http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=politics Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:24 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=politics Mon, 20 May 2013 22:19:09 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=08e_1369102667 Detroit Iron by JOHN NOLTE 20 May 2013, 1:06 PM PDT Monday afternoon, ABC News released a chilling report that details what journalists have faced while trying to get some answers from the Cincinnati IRS office, which is where a majority of the Tea Party targeting took place.According to ABC, an "armed uniform police officer with the Federal Protective Service" "escorted" reporters through the public building. ABC says if the intent wasn't to "scare off" employees who might talk, " it was the effect ." ABC News is also hearing conflicting reports from Cincinnati IRS employees and the IRS Headquarters in Washington. A Washington spokesman told ABC that press queries are "referred to the press office," but that "people have First Amendment rights, they are entitled to speak." An employee in OH said that is not the case and that staffers have been threatened with their jobs if they are caught talking to the media: At the IRS office on the fourth floor, a woman who answered the buzzer referred reporters to officials in Washington, though they were not returning very many calls. That staffer also said she was not allowed to speak to anyone - a line that was repeated by agency personnel during the week. IRS headquarters in Washington denied that a no-talk rule was official policy because, after all, agency staffers still have a constitutional right to talk to whomever they want. ... Not so, said IRS folks in Ohio. One of them, who asked not be named, told ABC News that security guards did remind employees of the official policy not to talk with the press - a warning cemented by the punch line "or risk losing our jobs." The Obama administration's Culture of Intimidation knows no bounds, apparently. Follow John Nolte on Twitter @NolteNC http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/05/20/Armed-Police-Follow-Reporters-IRS-Employees-Scared-Off-From-Talking http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=08e_1369102667 Detroit Iron IRS SCANDAL: ARMED POLICE 'ESCORT' REPORTERS THROUGH CINCINNATI OFFICE IRS Mon, 20 May 2013 19:57:45 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ff5_1369094055 Detroit Iron Jason Chaffetz raises the prospect. By Robert Costa Representative Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, says President Barack Obama may face impeachment over his administration's response to the Benghazi attack. "They purposefully and willfully misled the American people, and that's unacceptable," Chaffetz tells me. "It's part of a pattern of deception." Behind the scenes, he says, House Republicans are frustrated by the White House's evasiveness, and the calls for impeachment will likely increase. Chaffetz acknowledges that House speaker John Boehner is wary of moving too swiftly against the president, but the brash, 46-year-old conservative is tired of waiting for answers. He's ready to issue subpoenas and schedule more hearings. His chief concern is that the White House, which he says is staffed by "self-preservationists," seems to be hiding documents related to the attack and the president's decisions, in order to protect the administration from scrutiny. "They've released 100 emails, but there are thousands of documents that we still need to see," he says. "The truth gets colder as time goes on, so we need to stay vigilant." "Now, the speaker has more patience than I do," Chaffetz says. "He has told me to be patient, that the truth will eventually surface. But I'm not a patient person, and if this administration makes us do this the hard way, that's what we'll do." Chaffetz's tension with the White House has been building for months, ever since he took a fact-finding trip to Libya last October, less than a month after the terrorist attack. During that visit, he huddled with several U.S. diplomats, including Gregory Hicks, a former deputy chief of the Libya mission. But the heavy-handed tactics of the president's advisers, he complains, sullied his investigation from the start. He worries that allies of Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton have inappropriately pressured his sources - and restricted his access. "They've obstructed me from doing my congressional duty," he says. "When I went over there, a State Department babysitter intimidated me and many others." "The State Department had people watching my every move," he recalls. "But even as they watched me like a hawk, I was able to see how ill-prepared the embassy was for an attack. There were walls that weren't very tall, and trees that could be climbed. One of the walls was so low that some people were able to prop up a ladder to dump trash on our embassy's grounds. I asked one of my guides why that was allowed, and he shook his head and said, 'Well, I guess we just didn't want to offend the neighbors.'" But the worst part of the journey, Chaffetz says, was having State Department lawyer Jeremy Freeman along, shadowing him through every meeting. Hicks and other U.S. diplomats, he says, were effectively muzzled by his presence. "And at one point, Hicks had to leave a meeting, only to be chastised over the phone by Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton's top adviser," he says. "It was unsettling - to see, up close, the depths to which Secretary Clinton was willing to go to manipulate the process." Chaffetz says he has relayed these stories to his Republican colleagues, especially after Hicks testified before the House oversight committee earlier this month. Chaffetz says the conversations about his experiences have stirred unease, and he expects members to press the White House for details on how officials may have obstructed Congress. "The White House likes to say that our questions are a political sideshow, but it seems like it was their politics that caused a lot of the problems," Chaffetz says. "Hicks testified about being suppressed from saying much to me during my trip, so it's not like we're running roughshod." Over the weekend, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer appeared on the Sunday talk shows and defended the administration. When asked about the editing of national-security talking points and the president's conduct on the night of the attack, Pfeiffer argued that the administration was engaged and acted responsibility. Chaffetz doesn't buy it. "This is an administration embroiled in a scandal that they created," he says. "It's a cover-up. I'm not saying impeachment is the end game, but it's a possibility, especially if they keep doing little to help us learn more." Look for Chaffetz, the chairman of the oversight committee's subcommittee on national security, to lead the fight for accountability as the controversy - and talk of impeachment proceedings - escalates. In the meantime, he's trying to get back to Libya. "Unless you go out there and kick the tires, you'll never really get the proper perspective," he says. "I've been kicking them for a while, but this is only the beginning. I'm going to spend months finding out the truth, and do whatever it takes." - Robert Costa is National Review 's Washington editor. http://www.nationalreview.com/node/348752 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ff5_1369094055 Detroit Iron The Impeachment Option Jason Chaffetz, (R, Utah), President Barack Obama, Benghazi Mon, 20 May 2013 19:30:10 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d11_1369092437 Detroit Iron By Abby D. Phillip ABC News This weekend, Virginia Republicans found their candidate for lieutenant governor in E.W. Jackson, a Chesapeake, Va. pastor who has compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and also suggested that black Americans are being enslaved by the Democratic Party. "It is time to end the slavish devotion to the Democrat Party," Jackson, who is African American, said in a 2012 YouTube video . "Planned Parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was. And the Democrat Party and their black civil rights allies are partners in this genocide." "The Democrat Party has created an unholy alliance between certain, so-called civil rights leaders and Planned Parenthood, which has killed unborn black babies by the tens of millions," he added. The statements have been catnip for Democrats eager to jump on the opportunity to label Jackson as "extreme" and link him to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who is the Republican nominee for the closely watched gubernatorial race. "This choice highlights just how out-of-touch the Republican Party of Virginia has become," wrote Aneesh Chopra, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, in a prepared statement. "Jackson's extreme views are far to the right of Virginia voters. In fact, Jackson is far more extreme than Ken Cuccinelli - which is quite a feat." The emergence of Jackson's video isn't the result of opposition research. It was put on the Internet by Jackson's own campaign long before this weekend's Republican Party of Virginia Convention. In fact, the video has been around long enough that it was reported on in 2012 , when Jackson's race for a U.S. Senate seat received almost no notice. Then, Jackson, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and graduate of Harvard Law School, lost 95 percent of the Republican vote in his bid for the Senate nomination and the video became a casualty of post-election amnesia. The video, and Jackson, have since re-emerged, mostly because being nominated as the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor is far easier than winning a statewide primary. Because of the quirkiness of Virginia's electoral system, which allows lieutenant governors to be elected separately from governors, and the Virginia Republican nomination process, which produces a nominee who wins a majority of only 13,000 possible delegate votes, Jackson could end up asVirginia's lieutenant governor whether Cuccinelli wins or loses. Meanwhile, Jackson's comments leave little to the imagination, and there is no indication that his campaign is attempting to hide it. The evidence is strewn, and well-documented by liberal groups, all over the Internet. Jackson has compared Planned Parenthood's support for abortion to genocide, railed against homosexuality, suggested that gay activists harbor an anti-black agenda and said that the Democratic Party is anti-Israel. The question is whether efforts to link Jackson to Cuccinelli will be successful. Democrats point out that Cuccinelli - in notably vague terms - endorsed Jackson as a "powerful fighter and communicator for first principles." But asked for comment on Monday, Cuccinelli's camp did not immediately respond. The Republican Governors Association declined to comment on Jackson's controversial statements. "Ken Cuccinelli is running a focused campaign on job growth and pocketbook issues that are important to voters in the Commonwealth," said Jon Thompson, the RGA's spokesperson. "We are confident that come Election Day, voters will elect Cuccinelli as governor based on his ideas and his proven record of fighting for all Virginians." http://news.yahoo.com/gop-lieutenant-governor-candidate-va-compares-planned-parenthood-181216527--abc-news-politics.html http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d11_1369092437 Detroit Iron GOP Lieutenant Governor Candidate in Va. Compares Planned Parenthood to KKK E.W. Jackson, Planned Parenthood, Ku Klux Klan, Democratic Party Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:51 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8cb_1369092310 dcmfox (Bet all those "good ol' boys" are changing their tune after today) Friday, Congress finally approved a $9.7 billion package to pay flood insurance claims from Hurricane Sandy. The measure was supposed to come to a vote earlier in the week, but was tabled by House Speaker John Boehner, drawing much criticism from both Democrats and his fellow Republicans alike. The measure passed unanimously through the Senate, but 67 members of the House of Representatives voted "no" to assisting people who were left, at best, powerless or homeless by a hurricane in November. All 67 are Republicans: Justin Amash (R-MI) Andy Barr (R-KY) Dan Benishek (R-MI) Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI) Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) Mo Brooks (R-AL) Paul Broun (R-GA) Steve Chabot (R-OH) Doug Collins (R-GA) Mike Conaway (R-TX) Tom Cotton (R-AR) Steve Daines (R-MT) Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) Sean Duffy (R-WI) Jeff Duncan (R-SC) Jimmy Duncan (R-TN) Stephen Fincher (R-TN) John Fleming (R-LA) Bill Flores (R-TX) Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Trent Franks (R-AZ) Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) Paul Gosar (R-AZ) Trey Gowdy (R-SC) Tom Graves (R-GA) Sam Graves (R-MO) Andrew Harris (R-MD) George Holding (R-NC) Richard Hudson (R-NC) Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) Randy Hultgren (R-IL) Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) Jim Jordan (R-OH) Doug Lamborn (R-CO) Kenny Marchant (R-TX) Thomas Massie (R-KY) Tom McClintock (R-CA) Mark Meadows (R-NC) Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Steven Palazzo (R-MS) Steve Pearce (R-NM) Scott Perry (R-PA) Tom Petri (R-WI) Mike Pompeo (R-KS) Tom Price (R-GA) Phil Roe (R-TN) Todd Rokita (R-IN) Keith Rothfus (R-PA) Ed Royce (R-CA) Paul Ryan (R-WI) Matt Salmon (R-AZ) David Schweikert (R-AZ) Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) Mac Thornberry (R-TX) Randy Weber (R-TX) Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) Roger Williams (R-TX) Joe Wilson (R-SC) Rob Woodall (R-GA) Kevin Yoder (R-KS) Ted Yoho (R-FL) The most high-profile Congressman on the list is Paul Ryan, failed vice presidential nominee. It also includes Mo Brooks, Ted Yoho, Ron DeSantis, Steven Palazzo and John Fleming from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, all of which are states that received much-needed federal aid following Hurricane Katrina, the only hurricane in American history that was more costly than Sandy . Speaker Boehner did not vote.Related Governor Cuomo: 'Extreme Weather, I Believe, Is Here to Stay' At a news conference today, Governor Cuomo gave the first estimate on exactly what the cost of Hurricane Sandy is going to be, stating that the storm ... Read... This list also includes the entire Republican representation from Arizona, Kansas, Maryland, Montana and New Mexico (Maryland, Montana and New Mexico are only represented by one Republican each). While it took Congress more than two months to approve any federal aid for Sandy victims, it took just 10 days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This aid package is only, however, the tip of the iceberg, as Congress will take another vote on an additional $51 billion aid package on January 15. In a joint statement , New York and New Jersey governors Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie called the $9.7 billion a good start: "Today's action by the House was a necessary and critical first step towards delivering aid to the people of New Jersey and New York. While we are pleased with this progress, today was just a down payment and it is now time to go even further and pass the final and more complete, clean disaster aid bill. We are trusting Congress to act accordingly on January 15th and pass the final $51 billion instrumental for long-term rebuilding in order for New Jersey, New York and our people to recover after the severe devastation of Hurricane Sandy." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8cb_1369092310 dcmfox Here Are the Republicans Who Voted 'No' on Hurricane Sandy Relief Funds republicans, voted, no, sandy, relief Fri, 17 May 2013 16:31:20 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c8b_1368821541 Bannedman This video has not been editted in any way. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c8b_1368821541 Bannedman This is what British <span class="highlight">politics</span> is like British, Politics, David, Cameron Tue, 14 May 2013 19:08:53 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ca8_1368572679 dcmfox by Noah Rothman 11:32 am, May 14th, 2013 Julian Bond , chairman emeritus of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, joined anchor Thomas Roberts on MSNBC on Tuesday where he said that he did not believe the federal government was complicit in any wrongdoing given the news that the Internal Revenue Service singled out conservative groups for added scrutiny. He said that it is right of the government to look into the Tea Party, which he called "overtly racist" and the "Taliban wing of American politics." Bond made these comments after noting that his group was illegitimately targeted by the IRS in 2004. Bond said that his group was singled out by the IRS in 2004 after he delivered a political speech critical of President George W. Bush . Though his organization was later cleared, Bond said that his group was "unfairly targeted." However, Bond said that there are no parallels between that case and the charge that the IRS devoted undue scrutiny to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. "I don't think there's a double standard at all," Bond said. "I think it's entirely legitimate to look at the tea party." "I mean, here are a group of people who are admittedly racist, who are overtly political, who tried as best they can to harm President Barack ] Obama in every way they can," Bond continued. "They are the Taliban wing of American politics and we all ought to be a little worried about them," Bond asserted. When asked if his assessment of the Tea Party was "a little harsh," Bond said that it was not. "The truth hurts," Bond insisted. Watch the clip below via MSNBC: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ca8_1368572679 dcmfox NAACP Chair Emeritus: 'Legitimate' For IRS To Target 'Admittedly Racist' Tea Party: 'Taliban Wing' Of <span class="highlight">Politics</span> barack obama, George W. Bush, IRS, julian bond, Thomas Roberts Tue, 14 May 2013 23:34:29 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ff_1368586200 roburat Before, I can say that although not perfec,t Filipinos are smart and have the idea of who and why will they vote for a politician. Now our politics here in the Philippines is garbage, not all voters in here are dumb, but it is safe to say that most of them are; how can I tell that most of the voters are dumb? Actors, Athletes, and people who are famous even without experience in the politics nor background in law are the one who get voted. Recently we have a Senatorial Election (May 13, 2013). 12 Senators are needed, 3 of them which I think is incompetent who make the magic 12 are the following: Note: The total votes are 70% only, they are still counting the 30% but their rankings may not change. No. 1 in Senatorial Ranking: (14,692,005 votes) = GRACE POE. When Benigno (Noynoy Aquino) became president she was appointed to become the head of MTRCB ( the one that regualtes movie and tv shows in the country). She is also an adopted daughter of Fernando Poe Jr. who is very famous actor before and run for the Presidential Election in 2004 but lost to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. No. 5 in Senatorial Ranking: (11,991,707 votes) = Nancy Binay. Daughter of Vice President Jejomar Binay and an OJT for her Mother And Father for 20 Years, THAT'S IT NOTHING MORE! No. 10 in Senatorial Ranking : (9,972,312 votes) = Cynthia Villar. Wife of the former Senator Manny Villar who also run for President but lost to Benigno (Noynoy) Aquino. Poor people in here always complain of their lives but they are the one who are voting for the clowns. When the Filipinos are informed that those 3 are running for senate we (Netizens and people in the Cities) are confident that they won't win but we are so wrong. We forgot that people in the provinces are poor and they lack of education which makes them illiterate to know if what is right and wrong. They will also sell their vote for money not knowing that the politicians will get their money back thru pork barrel and funds of the government when they are elected. BOTTOM LINE: Filipinos are smart some of them are even genius, BUT MOST OF US ARE DUMB. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ff_1368586200 roburat Politicians Of The Philippines Before And Today Politics Mon, 20 May 2013 05:10:44 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=65a_1369037271 shanklinmike If we don't consider people who commit domestic violence as ethical... how can we view outsourced domestic violence (statism) as ethical? The answer is you can't.. there is no such thing as "good violence on peaceful people". Violence on peaceful people (people who don't infringe on others nor their justly acquired property) is always unethical. http://VoluntaryVirtues.com http://unofficialnetwork.org/forum/voluntaryvirtues http://youtube.com/MikeShanklin http://liveleak.com/c/shanklinmike http://facebook.com/shanklinmichael http://facebook.com/OptOutOfStatism http://facebook.com/StatismMakesYouASlave http://facebook.com/IndividualFreedomForAll Mike Shanklin on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/117389430300947861818 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=65a_1369037271 shanklinmike Government Is Outsourced Domestic Violence Politics, News, Voluntaryism, Non-aggression Principle, Self-Ownership, Statism, Anarchy, Anarcho-Capitalism, Freedom, Libertarian, Liberty, Libertarianism, Individual Rights, Coercion, Violence, Force, Government, Slavery, Philosophy, Empire, War, Peace, Sat, 18 May 2013 20:42:26 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c59_1368924084 nobyte10000 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c59_1368924084 nobyte10000 Vancouver, Canada: A Message of Gratitude by Jason Kenny vancouver, canada, toronto, jason kenny, politics, peace, world, human rights Sat, 18 May 2013 18:49:08 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=76f_1368915208 shanklinmike Positive rights require violence on peaceful people, therefore... since government is a positive right, government is unethical meaning there is no such thing as a right to a government. http://VoluntaryVirtues.com http://unofficialnetwork.org/forum/voluntaryvirtues http://youtube.com/MikeShanklin http://liveleak.com/c/shanklinmike http://facebook.com/shanklinmichael http://facebook.com/OptOutOfStatism http://facebook.com/StatismMakesYouASlave http://facebook.com/IndividualFreedomForAll Mike Shanklin on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/117389430300947861818 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=76f_1368915208 shanklinmike There Is No Such Thing As A Right To Government Politics, News, Voluntaryism, Non-aggression Principle, Self-Ownership, Statism, Anarchy, Anarcho-Capitalism, Freedom, Libertarian, Liberty, Libertarianism, Individual Rights, Coercion, Violence, Force, Government, Slavery, Philosophy, Empire, War, Peace, Sat, 18 May 2013 17:45:18 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc1_1368913411 nobyte10000 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc1_1368913411 nobyte10000 Vancouver, Canada: Grand Event with World Muslim Leader canada, toronto, vancouver, world peace, faith, politics Fri, 17 May 2013 22:05:07 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=42f_1368823936 shanklinmike Republicans are statists, not true freedom supporters. http://VoluntaryVirtues.com http://unofficialnetwork.org/forum/voluntaryvirtues http://youtube.com/MikeShanklin http://liveleak.com/c/shanklinmike http://facebook.com/shanklinmichael http://facebook.com/OptOutOfStatism http://facebook.com/StatismMakesYouASlave http://facebook.com/IndividualFreedomForAll Mike Shanklin on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/117389430300947861818 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=42f_1368823936 shanklinmike Republicans and Freedom Politics, News, Voluntaryism, Non-aggression Principle, Self-Ownership, Statism, Anarchy, Anarcho-Capitalism, Freedom, Libertarian, Liberty, Libertarianism, Individual Rights, Coercion, Violence, Force, Government, Slavery, Philosophy, Empire, War, Peace,