The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a hearing today on the IRS targeting of conservative groups. It’s scheduled for 9am eastern time which is zero dark thirty Klown time. It’s supposed to be on C-Span 2.
If I don’t wake up in time start without me.
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“If I don’t wake up in time start without me.”
You really are a vampire. If you lived up here, you wouldn’t have to hide from the sun.
I don’t sparkle when the sunlight hits me.
Good, they started on time.
“This is not a personnel problem”
He showed he does know how to call in the marines when it’s important to him.
Next time an embassy gets attacked they should tell the White House it’s raining.
It takes both hands to read TOTUS.. 😆
Having elite warriors hold Obama’s umbrella was really imperious. Sure he has the power to demand it but it doesn’t help his “I’m just one of you all” charade.
Levin looks like he was badly embalmed.
He said we’re not here to score political points ? Just what the hell do you call the IRS targeting conservative groups ? F**king POLITICAL !
Omg Levin = Crypt keeper
I think the Republicans should remain on every scandal until this Liar In Chief is out of office , or until the men in white coats come and drag him out of fetal position from under the desk in the oval office .
Honk!
When does he go golfing again?
I doubt they will find him under the desk in the oval office .Allergies 🙂
LOL, ouch!
Opening speechifying.
Miller: I’m sorry.
Miller: We made mistakes, really, really sorry.
Steven Miller: “Our bad, all fixed now.”
“I probably read it in the paper.”
Miller is wiggling. Wearing two hats. I report to myself. He is still acting Commissioner and Obama is a liar. I don’t understand if I have to report violations of law or not. I am a vegetable.
Miller is full of shit.
The Know Nothing Administration.
He is retiring and he don’t give a shit.
We had a meeting I don’t remember. Then we looked and I wrote a memo. Let’s talk about it to be fair to ourselves. Then we forgot about it. “We” is the IRS.
I don’t know .. I will have to get back to you I don’t remember ..
he is stealing all of Eric Holders lines
Yes, sounded like they rehearsed their non-answers together.
Nab him for copyright infringement.
Ahh, memories of Iran Contra. “I forgot.”
Another gem of a column from Andrew Malcolm’s snark ….
http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/051713-656446-obama-irs-scandal-erdogan-news-conference.htm?p=full
My understanding is that the higher ups at IRS have regular, I believe weekly meetings. The meetings are with the commissioner and the deputy commissioners and the general counsel where hot button issues and policy matters are discussed. Surely there is some kind of record of those meetings. Surely Congress could access what records they have of those meetings. There should also be a trail of emails and memos.
Some of this could have been conversations in the hallway, but you could even kind of figure that out from official records. Like if there was a question and then all of the sudden there is an understood answer or way to deal with it……somebody, somewhere discussed it.
Miller looks like the dad in American Pie.
BTW Lulu did you see my question was answered about Joseph Grant. He worked for Dan Rostenkowski…..you can’t make this shit up!
Miller’s memory improves when a Democrat asks the questions.
I wish Miller would say to Levin – We were just doing what you wrote us to do!
They’re under oath too. 😀
“A mix of folks”
My understanding is that their organizationally chart is incomplete and leaves out the Obamacare unit. This Miller keeps talking about grouping cases for efficiency. They started this before the numbers of applications grew but the Dems in Congress were complaining because they were looking at them probably campaigning against them. He just lied about how many came in to be processed. No way that many can come in at once in 2009 or 2010.
Obamacare is or has been sort of an after thought. It’s difficult to work something like that into a big bureaucracy. I don’t believe the law really specifically addressed how it was to be worked into the agency. I think it’s been sort of moved around starting with a small team which has grown but is still rather small……..or so I’ve heard.
Then you draw a little bubble on the chart. Or make it a sub-group of a big group. You do not leave it out. It has been actively hidden so no one would inquire what the devil they were doing.
IRS commissioners are supposed to be non-partisan for 5 year terms. This congresscritter does not seem to know this.
Crowley(D) – Obama mad about this scandal, so there.
Brady(R) – applicant visited by FBI terrorism, OSHA, IRS .Whoa!
Brady – who sent them, I want a name.
“I would be shocked, shocked.”
Holy crap the story the Tx congressman told about the business owner can you imagine
Rangel – Bush, Bush, Bush, all appointees. Wait, maybe an Obama one or two ?
If only the IRS scrutinized Obama’s donors like this. No way he raised another billion legally. Sigh.
PAUL RYAN ….. swooooooooooooon. This should be a fun dissection.
🙂
Vice President Ryan asking questions now.
Sigh. What coulda’ been. Miller being hammered.
This is hilarious…
http://www.examiner.com/article/nancy-pelosi-blames-bush-for-irs-scandal-says-obama-great-president
Ryan – reading off approved liberal groups to Miller, what were you’re code words for them?
McDermott (D) – tea party is a far right group ??? ” I dislike the right” It’s Citizen United’s fault ! Opened the flood gates to far right wingnut groups.
Awww the IRS just made a boo boo
Are the D’s getting more time or does it just seem that way ? LOL.
I like these yes or no questions from Nunes.
Avoiding the BS
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/05/lois_lerner_the_impossible_ingenue.html
I am 21 and look like Linda Darnell
You forgot he said he did so because she is an outstanding civil servant
I hear she got the Torquemada award for Excellence
So from on high the instructions are to protect her. Good luck with that.
Shorter Becerra (Dem-CA), sorry #IRS, our glorious leader threw you under the bus yesterday and so will I.
LOL
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/05/17/st-louis-anchorman-taken-off-the-air-for-speaking-out-about-being-targeted-by-irs-after-tough-obama-interview/
speak out and get shut up
Reichert (R) – I’m hearing a lot of I don’t knows.
Miller must need a potty break by now, I’m having empathy cramps for him 😉
I’m not. I like the old “bad cop” ex-cop Republican guy. Who, who!!! told you? Nancy. What did Nancy say? I don’t remember.
You can’t make this shit up.
LOL GMTA
https://twitter.com/GregWHoward/status/335404723286986752
Miller cannot answer whether Congress deserves to know what he knows …. …..whew !
Miller should be held in contempt of congress , and the Democrats on the committee held as contemptible in Congress .
You should tweet that. 🙂
🙂
Cspan’s monitering the #IRS and reading some of the tweets.
too much to hope they see my waterboarding suggestion
IOWA HAWK
David Burge @iowahawkblog 22m
If the IRS asks why you haven’t paid for the last 5 years, tell them “I was streamlining for efficiency.” #DavesTaxTips
dammit, got twitmo’d
This Doggett guy seems ready to give Miller a Medal of Honor
OT new article by Attkisson on Benghazi
New Thread up.
Closing this one.