wapo quotes issa, his committee, surrogates and un-named aides: IRS.

[Cerridwen]

Last edited Mon Jun 3, 2013, 12:16 AM - Edit history (1)

We have another manufactured scandal.

A government watchdog has found that the Internal Revenue Service spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012, a House committee said Sunday.

The chairman of that committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., also released excerpts of congressional investigators’ interviews with employees of the IRS office in Cincinnati. Issa said the interviews indicated the employees were directed by Washington to subject tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status to tough scrutiny.

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The conference spending included $4 million for an August 2010 gathering in Anaheim, Calif., for which the agency did not negotiate lower room rates, even though that is standard government practice, according to a statement by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Instead, some of the 2,600 attendees received benefits, including baseball tickets and stays in presidential suites that normally cost $1,500 to $3,500 per night. In addition, 15 outside speakers were paid a total of $135,000 in fees, with one paid $17,000 to talk about “leadership through art,” the House committee said.

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You go find the link.

The report is due out Tuesday. Anything the report says at this point, becomes a "cover-up", a defensive move, now that issa got his shit out front. wapo; stenographer to the fucking republican party.

The hall monitor has spoken: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/house-panel-treasury-investigators-find-irs-spent-50m-for-220-conferences-from-2010-to-2012/2013/06/02/2ab6e3ee-cbe7-11e2-8573-3baeea6a2647_print.html

For the lazy and the law enforcers who would have turned in escaped slaves because "IT'S THE LAW!" crowd.

[Egalitarian Thug]

1. Truer words were never written.

This latest in the seemingly endless list of faux issues bring up the next question, is the Democratic leadership really this dumb?

Being "outfoxed" by a convicted felon with a room temperature IQ is just the latest example.

[Cerridwen]

2. At this point, I'm of the opinion that they are at the very least...

enablers; perhaps suffering Stockholm Syndrome or an ugly case of learned helplessness.

The only other conclusion might be they are a party to this crap or that the Democratic Party has been taken over by the r/w.

Please tell me you can think of other options.

[Egalitarian Thug]

6. Sorry, I can provide no succor.

I really don't believe they are as dim-witted as their actions indicate, so that leaves few alternative explanations...

[JaneyVee]

3. If Issa is this nitpickey over Govt expenditures, he would love investigating corporate welfare poli

policies. We spend $100Billion a year subsidizing billion dollar corporations.

[Cerridwen]

7. But, of course.

Except he's not. he's a racist piece of filth in a party of racist filth, who is going on a hunting trip through the federal government in order to smear the Democratic Party and this administration. Machiavelli was an amateur compared to this crowd.

I know you know this. I'm venting. Thank you for reading.

[JaneyVee]

14. Thank you for venting. Well said.

[Tx4obama]

4. What do you mean: "You go find the link." ?

When you post a copy-written excerpt YOU are supposed to include the link in the OP

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/house-panel-report-finds-50m-175414153.html

[Cerridwen]

5. I'm tired of doing the work for others who can't be bother to do the work.

It's not that difficult and I'm tired of enabling intellectually lazy people who believe any codswallop posted on a board and can't be bothered to drill down to the source. Call it "tough love." First lesson, learn to search the internet for links.

I notice you found yahoo! rather than wapo; mentioned in the OP. Gee, here it comes.

[Tx4obama]

8. Lazy? LOL - pot calling kettle black it seems.

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[Cerridwen]

9. I knew you were a hall monitor. Thank you. You're welcome. n/t

[Tx4obama]

12. I am not a hall monitor. I just thought it was inconsiderate that you were already on the page...

where you copied and pasted the text from but didn't give us a link in order to read the whole article.

I post dozens of articles every week and I'd never think to tell anyone that if they want to read the whole article to go find it themselves.

Have a great week

[DevonRex]

13. I thought you were being very nice.

You let her know it's a serious issue and even provided the information for her to include in her OP. So she promptly called you silly names. And linked to the wrong article.

Is there a full moon tonight or something?

[Tx4obama]

10. The OP text came from an Associated Press article. The yahoo link has the same AP article text

The AP: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_INVESTIGATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-06-02-22-48-16

[Cerridwen]

11. Well, proves the "stenography" point. Thanks. n/t