May 08, 2014

Representative: Nearly One in Ten Donors to Tea Party Groups Were Audited
— Ace

Stunning, if true.

I don't know if it is true. It seems so hard to believe that anyone would be that brazen.

Despite assurances to the contrary, the IRS didn’t destroy all of the donor lists scooped up in its tea party targeting — and a check of those lists reveals that the tax agency audited 10 percent of those donors, much higher than the audit rate for average Americans, House Republicans revealed Wednesday.

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“The committee uncovered new information indicating that after groups provided the information to the IRS, nearly one in 10 donors were subject to audit,” Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr., Louisiana Republican and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee’s oversight panel, told IRS Commissioner John Koskinen at a hearing Wednesday.

“The abuse of discretion and audit selection must be identified and stopped,” he said.

Mr. Koskinen didnÂ’t specifically address the accusations during the hearing, and the IRS didnÂ’t respond to a request for comment late Wednesday evening.

Not even a smidgen of corruption.


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1 Ben Carson was one too.

Posted by: EC at May 08, 2014 12:38 PM (doBIb)

2 First?

Posted by: redenzo at May 08, 2014 12:39 PM (WCnJW)

3 Got a letter today. I wish I was kidding.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 08, 2014 12:39 PM (l3vZN)

4 Every time I say they wouldn't be that brazen since 2009 I've been proven wrong.

Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at May 08, 2014 12:39 PM (7i0fA)

5 Those fellas in the Cincinnati office were working overtime.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2014 12:39 PM (CJ1mO)

6 I was audited in 2012. I had been contributing to conservative/tea party groups. I've contacted my Senator.

Posted by: WisRich at May 08, 2014 12:40 PM (hdpay)

7 Jaw drop.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 08, 2014 12:40 PM (8ZskC)

8 you know that if it is only 9.89 percent, the report will be pronounced a lie.

Posted by: mallfly at May 08, 2014 12:41 PM (bJm7W)

9 Look, someone called me to tell me that Tea Party donors don't pay their taxes, so how can they be audited?

Oh... and the KOCH BROTHERS!!!

Posted by: Harry Reid at May 08, 2014 12:41 PM (FXTmE)

10 Jinx, hope all your papers are in order.

Posted by: EC at May 08, 2014 12:41 PM (doBIb)

11

In 2009 I would not have believed this.  Now, for me, nothing is off the table.

 

I knew that it was going to bad ~ but not this BAD.

Posted by: Cheri at May 08, 2014 12:41 PM (G+Wff)

12 What a bunch of nasty fucks we have in government.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 08, 2014 12:41 PM (8ZskC)

13 Just out of curiosity, what is the normal audit rate? Seem relevant.

Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 12:41 PM (gmeXX)

14 THIS is how you silence opposition voices. Now everyone will wonder if they will have the IRS on them if they donate to the 'wrong' cause. Its also how they can use Obamacare. If you vote wrong, you will have to wait longer.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at May 08, 2014 12:41 PM (9Bdcz)

15 Yes, they would never be so brazen.

Posted by: ejo at May 08, 2014 12:41 PM (GXvSO)

16 Captain Douchebag is in town at a fundraiser today to decry the influence of money in politics. I'm certain that a reporter will ask him about at least one of his 'rogue' agencies.

Posted by: t-bird at May 08, 2014 12:42 PM (FcR7P)

17

The message is clear:

 

If you donate to Tea Party groups you will be punished.

 

I'm sure there are some in the GOPe who don't have a problem with this.

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 12:42 PM (l/M30)

18 Most Transparent Administration Ever

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2014 12:43 PM (CJ1mO)

19

One in TEN?!

 

I'm decimated

Posted by: Bigby's Flappy Hands at May 08, 2014 12:43 PM (3ZtZW)

20 hope all your papers are in order. Posted by: EC One doesn't really know until the opera is over, I'm afraid. We do our best.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 08, 2014 12:43 PM (l3vZN)

21 'Punish your enemies, get in their faces' - some douchebag

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at May 08, 2014 12:43 PM (9Bdcz)

22

We approve.

McConnell, McCain, Cantor, Boehner, Graham, et.al.

Posted by: Cheri at May 08, 2014 12:43 PM (G+Wff)

23 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 08, 2014 12:43 PM (PYAXX)

24 And there are 5% less audits now because of staff cuts.

Posted by: redenzo at May 08, 2014 12:44 PM (WCnJW)

25 what is stunning about it? i'm surprised it isn't more....if we don't get our country back it will be ......

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 08, 2014 12:44 PM (u8GsB)

26 I will fundamentaly change this country. Never forget! Third reich bullshit, be vigilant people.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at May 08, 2014 12:44 PM (Q8vlx)

27 Bananas, anyone?

Posted by: The Republic at May 08, 2014 12:44 PM (8ZskC)

28 What about us???

Posted by: The Fuckin Koch Brothers!!! at May 08, 2014 12:44 PM (i0wGQ)

29 You have nothing to fear from a Barack Obama presidency.

Posted by: Y-not at May 08, 2014 12:45 PM (zDsvJ)

30 13 Just out of curiosity, what is the normal audit rate? Seem relevant. Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 04:41 PM (gmeXX) 1.11% for individuals.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 08, 2014 12:45 PM (oMKp3)

31

14 THIS is how you silence opposition voices. Now everyone will wonder if they will have the IRS on them if they donate to the 'wrong' cause.

 

Its also how they can use Obamacare. If you vote wrong, you will have to wait longer.

 

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at May 08, 2014 04:41 PM (9Bdcz)

 

------------

 

Soup Nazis.

The Dems have become Soup Nazis.

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 12:45 PM (l/M30)

32 anyway, what were the odds that Paula Jones would have been audited? Keep that in mind if Hillary! runs in 2016.

Posted by: mallfly at May 08, 2014 12:45 PM (bJm7W)

33 I ice cakes in between audits.

Posted by: redenzo at May 08, 2014 12:45 PM (WCnJW)

34


A friend in a midwestern state got audited.

Family man, 3 boys, house, very good job, advanced degree, no business interest.

But donated to Wounder Warriors, heritage and others.

Then got audited.

This country is going Soviet.

But hey, Grinning Jugeared Moron can go to Hollywood, the land of pederasts, and help them out as they help him.

Did you notice how the black scientist, and we need to be race conscious at all times, curiously had his BIG SUPER SPECIAL COSMOS on GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE the very same week Big Jugeared Grinning Stupid Ass releases his sickening Lysenkoist Big Super Important Paper?

Just a coincidence, of course.


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Commissar at May 08, 2014 12:45 PM (G68IW)

35 That is so stunning a number that the Lois Lerner piece of the scandal, extra scrutiny for 501-C-4 exempt status, is going to absolutely pale by comparison. There will be many ex-IRS officials going to prison if this allegation is true.

Posted by: MTF at May 08, 2014 12:46 PM (+fuKQ)

36 This goes with the EPA employee who was caught using his job to surf porn (at a $125,000 salary, BTW). The permanent bureaucracy makes too much money and is entrenched.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 08, 2014 12:46 PM (T0NGe)

37 30 You have nothing to fear from a Barack Obama presidency. Posted by: Y-not at May 08, 2014 04:45 PM (zDsvJ) my asshole sen said that......

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 08, 2014 12:46 PM (u8GsB)

38 Burn It - Burn it NoW !

Beat the government offenders
senseless and lets move forward.

Posted by: American Dawg at May 08, 2014 12:46 PM (p6iIL)

39 http://www.taxdebthelp.com/tax-problems/tax-audit/irs-audit-statistics Audit statistics.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 08, 2014 12:46 PM (oMKp3)

40

>>>be vigilant people

 

Why? Is something outrageous gonna happen? Flagrant maybe?

Posted by: Bigby's Flappy Hands at May 08, 2014 12:46 PM (3ZtZW)

41 I saw this this morning but I didn't link it.   There simply isn't enough info there to make a judgement call.  The question would be how many of Obama's OFA donors
were audited after they became a tax free non-profit. 



How many donors to the NAACP are audited.


Compare the audit rate of Tea Party Donors to liberal donors of non-profits.  Not to the average American.  The average American makes somewhere around $35K a year and takes the standard deduction. Auditing them would be a real sign of the corruption.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 08, 2014 12:47 PM (T2V/1)

42 The Democrats have found the perfect way to implement their tyranny. You don't imprison dissidents; you don't put them in mental hospitals; you don't execute them. No, you audit them, and ridicule them, and demonize them. That was where the Soviets went wrong- by imprisoning or killing "dissidents" -and then changing what it meant to be "a dissident"- they forced the people to resist. The Democrats, however, have made it so that when they change what "a dissident" is, people simply cower and hope they're not included in the new definition. And people who do fight back? "Well, what's their problem. It's *just* an audit. The innocent have nothing to fear."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 08, 2014 12:47 PM (PYAXX)

43 Its ironic that publicizing that statistic only furthers the scheme. Even if house is "cleaned" by a few sacrificial heads rolling at the IRS, no sane person will take a chance by contributing to a 501(c)(4) on the wrong side of the political spectrum.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 08, 2014 12:47 PM (8ZskC)

44 Now?

Posted by: Flat Tax at May 08, 2014 12:47 PM (FXTmE)

45 41 just sayin it's worse than most people wanna believe.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at May 08, 2014 12:48 PM (Q8vlx)

46 Shocked, shocked etc.

Posted by: your winnings, sir at May 08, 2014 12:48 PM (QupBk)

47 "There will be many ex-IRS officials going to prison if this allegation is true. Posted by: MTF at May 08, 2014 04:46 PM"

Yeah...about that...

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 08, 2014 12:48 PM (knoK7)

48 This goes with the EPA employee who was caught using his job to surf porn (at a $125,000 salary, BTW). I could surf twice as much porn for half that.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2014 12:48 PM (CJ1mO)

49

Oops. Glad I'm not project manager. On the bright side, in Seattle, he's likely a fucking leftard.

http://tinyurl.com/kdraj54

Posted by: maddogg at May 08, 2014 12:49 PM (xWW96)

50 Abolish the IRS !

Posted by: Carol at May 08, 2014 12:49 PM (iO3BG)

51 Soup Nazis. The Dems have become Soup Nazis. Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 04:45 PM (l/M30) Nah, they're pretty much the regular sort of Nazis. Especially this current bunch, right down to the obsession with race.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 08, 2014 12:49 PM (bb5+k)

52 "Oh, you nut- I'm sure the audit was just random. Our government doesn't do that!" Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 08, 2014 12:49 PM (PYAXX)

53 Average audit rate vs income


http://tinyurl.com/kvrs5g3

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 08, 2014 12:49 PM (T2V/1)

54 Democrats aren't Soup Nazis; they're Maoists, carrying out a cultural revolution where politics and culture are blended into a red frappe


Let a hundred flowers bloom, comrades

Posted by: Wanda Jean ( always clean ) at May 08, 2014 12:49 PM (8CdUx)

55 He demands perfection from himself and his soup!

Posted by: Kramer at May 08, 2014 12:50 PM (CJ1mO)

56 Um the guy was part of one of this countries dirtiest political machines - Chicago. He managed to get his political opponents sealed divorce proceedings unsealed. He leads an unelected federal leviathan that grows and spreads it's tentacles into nearly every facet of our lives. And you have a tea party who's base principles are to reduce the size scope and reach of government. The only thing that shocks me is that it's only 10%

Posted by: Kreplach at May 08, 2014 12:50 PM (8tAEF)

57 It will get worse. Who's going to stop this Eric Cock Holder? My sides dammit my sides.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at May 08, 2014 12:51 PM (Q8vlx)

58 This is how I heard it on Rush. When Congress first asked for the records, the IRS said they did not keep them. Then it turned out, woops, they did keep them. When they checked the records, 10% of the people on those lists were audited. For the general population, it is 1%.

Posted by: blaster at May 08, 2014 12:51 PM (h7Onx)

59 Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 04:45 PM (l/M30) I mentioned to Soona about the conviction of Al Gerhart of the Sooner Tea Party. Just heard about it this morning. Did you see it?

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 08, 2014 12:51 PM (bb5+k)

60 as I said some time ago, if a Repub wins the presidency in 2016, I want Ted Cruz as Attorney General.

Posted by: mallfly at May 08, 2014 12:51 PM (bJm7W)

61 #JoeBiden 2015

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 08, 2014 12:51 PM (S+el1)

62 And so it begins.

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at May 08, 2014 12:51 PM (QupBk)

63 There will be many ex-IRS officials going to prison if this allegation is true. Posted by: MTF at May 08, 2014 04:46 PM (+fuKQ) That's a good one!

Posted by: Velvet Ambition, the guy that will push that button at May 08, 2014 12:51 PM (R8hU8)

64

Not even a smidgen of corruption.

 

Yeah, those Tea Partiers do seem to be disproportionately corrupt tax cheats. Look at all the audits, triggered impartially, I'm sure.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 08, 2014 12:51 PM (JtwS4)

65 Well, my hands are tied. It's policy.

Posted by: Barack Obama (Approves This Message) at May 08, 2014 12:52 PM (1CroS)

66 The correct translation of "Boko Haram" is " rogue agents in Cincinnati".

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 08, 2014 12:52 PM (wTgwx)

67 # Eat Your Peas

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2014 12:52 PM (CJ1mO)

68 What is normal rate for avg taxpayers? I think it's about 1%, but not sure. So Tea Party donors get audited at 10x the rate of normal taxpayer.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 08, 2014 12:53 PM (ZPrif)

69 I knew that it was going to bad ~ but not this BAD. Posted by: Cheri at May 08, 2014 04:41 PM (G+Wff) Only 2+ more years. We ain't seen nothing yet.

Posted by: RWC at May 08, 2014 12:53 PM (46MwU)

70 I had no knowledge of this. I was eating my waffle.

Posted by: SCOAMF at May 08, 2014 12:53 PM (dvRYt)

71

I think we know the number is higher than 10%.


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Commissar at May 08, 2014 12:53 PM (G68IW)

72 I should point out that 10% is a higher audit percentage (by a small but non-trivial amount) than the audit percentage of people filing returns in excess of $1,000,000. Those people only had (per grammie winger's link) 9.77% of their returns audited. For a group of people (many of them down at the <50K mark) to have a full 10% rate is obvious evidence of deliberate targeting.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 08, 2014 12:54 PM (PYAXX)

73 I gave to Wounded Warriors for a few years but stopped. I give Heritage $10 mo.

Posted by: Carol at May 08, 2014 12:54 PM (iO3BG)

74 Hell, the congressional RINO caucus probably sent IRS the names and addresses of the troublesome teabaggers they wanted punished. We can't have those unwashed types screwing up our DC cocktail party plans now, can we?

Posted by: Jaws at May 08, 2014 12:54 PM (eKZp1)

75 The tree of liberty must sometimes be refreshed with the tears of Tea Party contributors. Lois (slow) Learner

Posted by: Some Dude afraid of being audited at May 08, 2014 12:55 PM (j1NwQ)

76 Well the 64 team Obama scandal bracket is now  complete and with only slightly over 300 deaths directly attributable to them - team Obama is a bunch of Pikers.


Why by this time Stalin had millions dead. I know, I know give them time, the Progs are just getting started. There are miles to go and re-education centers yet to be built.


Look at the bright side though and never forget; with our guys -team Republican - Amnesty is job one. 

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at May 08, 2014 12:55 PM (ylhEn)

77 This may be the best thing to ever happen to the cause of tax reform. IRS is thoroughly corrupted, most of the employees are members of a union that is even more Democratic and leftist than most. They ALL must go. And the only way to do a major housecleaning is reform, simplifying the code so the employees aren't needed and discretion is eliminated. Flat taxes with no deductions would also eliminate the need for the tens of thousands of "on site compliance officers" IRS has at major companies to ensure they pay the right amounts. Eliminating the whole EPA will be trickier, but is also necessary.

Posted by: Adjoran at May 08, 2014 12:55 PM (QIQ6j)

78

Abolish the IRS !

Posted by: Carol at May 08, 2014 04:49 PM (iO3BG)

 

I'm a firm believer in the idea of simply imposing a tax on the state governments and leaving it up to them how to collect the money.  If California wants to impose an income tax, then so be it.  If North Dakota wants to impose natural resource fees, then let them. 

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 08, 2014 12:55 PM (tIvOy)

79 It's a shame that Hobbits aren't a protected class.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2014 12:56 PM (CJ1mO)

80 as I said some time ago, if a Repub wins the presidency in 2016, I want Ted Cruz as Attorney General. ----- I think Cruz would make a fine AG. Would you really want him in this positing rather than his current one? I think it is a legitimate question, because arguably he would have more influence as AG. As they say, personnel is policy. I would rather have him as AG than VP. I hope he ends up on the SCT one day. But I haven't thought of him as AG, that is intriguing.

Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 12:56 PM (gmeXX)

81 Rope. Lots and lots of rope. Then gasoline.

Posted by: Dick (@DicksTrash) at May 08, 2014 12:56 PM (GrtrJ)

82 Phoney scandals! Whoa! Look at the time. I should be napping in the residence by now. I don't get overtime pay for the job, you know.

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 08, 2014 12:56 PM (j0wOO)

83 81 Dreamer, never, ever happen.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at May 08, 2014 12:56 PM (Q8vlx)

84 78 The only way these numbers work is if you can show that the Tea Party members audited were pulling in over 10 million per year, where the audit rate, per 2009 rates, is 9.77%. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 08, 2014 04:55 PM (OWjjx) Yeah, but I'll bet $1,000,000 plus Tea Party is much higher than 10%. Those are the people they really want to go after.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 08, 2014 12:57 PM (T0NGe)

85 How 'bout now?

Posted by: Flat Tax at May 08, 2014 12:57 PM (FXTmE)

86 Your President Obama does all this and still manages to convince plenty of people that you are the bastions of freedom How does he do that?

Posted by: Vlad Putin at May 08, 2014 12:57 PM (aTXUx)

87 Hey, he hired 16,000 new IRS agents, that's known on TV as a clue.

Posted by: Chaos the Other Dark Meat at May 08, 2014 12:58 PM (oDCMR)

88 Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 08, 2014 04:55 PM (tIvOy) I don't know. That might sound suspiciously like "free money" to our friends in Washington.

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 08, 2014 12:58 PM (QLyhf)

89 I would look into this, but I've busy with amnesty... and this scotch isn't going to drink itself.

Posted by: John Boehner at May 08, 2014 12:58 PM (j0wOO)

90 g'nite!

Posted by: Bigby's Flappy Hands at May 08, 2014 12:59 PM (3ZtZW)

91 MTF: "There will be many ex-IRS officials going to prison if this allegation is true." I believe the allegations to be true. Probably. I don't believe a single person will be punished. Possibly an early retirement with a hidden bonus for "good service". Our government is corrupt. We laugh at Banana Republics across the globe. Well, yay us. We're now one, too.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 08, 2014 12:59 PM (1CroS)

92 Wonder if  the VA is pulling this crap with their recertification of a veteran-owned service-disabled small business.  Suppose to have an full review every four years.  After only two years the VA is asking us for four years of business tax records, four years of personal taxes, all schedules for both, copy of stock ownership (even after they sent emails where owners certify their ownership percentage), copy of the last 20 checks (which cost $100), lease agreement, articles of incorporation, bylaws, payroll ledgers, resumes, business license(s), copy of proposals, copy of contracts, board minutes, etc. 

Gave them all they request and only an hour ago found out that was not enough.  They now want job titles, cancelled checks for rent payments, more meeting minutes electing board of directors, screen captures of sba.gov and sam.gov enrollment, and NAICS. 

Why?  There system shows both owners are disabled vets and that we have been a small business since 1997.  Justifying their jobs and/or harassing veterans or conservatives?  Bastards, all of them.

About ready to send them a letter and tell them to go fcuk themselves, but we need the certification to compete for non-existent contracts.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at May 08, 2014 12:59 PM (GgPam)

93 Our politics is so dysfunctional that more IRS audits are the only solution.

Posted by: SCOAMF at May 08, 2014 12:59 PM (dvRYt)

94 The overall audit rate in 2013 was .95% and for incomes below $200,000 it was .85%. Assuming the Tea Partiers are representative of the overall population the audit rate was about 10 times normal. For incomes below 200,000 it was even more extraordinary.

Posted by: MTF at May 08, 2014 12:59 PM (F58x4)

95

61 Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 04:45 PM (l/M30)


 

I mentioned to Soona about the conviction of Al Gerhart of the Sooner Tea Party. Just heard about it this morning. Did you see it?

 

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 08, 2014 04:51 PM (bb5+k)

 

----------

 

Yeah, I think he's going to appeal it...and he should.

 

It wasn't really 'blackmail'.

But the threatening email that he sent was kind of stupid.

 

It was about the UN gun-ban thing.

He sent an email to a state senator [an R], telling him he would 'dig into his background and make him sorry' if he didn't pass something to prevent the UN gun-ban treaty.

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 12:59 PM (l/M30)

96 Another reason to get rid of the IRS.

Posted by: --- at May 08, 2014 01:00 PM (MMC8r)

97 90 Your President Obama does all this and still manages to convince plenty of people that you are the bastions of freedom How does he do that? Posted by: Vlad Putin at May 08, 2014 04:57 PM (aTXUx) Circuses with the Bread, Vlad. Plenty of hot Russian women just waiting for Reality TV shows

Posted by: kbdabear at May 08, 2014 01:00 PM (aTXUx)

98 I believe this deserves a post: http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/2/c/2c262_ORIG-Be_Like_Mike.jpg

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:00 PM (KxmPO)

99 "It seems so hard to believe that anyone would be that brazen."

Uh, sorry to say it, they haven't taken off the kid gloves yet folks. 

Posted by: Simon White-Thatch Potentloins at May 08, 2014 01:00 PM (NnjE8)

100 54 "Oh, you nut- I'm sure the audit was just random. Our government doesn't do that!" Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 08, 2014 04:49 PM (PYAXX) Careful with that Allen. There are some here that have proven themselves to be metaphorically challenged.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 08, 2014 01:00 PM (z/Ubi)

101 @89 A fair or flat tax will never be allowed to happen because without it there can be no horse trading and deal making and loopholes gotta have loopholes and deductions and money sloshing through the corporatist pig troughs. ...and the middle class something something.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 08, 2014 01:01 PM (8tAEF)

102 There will be many ex-IRS officials going to prison if this allegation is true.

Posted by: MTF at May 08, 2014 04:46 PM (+fuKQ)


 Have you considered becoming a writer for a TV sitcom? That is just golden.


Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at May 08, 2014 01:01 PM (ylhEn)

103 We should start a #hashtag or something... #DontAuditMeBro! This is what our foreign policy is reduced to right?

Posted by: Damiano at May 08, 2014 01:01 PM (j0wOO)

104 I am not surprised. What I am surprised about is that anyone is surprised. The democrats in the IRS have been doing this since Clinton. I know of what I speak. I got audited, amazingly, a year after I got elected to an office during Clinton's rule.

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 08, 2014 01:02 PM (0FSuD)

105 IRS audit rates article http://bit.ly/1obF5Ys

Posted by: MTF at May 08, 2014 01:02 PM (F58x4)

106 Using the IRS to audit your enemies. Wasn't that the second article of impeachment against Richard Nixon?

Posted by: Mike at May 08, 2014 01:02 PM (1V9qu)

107 I'm all for flat tax & IRS gone. Serves dual purpose, can't collect "tax" as CJ Roberts rewrote TFGCare !

Posted by: Carol at May 08, 2014 01:03 PM (UyYYt)

108 WZips convo with google on why they are banning him. http://tinyurl.com/kmlgzxy -- Stephanie D 1:32 PM Basically it is against policies to copy the majority of your content from other sites, even if you include a cite of the source me 1:33 PM I only excerpt small portions of articles and link back to the source. AP, Retuers, AFP, CNN all encourage me to do this because I drive them traffic Stephanie D 1:35 PM According to our reviewers, it is too much And just looking at your home page, every blog post is basically a snippet from another news source with very little original content me 1:36 PM ItÂ’s a manually done news aggregation site. Stephanie D 1:36 PM AdSense policies require that you add a significant amount of rich, original content to your site in order to monetize it. me 1:38 PM I see tons of sites that aggregate nothing but news and they almost all use adsense. They donÂ’t even do it manually, IÂ’m adding commentary. Are you guys going to crack down on all news agg sites? Stephanie D 1:39 PM Our policies are uniformly enforced across all sites. If you notice another site in violation, I strongly recommend that you report it here: https://support.google.com/adsense/troubleshooter/1190500 me 1:40 PM IÂ’ve been using you guys for years, why is this suddenly an issue? Stephanie D 1:40 PM Our reviewers manually review hundreds of thousands of sites per year. ItÂ’s not uncommon for policy issues to go unflagged for a period of time. We generally trust our publishers to stay in compliance. me 1:41 PM But according to these rules every news site with the exception of the home sites of AP, Reuters etc. are not in compliance. Why am I being singled out? Stephanie D 1:42 PM I can assure you that you are not being singled out or targeted.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 08, 2014 01:03 PM (ZPrif)

109 Not hard to believe. No step for a couple of steppers.

Posted by: Rogue Agent Number 2 Cincinnati at May 08, 2014 01:03 PM (+h5v0)

110 Just the allegation that this is happening is enough to silence conservative speech and keep conservatives from donating their money or signing their names to anything. That said, I'm willing to bet that it happened.

Posted by: Lauren at May 08, 2014 01:03 PM (ejehg)

111 Posted by: An Observation at May 08, 2014 05:01 PM (ylhEn) ========================== You're right; I should have preceded my comment with "After the revolution,".... That might have made more sense.

Posted by: MTF at May 08, 2014 01:04 PM (F58x4)

112

I was audited by the IRS two years ago. I donate to Tea Party and various other conservative causes and organizations, as well as to the Republican Party and Republican candidates. At the time, my girlfriend told me I was being audited because I had a big target on my back, appearing on all of those various donor lists. I rolled my eyes a little at that. I'm a nobody from Nowhere, Indiana.  Who cares what I do?

 

But right now? Right now I've gotta say that I'm a bit, oh what's the word?  Oh, yeah, fucking infuriated.

Posted by: troyriser at May 08, 2014 01:04 PM (gNlvW)

113 Harry Reid blames the Koch Brothers.

Posted by: --- at May 08, 2014 01:04 PM (MMC8r)

114 *watches with a mix of surprise and jealous* Wow... How do you get away with this shit?

Posted by: Joseph Goebbels at May 08, 2014 01:04 PM (j0wOO)

115 Don't audit me bro!!

Posted by: Tea Party bro at May 08, 2014 01:04 PM (q+zA9)

116 At this point, it doesn't seem very hard to believe they would be so brazen. Those "public servants" have no problem using the full weight of their offices to go after those who do not agree with them politically.

Posted by: no good deed at May 08, 2014 01:04 PM (ILBCY)

117 Using the IRS to audit your enemies. Wasn't that the second article of impeachment against Richard Nixon? Posted by: Mike at May 08, 2014 05:02 PM (1V9qu) ********** And that was just for talking and thinking about doing it.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 08, 2014 01:04 PM (ojnk6)

118 Remember how Ayers said in a Marxist takeover they would have to exterminate about 35 million? Remember Barry's friend at Columbia saying our Preezy was all on board with a Communist military coup? The Tea Party are that 35 million.

Posted by: Daybrother at May 08, 2014 01:05 PM (cpa/k)

119
He's being singled out, for sure.

Just like the boobs at the news borgs don't collude or plan news cycles.

Course they don't!!!

Just listen!


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Commissar at May 08, 2014 01:05 PM (G68IW)

120 @109 Mark Levins landmark legal has been fighting with the IRS since the 90's. I think one of Nixons articles of impeachment was he allegedly used the IRS to go after his opponents. Somebody wake up team stupid please!

Posted by: Kreplach at May 08, 2014 01:05 PM (8tAEF)

121 Let me see - ten percent of tea party donors were audited, versus less than 1 percent of the general population.   Nope, no bias there.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 08, 2014 01:05 PM (ZkzmI)

122 no words other than fucking mother fuckers.  may there be retribution in kind with a Perry administration.

Posted by: eureka! at May 08, 2014 01:06 PM (N+8Oh)

123 My tax return has been "under review" since 2/26 and no one at the IRS seems to know why. Serious, u guys. I was told I can inquire about my return again on 5/28.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:06 PM (KxmPO)

124 "One in TEN?! I'm decimated Posted by: Bigby's Flappy Hands at May 08, 2014 04:43 PM (3ZtZW) " Golf clap.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 08, 2014 01:06 PM (V70Uh)

125

Still a little over two and half years people.   Pray for your country.

Posted by: Soona at May 08, 2014 01:06 PM (g+d/y)

126 ...---...

Posted by: Tea Party bro at May 08, 2014 01:06 PM (q+zA9)

127 No love for Mike Litoris??

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:06 PM (KxmPO)

128 Wow, NBC manipulated this Vermont Maple Syrup producer words to say the exact opposite and hold to their global warming agenda. Why aren't they being sued left and right for falsifying what people actually say? http://tinyurl.com/kxrbnqn Vermont Maple Syrup Producer Complains: NBC Edited My Remarks to Support ‘Global Warming’ ... In fact, Morse claimed that winter “hung on a month longer than it usually does.” Because of this lingering cold, Morse started tapping his maple trees in April instead of March. By April, however, the nights were slightly too warm for the ideal 20 degree temperature, hence the actual context for NBC’s excerpt. So, NBC grasped onto the "nights were slightly too warm..." Agenda lying.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 08, 2014 01:06 PM (IXrOn)

129 Here is my suggestion; consumtion tax or other fair tax, abolish IRS.

Mandatory auditing of all public officials and their families for time in office and following ten years after leaving office, the results of which all become public information.  All of this work is to be performed by the people put out of work when the IRS is shut down.

Kind of a win-win.

Posted by: Simon White-Thatch Potentloins at May 08, 2014 01:06 PM (NnjE8)

130 They are Communists with a big "C" this doesn't surprise me at all. Actually, I am surprised that they haven't begun rounding us up yet.

Posted by: Rob in Katy at May 08, 2014 01:07 PM (gdGJ1)

131 I am telling you right now, the IRS cannot be allowed to continue in its present structure.  A consumption tax to replace    the income tax, and close the doors to the IRS.  We cannot have a federal department which has police powers      having access to our income and expense    documentation.    The surprise is that it took this long for it to be politicized to this extent.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 08, 2014 01:08 PM (ZkzmI)

132 Kreplach: "Somebody wake up team stupid please!" Shhh! If you wake it, it'll demand a 20% audit rate.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 08, 2014 01:08 PM (1CroS)

133 Before the income tax amendment was pass during the "progressive era" (which has never ended the federal government was funded through three major sources.


Funds derived from State government who taxed their citizens.


Tariffs on imported good which fell mainly on the South.


Sale of government lands.


They were not able to get a lot of income (compared to now) so government, by necessity, was kept small.


Passing the income tax amendment was a colossal mistake.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 08, 2014 01:08 PM (T2V/1)

134

103...Careful with that Allen. There are some here that have proven themselves to be metaphorically challenged.

 

Posted by: Buzzion at May 08, 2014 05:00 PM (z/Ubi)

 

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It's not always clear that it's a metaphor.

 

Repeatedly calling for "burn it down" sounds awful lot like what the jihadis say when they repeatedly say:

"Death to the non-believers!"

 

In our present climate of persecution...it's also like calling in an airstrike on your own position.

So it makes me nervous.

 

 

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 01:08 PM (l/M30)

135 I thought you guys would love Mike Litoris. It's like I don't know you anymore.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:08 PM (KxmPO)

136 Yeah, I think he's going to appeal it...and he should. It wasn't really 'blackmail'. But the threatening email that he sent was kind of stupid. It was about the UN gun-ban thing. He sent an email to a state senator [an R],telling him he would 'dig into his background and make him sorry' if he didn't pass something to prevent the UN gun-ban treaty. Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 04:59 PM (l/M30) Agree on all counts. He ought to appeal it, It wasn't blackmail, and he shouldn't have said it. My methods are to never make threats. Making threats implies that you are weak, and that you are hoping that your mouthing off at someone will intimidate them into doing what you want. Threats only reinforce stubbornness. Never make threats. Make examples. Keep it legal, of course, (which is getting harder and harder to figure out when it comes to "Speech" nowadays) but speak softly and carry a big stick. Sometimes you have to use the stick to demonstrate to people that you have one. He should get his crew to walk the precincts for the opposition candidate, even if it's a Democrat.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 08, 2014 01:08 PM (bb5+k)

137

#96 - I don't know your personal situation but I work for the VA and occassionaly have to purchase something over 3K that then has to go to contracting.  To put this package together for contracting takes about 15 signatures and 10 miles of paperwork.

 

It is soul crushing to have to purchase and put out to bid when dealing with the federal Gov.  It may not be the VA itself but higher up the chain.  We hate it!

Posted by: Cheri at May 08, 2014 01:09 PM (G+Wff)

138 No love for Mike Litoris?? ------ Can't find him.

Posted by: --- at May 08, 2014 01:09 PM (MMC8r)

139 Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 05:06 PM (KxmPO) They're waiting for the NSA to get back to them with the content of your prayers and blog comments so they know what tax bracket you SHOULD be in.

Posted by: Damiano at May 08, 2014 01:09 PM (j0wOO)

140 DCCC LAUNCHES WIKIPOCRISY.ORG TO EXPOSE DONORS OF CROSSROADS GPS Crossroads GPS yesterday launched a new website designed to serve their push for accountability and a “new paradigm for transparency.” In that same spirit of openness and transparency, the DCCC launched a new website today with a database of the donors funding Crossroads GPS. aclj {also remember all the comments by OBama, Durbin etc about Donors and trying to scare Donors throughout Obamas very long campaigning.} than leading up to election... December 14, 2012: IRS Leaks: Crossroads GPS’s application is leaked to ProPublica, though the tax-exempt status of the group had not been determined, a violation of federal law. aclj

Posted by: willow at May 08, 2014 01:09 PM (nqBYe)

141 Sooner Tea Party leader Al Gerhart was found guilty Wednesday night of blackmailing a state senator. Gerhart, an Oklahoma City carpenter, did not get any prison time. Jurors decided a $1,000 fine should be the only punishment for the felony offense. The felony conviction was the goal. Turn in the guns and the voting card.

Posted by: toby928© at May 08, 2014 01:09 PM (QupBk)

142 ...Actually, I am surprised that they haven't begun rounding us up yet. Posted by: Rob in Katy at May 08, 2014 05:07 PM (gdGJ1) ahm, we are being assembled as we speak

Posted by: Civil agency as powerful as the military at May 08, 2014 01:09 PM (q+zA9)

143 Fuckin Koch Brothers!!!

Posted by: The Fuckin Koch Brothers!!! at May 08, 2014 01:10 PM (i0wGQ)

144 I'm doing the calculations that this will make it on NBC's news this evening. Lets see, carry the one and...

Ok, I got 0.0% could the rest of you check that calculation for me?

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at May 08, 2014 01:10 PM (ylhEn)

145 We thought it was a question: Taxed Enough Already? So...we wanted to help them answer it. Try to be nice...

Posted by: IRS at May 08, 2014 01:10 PM (SUKHu)

146 143 No love for Mike Litoris?? ------ Can't find him. Posted by: --- at May 08, 2014 05:09 PM (MMC8r) Doesn't exist.

Posted by: Damiano at May 08, 2014 01:10 PM (j0wOO)

147 In our present climate of persecution...it's also like calling in an airstrike on your own position. So it makes me nervous. Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 05:08 PM (l/M30) When the enemy is all over you, calling in an air strike on your own position often makes tactical sense.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:10 PM (yz6yg)

148 Passing the income tax amendment was a colossal mistake. ---- Depends on your point of view I guess. Of course, I'm in your camp. This along with the direct election of Senators. Both fundamentally changed the structural balance of power in this country.

Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 01:10 PM (gmeXX)

149 and honestly so Foreign Donor can't play a part in our elections? hahahahaha, sheesh Dems have a very short memory of 2008 eletions and their donate site.

Posted by: willow at May 08, 2014 01:10 PM (nqBYe)

150 Republican congress passed the amendment to allow the income tax. Some wanted to include a cap of 10% in the bill. It was defeated because everyone knew it would never get that large and they were afraid if they included it people would think it would get that large. Fucking idiots.

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 08, 2014 01:11 PM (0FSuD)

151 The healine should read " Tea Party donors audited by the IRS at 10 times the normal rate"

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 08, 2014 01:11 PM (nTgAI)

152 No love for Mike Litoris?? ------ Can't find him. I didn't bother looking.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2014 01:11 PM (CJ1mO)

153 I hope this story gets some legs

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 08, 2014 01:11 PM (nTgAI)

154 The Federal tax system will never be reformed. It's where the money (collection) is. All government wants access to OPM and they want, as mentioned previously, access to the levers and loopholes to buy their offices and retire wealthy. It will take another Revolution.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 08, 2014 01:12 PM (1CroS)

155 We cannot have a federal department which has police powers having access to our income and expense documentation. The surprise is that it took this long for it to be politicized to this extent. This. The income tax is the only law that allows the government carte blanche to dig deeply into your personal activity and circumstances without first demonstrating probable cause that you committed a crime.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 08, 2014 01:12 PM (8ZskC)

156 No love for Mike Litoris?? ------ Can't find him. Posted by: --- at May 08, 2014 05:09 PM (MMC8r) Doesn't exist. Posted by: Damiano at May 08, 2014 05:10 PM (j0wOO) Cut it out, guys.

Posted by: mohammed at May 08, 2014 01:12 PM (CJ1mO)

157 I didn't bother looking. Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2014 05:11 PM (CJ1mO) This is how I know you're a real man. ^5

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:12 PM (yz6yg)

158

It will take another Revolution.

 

--

 

I can live with that.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 08, 2014 01:13 PM (ZkzmI)

159

You have nothing to fear with Barack Obama in the White House

Posted by: John McCain at May 08, 2014 01:13 PM (kFxpe)

160 No love for Mike Litoris??
------
Can't find him.

I didn't bother looking.

Saw him once on his yacht, he looked like such a little man in that boat.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 08, 2014 01:13 PM (YEelc)

161 Cut it out, guys. Posted by: mohammed I'm choking to death here.

Posted by: toby928© at May 08, 2014 01:13 PM (QupBk)

162 Unfortunately, some people still push for no limits on campaign finance with full disclosure. I find disclosure just as repugnant as the limit. I guess I can understand the political reason for saying it, but I hope one day the Court strikes down disclosure laws as well. Of course, unlike Krauthammer, I knew disclosures would be used this way so I have not had to change my mind on it.

Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 01:13 PM (gmeXX)

163 It is soul crushing to have to purchase and put out to bid when dealing with the federal Gov. It may not be the VA itself but higher up the chain. We hate it!

Posted by: Cheri at May 08, 2014 05:09 PM (G+Wff)



Not a contract, simply a recertification that we are a veteran-owned  service-disabled small business.  Easy peasy without all the damn unnecessary paperwork.  It appears they look for ways to disapprove rather than looking a the evidence and saying; "okay, here's your sign."

Posted by: Ammo Dump at May 08, 2014 01:13 PM (GgPam)

164 121 At this point, it doesn't seem very hard to believe they would be so brazen. Those "public servants" have no problem using the full weight of their offices to go after those who do not agree with them politically. Posted by: no good deed at May 08, 2014 05:04 PM (ILBCY) Nor does media, nor do Universities.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 08, 2014 01:14 PM (bb5+k)

165 If this is true it should be the biggest story in the news. *^@$%

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 08, 2014 01:14 PM (nTgAI)

166 Yep. I've been involved with the Tea Party since its inception..and yep, I've been audited three years in a row. Something strange occurred on my twitter account a couple of years ago. I can't evidence it, but it happened. i got a message that popped up in my timeline from OFA saying- though maybe not verbatim-that I had been flagged for my anti-Obama comments. No doubt there is collusion between social media and this administration, just like with the MSM and I'm sure my personal info was turned over

Posted by: Albie Damned at May 08, 2014 01:14 PM (6o1z8)

167

"One in TEN?!

I'm decimated"

***

 

LOL!!!

Posted by: Lea at May 08, 2014 01:14 PM (lIU4e)

168 165 No love for Mike Litoris?? ------ Can't find him. I didn't bother looking. Saw him once on his yacht, he looked like such a little man in that boat. Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 08, 2014 05:13 PM (YEelc) So Mike Litoris= John Kerry? I always knew he was a pussy.

Posted by: Damiano at May 08, 2014 01:14 PM (j0wOO)

169 But this experience with the IRS has taught me something: I truly am at the mercy of my government. They can withhold MY money as long as they want, for whatever reason they want. If I try to screw with them in return, they can simply garnish my paychecks.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:15 PM (KxmPO)

170 Not a contract, simply a recertification that we are a veteran-owned service-disabled small business. Easy peasy without all the damn unnecessary paperwork. It appears they look for ways to disapprove rather than looking a the evidence and saying; "okay, here's your sign." Posted by: Ammo Dump at May 08, 2014 05:13 PM (GgPam) Might be interesting to know if Darrell Issa has gotten a lot of letters from SDVOSBs that all of a sudden have to start submitting a lot more paperwork than normal. Jus' sayin'

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:15 PM (yz6yg)

171 The healine should read " Tea Party donors audited by the IRS at 10 times the normal rate" You want the headline to read like that. You would take a headline that reads "IRS Records Suggest Political Bias in Audit Activity" You'll get "Republicans Rest hopes For Election Windfall On Wild Claims of IRS Misconduct"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 08, 2014 01:15 PM (8ZskC)

172 Those fellas rogue agents in the Cincinnati office were working overtime. Posted by: garrett FIFY

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 08, 2014 01:15 PM (aDwsi)

173 153  Depends on your point of view I guess. Of course, I'm in your camp. This along with the direct election of Senators. Both fundamentally changed the structural balance of power in this country.

Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 05:10 PM (gmeXX)


I don't think moving the Senators elections to the people instead of the State legislature caused as many problems as people claim.  The State legislatures were fairly corrupt and the deal making was huge.  What really needs to happen with all elections is to limit political contributions to citizens and businesses located within the physical area represented by the office being ran for.  IOW a guy running for SC Senator would only be able to take money from people and businesses in SC.  Running for Mayor would mean funds only come from the city limits where you are running.



All that being said, passing the income tax amendment was the death knell of small government.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 08, 2014 01:16 PM (T2V/1)

174

But this experience with the IRS has taught me something: I truly am at the mercy of my government.

They can withhold MY money as long as they want, for whatever reason they want. If I try to screw with them in return, they can simply garnish my paychecks.

 

Posted by: Soothsayer

 

-----

 

 

Hell, they can empty your bank account, order your stocks sold, and take physical posession of your house and change the locks if they wanted to.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 08, 2014 01:16 PM (ZkzmI)

175 Soothsayer, Did you give $ to any Tea Party or conservative groups? I thought Wounded Warrior would be impartial. Any one that voted for corrupt Alinskyite should be ashamed of themselves for being too stupid to know a liar & a serial liar at that, when they believed he was some mythical man. He's below average as a man.

Posted by: Carol at May 08, 2014 01:16 PM (pYXiI)

176 If the GOP nominee wins the presidential election in 2016, the Oval Office will be handing out pardons non-stop in the last few weeks. And his presidential library will be receiving lots of curiously coincidental donations.

Posted by: Furious George at May 08, 2014 01:16 PM (yFb77)

177 "They can withhold MY money as long as they want, for whatever reason they want. If I try to screw with them in return, they can simply garnish my paychecks." We are slaves.

Posted by: Lauren at May 08, 2014 01:16 PM (ejehg)

178

152 In our present climate of persecution...it's also like calling in an airstrike on your own position.
So it makes me nervous. 

 

 

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 05:08 PM (l/M30)

 



When the enemy is all over you, calling in an air strike on your own position often makes tactical sense.

 

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 08, 2014 05:10 PM (yz6yg)

 

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And people wonder why there are so may fewer commenters here now.

 

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 01:17 PM (l/M30)

179 Sounds like a phony controversy to me. But the IRS should probably audit the remaining 90% jut to be sure they're not domestic terrorists.

Posted by: Barack the Magnificent at May 08, 2014 01:17 PM (8zTpe)

180 Hey, you think tomorrow morning we'll get another informative post on What Will Happen Next to Lois Lerner? btw, notice what WAS NOT in the news cycle today??

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:17 PM (KxmPO)

181 Wealthy Republicans Launch Anti-tax Attacks On IRS In Run-up To 2014 Elections

Posted by: CNN at May 08, 2014 01:18 PM (ZPrif)

182 My sister and BIL recently divorced. They owed taxes. The IRS instantly takes any money they put in the bank.  

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 08, 2014 01:18 PM (nTgAI)

183 IOW a guy running for SC Senator would only be able to take money from people and businesses in SC. In fairness, Ted Kennedy had more influence on the content of my wallet than Richard Shelby does now.

Posted by: toby928© at May 08, 2014 01:18 PM (QupBk)

184 I don't think moving the Senators elections to the people instead of the State legislature caused as many problems as people claim. ---- A debate for another day perhaps, but I disagree with you. I think it had profound impact. Both amendments in tandem shifted power to Washington. But if we could only repeal one, I'd probably go with the 16th.

Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 01:18 PM (gmeXX)

185 12 What a bunch of nasty f***s we have in government. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)

I'd argue with you, but I don't have time.  I have to throw someone in front of a subway train.

Posted by: Frank Underwood at May 08, 2014 01:18 PM (4nR9/)

186 We are slaves. Posted by: Lauren at May 08, 2014 05:16 PM (ejehg) I might be OK with that if the 'Ettes had to wear the slave outfit Princess Leia wore. Otherwise, not so much.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:18 PM (yz6yg)

187 Despite assurances to the contrary... What a nice way of saying, "They Lie!"

Posted by: t-bird at May 08, 2014 01:18 PM (FcR7P)

188 I remember a time when I thought a super pac was pack of Marlboro 100s.  

In my ass.

Posted by: Shecky Obama at May 08, 2014 01:18 PM (3wLHY)

189 Ted Cruz would be a good AG. But then so would Trey Goudy.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 08, 2014 01:18 PM (V70Uh)

190 Meanwhile... EBT cards for everyone...but me and you.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:19 PM (KxmPO)

191 Be happy it wasn't 100% wingnuts!

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 08, 2014 01:19 PM (0LHZx)

192 And people wonder why there are so may fewer commenters here now. Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 05:17 PM (l/M30) I don't wonder.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:19 PM (yz6yg)

193 Repeatedly calling for "burn it down" sounds awful lot like what the jihadis say when they repeatedly say:
"Death to the non-believers!"

In our present climate of persecution...it's also like calling in an airstrike on your own position.
So it makes me nervous.

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 05:08 PM (l/M30)

 

 

-------------------------------------------

 

 

Perhaps you need to start asking about how much courage we're going to have to have to speak out against anything about this regime.  The  time  is very near where just commenting on this blog will  be looked at as a threat to Dear Leader. 

 

Allen.  Shout it from the rooftops.  We know the context from which you speak.

 

Let's enjoy and exercise our 1st Amendment right  while we still have  it.  Because  it's  being eroded at an exponential rate.     

Posted by: Soona at May 08, 2014 01:19 PM (g+d/y)

194 You know when the coin flips conservative , their ass belongs to God and Country...

Posted by: 7 Days in May at May 08, 2014 01:20 PM (5V+Di)

195 Paranoid Republicans Take Aim At IRS In Election-Year Attacks

Posted by: CNN at May 08, 2014 01:20 PM (ZPrif)

196 ...Actually, I am surprised that they haven't begun rounding us up yet. Oh, you can still afford gasoline? 1%er!!

Posted by: t-bird at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (FcR7P)

197 Mike Litoris? Really? You people are ridiculous.

Posted by: Mulva Leibowitz at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (VhqUZ)

198 I don't wonder.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 08, 2014 05:19 PM (yz6yg)

Too many Jews.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (QFxY5)

199 Ted Cruz would be a good AG. But then so would Trey Goudy. ---- Another inspired choice. Gowdy is a prosecutor while Crus is more of an appellate guy. And both are effective communicators. Hmm, I wonder which one I would prefer. I wonder which style is better.

Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (gmeXX)

200 "It seems so hard to believe that anyone would be that brazen." The EPA maintains an office of 10 persons tasked with EPA Homeland Security. The EPA IG as well as Congress are claiming that every question they have about the EPA's practices and methods are being blocked and the only people they are allowed to interact with are the EPA DHS. So paramilitary thugs are running interference for a Cabinet Agency. These people are actual Nazis. Full stop.

Posted by: Daybrother at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (iObsb)

201 -"IRS reviews Tea Party Donors taxes for FREE and Republicans complain"

Posted by: MSNBC at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (nTgAI)

202 Compare the audit rate of Tea Party Donors to liberal donors of non-profits. Not to the average American. The average American makes somewhere around $35K a year and takes the standard deduction. Auditing them would be a real sign of the corruption. Posted by: Vic at May 08, 2014 04:47 PM (T2V/1) _______________ That is a good point. The audit rate gets exponentially higher the higher one's income is. And you have to figure people who have money to donate to politicians are making higher (much higher) than average incomes. Plus tea party members tend to be even more high income...hence the **TAXED ENOUGH** part of TEA. People who pay no income tax don't give a fuck what the tax rate is. People who make $100K+ sure as hell do care.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (0LHZx)

203 Any one that voted for corrupt Alinskyite should be ashamed of themselves for being too stupid to know

...

Posted by: Carol"


The thing is these people approve of this policy, they literally want to see people who disagree with them punished.

They haven't thought this through all the way of course, but for now they think punishing conservatives is just great.


Posted by: Simon White-Thatch Potentloins at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (NnjE8)

204 Well I thought that Mike Litoris poster was a hoot.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (KxmPO)

205 I hope this story gets some legs Posted by: The Jackhole ------------------------- Not happening. Why? The MSM believe that anyone connected with the Tea Party ought to be harassed. They feel good about it. I would mention Germany and Jews, but , Godwin's Law.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 08, 2014 01:21 PM (aDwsi)

206 188  In fairness, Ted Kennedy had more influence on the content of my wallet than Richard Shelby does now.

Posted by: toby928� at May 08, 2014 05:18 PM (QupBk)



And how much campaign money do you think Ted Kennedy got from outside of MA?  I suspect he got billions over his lifetime in office just from the unions.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 08, 2014 01:22 PM (T2V/1)

207 Furious George, I hope presidential library has TelePrompTer only! & then gets destroyed in a natural disaster.

Posted by: Carol at May 08, 2014 01:22 PM (XN0LR)

208 Only 10%

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at May 08, 2014 01:22 PM (9+ccr)

209 I don't think moving the Senators elections to the people instead of the State legislature caused as many problems as people claim. ========== Rather than appointed nobodies who served their state governments, we got another class of Mandarins, only more powerful, less accountable, and more corrupt.

Posted by: --- at May 08, 2014 01:22 PM (MMC8r)

210 The felony conviction was the goal. Turn in the guns and the voting card. Posted by: toby928© at May 08, 2014 05:09 PM (QupBk) Jury of eight women and four men. That alone says it was messed up.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 08, 2014 01:22 PM (bb5+k)

211 The nutmegger cabal has been stealing our commenters for years.

Posted by: garrett at May 08, 2014 01:22 PM (CJ1mO)

212

194 Ted Cruz would be a good AG. But then so would Trey Gowdy.

 

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 08, 2014 05:18 PM (V70Uh) 

 

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So would Louis Gohmert.

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 01:22 PM (l/M30)

213 Mike Litoris?


Really? You people are ridiculous. Posted by: Mulva Leibowitz

Nothing wrong with that name.

Posted by: Michael Hunt at May 08, 2014 01:22 PM (YEelc)

214 IIRC, Nixon wanted the IRS to go after his enemies and they told him to go to Hell. If only Nixon was a Dem.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 08, 2014 01:22 PM (V70Uh)

215 Too many Jews. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 08, 2014 05:21 PM (QFxY5) *fist bump* Shalom, to you my elder brother

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:23 PM (yz6yg)

216 The overall Audit rate is less than 1 percent, and most of those are in brackets that start at $1 million dollars and up.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 08, 2014 01:23 PM (32Ze2)

217 @ Vic at May 08, 2014 05:16 PM (T2V/1) You have a point, but I think your intentions would be moot, due to the RNC/ DNC. They take money from everyone, everywhere and distribute it as they see fit. Even if your idea were effective in limiting private donations by geography/ districts (and I don't see that working), the result would be increasing the influence of the RNC/ DNC over constituent even further that it is currently. I honest don't see how regulations of any kind do anything to solve the problem, in this case, or any others. The closes you get to a level playing field is a free for all, IMO.

Posted by: Damiano at May 08, 2014 01:23 PM (j0wOO)

218 Compare the audit rate of Tea Party Donors to liberal donors of non-profits. That's different. They had to turn off credit verification so that 'citizens of the world' can donate to these causes and candidates.

Posted by: t-bird at May 08, 2014 01:23 PM (FcR7P)

219 1 IN 10.... Yes my minions... Decimate the TEA Party...

Posted by: Lois Lerner at May 08, 2014 01:24 PM (84gbM)

220

Sorry, I know you all are  onto the next thing, but I'm  just now seeing that picture of the rotten lady with the poster board. 

 

I am so out of that  world, I don't know how you can put on that concerned face, refer to them as "our girls,"  and expect people to not want to punch  that rotten pig mouth  of yours. 

 

Egad,  those people disgust me. 

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2014 01:24 PM (TOk1P)

221 Mike Litoris? Really? You people are ridiculous. Posted by: Mulva Leibowitz Nothing wrong with that name. Posted by: Michael Hunt at May 08, 2014 05:22 PM (YEelc) _________________ You people are sick

Posted by: Richard Johnson at May 08, 2014 01:24 PM (32Ze2)

222 Mike Litoris?





Really? You people are ridiculous.

Posted by: Mulva Leibowitz

Nothing wrong with that name.

Posted by: Michael Hunt at May 08, 2014 05:22 PM (YEelc)


Really ?

Posted by: Herb Eaverstinx at May 08, 2014 01:24 PM (nTgAI)

223 And how much campaign money do you think Ted Kennedy got from outside of MA? I suspect he got billions over his lifetime in office just from the unions. I don't understand your point. Other people's representatives affect me directly and greatly. I should be able to affect them.

Posted by: toby928© at May 08, 2014 01:24 PM (QupBk)

224 @185 Top story on cbs news MOST DEADLIEST STATES FOR US WORKERS As compiled by the AFL-CIO You will not be surprised they chose a right to work state that is experiencing an oil boom - North Dakota. Their recommendation is.... drum role please... GOVERNMENT REGULATION This is a very important story according to cbs news.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 08, 2014 01:25 PM (8tAEF)

225 Leftism is, first and foremost, intimidation. Leveraging the more intimidating organs of the Government, itself an "intimidating" construct, is merely "natural."

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at May 08, 2014 01:25 PM (9W+0f)

226 Seeking To Protect The Rich, Republicans Attack IRS - CNN

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 08, 2014 01:25 PM (aDwsi)

227 You people are sick Posted by: Richard Johnson at May 08, 2014 05:24 PM (32Ze2) Speak for yourself.

Posted by: Richard Head [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:25 PM (yz6yg)

228 >>>Ted Cruz would be a good AG. But then so would Trey Gowdy.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 08, 2014 05:18 PM (V70Uh)
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So would Louis Gohmert.
Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 05:22 PM (l/M30)<<<



They all would. But (unless Ted's the one who becomes POTUS) wouldn't we be better served by their strong presences where they currently are?

Posted by: ɹəƨᴉɯ əʇɐɥ at May 08, 2014 01:26 PM (FXTmE)

229 222  You have a point, but I think your intentions would be moot, due to the RNC/ DNC. They take money from everyone, everywhere and distribute it as they see fit.

Posted by: Damiano at May 08, 2014 05:23 PM (j0wOO)


Under my plan that would be illegal.  Of curse it is currently illegal to get donations from outside the country and the Democrats ignore that.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 08, 2014 01:26 PM (T2V/1)

230 Put Issa on it. He's a sneaky little shit just like you.

Posted by: Dean Wormer [/i] [/b] at May 08, 2014 01:26 PM (5ikDv)

231 Hey Herb! Glad to see you posting comments.

Posted by: Dick Hertz at May 08, 2014 01:28 PM (yFb77)

232 A couple years ago dad gave to so random tea party group and not too long after was audited for the time in his life.

Posted by: SmartySkirt at May 08, 2014 01:28 PM (mawEA)

233 You people are sick Posted by: Richard Johnson at May 08, 2014 05:24 PM (32Ze2) Speak for yourself. Posted by: Richard Head at May 08, 2014 05:25 PM (yz6yg) _______________ Not an original bone in your body......

Posted by: Richard Cheese at May 08, 2014 01:28 PM (32Ze2)

234 Going forward, any contributions I may or may not make to Conservative causes will be in the name of someone in one of our local cemeteries. You didn't read this from me.

Posted by: Nobody you know at May 08, 2014 01:28 PM (V70Uh)

235 But it's not merely ideological. The "conspiracy" functions because Centrist bureaucrats, to the extent they exist, have an interest in protecting their jobs. And they consider the Tea Party a threat to one of the few things Centrists care about.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at May 08, 2014 01:28 PM (9W+0f)

236 I hope presidential library has TelePrompTer only!

& then gets destroyed in a natural disaster.

Posted by: Carol at May 08, 2014 05:22 PM (XN0LR)



The whole thing will probably be doodles of himself

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 08, 2014 01:29 PM (qiiIB)

237 Might be interesting to know if Darrell Issa has gotten a lot of letters from SDVOSBs that all of a sudden have to start submitting a lot more paperwork than normal.

Jus' sayin' Posted by: Sean Bannion

I was listening to Cavuto on the way home, and he had Charlie Rangel on.  After "no taxes" Charlie finished lecturing us on the need to stand on principle and oppose the Select Committee, he asked if we didn't trust "Isaac", as in Darrell Issa.  I thought I might have misheard, but he did it two more times. 

Cavuto handed him his ass with butterscotch topping for the weakness of his arguments, but didn't say anything about the mispronunciation. 

Posted by: pep at May 08, 2014 01:29 PM (4nR9/)

238 They all would. But (unless Ted's the one who becomes POTUS) wouldn't we be better served by their strong presences where they currently are? ---- I find this a fun debate. I think that is a good question. I think Gowdy would have more influence as AG, and you can make the case that Cruz would too. I guess it would also give them executive experience too for future positions (though I don't think too much of that). I'd say the AG is perhaps the most important cabinent position at this point. I wouldn't like taking Cruz out of the Senate, but it would be fun to see him in the AG position. He might get through just because the other Senators want him gone.

Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 01:29 PM (gmeXX)

239 228  I don't understand your point. Other people's representatives affect me directly and greatly. I should be able to affect them.

Posted by: toby928� at May 08, 2014 05:24 PM (QupBk)



Theoretically they are supposed to be representing their "district".  They should only be taking money from their district.  Rich liberals in Hollywood should not be able to effect the election of my Senators but they do. 


Recall the column and links we had a few weeks ago where the overwhelming billionaire donations went to Democrats.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 08, 2014 01:29 PM (T2V/1)

240 But but but Koch brothers!!!!

Posted by: Null at May 08, 2014 01:29 PM (xjpRj)

241 Animals care about food and sex. And so do Centrist bureaucrats.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at May 08, 2014 01:29 PM (9W+0f)

242 One of the top stories on ABC NEWS site SNOOKI'S BABY - BOY OR GIRL?? ...ITS A GIRL!!!!! surprisingly then IRS Scandal is nowhere to be found. Odd....

Posted by: Kreplach at May 08, 2014 01:30 PM (8tAEF)

243 My English Lit teacher in 12th grade was... (drum roll please) Jack Hoff

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 08, 2014 01:30 PM (V70Uh)

244 Leftists are more Cerebral, so they want to Progress everything.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at May 08, 2014 01:30 PM (9W+0f)

245 Cavuto handed him his ass with butterscotch topping Posted by: pep at May 08, 2014 05:29 PM (4nR9/) Go on.

Posted by: Barney Frank [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:30 PM (yz6yg)

246 Hell, they can empty your bank account, order your stocks sold, and take physical posession of your house and change the locks if they wanted to. Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 08, 2014 05:16 PM (ZkzmI) Of course! Don't forget that, when you die and leave no assets, they can audit your last 7 years of tax returns, then seize your children's tax refunds and property to make up whatever shortfall they came up with while you're aren't around to dispute it or provide evidence. No one owns anything anymore. It is all property of the government and you are grudgingly allowed limited use of it.

Posted by: Damiano at May 08, 2014 01:31 PM (j0wOO)

247 My English Lit teacher in 12th grade was... (drum roll please) Jack Hoff Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 08, 2014 05:30 PM (V70Uh) __________________ Interesting.....

Posted by: Jack Mehoff at May 08, 2014 01:31 PM (32Ze2)

248 OT: The time frame is uncertain here but apparently Obama offered Nigeria use of satellite intelligence to stop Boko Haram but conditioned it on Nigeria approaching the problem in a social justice, income I equality way. http://tinyurl.com/lqc9u6q I guess Barky wasn't satisfied with destroying only one country.

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 08, 2014 01:31 PM (wTgwx)

249 Leftists are more Cerebral, so they want to Progress everything. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at May 08, 2014 05:30 PM (9W+0f) Assumes facts not in evidence. Actually, they're far more intellectually undeveloped since all of their arguments were disproven in the sandbox when they were 5. They still haven't absorbed the lessons though.

Posted by: Barney Frank [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:32 PM (yz6yg)

250 And, as a p.s. to #233...

Maybe an Andy McCarthy or Mark Levin for AG (unless they want to sit on SCOTUS).

Posted by: ɹəƨᴉɯ əʇɐɥ at May 08, 2014 01:32 PM (FXTmE)

251 Anyone wanna go for a ride? 

Posted by: Dick Trickle at May 08, 2014 01:32 PM (TOk1P)

252 One of the top stories on ABC NEWS site SNOOKI'S BABY - BOY OR GIRL?? ...ITS A GIRL!!!!! surprisingly then IRS Scandal is nowhere to be found. Odd.... And that's that. This is the World we live in..

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:32 PM (KxmPO)

253 I guess Barky wasn't satisfied with destroying only one country. Posted by: WalrusRex at May 08, 2014 05:31 PM (wTgwx) Would you be?

Posted by: Karl Marx [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:32 PM (yz6yg)

254 Cavuto handed him his ass with butterscotch topping for the weakness of his arguments, but didn't say anything about the mispronunciation.

Posted by: pep at May 08, 2014 05:29 PM (4nR9/)

 

 

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You mean he didn't axe Rangel about the pronounciation..

Posted by: Soona at May 08, 2014 01:33 PM (g+d/y)

255 Theoretically they are supposed to be representing their "district". They should only be taking money from their district. Rich liberals in Hollywood should not be able to effect the election of my Senators but they do. ---- I fail to see why they shouldn't be able to influence your election.

Posted by: SH at May 08, 2014 01:33 PM (gmeXX)

256 But, the "intimidation" is still moderate relative to what took place in the Noble Experiment. Leftism is a "moderate" ideology, after all.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at May 08, 2014 01:33 PM (9W+0f)

257 “The committee uncovered new information indicating that after groups provided the information to the IRS, nearly one in 10 donors were subject to audit,” Duh. The clue phone is ringing pal; maybe your should answer it.

Posted by: Lois Lerner (proud of my public service) at May 08, 2014 01:33 PM (1mtKP)

258 253 OT: The time frame is uncertain here but apparently Obama offered Nigeria use of satellite intelligence to stop Boko Haram but conditioned it on Nigeria approaching the problem in a social justice, income I equality way. http://tinyurl.com/lqc9u6q I guess Barky wasn't satisfied with destroying only one country. Posted by: WalrusRex at May 08, 2014 05:31 PM (wTgwx) What a pathetic, stupid, limpdick clown we have as President.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 08, 2014 01:33 PM (mx5oN)

259 You mean he didn't axe Rangel about the pronounciation.. Posted by: Soona at May 08, 2014 05:33 PM (g+d/y) He couldn't, because he couldn't understand what he was pacifically talking about.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:34 PM (yz6yg)

260

233 >>>Ted Cruz would be a good AG. But then so would Trey Gowdy.

 

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 08, 2014 05:18 PM (V70Uh)


 

 

---------

So would Louis Gohmert.
 

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 05:22 PM (l/M30)<<<



 

 

They all would. But (unless Ted's the one who becomes POTUS) wouldn't we be better served by their strong presences where they currently are?

 

Posted by: ɹəƨᴉɯ əʇɐɥ at May 08, 2014 05:26 PM (FXTmE) 

 

------------

 

If we got Rick Perry for Potus, then we could have both.

 

Perry has repeatedly said that he would like to "Make the Federal Government as inconsequential in our lives as possible".

 

Which is just a smarter way of saying "burn it down'.

 

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 01:34 PM (l/M30)

261 for those who watch Discovery Channel's great show GOLD RUSH ALASKA, you're familiar with one of the guys... Jack Hoffman.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 08, 2014 01:34 PM (KxmPO)

262 Leftism is a "moderate" ideology, after all. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at May 08, 2014 05:33 PM (9W+0f) Word

Posted by: Robespierre [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:34 PM (yz6yg)

263 Under my plan that would be illegal. Of curse it is currently illegal to get donations from outside the country and the Democrats ignore that. Posted by: Vic at May 08, 2014 05:26 PM (T2V/1) Exactly. Laws and regulations only codify what honest people were going to do anyway. No amount of laws will regulate dishonesty.

Posted by: Damiano at May 08, 2014 01:34 PM (j0wOO)

264 Why the fuck isn't Boehner holding a press conference about this? Oh wait, I know, Boehner is glad it happened. Fuck all of them.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 08, 2014 01:35 PM (0LHZx)

265 re: side-bar story of EMP, U-2, and LAX.
http://tinyurl.com/lx4rgff

FAA says the glitch was in their NextGen ATC system.  The system that has suffered problems, cost overruns, and more problems since before 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/ocqddoz

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 08, 2014 01:35 PM (HZkuJ)

266 So it looks like they have agreed to release all of Lerners e-mails.... I smell a rat...

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at May 08, 2014 01:35 PM (9+ccr)

267 Here's how they would do it. They would use the 80/20 rule and know that 20% of donors provided 80% of the funds. They would then assign a dollar cut-off, say $1,000, and then cull the list this way. If they were clever they would then add in some small donors to make it look more kosher. But probably a good stat person can catch this.

Posted by: sexypig at May 08, 2014 01:37 PM (dZQh7)

268 Iys a typo Donna.

They are going to release all the lemur related emails.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 08, 2014 01:37 PM (HZkuJ)

269 259 Cavuto handed him his ass with butterscotch topping for the weakness of his arguments, but didn't say anything about the mispronunciation.
Posted by: pep at May 08, 2014 05:29 PM (4nR9/)


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You mean he didn't axe Rangel about the pronounciation.. Posted by: Soona

As a general rule, I find Cavuto annoying because he does what so many of the talk show hosts do, i.e., constantly interrupt the guest while he's speaking.  In this case, though, he made Rangel look like a lying imbecile, whose biggest problem was that he couldn't lie more effectively. 

Posted by: pep at May 08, 2014 01:37 PM (4nR9/)

270 So it looks like they have agreed to release all of Lerners e-mails.... I smell a rat...

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at May 08, 2014 05:35 PM (9+ccr)

 

For sure

Posted by: Herb Eaverstinx at May 08, 2014 01:38 PM (nTgAI)

271 Also, Jindal is an absolute must for HHS. He did very well with that in LA.

Posted by: sexypig at May 08, 2014 01:38 PM (dZQh7)

272 And accusing him of anti-Semitism would have been a distraction from the giant pile of crap Rangel just deposited in the bed.

Posted by: pep at May 08, 2014 01:38 PM (4nR9/)

273 Rangel is a senile old crook

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 08, 2014 01:39 PM (nTgAI)

274 What a pathetic, stupid, limpdick clown we have as President. Posted by: Insomniac

Objection.  This man has no dick.

Posted by: pep at May 08, 2014 01:40 PM (4nR9/)

275 Nood

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 08, 2014 01:40 PM (yz6yg)

276 If we got Rick Perry for Potus, then we could have both.

Perry has repeatedly said that he would like to "Make the Federal Government as inconsequential in our lives as possible".

Which is just a smarter way of saying "burn it down'.

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 05:34 PM (l/M30)

 

 

--------------------------------------------

 

 

I think by the time Dear Leader gets closer to the end of his term, even  YOU are going to be calling for "burning it down".  Remember.  Two and a half years.

Posted by: Soona at May 08, 2014 01:40 PM (g+d/y)

277 It's the Glory Hole!

Posted by: Jack Hoffman at May 08, 2014 01:43 PM (CJ1mO)

278 IIRC, Nixon wanted the IRS to go after his enemies and they told him to go to Hell. And IIRC Ma Bell was threatened with break up as a monopoly under guise of deregulation if they didn't allow unfettered access without warrants. They said "No".

Posted by: Daybrother at May 08, 2014 01:43 PM (L9pN4)

279 I don't need any of you pussies.

Posted by: Harry Palmer at May 08, 2014 01:45 PM (dUZwp)

280

281...I think by the time Dear Leader gets closer to the end of his term, even YOU are going to be calling for "burning it down". Remember. Two and a half years.

 

Posted by: Soona at May 08, 2014 05:40 PM (g+d/y)

 

----------

 

No, Soona...I won't.

 

Because it is not smart.

 

I am all for saying...

"Break it up. Defund it." 

"Strip the abusers of their powers."

"Abolish the Federal Agencies that are not in the Constitution."

 

You cannot continue to fight if you are in jail for making stupid threats on the internet.

 

 

Posted by: wheatie at May 08, 2014 01:55 PM (l/M30)

281

I know someone who works for the IRS.

He is one of the biggest assholes I've ever met in my entire life.

I can see him at work, taking glee in fucking someone over badly.

I bet he would even laugh about it.


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Commissar at May 08, 2014 01:55 PM (G68IW)

282 I was audited as well. I give to conservative groups. I wondered. I'm waiting to get audited again this year. My son makes less than $50,000 a year. He got a letter the irs is reviewing his return. What are the odds.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 08, 2014 02:30 PM (KU72u)

283 i didn't donate, but my previously submitted, and, i might add, adjusted by the IRS prior to refund, taxes were pulled, re-reviewed, and my refund rescinded, with penalties and interest being added.

my better 2/3rds, who isn't as vocally political as i, but who obviously shares the same address with me, has recently had old filings pulled, reviewed and additional taxes levied.

then there's the Failifornia FTB, who still believes that, because i keep a professional certificate valid, i'm earning the average salary for someone employed under such a certificate, despite the lack of W-2s or 1099's being submitted.  they keep sending me letters threatening legal action and demanding i pay taxes on said imaginary earnings.

Posted by: redc1c4 at May 08, 2014 02:47 PM (q+fqH)

284 It's pretty safe to assume that every department of the Executive is rife with corruption.  Some might have a smidgeon of not corruption, but I doubt it.

Posted by: jd at May 08, 2014 02:57 PM (Id+W0)

285 It's not the Democrat gang of thieves it's the media. After Lewinsky they will actively look the other way so that they don't even accidentally stumble onto Democrat lawlessness. Never forget that they pushed Obamacare's obvious lies for years, and still haven't given an explanation for their behavior (and, really, what explanation can they give except the obvious - partisan hacks). Even scumbags need enablers.

Posted by: East Bay Jay at May 08, 2014 03:30 PM (7v8o1)

286 Well, to be fair you Tea Party guys are the only ones paying taxes soooo....Well, ya' know....Who else can we audit?

Posted by: IRS at May 08, 2014 04:20 PM (XWQcf)

287 Ha! For this reason, I no longer make donations to any right-leaning groups of any kind. I do not sign any petitions, and I am registered as an independent. I will never join any right leaning group, donate any money, or participate in any political activism of any kind until a law is passed that protects political donors from the power of the state. If a law is passed making political affiliation and donations anonymous, then I will donate again and join groups with whom I share beliefs. I will, however, vote with great passion in the privacy of my little booth, at least until they make the votes public, too. Sorry, I am not going to have my whole life destroyed over politics. It's too bad the Repubes let the Dems destroy the freedom of political affiliation. And it's too bad the Repubes are too cowardly to stand up for the citizen as he cowers under the shadow of an ever encroaching and all-powerful state.

Posted by: MistressOverdone at May 08, 2014 08:58 PM (2/oBD)

288 We were audited last year. Two years after joining the local Tea Party

Posted by: Sunny at May 09, 2014 12:27 AM (r2mIz)

289 The Revolution will be audited.

Posted by: pc at May 09, 2014 07:08 AM (vvDFH)

290

The lesson is:

If you don't want a rectal exam by various government bureaucrats, don't contribute to any cause which our Dear Leader opposes!

Posted by: David at May 09, 2014 01:19 PM (SO2HP)

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