I didn’t see it on the schedule when I looked earlier. Looks like it’s on C-SPAN3. Unfortunately, not on C-SPAN Radio, which is the only way I could follow it at work. Instead, they’re carrying the hearing on (hetero)sexual assaults in the military.
Live thread for hearing today.
I say take that buffooon who is speaking on cspan 2 off and put these citizens on who actually have something to say. Harry Reid needs some male hormones. Creepy
blah blah fools on display - would like to see the comments from the irs victims!!!!
Harry Reid stealing again. Go home along with the rest of you Hippocrates.
haw haw not. This guy wants to blame it on a problem in the IRS when the IRS chairman visited the White House how many 100’s of times to work on how to target certain individuals. Those responsible...all the way up to the president. Of course that was sen Levin of my wonderful state of mich. another hypocritical buffoon.
5.56mm
Karen Kenney is blowing them away.
No Justice.. No Republic
“Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
But establish the just;
For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
10 My defense is of God,
Who saves the upright in heart.”
Heads up! C-SPAN (1) television is now covering this hearing.
No, Congressman, the "cancer" may have metastasized to Cincinnati and throughout other offices of the IRS and other government agencies, but its origination is in a so-called "progressive" philosophy which asserts that the U. S. Constitution is a "flawed" document, a document which "constrains" the coercive power of government over its citizens, and that, by "Executive Order" or other indirect and less traceable means, that Constitution's limits must be evaded, denied, and bypassed in order to "fundamentally change" America!
"The man who only flatters and cringes to gain applause, is a saint, compared with the man who tramples on law and constitution to secure the popularity his arts have obtained, and to retain the confidence of a party. There is something extremely contemptible in the factitious character of a popularity-seeker, or mere man of the people.--------- "The natural consequence of too much popularity is, that it enables the possessor to violate the laws and constitution of his country, and sacrifice its interests with impunity . . . During the war in Europe, in the beginning of the last century, the Duke of Marlborough, by an unusual tide of victory, was borne so high in popularity, that he had influence enough to prolong that war, for the purpose of enriching himself; and a commission was actually prepared, which would have made him general for life, but it was rendered ineffectual by, a single member of the ministry, who had firmness enough to refuse his seal. *
To be a tyrant with any tolerable degree of safety, a man must be fully possessed of the confidence of the people. Charles the first of England extended the royal prerogative to an unwarrantable length, and lost his head . . . but that prince could not have sent a detachment of three hundred men to drive the commons of England from their hall, and have effected his purpose. That act of despotism was reserved for the republican Cromwell, the friend of the people. James the second was an arbitrary man, a catholic, and odious to the English nation . . . he was, therefore, compelled to abdicate his throne. But his successor, William, a friend of the whigs, ascended the throne upon a tide of popularity; and he could deliberately sign an illegal and barbarous warrant for the murder of the whole village of Glencoe, in Scotland, and never be called in question for the murderous deed!** "Oh, 'tis excellent," says the poet,
"To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant."
MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
"The open advocate of a strong government is subject to popular odium, his encroachments are eyed with jealousy, or resisted by force. But the hypocritical pretender to patriotism acquires, in the confidence of the people, a giant's force, and he may use it like a giant. The people, like artless females, are liable to be seduced, not by the men they hate or suspect, but by those they love."Our natures do pursue,
Like rats that raven down their proper bane
A thirsty evil, and when we drink, we die."
MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
* Johnson's Life of Swift.
** Smollet. continuation of Hume. Anno. 1691.
"Nor is it among the least evils proceeding from the ambition of popular favor, that the friends of the people are willing to secure it, by relaxing the energy of the laws. They know that legal restraints are odious, and will hazard the public peace, rather than not gratify the licentious propensities of their partizans. But,
. . . . "But why this gloomy picture of errors committed, and evils felt or expected? Ought we to renounce our predilection for a republican government, and abandon, in despair, the experiment which our fathers have begun? By no means. Not only our duty enjoins, but necessity impels us to prosecute plans of national grandeur and happiness, which were contemplated by the revolution. To advance, indeed, requires courage and firmness; but to retreat is impossible, and would be infamy.
"To ourselves, however, and to posterity, it will be useful to inquire, with candor and impartiality, into the causes of our disappointments. The real truth is, our revolutionary schemes were too visionary . . . and our hopes too sanguine. A republican government, in which the supreme power is created by choice, is unquestionably the most excellent form of government in theory; and with all its imperfections, is, in fact, the most eligible form, for nations in the early stages of society. In old, corrupt, and very populous nations, it is probable that the state of society must always prevent the mass of citizens, from acquiring that portion of property, knowledge and independence of mind, which are absolutely essential to render an elective government a public blessing. Government takes its form very much from the character of the people to be governed; and a republican or free government, necessarily springs from the state of society, manners and property in the United States. No other form is proper for the country . . . no other will suit the present state of society . . . no other can be imposed upon Our citizens."
Ryan is ripping McDermott a new one.
Ryan: You have proof the IRS committed a felony?
A: Yes.
This Lewis guy is a real liar - just like Rangel.
If I had a dollar for every question a Democrat has asked in this hearing, I couldn’t get a coffee. They’ve only used their time to make statements.