[Bigtigermike]

The IG report will accuse the chief counsel of the IRS of knowing that the targeting was taking place, and saying nothing:

Among the other revelations, on Aug. 4, 2011, staffers in the IRS’ Rulings and Agreements office “held a meeting with chief counsel so that everyone would have the latest information on the issue.”

On Jan, 25, 2012, the criteria for flagging suspect groups was changed to, “political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding Government, educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, social economic reform/movement,” the report says.

[Secret Agent Man]

Guess we’ll get railed at by the media and Carney - did he ever get that pants fire out? - that we’re “polticizing” THIS scandal too.

[no-to-illegals]

In a way, one should think the obama crowd thought there was much to fear from the TEA. The TEA must be strong.

[cardinal4]

IRS scandal, Benghazi, Syria..here’s hoping the people wake up to just what manner of man they reelected..

[Pride in the USA]

Was there ever any doubt?

[devolve]

I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America


and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me.


I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world. I proudly serve my country*s Navy combat team with Honor, Courage and Commitment. I am committed to excellence and the fair treatment of all.

After Obama*s Benghazi Disaster
a new recruitment ad for TV?

- The Sailors* Creed was modified in 1993 under President Bill "Shut The Door" Clinton, who, for the first time in U.S. history, allowed homosexuals in the military by signing "Don*t Ask, Don*t Tell." The current version of the creed, a slight modification of the 1993 version, was published in 1997.


Prior to 1993, the Sailors* Creed (once) said:

I have chosen to serve in the United States Navy. America depends on my performance for her survival, and I accept the challenge to set my standards high, placing my country*s well-being above self-interest. I will be loyal to my country, its Constitution and laws, and to my shipmates. I will be honest in my personal and professional life and encourage my shipmates to do the same. I will, to the best of my ability, do the right thing for its own sake, and I am prepared to face pain or death in defense of my country. I will be a professional, wearing my uniform with pride and accepting responsibility for my actions. I will set excellence as my standard and always strive for ways to make me a better sailor and my crew a better crew.


The newest text appears to give the orders of superiors the same weight as the U.S. Constitution and eliminates references to "responsibility" and doing "the right thing." Adding a reference to obedience to superiors, the second line now reads:


I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me.


In its entirely, it says now:

I am a United States Sailor. I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me. I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world. I proudly serve my country*s Navy combat team with Honor, Courage and Commitment. I am committed to excellence and the fair treatment of all.


Fearing the the new policy on homosexuals will erode religious liberty, the chaplains alliance worked with other groups to draft a preventative measure in the National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 2013. The measure allows chaplains to practice their faith as they have since the nation*s founding.


Section 533 of the bill reads:

No member of the Armed Forces may (1) require a chaplain to perform any rite, ritual, or ceremony that is contrary to the conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs of the chaplain; or (2) discriminate or take any adverse personnel action against a chaplain, including denial of promotion, schooling, training, or assignment, on the basis of the refusal by the chaplain to comply with a requirement prohibited by paragraph.


Crews and his allies pleaded that all members of the armed forces should be extended religious freedoms. "We had asked for language that included all service members, not just chaplains," Crews explained.


When President Obama signed the bill in January, however, he issued a signing statement that rejected the conscience provision, calling it "unnecessary and ill-advised." While the president doesn*t have the power to veto particular sections of a bill, "signing statements" indicate how the administration interprets its duty to enforce the measure.


More than a decade before Clinton opened the door for homosexuals to enlist, the U.S. Department of Defense policy stated that homosexual behavior in the military poses a threat to the proper functioning of the armed forces and, therefore, national security. "Homosexuality is incompatible with military service," the DOD stated in a regulation issued in 1981. "The presence in the military environment of persons who engage in homosexual conduct or who, by their statements, demonstrate a propensity to engage in homosexual conduct, seriously impairs the accomplishment of the military mission."


The 1981 regulation said the presence of homosexuals "adversely affects the ability of the armed forces to maintain discipline, good order, and morale; to foster mutual trust and confidence among service members; to ensure the integrity of the system of rank and command; to facilitate assignment and worldwide deployment of service members who frequently must live and work in close conditions affording minimal privacy; to recruit and retain members of the armed forces; to maintain the public acceptability of military service; and to prevent breaches of security."


Crews contends that the motivation behind the abrupt change in policy gave little thought to maintaining national security.





"The American armed forces exist to defend our nation, not as social experiment lab in which our troops serve as human subjects," Crews commented in a statement last September, one year after the DADT repeal. "While many will ignore the negative impacts, or pretend that they don*t exist, threats to our troops* freedom are mounting."


And where will orders demanding adherence to military policy on homosexual behavior lead?


"Zero tolerance," said Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness. "If you don*t agree, you can end your military career."


Donnelly pointed out that the failure to carry out directives pertaining to homosexuals has dire consequences.


"A [member of the] Coast Guard initially lost his job for merely inquiring about privacy," Donnelly said. "Military LGBT law works to stifle and end careers of those who disagree."

Is the military culture of obedience to orders
being abused to forward a political agenda?
You betcha!

---

[Jeff Winston]

Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general’s report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner.

Everyone who knew should lose their job. NOW.

And if they were doing it at the behest of higher-up officials, then those officials should lose THEIR jobs.

And if it was done on the order of Obama, then he should lose HIS job.

[HogsBreath]

Has somebody at the AP lost their mind? How can they be reporting honestly on Obummer?

[Carl Vehse]

The IRS officials (including those high-level officials who actually are) responsible for targeting legal and patriotic American organizations gave aid and comfort to the enemy. These IRS officials should be tried, convicted, and sentenced for treasons.

The sentences on these traitors should be executed in public.

[meyer]

If the AP is on it, then it has to favor Obambi somehow. Maybe just to try to chase Benghazi off the radar.

[Atlantan]

Scroll down for video of former IRS Com. Douglas Shulman at a Mar. 22, 2012 hearing saying no groups are being targeted by the IRS.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ways-and-means-irs-provide-all-communications-containing-words-tea-party-patriot-or

[Clint N. Suhks]

the criteria for flagging suspect groups was changed to, “political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding Government, educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, social economic reform/movement,” the report says.

Enough to make the Stasi proud.

[Democrat_media]

This and the other of Obama’s abuses of power will get ZERO coverage on the TV network news or certainly not enough to hurt Obama the tyrannical donkey

[JimSEA]

Homeland security is targeting “right wing” groups as well. Expect to hear about opposing illegal groups advocating the violent overthrow of the United States. Funny, in the 50s it was the Communist Party, today it may well be us.

[kempster]

I say close them down. Perfect time to start over with the flat tax. The system is corrupt.

[kabar]

This is a bigger scandal than Benghazi.

[Cheerio]

There are so many scandals breaking that there is no way Congress can even get around to them all - too busy trying to take our guns and ammo away, pander to the illegal alien community for votes, and shoveling money into green energy bankruptcies.

[redgolum]

We’ll see where this goes.

[garbanzo]

Nothing to see here just some CREEPs at the IRS running rogue...who was the highest ranking official in the executive branch to know about this and when did this person know it? Any plumbing issues at the White House that we know of?

[Vortex]

And the Tsarnev brothers knew there were bombs in their backpacks.