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Obama removes AmeriCorps's IG in spat with friend
Associated Press via Yahoo ^
| Friday June 12, 2009
| Ann Sanner and Pete Yost
Posted on 06/12/2009 3:47:46 AM PDT by bergmeid
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he has lost confidence in the inspector general who investigates AmeriCorps and other national service programs and has told Congress he is removing him from the position.
Obama's move follows an investigation by IG Gerald Walpin of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is an Obama supporter and former NBA basketball star, into the misuse of federal grants by a nonprofit education group that Johnson headed....
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acorn; americorps; bho44; brownshirts; cnsf; corruptdems; corruption; kevinjohnson; mayor; obama; sacramento
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posted on
06/12/2009 3:47:46 AM PDT
by
bergmeid
To: bergmeid
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posted on
06/12/2009 3:48:46 AM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
To: bergmeid
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posted on
06/12/2009 3:49:20 AM PDT
by
kalee
(01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
To: bergmeid
message is pretty clear, don’t point out the corruption or you will pay the price
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posted on
06/12/2009 3:52:11 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: bergmeid
Abuse of power??
Interference in a criminal investigation??
Impeachable offense??
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posted on
06/12/2009 3:52:25 AM PDT
by
Uncle Ike
(Stuck on Stupid)
To: bergmeid
There will be 40-50 front page stories in the NYT and endless Congressional hearings about this firing. Yeah, right.
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posted on
06/12/2009 3:52:29 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
To: bergmeid
Not a surprise. With all the people under his bus, he’s going to need to get a bigger one.
I wonder if the fired IG can contest this or take it to court for unlawful termination?
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posted on
06/12/2009 3:53:40 AM PDT
by
Crolis
(Kill your television!)
To: bergmeid
Time for a special prosecutor. Oh wait - these are Democrats. My bad.
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posted on
06/12/2009 3:56:14 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
To: bergmeid
As president, I would BAN the thug sport of Basketball.
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posted on
06/12/2009 3:58:26 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: bergmeid
...press accounts that said Johnson and the nonprofit would repay half of nearly $850,000 in grants it received...
And the IG gets fired. Makes sense to me. /s
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:00:44 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(0bama - A waste is a terrible thing to mind)
To: driftdiver
Yep.
It’s really no different than them dropping the charges against the New Blank Panthers for voter intimidation and suppression.
To: Crolis
I'm guessing this is how it was done in Chicago.
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:01:51 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
(Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - MARSOC DAD)
To: bergmeid
Obama removes corrupt inspector general from office.
Regards,
The State Sponsored Media
To: bergmeid
Hmm, I seem to remember a GOP President who was taken down over interferring with a criminal investigation...
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:03:21 AM PDT
by
piytar
(Take back the language: Obama axing Chrystler dealers based on political donations is REAL fascism!)
To: Enterprise
According to article the folks involved say they did nothing wrong, but settled the issue by paying back “nearly half of the $850,000 received” from Uncle Sam. Gosh, if I didn’t do it, why pay it back? Something is fishy here, and the stink is coming from Obama’s office!
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:04:56 AM PDT
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: bergmeid
Bush appointed chump got to go ... he be squeezing the homey’s cash cow.
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:04:59 AM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" - Lady Thatcher)
To: bergmeid
Word!
Gerald Walpin Yo!
Yo don’t belong to the right gangsta tribe!
Get yo a$$ outta hey!
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:08:16 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Weakness is a Crime! Don't be a Criminal - Bernarr MacFadden)
To: bergmeid
So Obama appears not only to have fired this guy as payback for investigating his supporter, he ignores the law requiring he give a reason to Congress for the firing?
To: bergmeid
Paging Mrs. Hillary Clinton. Now don’t get me wrong Mrs. Clinton, I loath you. But I would gladly work to help you depose the obamanation. I’ve got at least one very smart lawyer friend who feels the same way. Freep mail me if you want his contact info (only partially joking).
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:12:36 AM PDT
by
piytar
(Take back the language: Obama axing Chrystler dealers based on political donations is REAL fascism!)
To: ruination
Yes. O-Oh can do literally anything he wants. He WON.
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posted on
06/12/2009 4:14:02 AM PDT
by
bergmeid
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