The Real IRS Scandal
Is there anyone out there who really believes that the Tea Party groups (GOP base groups) were formed beginning in 2009 as "social welfare" groups? Anyone?
I have been paying close attention for....well....too damn long, really....but as I remember it, the Teas began organizing into various and sundry state and local groups immediately after Obama became president. During those glorious and patriotic salad days, Tea groups and members made it clear that they were political opposition groups....in opposition to all of Obama's policies. Those who would try to argue otherwise today have zero credibility.
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How Corporate Media Keep Us Divided
Red states, blue states. Wingnuts, moonbats. Fox, MSNBC.
Our nation's politics have divided us into two opposing camps. The results have not been constructive. Last week we were reminded once again, (as if we needed a reminder) how much damage our bloodless political civil war is doing to our society's unity....our "one nation, indivisible..."
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Vital Details Of Alleged Scandals
The alleged Benghazi scandal.....
The White House released 100 e-mails on Tuesday all pertaining to how the "talking points" over the Benghazi violence on 9-11-2012 were assembled. Those talking points were then used by Susan Rice and others to address media concerns the week after the violent event. The following excerpt is vital to understanding the alleged scandal of Benghazi....
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Hysteria
There are some amazing and baffling things in our natural world. How is it, for example, that schools of fish can move as one? How do birds know how to fly in almost perfect formation?
Humans are also baffling in their behavior. I'm sure you've seen examples of, or read about, mass hysterical behavior....panic induced, rage induced, vengeance induced....hysterical mob behavior, often violent. In our modern refined era, we most often see this phenomenon at highly contested sporting events....often with casualties...but not only at sporting events.
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Zawistowski....501(c)(4) Application Is "Opposition Research"
501(c)(4), non-profit, tax exempt, "social welfare" groups do not have to disclose who their donors are. Before the Citizens United ruling in 2010, (c)(4) groups...."laws had barred nonprofits from accepting donations from corporations or unions for political purposes and had mostly restricted 501(c)(4)s to generic "issue" ads that stopped short of calling on people to vote for or against candidates"
But after the Citizens United ruling, as misguided as the ruling was, conservative and Republican voter groups made an open mockery of the label "social welfare."
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