tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6563184997012987605..comments2024-03-28T13:01:57.115-05:00Comments on Althouse: The NYT changes the headline that produced the dramatic Drudge link "They Knew."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52388455359152747282013-05-18T18:32:52.421-05:002013-05-18T18:32:52.421-05:00WHAT did "they" know? "They" (...WHAT did "they" know? "They" (they being the General Counsel of the Treasury Dept.–we don't know if this got passed further up the chain or not) knew that there was an investigation. "They" did not know if the allegations were true or not until March 2013.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65761262296113749972013-05-18T18:26:49.643-05:002013-05-18T18:26:49.643-05:00Remember how 4 SCOTUS Justices thought the Florida...<i>Remember how 4 SCOTUS Justices thought the Florida Supreme Court naked power grab was just peachy?</i><br /><br />Two thought that. (Remember the main decision was 7-2.) Two thought it was peachy, two thought it was unacceptable on equal protection grounds but that they shouldn't block a fair recount (even though there was clearly no time for one, so this was only a technical difference), and five thought it was time to stick a fork in the mess and call it done.<br /><br />I know that it's a common shibboleth that the decision was 5-4, but we should remember it correctly.jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33697821672994577132013-05-18T15:22:21.145-05:002013-05-18T15:22:21.145-05:00Rhythm and Balls?
I thought that was Jim Bob Dugg...Rhythm and Balls?<br /><br />I thought that was Jim Bob Duggar's screen name?<br />Baron Zemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301531733692419610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35876465568244513632013-05-18T15:20:32.805-05:002013-05-18T15:20:32.805-05:00No, the past doesn't matter... except when it&...No, the past doesn't matter... except when it's Bush's fault.<br /><br />Then the past matters an awful lot, doesn't it?Daniel in Brooklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296850357629131645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2568660190658330832013-05-18T14:07:46.703-05:002013-05-18T14:07:46.703-05:00Don't even have a clue as to what your own sid...<i>Don't even have a clue as to what your own side is up to. </i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/16/obama-to-meet-with-treasury-officials-over-irs-scandal/" rel="nofollow">Were it not for the media</a> thus White House wouldn't know what was going on in its own Executive Branch agencies. Sez the Preznit.furious_ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239113391394176670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82177841886538929712013-05-18T13:12:50.044-05:002013-05-18T13:12:50.044-05:00If Hilary runs in 2016, I hope they run "What...If Hilary runs in 2016, I hope they run "What difference, at this point, does it make?" Over, and over, and over. Dantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393170116669470751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75659436139063480182013-05-18T13:03:28.298-05:002013-05-18T13:03:28.298-05:00Where is Larry Flynt -- or any of the other usual ...Where is Larry Flynt -- or any of the other usual suspects --offering $1 million for whistleblower evidence that implicates Obama in this travesty? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21256657025181988532013-05-18T12:39:11.755-05:002013-05-18T12:39:11.755-05:00I watched the entire proceedings last night on c-s...I watched the entire proceedings last night on c-span and It came at the end when some rep from Arkansas pointed out the IG "audit" is just the beginning. No one was sworn under oath yet, no IRS apparatchics emails have been sorted through. So the cheery reassurances of the democrats that they have "taken on a little ice" is kind of comical. gk1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16278316547833399451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49640099046498614942013-05-18T12:28:35.786-05:002013-05-18T12:28:35.786-05:00edutcher said:
"For some of the low info trol...edutcher said:<br />"For some of the low info trolls, that may be true, but, for most of them, it's about the power and it's always about the power."<br /><br />No denying that. I think of it this way though - these people are not incredibly deep or brilliant. They're bureaucratic functionaries. All their lives they have been taught that Nazis were small government radicals who seized control of Germany. So, along comes this movement of small government people who are intent on reducing things like... the IRS. Well, whaddayaknow, it's the rise of the new Nazi party threatening their very livelihoods. They must be squashed.<br /><br />This is what happens when the Left controls education, entertainment, et al. They teach everyone, including those who move into civil service, that "your enemies" are domestic. They're conservative Republicans. For the people who carried this out, they're no less noble than the various men who tried to take out Hitler.Rialbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448720771565399312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30694394203315046692013-05-18T12:02:53.087-05:002013-05-18T12:02:53.087-05:00@pogo,
Justice Roberts made this possible. A-tax-n...@pogo,<br /><i>Justice Roberts made this possible. A-tax-not-a-penalty was all the permission they needed to twist the Constitution into an unrecognizable mass, or shred it completely to the point where the IRS believes it can do anything it damn well pleases.</i><br /><br />The Democrats started this long before Justice Roberts' ruling.<br /><br />Remember when all the "w"s were removed from keyboards after Bush won the election in 2000?<br /><br />Heck, before that:<br />Remember how the Florida Supreme Court tried to throw the game in Gore's favor? Remember how the left still screeches that SCOTUS was wrong to intervene in that naked power grab by the Florida Supreme Court? Remember how 4 SCOTUS Justices thought the Florida Supreme Court naked power grab was just peachy?<br /><br />That was before Justice Roberts was even on the Supreme Court, but is of a piece with what the IRS did, with what Sebelius is doing, with what the EPA is doing, with what Holder is doing, with what ACORN did for its entire existence, with what Planned Parenthood does, with what Unions do, etc, etc, <i>ad nauseum</i>.<br /><br />It's all about using taxpayer money to funnel to Democrat power bases that ensure that elections are never about whether to increase spending but how much to increase spending, and where, so that they can continue to funnel taxpayer money to Democrat power bases while skimming off a percentage for themselves that makes them rich for life.<br /><br />See: Reid's finances, Pelosi's finances, the Clinton's finances, Huma Abedin's finances, Terry McAuliffe's finances, Jesse Jackson's finances, Al Sharpton's finances, Al Gore's finances...Nathan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618170642379567187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37592051699052854732013-05-18T11:58:38.127-05:002013-05-18T11:58:38.127-05:00Pay no attention to the leash around my neck, Chic...Pay no attention to the leash around my neck, Chickie! That's a great comment!<br /><br />It's not a crime to muzzle when your intent is good! Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31748818192577961782013-05-18T11:57:23.560-05:002013-05-18T11:57:23.560-05:00That's a great comment, President-Mom-Jeans!
...That's a great comment, President-Mom-Jeans!<br /><br />Nothing to add!Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16340392402809533932013-05-18T11:53:45.519-05:002013-05-18T11:53:45.519-05:00Ritmo channelled Churchill at his deleted 8:44 com...Ritmo channelled Churchill at his deleted 8:44 comment: <a href="http://chirb.it/argd4h" rel="nofollow">chirbit</a>.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14230389245769595912013-05-18T11:49:29.667-05:002013-05-18T11:49:29.667-05:00Enjoying the terror in Bitchmo today.
He won'...Enjoying the terror in Bitchmo today.<br /><br />He won't admit it, but he knows that King Putt's administration was in the wrong here, and that the cat can't go back in the bag.<br /><br />Enjoy the flop sweat, and good luck with your liberal wet dream legislative agenda. I'm sure that will be flying through congress imminently.<br /><br />About as imminently as the Walker indictment, ha ha.President-Mom-Jeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02787201862556497671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26217758515781933412013-05-18T11:47:28.819-05:002013-05-18T11:47:28.819-05:00That's a great comment, jr!That's a great comment, jr!Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33303284019854214002013-05-18T11:41:07.198-05:002013-05-18T11:41:07.198-05:00Rhythm and balls wrote:
So the Republicans have no...Rhythm and balls wrote:<br />So the Republicans have no political ambitions to be gained by using this against the presumptive 2016 Democratic nominee? Seriously?<br /><br />You guys are more naive than you think. <b>Don't even have a clue as to what your own side is up to. </b><br /><br> Er, responding to what YOUR side is up to? <br />jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250384040393259866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73803867664157168532013-05-18T11:38:28.926-05:002013-05-18T11:38:28.926-05:00NYT is disgusting. Always damage control for their...NYT is disgusting. Always damage control for their master.<br /><br> NYT is Gollum and the Ring is Obama, or rather the lefty agenda. And they will do ANYTHING to keep their precious. <br />Gollum.jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250384040393259866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89890298955582970572013-05-18T11:36:25.839-05:002013-05-18T11:36:25.839-05:00Lol. That's a good point, Roger!Lol. That's a good point, Roger!Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4750211844519528132013-05-18T11:35:02.581-05:002013-05-18T11:35:02.581-05:00They knew before the election. But we only know af...They knew before the election. But we only know after the election. I'm sure that was just a coincidence. or a koinkydink as I like to call it. <br />No collusion between the media and Obama whatsoever. No targeting of right wing groups whatsoever.<br /><br />Wow, for the most transparent admiinstration EVER, this administration is starting to sound worse than Nixon's.<br />jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250384040393259866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4790589006572881552013-05-18T11:33:27.099-05:002013-05-18T11:33:27.099-05:00Live on the edge Ritmo (or r and B)--respond to wh...Live on the edge Ritmo (or r and B)--respond to what you want to and let the chips fall where they may--The Althouse blog policy is rather like the IRS's decision criteria for non profits :) We will make it up as we go.Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77849079044398828892013-05-18T11:22:40.575-05:002013-05-18T11:22:40.575-05:00Achilles, that's a great comment.
I'd li...Achilles, that's a great comment. <br /><br />I'd like to respond to it, but am not yet sure if it's ok (as per the blog administrators) for me to respond to actual comments themselves. <br /><br />So unless what you said was related to the post itself, I guess I'll have to let what you just uploaded go without any comment, criticism or perspective whatsoever. <br /><br />Enjoy. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64959982550481598182013-05-18T11:21:11.578-05:002013-05-18T11:21:11.578-05:00So, as a point of clarification from Blogland...: ...So, as a point of clarification from Blogland...: Responses to the post itself are ok, as long as responses to those comments are not? <br /><br />Just seeking some clarification here. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88226093844788526302013-05-18T11:20:50.363-05:002013-05-18T11:20:50.363-05:00Garage has the decency to realize Obama is a tyran...Garage has the decency to realize Obama is a tyrant and this is a bad thing. He claims the republicans are worse somehow but at least he decries government tyranny.<br /><br />Ritmo may realize Obama is a tyrant, but he thinks it is a good thing when the government punishes his enemies and cheers it on.Achilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109507896997459818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69476640367244484452013-05-18T11:20:35.190-05:002013-05-18T11:20:35.190-05:00Garage has the decency to realize Obama is a tyran...Garage has the decency to realize Obama is a tyrant and this is a bad thing. He claims the republicans are worse somehow but at least he decries government tyranny.<br /><br />Ritmo may realize Obama is a tyrant, but he thinks it is a good thing when the government punishes his enemies and cheers it on.Achilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109507896997459818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13867272557370455732013-05-18T11:18:09.193-05:002013-05-18T11:18:09.193-05:00From the Modern Leftist point of view, that of the...From the Modern Leftist point of view, that of the <i>Times</i> of course, there are two classes of politicians:<br /><br />(1) statesmen, who, being human, may make the occasional mistake and need correction.<br /><br />(2) Republicans.<br /><br />The latter exist solely to chivvy the former into line when necessary, the way lions cull the zebra herd of weaklings.<br /><br />So I think it's actually less about defending Democrats here as warning them -- hey! you could be eaten by The Enemy! Sharpen up!<br /><br />They don't really think in terms of Democrats (= natural rulers) needing defense, so much as they need explanation (when what they do bemused the simple homespun folk who put them in office), and warning (when Republicans have an actual point).<br /><br />It's true they fear the advent of Republican government, but from their point of view that's an oxymoron: there is no Republican <i>government</i>, there is just this occasional mini-Dark Ages of anarchy and rule by criminal thuggery that intervenes when government (= Democrats) loses its way for a while.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138276375040381842noreply@blogger.com