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 | In 1975 global cooling caused tornadoes now it is Republicans and warming - I B Freeman on 5/21/13 at 1:31 pm
[link=(http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/1975-tornado-outbreaks-blamed-on-global-cooling/)]LINK[/link]
[link=(http://spectator.org/blog/2013/05/21/whitehouse-berates-republicans)]LINK[/link]...
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| re: NYT: Obama Treasury Dept. knew of IRS targeting during election year - I B Freeman on 5/17/13 at 3:46 pm
[quote]I think there will be thousands of new stories about IRS abuse coming out very soon. People will start writing their Representatives with their personal IRS horror stories[/quote]
The government's creditability is gone. Every one will now think any action taken against them by the governme...
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| re: NYT: Obama Treasury Dept. knew of IRS targeting during election year - I B Freeman on 5/17/13 at 3:35 pm
What is even MORE shocking is that the IRS people PLANTED the question at the ABA meeting so they could reveal their actions before the report came out. They wanted us to know.
Were whistleblowers being stomped on?...
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| James Gill now at the Advocate?? - I B Freeman on 5/17/13 at 2:28 pm
He has a sharp pen even if you don't agree with him.
Seems he was published there today....
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| re: Boortz filling in for Herman Cain today - I B Freeman on 5/17/13 at 7:59 am
He is the smartest talk radio host on the air. I don't listen to talk radio much but I have the WSB app and I used to use it from time to time to listen to Boortz.
I like Dennis Miller's show because it is not all politics.
I never have like Beck or Hannity. Limbaugh is a loud mouth but is re...
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| re: Strassel (WSJ): The IRS Scandal Started at the Top - I B Freeman on 5/17/13 at 7:54 am
Jarrett is a vindicative woman and I do not doubt at all she knew all about the IRS stuff. She is the puppeteer pulling Obama's strings. She is President.
Right after OBL was killed there was a AP article about Obama dragging his feet on ordering the mission. It said Panetta and Clinton were liv...
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| re: Strassel (WSJ): The IRS Scandal Started at the Top - I B Freeman on 5/17/13 at 7:46 am
[quote]How you defend this man is beyond me
Because quite obviously Obama did not instruct the IRS to target his enemies. That's only your wish... you WANT to cry that you're victimized. [/quote]
Typical democrat BS. They don't think themselves responsible for their lives why would they think ...
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| re: Peggy Noonan: This is no Ordinary Scandal - I B Freeman on 5/17/13 at 7:44 am
Which democrat will be to Obama what Goldwater was to Nixon?? Who will tell him it is time to man up? to either purge the White House of the people behind this---and there has to be very high level people---or resign....
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| Peggy Noonan: This is no Ordinary Scandal - I B Freeman on 5/16/13 at 9:29 pm
Posting here in it's entirety in case you can't follow the link to the Wall Street Journal. Excellent column
[quote]We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate. The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among libe...
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| 50% do not pay income tax so they don't care what the IRS does - I B Freeman on 5/16/13 at 8:09 am
I doubt this scandal has hurt Obama at all among most of his supporters. The only ones that he might have lost are the rich white apologists....
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| re: Why isn't New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting a 'national tragedy'? - I B Freeman on 5/16/13 at 8:05 am
KBB Road Home Program remember that?
No one expects anymore from these urban poor people. The liberals want to keep them bought off and really think they are not capable of a normal society. Shootings and killings they surmise are simply part of the culture....
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/16/13 at 7:49 am
For those Obama supporters who think Obama is not responsible listen to one of your own.
[link=(http://freebeacon.com/matthews-president-runs-irs-treasury/)]LINK[/link]...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 10:55 am
[quote]It is sad to me that someone would trust our constitutional form of government so little as to misuse the impeachment process in the absence of proof that the duly elected chief executive committed a high crime or misdemeanor. We do ourselves no favor when we become so results-oriented that n...
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| re: Anyone Think This Could Be Spark That Ushers In FairTax... - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 9:48 am
[quote]Correct, but it's about a govt. agency that is out of control, an agency that few taxpayers like, and that many fear because they really don't know if they will be the next ones audited.[/quote]
Correct.
It is about an agency that Congress has no day to day responsibility over and only...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 9:45 am
[quote]quote:
Who is going to stop them?
The electorate. [/quote]
When the next election after the impeachment???
[quote] However, the violation of constitutional rights by others, without knowledge of the President, isn't, by itself, an impeachable offense in this case.
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That ...
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| Boehner--who is going to jail over the IRS scandal - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 9:37 am
I don't particularly like Boehner but he is exactly right to ask this question.
[link=(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/15/boehner-irs-whos-going-jail-over-scandal/)]LINK[/link]...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 9:34 am
[quote]There is nothing that can be done to Obama unless it's proven he knew about this[/quote]
I don't think he will be impeached but who would stop Congress from conducting impeachment proceedings??? The President can't. The Supreme Court can't.
Nonetheless there should be some VERY painful ...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 9:29 am
[quote]They don't. However, they didn't quite go so far to say the senate could impeach on whatever grounds it deems necessary. They simply said impeachment wasn't a judicial branch issue. [/quote]
The Senate can in fact impeach for whatever reason they dream up. Who is going to stop them?
Jus...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 9:24 am
[quote]The Supreme Court basically said they have no authority of impeachment and cannot stop the Senate from impeaching on whatever grounds it deems appropriate. [/quote]
[quote]
This isn't accurate. [/quote]
[link=(https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/506/224/case.html)]LINK[/lin...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 9:12 am
[quote]You're equating making it more difficult to get tax exempt status to the military persecuting citizens? Really?[/quote]
The IRS demanded the list of reading material their targets had, they wanted all their face book posting, they wanted a list of all donors and if their donors had politic...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 9:05 am
[quote]What would stop Congress from impeaching on those grounds?
The lack of any evidence of any treason, bribery, high crime or misdemeanor.
quote:
Congress in conducting impeachment hearings. "high crimes and misdemeanors" is pretty broad authority.
It does, yet this is clearly outside of ...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 8:59 am
[quote]quote:
Ineptitude that results in the Constitutional rights of citizens being violated is certainly impeachable.
No it isn't.[/quote]
What would stop Congress from impeaching on those grounds? There are few limits on Congress in conducting impeachment hearings. "high crimes and misdemean...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 8:54 am
[quote] If you ready to impeach the man for "poor management" skills you are not a student of history.[/quote]
Ineptitude that results in the Constitutional rights of citizens being violated is certainly impeachable. Here an agency under his direct control systemically and with great fervor targ...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 8:44 am
[quote]The IRS & AP scandal are completely out of the White Houses hands because they are both "independent" agencies [/quote]
SInce when???? The department of Justice and the Treasury Department are agencies run by cabinet level appointees of the President....
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 8:37 am
[quote]Give me an example of the Bush administration using the IRS to punish political enemies.
Here's a Couple[/quote]
One of those is a man arrested for bumping Cheney--not for his anti war protest and the other is about a church that was breaking the law. Those are isolated events that we...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 8:30 am
Did the IRS honor this amendment to the Constitution??
[quote][b]The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[/b] [b]against unreasonable searches and seizures,[/b] shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oat...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 8:26 am
[quote]Yes. The President isn't the manager of the IRS though. His claimed ignorance isn't an impeachable offense. [/quote]
Of course he is. Don't you know the IRS and Treasury Department are part of the executive branch of government?...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 8:23 am
[quote]If they had targeted them because of their race what you think the President's responsibility would be?
To put a stop to it when he learned of it and hold those who did it responsible. [/quote]
What if they had been doing it 3 years? Don't you think somewhere in there the manager is respo...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 8:20 am
[quote]If Obama is tied to using the IRS to target certain groups for reprisals, this would be grounds.
Which is one of the reasons the Dems HATED Bush so much.. [/quote]
Give me an example of the Bush administration using the IRS to punish political enemies. ...
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| re: Obama should be subjected to the impeachment process - I B Freeman on 5/15/13 at 8:18 am
[quote]Not really. He may have been complicit or intentionally and willfully ignorant to the point of gross negligence. If so, that might be an impeachable offense, depending on the provable facts, but claiming ignorance isn't an impeachable offense. Deal with facts and evidence and quit being so em...
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