tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post7160219922989857765..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: John Avlon on the latest D.C. scandals or how to whitewash professionallyGideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-45918116599235799472013-06-12T10:10:07.559+03:002013-06-12T10:10:07.559+03:00I would dare say it's not that much different ...I would dare say it's not that much different here. My understanding is that IRS folks are produced somewhere in Alaska by the same means that grizzly bears are and then shipped all over the world.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-76343263175443558202013-06-12T00:09:46.450+03:002013-06-12T00:09:46.450+03:00Snoop, the problem for the former junior senator f...Snoop, the problem for the former junior senator from Illinois is that he could always hide behind nuance and complexity, as in Fast and Furious, Solyndra, and Jeremiah Wright were all too nuanced and complex for people to understand. We were just too dumb to get it. But there isn't a low information vegetable out there who doesn't understand that having the IRS audit you is one big f--ing deal, as Smiley Joe Biden would put it, and that getting the news that you're being audited is not calculated to improve your mood in any way, shape, or form. Americans may not like their government, Snoop, but in general they are not afraid of it. The exception to this rule is the Internal Revenue Service; everyone is afraid of them. When the IRS decides to give your balls a twist, there isn't much you can do about it except smile and hope they don't squeeze too hard.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-3017733915559595442013-06-11T09:55:14.172+03:002013-06-11T09:55:14.172+03:00Yep, so this is what I said: another one in a list...Yep, so this is what I said: another one in a list. And it gets longer as time goes.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-673294573537668932013-06-11T02:02:57.917+03:002013-06-11T02:02:57.917+03:00A lot more scary than the IRS is Attorney General ...A lot more scary than the IRS is Attorney General Holder and the Justice Dept.'s massive grabbing of the phone logs and other data of hundreds of AP reporters and their going after a Fox News reporter. Then there is the NSA looking through everyone's on line activity to see which ones might be suspicious.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-63424602439749198782013-06-09T22:15:23.258+03:002013-06-09T22:15:23.258+03:00Oh. I see. But IRS is only a tip of the mismanagem...Oh. I see. But IRS is only a tip of the mismanagement iceberg in this case, I think.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-84586513582426849422013-06-09T22:00:14.065+03:002013-06-09T22:00:14.065+03:00I suppose it's because the common knowledge is...I suppose it's because the common knowledge is that Nixon did it, too, though his biographers say he only tried to do it. They say the IRS refused to cooperate with him. They wouldn't do their thing for a Republican. If their corruption was bipartisan, it might be fixable. Since it isn't, only abolition of the whole shebang will work.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-34552111513055335252013-06-09T13:25:16.982+03:002013-06-09T13:25:16.982+03:00Yes, besides he chose IRS for the scandal value on...Yes, besides he chose IRS for the scandal value only, I guess.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-92003823180356005072013-06-09T10:39:55.454+03:002013-06-09T10:39:55.454+03:00Ah, yes, the court stenographers are always in a r...Ah, yes, the court stenographers are always in a rush to absolve Wormtongue of any guilt, even by association. But it's no accident the IRS thing went down under him. It's been well established that most of the federal bureaucracy votes Democrat and contributes to them. The IRS didn't delay the nonprofit applications of any liberal groups, after all.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com