President Obama’s scandals keep popping up and now that some
News agencies are finally doing their job; as I expected the second of the twin
terrors (the IRS being the first, the EPA being the second) has just erupted
into a scandal as well. We have watched how the administration has refused to prosecute
the New Black Panthers for voters intimidation (caught on video tape), failed our
Libyan ambassador at Benghazi, spied on our free press, let’s not forget the
Fast & the Furious, and targeted groups using the IRS for political
purposes and now we find out they did the same targeting people with the EPA.
The
EPA has been giving preferred treatment to environmental and other pro
liberal groups while purposely scrutinizing and attacking conservative and watchdog
groups.
The Competitive
Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a non-profit public policy organization
dedicated to advancing the principles of limited government, free
enterprise, and individual liberty. Public records produced by EPA in response
to a CEI Freedom of Information Act illustrate a pattern of bias against
limited-government groups, conservative groups, and those who argue for complete
openness from the EPA and access to the EPA’s records. The Examiner found the EPA waved
fees for green groups 92% of the time yes conservative groups waivers were
denied 93% of the time. What would you think if the EPA waivered 92% of white
people but made 93% of minorities pay or vise-verse?
This shows pure prejudice against conservative groups and how immoral not
only the IRS but also the EPA has become. This is as anti-American as you can
get. The CEI stated, “This demonstrates a clear pattern of
favoritism for allied groups and a concerted campaign to make life more
difficult for those deemed unfriendly. The left hand of big government reaches
out to its far-left hand at every turn. Argue against more of the same,
however, and prepare to be treated as if you have fewer rights.” A CEI senior
fellow Chris
Horner stated, “Their practice is to take care of their friends and impose
ridiculous obstacles to deny problematic parties’ requests for information,” Does
this sound like the EPA is taking an UN-bias approach or a politically
motivated one?
This get
worse, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the most progressive and law
breaking EPA chief in history conveniently announced her resignation in late
December. She was caught, breaking federal law, by using an alias "Richard
Windsor" and a fraudulent e-mail account to conspire in the establishment media
and friendly policymakers in shady deal in an effort to promote Jackson and the
administration’s illegal and unconstitutional policies without being uncovered.
The address was created specifically to avoid federal record-keeping and
disclosure requirements. This would still be going on if CEI’s
Christopher Horner, an attorney hadn’t brought it to the light. The EPA was
created by “executive order” of Richard Nixon (a Republican) which also was
unconstitutional because it didn’t go through congress. Unsurprisingly, the
EPA has been redacting (blacking out) massive segments of the documents (to
cover up its illegal acts) it was forced to release under court order, but
refuses to comply with the court order of many more documents. Why would the
EPA need to redact anything, they don’t deal with classified anything. This is
pure cover-up to protect their butts. It doesn’t matter if you are a conservative
or a liberal, this type of illegal activity cannot be tolerated anywhere in the
government.
Lawmakers
are launching an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency for
discriminating against conservative groups to obtain government records but making
it easy for environmental groups. The
letter was sent by Republican Senators David Vitter (R-LA), Jim Inhofe
(R-OK), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) along with Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA)
to Acting EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe. The question to ask is sense we
know this illegal act happened, why isn’t there one Democratic Senator on this
letter? It may be conservatives targeted this time but it may be liberals next
time.
Mr. Brandon
Darby, points out conservative groups targeted by the IRS for special
scrutiny in its 501(c)(4) application suddenly started getting attention from the
EPA too; does this sound like a connection and willfully done? Catherine
Engelbrecht and the King Street Patriots Tea Party formed True the Vote, a nonprofit which focuses
on election integrity. Once True the Vote applied to the IRS for their 501(c3)
non-profit status, immediately their problems began. Multiple federal
agencies, along with an EPA-affiliated began auditing True the Vote and its
founders, something that is never done except in extreme cases. The EPA visited
their group, their businesses, and asking questions of people who knew them. As
I said at the beginning about the twin terrors, you can see them at work here
in unison. Ultimately, the IRS determined that it actually owed a refund to
Engelbrecht; the BATF found nothing wrong in any of its repeated visits and
audits; OSHA’s fine-toothed comb found reason to demand $25,000 from
Engelbrecht’s family business; and TCEQ demanded the Engelbrechts spend $42,000
on additional storage sheds. They are thugs pushing a political agenda and if
you go against it they come after you. Remember when I asked “Why isn’t there
one Democratic Senator on this letter?” In this case in Texas, the Democratic Party of Texas did
sign a letters; a letter to filed a lawsuit against her, as did an ACORN
affiliated groups because she wanted only “American Citizens” to be able to
vote in elections; go figure.
This is why you need a small government not a big one, so
they will stay out of your business and stick to keeping our nation safe. We
are loosing our rights daily and if we do not change the direction this nation
has been pointed by both Democrats and Republicans, our freedom will be the
next to go.