Posted on 01/17/2014 2:28:45 PM PST by John Semmens
After investigating the IRS's discriminatory treatment of the President's political opponents, Barbara Bosserman, a lawyer in the Department of Justices civil rights division, has determined that no charges will be filed.
It is clear that the individuals involved were working under a 'good faith' assumption that their actions were in concert with the President's wishes, Bosserman said. No civil servant should have to face criminal charges for faithfully carrying out government policy. To do otherwise would unleash a cascade of hesitancy and second-guessing throughout the ranks of the bureaucracy. Discipline would be undermined if each employee had to wonder whether what he was doing is legal instead of just following orders.
Bosserman characterized the complaints lodged against the IRS as a political dispute. If the critics of the policy of greater scrutiny toward so-called Tea Party and patriotic political organizations have a beef it is with the President, not his minions. The remedy for a Presidential abuse of power under our Constitution is impeachment. Rather than harassing the President's underlings they should be following the steps prescribed in this document they say they venerate.
House oversight committee chairman Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif) professed profound disappointment in Ms. Bosserman's sham investigation. The Administration is basically stonewalling any inquiry. They are confident that even if the House took action on this impeachable abuse of power the Democrats in the Senate would ensure that the President suffers no consequences. The Constitution's mechanisms against tyranny are ineffective when a sufficient number of those entrusted with them acquiesce in the abuses.
In related news, the just passed omnibus bill contains language that explicitly authorizes the IRS to deny tax-exempt status to political groups like the Tea Party under 501(c)(4) rules while simultaneously exempting non-political groups like unions under 501(c)(5) rules. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) justified the distinction contending that the Tea Party's sole purpose is to question the policies of the government. This is clearly prohibited political advocacy. Unions, on the other hand, work to support the policies of the government. This is clearly protected educational and patriotic activity.
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/148813-2014-01-17-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-january-19-2014.htm
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Can you say “Holder’s DOJ Coverup of IRS bullying Conservatives?”
This part is 100% true, non-satire. This is a sad time for America.
“It is clear that the individuals involved were working under a ‘good faith’ assumption that their actions were in concert with the President’s wishes, Bosserman said. No civil servant should have to face criminal charges for faithfully carrying out government policy. To do otherwise would unleash a cascade of hesitancy and second-guessing throughout the ranks of the bureaucracy. Discipline would be undermined if each employee had to wonder whether what he was doing is legal instead of just following orders.”
There it is Ladies & Gentlemen: The Nuremberg Defense (I vas just following orderz!)
Does anyone expect anything less from the mac daddy administration?
WITHOLDER is well WITHHOLDING
Satire?
Maybe not so much.
Thanks John for another good-but-scary column.
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Now if she will just testify to that fact at Obamas impeachment trial, we’ve got him!
...it is also an admission that the directives came from the President no?
Wow. So now the Nuremberg Defence is official government policy? Words fail. Do these people even read what they write?
I know you mark this as semi-satire, but it’s not. It’s hardcore reporting.
What part of this is satire? It all sounds true to me.
He posts countless satires but very few hard-and-fast news items, if any. In my opinion, he’s pushing it. I don’t want to wade through one fake headline after another to get to some real information.
Semmens is a satirist. And a darn good one at that.
Sadly, most of his articles have become truth. Like this one for instance. It IS real information. I read the news...so I can tell the difference.
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