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2014-02-06 -Land of the Free

New IRS chief apologizes to targeted conservative groups after House hearing

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Posted by Fred 2014-02-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 A drain on resources as a reason to not gully investigate this scandal and denial of 1st amendment rights? Yeah, right.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-02-06 00:27|| 2014-02-06 00:27|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-02-06 00:35|| 2014-02-06 00:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Apparently Koskinen didn't get the memo that there was no abuse of power here.

Posted by gorb 2014-02-06 00:59|| 2014-02-06 00:59|| Front Page Top

#4 ...but a lot of 5th Amendment claims.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-02-06 07:08|| 2014-02-06 07:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't apologize, fix the problem.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-02-06 08:01|| 2014-02-06 08:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Close barn door, horse long gone?

Posted by Pappy 2014-02-06 11:06|| 2014-02-06 11:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Apology not accepted. Your agency is still being run by the same people with the same rules.

Fuck you, Fuck you NSA and fuck the tyranny that is becoming the US Government.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-02-06 12:14|| 2014-02-06 12:14|| Front Page Top

#8 The apology is genuine, in the sense that they bothered to discriminate covertly in a clumsy and ham-handed way. Bad form and so amateurish. Now, the discrimination will be open and clear. Simply put, going forward, much tighter controls. But the existing super PACs will continue, and all those union contributions will be unchallenged. Since the conservatives came late to the game, they lose in relative numbers. And unions are a deeply protected class.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2014-02-06 12:29|| 2014-02-06 12:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Theyll warn that tyranny always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, and creative, and unique experiment in self-rule is somehow just a sham with which we cant be trusted.

Barry Barack Hussein Obama del Kansas del Hawaii del Harvard del Illinios del Chicago sur la luna.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-02-06 13:44|| 2014-02-06 13:44|| Front Page Top

#10 This 'apology' must be seen in the context of 'Codifying the Abuse'.

The Obama administration is just saying 'Nice Doggie!' while reaching for the big stick of making the abuse the new normal.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-02-06 16:45|| 2014-02-06 16:45|| Front Page Top

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