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The targeting of conservatives by the IRS started earlier and was more extensive than the IRS acknowledged last week, according to a draft IRS inspector general report obtained by ABC News.
As we reported on “Good Morning America” this morning, the IRS began targeting “Tea Party or similar organizations” in March 2010. That was when the Cincinnati-based IRS unit responsible for overseeing the applications for tax exempt status starting using the phrases “Tea Party,” “patriots” and “9/12″ to search for applications warranting greater scrutiny.
During this first phase, 10 Tea Party cases were identified. By April of 2010, 18 Tea Party organizations were targeted, including three that had already been approved for tax-exempt status.
By June 2011, the unit had flagged over 100 Tea Party-related applications and the criteria used to scrutinize organizations had grown considerably, flagging not just “Tea Party” or “Patriot” in group names, but also groups that were working on issues like “government debt,” “taxes” and even organizations making statements that “criticize how the country is being run.”
The report, done by the Inspector General for the IRS, also shows that senior IRS officials in Washington was aware of what was going on as early as August 4, 2011 when, according to the report, the IRS chief counsel held a meeting with the IRS’s Rulings and Agreements unit “so that everyone would have the latest information on the issue.”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/irs-began-targeting-conservatives-in-2010/
Hhhmm…….. Something tells me that this may just be the “tip of the Iceberg!”
This is not the Civics Lesson that I received in 6th grade:
Here is a “side-by-side” comparison of the “REAL” Bill of Rights and that which they want to “teach” our Children:
| BILL OF RIGHTS( adapted from Hampton- Brown) | BILL OF RIGHTS(from the actual Constitution) | |
| Amendment 1 | We can worship, speak, print words, and get together if we want. We can ask our government to change things. | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. |
| Amendment 2 | We can get permission to own weapons to protect ourselves. | A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. |
| Amendment 3 | The government has to provide food and shelter for soldiers. | No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. |
| Amendment 4 | The police need a good reason to arrest someone. They usually need permission to search our homes. | The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. |
| Amendment 5 | People accused of crimes have the right to a trial. They don’t have to say anything that might make them seem guilty. | No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. |
| Amendment 6 | We have the right to a speedy, public trial and can have a lawyer. | In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district where in the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense. |
| Amendment 7 | People can sue each other for money and go to trial. | In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. |
| Amendment 8 | No one’s punishment can be cruel or unusual. | Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. |
| Amendment 9 | Citizens have other rights that are not listed. | The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. |
| Amendment 10 | The powers that are not listed in the Constitution belong to the fifty states. | The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. |
Is this the “dumbing of America” or is it OK to call it “INDOCTRINATION”?
Is the education of our future leaders ANY LESS important than healthcare reform or Cap and Trade legislation?
As Maine voters prepare to go to the polls to vote on the Gay Marriage issue, proponent are attacking a spokesman for the opposition, calling for his state license as a social worker to be revoked. I believe the Bill of Rights protects his freedom of speech and freedom of association:
“Don is a high school guidance counselor and licensed social worker. His appearance in the television ad prompted a complaint to the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation – requesting that his license to practice social work in the state of Maine be stripped away – simply because of his personal opinion on marriage.”
For full Statement from Stand for Marriage Maine: http://www.standformarriagemaine.com/?p=689
In our country’s Bill of Rights, our Freedom of Speech is on that we regard with great respect.
Yet, as the Sen. Barack Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, then its nominee, the context of how our Freedom of Speech will be affected if Obama wins in November is clear and evident in the blogsphere:
This is the 3rd case that I’ve heard about from blog talk radio.
Obama’s “Truth Squads” Censor Free Speech on BlogTalkRadio?
–this is serious people we all need to contact ———– ————– ———————— ————– —————
http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2…blogtalkradio/
Quote:
This is breaking news: In yet another Orwellian move by the Obamites, Tracy, over at “No Compromise when it Comes to Being Right” was shut down by blogtalkradio tonight when she was interviewing Phil Berg about the lawsuit against Barack Obama! Here is her post:
Phil Berg is my guest today on No Compromise Radio:
I scheduled a show with Attorney Phil Berg who has filed a lawsuit against Barack Obama for not being a US Citizen therefore he is an illegal alien.
My show was terminated at the beginning of the show. Why? The BTR assistant Director of Customer Relations, Shannon Dingee-Kramer stated that my show was, “racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, unreasonably violent, threatening, intimidating or harassing; 2. contains falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage BlogTalkRadio or any other person; (BTR red emphasis–not mine!)
In other words, those who claim to be for free speech are afraid of it when they see it, or hear it in this case! It might offend someone and that’s far more important to protect than the American Principle of exercising the flow of speech in the arena of public ideas.
So I am officially off the air until further notice thanks to the Obamunists and Islamists who support him!
BLOG TALK RADIO ==== where is the Freedom of Speech. Phil Berg questions Obama’s citizenship, and that is Racist!!??
