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Battle lines drawn in AmeriCorps IG scandal
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | July 3, 2009 | Byron York- Chief Political Correspondent

Posted on 07/03/2009 6:24:56 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

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To: counterpunch
LOL the mole won't stand out on his forehead as he has the mark of the beast there already.


21 posted on 07/03/2009 7:34:01 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
["...the White House is hinting that documents concerning its actions in the Walpin affair may be protected by executive privilege."]

Too bad Nixon never thought of that. Could have saved him...

22 posted on 07/03/2009 7:47:32 AM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government -- Thomas Payne)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Isn’t it some sort of a crime to lie to Congress?


23 posted on 07/03/2009 8:05:11 AM PDT by abclily
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To: AAABEST; NoObamaFightForConservatives
so he claims EP on a matter that has nothing whatsoever to do with the concept.

That should be our first clue that the WH is aware that this is serious. They are circling the wagons, even the little red flyers....Serious enough to IMPEACH?...... Perhaps.

24 posted on 07/03/2009 8:07:24 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

This criminal activity didn’t work for Nixon. Why do I get the feeling Hussein will make out a bit better?


25 posted on 07/03/2009 8:19:36 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: abclily

Isn’t it some sort of a crime to lie to Congress?

Only for republicans.


26 posted on 07/03/2009 8:23:34 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: AAABEST; NoObamaFightForConservatives
The secret to determining what the O administration is up to is how they react to issues. When they react to this

with a full air attack, they are trying desperately to protect something important.

27 posted on 07/03/2009 8:25:46 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

If the future is now, conglomorate man’s rise has happened faster than predicted. Tiger Woods, Obama, these guys are all composed of the new genetic soup taking pieces from all races. Obama is Chavez’s soulmate because they share a similar ancestry.


28 posted on 07/03/2009 8:32:46 AM PDT by kinghorse
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To: Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson

I kindly ask, How is this not news? Why was it moved from front page to bloggers? Just curious... as this is a big Obama scandal that the MSM are ignoring, why should FR?


29 posted on 07/03/2009 8:46:40 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives; Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson

Maybe we need a place for editorials, or well known political pundants as well as a place for the run of the mill bloggers.
Don’t always agree withhim but, York is one person whose judgment I admire and want to hear his opinion. Am glad he is now appearing on various panels etc on FOX


30 posted on 07/03/2009 8:54:17 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: counterpunch
Obama’s Hindu?

: > )

Oh BTW

Best. Morph. Ever.

31 posted on 07/03/2009 9:06:29 AM PDT by Syncro
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To: hoosiermama
This is back in the news. Thanks, admin mod and Jim.

I agree hoosiermama. We are in strange times. The MSM are truly not reporting the news so we find our news in editorials/bloggers. It is very sad saying this, a day before the fourth of July.

Maybe your idea would help get the headlines where they belong and not buried as the MSM talk about Sanford, (he should resign BTW) and Jackson all awhile adoring 0bama- 24/7.

God Bless all

32 posted on 07/03/2009 9:21:40 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

People in all 56 states should be outraged by this!


33 posted on 07/03/2009 9:29:24 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
The reason most of us come to FR is because we can get a slice of what the others are saying, thinking....AP/MSM are too entrenched in old habits. The cut and paste, quote news releases without checking if the contents are factual.

The democrats as a whole and Bo in particular have learned how to manipulate the news. In turn the MSM believes what they have been fed. The simply reprint talking points issued to them, without thinking or questioning.

Either the GOP is not very good at the news-games or has refused to play. ie: Bush not defending himself....too trusting the the truth will come out on its own in time.

34 posted on 07/03/2009 9:36:54 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives; stephenjohnbanker; maggief; AuntB
HERE'S WHAT HE SAID Obama "said" in the FOIA memo (below), “The Government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears.” Obama added later that “In responding to requests under the FOIA, executive branch agencies (agencies) should act promptly and in a spirit of cooperation, recognizing that such agencies are servants of the public.”

HERE'S WHAT HE DID Freddie Mac records exempt from FOIA (Obama Admin Denies Request)
Sunlight Foundation | 03/26/2009 | Bill Allison
FR Posted 03/27/2009 by BuckeyeTexan

Journalists Bob Secter and Andrew Zajac of the Chicago Tribune report that, while researching what went at Freddie Mac during the period White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel served on the government sponsored enterprise’s board of directors, they were unable to get minutes of board meetings and other information.

The Obama administration rejected a Tribune request under the Freedom of Information Act to review Freddie Mac board minutes and correspondence during Emanuel’s time as a director. The documents, obtained by Falcon for his investigation, were “commercial information” exempt from disclosure, according to a lawyer for the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Freddie Mac executives cooked the books, mismanaged the firm, and ultimately drove it into the ground, costing taxpayers billions of dollars.

The “commercial information” exemption is reserved for private companies–Freddie Mac is by no means a private company anymore.

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BACKSTORY Rahm Emanuel was director when Freddie Mac board was tipped to fraudulent BONUS scheme "On (Rahm) Emanuel's watch, the board was told by executives of a plan to use accounting tricks to mislead shareholders about outsize profits the government-chartered firm was then reaping from risky investments.

The goal was to push earnings onto the books in future years, ensuring that Freddie Mac would appear profitable on paper for years to come and helping maximize annual bonuses for company brass. The accounting scandal wasn't the only one that brewed during Emanuel's tenure. During his brief time on the board, the company hatched a plan to enhance its political muscle.

That scheme, also reviewed by the board, led to a record $3.8 million fine from the Federal Election Commission for illegally using corporate resources to host fundraisers for politicians. Emanuel was the beneficiary of one of those parties after he left the board and ran in 2002 for a seat in Congress from the North Side of Chicago.

The board was throttled for its acquiescence to the accounting manipulation in a 2003 report by Armando Falcon Jr., head of a federal oversight agency for Freddie Mac. The scandal forced Freddie Mac to restate $5 billion in earnings and pay $585 million in fines and legal settlements.

It also foreshadowed even harder times at the firm. Many of those same risky investment practices tied to the accounting scandal eventually brought the firm to the brink of insolvency and led to its seizure last year by the Bush administration, which pledged to inject up to $100 billion in new capital to keep the firm afloat. The Obama administration has doubled that commitment."

SOURCE http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story

35 posted on 07/03/2009 9:40:05 AM PDT by Liz (When people fear govt, we have tyranny; when govt fears the people, we have freedom.)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
This is more of the nefarious doings of Rahm "Uriah Heep" Emanuel.

David Copperfield's ingratiating scoundrel fits Rahm to a tee. Uriah Heep was notorious for wielding undue influence, a manipulative bounder who was always planning and plotting, ingratiating himself into the confidence of others. Uriah Heep was obsequious, manipulative, and wormed his way into positions of influence. Uriah was a consummate con man, and not to be trusted.

Translated into the language of the popular culture, Uriah Heeps, like Rahm, position themselves as amenable to American qualities of compassion, but are insincere in these feelings; he uses important issues to advance his hidden agendas and political ambitions.

Like Uriah Heep, power-hungry Rahm feeds on others, and deploys self-serving strategies for his own self-absorbed purposes.

We conservatives are on to this, and are aware of Whom we serve and watch carefully to see if government promises made to us are empty.

We know this-----Rahm evinces an utter contempt for our culture and is obsessed with party politics. Watch him on TV---Rahm coyly speaks the language to appeal to American values, but he is not a true believer, he is a calculating conniver----a latter-day Uriah Heep.

36 posted on 07/03/2009 9:45:00 AM PDT by Liz (When people fear govt, we have tyranny; when govt fears the people, we have freedom.)
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To: Liz; ex-Texan

Ping!


37 posted on 07/03/2009 9:52:30 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: Liz

Thanks Liz. Great info on Rahm-E


38 posted on 07/03/2009 9:59:06 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: Liz

Obama simply can’t fool all of the people all of the time even if he has Soros and was prepped for this take-over of America.

Goos post, thanks.


39 posted on 07/03/2009 10:09:15 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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40 posted on 07/03/2009 10:19:23 AM PDT by pabianice
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