ADDING INSULT TO INJURY

It was just a matter of time.  Here we have the I.R.S. running around targeting conservative groups and individuals for tax audits, denying due process to applicants for exempt status, partying high on the taxpayer's dollar, sounding more and more like storm troopers every day.  Now, we're putting them in charge of the ObamaCare National Bank.  This is like throwing gasoline onto the fire. 

Well, some jackass has decided to take it one step further.  The elite liberal government has determined that we are too fat.  Never mind the fact that we are living longer than we ever have, we are too fat.  Some obscure bureaucrat in Kathleen Sibelius' basement has computed a finite point for every American as to what is NOT too fat.  It's only natural then, that the IRS should find a way to tax that extra weight in the "best interests of national health." 

The proposal is that sugary foods and beverages, foods with high calorie counts, fatty foods, fried foods and anything else deemed to be likely to make you gain weight shall be taxed at a premium rate.  So, a diet cola may cost you 40 cents but a regular cola would cost you $1.40.  Processed meats, such as hot dogs, would cost you an arm, a leg and then some. 

And these contrite, condescending bastards look at you with such smiling faces, patting you lightly on the head while telling you how much happier you are going to be.  

I don't know about you, but I have no intentions of being nice and polite, part of the silent majority anymore.  I've had enough.  

LIBERAL GROUPS ALSO TARGETED BY I.R.S.

The word sifted around the Capitol this week that the claim the I.R.S. targeted only conservative groups was clearly wrong; according to the "word," progressive and liberal groups were targeted as well.  So, we presume, everything is equal and no blame exists?  

According to Russell George, the Inspector General from the Department of Treasury who initially looked into all of this, that's correct.  The I.R.S. targeted 292 conservative organizations and 6... that's six... liberal or progressive organizations.  Wow, don't we all stand corrected? 

ANOTHER I.R.S. FABLE?

For the past six weeks, the I.R.S. has been willing to admit that it targeted conservative groups and individuals for tax audits and that it has been deliberately withholding tax exempt status under 501 (c) (4) status for tea parties groups and others critical of the Administration.  Now, out of the clear blue, after another top I.R.S. official takes the 5th, the story is put forth that the targeting was for both conservative and liberal groups. 

To me, that's a tad late and a really convenient.  Gosh, we just don't know WHO to blame anymore, do we? 

ANOTHER I.R.S. OFFICIAL ESCAPES BLAME

Greg Roseman, a Senior I.R.S. official, allegedly awarded the largest contract in I.R.S. history to a close friend of his.  Strong Castle, Inc., owned by Braulio Castillo, won several contracts totaling almost $500 million for I.R.S.  information technology services on the basis of his friendship with Roseman and by qualifying for two minority programs that allow disadvantaged applicants a better chance of winning lucrative government contracts.  Both of those qualifications were allegedly falsified. 

Before you jump the gun and blame Roseman for anything, you need to know that he's not to blame.  In fact, just to prove his innocence, he became the second I.R.S. top dog to plead the Fifth Amendment before a Congressional Committee yesterday.  The first, Lois Lerner, got suspended indefinitely and with full pay, pending further investigation.  My presumption is that Roseman will get the same treatment, which is fair because, by their pleas they proved their "Snow White" innocence. 

Sometime after Hillary gets out of office in 2024, maybe they'll finish off the investigation and put these two back on the job.  Don't hold your breath.  

OBAMA CHANGES THE SUBJECT

Now that the country has forgotten all about Fast & Furious, Obama is hesitant to start pushing for gun control again. How deftly Obama has changed the course of daily conversation from Benghazi, to a whole slew of scandals, to Snowden, and now to coal.   You see, he may sound and act like a psycho, but he's really quite clever.  And, when the going gets tough, he gets going... this time to Africa.  How can you point the finger of blame at him if you can't find him? 

PUTIN, REGARDING SNOWDEN

Finally, someone on the face of this earth has the guts to stand up to Obama.  So should the rest of us. 

GUN CONTROL TURN ABOUT

Gun owners rejoice: we have a significant convert. 

Larry Morrisey, Mayor of Chicago suburb Rockford, Illinois, announced at a town hall forum Saturday he had dropped out of Mayors For Illegal Guns, the gun-control group begun by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, after realizing the group is more interested in infringing on Americans’ Second Amendment rights than in making sure that criminals don’t “illegally” get their hands on firearms.  He told a crowd that he intends to apply for an Illinois concealed carry permit — an announcement that garnered him a roar of applause. 

The way the liberal-left meat heads portray it, we law-abiding gun owners should have already committed over a million homicides this year.  Bodies should be piling up at mortuaries faster than they can bury them.  Thank God Department of Homeland Security bought up all of that ammo, or this would probably be a fact, right? 

I am hoping that the country of non-gun owners is finally coming to grips with the fact that people kill people and guns are merely the instruments.  And the millions of us who are law-abiding gun owners should not be made to blame for the actions of the few. 

KILL THE I.R.S. STORY

Of all the scandals currently engaging the Obama Administration, the single one most likely to create rage in the citizenry is the I.R.S. targeting of conservative groups and individuals.  Anybody who has studied Obama at all knows that he will not take responsibility for anything, whether it occurred under his watch or not.  So, it should come as no surprise that there has been an overt attempt on the part of the Democrats to "shut the I.R.S. story off, and pronto Tonto."  

The Lone Ranger came to the rescue in the form of  Democrat Elijah Cummings who proclaimed that there's actually no need for an investigation, the story's over, the mystery is solved.  From that moment on, the media seems to have dropped the I.R.S. story like a hot potato.  One would have to assume that they've been threatened with an I.R.S. audit and wiretapping of their cell phones if they so much as whisper a word about the story.  Certainly, given the plethora of media available, one would certainly expect that at least a dozen would break ranks and go after the story.  

One thing is certain; what we know now about the I.R.S. abuse is only the tip of the iceberg.  We didn't start getting to the facts of coverup in Fast & Furious or the Benghazi Massacre for a lot of weeks after the events became public.  I think, given those time schedules, that we are just now getting to the point of real discovery of the facts on the I.R.S. matter.  It will be a full scale pandemonium of denial at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW as the slimey details ooze out.  

As it stands right now, the blame on this one will probably go to the Oval Office.  

NSA TARGETED OBAMA

Russ Tice, a former intelligence analyst and Bush-era NSA whistleblower, claimed Wednesday that the intelligence community has ordered surveillance on a wide range of groups and individuals, including high-ranking military officials, lawmakers and diplomats.  He even alleges that NSA went after Barack Hussein Obama in 2004.  FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds and Tice agreed that such wide-ranging surveillance of officials could provide the intelligence agencies with unthinkable power to blackmail their opponents, according to THE BLAZE. 

Well, I suppose the Democrats will come forward now and try to say, "See, it's okay.  They went after Obama, why can't they go after Marco Rubio or Sarah Palin.  New talking points: "Everything is okay at the NSA."  

And no, Obama would never use the NSA against his enemies; he believes in a totally open and transparent Administration.  He did say that, so it must be true. 

Well, I doubt the veracity of Tice's claim.  If the NSA was engaged in eavesdropping on Obama, how come we still don't know where he was born? 

IS F.B.I. RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTER'S DEATH?

Reporter Michael Hastings was the one who broke the 2010 story in THE ROLLING STONE that forced General Stanley McChrystal to resign.  Certainly, for that story and others he created about Afghanistan and Iraq, he was no friend of the Administration.  Hastings notified the WikiLeaks lawyer that he was certain he was being investigated by the F.B.I.  Hours later on Tuesday, June 18th, hastings was killed in a mysterious auto crash in Los Angeles.  A witness said Hastings was speeding and ran a red light before the crash.  

Was he trying to shake a F.B.I. tail?  The F.B.I. has refused to confirm or deny there was on ongoing investigation of Hastings and it will take up to six weeks before the final cause of the accident is released. 

James Rosen may be luckier than he knows. 

NOW, THEY ADMIT THEY'RE USING DRONES ON US

The damned stories just keep on getting worse, day-by-day.  "Our footprint is very small, and we have very few and of limited use, and we're exploring not only the use but also the necessary guidelines for that use," said Mueller , answering a question from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.  

Yes, they only monitored Associated Press, not anyone else, (lie).  No, Holder didn't know about it, (lie).  The I.R.S. scandal originated in Cincinnati; Washington didn't have the slightest idea about it, (lie).  The White House didn't know anything about it, (lie).  E.P.A. was an innocent mistake, (lie).  Department of State didn't cover up anything, (lie).  Benghazi was the result of an anti-Muslim video, (outrageous lie). 

And now, this?  Whose definition of "limited?"  Who is defining "necessary?"  And, "We're working on guidelines," Mueller said.  JUST WHO IN THE SAM HELL IS GOING TO APPROVE THOSE GUIDELINES AND MONITOR THEM?  Well, no guidelines, no blame, right? 

THE NSA SHUCK AND DUCK

The basic question was, "Does the NSA actively go through citizen emails and telephone records without reason?"  And the answer was, essentially:  "We don't have the authority to do that." 

Well, they may not have the authority to do that, but I'd like to know if they do it anyway.  I've head that response a lot lately from different agencies: "We don't have the authority to do that."  That doesn't answer the question and the fact that the ploy was used at all leads me to suspect the worst. 

Hopefully, one of these days maybe they'll quit the damned game playing and get around to what actually happened at Benghazi, etc, etc, etc. 

OBAMA SNUBS NOSE AT SCANDALS

The President, embroiled in several scandals undoubtedly of his own making, is finally taking some action: He's going to go ahead and close GITMO, the Guantanamo Naval Base prison for terrorists.  He's doing so although Congress has voted its displeasure by refusing to fund the closure, which means he'll be taking the money from some other appropriation.  

He has now chosen a well-known and high-powered attorney to head up the effort; Clifford Sloan is the pick to reopen the State Department's Office of Guantanamo Closure, shuttered since January and folded into the department's legal adviser's office when the administration, in the face of congressional obstacles, effectively gave up its attempt to close the prison.  But, he's now bound and determined to make it happen and he doesn't gave a hoot about what the country thinks; despite the fact that previous transfers of prisoners to their home countries has resulted in their total release from captivity and return to terrorism, Obama intends to release all 86 of the remaining prisoners to their home countries.  Many of them are notorious for their outrageous acts of terrorism.  

Frankly, I take it as an outright dare from him for us to try and do something about it. 

NSA SPYING EXCLUDES MOSQUES

Although the NSA has no bars against monitoring Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, U.S. mosques have been off limits since October of 2011 when, bowing to pressure from Islamic organizations, the "Sensitive Operations Review Committee" ordered all security surveillance operations of mosques to be off-limits.  This is a highly secret committee; no one even knows who its members are.  It was established at the request of the Administration to help build closer ties with the Islamic community.  

WHAT A GOD DAMNED OUTRAGE!

OBAMA JOINS AL QAEDA

I know there will be hell to pay over this post.  The fact of the matter is that many of the Syrian rebels are Al Qaeda and Obama is going to help them. 

Now, the atrocities in Syria are just that; atrocious.  But, we didn't need to be in this situation and would not have been in this position if Obama had not so artfully shucked and ducked for the past four years.  I'm sorry, but this is one time that The Unknown Scribbler is going to say that we need to stay the hell out of this.  It's too late and the risks are too high.  Blame Obama for that. 

Even if we manage to create a win, we will be saddled with enemies. 

THEY DON'T KNOW?

Watching the parade of witnesses testifying in Congress that they "don't know," or "can't recall, " one has to wonder what they're doing with all of the fancy electronic snooping into everything these days.  They're into emails, cell phone records, donations to conservative organizations, membership in the NRA and lengths of time you spend on the commode.  They know what kind of car you drive, how many tickets you've had, whether you've ever had a sexually transmitted disease, whether you are a candidate for shingles, what magazines you read, what movies you rent or produce... It's amazing what they know about you. 

But, put them under oath in front of Congress and... All of the sudden, they don't know nothin'. 

Amazing, isn't it? 

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

America is starving for the truth.  It's too damned bad that we have to hear it from a high school drop out.  And now, instead of declaring him to be a national hero, we have all of those liars and perpetrators of harm to our country rising in a chorus of attempts at smearing the lad.  And, we have a nation's capitol full of politicians caught flat-footed by the revelations who are trying to regain some composure and save some face. 

The press and the media, smelling the blood of an Administration-orchestrated blitz of "treason," are ignoring the quest for truth and beating their drums for the arrest and hanging of Snowden. Some wise guy suggested yesterday that Obama might order a drone to go after Snowden and why not? He IS on foreign soil, you know.  

Well, the truth is that the most transparent administration in history is actually the most opaque.  The word "change" has morphed into "oppress."  Like it or not, the word "citizens" now means "subjects." 

NOW IT'S A PIOUS "WE CAN'T DO THAT"

"There is no way that we can collect data on American citizens without a warrant.  We can't do that because it is against the law.  For the same reason, we can't leak any of that information or use it against you, because that's against the law.  The fact that those things happened in some few cases at I.R.S., E.P.A. and D.O.J. has nothing to do with it; they were inadvertent errors.  Now, that concludes our investigations and these issues are are cleared up.  Trust us; everything is fine.  Go home and go to bed; rest well because your country is in our hands." 

BLAME THE SNITCH!

You know as well as I do that when the kids are quiet, they're up to no good.  That's why barns burn down, because the kids are out there trying to light up a smoke where nobody can see them.  And so it is, far too many misdeeds in the world have been accomplished in a back room where no one knew what was going on and the door was kept closed in the same of secrecy.  

What we have learned in the last two months about the way our government is doing things is appalling to say the least.  And here come all of those childlike excuses, "I didn't do it!" "Holder did it!" "But, we're cleaning the mess up, so it's okay!" "If Bush did it, why can't WE do it?"  

Followed by defiant, but unproven justification: "National security."  "We kept Winnemucca, Nevada from being bombed because of our program!"  For some reason you don't hear any claims about how the Boston Bombing was prevented due to our highly-skilled gathering and storing of information, our I.R.S. targeting of conservative organizations or our snooping into the phone calls at the A.P. 

Finally, the ultimate kid defense:  "It's just not fair!  If that dirty snitch Snowden hadn't leaked the information about what was going on, Americans wouldn't know the barn was about to burn down and we wouldn't be having this conversation.  Come on, dad!  Get real!" 

How about this one?  "If it wasn't for our top secret data gathering and intrusion into the news media, we never would have been able to to identify that video as being the cause of the Benghazi Massacre." 

NOW WE KNOW WHO TO BLAME

“After we win this election, it’s our turn.  Payback time.  Everyone not with us is against us and they better be ready because we don’t forget.  The ones who helped us will be rewarded, the ones who opposed us will get what they deserve.  There’s going to be hell to pay.  Congress won’t be a problem for us this time.  No election to worry about after this is over and we have two judges ready to go.”  ~ Valerie Jarret, Obama’s Senior Adviser, before the last election.    

THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE ANY BLAME

Now the story morphs into there doesn't need to be any blame at all.  You see, the intrusion into your phone records, debit cards and credit cards, emails and videos.... all of that is justified under the need for national security.  It's all okay and there's nothing to worry about.  There's no tyranny intended.  Wink, wink. 

SO, OUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY NO LONGER EXISTS?

They justify the grab of Verizon phone records on the basis of national security.  They seize records from Yahoo, Microsoft, You Tube, Google and five other major Internet providers and justify that seizure on the basis of national security. 

If these claims are true, why did the Benghazi Massacre or the Boston bombings take place? 

VERIZON CUSTOMERS TARGETED: RED HERRING?

That National Security Agency did a blanket, top-secret subpoena to grab all cell phone records of all Verizon customers.  The NSA and White House are insisting they had the right to do so under the Patriot Act; however, the subpoena was overly broad and was an obvious fishing expedition.  The White House further says that no conversations were intercepted; only names of subscribers, phone numbers called, dates and times called and lengths of conversation were recorded.  

As if that is a legal excuse and, therefore they're not to blame?  

I understand the concept of trying to stop terrorist acts, but have to wonder why the feds didn't supply Verizon with a list of phone numbers to watch for as far as being dialed, or particular cell numbers of those on a suspect watch list.  The information obtained would, for example, include calls from members of the press or media to and from those in government agencies.  Get the picture? 

TEA PARTIES, CONSERVATIVES ASKED FOR IT

The government fully understands that it overreached its authorities in going after Tea Parties and other conservative groups and individuals.  It realizes that its refusal to issue 501 (c) (4) status to certain organizations was targeted.  It agrees that it should not have focused on conservative tea party-type organizations for audits.  Nevertheless, the government is not to blame here.  Those organizations asked for it;  by the nature of their organization, they egged us on to do it.  They are to blame.  

Under our new system of government, changed by the reelection of Barack Hussein Obama, they don't have the right to voice their opinions and positions and therefore have no right to 501 (c) (4) status; only organizations with a liberal model which support the President's agenda have that right. 

Got that straight? 

"DIRTY RATS" NOT AIRING THEIR LAUNDRY

There is a growing number of Dirty Rats in Washington who are refusing to come clean in Congressional hearings.  The Chicago-style gangster mentality seems to be built around a code of silence second only to that of La Cosa Nostra.  You now what I mean... "If you sing, you're dead meat."  

Maybe Congress needs to start offering witness protection programs and changes of identity to some of these goons.  Yeah, I mean like... Lois Lerner could become Lois Lane. 

THE FICKLE FINGER OF FATE

Obama has been giving us the fickle finger of fate for 4+ years.  With the growing scandals and the confirmation from I.R.S. staffers that orders to pick on conservatives came from the "highest levels of Washington," it appears that the fickle finger is now pointing into the very heart of the Executive Branch.   Oh, my God: the White House calligrapher might lose his job $97,000 a year job! (You don't think Obama is going to take the blame for this, do you?) Or, maybe, they'll expunge one of the two Assistant Calligraphers who make another $180,000 a year between them.