[talaniman]

Sigh, your words:



Their name is on the application, they don't need to Google it.

How is a fourth targeting just the TPARTY? And how does the NAME on an application exempt further investigation? Are you saying investigate everyone EXCEPT the TPARTY?

That's utterly ridiculous.

[speechlesstx]

How is a fourth targeting just the TPARTY? And how does the NAME on an application exempt further investigation? Are you saying investigate everyone EXCEPT the TPARTY?

That's utterly ridiculous.

What's utterly ridiculous are your questions.

There is only relevant fact needed to answer your silly questions. From the outset, and the whole reason this came up - as noted in the original post on this board - was an IRS admission of wrongdoing in targeting conservative groups.

'Nuff said, your repeated hammering at this same nonsense is pointless.

[tomder55]

Hello again, tom:

That's what the IG said - NOT the IRS. I wanna know if anybody from IRS said they "targeted" conservative organizations.

excon

I guess their apology means nothing . Even CBS is using the word targeted in their reporting .
IRS targeted tea party groups earlier than 2012 - CBS News
But keep on denying it if you choose. By the way Doug Shulman visited the White House 118 times ;and not all of them were to roll easter eggs. I predict he will face pergury charges unless he fesses up about who in the White House was behind this .

[talaniman]

Naw, the right wing noise machine is still making this a scandal because the Prez told them to do it.

I ask questions to gain understanding, you holler to make noise and distract from your inability to answer questions. This allows you to keep your own facts that allows you to see what you want.

What you think I didn't notice?

[speechlesstx]

Naw, the right wing noise machine is still making this a scandal because the Prez told them to do it.

I ask questions to gain understanding, you holler to make noise and distract from your inability to answer questions. This allows you to keep your own facts that allows you to see what you want.

What you think I didn't notice?

At least we don't just make 'em up out of thin air, like the war on women which is actually being waged by the left, but I digress. If you still cannot acknowledge the first fact you have no credibility on this my friend.

[excon]

Hello again, tom:

I guess their apology means nothing .

It means something... But, not enough to CONVICT anybody... I'm looking for the WORDS, since you have an affinity for them, out of the IRS mouth that said they TARGETED anybody...

I want to hear the word TARGET out of their mouth. If that word is MISSING, then it's YOUR word, and there's NO scandal... Nothing... Nada. It's right wing gums flapping..

Excon

[speechlesstx]

Hello again, tom:

It means something... But, not enough to CONVICT anybody... I'm looking for the WORDS, since you have an affinity for them, out of the IRS mouth that said they TARGETED anybody...

I wanna hear the word TARGET out of their mouth. If that word is MISSING, then it's YOUR word, and there's NO scandal... Nothing... Nada. It's right wing gums flapping..

excon

So if I killed someone but didn't say "I killed someone" I really didn't kill anyone? You guys logic on this is well, lame - it all depends on what the definition of is is.

[tomder55]

So only the exact word coming out of the people who did the offense matters... not the Inspector General who did the investigation . Not the multiple news organizations that the left normally swears by .For that matter ;EVERY major news outlet is using the word to describe what happened.
IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups
IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting
IRS IG Report: Targeting Conservatives Began In 2010 - ABC News

Not the words of a long time lefty in good standing Dem Senator; Claire McCaskill,who said :

“I'm mad. It is un-American, it is wrong, and we have to make sure that this gets fixed,” .... “There's a reason Lady Justice wears a blindfold in America. That is because in America, we don't apply the law based on who you are, who you know, or what you believe. We apply the law equally.”...
“We should not only fire the head of the IRS, which has occurred, but we've got to go down the line and find every single person who had anything to do with this and make sure that they are removed from the IRS and the word goes out that this is unacceptable,” she..... “It is un-American, it is wrong, and it cannot occur again.”

[excon]

Hello again, wingers:

so only the exact word coming out of the people who did the offense matters...

What matters is YOU said, THEY said they TARGETED people, and they DIDN'T say that at all.

Here's some more words you might or might not understand. If they SAID they targeted people, that's an admission.. If they DIDN'T say that, and YOU did, that's an accusation.

And, THAT matters.

Excon

[tomder55]

I'll go with the IG accusing them and take it from there .

[speechlesstx]

Lol, it's amusing that you suddenly won't accept admission of wrongdoing as evidence, but this idea that unless they said a certain word it didn't happen is really bizarre. But I'll play along once.


Let's say immigration was profiling young Muslim men, or the cops were profiling young black men wearing hoodies, would that be targeting?

Let's say the IRS put out a BOLO - “Be On the Look Out” - for Tea Party organizations applying for tax exempt status, would that be targeting?

“In May 2010, the Determinations Unit [of the IRS] began developing a spreadsheet that would become known as the “Be On the Look Out” listing (hereafter referred to as the BOLO listing), which included the emerging issue of Tea Party applications. In June 2010, the Determinations Unit began training its specialists on issues to be aware of, including Tea Party cases. By July 2010, Determinations Unit management stated that it had requested its specialists to be on the lookout for Tea Party applications.” (Treasury Inspector General report)

Target :

Verb
1. attack, aim at, pick out, single out, fire at
2. choose, select, single out, earmark, fix on
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language

[excon]

Hello again, Steve:

Lol, it's amusing that you suddenly won't accept admission of wrongdoing as evidence

Oh, contraire. I'm LOOKING for an admission. That's why I asked tom to LINK it to me. He couldn't. I'm still waiting..

Until then, this isn't about what THEY said.. It's about what YOU said they said, which they clearly DIDN'T..

One is an admission. I know what that is. The other is an accusation. I know what that is too. They're NOT the same thing. One is a scandal. The other isn't.

I don't know what so hard about this.

Excon

[tomder55]

No there actually is an admission... just not using the EXACT word targeted . It came from Lois Lerner herself . You know... the one who 1st claimed it was the doing of lower level staffers and now invokes constitutional protection against self incrimination.

[speechlesstx]

Hello again, Steve:

Oh, contraire. I'm LOOKING for an admission. That's why I asked tom to LINK it to me. He couldn't. I'm still waiting..

Until then, this isn't about what THEY said.. It's about what YOU said they said, which they clearly DIDN'T..

One is an admission. I know what that is. The other is an accusation. I know what that is too. They're NOT the same thing. One is a scandal. The other isn't.

I dunno what so hard about this.

excon

I don't know what's so hard about this either, I've linked to it at least 3 times AFTER my original post - the ADMISSION is what started this whole thing. What the heck is so difficult to understand about that??

[excon]

Hello again, tom:

just not using the EXACT word targeted

Ok, So, that's the word the right wing attached to it.. Now, we're getting someplace... What word DID she use when she admitted targeting?

Excon

[tomder55]

No WE did not attach the word to it . It was the IG ,it was the President's spokesman Jay Carney ,it's White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler ;it's EVERYONE in the MSM It's even the Huffpo,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3307928.html
... in fact ,it's everyone but you.

[talaniman]

no there actually is an admission ... just not using the EXACT word targeted . It came from Lois Lerner herself . You know ... the one who 1st claimed it was the doing of lower level staffers and now invokes constitutional protection against self incrimination.

She has a right to protect herself from right wing fear mongers who react to the smell of blood in the water, and need a scapegoat in case they fail to impeach the president they hate more than they hate the IRS.

Everything is a possible scandal because that's what the want on the right.

[excon]

Hello again, Steve:

I see that she said they "singled out" certain applications.. My tax returns were singled out too on several occasions, but I wasn't targeted.. It was for further examination... That appears to be what happened here. Examining them further isn't TARGETING. That's what the IRS DOES.

That the dingbat Lois Lerner said the apology word, isn't enough to convince me they "targeted" anybody...

excon

[speechlesstx]

She has a right to protect herself from right wing fear mongers who react to the smell of blood in the water, and need a scapegoat in case they fail to impeach the president they hate more than they hate the IRS.

Everything is a possible scandal because that's what the want on the right.

Tal, you and ex are among the 14 people in the country that don't see a scandal.

[excon]

Hello tom:

Tal, you and ex are among the 14 people in the country that don't see a scandal.

I've never minded being in the minority. I see a bureaucratic boondoggle. I see bad management. But, I don't see a scandal.

Look. Don't get me wrong.. I HATE government, and the IRS especially.. I also don't mind seeing Obama take a fall IF he's dirty... I don't carry his water. But, in order for me to DO that, I need PROOF. I need a smoking gun. I need something other than dufus IRS employees.

Yes, the IRS guy visited the White House a bunch of times... That proves that he's been to the White House a bunch of times. I don't want to HEAR that crap. It's STUPID crap. I don't want to know what you THINK. I KNOW what you think.

I want to know what the FACTS are...

Excon