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"Is This Still America?" Congressional Hearing Turns Into IRS Smackdown
Mail Online ^ | May 17,2013 | David Martosko

Posted on 05/17/2013 10:43:46 AM PDT by Biggirl

The IRS under the Obama administration painted targets on the backs of conservatives beginning in 2010, and ousted acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller apologized to the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday. But members on both sides of the aisle were furious, and castigated him for the mismanagement and political gamesmanship the IRS engaged in on his watch. Texas Republican congressman Kevin Brady had the harshest criticism for Miller. ‘Is this still America?' he asked him.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: america; congress; irs; irsrico; irsvshatchact; lawlessirs; ruthlessirs; tyranny
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To: Diogenesis

One of her few good sayings.


21 posted on 05/17/2013 11:00:39 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Biggirl

I have to wonder if the outrage exhibited by the Dems on this panel is more from the angle of: “How stupid of you to get CAUGHT!!!


22 posted on 05/17/2013 11:02:03 AM PDT by cld51860 (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: Biggirl
The IRS has planted the seeds of its and the “party’s” destruction.

I don't think so. The Democratic party, now known simply as "the Party", has learned to leverage the most powerful force in politics. Apathy.

23 posted on 05/17/2013 11:02:05 AM PDT by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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To: Biggirl

‘Is this still America?’
***almost tagline worthy


24 posted on 05/17/2013 11:03:11 AM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: Biggirl; JRandomFreeper; onyx
Kevin Brady is my congressman and is mild mannered outwardly all the time. He doesn't seem to want to rock the boat and not much is heard from him. Even when he said, “Is this still America?”, his tone and manner was still soft, not forceful.

A funny about Brady: He came to the county I was in at that time, for a parade, and my husband was the County Chair. This was the Christmas Parade. We had our people all lined up in various cars/trucks. Brady was there in his convertible so he was sitting up on the top of the back seat along with someone else.

The wife of our district attorney was going to drive his convertible with the two guys on it. I was standing by the car as the DA’s wife started the car. She began to move the car forward and at the same time reached down to pull the front seat closer to the steering wheel. It is natural to pull up on the steering wheel when you are moving the seat forward.

THE STEERING WHEEL CAME OFF IN HER HANDS. The car was moving forward and she was holding the steering wheel in the air, not connected to the car. She was so startled, she slammed on the brakes. That jerk threw Brady and the other guy off balance and they were struggling not to fall off the car and hit the street.

Brady's comment after he recovered his balance was, “Yeah, I need to get that fixed.” He KNEW the steering wheel was just sitting on there, not fastened down. Unbelievable.

The steering wheel was set back where it belongs, still not really attached, and off the car went in the parade.

The moral of this story is, when you drive someone’s car, don't assume the steering wheel is permanently attached to the car.

25 posted on 05/17/2013 11:03:45 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Ben Mugged

Maybe not today or tomorrow, but in time. Seeds take time to grow including seeds of distruction.


26 posted on 05/17/2013 11:04:49 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Omexiacans.


27 posted on 05/17/2013 11:05:53 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: Biggirl

And the absolute killer is that Shelly Hall Ingram, the Leftist czar who profiled conservative groups filing for tax exempt status, was paid $103,000 of our tax dollars in bonuses for doing such a great job and has been promoted.....to being head of the IRS division in charge of ObamaCare!

Be extremely afraid of your future well being with this witch at the helm of your family’s health care.


28 posted on 05/17/2013 11:06:07 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Biggirl

This could also be why the Tea party seemed “missing in action” during the 2012 campaign.

How many orgs were effectively neutured by the IRS threats and intimidation?

This all goes back to Obama and the DNC.


29 posted on 05/17/2013 11:06:10 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: Sequoyah101

“...saying you need to put a mirror to his face to see if he is still alive.”

See my post #25.


30 posted on 05/17/2013 11:06:35 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Biggirl

I keep reading about these smackdowns, but unless some of these IRS big shots end up in jail, none of it matters. It’s just spitting into the wind.


31 posted on 05/17/2013 11:07:37 AM PDT by old and tired
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To: Marcella

What a story, Marcella!

That’s incredible.

I thought the moral was going to be: “When you vote for a congressman don’t assume he has a brain.”

lol!


32 posted on 05/17/2013 11:07:53 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Marcella
TRUST..that is what this is all about...and the IRS just lost a lot of it....and no one likes them anyway...so that is a very dangerous place to be right now...and Obama´s ilk are all over this...they egged this on...its the Chicago way...
33 posted on 05/17/2013 11:09:53 AM PDT by Youngman542012
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To: Biggirl
Or even a fair tax.

Open to any idea other than keeping the present corrupt agency.

34 posted on 05/17/2013 11:13:46 AM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: Marcella
This is not a funny thread; however, your post brought this to mind:
35 posted on 05/17/2013 11:15:06 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Ben Mugged

My daughter’s best friend works for the IRS. Yes, she carries a concealed pistol, participates in IRS raids and hits the target ranger regularly. Interestingly, one thing that my daughter keeps mentioning regarding the work she does: They got Al Capone on tax evasion.

It seems to be their moment of clarity regarding their mission.


36 posted on 05/17/2013 11:16:44 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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37 posted on 05/17/2013 11:17:52 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: treetopsandroofs

That steering wheel looks attached - that’s a good thing.


38 posted on 05/17/2013 11:19:30 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Biggirl

Maybe not today or tomorrow, but in time. Seeds take time to grow including seeds of distruction.


Yup. I like to compare it to the artist with hammer and chizel attempting to knock a large chunk of rock off a bust he is creating. He can pound on the exact same spot dozons of times with no effect, but eventually, a simple tap and the whole chunk pops off.

I think we will see that event before the next presidential election. And I don’t think I’m taking much of a risk saying that.

Wait’ll the O apologists see the direct affect of Obamacare on their lives and have to live with it for a few months. Frankly, I don’t see how we make it out of 2014.


39 posted on 05/17/2013 11:21:02 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Biggirl
I think you are correct.

This incident with the IRS is only just beginning...and when the truth is known about how the IRS is controlled by its union and how its union is an extension of Obama and his party of thugs, there will be calls for a new tax policy and the elimination of the IRS.

The IRS was foolish to believe it could get involved in politics. It has now lost the confidence of the country and will be seen as an enemy of freedom...not a necessary evil.

40 posted on 05/17/2013 11:28:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama's Chechens are coming home...to roost.)
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