ZitatConservative groups seeking information from the Environmental Protection Agency have been routinely hindered by fees normally waived for media and watchdog groups, while fees for more than 90 percent of requests from green groups were waived, according to requests reviewed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
CEI reviewed Freedom of Information Act requests sent between January 2012 and this spring from several environmental groups friendly to the EPA’s mission, and several conservative groups, to see how equally the agency applies its fee waiver policy for media and watchdog groups. Government agencies are supposed to waive fees for groups disseminating information for public benefit.
“This is as clear an example of disparate treatment as the IRS’ hurdles selectively imposed upon groups with names ominously reflecting an interest in, say, a less intrusive or biased federal government,” said CEI fellow Chris Horner.
Just another day in the land of the used to be free where conservatives are now enemies of the state. We've now had proof of this behavior from the DOJ, HHS, IRS, State Dept., Pentagon, WH, and now EPA. Who's next?
America's hope is not the donkey or the elephant, but the Lamb.
This just keeps getting better and better. Drudge headline "when it rains". It's finally pouring down on Obama and I am laughing all the way.
He really screwed up (or Holder did) by tapping the press phone lines. I think we're going to find out all kinds of stuff now. All the media outlets will be ticked off - even if they're not remotely associated with the AP. They won't cover for him anymore.
Quote: ozarkian wrote in post #4This just keeps getting better and better. Drudge headline "when it rains". It's finally pouring down on Obama and I am laughing all the way.
He really screwed up (or Holder did) by tapping the press phone lines. I think we're going to find out all kinds of stuff now. All the media outlets will be ticked off - even if they're not remotely associated with the AP. They won't cover for him anymore.
Let's hope so. These guys need a brain transplant if they won't wake up now.
On the other hand its hard for me to be sympathic vis a vis reporters since they've been covering for this monster for years. You lie down with dogs and you get fleas as the old saying goes.
America's hope is not the donkey or the elephant, but the Lamb.
Quote: ozarkian wrote in post #4This just keeps getting better and better. Drudge headline "when it rains".
Yes, but these scandals have been hiding below the surface for some time.
Yet, every one of them just happened to break since last Wednesday when Obama tried to let Hillary take the fall for Benghazi?
"There's no such thing as a coincidence in politics." - FDR
Interesting thought.
But how did he try to let Hillary take the fall for Benghazi? How did he do that last Wednesday, I can't think of one particular instance. What are you referring to?
Quote: ozarkian wrote in post #4This just keeps getting better and better. Drudge headline "when it rains".
Yes, but these scandals have been hiding below the surface for some time.
Yet, every one of them just happened to break since last Wednesday when Obama tried to let Hillary take the fall for Benghazi?
"There's no such thing as a coincidence in politics." - FDR
Interesting thought.
But how did he try to let Hillary take the fall for Benghazi? How did he do that last Wednesday, I can't think of one particular instance. What are you referring to?
Barack Obama is intent on sealing his legacy. If Hillary Clinton is a casualty of this endeavor, Obama will not care. He is a narcissist, first and foremost.
Orthodoxy SUCKS.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
Barack Obama is intent on sealing his legacy. If Hillary Clinton is a casualty of this endeavor, Obama will not care. He is a narcissist, first and foremost.
Obama is delusional if he thinks he can beat the Clintons at this game.
Barack Obama is intent on sealing his legacy. If Hillary Clinton is a casualty of this endeavor, Obama will not care. He is a narcissist, first and foremost.
Obama is delusional if he thinks he can beat the Clintons at this game.
I agree. He is delusional.
Orthodoxy SUCKS.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
Here are some other possible dynamics at work here: Hillary may already have decided not to run in '16, so this could be (1) payback for the '08 primaries and/or (2) Bill Clinton destroying Obama's second term so Bill will be seen as a "more successful" President, overall, than BHO.