There has never been a president with such a moral deficit than B Obama. Look what he has done to the troops dying for his idiot Afghan war. Why does anyone agree to serve under this Commander in Chief ? I make no apologies for the language.

NBC News reported:

Marines at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan will lose a key daily meal starting Saturday, causing some to forgo a hot breakfast and others to work six-plus hours without refueling on cooked food, according to Marines at the base and Marine Corps officials.

The midnight ration service — known there as “midrats” — supplies breakfast to Marines on midnight-to-noon shifts and dinner to Marines who are ending noon-to-midnight work periods. It’s described as one of the few times the Marines at Leatherneck can be together in one place.

The base, which is located in Afghanistan’s southwestern Helmand Province, flanked by Iran and Pakistan, also will remove its 24-hour sandwich bar. It plans to replace the dishes long offered at midnight with pre-packaged MREs, said Marine Corps Lt. Col. Cliff Gilmore, who has been deployed in Afghanistan since February.

The moves, though unpopular with many Marines on the ground and their families back home, are emblematic of the massive drawdown of American troops in Afghanistan and the dismantling of U.S. military facilities. More than 30,000 U.S. service members will leave Afghanistan in coming months as the U.S. prepares to hand responsibility for security to Afghan forces in 2014.

While no Marine at Camp Leatherneck agreed to speak on the record, many are privately angry about the hit on base morale.

“This boils my skin. One of my entire shifts will go 6.5 hours without a meal. If we need to cut back on money I could come up with 100 other places,” one Leatherneck-based Marine wrote in an email this week to his wife and shared with NBC News. (The Marine declined to speak on the record.) “Instead, we will target the biggest contributor to morale. I must be losing my mind. What is our senior leadership thinking? I just got back from flying my ass off and in a few days, I will not have a meal to replenish me after being away for over 9 hours.”

I have made the claim that this Administration is simply "not too bright." Here is why.

First off, B Obama writes and speaks at a nominal 9th grade level.  

President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test — the third lowest score of any State of the Union address since 1934.

The University of Minnesota's Smart Politics conducted an analysis on the last 70 State of the Union addresses and found that President Obama's three addresses have the lowest grade average of any modern president. "Obama's average grade-level score of 8.4 is more than two grades lower than the 10.7 grade average for the other 67 addresses written by his 12 predecessors," they conclude.  (Politicio.com)

Question:  If you speak at a 9th grade level,  perhaps you think at a 9th grade level, correct?   

Maybe,  just maybe,   this explains why Obama thinks it reasonable to have Holder investigate Holder.  Perhaps this explains why he spent the night of the Benghazi murders,  crafting his campaign speech for the next day,  and inventing the "disgusting video" fairy tail that ran its course for two weeks following 9/11/2012.  Perhaps this is why Obama thought it a good idea to ask for a secret meeting about his secret attacks on the media and order the press in attendance not to report on the events of that meeting.  Could this be a part of the reason why he thinks Islam is not at war with the United States or why he thinks he is qualified to serve as "president?"  

Who knows,  maybe this explains why he sent a toy button to the Russian president in a ridiculous and childish effort at "restarting"  relationships with the Russians.  Did this fact play a role in Obama's decision to take a Hawaiian vacation of the very weekend Iran charged its first radio-active centrifuges.  Maybe this explains why he delivered a 2009 speech to the "Muslim world" and then did nothing,  absolutely nothing,  as a follow-up.  

We have been governed by "stupid" for far too long.  Understand that Bush read a book every two days,  while in office,  oversaw the second best economy in American history,  won the war in Iraq,  and prevented Islamic attacks in this country.  

Obama,  on the other hand,  lost the war in Afghanistan,  has superintended the worst economic recovery in American history,  has surrendered our position as the world's strongest influence for freedom,   has allowed for five terrorist attacks including the Boston bomgings,  the Fort Hood massacre,  the failed shoe bomber attack because of a bumbling Muslim fool (250 airplane passengers could have been killed if this clown had ignited the bomb he smuggled on board),  the failed New York truck bomb failure as a result of bad luck and nothing more,  and the lone death of a military officer by a single angry jihadist.  

Arizona woman jailed in corrupt Mexico is freed and back home !!!

An Arizona woman held in a Mexico jail for a week on a drug-smuggling charge was freed after a court reviewed her case, including key security footage, and dismissed the allegations.

Yanira Maldonado, 42,  the Arizona woman jailed unjustly in Mexico for a week,  was released, last night  (May 30) and is now safely at home, here in the states.  

Years ago,  I and three others,  went to Mexico on a bass fishing trip.  We entered that corrupt country via Nogales and were stopped three times within 30 miles of the border,  each time,  having to pay off the police and military officials involved in those stops.  The cost to us was around $700, total.  It is my understanding that we "got off lucky."  

On Thursday's "America Alive" program, Senator Ted Cruz calls for Holder's resignation.

In case you missed it, much of the MSM has told Holder/Obama to take a hike when it comes to secret meetings.

Add to NBC's refusal to participate in Holder's secretive peace offering,  CNN's refusal,  as well as all of the Associated Press,  the New York Times,  the Huffington Post,  Fox News,  CBS,  Reuters,  the McClatchy News Service,   

Understand that Holder hopes to meet with the press in a "forward looking" off the record meeting during the coming days.  "Forward looking" means,  no questions or review of the past.  "Off the record" means that reporting on any aspect of this meeting to the people of the United States,  is forbidden by the Obama Administration,  the most transparent in the history of American politics.  

HHS Secretary Sebelius reminds graduates of the peace of mind they can now have, because of ObamaCare - something for which they are now forced to buy and pay $4,000 per year. Before Obama, this minimum wage crowd could wait until they could afford health insurance. Now, they are stuck with "peace of mind."

(CNSNews.com) – Thanks to Obamacare, high school and college graduates of 2013 can look forward to “protections and benefits” that “give you greater control,” including birth control and sterilization, said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a HealthCare Blog post to the class of 2013.

In the May 22 posting, “Class of 2013: Graduate with Peace of Mind,” Sebelius congratulated the new graduates and assured them that because of the Affordable Care Act they will have less to worry about in terms of health insurance.

“Bottom line: Because of the Affordable Care Act, you’ll be able to begin this next chapter of your life with the peace of mind and security health insurance provides,” said Sebelius. 

Editor’s notes:  she failed to mention that this peace of mind comes with a cost of $4000 per year at a minimum.  She forgets that most collegiate youth were not planning on insurance,  at all.  Now,  they are forced to add this expense to their budget and will pay fines and serve jail time if they do not.  “Peace of mind” my . . . .  ah  . . . . . proverbial!!”  

Quinnipiac National Poll: 76% of Americans want a "special prosecutor;" Obama's approval has dropped from 48% to 45% in just four weeks; his "honest" rating has fallen from 58% to 49% and Independents are deserting the Dems in droves.

May 30, 2013 - American Voters 4-1 Want Special Prosecutor For IRS, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Fixing Economy Is More Important, Voters Say 3-1

PDF format American voters say 76 - 17 percent, including 63 - 30 percent among Democrats, that a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate charges the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.

President Barack Obama gets a negative 45 - 49 percent job approval rating, compared to 48 - 45 percent positive in a May 1 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University, conducted before the IRS allegations surfaced.

The president's biggest drop is among independent voters, who give him a negative 37 - 57 percent score, compared to a negative 42 - 48 percent May 1. He gets a negative 9 - 86 percent from Republicans and a positive 87 - 8 percent from Democrats, both virtually unchanged. Women approve 49 - 45 percent while men give a negative 40 - 54 percent score.

Americans are divided 49 - 47 percent on whether Obama is honest and trustworthy, down from 58 - 37 percent, the last time Quinnipiac University asked the question September 1, 2011.

Support for an independent prosecutor to probe the IRS issue is 88 - 6 percent among Republicans and 78 - 17 percent among independent voters, 78 - 17 percent among men and 74 - 18 percent among women.

"There is overwhelming bipartisan support for a special prosecutor to investigate the IRS," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "Voters apparently don't like the idea of Attorney General Eric Holder investigating the matter himself, perhaps because they don't exactly think highly of him. Holder gets a negative 23 - 39 percent job approval rating."

American voters say 43 - 32 percent that congressional criticism of the Obama Administration's handling of the terrorist attack in Libya is 'just politics.' Voters say 44 - 33 percent, however, that members of Congress who criticize the way the Obama Administration handled the IRS are raising 'legitimate concerns.' Criticism of the Justice Department's seizure of journalists' phone records also raises 'legitimate concerns,' voters say 37 - 24 percent.

Of the three controversies, 44 percent of voters see the IRS probe as the most important, with 24 percent citing Benghazi and 15 percent picking the AP records seizure.

The Obama/Holder cabal is in more serious trouble than previously thought. The AP and the NY Times may be deserting the duo in the latest media/Administration scandal.

Holder,  in an attempt to stamp out the media fires surrounding his position as head of the Department of Justice,  has called for an “off the record” (code for “secret") meeting with members of the press.  In a misguided effort to encourage attendance,  the Obama Administration has warned those not in attendance,  that their absence will preclude any complaints as to future treatment or mistreatment. 

The New York Times and the Associated Press have both responded with “not interested,”  and,  will not be in attendance unless the meeting is held in the open and "on the record."     

This,  as the DOJ scandal of secret media document seizures expands from 100 to “several thousands” in news revelations of the past two days.  

It appears that Obama's quest for controlling the media has blown up in his face,  and this with a compliant media that was "in his back pocket."  

Michele Bachmann has announced that she will not seek a fifth term as a House Representative. We have her to thank for the teaparty - as much as Sarah Palin.

The teaparty movement will continue,  but this woman has left a legacy statement that far overshadows that of Barack Obama. 

Update:    See the 8 minute announcement.

Where was Obama on the night of the Benghazi murders? He was busy concocting the "video" story. Little did the two Navy Seals know as they fought for their lives for 5 hours, that they had already been given up for dead. Therein is the real scandal.

"I think there is a bigger story here that will in time come out. The biggest scandal of all, the biggest question is what was the president doing in those eight hours. He had a routine meeting at five o’clock. He never after during the eight hours when our guys have their lives in danger, he never called the Secretary of Defense, he never calls the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he never called the CIA Director.  

Who does he call? But five hours in,  he calls the Secretary of State. And after the phone call,   she releases a statement essentially about the video and how we denounce any intolerance. It looks as if the only phone call is to construct a cover story at a time when the last two Americans who died were still alive and fighting for their lives. There’s the scandal and that has to be uncovered.”

After three weeks of serious reporting, the MSM has decided that "enough is enough" and is working to rehabilitate B Obama.

The lede the morning show at NBC included this blurb:  "[Obama and his visit to Oklahoma is] really to see the improvements to this area, and also to refocus the conversation away from some recent headlines. Focusing on what he wants to focus on: government at its best, bipartisanship, and efforts to improve the economy." 

Over at CBS This Morning, ex-Fox correspondent, Major Garrett,  made an announcement using much the same verbiage:   "President Obama is eager to look at federally-financed repairs on the Jersey shore – to his mind, a welcome contrast to IRS bungling and Justice Department snooping....Today's trip could also inject some life into Mr. Obama's scandal-starved push for Beltway bipartisanship,”  proving,  of course,  the incestral and orchestrated relationship the major networks have with each other.  

Clearly,  the MSM is climbing back into Obama’s camp and doing what it can to move the national conversation away from the real news of the day and Obama’s scandal driven agenda.  

Do "they" have enough fingers to plug the holes in the dike?  Time will tell,  but, currently,  Obama's efforts to change the discussion,  has not taken hold.  I mean,  who really cares what he thinks about GITMO.  He has been blowing off on that subject for years.  And his announcement that the war on terror is over,  is not even news.  He has been touting this preposterous notion for years,  as  well.  

He does have a problem in this regard,  however.  Claiming that the "war on terror is over,"  Obama maintains that our civilian courts have tried and convicted dozens of terrorist,  Such is beside the point.  Our courts have NOT tried and convicted any  terrorists captured on foreign soil.  His claim that there has been no jihad related attacks on American soil is,  also,  problematic.  In making that claim,  he ignores the 13 killed by Major Hasan at Fort Hood;  the failed effort of the "shoe bomber" as he attempted to kill 250 Americans on a flight within the U.S.,  the Boston bombing,  the failed New York truck  bomb incident and the Benghazi massacre (understand that our embassies are on US property).  I am leaving off the murder of a single officer,  here in the homeland,  by a Muslim extremist.  I apologize for not have that information readily at hand.      

Salute !!!

The IRS scandal and the secret investigations of the media are but a small part of a much larger problem. Obama is a Rogue President, with little concern for law and order. That is why he praises the vandals in "Occupy" and hates the Teaparty.

Keith Laing / The Hill:

Schumer: New ‘Gang of Eight’ to draft rules for press subpoenas  —  Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday proposed a new bipartisan “Gang of Eight” to draft a bill to create guidelines for future investigations of media leaks by the government.  —  “I proposed along with [Sen.] Lindsey Graham …

Two problematic issues come to mind with this news lede;   one,  Chuck Schumer has something to do with it and,  two,  nothing legislatively can help  when the offending federal agencies (in this case the IRS and the DOJ) are flagrant in their abuse of the law;  “abuse of the law” is defined,  in this instance,  as the overt dismissal of legal and Constitutional limitations. 

In the Obama Administration,  we have a body politic that prides itself on its effective use of “plausible deniability”  and its willingness to function above the law. 

For example,  the EPA was taken to federal court,  more than a year ago,  in a lawsuit in which it had targeted  a North Dakota couple about the use of their 2 acre parcel of land  ( Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, ) All adjoining properties were populated.  In this case,  the EPA judged the two acre parcel in question to be “wetlands”  and promised to fine the couple $35,000 a day if they continued to build on this property,  a continuation that had the approval of the EPA,  in days gone by.  The case made its way to the Supreme Court where the EPA lost in a 9 – 0  decision,  yet,  this rogue agency chose to ignore the High Court’s decision,  and has persisted in its persecution of this couple.  

The Obama administration has had several judgments against its coal policy,  to no avail.  The Administration proceeds as if it has the blessings of the court. 

In a case in which Obama refused to fulfill a transparency demand under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),  we have this headline:  Federal Court Rules Against Obama Administration in BlackPanther FOIA Case  

In Hosanna-Tabor Church v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,  Obama, in total disregard for the US constitution,   attempted to force a Lutheran  church  to employee a non-believer as a teacher in its private school program.  The case was such an egregious assault on religious freedom,  that the High Court decided against the Administration 9-0  (January of 2012). 

The legal problems of this Administration are such,  that the WSJ published an article reviewing some of the legal defeats assessed against this lawless Administration.  You can find the article,  here.

In the end,  Obama has proven himself to be pompous in the face of federal court decisions,  and abusive in the use of his power as "president."  The latest examples of such, are the use of the IRS to punish his enemies and his use of the DOJ to go after the press.  

When will it end?  January 20th,  2016.  

Michelle Obama has distinguished herself as the First Lady of Hip Hop and Vacations. She has contributed nothing lasting to our society and, today, is considering a summer long "vacation," number 20 in four years. Can anyone say "irrelevant?"

WSJ confirms that Dems had been using the IRS to punish conservative groups more than two years before Citizens United. Socialist Democrats set the stage for Obama's abusive use of the IRS and the hard left move towards totalitarian governance.

<<<< Here is the ultimate goal of the New Left:  totalitarian control over all phases of our existing democracy including the free press.  

In a free society, "we the people" have to give these despots such control.  

"They" clearly own the educational process via State controlled educational "guidelines,"  and the destruction of the family unit via abortion on demand by children,  laws against discipline and entitlement programs that award single moms to the exclusion of the "father."  As to the economy,  again,  progressives already own the economy and use entitlements,  unfunded and financially disastrous, to win elections.  Their overt attacks against the Christian Church are legend,  illegal,  pervasive,  and popular.  Finally,  socialist attacks on free speech and the press are gaining force and the call for "correct speech"  seems to be winning the day over 1st Amendment protections for unqualified political speech.     

From the Wall Street Journal: 

Conclusion:   And this history exposes the left's hollow claim that the IRS mess rests on Citizens United. The left was targeting conservative groups and donors well before the Supreme Court's 2010 ruling on independent political expenditures by corporations.  

If the country wants to get to the bottom of the IRS scandal, it must first remember the context for this abuse. That context leads to this White House.

Text excerpt and the "why" for the "conclusion" above: 
The White House insists President Obama is "outraged" by the "inappropriate" targeting and harassment of conservative groups. If true, it's a remarkable turnaround for a man who helped pioneer those tactics.

On Aug. 21, 2008, the conservative American Issues Project ran an ad highlighting ties between candidate Obama and Bill Ayers, formerly of the Weather Underground. The Obama campaign and supporters were furious, and they pressured TV stations to pull the ad—a common-enough tactic in such ad spats.

What came next was not common. Bob Bauer, general counsel for the campaign (and later general counsel for the White House), on the same day wrote to the criminal division of the Justice Department, demanding an investigation into AIP, "its officers and directors," and its "anonymous donors." Mr. Bauer claimed that the nonprofit, as a 501(c)(4), was committing a "knowing and willful violation" of election law, and wanted "action to enforce against criminal violations."   (OnlineWSJ.com)

Russia has no more atheists than does the United States, but nearly half the populations of China and Japan are atheists.

Source:  Washington Post

Elijah Cummings, leading Democrat on the congressional committee investigating the IRS, goes after the IRS Commissionary before Trey Gowdy has his turn. The results of both periods of questioning were the same: the IRS does not have responsible people in leadership.

After listening to this 6 minute series of questions from Trey Gowdy, give Obama's IRS a grade as to the degree of feckless irresponsiblity demonstrated in the non-answers of the partisan director sitting before Rep Gowdy.

Obama is officially our "know nothing" president, and a majority of Americans are willing to give him a pass for his ignorance. Makes one wonder how he got into Harvard, no?

Kathryn Ruemmler is her name and she is Obama's legal counselor.  Her job,  as she defines it,  is to keep Obama in the dark as to all potentially scandal reporting,  and she has performed this function to a fault.  Obama's chief defense as to Fast and Furious,  Benghazi,  the IRS scandal,  spying on the media,  Administration attacks on specific reporters at Fox,  CBS News,  and NBC,  the MF Global embezzlement scandal,  and on and on  -  his chief defense,  thanks to Ms Ruemmler (a German name,  btw) is simply this:  "I didn't know."  Never mind that this makes him look like an irresponsible administration,  running,  hiding,  never wanting to know what is going on while he is raising money,  playing golf,  and helping his wife pack for her next vacation.  

And this man, who hides behind a structured and intentional state of ignorance,  continues to hold good approval numbers.  No president has been involved in more scandals.  No Administration has seen its people claim ignorance more often.  No political structure has been more committed to conservative attacks and white,  middle class, voter suppression.     No one has raised more money off foreign soil.  No one has had more undeclared donors.  Absolutely no one's background is more opaque.  No president has ordered more legal attacks against the media,  mainstream or otherwise.  And no president has broken more promises that B Obama.  

While his approval numbers appear relatively high,  still,  he attracted 13 million fewer Democrat voters than expected in 2012.  His State of the Union speech,  this past January,  drew 6 million views per network,  when,  in 2010,  that same speech,  drew more than 31 million per network.  

And Ms Ruemmler is standing in the middle of all this vile hypocrisy.  

Obama and Company actually believes (apparently) that we,  the people,  do not understand the term "plausible deniability."  We not only can say that word,  we see the end game of this deceptive practice are getting tired of the word games.  

Obama insults congress with his nomination of Victoria Nuland to "Middle East Coordinator" for our National Security Council. She has already proven her willingness to lie about actual Middle East events. Apparently that is qualification enough for this Administration.

"Middle East coordinator for the National Security Council,"  that will be her title if Obama has anything to do with it.  In the midst of a huge Benghazi scandal,  the woman at the very center of this Administration cover-up,  Victoria Nuland,  has been chosen by Obama in an "in your face" nominstion that should go down in defeat,  when this nomination arrives in the Senate.  

Understand that Nuland was the go-between as the Administration desperately worked to amend CIA talking points in preparation for sending Susan Rice onto five Sunday shows,  September 16. In fact,  we now know that it was Nuland who brought attention to the CIA talking points and its reference to the role Islamic terrorists played in the attack and murder of our 4 diplomats.  She lead Administration efforts in deceiving the American people,  and, now,  Obama,  always ready for a political street fight,  has moved her from firestorm to another.   

In news of the day,  we know that as many as 13 whistleblowers are waiting "protection"  as they plan on testifying against this Administration and Victoria Nuland,  in the coming weeks.  Most of these folks are career government employees and past supporters of B Obama.  

Time will tell just how compromised is the GOP.  This nomination will be a true test of Republican stamina and dedication to truth,  in this particular case.  Will Ambassador Steven's death be forgotten by the GOP as it has by Obama's socialist driven Democrat leadership?  We are about to find out.  

Karl Rove quotes Holder lying to congress, as he, Holder, denied even hearing of DOJ actions such as the sequester of James Rosen's records, a reporter for Fox News, a sequester that included a search of Rosen's parents private documents. Time for this sack of incompetence to hit the road.

Obama must see the handwriting on the wall when the radically liberal press and The Huffington Post calls for the resignation of Eric Witholder.

McCain whines about conservative pressures and, in so doing, proves himself an enemy of the conservative caucus and a stalwart for the Status Quo.

Speaking on Senate floor on Thursday,  May 23,  an angry member of the RINO Caucus,  John McCain (R-Ariz.) scolded Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) , a teaparty favorite,  over his [Lee’s] objection to initiating House-Senate private budget negations.  Clearly,  McCain has given up on negotiating for a balanced budget and is more concerned with “getting things done”  than “getting things done right.” 

McCain publicly complained:  “The senator from Utah keeps talking about back-room, closed-door deals.  How do we reconcile legislation that is passed by one body and the other body? That’s what we’ve been doing for a couple hundred years”  as if back room deals are sanctioned by historic process simply because “we have always done it this way.” 

McCain continued in his typical and insulting manner of speech:  “Perhaps the senator from Utah doesn’t know about  . . .   the fact that even if they did raise the debt limit, it could not become law because it doesn’t go to the president of the United States.  So again, maybe the senator from Utah ought to learn a little bit more about how business has been done in the Congress of the United States.”

Perhaps we should thank the loser from Arizona,  for his stale and feckless leadership “on the issues,”  as he works tirelessly to destroy the effectiveness of the conservative grassroots influence in Washington. But the fact remains,  that the GOP has failed to stem the tide of Progressive Advance precisely because of the compromised leadership of men such as John McCain.  Unless the McCain’s of this world are put in their place,  the GOP will never win another national election.  Conservatives are done with this aged clown and the compromising leadership he represents.  We only wait for his retirement.    

See the 7 minute Fox interview with Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. and previous federal prosecutor, as he discusses Lois Lerner and her arrogant refusal to testify to congress, as if she had a moral right to refuse the will of the people.

Boy Scouts cave to funding pressure and the fear of being destroyed because it has (had) a difference of opinion. Thank Gawd our gene pool supports traditional values, even when the open minded can't.

And the crowd that has to use antiseptic to clean up following a love session (correct me if I am wrong),  just won another battle in their war against traditional values.    

Lois Lerner has been suddenly replaced at the IRS as the Administration moves to create distance between her and itself.

What do we know about the latest developments concerning the IRS targeting scandal? 

We know that more than three hundred groups targeted were conservative groups,  having identification with “teaparty,”  “patriot”  or educational programs concerning American colonial history and the United States Constitution. 

We know that all of these groups,  without exception,  had to wait between 18 months and three years,  taking them out of the funding raising mix for the 2010 midterms and the 2012 presidential elections. 

We know that Lois Lerner was in charge of the Cincinnati office of the IRS,  where all applications for 501c-4 status are processed,  regardless as to the regional address of the applying organizations,  and we know that Learner knew about this issue, at least, a year ago and misrepresented the truth,  before a congressional committee. 

We know that conservative applicants came from 5 different districts,  nationally,  and involved 5 different IRS managers making the IRS action a matter of policy rather than the  efforts of two misguided agents in a single office  -  as was first posited by the Obama Administration. 

We know that there is a deadline for approving or denying such requests for tax exempt status.  After nine months,  if a decision was not made,  the receiving office had to file a monthly report for each group being considered,  which means there is a mountain of paper work “out there” detailing the IRS delays. 

As of today,  the IRS career for Lois Lerner is probably over,  she,  having been put on paid administrative leave with a replacement named to her position overseeing ObamaCare tax obligations.  Understand that the vast majority of waivers granted to ObamaCare entities,  have been members of the Left Wing community to the tune of 3 to 1.  Lois Lerner  would have continued that practice,  no doubt,  as will her replacement  (let’s be honest).  

Finally,  this [liberal career Democrat] IRS agent,  is getting ready to experience being "thrown under the bus."  And,  to make matters worse,  her testimony,  yesterday,  before a House congressional committee,  before "taking the fifth,"  disqualified her from using the fifth as protection against testifying to what she knows as to the recent and developing IRS scandal.  In short order,  she will be recalled before that committee.  

Of course,  she will invoke the "5th,"  but may face contempt charges for doing so.  Funny.  This bunch of bumbling fools can't even devise an adequate cover-up.  Good for us.  

Update: 

Politico:

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the tax writing Finance Committee, said in a statement Thursday that Lerner was placed on administrative leave after she refused a request from Danny Werfel, the newly installed acting IRS commissioner, to resign.

“My understanding is the new acting IRS commissioner asked for Ms. Lerner’s resignation, and she refused to resign,” Grassley said. “She was then put on administrative leave instead. From all accounts so far, the IRS acting commissioner was on solid ground to ask for her resignation.”

Why Gitmo? Why now?

Obama has three impossible scandals that have simply blown up in his scheming face,  so he goes to a safe place,  and hides behind his broken promise of closing Gitmo by January of 2010. And why didn't that happen?  Because no one within the States wanted these criminals in their own backyards.  Problem:  nothing has changed in this regard.  

His announcement today,  regarding Gitmo,  is little more than hot air.  Indeed,  that facility may well be closed,  but it is no more a cause for increased terrorist activity than was the killing of Osama bin Laden.  

Finally, the Main Stream Media (MSM) is as concerned with Obama's attack on the media as is Fox News. Let's see how long before they return to their leader and ask for forgiveness.

CHUCK TODD: So they want to criminalize journalism. And that’s what it’s coming down, I mean, if you end up essentially criminalizing journalism or when it comes to reporting on the federal government, particularly on national security, and the only place they can, they think they technically can do that is on the issues of national security. What it’s going to do is the impact that we’ve heard, we heard the AP counsel say this over the weekend. It is going to make whistleblowers, and people that might leak, regular sources. You know, I’ve had different conversations with people over the last week who are sitting there not quite comfortable having certain conversations on the phone. I mean, it just completely, and maybe that’s the intent. I can’t think of any other intent of why they’re going about this in such a broad harassing sort of way.

Democrats threaten to secure a "special prosecutor" before this scandal is put to rest, if the Administration continues to stonewall congress.

(CNSNews.com) - What did the White House know about the IRS targeting conservative groups and when did it know it?

Crucial evidence needed to develop an accurate answer to that question would include the records of any communications that went back and forth between the IRS and the White House on the topic.

In a May 14 letter signed by Chairman Dave Camp and Ranking Member Sander Levin, the House Ways and Means Committee demanded precisely those records from the IRS. In the same letter, the committee also demanded the records of any communications between IRS and the Treasury on the matter, plus other information and records that would help the committee understand the facts about IRS actions that subjected to heightened scrutiny conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.

Chairman Camp and Ranking Member Levin gave the IRS a deadline of Tuesday, May 21 to comply with their committee’s demand for the information and records.

Editor's notes:  Yesterday,  in, yet, another display of incompetence  and stark rebellion to congressional oversight,  the IRS refused to meet the 21st deadline.  Understand that the House Ways and Means Committee is the strongest committee in the House of Representatives.  Both ranking members of this committee,  Camp on the Right and Sander Levin on the Left,  have joined in asking for the information specified in the May 14 letter.  The Administration via the IRS has refused this joint letter.  

At least for a time,  it appears that the Administration is losing the battle as it seeks to control the direction of this current cover-up.  

Is the Administration in trouble over this IRS issue?  Well,  today,  May 22,  Democrat members of the House committee told the witnesses sitting before them  [words to this effect]: "If we don't get answers from as to who and what concerning the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS, there will be a special prosecutor.  That is where we are going."  

Washington Times report, Joseph Curl, tells us "there is more to come" in the Administration's press seizure scandal

CIA source says Fox News scandal the "4th Shoe"; says it goes much deeper; says WH also sitting on "something" that has top aides terrified.

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Joseph Curl

... says only a few in WH know that "something" -- "It's been deep sixed, like Osama bin Laden." Will there be a Fifth Shoe?!#ImeldaObama

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Joseph Curl

"Uh, this your captain. Buckle up, Mr. President. Gonna' be a bumpy ride. Pretty socked in by this fog of scandal." http://t.co/GXBAmnfwDp

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Joseph Curl

Politico.com is reporting an expanding attack on news reporters that might tie in with what is happening to James Rosen, at Fox News.

Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation.

"I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation on my end for some months but I'm not prepared to make an allegation against a specific entity today as I've been patient and methodical about this matter," Attkisson told POLITICO on Tuesday. "I need to check with my attorney and CBS to get their recommendations on info we make public."

In an earlier interview with WPHT Philadelphia, Attkisson said that though she did not know the full details of the intrustion, "there could be some relationship between these things and what's happened to James [Rosen]," the Fox News reporter who became the subject of a Justice Dept. investigation after reporting on CIA intelligence about North Korea in 2009.  . . . .   continue reading here. 

Lois Lerner, the Obama IRS minion in charge of harassing teaparty grassroots groups, will plead the 5th, making this a criminal defense event; bad news for the Administration. In our brief video, liberal news caster agrees.

You thought Nixon was bad news? Obama has him beat in spades. Now he is spying on the media and parents of reporters.

The Obama Justice Department has seized the phone records of numbers that are associated with White House staffers and, apparently, with Fox News reporters, according to a document filed in the case of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, on October 13, 2011. Kim is a former State Department contractor accused of violating the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking classified information to James Rosen, a Fox News reporter  . . . . . . Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that, as part of the investigation of the Kim leak,Obama’s Department of Justice seized e-mails from Rosen’s personal Gmail account. In the search warrant for that request, the government described Rosen as “an aider, and abettor, and / or co-conspirator” in violating the Espionage Act, noting that the crime can be punished by ten years in prison. Rosen was not indicted in the case, but the suggestion in a government document that a reporter could be guilty of espionage for engaging in routine reporting is unprecedented and has alarmed many journalists and civil libertarians.  . . . .   continue here.*

Editor’s notes:  the fact of the matter is this:  Rosen’s records have been seized,  along with his parents records,  and the records of 5 other Fox News reporters and network producers.   All this happened two years ago and without notification to Fox or any of its personnel.  More than this,  charges where never filed against Fox or Rosen.  In fact,  there does not appear to have been any follow-up whatsoever  . . . . .  just the Obama probe.  Understand that this took place at the very time Obama went on a public rampage against Fox News and can only be understood in the context of a vile and threatening warning to those who dare to oppose this Administration.  

Never forget that Obama is our first “revenge” president,  he, using that term in a collegiate speech,  before the 2012 elections.  While he was referencing the 2012 vote as an “act of revenge,”  the fact remains that this is the man’s thought process,  one of getting even,  of revenge.  He is the first “president”  to ever use such language but not the first to target the press.  This sort of action was partially responsible for bring down the presidency of Richard Nixon,  who also hated the media.  I only hope that this is where this all winds up.  For certainly,  it will take more than one scandal to do the trick.  Hope is found in the fact that there are three huge scandals in the works,  as we speak.  

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*Quote taken from a TheNewYorker.com .  

Today we find out that the IRS targeted Christian churches, in Wyoming, demanding their lists of members.

Everybody who is anybody in American news media has signed onto a letter to B Obama asking him to cease and desist.

Obama has brought more lawsuits and committed to more acts of investigative persecution of the media than all previous administrations combined,  and, still,  his yes-boy,  Jay Carney,  proclaims this Administration the most pro-media Administration in American history.  Turns out that nobody in the American media believes him.  I have highlighted in red,  the most critical part of the following letter,  written and published,  today,  May 21,  2013.  Indeed,  America is under attack from forces within ~ editor.  

May 21, 2013

Attorney General Eric Holder
Deputy Attorney General James Cole
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

Via fax

Dear Attorney General Holder and Deputy Attorney General Cole:

The Committee to Protect Journalists was founded 32 years ago to fight for the rights of journalists around the world and defend their ability to report the news without fear of reprisal. Throughout our history our work has exposed abuses committed against frontline journalists covering conflict or working in repressive societies.

Our board of directors rarely has seen the need to raise its collective voice against U.S. government actions that threaten newsgathering. Today, however, we do see that need: We write you to vigorously protest the secret seizing of phone records of The Associated Press. The overly broad scope of the secret subpoena and the lack of notification to the AP by the Justice Department represent a damaging setback for press freedom in the United States. 

We share the concerns of the AP, as expressed in a letter sent to you by President and CEO Gary Pruitt, and join the organization in demanding the confiscated materials be returned and the originals destroyed. (We note, for your information, that AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll is vice chairman of CPJ's board of directors).

The actions of your department undermine press freedom in this country. Just as troubling, they set a terrible example for the rest of the world, where governments routinely justify intervention in the media by citing national security.

We note, for example, that President Obama met Thursday with Prime Minister Erdoğan of Turkey, where at least 47 journalists--more than any country in the world--are jailed, mostly on national security-related charges. In meetings with his counterparts from repressive countries, President Obama should be able to press these issues and point to the United States as a country that has not sacrificed its deeply rooted commitment to press freedom in the name of national security. Sadly, the Justice Department's actions make it more difficult for the president to make that case.

We urge you to take immediate steps to ensure that the press is able to carry out its critical function without further unnecessary government intrusion. We ask that the confiscated phone records be returned to the AP and that you take action to guarantee that any future efforts to obtain phone records or other information essential to newsgathering is communicated to the news organization in advance so that the action can be challenged in court as justice demands.

Sincerely,

Sandra Mims Rowe
CPJ Chairman

Andy Alexander

Franz Allina

Christiane Amanpour
ABC News/CNN International

Terry Anderson
CPJ Honorary Chairman

Tom Brokaw
NBC News, CPJ Advisory Board

John S. Carroll

Rajiv Chandrasekaran
The Washington Post

Sheila Coronel
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Gerry Fabrikant
The New York Times

Josh Friedman
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Anne Garrels

Arianna Huffington
AOL Huffington Post Media Group

Steven Isenberg
CPJ Advisory Board

Jonathan Klein
Getty Images

Jane Kramer
The New Yorker

Mhamed Krichen
Al-Jazeera

Lara Logan
CBS News

Rebecca MacKinnon

David Marash
CPJ Advisory Board

Kati Marton

Michael Massing

Victor Navasky
The Nation

Andres Oppenheimer
The Miami Herald

Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune

Erwin Potts
CPJ Advisory Board

Gene Roberts
Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland

María Teresa Ronderos
Semana.com

David Schlesinger

Paul Steiger
ProPublica, CPJ Advisory Board

Jacob Weisberg
The Slate Group

Mark Whitaker

Matt Winkler
Bloomberg News