It is the VETERAN, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the VETERAN, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the VETERAN, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the VETERAN, not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the VETERAN who salutes the Flag,
It is the VETERAN who serves under the Flag,
ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD, AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.
I'll be EXTREMELY proud if this email reached as many as possible.
We can be very proud of our young men and women in the service no matter where they serve.
God,
Bless them all!!!
Makes You Proud To Be An American!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Farrakhan Talks of ‘Satanic Jews’ and ‘Synagogue of Satan’ at Detroit Church Speech — but Wait Until You Hear Who Was in Attendance
The Anti-Defamation League is criticizing Louis Farrakhan for delivering blatantly anti-Semitic statements, using terms such as "Satanic Jews" and the "Synagogue of Satan," during a speech at a Detroit church last week. The Jewish group is also asking why public figures who attended the Nation of Islam leader's event...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/22/farrakhan-talks-of-satanic-jews-and-synagogue-of-satan-at-detroit-church-speech-but-wait-until-you-hear-who-was-in-attendance/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/22/farrakhan-talks-of-satanic-jews-and-synagogue-of-satan-at-detroit-church-speech-but-wait-until-you-hear-who-was-in-attendance/
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Washington Times Writer: Fox News Scandal Goes 'Much Deeper,' W.H. Sitting on Something Top Obama Aides 'Terrified' About
Washington Times columnist and Drudge Report editor Joseph Curl on Monday said the Obama administration's developing scandal involving the monitoring of Fox News reporter James Rosen's email accounts goes "much deeper." Citing a "CIA source," Curl claimed via his official Twitter account that the Fox News scandal was...
Howard Dean: Benghazi Controversy 'Silly' and a 'Laughable Joke'
On CNBC's "Kudlow Report" with Larry Kudlow, former Democratic presidential candidate and DNC chairman Howard Dean called controversy over Benghazi "silly" and a "laughable joke." Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, were murdered in the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi. Since then, there has been an exhaustive effort underway to determine what exactly happened, though many questions — including where President Obama was throughout the hours-long attack — remain unanswered.
“This is about issues that are important to the American people,” Sean Spicer, the communications director of the Republican National Committee, said. “Benghazi isn’t about scoring political points, it’s about making sure we do right by our foreign policy. The IRS is about making sure that we don’t target American citizens…”
But Spicer had to stop talking because of Dean’s interruptions.
“Benghazi is a laughable joke,” Dean declared, repeating the statement once more for emphasis.
“With all due respect, governor, when four Americans die serving this country, that’s not a joke, sir. That’s not a joke,” Spicer calmly replied.
“Oh stop it,” Dean retorted. “The blaming the president for that is a ridiculous joke, the American people — you’ve been beating on this for a year. I don’t understand why you don’t give up on it…!”
After the two argued a bit, Dean added: “There are no serious questions being asked about Benghazi, none…It’s totally made up nonsense. It’s totally clear what happened in Benghazi. It’s ridiculous.”
Surprise: The IRS leans left - way left
How much did politics drive the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative activist groups?
As NRO’s Andrew Stiles notes, the “partisan union” at the IRS likely played a huge role:
The IRS may be “an independent enforcement agency with only two political appointees,” in the words of White House press secretary Jay Carney, but its employees are represented by a powerful, deeply partisan union whose boss has publicly disparaged the Tea Party and criticized the Republican party for having ties to it.
The White House continues to insist that profound incompetence, not partisan malice, led the IRS to single out conservative groups applying for nonprofit status. If the testimony of acting commissioner Steven Miller is true, incompetence was certainly a factor. But given all that has come to light about the agency and its employees in recent days, it would be hard to believe that its targeting of conservative groups wasn’t also politically motivated.
As the Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney and others have pointed out, the agency’s employees are heavily engaged in politics and lean considerably to the left. Records show that IRS employees in 2012 donated more than twice as much to the Obama as to the Romney campaign. Nearly two-thirds of all employee contributions over the last three elections cycles have gone to Democrats.
http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2013/05/21/surprise-the-irs-leans-left-way-left/
Top IRS Official at Center of Political Targeting Scandal Will Plead the Fifth
Lois Lerner, the top IRS official who acknowledged two weeks while “apologizing” to a planted question that the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting conservative groups, has invoked her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent, according to a letter obtained by the Los Angeles Times. From the report:
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday revealed some rather startling details about how the Obama White House operates.
First, Carney defended Kathryn Ruemmler’s alleged decision to not inform the Commander-in-Chief about the impending Internal Revenue Service scandal because – well, she simply decided that the president shouldn’t be informed about it.
“People in the know and people who understand why it’s important to maintain distance from these kinds of things for the White House understand that that was the right call,” Carney said.
Second, according to Carney, the president is aware pretty much everyone in his administration knew about the IG’s report before him – and he’s okay with that.
Third, the White House knew well in advance of the release of the IG report that things weren’t going to go over so well and they actually coordinated with the IRS on how to present the public with the IG’s findings.
“There was ‘discussion about the possibility of a speech’ by Lois Lerner, who oversaw the IRS’s work on tax-exempt groups,” Politico explains, citing Carney, “and conversation about testimony by the acting commissioner of the agency and ‘what he would say’ if asked about the issue.”
Now the first two points raise serious questions about the president’s leadership style (just who’s running this country anyway?). But the third point is equally troubling because it calls into question the White House’s account of events.
The Treasury Department, according to the press secretary, worked with deputy White House chief of staff Mark Childress to coordinate the release of the IRS news.
Carney, however, was careful to note that he was among those who were not informed of White House’s attempts to contain the story.
But whether he knew the exact details or not, Carney knew of the report and of the upcoming scandal. Why didn’t he say anything?
“He also said he didn’t inform reporters about the discussions earlier because he hadn’t been asked ‘precise’ enough questions,” Politico notes.
“I gave you the information in response to the questions and we have provided an enormous amount of information about the communication we’ve had, who learned what about this and when, the fact that the president was not informed,” he said.
But, again, the words coming out of Carney’s mouth raise serious questions about the White House’s supposedly honesty account of events.
From Politico:
On Monday, a senior White House official confirmed to POLITICO that Treasury Department staffers told White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler the inspector general report was nearing completion during the week of April 22.
Carney had originally acknowledged that the counsel’s office had been told of the investigation during a press briefing the previous week. But he hadn’t explicitly said Ruemmler had learned that conservative groups were targeted and how they were singled out.
Later, during Monday’s White House briefing, Carney told reporters that some staff in the counsel’s office were told of the report — and others nearing completion — a week earlier, on April 16.
Ruemmler did inform chief of staff Denis McDonough’s office of the investigation, Carney said then, and other senior staff were also told of the report. Carney wouldn’t say Monday who those other staffers were, but did say there were communications between White House and Treasury Department staff ahead of the first news reports of the IRS investigation 10 days ago.
Though senior staff knew of the probe, Carney said Ruemmler had concluded that the investigation was “not a matter she should convey to the president” until the report was finalized.
Carney’s defense?
“I said that I didn’t know (these details) until Friday, but I’m getting this information to you now,” he said.
BONUS: CBS New’s Major Garrett during Tuesday’s press briefing asked Carney if the White House believes Republican inquiries about recent scandals (i.e. the IRS, the DOJ snooping on the AP and Fox News, Sebelius’ fundraising efforts, and the administration’s handling of the Benghazi debacle) are “legitimate.”
“We could go down the list of questions — we could say, ‘What about the president’s birth certificate? Was that legitimate?’” Carney said.
Jay Carney Shifts IRS Timeline (Again!)
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday revealed some rather startling details about how the Obama White House operates. First, Carney defended Kathryn Ruemmler's alleged decision to not inform the Commander-in-Chief about the impending Internal Revenue Service scandal because – well, she simply decided that the president...
White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May, 21, 2013. Carney announced that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Oklahoma Wednesday to inspect damage from the deadly tornado that struck there. Credit: AP
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday revealed some rather startling details about how the Obama White House operates.
First, Carney defended Kathryn Ruemmler’s alleged decision to not inform the Commander-in-Chief about the impending Internal Revenue Service scandal because – well, she simply decided that the president shouldn’t be informed about it.
“People in the know and people who understand why it’s important to maintain distance from these kinds of things for the White House understand that that was the right call,” Carney said.
Second, according to Carney, the president is aware pretty much everyone in his administration knew about the IG’s report before him – and he’s okay with that.
Third, the White House knew well in advance of the release of the IG report that things weren’t going to go over so well and they actually coordinated with the IRS on how to present the public with the IG’s findings.
“There was ‘discussion about the possibility of a speech’ by Lois Lerner, who oversaw the IRS’s work on tax-exempt groups,” Politico explains, citing Carney, “and conversation about testimony by the acting commissioner of the agency and ‘what he would say’ if asked about the issue.”
Now the first two points raise serious questions about the president’s leadership style (just who’s running this country anyway?). But the third point is equally troubling because it calls into question the White House’s account of events.
The Treasury Department, according to the press secretary, worked with deputy White House chief of staff Mark Childress to coordinate the release of the IRS news.
Carney, however, was careful to note that he was among those who were not informed of White House’s attempts to contain the story.
But whether he knew the exact details or not, Carney knew of the report and of the upcoming scandal. Why didn’t he say anything?
“He also said he didn’t inform reporters about the discussions earlier because he hadn’t been asked ‘precise’ enough questions,” Politico notes.
“I gave you the information in response to the questions and we have provided an enormous amount of information about the communication we’ve had, who learned what about this and when, the fact that the president was not informed,” he said.
But, again, the words coming out of Carney’s mouth raise serious questions about the White House’s supposedly honesty account of events.
From Politico:
On Monday, a senior White House official confirmed to POLITICO that Treasury Department staffers told White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler the inspector general report was nearing completion during the week of April 22.
Carney had originally acknowledged that the counsel’s office had been told of the investigation during a press briefing the previous week. But he hadn’t explicitly said Ruemmler had learned that conservative groups were targeted and how they were singled out.
Later, during Monday’s White House briefing, Carney told reporters that some staff in the counsel’s office were told of the report — and others nearing completion — a week earlier, on April 16.
Ruemmler did inform chief of staff Denis McDonough’s office of the investigation, Carney said then, and other senior staff were also told of the report. Carney wouldn’t say Monday who those other staffers were, but did say there were communications between White House and Treasury Department staff ahead of the first news reports of the IRS investigation 10 days ago.
Though senior staff knew of the probe, Carney said Ruemmler had concluded that the investigation was “not a matter she should convey to the president” until the report was finalized.
Carney’s defense?
“I said that I didn’t know (these details) until Friday, but I’m getting this information to you now,” he said.
BONUS: CBS New’s Major Garrett during Tuesday’s press briefing asked Carney if the White House believes Republican inquiries about recent scandals (i.e. the IRS, the DOJ snooping on the AP and Fox News, Sebelius’ fundraising efforts, and the administration’s handling of the Benghazi debacle) are “legitimate.”
“We could go down the list of questions — we could say, ‘What about the president’s birth certificate? Was that legitimate?’” Carney said.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/21/jay-carney-shifts-irs-timeline-again/
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