Timely Questions

Take you pick of which question(s) you would like to answer in the comments section below. This is not a real survey ... just an opportunity to bloviate:

Which was worse for the U.S.  -- GWB's invading Iraq ... or BHO's pulling out?

Is the establishment media biased?

What obscure "-stan" country question will be asked of DJT in the next presidential debate?

Are you a nationalist or a globalist?

When will be the next terrorist attack in the U.S.? ... in Europe?

Who is the better VP candidate ... Kaine or Pence?

Should DJT release his tax returns or will Lois Lurner beat him to it?

Is a "tax loss carry-forward" a "tax loophole"?

If HRC is elected, will she be healthy enough to serve?

If DJT wins, will he build the wall? Will Mexico pay for it?

Should HRC release the transcripts of all her Wall Street private meetings?

Is DJT a racist? Is HRC? Is BHO?

Will the Fed raise interest rates in December?

Is Julian Assage a hero or a traitor ... or both?

Is HRC guilty of a felony for mishandling gov't intelligence?

My Christmas List

I know I am a little late in submitting these gift requests to ol' St. Nick ... but then again I would be happy to get them anytime in the New Year:

- a rollback of about 30 of my birthdays

- a Ronald Reagan clone running for president on the Republican ticket

- a purging of looney liberal professors in the Ivy League

- after repeated agreement violations, the US. reimposing sanctions on Iran

- Obummer deciding to spend all of his last year as president on the golf course

- the starting of a real reformation movement in the Muslim religion

- some stoney resolve being shown by the Republicans in Congress

- an indictment of Hillary Clinton for her criminal abuses when she was Secretary of State

- Al Sharpton paying his millions of dollars of back taxes

- Kim Jong un of North Korea developing a incurable case of severe rectal itch

- John Kerry being told he can no longer tolerate Botox injections

- Lois Lerner losing her government pension for malfeasance

Beanbag

I think it was the former and deceased Congressman from Massachusetts, Tip O'Neill, who famously said "Politics ain't beanbag." Now Democrat Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey is relearning this same lesson as he is apparently going to be indicted on criminal corruption charges as one of the last acts by our outgoing Attorney General, Eric Holder ... see: Reuters Story.

This clearly is a bit of political payback ... not that Senator Menedez is above reproach. He clearly is about as slimy as any Democrat politician (and a few Republicans) ... including his three possible junkets to the Dominican Republic to enjoy some hanky-panky with underage prostitutes ... all on the cuff of his friend and possible Medicare overcharger, Dr. Salomon Melgen ... see: Irony of Ironies...

However, Cuban-American Menendez's biggest mistake was vocally opposing the Obama administration on its Cuban and Iran policies. So Menedez is the one Democrat who is singled out for punishment ... not Charles Rangel, not Nancy Pelosi, not Al Sharpton, not Harry Reid, not Lois Lerner, not Hillary Clinton, etc. The only conclusion one can draw from this Menendez indictment ... it's OK today to be a reprobate as long as you toe the Democrat party line.

I guess we all knew this ... it is just depressing to see it unfold once again.

Circumstantial Evidence

The circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. Now we are asked to believe that the e-mails of five more key IRS employees have somehow all gone missing simultaneously … see: AP Story. This is in addition to numerous e-mails that have vanished from Lois Lerner’s computer. Remember she is the IRS employee that had claimed Fifth Amendment protections from self incrimination when testifying in front of Congress … and who was the point person at the IRS which was targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status prior to the 2012 presidential elections. Her bald-faced excuse was a crashed computer and a subsequent (conveniently) degaussed hard disk.

The IRS is stretching its credibility to the breaking point when it now claims that these five additional employees all experienced convenient computer crashes that eliminated key pieces of evidence in this matter. If President Obama does not immediately act to rectify this blatant suborning of justice then, in my eyes, the White House is also implicated … if not the perpetrator of these criminal acts. Obama's attitude and statement about “not even a smidgen of corruption” at the IRS shows, to me, how up to its elbows in this grievous mess his administration really is. And let us not forget the 119 suspicious visits to the White House by the IRS Commissioner in 2010 and 2011 ... see: Investors Business Daily Story.

This is President Nixon’s secretary Rosemary Woods’ accidentally-erased 18 minutes of recorded Oval Office conversations … times 100. Is America asleep? Where's the outrage?

Carny

At old-time carnivals there was always a spiel mister who, waving his bamboo cane, huckstered rubes into the various sideshows full of geeks, freaks and flabby female ecdysiasts … or one who offered you a chance to beat an unbeatable tent game. Such was called a “carny” … short for carnival worker. Yesterday was Jay Carney’s last day as the White House Press Secretary … kinda like the modern-day equivalent of a carny … the head spinner of administration misdirections. This Carney carny however did not wave a cane nor stand in front of a sucker’s game. But then again?

Jay Carney … or the “common streetwalker” as I liked to call him … grew into this job … learning to lie with aplomb. He benefited from a complacent and lackluster press corps (corpse?) who were led around by the nose … even asked to submit questions in advance … see: Pantomime. The most recent whopper this carny ask us to believe was that that IRS tyrant, Lois Lerner, had never contacted the White House by e-mail … see: Michelle Malkin Squib. This is despite the fact that there were 155 White House meetings between Lois Lerner’s boss and Obama’s henchmen … see: Daily Caller Story. Pleeease …

One Fox News wag opined that Carney was not paid enough to do all these tap dances around Obama’s malfeasances … but I think he was being overpaid. Now we can expect to see Carney slip back into the media in some fashion or another … moving between news-making and news-faking.

IRS

Our tax collection agency, the IRS, has been turned into a slimy political tool, the Indefensible Repressive Scumbags, by the Obama administration.  I clearly am risking a tax audit by this pond-scum of a government agency for calling it out … but I feel that it is way out of control and I, nay we all, need to speak up. Yes, its repressive actions toward the Tea Party and other patriotic organizations surrounding their applications for 501-c-4 status before the last presidential election was outrageous and blatantly illegal. The probable instigator of these actions, Lois Lerner, needs to be severely punished by Congress and the Justice Department (ha ha!). And we clearly should find out who gave her her marching orders.

Additional IRS’s scumbag actions center on its treatment of Ben Carson, a black doctor and former Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Last year at the National Prayer Breakfast, with President Obama in attendance, he gave his recommendations for how to fix out nation’s health-care system. Please take the few moments to view Dr. Carson's studied, stand-up and sage recommendations here: YouTube Video.

This truth-telling apparently embarrassed our fearless leader and, as a result, Dr. Carson was called by the White House demanding he apologize … which he rightfully didn’t do. Therefore, this administration’s jack-booted mob siced the IRS dogs on him, his family and his friends. Read the details here: Washington Examiner Story. This is not only indefensible behavior; it is the worst kind of government heavy-handed repression. I never would have believed that a federal institution could be so corrupted as to stoop to such scandalous criminal behavior as have been exhibited by the IRS over the last three years. Using the IRS for political retribution is all very frightening.

I shudder to think of what this crooked agency and the Obama administration are capable of if they feel push-back for the types of actions that we have seen. But, you know what? … if we all don’t push-back, things are guaranteed to get even worse!

I’ll let you kind readers all know when my tax audit notice arrives.

Contrast

Lois Lerner – The IRS Director who orchestrated the suppression of Tea-Party and other right-wing groups from registering as tax-exempt organizations in advance of the 2012 presidential election.  Ms. Lerner, after asserting her innocence in this matter in front of a Congressional hearing, then refused to answer any question citing her Fifth Amendment rights.  Ms. Lerner has subsequently been allowed to retire from the government with full benefits … see: Christian Science Monitor Story.  Nobody in the Obama administration has been fired as a result of this gross malfeasance.

Bridget Anne Kelly – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s Deputy Chief of Staff who sent an e-mail to Port Authority executive David Wildstein suggesting that Fort Lee, New Jersey might experience some traffic problems after its Mayor had refused to endorse Christie for Governor in the 2013 election ... which then resulted in huge traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge. When Governor Christie was informed of her action, he immediately fired Ms. Kelly for lying to him … see: Chicago Tribune Story.  Mr. Wildstein retired from the Port Authority last December ... and is now also asserting his Fifth Amendment protection at a state inquiry about this matter in Trenton.