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Thomas Paine May 20, 2013 at 01:13 pm
Curl at the Washington Examiner sees much mischief in how these three scandals came to be disclosed…Read More and says that Benghazi is the only one that matters, particularly given the Administration's desire to have everyone believe the opposite.
Quoting Curl:
>> http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/19/benghazi-is-the-only-scandal-that-matters/ .............................................................................<<
"While both “scandals” [IRS & AP] are all over but the shouting, the shouting will consume the summer. Into the dog days with both scandals we go. Meanwhile, the president is steadfastly moving on his agenda on guns, amnesty, Obamacare — and far away from Benghazi, dismissed as a political witch hunt.
>> Need proof? Last week, Mr. Obama took two questions from the press corps — one on the IRS mess, the other on the phone scandal. Success — Benghazi is gone, forgotten.
Meanwhile, no one even knows where the president was the night a U.S. ambassador was murdered, or why the U.S. military sent no help. No one knows who inserted into official talking points a false story that an anti-Islam video led to the massacre. And no one seems to care — least of all the White House.
>> “I don’t remember what room the president was in on that night, and that’s a largely irrelevant fact,” top Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday.
>> Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton angrily spat: “What difference, at this point, does it make?”
And the president last week said simply: “There’s no there there.”
>> But be warned, White House: Bob Woodward, who knows a thing or two about scandals and cover-ups, isn’t falling for the double head fake.
>> “If you read through all these emails,” the Watergate reporter said, “you see that everyone in the government is saying, ‘Oh, let’s not tell the public that terrorists were involved, people connected to al Qaeda. Let’s not tell the public that there were warnings.’ I have to go back 40 years to Watergate when Nixon put out his edited transcripts to the conversations, and he personally went through them and said, ‘Oh, let’s not tell this, let’s not show this.’”
>> “I would not dismiss Benghazi.”
>> Too bad, Bob. Washington’s press corps already has."
I am using >> to delineate paragraphs in the original since the new Patch format is lame in that regard.
Frederick Klein May 20, 2013 at 10:12 am
I agree with Chuck's comments about the barriers (unless there's a safety reason of which we are not…Read More aware), but otherwise I thought the commute went smoothly this morning. I only had to wait a few minutes for a shuttle to Westport and then was on my way.
Chuck E. Arla May 20, 2013 at 08:59 am
Can somebody tell me what purpose was served by MetroNorth (or Fairfield) PD putting barriers on…Read More both stairs on the Fairfield station (Unqowa Rd) overpass? All this does is force commuters to walk all the way around the station to access the buses. Makes no sense. Put yellow tape to block access to the platform itself but NOT the stairways into/out of the station.
Publius Redux May 20, 2013 at 01:02 pm
@TP: You even have to ask? He started with "elmer davis" and then switched to "DB…Read More Cooper" with that particular profile. There's a whole list of his antics. Tedious and oh so predictable. http://wilton.patch.com/users/elmer-davisb5039eaa64ece7fc8d6612f8e469d4cbd1e59369221236f11e86f9a8b4ba5fe9
Thomas Paine May 20, 2013 at 12:50 pm
let me guess, DB Cooper's coomment was another from the sock puppet brigade?
Thomas Paine May 19, 2013 at 02:56 pm
>> The lawsuit involves House Bill 1224 (a sweeping ban on magazines, including small…Read More magazines) and House Bill 1229 (an unworkable system of background checks for temporary transfers of firearms, and for private sales). The Complaint alleges violations of the Second Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment (vagueness), and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. IMO, this could provide a model for future challenges in Connecticut to 1160.
>> And it is not just the sheriffs action as plaintiff.s Joining the LEOs are the Colorado Farm Bureau, disabled persons, Outdoor Buddies (an organization that helps disabled persons participate in outdoor sports), the Colorado Outfitters Association (the trade association for hunting guides), the National Shooting Sports Foundation (the trade association for the firearms industry), magazine manufacturer Magpul, federally-licensed firearms dealers, the state’s largest shooting range, the Colorado State Shooting Association (governing body for the shooting sports in Colorado), and Women for Concealed Carry.
>> The 38-minute press conference can be found here:
http://youtu.be/49F1uWp7kMo
Sandra May 19, 2013 at 09:48 pm
Anonymous Cincinnati IRS employee says "everything comes from the TOP"
“We’re…Read More not political,’’ said one determinations staffer in khakis as he left work late Tuesday afternoon. “We people on the local level are doing what we are supposed to do. . . . That’s why there are so many people here who are flustered. Everything comes from the top. We don’t have any authority to make those decisions without someone signing off on them. There has to be a directive.”
More lies told to the American people about some "rogue" employees now disciplined.
Reverend Barbara Sexton May 19, 2013 at 06:41 pm
Publius Redux: What I 'figure' is that the progressive liberal church (of Connecticut, especially)…Read More is mainly concerned about satisfying the urges of their stomachs and genitals. All else-- nah. And this is not to mention the 'inclusive and non-gender-specific-language' which, essentially, 'neuters' Christ and God the Father. Hello... BUT... Please don't utilize any veiled or non-veiled, condescending anti-female rhetoric with me here, for I am fully anchored in the tradition of the women (Mother Mary and the other Mary and Martha, etc.) who stayed with Christ when the men fled...My stance is neither 'easy' nor 'popular', but I will testify that it is definitely powerful. Thanks, Publius, for engaging in civilized conversation. Just don't count me a fool. Barb
Reverend Barbara Sexton May 19, 2013 at 06:28 pm
Per mosques being 'questioned' and harassed as Christian churches are, the answer is 'NO, they are…Read More NOT'. And please don't forget that in liberal Connecticut, it was popular in the 'very recent past' to plead the case for 'Islamophobia'. Good-intentioned Americans in both the religious and non-religious communities are being taken for a ride by those with evil intentions. Don't believe it? Just wait and observe.
leslie dean interiors May 17, 2013 at 02:47 pm
I love them too Leslie. They have such an intimate feel to them. The walls make it seem much more…Read More like a true outdoor room!
Leslie Yager (Editor) May 17, 2013 at 01:09 pm
After living in England, I love walled gardens - especially the circular patio with the high…Read More trellised walls.
ahblid May 20, 2013 at 01:06 pm
Porter,
I'm not off by a few years at all. Notice that the article stated "The amount of…Read More federal fuel tax allocated to highway purposes has not increased since 1997". It didn't say that the fuel tax had gone up! The last increase to the fuel tax was 1993. However, back in 1990 when President George H W Bush increased the fuel tax, he sent 2.5 cents of the increase back to the original purpose of the Federal fuel tax, paying down our national debt. In 1993 when President Bill Clinton increased the tax again, he added another 2.5 cents for paying down our debt. ------------ In 1997, Congress redirected that nickle back into the Highway Trust Fund. -------- Next, those studies include both Federal & State spending & fuel taxes. The Fed only spends about $50 Billion per year on highways. The other $150 Billion is the State spending. ---------- As for some of the money going to public transportation, had you read the article fully, you would have noticed that adding back in those funds would still only get us drivers to 65%, from the 51% reported for 2007. So we drivers are still getting a subsidy no matter how you want to slice it. And seeing as how the entire Federal fuel tax was originally diverted from its primary purpose of paying down on our debt in 1956 to the highways, crying about diversions of money that was already diverted in the first place doesn't wash. ----------- Finally, enough with the unions. It changes nothing towards the original point that I was making to Godbully so many posts ago, that both train riders and drivers get subsidies. And it's not an argument, it's a fact. I didn't say that unions continue today because employers take advantage, even though it is true that they would do so in a heart beat, I said and I quote: "Unions exist today only because employers used to take advantage of employees." Please note the key words "only" and "used to".
Reverend Barbara Sexton May 19, 2013 at 06:57 pm
So... everything 'copacetic' here re: trolls? I'm hopeful, but I'm ever vigilant and 'need' your…Read More input if we are to be 'allowed' to engage in civilized discourse. Let me know how it goes. Barb
Publius Redux May 17, 2013 at 08:28 pm
NOTE: Image used is from here: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/memorial-day-flags-in-2004.htm
Publius Redux May 17, 2013 at 08:23 am
@John Loeser: Here's my offering- Impeach him and have his incompetent cabinet members pack their…Read More bags as well. The Hope and Change Hype has failed, and now you are all seeing the real president you wanted. An empty suit. A community organizer who is a token Democrat. More interested in playing golf than doing what you elected him to do. His hatred of the right is being revealed, and his unfortunate inability to actually be a president is being broadcast. We are not a democracy, John. You Democrats have never been able to understand that. I blame your failed public education system. Thanks for stopping by. Your next comments will be your tell.
Phillip Maim May 16, 2013 at 07:28 pm
While I agree with the points you make about Obama, I don't appreciate the 'delicious' comments…Read More about folks who voted for him.
The facts speak loud enough to make your point...
Washington Post: 4+ Pinocchios for IRS’s Lois Lerner
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