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News/Politics 6-5-13

What’s interesting in the news today?

We have a bunch today, so I’ll try to be brief. Some are videos, so you can hear and see it for yourself.

Out of all the testimony I’ve seen, this one is my favorite. It’s about time someone calls these partisan hacks out for their behavior and enabling of clear violations of the law. And these illegal acts for partisan reasons have had a chilling effect on free speech, and have led to crimes against people’s homes and businesses for nothing more than supporting traditional marriage.

Next up, what the IRS did to an Iowa pro-life group. You will find what she has to say extremely disturbing.

More on their illegal actions toward NOM here, from TheDailyCaller

“It is likely that someone at the Internal Revenue Service illegally leaked  confidential donor information showing a contribution from Mitt  Romney’s political action committee to the National  Organization for Marriage, says the group.”

“The dispute stems from a March 30 post on the pro-gay Human Rights Campaign’s  (HRC) website, which boasted that it had obtained documents revealing that Mitt Romney “donated $10,000 to the National  Organization for Marriage [NOM] in 2008 …””

Meanwhile, other groups that are certainly questionable continued to have expedited service from the IRS and meetings with the White House to help move things along.  From WND

“At the same time the Internal Revenue Service delayed or denied requests for  tax-exempt status from hundreds of conservative non-profit groups, it was  quietly restoring the tax-exempt status of an Islamist front group accused of  collaborating with terrorists.

Last year, the politicized agency reinstated the Washington-based Council on  American-Islamic Relations’ tax-exempt status despite years of delinquent tax  filings. CAIR officials had met with officials inside the White House before the  decision was made.”

Anyone who still doubts the White House involvement needs to consider this as well. From TownHall

“Cutter insists that Shulman was simply meeting about implementation of ObamaCare — and in fairness, one of her responsibilities was managing communications strategy for the unpopular law.  But as everyone knows, Stephanie Cutter’s expertise is not primarily in the policy area; it is in the realm of politics: Political strategy and communications.  She has been described by the Daily Beast as a partisan “pit bull.”  Her job isn’t the nuts and bolts of governing.  She is a political fixer.  That’s why she was a Deputy Campaign manager for the President’s re-election.

Given that’s the case, it’s far from clear why she would have been in meetings with Doug Shulman at all.  The whole point of the IRS’ supposed “independence” is to insulate the agency from the influence and machinations of people exactly like Stephanie Cutter.

Some at the IRS are talking, and what they’re saying implicates others as well as the White House. From NationalReview

“Congressional investigators are probing the highest echelons of the Internal Revenue Service  in Washington, D.C., in connection with the agency’s targeting of conservative groups, according to documents obtained by National Review Online. Those documents, provided by an IRS employee who asked to remain anonymous, indicate that those being asked to provide computer data to investigators include the agency’s chief counsel, William J. Wilkins, and both of his deputies. The chief counsel is one of just two political appointments at the IRS made by the president.”

Paul Ryan got some cheers from the audience for his rebuttal of McDermott. Despite his insistence that the Bush admin did this to liberal groups, he and Democrats offered no examples and called no witnesses.

GOP Rep. Jim Bridenstine’s  One-Minute Critique Of The Obama Regime On House Floor…

Ouch.

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Here’s an update on the Ft. Hood shooting trial. Like I said yesterday, it’s getting really tough to sell the “work-place violence” lie. This was terrorism. The suspect has again admitted this publicly. Those involved deserve the proper designation and the benefits they have coming. Benefits the Obama admin has denied them because they don’t want to admit to the suspects motivations for PC reasons. From Newser.com

“A “defense of others” strategy requires defendants to prove they killed a person or people to protect others from immediate danger. Many of the soldiers killed on the Texas Army post were preparing to deploy.”

“Government documents show that Hasan, in speaking with some colleagues, expressed support for Osama bin Laden and said the U.S. was at war with Islam. In some emails to a radical Muslim cleric, Hasan indicated that he supported terrorists and was intrigued with the idea of U.S. soldiers killing comrades in the name of Islam.”

“Witnesses have said that after lunch on Nov. 5, 2009, a gunman wearing an Army combat uniform shouted “Allahu Akbar!” _ “God is great!” in Arabic _ and opened fire in a crowded medical building where deploying soldiers are given vaccines and undergo tests. Witnesses said the gunman fired rapidly, pausing only to reload, even shooting at some soldiers as they hid under desks and fled the building.”

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This one? Oh c’mon, really? From Philly.com

“Ask anyone coming down from the high of one too many cups of coffee, and they’ll  tell you that the headaches from caffeine withdrawal can drive you crazy. So much so, that the latest version of psychiatry’s bible, DSM-5, is naming caffeine withdrawal as an actual mental disorder.”

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13 thoughts on “News/Politics 6-5-13”

  4. Chas,

    I think they do it for a few reasons. To see if they can is one. It’s always good to test the defenses of a possible enemy. And many govt sites have similar security, so if you figure one out, it may help with others. Plus, practice makes perfect I guess.

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  5. President Obama is making Susan Rice his new National Security Adviser and is nominating Samantha Power for U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Rice’s new job doesn’t require Senate confirmation, but Power’s does. Power has distanced herself from Benghazi by saying that she did not prepare, nor did she give Rice the talking points for her Sunday show appearances. So, when Power goes before the Senate, she can and will be asked who did prepare Rice with talking points. I don’t think that she can plead the fifth, but if she doesn’t spill the beans, she can kiss the new job goodbye. How badly does she want the job?

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  8. I’m guessing this is Susan Rice’s consolation prize. She was probably promised Secretary of State to go along, but the mean ole Republicans ruined that.

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  9. Yep.

    Gotta keep her quiet and happy. It’s her reward for lying and helping cover up on Benghazi. Now she has been rewarded for her loyalty. Just like Powers. The woman who once advocated an armed international force to drive the Jews out of disputed lands, will speak for the US at the UN. She’ll fit right in, that’s for sure. This is her rewarded for helping with the IRS thing. Turns our as Obama’s propaganda minister for ObamaCare, that meant she attended some of those 150 or so meetings the IRS dirsector had at the WH, some with the president and some with his advisers. The fact that she was involved in the Obama campaign while the IRS pulled it’s shenanigans, and met with all parties at the same time is purely coincidental according to Democrats. They think we’re stupid. So the liars get rewarded for silence and lies, as well as conspiracy and several felonies. And when they leaked NOM’s info, along with others, to their opposition, that is a felony. And all of this to benefit the Obama campaign. Welcome to New Chicago, formerly known as D.C..

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  10. Here’s a good one.

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/5/crowd-stunned-after-valedictorian-rips-speech-reci/

    “A South Carolina valedictorian garnered wild applause after he ripped up his pre-approved speech and delivered the Lord’s prayer at his high school graduation on Saturday.

    The act was apparently in protest of the Pickens County School District’s decision to no longer include prayer at graduation ceremonies, Christian News reported. Officials said the decision was made after the district was barraged with complaints by atheist groups.

    But that didn’t stop Roy Costner IV of Liberty High School. He ripped up his graduation speech for all to see, before he started talking about his Christian upbringing, Christian News reported.”

    Here’s the video.

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  11. I have been thinking about the Susan Rice appointment. I think there is more to the appointment. Here is my take. If Susan Rice is a cabinet member, Mr. Obama can exert executive privilege should she be compelled to testify before the House Oversight or Judicial Committee.

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