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1. #1
   On January 14th, 2009 at 2:40 pm, smfoushee said:

   So does this mean Wesley Snipes can expect a get out of jail card for his “tax goof”?

2. #2
   On January 14th, 2009 at 2:40 pm, twofoot said:

   All the news that’s fit to print! Only the “news” we want the peons to hear about!

3. #3
   On January 14th, 2009 at 2:43 pm, JHSII said:

   It only applies to liberals. Conservatives need not apply.

4. #4
   On January 14th, 2009 at 2:44 pm, wighttrasch said:

   b-b-but what about Al Capone?! Another ‘Chicago Outfit’ dude caught for tax evasion!!

   Will they whitewash his past record?

5. #5
   On January 14th, 2009 at 2:49 pm, Socky said:

   Yeah, imagine if Sarah Palin hadn’t paid her taxes for three years.

6. #6
   On January 14th, 2009 at 2:53 pm, taylork said:

   Maybe this will mean that Geithner becomes the country’s biggest flat tax advocate? Who am I kidding?

7. #7
   On January 14th, 2009 at 2:54 pm, Socky said:

   Imagine if it was Joe the Plumber. Oh, wait, it was.

   When a working stiff who asked the Dear One a question owes $1000, he’s a tax cheat. When guy who is going to run the IRS and the Treasury skips out on his taxes for three years, it’s a goof.

8. #8
   On January 14th, 2009 at 2:56 pm, Baxter Greene said:

   I am going to take a quote from a reader
   at Instapundit:

   Joe the Plummer has $1000.00 in unpaid taxes and this supposed “tax cheat” is front page news.

   Charlie Rangel and Geithner(supposed financial and tax geniuses) can rip the system off for tens of thousands of dollars and it’s just “discrepancies”.

   “Yes we can!!!”

9. #9
   On January 14th, 2009 at 2:56 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

   Oh sure. This is expected.

   And if Terry Moron of ABC’s NightLine…. I mean Moran….. does a piece on this, he’ll do the same thing. He’ll call it a faux pas.. and so on.

   The Big Media is a joke and will hopefully soon be bankrupt.

10. #10
    On January 14th, 2009 at 2:57 pm, sonofdy said:

    He is a democrat, so its ok. Being a democrat means not having to obey the law.

11. #11
    On January 14th, 2009 at 2:59 pm, Ron said:

    If Joe Citizen were to “forget” to file his Social Security or self-employment taxes for several years running, it would not be written off as an “honest mistake” but tax dodging. They’re trying to play this like he’s the World’s Smartest Financial Genius, yet he “forgot” to file his taxes? And does he do his own taxes, being that well off? Just another Corrupt-o-Crat.

12. #12
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:02 pm, chapoutier said:

    Being a democrat means not having to obey the law.

    Really?

    SWEET! Then anyone mind if I light up my crack pipe in here while simultaneously popping a cap in our office manager?

13. #13
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:05 pm, sonofdy said:

    Really?

    SWEET! Then anyone mind if I light up my crack pipe in here while simultaneously popping a cap in our office manager?

    Sure, given the track record in washington, you can claim it was a mistake, blame it on bush, and be out of jail by lunch time.

14. #14
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    SWEET! Then anyone mind if I light up my crack pipe in here while simultaneously popping a cap in our office manager?

    Oh yeah – you’re bad. Did your Popeye tatoo wash off in the shower last night?

15. #15
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:06 pm, chapoutier said:

    Sure, given the track record in washington, you can claim it was a mistake, blame it on bush, and be out of jail by lunch time.

    Nice. But, being a liberal, I do not own a gun. Would anyone happen to have one I could borrow?

16. #16
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:07 pm, tarpon said:

    They just want their bailout. Can you blame the media for doing what they do?

17. #17
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:07 pm, chapoutier said:

    Excuse me while go I pop a cap into Aloha instead.

18. #18
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:09 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Excuse me while go I pop a cap into Aloha instead.

    ha-ha-ha…

    Excuse me while I go work on my tax discrepancies for 2008.

19. #19
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:10 pm, Kevin K. said:

    Chapoutier:

    SWEET! Then anyone mind if I light up my crack pipe in here while simultaneously popping a cap in our office manager?

    You’re not an important pontificator on TV (are you?), so no gun. In DC you’ll have to do something else to/with your office manager. Based on the former mayor, crack pipes are fine for the prominent.

20. #20
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:11 pm, bradley said:

    Taxes? I don’t have to pay no steenkin taxes! (Tim Geithner, Obama’s Treasury secretary nominee)

21. #21
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:11 pm, Baxter Greene said:

    This quote in the article shows just how in the tank this “journalist/liberal activists”is for their Messiah:

    But newly released information about the tax goofs by Geithner, regarded as a brilliant financial markets specialist well-positioned to deal with the nation’s considerable economic problems, could complicate the process.

    “brilliant financial markets specialist”

    They are joking with this load of crap right?

    Look at where Mr.brilliant played a role in the financial mess that encompasses this nation right now:

    Where Was Geithner in Turmoil?

    By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/business/25sorkin.html?_r=1&dbk

    President-elect Barack Obama unveiled on Monday an economic team with deep experience handling economic crises. But does the man at the center of this star-studded cast, Timothy F. Geithner, the nominee for Treasury secretary, have what is needed to take the nation in a new financial direction?

    But Mr. Geithner’s involvement in several ultimately ill-fated efforts to buttress the American financial system is the very reason some Wall Street C.E.O.’s — a number of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of piquing the man who regulates them — question whether he’s up to the challenge.
    “We have only two things to say about Tim Geithner, who we do not know: A.I.G. and Lehman Brothers,” said Christopher Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics. “Throw in the Bear Stearns/Maiden Lane fiasco for good measure,” he said.
    “All of these ‘rescues’ are a disaster for the taxpayer, for the financial markets and also for the Federal Reserve System as an organization. Geithner, in our view, deserves retirement, not promotion.”
    Ouch.
    “He was in the room at every turn of the crisis,” said another executive who participated in several such confidential meetings with Mr. Geithner. “You can look at that both ways.”

    It is bad enough we have to see Barney”there is no problem with Fannie/Freddie”Frank everytime we turn on the TV to here who is getting bailed -out next,but is the press so far gone that these people are now “brilliant financial” minds.

    Give me a freaking break.

22. #22
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:12 pm, Kevin K. said:

    chapoutier (#15)

    But, being a liberal, I do not own a gun. Would anyone happen to have one I could borrow?

    No, but we can go to a shooting range and exercise our 2nd Amendment rights in Virginia. My treat.

23. #23
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:13 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Of course, it is Wednesday. The MSM always covers for Leftist on days that end in day.

    If SpongBob SquarePants really is the new managing editor of the AP you will see an improvement.

24. #24
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:13 pm, sonofdy said:

    Nice. But, being a liberal, I do not own a gun. Would anyone happen to have one I could borrow?

    Same place you got the crack.

25. #25
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:20 pm, wighttrasch said:

    I happen to have two, chap. You can ‘borrow’ neither one.

    But I’ll sell you my shotgun for $800.

26. #26
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:23 pm, mchristian said:

    chapoutier said: SWEET! Then anyone mind if I light up my crack pipe in here while simultaneously popping a cap in our office manager?

    My goodness, you poor fellow. You have been victimized by our racist, sexist, Christianist society. Need a bailout or just bail?

27. #27
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:26 pm, sonofdy said:

    Chap, you don’t mind that the gun will already have a few “bodies” on it right?

28. #28
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:31 pm, chapoutier said:

    Chap, you don’t mind that the gun will already have a few “bodies” on it right?

    Not if you don’t mind that the ballistics report in the investigation of Aloha’s untimely passing will be tied to a gun registered to you.

    The gun is registered, of course. Right?

29. #29
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:31 pm, DBNinKY said:

    Bizzyblog:
    

    He paid some of the taxes in 2006, after an IRS audit discovered the discrepancy for taxes paid in 2003 and 2004. But it wasn’t until much later – days before Obama tapped him to head Treasury late last year – that Geithner paid back most of the taxes, incurred in 2001 and 2002. He did so after Obama’s transition team found that Geithner had made the same tax mistake his first two years at the IMF as the one the IRS found he made during his last two years there.

    How ’bout it, N.O.W? Is this or is this not sexism? Baird, Wood, Chavez and other females lost out for a lot less – yet MISTER Geithner’s still in the running!

30. #30
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, swmntman said:

    Chap said: SWEET! Then anyone mind if I light up my crack pipe in here …

    Actually, based on your views, we all kind of assumed it was already lit. heh – heh (couldn’t resist).

31. #31
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, Hangfire said:

    On January 14th, 2009 at 2:56 pm, NJ-Aviator said:
    The Big Media is a joke and will hopefully soon be bankrupt.

    The Big Media has a Bailout Package called the Fairness Doctrine.

32. #32
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:33 pm, CJ said:

    Four years, Socky. Not 3. He paid his 2003 and 2004 taxes in 2006 (after the IRS caught him). He paid his 2001 and 2002 taxes a month or so ago (after Obama picked him to head Treasury). He’s either a cheat or an incompetent, and either should disqualify him for high office.

    But kudos to Obama. He hasn’t throw Geithner under the bus (yet). Who knew the PEOTUS had it in him?

33. #33
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:35 pm, chapoutier said:

    He’s either a cheat or an incompetent, and either should disqualify him for high office.

    Maybe neither. Many people consider the tax return simply the first round of negotiations.

34. #34
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:36 pm, sonofdy said:

    Not if you don’t mind that the ballistics report in the investigation of Aloha’s untimely passing will be tied to a gun registered to you.

    The gun is registered, of course. Right?

    Not my problem, you are getting it from the crack dealer remember???? Besides you are a democrat, so no big deal.

35. #35
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:37 pm, ClearlyNow said:

    The hilarious common theme of the talking heads this morning was “common mistake,” suggesting that the common playground justification that “everyone else is doing it” is now totally legit. This must be the change they were so excited about…

36. #36
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:38 pm, sonofdy said:

    Maybe neither. Many people consider the tax return simply the first round of negotiations.

    Alot of them end up in jail or with huge fines*

    *Does not apply to democrats.

37. #37
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:40 pm, chapoutier said:

    Alot of them end up in jail or with huge fines*

    Not if their lawyer is any good.

38. #38
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:41 pm, sonofdy said:

    Not if their lawyer is any good.

    Yeah, that makes it all better

39. #39
    On January 14th, 2009 at 3:51 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary obviously does not know the basics of his obligation as a contractor. He does not know the difference between gross and net pay. He ignored the tax information he received at the end of each year. This is the only person in the country that is capable of understanding TARP?
    Forget wrong doing. The man is a flaming incompetent.

    This MSM coverup sounds like “no need to discuss it, because there is a consensus on global warming” and “if we do not approve the 700 billion now the economy will collapse.” Only lemmings believe this junk.

40. #40
    On January 14th, 2009 at 4:00 pm, Vic said:

    So, can we call this guy a traitor, since, to quote Joe Biden, “It’s patriotic to pay taxes”?

41. #41
    On January 14th, 2009 at 4:02 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    Lawyers don’t file tax returns. Well, most don’t. Even they know that filing is voluntary. And…if you make a mistake in the computations, it’s perjury. That’s why they don’t file.

    They fill out a 1040, figure out what they owe, and have their own lawyer send in their check to the IRS. They never send in the 1040. If they get charged with “Willful failure to file” their lawyer just produces the check saying that their client paid his taxes. The gov’t lets it drop because the taxes are paid and there’s no way they’ll get a conviction.

    I know this because my brother is a lawyer and he ran into this all the time.

42. #42
    On January 14th, 2009 at 4:05 pm, feebiebabe said:

    Membership in the Obama Brotherhood has its privileges.

    whereas “Joe the Plumber’s” dont….

43. #43
    On January 14th, 2009 at 4:08 pm, max said:

    On January 14th, 2009 at 2:54 pm, Socky said:
    Imagine if it was Joe the Plumber. Oh, wait, it was.

    When a working stiff who asked the Dear One a question owes $1000, he’s a tax cheat. When guy who is going to run the IRS and the Treasury skips out on his taxes for three years, it’s a goof.

    We have a winner! MM, i smell a great column opener here… nice one Socky!

44. #44
    On January 14th, 2009 at 4:37 pm, nail49 said:

    The gun is registered, of course. Right?

    Ol’ Chap: Guns are not required to be registered where I live and I doubt if all the “good ol’ boys” (to include yours truly) would register them in the first place.

    That way, when the Dems try to find out who has them so they can take them away, you won’t know where to start!

    We won’t allow ANY party to trample on our 2nd Amendment right!

45. #45
    On January 14th, 2009 at 4:38 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    I cant even ascertain my slaves… ahem, domestic help’s citizenship status. How am I supposed to track if I am supposed to pay their individual social security and employment taxes also? Much less for my own tax filings…

    Deregulation for the slave industry is the answer! Only then we can become more globally competitive.

    Put who you want in the White House, but you racists cant keep ‘The Man’ down forever!

46. #46
    On January 14th, 2009 at 4:41 pm, JHSII said:

    Even when “The Man” is someone like Hillary?

47. #47
    On January 14th, 2009 at 5:00 pm, txvet2 said:

    Even without considering the legal ramifications, I have a big problem with putting a guy who can’t figure out his own taxes in charge of the Treasury.

48. #48
    On January 14th, 2009 at 5:02 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    AP stands for Apparently Pathetic.

49. #49
    On January 14th, 2009 at 5:29 pm, Yashmak said:

    I guess Powerline is ‘whitewashing’ for the guy too.

    http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/01/022552.php

    Like John at Powerline, I’m more interested in his role as head of New York Fed in the current financial crisis and the ensuing bailouts.

50. #50
    On January 14th, 2009 at 5:40 pm, FamilyMan said:

    One more reason for me to post the link to the “Fair Tax”.
    http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer

51. #51
    On January 14th, 2009 at 6:03 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Not if you don’t mind that the ballistics report in the investigation of Aloha’s untimely passing will be tied to a gun registered to you.

    Just loan me the gun – I’ll shoot myself in the leg and be playing for either the Giants or Cowboys in no time.

52. #52
    On January 14th, 2009 at 6:41 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    …I have a big problem with putting a guy who can’t figure out his own taxes in charge of the Treasury.

    You mean similar to when the 9-11 commission was seated and Jamie Gorelick was a commissioner asking questions rather than a witness answering them?

    Yeah, only now we have Geithner answering the tough, incisive, in-depth, softball questions from the “it’s Boooosh’s fault” liberals.

53. #53
    On January 14th, 2009 at 6:44 pm, Kevin K. said:

    Chapoutier said (#28)

    The gun is registered, of course. Right?

    Why would I live in a state that required that?!

    The Second Amendment is all the authorization that I need.

54. #54
    On January 14th, 2009 at 7:11 pm, mad_cow said:

    It turns out that Brett Blackledge’s Tuesday evening report was relatively hard-hitting in comparison to Julie Hirschfeld Davis’s rendition early this morning (stored here, because her original 3:33 a.m. report has since been updated).

    Davis’s assignment appears to have been to shorten and update Blackledge’s original writeup. (A side-by-side comparison of Blackledge’s and Davis’s reports is at a PDF located here — for fair use and discussion purposes, of course, in case the AP cops are watching)

    I did not know that Brett Blackledge is now with the AP. He was a reporter for The Birmingham News and a damn fine one. I don’t think he will whitewash for anyone.

55. #55
    On January 14th, 2009 at 7:51 pm, zorro said:

    The gun is registered, of course. Right?

    Not necessary. I wouldn’t register any in my collection even if it were. If Obama’s Brown-shirts come to get them I’ll claim they were stolen by liberal democrap tax cheats…

56. #56
    On January 14th, 2009 at 9:11 pm, almeehan said:

    AP=always pap!

57. #57
    On January 15th, 2009 at 5:21 am, SpeakEasy said:

    If you allow the city you live in to force you to give up what the US Constitution guaranteed and the US Supreme Court recently validated, you are probably not smart enough to know which end to load. Or a coward. Either way, it is probably best.

58. #58
    On January 15th, 2009 at 1:23 pm, Kevin K. said:

    The government can get any firearms that I might own “From my cold, dead hands”!