A federal judge ordered the IRS last week to turn over the
list of 298 groups it targeted for intrusive scrutiny as the agency defends
against a potential class-action lawsuit by tea party groups who claim their
constitutional rights were violated. The
IRS had argued it shouldn’t have to release the names because doing so would
violate privacy laws, but Judge Susan J. Dlott, who sits in the Southern
District of Ohio, rejected that claim and ordered the tax agency to turn over
any lists or spreadsheets detailing the groups that were targeted and when they
filed their applications.
COMMENTS:
Knowing that it will probably be three or so years before
this matter gets heard by the Supreme Court, and that the Obama administration
term will be long over by then, I fully expect the IRS will appeal, appeal and
appeal and delay, delay, delay. So much
for transparency.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Would you be willing to go to war against Iran over their
nuclear program? (Horace ~ Xenia, OH)
A. If there is no other alternative to prevent them from obtaining
nuclear weapons, the answer is a firm and unapologetic yes. Just because you don’t like war is no reason
to be a weanie.
Q. I understand a Russian fighter jet buzzed a U.S. reconnaissance
plane in Europe the other day? (Melody ~
Casper, WY)
A. Yes. According to
a tweet sent out on Saturday by the European Command, the United States is not
happy about the incident that occurred near Poland on Tuesday. Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright said the
Russian jet was ”unsafe and unprofessional due to the aggressive maneuvers it
performed in close proximity to their aircraft and its high rate of speed.” It looks as if Putin is feeling friskier by
the day.
Q. Why are Obama and Kerry so adamantly trying to keep
Congress from weighing in on the Iran nuke deal? (Bea ~ Sausalito, CA)
A. Whenever they get their backs up, they’re hiding
something, and it’s not the pickle jar.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“When it comes to politics today, the devil’s not in the
details; the devil’s in the big picture, more often than not just hiding in plain
sight.” ~ Marianne Williamson
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