Posted on 07/19/2009 7:46:21 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
President Obama and his administration are going to be facing a potential headache after a federal lawsuit was filed by a former Inspector General who was fired illegally. His name is Gerald Walpin who was the independent watchdog for the Corporation of National and Community Service. Walpin claims he was fired by the administration because he was investigating Kevin Johnson, the Democratic Mayor of Sacramento, California for misusing funds. Shortly after beginning the investigation Walpin was fired by the White House for “being disruptive,” “confused,” and “disoriented.”
Well here in lies the problem, the terms used by the White House sound suspiciously like ageism and making Mr. Walpin, who is in his seventies, sound senile. To prove them wrong, Mr. Walpin took a test on national TV and passed easily, so clearly his mental functions are intact. The crux of the lawsuit, which carries merit, is that you cannot fire an Inspector General without notifying Congress 30 days ahead of time and without talking to the Inspector General and his/her staff about the situation. None of those happened in this case, which is funny, because one of the main cosponsors of the federal law outlining these conditions was then Senator Barack Obama. Oh, and before people start assuming Mr. Walpin is a conservative and all that nonsense liberal conspiracy theorists will spin, he is not. He actually is independent, is actively pushing for Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation, and a bipartisan group of former Solicitor Generals are backing him up for his experience and independence.
This is either a case of ageism or just breaking a federal law. It seems much more likely that, while Senator Obama wanted to hold President Bush accountable with this law, he does not have to follow it. If Kevin Johnson broke the law, he should pay the consequences, not have his buddy (and yes they are friends) President Obama cover it up. Both political parties have raised concerns about this, because the law clearly was not followed and Mr. Walpin is not senile. This is just the latest example of this administration overstepping its bounds and thinking that they are just so popular, that they can do whatever they want. Well they are not that powerful and their poll numbers are slipping because people do not want their country run like this. I sincerely hope Mr. Walpin wins his case and brings to the public light how the Obama administration broke a federal law in doing so.
>> I agree. I would be ecstatic if CA would leave the union and form it’s own country. At this point, I honestly believe that the US would be better off if CA was its own sovereign state. <<
I have an idea since the libs love to experiment on the people. Make Cali-fornia and Texas leave the union and check up with them 10 years later and see who is doing better.
I would love to see the results of that experiment.
As been said, "the Lord works in mysterious ways".
Not for the democrats and RINOs who’d have to try him.
i really appreciate how much attention Glenn Beck gave this issue.
It’s the Chicago way. Pay to play, dead fish, it’s all they know.
The White House responds that the Walpin lawsuit is “without merit” and will be rejected by the courts.
Telegraph much, Obama?
What do you want to bet that Bambi voted “Present” on that law as well? LOL
Notice they only report when 0bama’s rep has something to say?
They are confident it will be found “Without merit”, What; did they threaten the judge in a backdoor chicago thug way?
Breaking Federal law
is . . . nothing . . . less than nothing
to those determined to break and utterly destroy the US of A.
THANKS.
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