Posted on 06/04/2013 12:36:41 PM PDT by No One Special
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IRS Scandal Live testimony... Dr. Karen Kenney, blasts congress in a very interesting speech. She and her group were targeted by the IRS.. she also takes down Occupy Oakland.
She is a psychotherapist that helps soldiers coming back from war and started the San Fernando Vally Patriots a Tea Party Group in California.
So well-spoken, so eloquent. I give her volumes of credit here. I would not have been able to maintain my composure the way she did. She did (and does) a superb job, as do the others that spoke today. I am heartened that I’m not alone when I hear citizens speak truth to power on these outrages.
I have to blow off some more steam...I think i’ll take it out on the lawn ;-) and say a prayer for us and all those that stood for us today.
B U M P
Now that, is a woman!!
The politicians better pay attention. We the People are fed up.
Sow the wind; reap the whirlwind.
Yep, uneducated redneck... /s
That was beautiful and I thank her.
She was GREAT! In fact, they all were.
Outstanding!
“We are not Occupy Oakland.” Indeed. God bless you, Karen Kenney and THANK YOU!
Don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Excellent.
America lives after all.
D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-I-N-G...!!
All that was missing was the blue face and kilt.
"I am not among those who fear the people. They...are our dependence for continued freedom. And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our callings and our creeds...our people...must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, give the earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses; and the sixteenth being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live, as they (the British) now do, on oatmeal and potatoes; have no time to think, no means of calling the mismanagers to account; but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers....This example reads to us the salutary lesson that private fortunes are destroyed by public, as well as by private extravagance. And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from the principle in one instance, becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till the bulk of society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering. Then begins, indeed, the 'bellum omnium in omnia,' which some philosophers...have mistaken for the natural, instead of the abusive, state of man. And the fore-horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression." - Thomas Jefferson
(of course it's a /s...)
I watched Karen Kenney testify during the coverage of the hearing this morning and she flat out knocked my socks off.
I was very impressed, very moved and very proud. THAT is a real patriot.
The dems should be able to smell the stench of their own political deaths.
This is speech worthy of the founders of this nation. You will hardly find a clearer nor more eloquent example of speaking truth to power from anyone in US history, including Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Madison, et al.
This should be heard by every American. Only 301 views on Youtube? Make it viral.
Bookmarking. I will watch this after I get home from work.
Here’s the transcript:
John Adams knew that, “Facts are stubborn things.”
In this District, facts are hidden under the mantle of office. They get used as tools or weapons, but facts wait for us.
We must seek them with the lamp of truth and put them into words.
But you and I speak different languages in this Republic.
You speak the language of Power: the pen, purse or gavel.
I speak grassroots American, the language of Liberty through Providence, property and civic virtue.
We seldom speak together frankly about the rule of law even when it is ignored or broken, but now is such a time.
I have a story that bridges the distance between my state of California and this Capitol.
What I say here, must be said here.
Pilgrims brought to this continent a lamp of Liberty, guided Here by the pursuit of Life within the words of Moses and Christ.
They persevered for righteous freedom.
We sit here in the shadows of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.
We visit here memorials to those who fell in service to country.
They persevered for righteous power.
The spirit of patriots living and dead grants me the right to be here.
It is my duty as an American citizen to speak here today.
In October 2010, the San Fernando Valley Patriots, a not-for-profit corporation in California, applied with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for 501(c) 4 status as a tax-exempt social welfare organization. We were then and remain a “tea party” group affiliated with the national Tea Party Patriots.
We heard nothing until February 2012 when I received a packet from the IRS Exempt Organizations Office in Cincinnati, OH, which included a questionnaire with 35 items divided into 80 sub-points of inquiry.
A cover letter indicated we had 20 days to comply without penalty including “penalties of perjury” for failure to answer all questions with facts that are “true, correct, and complete.”
Generally, the questions were a demand that read like the chilling words from the 1950s: “Are you now or have you ever been...”
The IRS sought documentation of our meetings, rallies, events, or candidate forums. That included video and audio transcriptions, notes, copies of all handouts; the political party of speakers, and an “issues” list.
The IRS sought identifying information on employees; data on volunteers and members, plus Employer Identity Numbers (EINs) on businesses with which we associate. These are our donors.
They have names: Mike, the printer, who gave us a discount on handbills; Dee, the beauty consultant, who donated posters for our Tax Day rallies and Greg, the electrician, who made a stand for our 9-11 banner out of pipes and wires.
The IRS sought EINs and details on our association with tax-exempt organizations. These are our teachers.
They have names: The Heritage Foundation, FreedomWorks, and the National Center for Constitutional Studies, where we learn American History; the Tea Party Patriots, where we learn grassroots skills, and the West Valley Food Pantry, our charity.
The IRS sought details of communications with our legislators.
Even in Southern California that is protected Free Speech.
My personal favorite was question No. 33, which in relation to protests asked for a listing of our “committed violations of local ordinances, breaches of public order or arrests” then requested details on how we “conduct or promote” illegal activities.
I think the IRS needs to fix its labeling machine: We’re the San Fernando Valley Patriots, not Occupy Oakland.
I stopped the costly and exhausting IRS process in July 2012. We survive on my credit card and donations in our cake tin.
Like patriots before us, we persevere.
The voice of this Republic resides in our citizens, not in the tongue of government. More must grasp that self-evident truth.
This dialogue is about the jackboot of tyranny upon the field of our Founding documents. To whisper the letters I-R-S strikes a shrill note on Main St., USA, but when this behemoth tramples upon America’s grassroots, few hear the snapping sounds.
Now, more people listen, but few who know the truth speak.
This moment reflects a reality of governance in America.
This time we came to you. In time, you will come home to us.
This time we came for truth. In time, the lies will fall.
“Vox Populi. Vox Dei” (The Voice of the People is the Voice of God) is irresistible, but different in America. Our voice belongs to the free individual, not to the collective mob.
Our voice is best heard when Power kneels, then whispers to Liberty, “Strength.”
And when Liberty stands under Heaven, then shouts to Power, “Freedom!”
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