{"id":18734,"date":"2013-05-21T22:10:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T02:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=18734"},"modified":"2013-05-21T22:11:15","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T02:11:15","slug":"the-daily-gouge-wednesday-may-22nd-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=18734","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge, Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013…and here’s The Gouge!
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First up, a special edition of Tales From the Darkside<\/span>, aka, the “And If You Believe That<\/em><\/span> I’ve Got A Bridge In Brooklyn” segment, courtesy of the most patently prevaricating, d<\/span>eliberately-divisive President<\/em><\/span> ever to soil the seat in what, in just over four short years, he’s turned into the Offal Office:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We know that too many young men in our community<\/span> continue to make bad choices. And I have to say, growing up, I made quite a few myself. Sometimes I wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down.<\/span> I had a tendency sometimes to make excuses for me [sic] not doing the right thing. But one of the things that all of you have learned over the last four years is there’s no longer any room for excuses<\/span><\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/span>“–Barack Obama, Moorehouse College commencement ceremony, May\u00a019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Really?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"nothingbutexcuses\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Since when?!?\u00a0 Last we looked, excuses…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"it<\/a><\/p>\n

…are all this narcissistic nitwit has to offer!\u00a0 And here we thought America<\/em><\/span> was the President’s “community”, i.e., every<\/em><\/span> American…regardless of the Chief Executive’s individual race, creed, color…or national origin.\u00a0 Now, imagine the firestorm had George W. Bush made similar remarks about an equally-mythical “white” community…at Bob Jones University; any questions?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n

And since we’re on the subject of the most transparent Administration in history, as the\u00a0Los Angeles Times <\/em>reports, courtesy of Bill Meisen…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top IRS official will invoke 5th Amendment<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\"Lois-Lerner-weasel-of-the-week\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A top IRS<\/span> official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the 5th Amendment and refuse to answer questions before a House committee investigating the agency\u2019s improper screening of conservative nonprofit groups. Lois Lerner, the head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS, won\u2019t answer questions about what she knew about the improper screening\u00a0\u2014 or why she didn\u2019t disclose it to Congress<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, according to a letter from her defense lawyer, William W. Taylor III. Lerner was scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has not committed any crime or made any misrepresentation but under the circumstances she has no choice but to take this course,\u201d<\/strong><\/span> said a letter by Taylor to committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Vista). The letter, sent Monday, was obtained Tuesday by the Los Angeles Times. Taylor, a criminal defense attorney from the Washington firm Zuckerman Spaeder<\/span>, said that the Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation, and that the House committee has asked Lerner to explain why she provided \u201cfalse or misleading information\u201d to the committee four times last year.<\/p>\n

Since Lerner won\u2019t answer questions, Taylor asked that she be excused from appearing, saying that would \u201chave no purpose other than to embarrass or burden her<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sounds like a legitimate purpose to us<\/em><\/span>, particularly as Mr. Taylor will be charging the lying Lerner by the hour for just sitting there in silence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former IRS Commissioner Steven Miller conclusively exposes just one of Lerner’s numerous fables:<\/strong><\/p>\n