Tuesday, June 24, 2014

REMINDER: IRS COMMISSIONER KOSKINEN IS MAJOR DEMOCRAT DONOR



IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is in the spotlight as he is set to further testify to Congress regarding the IRS targeting of conservative groups. It is important to remember that Koskinen has shelled out nearly $100,000 to Democratic candidates and groups.

Koskinen has been contributing to Democrats for four decades, starting with a $1000 contribution to Democratic candidate for Colorado Senate candidate Gary Hart in 1979.
Koskinen has been a reliable donor over the years, contributing a total of $19,000 to the Democratic National Committee from 1988 to 2008. He has made a contribution to the Democratic candidate for president in each election since 1980, including $2,300 to Obama in 2008, and $5000 to Obama in 2012.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has received $3,000 from Koskinen since 2008, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee received $2,000 from 2004 to 2006.
Hillary Clinton has received $3,800 for her various political campaigns from Koskinen.
Koskinen’s most recent contribution was $2,500 to Sen. Mark Warner (D., Va.) in February of 2013.
Koskinen was appointed IRS commissioner later that year, and was tasked with revamping the tax agency in the wake of criticism that it was allowing partisanship dictate which groups applying for tax-exempt status would receive extra scrutiny.
“John is an expert at turning around institutions in need of reform,” Obama said in the statement announcing Koskinen’s appointment. “With decades of experience, in both the private and public sectors, John knows how to lead in difficult times, whether that means ensuring new management or implementing new checks and balances.”
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah) said at the time that he was “more than a little mystified” at the partisan appointment in a time that the agency was under fire for just that.
At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing last week, Koskinen was berated by Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) over his claim that IRS email records have been permanently lost.
“I’m sitting here, listening to this testimony, I don’t believe it,” Ryan told Koskinen. “That’s your problem. Nobody believes you.”
Koskinen will face congressional hearings again this week. He will testify Monday evening for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and then face the same committee for a follow-up hearing on Tuesday.



Koskinen was president of the U.S. Soccer Foundation from 2004 to 2008, before he was appointed the non-executive chairman of Freddie Mac, where he served from 2008 to 2012.





Monday, June 23, 2014

A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN


Only share this  with friends with a sense of humour...not humor

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up ‘revocation’ in the Oxford English Dictionary.)



Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except North Dakota, which she does not fancy).
Your new Prime Minister, David Cameron, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections.
Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:


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1. The letter ‘U’ will be reinstated in words such as ‘colour,’ ‘favour,’ ‘labour’ and ‘neighbour.’ Likewise, you will learn to spell ‘doughnut’ without skipping half the letters, and the suffix ‘-ize’ will be replaced by the suffix ‘-ise.’ Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up ‘vocabulary’).
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2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as ”like’ and ‘you know’ is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter ‘u” and the elimination of ‘-ize.’
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3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
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4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you’re not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can’t sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you’re not ready to shoot grouse.
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5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

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6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.
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7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it.
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8. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
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9. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth – see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat’s Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.
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10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialect in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one’s ears removed with a cheese grater.
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11. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies).
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12. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.
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13.. You must tell us who killed JFK. It’s been driving us mad.
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14. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty’s Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).
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15. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.
God Save the Queen!


H/T to Madd Medic and Michael Yon

Gowdy's Dream

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Rogue Mexican Army Troops Invading the U S




RIO GRANDE VALLEY - Border patrol agents say gang members are crossing our border illegally, turning themselves in and getting the green light into our country.
They are unaccompanied minors.
If they don't have a criminal record inside the U.S., then they are processed as any other juvenile.
It doesn't matter if they have tattoos or even admit they are gang members.
Not everyone wants a better life.
Border patrol agents say some teens crossing the border are hoping to grow their gang roots.
"They are confirmed either by tattoos or by self admission. But since they have no criminal record in the United States, and they happen to be minors, they're reunited with their family in the U.S.," said Border Patrol Union Representative, Chris Cabrera.
CHANNEL 5 NEWS reporter Erica Proffer asked Cabrera, "Does it concern you? Cabrera replied, "Yes, it does concern me because we have issues like that already in the United States. The last thing we want to do is start importing gang members."
CHANNEL 5 NEWS asked for the number of gang members crossing the border and getting released.
"We've seen a few. Not too many, but we've seen a few in the Rio Grande Valley," said Cabrera.
It's not up to the border patrol agents to ask questions.
"It all boils down to the same thing: there is violence in their home country. a lot of them claim that they will be killed if they go back," said Cabrera.
Violence back home is a story told too often. It is hard to separate who's telling the truth.
"You ask them their name and where they're from, they say that there is violence in my home country and they'll kill me if you return me," said Cabrera. "I do believe there is violence in their home country, but I also believe that a lot of them have been coached."
We're getting the inside look at what agents really see in the masses. They say they are overwhelmed and morale is low.
"We all know that if you arrest and release, then the arrest is meaningless," said Cabrera. Cabrera says some of his men are already looking for other jobs.
They do not agree with letting would-be criminals loose. Cabrera says the amount of juveniles with known gang ties is low.
Most the unaccompanied minors show no signs of a criminal past.
More at KRGV.com

H/T to Regis Giles

10cc - Reds In My Bed

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Tsarnaev Lawyers Seek DC Show Trial


OF COURSE THEY WOULD! WITH OBAMA FREEING TERRORISTS WORLDWIDE AND WITH THE NEW BENGHAZI TERROR SHOW TRIAL PENDING...WHERE ELSE TO SEEK ISLAMIC SHARIA JUSTICE? THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAS INFILTRATED DHS, DOJ, AND THE COURTS. OBAMA'S REGIME IS PACKED WITH MUSLIM SYMPATHIZERS OR WORSE. THIS IS GOING TO TURN INTO ANOTHER ONE OF LIL' BARRY'S JOKES ON US. HOLDER WILL MAKE SURE OF IT!

  

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked Wednesday to have his trial moved to Washington, D.C., saying Boston is too prejudiced.
The attorneys said in a motion that their preliminary survey of the attitudes of potential jurors in Boston, Springfield, New York City and Washington found Washington would be the most favorable location for a trial...FOX





Wednesday, June 18, 2014

I'll Be Busy All Day


I HAVE NO TIME FOR LONG DRAWN OUT POLITICAL RANTS TODAY.
AS SOON AS I FINISH UP MY WORK IN THE SHOP...





...I'LL BE HEADED OUT TO THE RANGE...


H/T to Madd Medic




SO DON'T COME A KNOCKIN'