[tomder55]

I would too. I would call it prudent to sift through information supplied by bloggers.

In fact, I would say that it is prudent to sift through information supplied by all of the media.

That goes without saying . But there is no denying the fact that the IRS is stonewalling... The truth is that the IRS didn't give a damn about the law when they forwarded the applicants private non-disclosable information to ProPubilica

IRS Office That Targeted Tea Party Also Disclosed Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups - ProPublica
This is not just some blogger... ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist site.. . this information was also confirmed by the Inspector General .
IG: Giving tax info to Pro Publica 'could have been' illegal | The Daily Caller

[NeedKarma]

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist site

Actually it is quite a good non-partisan site.

It has this investigation as well: Inside Game: Creating PACs and then Spending Their Money - ProPublica

In August 2008, as the right wing of the Republican Party grew increasingly disenchanted with the party’s direction, the men from Russo, Marsh and Associates sensed opportunity: They created a political action committee, Our Country Deserves Better, and in time launched the Tea Party Express.

Russo, Marsh—an established California outfit of Republican consultants—was just getting started. The firm formed a second political committee, this one with a pro-military agenda. And eventually, seizing on the President’s unpopularity in certain circles, they opened a third, the Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama.


Throughout the 2012 election cycle, the committees were relentless. In email after email, they pleaded for small donations to run ads supporting candidates who would defeat President Obama’s “socialist” agenda. And it worked: They collected more than $14 million in donations.

Yet an examination of the PACs’ expenditures shows they spent a small percentage of the money they raised on work directly aimed at getting candidates elected -- paid ads, say, or contributions to other political committees. Mainly, they paid consultants. And the biggest chunk of that consultant money went to Russo, Marsh and Associates, and people connected to the firm.

Of the $9.3 million spent by Our Country Deserves Better, more than $3.8 million went to Russo, Marsh and Associates, employees or others connected to the firm. Of the $3.9 million spent by the Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama, $2.4 million went to the firm and its associates. The pro-military Move America Forward Freedom PAC spent almost $143,000. Of that, $92,000 went to the firm and people connected to it.

In addition to paying Russo, Marsh an assortment of fees, the PACs spent money so its principals could travel well: from almost $1,300 for meals at a fondue restaurant in Ohio on Oct. 18, to more than $50,000 for consultants and staff to occasionally stay at a golf resort on Lake Michigan last fall.

And the PAC also let its consultants live rather large: $3,500 for “PAC Election Night Headquarters” at a casino-resort in Las Vegas, $3,200 for meals and a meeting at a Mediterranean restaurant in Boston in February 2011, more than $1,000 for parking at LaGuardia Airport in New York in May 2011.

Barely one-third of the $3.9 million spent by The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama went to truly focused efforts at electing candidates, but its consultants traveled comfortably: More than $4,500 to stay at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in June, more than $8,200 to stay at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in July.

Maybe they should be audited.

[tomder55]

Yeah they do a lot of reports.

[tomder55]

FBI is right on this case :
FBI Director Doesn't Know Who Lead Investigator in IRS Case Is - YouTube!

Yeah... no stonewalling here !

[excon]

Hello again,

Yawwwwwn...

What? Are you telling me that the IRS is full of a$$holes??

Yawwwwn again..

excon

[tomder55]

The FBI too ;and the White House Chief of Staff ,and the White House Council . The only other questions is how high up it goes.

[excon]

Hello again, tom:

the FBI too ;and the White House Chief of Staff ,and the White House Council .The only other questions is how high up it goes.

Yeah, they're all a$$holes. Obama too. But, I don't care about 'em being a$$holes. I care about 'em being CORRUPT.

Unless you can prove that - YAWNNN..

Excon

[tomder55]

We have already proved that beyond a shadow of a doubt. The only thing left is who takes the fall.

[talaniman]

Forgive me if I doubt your shadows and wait for proof.

[speechlesstx]

You libs make me laugh. We've had what, 48 threads on a mythical Republican war on women and you can't acknowledge the ADMISSION of corruption that started this whole thing. That sand must taste awfully good.

[talaniman]

Been drinking your own Kool Aid again huh? That's a good thing after trying to eat your own sand. At least I hope its sand your eating.

[speechlesstx]

Been drinking your own Kool Aid again huh? That's a good thing after trying to eat your own sand. At least I hope its sand your eating.

'Tis not I denying an admission of guilt... or running interference for the IRS in an attempt to undermine and shut down the investigation.

The IRS's Best Friend in Congress

The House Oversight Committee's investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's discrimination against conservative groups continues—but at least one unenthusiastic member seems to think the committee's work is done.

Over the objections of Chairman Darrell Issa (R. Calif.), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D. Md.) last week released online the full, 205-page transcript of an interview that committee investigators conducted with an IRS employee in Cincinnati named John Shafer. Mr. Cummings explained that he was compelled to release the Shafer transcript because it explodes Mr. Issa's "conspiracy theories"—chiefly, that the White House played a role in the targeting of conservative groups, and that it was orchestrated out of IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C. In fact, Mr. Issa has never said the former, and much that is known so far about the IRS scandal suggests that the Washington connection is substantial.

The column goes on to point out how the transcript doesn't actually answer the questions it supposedly answers, but let's hear it for Cummings willingness to take one for the IRS.

[excon]

Hello again, Steve:

Yawwwwn... Let me know when you have a smoking gun... Otherwise, all you got is your flapping gums...

excon

[speechlesstx]

Hello again, Steve:

Yawwwwn.... Lemme know when you have a smoking gun... Otherwise, all you got is your flapping gums...

excon

Stay tuned.

[smoothy]

[excon]

Hello again, smoothy:

Never held accountable

Sounds like a FAILURE of congress, specifically the Republicans who's job it is to provide OVERSIGHT! Why can't they do their jobs?

Excon

[tomder55]

Would be helpful if the adm wasn't stonewalling every chance they get

[excon]

Hello again, tom:

A congressional subpoena ENDS the stonewall, if the Republicans want to use it.. They HAVE some power here. They can COMPEL testimony.. They can JAIL those who don't cooperate.

Don't you wonder WHY they don't use it? I don't. They don't because there's NO SCANDAL and Issa KNOWS it.

Yawwwwwwwn..

excon

[tomder55]

Yeah and we've already had a senior IRS official plea the 5th under oath ,and another show absolute contempt for Congress in his testimony. Yeah ,if I was Issa I'd be much tougher .

[excon]

Hello again, tom:

I thought you knew how things worked. Congress can subpoena her, give her use immunity, and COMPEL her to tell EVERYTHING she knows. If she refuses, she can be put in the slam..

That Issa HASN'T done that, says MORE than if he HAD.

excon