Where's the IRS when you need it?

Rush had a story today about "Porkulus Money for Tax Cheats".

And of course he's blaming Obama for it...but come on. All this shows is that the US government, and the IRS, are incompetent, or in bed together, or something.

It would be interesting to know if the head honchos of these companies are Democrat or Republican. ; )

RUSH: Okay, so you're upset at the money we spend or give Israel every year. Try this. "Thousands of companies --" and, by the way, this is an AP story, and they are totally unfazed by this, and this, to me, is one of the stories of the day. If it weren't for Netanyahu being here, if it weren't for Obama going to Ireland and Europe, if it weren't for the tornadoes in Joplin, this would be a huge story. "Thousands of companies that cashed in on President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package owed the government millions in unpaid taxes, congressional investigators have found." You see, in terms of the way AP wrote this, Obama didn't give these companies, these organizations money that they should never have gotten. They cashed in. That's how you write about slush funds. They cashed in.

So the slush fund, the stimulus bill directed money at organizations and companies that owed back taxes. In other words, the government, the regime forgave these organizations and companies their back taxes by paying them the money that they owed. "The Government Accountability Office, in a report being released today, said at least 3,700 government contractors and nonprofit organizations that received more than $24 billion from the stimulus effort owed $757 million in back taxes as of Sept. 30, 2009, the end of the budget year." So 3,700 contractors and nonprofits, organizations, owed a grand total of $757 million, and collectively they got $24 billion.

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Hardened felons or drug addicts?

46,000 prisoners are going to be released from California jails soon. Rush says they are "hardened criminals" - but surely the only ones released will be those who participated in victimless crimes - the drug users. I think most African American youth go to jail for drug abuse rather than anything else.

Unfortunately, once in jail, any innocence they might have, any humanity, is beaten out of them by the rest of the prison population, such that by the time they do come out of jail, they may well be hardened criminals. [And of course, that goes for any other race, creed or color of folk sent to jail, not just blacks...however statistics show that lots of black youth go to jail these days because it's considered a "right of passage.")

There's an old saying, "Keep doing the same old thing, get the same result." One really does have to wonder if that applies to our prison system. Ex-cons shouldn't come out as hardened criminals, they should come out as educated people who can take their places in a civilized society, ready and able to work and live like human beings.

Indeed, it's too bad instead of spending their time making license plates or whatever it is they do, they don't attend high school classes or something, and vocational work...

Anyway, here's what Rush had to say on the subject:

Story #5: Supreme Court Orders California Prisoner Release

RUSH: This is unbelievable, this next story. The Supreme Court ordered California yesterday to release, it could be as many as 46,000 prisoners, to relieve overcrowding, saying that "needless suffering and death have resulted from putting too many inmates into facilities that cannot hold them in decent conditions." Of course, releasing tens of thousands of hardened criminals into the population will not result in less needless suffering and death. It's going to increase needless suffering and death outside the prison walls, because they've got strict gun control laws in California. And, of course, the law-abiding will not have guns.

These jerks getting out of jail, it's the first thing they're gonna do is go get gun. They'll have no problem. And you know what? Ex-felons can vote in California as long as they're not currently incarcerated. Of course that's just a coincidence here. A 5-4 vote, United States Supreme Court. "Antonin Scalia called the ruling 'absurd' and 'staggering.'" He left out dangerous. "He said the high court had repeatedly overruled the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for ordering the release of individual prisoners. Now, he said, the majority were ordering the release of '46,000 happy-go-lucky felons.' He added that 'terrible things are sure to happen as a consequence of this outrageous order.' Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with him." California is gonna become a prison yard, 46,000, because overcrowding has caused needless suffering and death.

Hey, could we send some of these California prisoners to Club Gitmo? We're not shutting that place down. (interruption) Alcatraz? Nah, it's a nostalgic thing. It's not a suitable facility. It's too big of a tourist destination anyway.

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Forget the date. What about the signature?

I have thought and thought and I dont' see how anyone, jetlagged as they might be, can write down a date that is three years wrong, as Obama did in the Westminster Abbey datebook, unless he was trying to make a symbolic point about the year he was elected or something...

I mean, at the start of every new year, for a couple of weeks at least I often write down the old year's year instead of the new year's year... but five months into the year...and 3 years off?

But I'm perfectly willing to believe he was signing 2008 symbolically...what I'm more interested in is his signature. What kind of a signature is that??? Big B, Big O, and the rest of his name illegible?

I'm thinking that's the signature of an egomaniac or a doctor...


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24 May 2011, Tues, Rush Limbaugh Headlines

--Prime Minister Netanyahu Delivers Epic Speech Before US Congress
A stellar lesson in confidence, statecraft and leadership.
C-SPAN: Watch Entire Netanyahu Speech

--Bibi Beats Bam to Joplin Remarks
The first leader to address tornado victims? Not Obama.

--Malcontent Caller #1: Walter Explains His Support for Obama
It's people like this who make us fear for our future.

--Malcontent Caller #2: Libertarian Says We Waste Money on Israel
He doesn't understand the value we get from that aid.

--The Old Newt Shows Up on CNBC
The vintage Gingrich resurfaces preaching Reaganism.

--Herman Cain Admits He Didn't Understand the "Right of Return"
A credit to Cain: He admits he didn't know something.

--Porkulus Money for Tax Cheats
This should be the biggest news story of the day.

--Weary of All This Talk About the "Weakness" of the GOP Field
Each of them is more qualified than Obama.

--See, I Told You So: Huntsman!
The Pimpstream Media pushes a new GOP moderate.

--Father Tells Story of His Rush Baby Converted by Power of This Show
Young skull full of mush fights school's lib propaganda.

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--Barry Doesn't Know What Year It Is
Signs Westminster Abbey guest book, dates it wrong.

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Sarah Palin's Question More Pertinent Than She Knows

Here's one of the questions Sarah Palin asked on her Facebook page.

"Should Prime Minister Netanyahu suggest we return to our 1845 borders before the annexation of the southwest of the United States during the Mexican-American War?"

She think - or at least the person writing this article thinks - that it's a zinger because Obama wouldn't want that to happen... but frankly I'd be very surprsied if that's not exactly what the Dems and Obama - many Latinos in the effected states, want to have happen.

Business Insider: Sarah Palin Slams Obama For Disregarding Israel's Security And Not Knowing Basic Geography
Still-potential-presidential-candidate Sarah Palin posted a firey response on Facebook to Barack Obama's controversial Israell declaration.

Zingers include: "Should Prime Minister Netanyahu suggest we return to our 1845 borders before the annexation of the southwest of the United States during the Mexican-American War?"

And a geography lesson: "In the State Department speech, President Obama said... that he wants a Palestine that is a 'sovereign and contiguous state' (emphasis added). The Merriam–Webster dictionary defines 'contiguous' as 'being in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point; of angles, adjacent; next or near in time or sequence; touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence,' like the 'contiguous United States' which obviously excludes Alaska and Hawaii. But the 1967 lines do not include a 'contiguous' Palestine. So what does he mean?"

As I noted on Judge Jeanine Pirro’s show this weekend, I reject President Obama’s idea that Israel must cede back its territories to the 1967 line. Will we now be in the habit of telling our allies what their borders should be? Should Prime Minister Netanyahu suggest we return to our 1845 borders before the annexation of the southwest of the United States during the Mexican-American War? Should we give back parts of Texas, New Mexico, and California?

But the problem is even deeper. In both his State Department speech and his speech yesterday at AIPAC, President Obama made some seemingly specific comments about the Palestinian state that he wants to see created. He either misspoke or he has even more dangerous plans for our friends in Israel than he is publicly admitting.

In the State Department speech, President Obama said that he wants the borders of Palestine and Israel to “be based on the 1967 lines” (in other words, with both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as part of the new Palestinian state) and that he wants a Palestine that is a “sovereign and contiguous state” (emphasis added). The Merriam–Webster dictionary defines “contiguous” as “being in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point; of angles, adjacent; next or near in time or sequence; touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence,” like the “contiguous United States” which obviously excludes Alaska and Hawaii.

But the 1967 lines do not include a “contiguous” Palestine. (See the map here.) So what does he mean? The President proposes “mutually agreed [land] swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.” Is linking Gaza and the West Bank with a road the “secured border” he has in mind? Or is he suggesting something more? Is it not possible he’s suggesting that the only way you can create a “contiguous” Palestinian state with “secured” borders is by carving Israel in half? Clarification on this point is of paramount importance, Mr. President.

In fact, that leads me to another even bigger geographic problem with the President’s remarks. As the British newspaper The Independent points out, there is further confusion because President Obama said, “The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine.” As The Independent asks: “How does that square with the pre-1967 borders? Was the President implying that the new improved Israel will border neither Jordan nor Egypt, as it does now? Would Palestine’s contiguous territory come at the expense of Israel’s? Would Israel get the Gaza Strip and the Mediterranean and Palestine get the Negev and a Red Sea port?”

Is that what you have in mind, Mr. President? Do you not want an Israeli border with Egypt? You need to clarify what you mean. Diplomacy requires precision and you are causing enormous anxiety for some and making commitments to others that you might not be able to keep.

It has long been the dream of radicals like Noam Chomsky to create a “contiguous Palestine.” True, President George W. Bush spoke ambiguously of a “contiguous” Palestinian state, but he never defined it geographically with borders the way President Obama has, and he had the security of our ally Israel in mind more than our current President. President Obama has in essence boxed Israel in without regard for the facts on the ground and without appreciating the fact that Israel looks across the negotiating table and sees the terrorist organization Hamas in alliance with Fatah. Israel has demonstrated in the past that it is willing to negotiate fairly with a genuine partner in peace. Just look at the treaty it maintains to this day with Egypt. All of this should have been considered and the President’s words should have been carefully measured so as to help and not hinder the peace process. Unfortunately, his words have caused confusion and distressed our ally.

- Sarah Palin


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24 May, 2011, Tues, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/164122.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton accompanies President Obama on his foreign travel in London, United Kingdom.

12:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton, escorted by UK Captain Gerald Johnston, Assistant Equerry to the Queen, tours the State Apartments of Buckingham Palace, in London, United Kingdom.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends President Obama and the First Lady’s arrival ceremony, at Buckingham Palace, in London, United Kingdom.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

12:25 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton joins President Obama and the First Lady’s lunch with Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace, in London, United Kingdom.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton joins President Obama and the First Lady in viewing the exhibition of Royal Collection items relating to America in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace, in London, United Kingdom.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton joins President Obama’s meeting with UK Opposition Leader Ed Miliband, in London, United Kingdom.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

8:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton joins President Obama and the First Lady in attending the State Dinner hosted by Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace, in London, United Kingdom.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES STEINBERG
6:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg delivers remarks to the Spring Board/IAC Meeting, at the National Museum of History.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

DEPUTY SECRETARY THOMAS NIDES
12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

3:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Assistant Secretary Shapiro, Deputy Special Representative Dan Feldman and Deputy Director Rob Goldberg, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with FCC Senior Counselor Josh Gottheimer, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Under Secretary Kennedy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with the senior budget team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
8:30 a.m. Administrator Shah delivers keynote remarks to the Chicago Council’s Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security, at the Ronald Reagan Building.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Bill Gates of the Gates Foundation, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WILLIAM BURNS
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Burns appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY SENATE)

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to participate in the OECD Ministerial meeting in Paris, France and in the G8 Summit in Deauville, France through May 28.

10:10 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with French Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Pierre Lellouche, in Paris.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in a bilateral meeting with Australian Trade Minister Dr. Craig Emerson, in Paris.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats co-chairs a meeting on “Future of International Investment Policy,” at the OECD Ministerial.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel.

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER
Under Secretary Tauscher returns from foreign travel in Moscow, Russia.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
Ambassador Marshall accompanies President Obama on his foreign travel.

AS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
8:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake delivers remarks at the Defense Writers Group breakfast briefing, at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Egidijus Meilunas, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with a Commission of Inquiry briefing team from Kyrgyzstan.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
Assistant Secretary Brimmer attends the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) counterterrorism workshop in Lucca, Italy.

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Lieutenant General Michael R. Moeller, U.S. Security Coordinator for the Israel-Palestinian Authority, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Ambassador Hans G. Klemm, Coordinating Director of Rule of Law and Law Enforcement in Kabul, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Major General Timothy J. Lowenberg, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN
Assistant Secretary Feltman is on foreign travel in Benghazi, Libya through May 24 to meet with Transitional National Council (TNC) members, including Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil.

AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel to participate in the OECD Ministerial meeting in Paris, France

AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies President Obama on his foreign travel.

AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULUTRAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Ann Stock attends the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit “The Start of Something Big” dinner at the Time Warner Center, in New York City. This event marks the conclusion of the 2011 Fortune-U.S. Department of State Global Women's Mentoring Partnership program.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
Assistant Secretary Valenzuela is on foreign travel to Costa Rica and Mexico through May 27.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN
Ambassador Benjamin is on foreign travel in North Africa through May 27.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY
1:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby speaks with UN Office on Drugs and Crime Goodwill Ambassador Christopher Lawford.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON
Special Representative Balderston is on foreign travel in Israel until May 25.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel to China through June 3 to participate in programs with national and provincial officials.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will brief the press on Iran sanctions. The on-camera, on-the-record briefing will be held in the State Department Press Briefing Room (Room 2209).

Today’s Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner will immediately follow this special briefing.

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24 May, 2011, Tues, Pres and VP Schedules

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/president
7:20 am The President and the First Lady participate in arrival ceremony at Buckingham Palace
Local Event Time: 12:20 PM BST
Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom
Open Press

7:25 am The President and the First Lady have lunch with Her Majesty the Queen
Local Event Time: 12:25 PM BST
Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom
Closed Press

9:00 am The President and the First Lady view the Portrait Gallery
Local Event Time: 2:00 PM BST
Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom
Travel Pool Coverage

10:00 am The President and the First Lady tour Westminster Abbey; the President participates in a wreath laying ceremony
Local Event Time: 3:00 PM BST
London, United Kingdom, Westminster Abbey
Travel Pool Coverage

10:45 am The President and the First Lady arrive at 10 Downing Street
Local Event Time: 3:45 PM BST
10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Pooled Press

12:00 pm The President meets with Opposition Leader Miliband
Local Event Time: 5:00 PM BST
Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom
Pool Spray at the Bottom
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3:30 pm The President and the First Lady attend dinner hosted by Her Majesty the Queen
Local Event Time: 8:30 PM BST
Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom
Print Pool

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
11:00 am The Vice President attends Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress
U.S. Capitol
Open Press

3:00 pm The Vice President holds the next meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral group of Members of Congress to continue work on a legislative framework for comprehensive deficit reduction
U.S. Capitol | Show Details
Participants in the meeting will include the Vice President, Senator Daniel Inouye, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Max Baucus, Representative Eric Cantor, Representative James Clyburn, Representative Chris Van Hollen, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jacob Lew, and Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling.
Closed Press

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