Richard Jewell (1962-2007)
Murdered by the United States government.
Posted on 11/14/2008 2:10:12 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Joe the Plumber case still dripping
Half-dozen agencies access records of Ohio man
By Dennis J. Willard Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Friday, Nov 14, 2008
The election is over, but the Joe the Plumber case is not.
Ohio Inspector General Tom Charles said his office is now looking at a half-dozen agencies that accessed state records on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher.
The Beacon Journal has learned that, in addition to the Department of Job and Family Services, two other state offices — the Ohio Department of Taxation and Ohio Attorney General Nancy Rogers — conducted database searches of Joe the Plumber.
Wurzelbacher became an instant celebrity after he asked Barack Obama a series of questions in his Toledo driveway about the Democrat's tax policies.
In the third debate between Obama and Republican John McCain on Oct. 15, the candidates referred to Joe the Plumber more than 20 times.
The next day, the taxation department conducted two separate searches of a database of liens for unpaid taxes that were certified to the Ohio Attorney General's Office for collection.
John Kohlstrand, a taxation department spokesman, said he is prohibited from talking about individual taxpayers, but he confirmed that the databases were checked.
The searches were done to determine whether a lien placed against the individual was appropriate and whether it remained unpaid or not, Kohlstrand said.
(Excerpt) Read more at ohio.com ...
More firin’ to be done then...
Freedom of speech? Not any more.
One of those little changes coming our way.
They are so successful in the ‘Al Capone’ strategy that they think they can leverage the tax laws against ordinary citizens with the balls to ask a simple question to a stink’n politician. I’m absolutely disgusted with my government. Its ultimate fall will be my ultimate joy!
how? and who was misusing? joe? or the DNC?
If this doesn’t ring alarm bells in American minds concerning which party represents more of a threat to their individual liberty then I will be forced to conclude that HL Mencken was right after all.
I believe such went on for 8 years of Clinton and Emmanuel was involved.
did you see that pic of nancy pelosi and her hugo chavez’ buds in the wsj?
all the ladies were dressed in revolutionary scarlet red, as michelle obamao was.
This needs to be driven into the ground. Government lackeys using government databases for political gain should result in jail time.
Richard Jewell (1962-2007)
Murdered by the United States government.
Accessing electronic information=Digital Nazi Brown Shirts
A number of state employees just happened to search their databases for Joe's name, not that it had aaaaaanything to do with Joe's recent questioning of The One. It was all standard procedure. The one who was nailed with a suspension donated thousands of dollars to Obama's campaign, but she tried to claim that they always check on people who came into sudden public view. That was the lamest excuse ever used. The only thing close to that is a requirement that if someone wins $600 or more in the lottery they get checked for unpaid child support, and that is written into the law.
The national media is silent... biding it’s time...
waiting for an opening to portray these employees as victims of a ‘kind of Spanish Inquisition’.
bookmark.
How did Richard Jewell die?
It should read, "a series of TOUGH questions". The only thing we can walk away with for sure is the certainty of knowing MSM journalists will never have the problem Joe had - no one's going to investigate that bunch for tough questions.
I'd say they wouldn't even need IPs. Just using google, and searching on someone that has been around here for a long time and posted allot, I think after analyzing thousands of posts by a user, one could get a pretty good idea where someone lives and who they are.
We should have home swaps if the gov ever starts checking out the FReepers. It would be kind of like going underground, but without all the hardship.
By the way, I require a whirlpool.
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