Obama’s AmeriCrooks and cronies scandal Updated
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My syndicated column today digs further into Obama’s AmeriCorruption. We now have the White House in full Chicago thug mode — maligning fired AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin as “confused” and “disoriented.” Yep, that was the response after Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill weighed in and pronounced herself unsatistifed with Obama’s “loss of confidence” rationale.
Implying that Walpin has lost his marbles is desperate and lame. Walpin has been consistenly lucid and laser-sharp in every TV and radio interview I’ve seen or heard — including on the Laura Ingraham show yesterday, where he noted that evidence in the Sacramento mayor/NBA star/Obama crony Kevin Johnson case was destroyed.
Far from being “confused” and “disoriented,” Walpin is clear as day. Anyone who actually reads through his audits and investigative reports knows that. You can, should, and must read Walpin’s reports both on CUNY funding abuse and on the Johnson scandal here.
I also continue to hammer at the Michelle Obama angle. Her vested interest in propping up the government-subsidized volunteer industry stretches back to her days leading the Chicago non-profit Public Allies (scroll down to the end of my column for what the AmeriCorps’ inspector general found while investigating money troubles at Mrs. O’s old friends at Public Allies). And we can’t forget her days working to promote national service — and to set up cozy public chat forums with her husband and Weather Underground Bill Ayers — while at the University of Chicago.
Last week, I said this reeked of the Clintons’ Travelgate. It’s much, much worse.
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Obama’s AmeriCrooks and cronies scandal
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2009
President Obama promised he would end “Washington games.” But his abrupt firing of the AmeriCorps inspector general is more of the same. The brewing scandal smells like the Beltway cronyism of the Bush years. And the apparent meddling of First Lady Michelle Obama in the matter smacks of the corruption of the Clinton years.
If Obama keeps up with this “change,” we’ll be back to the Watergate era by Christmas.
News of AmeriCorps watchdog Gerald Walpin’s unceremonious dismissal first broke last week in Youth Today, an independent national publication focused on the volunteerism sector. Walpin was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and has served well, honorably, and effectively. Too effectively. His removal came a week after he “questioned the eligibility of the largest and most expensive AmeriCorps program, and while the IG was contesting the ‘propriety’ of a settlement made with a mayor for alleged misuse of AmeriCorps funds,” according to Youth Today.
The first taxpayer-subsidized program is the Teaching Fellows Program, run by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York. Walpin’s audit (which can be found online at www.cncsig.gov/AuditReports.html) uncovered a multitude of grant violations, including criminal background check lapses and “pervasive problems of eligibility, timekeeping, and documentation.”
Walpin office questioned duplicative educational awards of more than $16 million and costs worth nearly $775,000. CUNY refused to return excess funds that it had drawn down, failed to revise procedures to prevent such grant abuse, and refused to provide proof documenting that its AmeriCorps participants actually existed. Walpin advised AmeriCorps’ parent organization, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), to cut off any new funding and reexamine past government funding totaling upwards of $75 million.
Walpin’s recommendations have been ignored by CNCS, now chaired by Democrat mega-fundraiser Alan Solomont. The Obama watchdogs are snoozing. Expect the same kind of lackadaisical approach toward policing the $6 billion AmeriCorps expansion/government national service programs signed into law by President Obama in April.
The second program Walpin challenged is the non-profit St. HOPE Academy, run by Obama supporter Kevin Johnson, the Democrat mayor of Sacramento and a former NBA basketball star. In a special May 2009 report, Walpin’s office blew the whistle on a highly politicized U.S. Attorney’s Office settlement with Johnson and his deputy, Dana Gonzalez. The pair exploited nearly $900,000 in AmeriCorps funding for personal and political gain. Based on Walpin’s investigation last year, CNCS had suspended their access to federal funds after determining that they were:
*Using AmeriCorps members to “recruit students for St. HOPE Academy;”
*Using AmeriCorps members for political activities in connection with the “Sacramento Board of Education election;”
*Assigning grant-funded AmeriCorps members to perform services “personally benefiting . . . Johnson,” such as “driving [him] to personal appointments, washing [his] car, and running personal errands;” and
*Improperly using AmeriCorps “members to perform non-AmeriCorps clerical and other services” that “were outside the scope of the grant and therefore were impermissible” for “the benefit of St. HOPE.”
But in the wake of Johnson’s mayoral victory and President Obama’s election in November, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento rushed to settle with the new mayor so he could avail himself of federal stimulus funds and other government money. It was, Walpin said in his special report last month, “akin to deciding that, while one should not put a fox in a small chicken coop, it is fine to do so in a large chicken coop! The settlement…leaves the unmistakable impression that relief from a suspension can be bought.”
Shortly after, the White House announced that it had “lost confidence” in Walpin. With Walpin’s removal, the top management positions at AmeriCorps’ parent organization are now all open. The decks are clear to install lackeys who will protect the government volunteerism industry and its Democrat cronies. And a chilling effect has undoubtedly taken hold in every other inspector general’s office in Washington.
GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa is pressing Obama for more details. Tough questions need to be asked of First Lady Michelle Obama, who has “taken the lead” in selecting AmeriCorps’ managers, according to Youth Today. Her former chief of staff, Jackie Norris, will serve as a “senior adviser” to CNCS beginning next week. What role did they play in Walpin’s sacking? And why?
Mrs. Obama’s interest is more than passing. She ran the AmeriCorps-funded non-profit Public Allies in Chicago from 1993-1996 and served on its national board until 2001. Like so many of the AmeriCorps recipients investigated by the inspector general’s office over the years, Public Allies was found to have violated basic eligibility and compliance rules. A January 2007 audit reported that the group lacked internal controls verifying that recipients who received education grants and living allowances were legal citizens or permanent residents as required by law.
Transparency. Accountability. Fiscal responsibility. In Obama World, these are proving to be nothing more than words. Just words.
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More from Ed Morrissey on the FBI probe into obstruction of justice (note above that Walpin mentioned this to Laura Ingraham yesterday) — plus Walpin responds to the White House smear.
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I have read the DOJ release http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae/press_releases/docs/2009/04-09-09JohnsonSettlement.pdf
and all I can see is the usual Obambi slap on the hand and continue on while we bury this and everyone responsible of pointing it out. Is it surprising that Mr. Brown is now promoted, when he was only ‘Acting’ when the settlement was reached? I have watched Mr. Walpin on a number of interviews and in no way does he seem anything but 1) crystal clear and 2) non partisan. That is why Obambi and the queen are going after him.
The Thug-in-Chief doin his thang. Whats next for his band of home boys….use a Chicago typewriter on some of his enemies?
Of course this should go to the Department of Justice, or the Senate Judiciary Committee, but AG Holder and the SJC are under the ‘O’ umbrella. Oh, well, you reap what you sow. Check the next criminal activity at: http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/default.asp
How long will it take the US citizens to unwind this ball of yarn.
Oh, you mean he ‘didn’t have his mind right’?
Thanks MM for continuing the effort of committing journalism, by exposing these uninhibited coruptOcrats.
Too bad the newsprint and network folks don’t have the sense to realize that the answer to their subscription/viewer decline is a simple model – to provide customers with in-depth, unfiltered, to-be-continued stories that NEED TO BE EXPOSED. Ya know, as in transparency. An unbiased MSM could actually be a participant in the “saved jobs” hypothesis.
Oh, I get it:
He didn’t “drink the Kool-Aid” and was actually thinking for himself. Shame.
These allegations should be easily confirmed or refuted. And I wouldn’t take some Obama Lackey’s account as proof either.
This sounds to me like they are maligning the man because they want him out. Since when does the President of the United State get this involved in the dealings of an agency inspector general. They are frantically trying to squash this. I hope it comes back to bite Obama and he is somehow caught in a lie. Obama can then be assigned the jail cell that was previously reserved for Scooter Libby.
Oh.. here we go. The first info about a crime having been committed. AG Holder? Will you investigate or add to the cover up? Oh.. I forgot… you sir are a scummy criminal as well.
Illegal & unconstitutional acts by The One, not to mention throwing money around like it was popcorn. And we can do nothing but sit idly by?
How did we get so scr*wed so fast?
These people are no more nor less corrupt than the Clinton Arkansas mob, but you may as well get used to the idea that nothing is going to be done about it. The occasional Republican congressman who tries to will just be labled a nut or an extremist.
You just gotta laugh.
Mr President, why was he removed?
Well he lost his marbles.
What a farkin joke.
I have been on a pig farm and THIS smells worse.
I saw this IG on Glen Beck. He was not confused, disoriented, etc. This could be a major problem for the President and his wife as it looks now to be lying and attempting to cover up.
I’m sure the Americorps folks felt he was confused and disoriented. They wanted to get away with fraud, he said “no”. I’m 100% positive that to the Americorps folks, that meant the IG was the odd man in the conversation and was most certainly disoriented.
Also remember the law is 30 day notification BEFORE an IG is fired, not 30 days AFTER.
Smell or not, the msm will perfume this thing up to the point where it was everybody’s fault but the current administrations. I do pity Walpin because here comes the “honey wagon” to dump all over him. Destroy anything or anyone that shines a light where one is not wanted.
This Obama crew is a bunch of thugs. Including his wife.
They all need to be doing a perp walk out of the White House.
As I said the other day, all of what all the corrupt, power-mad socialists (I’ll spare you the list this time) do must be meticulously and thoroughly documented, so that they can be prosecuted and thrown into prison for a verrry loooong time, once the grown-ups are again in power – whether civilian or military/martial law.
…And it will happen.
Return to the “travelgate” era. Must make the Clinton’s proud! But let’s have hearings about perfectly legal firings in the Bush White House….still… to prove how corrupt those Bush people were….Where is Move-On when we need them?
zero and the beast are parasites who have brought like minded leeches into the fold. the truth in zero’s administration is like bleach on germs, germs don’t like it.
They are all saying “move-on”, nothing to see here.
This makes me sick. Our nation is strong but I can’t see it surviving four years of this.
Thankfully it’s just below the fold in the major newspapers, right? I don’t bother with them any more so I wouldn’t know. (btw I’m kidding about it being reported prominently)
Michelle, thank you (and others working on it) for reporting this and other displays of the lack of integrity in our government. I know that you have to weather a lot of nastiness from those who want to shut down the truth. Just know that if you’re taking flak, you’re right over the target.
The ends justify the means for the downtrodden. That is the excuse for this sort of criminal activity. The rules only apply to the successful in our society when the Dems are in power. The double standard is alarming and too scary for most Americans to acknowledge. When will they awake from this dream that everything is “progressing” nicely? Gradually people are becoming aware in small numbers….wall street and bank executives… car dealerships and their employees and soon in your local neighborhoods all health professionals.
personal agendas, just corrupt priorities.
The politics of personal destruction – just like the Clinton’s “nuts & sluts” offensives. Rather than having people specially designated to deal with “bimbo eruptions” maybe Obama has people to tamp down ethics eruptions.
Obama was asked for reasons and he gave them. According to multiple independent sources, the guy was incompetent. You say he sounded coherent on Laura Ingraham, but that show, like much talk radio (left and right) is always incoherent.
This surely is not the last word. It most likely will end up in court, where the real truth is likely to come out. In the mean time, you can go with what “rings true”.
Evidence tampering. What’s next, a new and improved version of the Clinton death toll. Witnesses befallen by terrible tragic accidents, convenient suicides?
Tea parties must get stronger! I can’t find another conduit for my rage. I keep getting these infernal questionaires from Michael Steele where I answer every poll question as they want me to and I know that they don’t even believe in the conservative answer I am indicating. They want my money, but truly don’t care about my input. I haven’t sent them money in years.
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This is interesting when you consider that there is talk of firing the National Security Advisor Jones for basically the same thing:
Put
them
UP.
Liar…
Multiple administration sources, not independent ones. That Calif. prosecutor is still a just a member of the Chicago mob, even if he actually did what they claimed.
You would know this how? According to you leftists, anybody who disagrees with you is insane, so I understand why you’d think that about a program you never listen to.
I agree. And given the history of the agency involved, what rings true is that they’re corrupt up to their eyeballs.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/11/jones-outs-obama-gates-defends-national-security-adviser/
This is appearing to be BHO’s MO. When he wants to get rid of someone he claims they are “losing” it. This is the second time this month that someone is being accused of being mentally unstable. BHO is leaking that Nat’l Security advisor General Jim Jones might be on the way out. And look what the source is saying the reason is… Is it possible that Obama just happens to be surrounded by “forgetful” people who “have lost their marbles” and appear to have Alzhiemers? If BHO wants to fire people who appear forgetful, perhaps he should use this exuse less often, it begins to look fishy…and slanderous.
jdsbc98 & Truesoldier:
As I remember, the Soviet Union used to put dissidents into “psychiatric hospitals” for “treatment”, did they not?
zero has turned incompetence into an art form, and the truth is unacceptable because it contradicts the lies zero so aptly tells.
I have both seen and heard this man in several interviews. He isn’t just lucid…he’s very sharp, has command of the facts, is careful, and utterly convincing.
But here is the larger picture…
Let us say that he was in a meeting and had an episode where he was disoriented. Does that justify handing him his head? Is that the response of nice, compassionate caring human beings? Is that even the response of someone who is worried about an ADA or age discrimination law suit? Anyone in that room could have the same thing happen to them, and everyone would expect everyone else to be solicitous and concerned.
No, no…this is transparency at work. It is a transparent, un-artful, pretty stupid hit-job on a guy who I think they will regret doing this to.
Walpin is no Billy Dale. He is a tough, smart old experienced bird who knows how the game is played. AND HE IS PISSED.
Rags:
Which Sybil does this look like to you?
1) The goofy, silly, inane one.
2) The “tough”, “hip” (is that term even used any more?) one.
or
3) The nasty one.
I vote for door #2.
What say you?
‘Impeachment’ is just a word too. It’s my favorite word.
Just remember, like the Old Soviet Union,those that did not believe in the Soviet System are certified insane and put away into an asylum or banished. Those that do not toe the BHO line are called “forgetful” or “incompetent” and marginalized. All because he caught one of BHO’s cronies misusing tax dollars.
Rags:
BTW, “All of the above” as an answer would be cheating!
Maybe Chuck Gibson will ask BHO about this when he pitches his tent in the White House.
Today, Obama says the reason he fired this guy is because he was “confused and disoriented”, which just has to be Obamaspeak for “he told the truth about my administration.”
How is this any different from socialist dictator thugs who threw dissidents into asylums because they were mentally defective?
Maybe Chuck Gibson will ask BHO about this when he pitches his
tentwoo in the White House.Sorry, I know that was just wrong….
I would say the one that this he is a teenage girl with daddy issues, a bottle of vodka, and a football team, but that would be considered WRONG….
So I’m not going to say that.
Granite:
I thought it was the confused, disoriented, lgm…
Jus’ sayin’…
Actually, what BIG BRO’s machine did with this disclosure is good.
When you are putting a case together, one very useful step is to depose the other side. One reason for this is it pins them to positions, to statements of fact on the record, under oath.
That is substantially what happened today. They could have taken a day or two and devised a better CYA story. But they are apparently suffering from hubris…SURPRISE…and I think they believe they can get away with anything. Recent events have given them nothing to reflect on, sadly.
Since they elected an immature, inexperienced, giggling school boy to be POTUS. He is involved in everything and has accomplished nothing of any good for the country. How long do we have to suffer this fool??
Where’s the moral outrage from the Dems? They sure could conjure up enough during the Bush years.
Claire McTruthkill: She’s only doing what the Obama Admin has asked her to do. Fawn outrage, demand a reason as per the law, and then readily accept any excuse the Obama administration gives. See, Obama complied with the law, move along, nothing to see here anymore…
Yes indeed the Chicago Omob thugs “doin their thang”-the politics of intimidation and destruction have been a Chicago and and Democratic Party “thang” for generations as we have seen with the Chrysler bond holders. Then again the whole concept of AmeriCorps is corruption waiting to happen.
If AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin is to be destroyed it is in keeping with Dead Fish Rahm Emmanuel, David Axelrod and William Ayres connections and traditions. President Hussein Obama’s association with a man who wishes to kill 25 million unrepentant capitalist tells us all we need to know.
Now President Hussein Obama wishes and is asking for new powers to seize companies and industries he considers “essential”. He will not let that “Bill of Negative Rights”-our Constitution- get in the way of Power- Power, it is all about Power.
Fascism IS here and President Hussein Obama generally scowls more than showing a Happy Face. God be with AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin but when you ride the tiger you take a chance on getting mauled. Yes granite the psychiatric hospitals may well be next.
Waiting for the knock on the door?
It is vital that all the corruption in DC has been carefully documented with the proof and the links so that future historians can see the truth. This must not be allowed to stand over time. There will come a reckoning and truth is on our side.
And the libs claim it’s the right-wing media that is stirring up the populace to revolt? I think it’s the policies of the left, stealing our rights away, that is stirring up the populace. There will be more “right-wing” activism as this usurper continues his Fascist/Socialist agenda. It will only be a matter of time.
The Sacbee is reporting the FBI is probing St. Hope (Mayor Johnson’s school) on obstruction of justice charges.
FBI probes obstruction of justice claim by former St. HOPE official
So the case here in Sacramento is still not over on this.
Queue the music.
They’ve come to take me away ha ha
They’ve come to take me away he he
TO THE FUNNY FARM!!!
At least we can all meet there.
The STARVE THE BEAST website should be up before the 4th.
I will have material at several 4th TEA Parties, thanks to the very kind offers of several people from this site.
Oh and by the way, to make his constiuents happy, Obama is extending benefits to all gay couples employed by the federal gobment.
You know what else really bothers me about this Americorp deal? That billions of our tax $s support all this crapola! Billions! under the control of Ted Kennedy, sheesh, could it get any worse. All of these nonprofits helping the poor, disadvantaged etc. I thought they got their money from donations from general public not fed.gov’t. I saw all this on Glenn Beck last night.
I won’t be donating to any cause anymore. Forget “social justice” the gov’t is taking care of it. Ha!
That’s just from his being the last surviving listener to Air America – it would make anybody confused and disoriented.
Well, you have to agree that it is better to slander these folks than to find they have “committed suicide”…right?
Need a “name the scandal” contest.
My submission – not great but – IGgate.
“It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.”
Howard Baker
while we are watching this dog and pony show we need to watch what the other hand is up to….like it said in the Army Officers manual…NCO’s are cunning and devious and bare careful watching at all times….just think of BO as an NCO and all will be OK…well maybe not but watch him closely….
You’d be better off donating to a local, Bible believing, Bible teaching church where the money does some actual good and doesn’t pad politicians pockets. Notice I said Bible believing and Bible teaching churches – there are a lot of churhes out there posing as such just to take and squander your money. A good church will be transparent with where the donated funds are going. You can decide after reviewing that information.
Yes, indeed. Coolest. Party. Ever!
Michelle,
Don’t you have anything better to write about? Obama’s pecs are simply DREAMY! And Michelle is the most beautiful woman ever to exist in the history of mankind! Check out her triceps!
You’re harshing my buzz.
/sarc off
Obamachev immediately plays the “nuts and sluts” defense. He must be having trouble sleeping worrying about the ….ummm deficit.
Unfortunately Walpin is not Monica.
Can’t resist:
Sort of “Dazed and Confused”?
(Acknowledgments to Led Zeppelin & Jake Holmes.)
OK Ragspierre I wait for the site–but as be Starve the Beast can we Bar-B-Que a few of them while we are at it?
Reform is wonderful–revenge is also
I have as much faith in the FBI and Justice as I do in Pixies and Fairies-honest people should not be working for Fedzilla.
Cool tune sonofdy!
Sorry, I know it seems like a cop-out to select them all, but I think the posts are starting to sound like all of them combined. Perhaps the personalities are merging.
Good! Keep us posted.
Almost like they were suffering <strong>Manic Depression, or were enveloped in a Purple Haze…
a la Jimi Hendrix
My take on it is they had nothing else, so they scraped the barrel and used the only thing they had. Let’s not forget that the ballerina is Obama’s Chief of Staff and was Clinton’s senior advisor. The smear tactics used during Clinton’s bimbo eruptions and this case are too similar by half.
Boy, talk about a crap sandwich…
No, indeed… We may have some Bab E Kues, but they will feature worthy beasts like pigs…LOVE that pork, and the fatted calf… steer… whatever.
No stringy, nasty pols…YECK!!!!
And our “doctors” will supply the drugs!!!
whooppppiiieee!!!!!
Let’s not ruin BBQ.
Off topic, but I wonder if MM is going to comment on the stunt the dems pulled last night in order to pass a bill without opposition? It was a doozy, but not suprising for the most ethical congress evah!
Walpin was on the right track. I worked a short while for a community action agency straight out of college, and can say that the manner in which grants and funding are/were acquired – from both the states and the feds – and allocated is/was unreal. It’s a shame his good work was ended, but not surprising.
Nothing, I repeat, nothing about the Obama Administration is about parity, equality, freedom, or compassion. This is a massive effort to take power away from the majority of Americans, and give it to a minority of socialist minded progressives.
Any group who controls the wealth of a nation, the law enforcement agencies tasked with investigating and prosecuting mis/malfeasance, the political authority to make changes without representation, and what is allowed to be reported on the airwaves, is tyrannical , and is on our doorstep!
It’s all about the money! Whom-so-ever controls the money, DICTATES the direction of this country. For all the talk about corporate greed we hear from the left, it is now profoundly clear that the nature of greed is practiced and embraced by these powerful politicians.
Greed, and self-preservation are the motivators in Washington, NOT support for the rights and freedoms of American citizens.This has to change, or we as a people will not survive.
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Nurse Obama: Aren’t you ashamed?
Gerald: No, I’m not.
[Applause from friends]
Nurse Obama: You know Gerald, what worries me is how your mother is going to take this.
Gerald: Um, um, well, y-y-y-you d-d-d-don’t have to t-t-t-tell her, Miss Obama.
Nurse Obama: I don’t have to tell her? Your mother and I are old friends. You know that.
Gerald: P-p-p-please d-d-don’t tell my m-m-m-mother.
Split screen, please, with any answer by Walpin next to any non-TelePrompter answer by Obama. Then judge who seems the most confused or disoriented.
Dr. Spivey: Well, the real reason that you’ve been sent over here is because they wanted you to be evaluated… to determine whether or not you are mentally ill. This is the real reason. Why do you think they might think that?
Walpin: Well, as near as I can figure out, it’s ’cause I, uh, fight and f%&k too much.
EXCELLENT suggestion!! Glenn Beck should do this on his show! We need to write to him and suggest it. Perfect.
Psychiatrist: Dr. Obama?
Dr. Obama: I don’t think he’s overly psychotic, but, I still think he’s quite sick.
Psychiatrist: You think he’s dangerous?
Dr. Obama: Absolutely so.
This is about as dirty and unethical as anything I’ve seen in a long time. It’s also scary. We’ve been taken over by communist.
Add to that…corruption, thuggery, threats, fraud…what have I left out? This is what is running our country, folks. The pot is boiling. I believe it will boil over very very soon. The “tea parties” on the fourth are going to be HUGE. The MSM won’t DARE ignore us much longer. We have to make sure our purpose is presented clearly and loudly. Don’t let the corrupt media continue to distort our message!
BHO is dirty here… VERY dirty
“Anointest my head with conductant. Do I get a crown of thorns?”
Walpin as he is being prepared to receive electric shock therapy.
Interesting that the view these people have of America, has come from the most ethical, crime free areas of politics…Chicago! They must really like that influence-free, no pay-for-play, trustworthy, intelligent, corruption-free, America First mentality. It makes me all weepy inside…
Sarcasm aside, these tyrants wanted revolution, and they may get exactly that. Only not the kind they wanted, nor expected. They have over-reached, and need to be shown the “error of their ways.”
A few observations…
The MSM certainly will ignore us. They will also marginalize, demonize, and misrepresent us. Count on it.
One thing that I would like to see is a more unified, better crafted message that comes out of the TEA Party participants. I know that kind of detracts from the ad hoc, grass roots character of the thing. Some of the signs that you see pictured were a little counter-productive (albeit true and all).
We have to be smart about how we do things…not just do things.
Remember, this isn’t about venting…it’s about persuasion and effectiveness.
Obamaworld is a Bizarro world.
Really? Could you be bothered to link to those sources? I can’t seem to find them in Google.
It is one thing to be deadwood in academia, quite another when citing evidence for your opinions.
Facts talk and BS walks. Pick your path.
The sources I THINK he is refering to are the people who the report proves were corrupt.
I THINK, but since he refuses to clarify, then who knows????
“According to multiple independent sources, the guy was incompetent.”
Gee lgm is it so hard for your leftist mind to consider letting the IG speak for himself and see if any of these “assessments” are accurate.
Challenging the assessment given by the folks who benefit from the guy being crazy is suspect and is in error? The direct beneficiaries of his being crazy, THOSE are the accurate guys?
If you are that far gone, you are really gone sir.
This matter stinks and it could be the first of many cards falling of the house of cards that is Obama. Cause once ONE goes, they’ll all go. And he and his buddies know it.
I continue to be astounded by how much political activity some of these non-profits get away with. When I help to found and run a non-profit one of the things that was critical is to NOT be involved in any political activity and IF I was, I could lose my non-profit status. You see the same matter being used as a threat to control churches speaking out against homosexuality, abortion, etc.
Seems to me there is a lack of IRS investigation going on in regards to Americorp, Acorn, etc.
Hopefully the attention being thrown their way will bring enough momentum to the boys and girls at the IRS so it will force an investigation on the non-profit status of Acorn, etc.
Let us not forget that the IG’s allegations have all been verified.
Johnson admitted his corruption.
There is dead-bang evidence of spoliation of evidence.
I think it fair to say that NOBODY has denied that the points Mr. Walpin raised are valid.
BIG BRO is just resorting to the politics of personal destruction in the absence of any defense on the merits.
The One just came on TV to announce his um, er, take over of the financial industry.
I think I am going to throw up.
Reading leftist sites today, I am amused at how quickly liberals are willing to throw Sen. McCaskill under the bus for daring to question the reason provided for Walpins firing.
bad link to Laura
Feisty…
THE ONE has attacked the wrong guy, methinks…
The problem for the Obummer administration is that Walpin WON’T GO AWAY. That’s just too bad, isn’t it?
What particularly is troubling is the lack of honesty behind this firing. Something seriously perturbed the Obummer administration and I don’t think that putting up some ageist assertions as Walpin was “confused” or “disoriented” is credible.
Walpin was free to do his job as long as he didn’t go after Obummer friends like Sacremento Mayor Kevin Johnson. Once he did that, he ruffled Obummer’s feathers and we can’t have that, can we?
Soetoro is lying to congress now with this recent allegation about the IG’s mental state.
If I were the IG I would get a thorough medical evaluation and a psychological assessment done mach schnel asap.
Ya, he shouldnt have to blah blah blah…but this is a clear cut case of wrongful termination of employment at least. Fight it at that level. Once the medical/psychological claim is refuted at that level, Soetoro has a big problema on his hands: he lied to Congress as to why he had the dude fired.
I smell Rahm Emmanuel and Lt. Worf on this one too.
Haul the whole raft of them before a Congressional committee “so they can be cleared of any wrongdoing”.
Soetoro the narcissist will cave under that kind of collaring. He can’t handle being held accountable. He is the bright shining star of the universe and any counter reflection of that lie will send him into a depressive spiral. (I think he is on anti-depressants truth be told….his neuro-processors aren’t firing after years of living a lie).
This one has some legs. Let’s watch em all dance. And let the usual digging into his pile of stinky grow as it usually does once Washingtonians start smelling blood in the water….. no matter who the President is, no matter who the President thinks he is, and no matter who his schteppid wife thinks she is.
The Great Shark Hunt, Part Deux. (Where’s Hunter S. Thompson when ya need him!)
Bear1909 out.
So good…
and getting better.
Like I said, statements by the BIG BRO will pin them to factual assertions that can be attacked with evidence.
Love it. Hearings are coming.
Can Scooter get out of jail now?
That was one of the worst episodes in abuse of the criminal justice system in my memory. It was a shame and disgrace.
Best comeback ever. We need to clone Walpin.
Can’t he file a law suit for wrongful termination? Wouldn’t a suit like that flush all the crappola out into the open?