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#55401: May 30th 2013 at 8:46:36 AM

In theory, the IRS demanded records that they did not strictly require to do their job of reviewing the groups for compliance with the tax code. In practice, I haven't seen anything to suggest any actual wrongdoing.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#55402: May 30th 2013 at 9:20:30 AM

Yeah, if anything the controversy on the IRS side should be "they went too far in their investigations" not "they investigated companies with political sounding names." Especially because these companies were applying for a non-tax status that specifically precludes them from being political.

Or the controversy could be that they let these companies succeed when it seems, from an observer's standpoint, that the companies are extremely/primarily political.

Ether way, the current focus is off target.

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
AnSTH Lawful Evil Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#55403: May 30th 2013 at 9:25:13 AM

[up] Which is the point, distracting people and getting them riled up over nonexistent problems to influence their voting habits.

But that's a story for another time.
Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#55405: May 30th 2013 at 10:56:54 AM

Why would they not go to the "off the record" interviews? Sure, they would not be able to use information obtained there, but it could point to other sources that are willing to talk "on the record". Or to other bits of information in the Public Domain that have not been brought up yet.

Sure, an "on the record" interview would be more newsworthy, but I don't see why an "off the record" interview is a bad thing.

(And its probably possible that he can discuss the situation in more detail and convince the reporters that those records were taken for legitimate reasons if it is off the record. Especially if there is an ongoing investigation that the DOJ does not want any confirmation of at this time.)

edited 30th May '13 10:57:01 AM by Belian

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#55406: May 30th 2013 at 10:58:33 AM

I've already said how unreliable polls are. Also, the TSA is getting rid of those X-ray scanners that u walk thru? Or just modding them somehow?

lordnyx Since: Aug, 2009
#55407: May 30th 2013 at 11:06:44 AM

"machines would only take generic images of the human body, and that all scanners were now equipped with Automated Target Recognition (ATR) as of this month."

So mods.

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#55409: May 30th 2013 at 11:10:09 AM

@ Xopher: Thing is, can an entirely reliable poll ever be made?

Some people aren't sure, or change their mind afterwards, or lie to the pollster, or cannot or do not want to take part in the Poll. And after all, are you likely to interview all the members of a population at the same time, before the results become irreverent? Polls usually come with a margin of error for a reason.

edited 30th May '13 11:10:43 AM by Greenmantle

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DrTentacles Cephalopod Lothario from Land of the Deep Ones Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Cephalopod Lothario
#55410: May 30th 2013 at 11:10:46 AM

...Anyone up for quoting Ezekiel 25:17 back at him?

Or pointing out the fact that Jesus was a socialist?

edited 30th May '13 11:12:19 AM by DrTentacles

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#55411: May 30th 2013 at 11:17:36 AM

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because taking quotes about times when people literally could die from not enough workers farming fields completely out of context and applying them to modern day america makes total sense.

lordnyx Since: Aug, 2009
#55412: May 30th 2013 at 11:18:21 AM

Personally I think Mathhew 7:3(the one about specks in your brother's eye and a plank in your own) would work better since he and his family took so much from government cotton subs.

AnSTH Lawful Evil Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#55413: May 30th 2013 at 11:18:28 AM

There's a reason our government is secular.

And I'll leave it at that.

EDIT: No wait, one more thing. Who was it that said "The devil can quote scripture?"

edited 30th May '13 11:24:55 AM by AnSTH

But that's a story for another time.
Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#55414: May 30th 2013 at 11:20:53 AM

@Drunk Girlfriend's post: As a person, I am disgusted. As a Christian, I am appalled. Besides, in my experience, most people I've known who've been on foodstamps weren't "unwilling to work", they were either unable to work or were working but still not making enough to feed their families.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#55415: May 30th 2013 at 11:22:48 AM

[up]

But conservative doctrine is that "anyone who dares accept welfare instead of toughing it like a real man until he gets back on his feet is a lazy slacker who could find a job if he tried harder"

Grante,d, then theyll go excoriate Obama for the Jobs market with zero sense of irony.

lordnyx Since: Aug, 2009
#55416: May 30th 2013 at 11:26:42 AM

Who was it that said "The devil can quote scripture?"
Antonio in "The Merchant of Venice", written by William Shakespeare.

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#55417: May 30th 2013 at 11:53:58 AM

What does 'generic ' mean?thats an awfully generic descriptor

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#55418: May 30th 2013 at 12:25:33 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhJ7NmU6lJI

I can't tell if this is satire for or against Obama? I can't tell

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#55420: May 30th 2013 at 3:32:04 PM

Oh boy, more gun control controversy...

tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#55421: May 30th 2013 at 3:38:55 PM

Never mind

edited 30th May '13 3:41:18 PM by tricksterson

Trump delenda est
AnSTH Lawful Evil Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#55423: May 30th 2013 at 4:28:27 PM

[up] I certainly think it is.

But that's a story for another time.
Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#55424: May 30th 2013 at 4:46:50 PM

Wow. Like, he's not just cherrypicking the Bible. He's not even just cherrypicking the Bible to say the exact opposite of what it was saying in the first place. He's cherrypicking the Bible to say the exact opposite of what it said in order to support an idea that was so abhorrent that Jesus specifically told people to go to hell over it.

AnSTH Lawful Evil Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#55425: May 30th 2013 at 6:59:03 PM

And when Jesus, the son of God who allowed himself to be killed for your sins in your place, tells you to go to hell, you have FUCKED UP.

But that's a story for another time.

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