westend1

The problem is the definition of moderate.  Righties define moderate as someone who has no beliefs.  I have very strong beliefs.   They just dont always line up with either one party plank for plank. I tend to think that makes me a liberal, not a democrat.  

I very much doubt that you know anything about me.

Both you and I have no idea.  if there were 10 conservative political groups applying for exempt status for every 1 liberal group, it might seem like they were targeted.    Doesn't necessarily make it fact.

18 months?  They should have all been denied tax exempt status,  What was their purpose?

The majority staff dug into the applications of both conservative groups and progressive groups given extra scrutiny by the IRS, but for the purposes of the analysis looked only at groups with names that included terms the IRS used for flagging. The terms included "conservative," "Tea Party," "patriot 9/12" and "progressive." The committee opted not to make any judgments about the political leanings of other groups given extra scrutiny by the IRS, sticking only with those listed on IRS "Be on the Lookout" watch lists.         Should these groups get extra scrutiny when applying for tax exempt status?

Are you drunk?

Dumb thread is dumb

I am willing to bet that a majority of those scrutinized had a political sounding name.   How much are you in for?

So, you admit that the orgs that were targeted were lying.  That's a start.

I believe that IRS workers received a directive to go after organizations that were lying about their status as non political organizations.   Lazy gov workers went after low hanging fruit, which was any org that has "party" in their name.  TEA party was an obvious easy target.   They were lying about being non political, weren't they?

LOL!  WE were all holding our breath to see what your opinion would be.

You don't want an answer.  You just want to rant your hatred for the president.  If you want an answer to your question, go read what the general who was in charge of military operations in the area had to say.   He told us why there was no military response.

I went this week without much luck.    Only thing under the birds was gafftop.     

I don't see irony, much less humor.

Did you need the whole article posted?  I provided a link.    .

[Hidden Content]   Interesting article on the TEA Party. This stood out to me.       Asked to volunteer what they don't like about Mr. Obama, the top answer, offered by 19 percent of Tea Party supporters, was that they just don't like him. Eleven percent said he is turning the country more toward socialism, ten percent cited his health care reform efforts, and nine percent said he is dishonest.   Seventy-seven percent describe Mr. Obama as "very liberal," compared to 31 percent of Americans overall. Fifty-six percent say the president's policies favor the poor, compared to 27 percent of Americans overall.   Sixty-four percent believe that the president has increased taxes for most Americans, despite the fact that the vast majority of Americans got a tax cut under the Obama administration. Thirty-four percent of the general public says the president has raised taxes on most Americans.   While most Americans (58 percent) say the president understands their needs and problems, just 24 percent of Tea Party supporters agree. Just one in five say the president shares the values of most Americans.   Only one percent of Tea Party supporters approve of the job Congress is doing, compared to 17 percent of Americans overall.   Twenty-four percent of Tea Party supporters say it is sometimes justified to take violent action against the government. That compares to 16 percent of Americans overall who say violence against the government is sometimes justified.     CBS Sixty-three percent say they get the majority of their political and current events news on television from the Fox News Channel, compared to 23 percent of Americans overall. Forty-seven percent say television is their main source of Tea Party information, the top source; another 24 percent say they get Tea Party information from the internet.

You are kidding, right? Texas will elect anyone who is antiabortion, pro weapon and homophobic.

No. I think we should have shut down the border long ago. Nash. You believe the flood of aliens is a conspiracy to bring down our government?

Stockman is an idiot.

That's fair enough.  The voters got the guy they wanted.  It's a tradeoff, but they thought it was worth it.

I didn't see any crowing in the article. No sure who they is that you refer to. Pubs did lose a guy with lots of seniority, however.

How does this article translate to "Dems are stupid"?

Dumb thread is dumb

You are not as smart as I thought if you don't understand what I am saying

Apparently. either they don't watch cable news, or it is spread out among various providers.