gutless uncle Mc and auntie Lindsey vote for an incompetent Sec Def thus doing 0´s bidding so will the rest of the spineless pubbies bail out 0 on the sequester. What else is new in the Republican Party which, in reality, is Democrat Light.


Reply 53 - Posted by: amnoi1, 2/20/2013 1:05:20 PM     (No. 9186929)

you tweeters post this mesg: You lo fo will not face any problems from sequester , afterall Obama and Harry Reid have their Senate Budget to rearrange the sequester to non threatening categories. Post this wherever dems lurk.


Reply 54 - Posted by: miceal, 2/20/2013 1:15:10 PM     (No. 9186946)

Is it just me or does anyone else remember the Pentagon Contractors were advised NOT to warn their employees about impending layoffs PRIOR to the November elections....? The pigeons are coming home to roost.....


Reply 55 - Posted by: dbdiva, 2/20/2013 1:51:23 PM     (No. 9187030)

Coming back to bite him in the butt?? March Madness coming early?? Oh, wait...Zippy´ll soon have to spend some quality time working on his brackets. In the scheme of his world that´s much more important. Maybe he´ll be interviewed on ESPN!!
Let sequestration roll....


Reply 56 - Posted by: bob913, 2/20/2013 3:19:48 PM     (No. 9187235)

AND... traffic will be lighter on the roads!
Nothing but positives!


Reply 57 - Posted by: Dr. Kranky, 2/20/2013 4:00:59 PM     (No. 9187331)

#24, why do you make me think of that scene in Blazing Saddles when the new sheriff rides into town?? Time for a little photoshop fun, I´d say.


Reply 58 - Posted by: flatwater, 2/20/2013 4:09:25 PM     (No. 9187359)

Poor, poor, set-upon Barky.

He´s so upset, he´s torn his dress!

I´m sure Reggie Love can kiss his boo-boos and make them go away....


Reply 59 - Posted by: steveracer, 2/20/2013 4:28:21 PM     (No. 9187407)

I live in the NE, so I just called my Democrat senators, both of them, and my Democrat congress´person´ and told them all to start cutting. I´m all for the sequester. Hey let´s give it a try. (golf lessons don´t seem to help)


Reply 60 - Posted by: Eliza M, 2/20/2013 5:35:37 PM     (No. 9187557)

Obama wanted this Sequester since August of 2011 and warned anyone that, if it should not happen he would veto it!...Well, then why is he saying now he does not want it? BECAUSE, if it goes wrong he can blame the GOP of and if it goes right he gets a photo opp. I would pull his bluff Mr Boehner and stop giving into this little want to be Nero. I think the Democrats have lost their minds and their souls.


Reply 61 - Posted by: Ida Lil, 2/20/2013 5:38:50 PM     (No. 9187565)

#42 please add to the list all the armchair fightin´ mouths open ears shut constant ranters who do nothing to encourage anyone who attempts to find a solution without violence.


Reply 62 - Posted by: ArtieC, 2/20/2013 6:59:50 PM     (No. 9187675)

The end of life on earth as we know it.


Reply 63 - Posted by: Dodge Boy, 2/20/2013 7:28:30 PM     (No. 9187708)


Reply 64 - Posted by: Dodge Boy, 2/20/2013 7:30:53 PM     (No. 9187714)

Obie made his bed and now has to sleep in it.


Reply 65 - Posted by: ArtieC, 2/20/2013 7:34:22 PM     (No. 9187719)

Life as we know it will end. The sun will extinguish. And Sir Obama , in his chrome plated armor will draw his sword and ride his white charger and slay the republican dragon. He will turn back the tides. Reignite the sun. And all will be right with the world.


Reply 66 - Posted by: Kansas Conservative, 2/20/2013 8:32:41 PM     (No. 9187801)

Let the sequester move forward. Cut, cut, cut. Cut everything. Shut down the entire federal government. It won´t affect anyone´s life...except we would get to keep more take home pay instead of sending 1/3 of our checks to an evil, evil government in Washington, D.C.


Reply 67 - Posted by: Mickturn, 2/20/2013 10:30:19 PM     (No. 9187992)

What goes around comes around...in spades!


Reply 68 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623, 2/20/2013 10:58:32 PM     (No. 9188031)

Somebody is about to get all wee wee´d up.

Notice he never says We will have to cut foreign aid ?



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Officials on Benghazi:
"We made mistakes,
but without malice"

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CBS News, by Sharyl Attkisson    Original Article
Posted By: Drive- 5/17/2013 3:02:24 PM     Post Reply
Obama administration officials who were in key positions on Sept. 11, 2012, acknowledge that a range of mistakes were made the night of the attacks on the U.S. missions in Benghazi, and in messaging to Congress and the public in the aftermath. The officials spoke to CBS News in a series of interviews and communications under the condition of anonymity so that they could be more frank in their assessments. They do not all agree on the list of mistakes and it's important to note that they universally claim that any errors or missteps did not cost lives and reflect "incompetence rather than malice or cover up.

Watergate 2.0 -- why the
IRS scandal is far worse

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Fox News, by Matt Kibbe    Original Article
Posted By: StormCnter- 5/18/2013 5:59:17 AM     Post Reply
In the wake of one of the worst abuses of government power in recent history, many are rushing to frame the Internal Revenue Service scandal as simply an attack on conservative activists. That view risks creating a partisan political football and misses a fundamentally scarier abuse that exceeds the scandals of Watergate or any other prior government abuse. The IRS has admitted that since May 2010 it targeted grassroots-conservative organizations that had applied for tax-exempt status, unfairly subjecting them to rigorous scrutiny due to their political leanings. Such groups were told they were required to comply with IRS requests,

Lew asks Congress for debt increase,
says it’s ´not open to debate´

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The Hill, by Peter Schoeder    Original Article
Posted By: DW626- 5/18/2013 6:12:33 PM     Post Reply
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Friday urged congressional leaders to raise the debt limit and insisted that the White House is not going to negotiate over the increase because lawmakers have "no choice." "We will not negotiate over the debt limit," Lew wrote. "The creditworthiness of the United States is non-negotiable. The question of whether the country must pay obligations it has already incurred is not open to debate." Lew said that while President Obama is willing to discuss plans to reduce the nation´s deficit with Congress, those talks must be kept separate from any effort to raise the nation´s debt cap.

McCaskill Calls For Firing Of All
Involved In IRS Targeting Scandal

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KMOX [St, Louis], by Staff    Original Article
Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 5/18/2013 2:46:31 PM     Post Reply
Washington – Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, issued a video statement Friday in response to reports that the Internal Revenue Service unfairly targeted conservative nonprofit groups. (Snip) “There’s a reason Lady Justice wears a blindfold in America. That is because in America, we don’t apply the law based on who you are, who you know, or what you believe. We apply the law equally.” “We should not only fire the head of the IRS, which has occurred, but we’ve got to go down the line and find every single person who had anything to do with this and make sure

Higher-Ups Knew of IRS Case
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Wall Street Journal, by John D. McKinnon*    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/17/2013 10:23:18 PM     Post Reply
The Internal Revenue Service´s watchdog told top Treasury officials around June 2012 he was investigating allegations the tax agency had targeted conservative groups, for the first time indicating that Obama administration officials were aware of the explosive matter in the midst of the president´s re-election campaign. The disclosure to the Treasury general counsel and the deputy secretary was a cursory one, according to J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration. He said he didn´t reveal conclusions of the probe, which was in its early stages, and his disclosure came as part

Rep. Issa subpoenas Benghazi
auditor Thomas Pickering

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The Hill [Washington DC], by Julian Pecquet    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 5/17/2013 3:53:45 PM     Post Reply
The lawmaker leading the charge to investigate the Benghazi terror attack on Friday subpoenaed the co-author of a report that slammed the State Department but didn´t interview Hillary Clinton. House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) formally demanded that retired ambassador Thomas Pickering submit to being deposed by the committee next Thursday. The subpoena comes in the wake of a series of acrimonious public exchanges this week between the two men. Issa didn´t issue a subpoena to former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen, who co-authored the Benghazi report with Pickering.

IRS sued for seizing 60
million medical records

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Washington Times [DC], by Cheryl K. Chumley    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 5/17/2013 9:29:25 PM     Post Reply
A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans. The name of the provider is not yet known, United Press International said. But Courthouse News Service said the suit claims the agency violated the Fourth Amendment in 2011, when agents executed a search warrant for financial data on one employee – and that led to the seizure of information on 10 million, including state judges. The search warrant did not specify that the IRS could take medical information, UPI said.


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