Its very much tit for tat partisan politics as usual, which does not excuse it our mean we should allow it to pass unremarked. Or unprosecuted.
The incessent internecine bickering and bitching of both sides and their hypocrisy is making me ill. None of them seem truly interested in the union and the republic. They are all self interested in some way. Pork, corporate sponsors, sweet post "service" jobs and far worse. The two parties need to be removed from Washington post haste, the are bleeding us dry. History shows us the pattern these things take. Can we not short circuit the cycle and get to the next great free republic of laws and ideas and liberty? On May 18, 2013 12:47 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Its a longer history than that. The Republicans have a long record of using > government agencies for their own uses. For instance going back to Nixon's > enemy list and his use of IRS audits, or Ronnie Raygun's directing the FBI > to investigate peaceful ant-war groups, or Bush I directing the state > department to investigate Clinton for any activities when he was a Rhodes > scholar in England. In grad school shared an office with the brother of a > senior aide to Bush and over heard the brother gleefully talking about the > investigation. After my office partner left to teach his intro class (see > righties there are conservative instructors in colleges), I called the > Clinton campaign office about that. 3 days later the scandal broke in the > newspapers. > > The point being in this case its really a case of the pot meet kettle. > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > ...and where was Jerry's and his fellow faux patriots outrage when they > > targeted liberal groups under the Bush administration? BTW...the guy > Obama > > fired was the commissioner appointed by Bush... > > On May 10, 2013 10:39 AM, "Jerry Barnes" <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > And in the "No Shit Sherlock" category: > > > > > > IRS APOLOGIZES FOR TARGETING CONSERVATIVE GROUPS ( > > > > > > http://bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups > > > ) > > > > > > The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately > flagging > > > conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 > > > election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status. > > > > > > Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, > said > > > organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their > > > applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional > > reviews. > > > Many conservative groups complained during the election that they were > > > being harassed by the IRS. They said the agency asked them an > inordinate > > > number of questions to justify their tax-exempt status. > > > > > > > > > > > > Wonder what kind of consequences those responsible will face. > Probably > > a > > > promotion and a free two week vacation to the Bahamas. > > > > > > J > > > > > > - > > > > > > The power to tax involves the power to destroy. - John Marshall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
