He Who Will Not Be Questioned: Obama has fired 2 IGs in 2 weeks, leashed another
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The firing of Gerald Walpin as Inspector General was not an isolated incident, as the Chicago Tribune reports today. Two more IGs have been dismissed in the past two weeks, and Senator Charles Grassley has started demanding answers. The sudden push to rid the government of independent watchdogs appears to coincide with Barack Obama’s plans to use government spending to get control over more aspects of American life, such as with stimulus spending, the financial sector, and volunteer organizations
Via Dan Riehl:
He was appointed with fanfare as the public watchdog over the government’s multi-billion dollar bailout of the nation’s financial system. But now Neil Barofsky is embroiled in a dispute with the Obama administration that delayed one recent inquiry and sparked questions about his ability to freely investigate.
The disagreement stems from a claim by the Treasury Department that Barofsky is not entirely independent of the agency he is assigned to examine — a claim that has prompted a stern letter from a Republican senator warning that agency officials are encroaching on the integrity of an office created to protect taxpayers. …
The dispute comes as Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is looking into the abrupt firings within the last week of two other inspectors general ¿ one of whom was fired by the White House and the other by the chair of the International Trade Commission.
Both inspectors general had investigated sensitive subjects at the time of their firings.
Grassley is now concerned about whether a pattern is emerging in which the independence of the government’s top watchdogs — whose jobs were authorized by Congress to look out for waste, fraud and abuse — is being put at risk.
Obama’s AmeriCrooks and cronies scandal Updated
My syndicated column today digs further into Obama’s AmeriCorruption. We now have the White House in full Chicago thug mode — maligning fired AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin as “confused” and “disoriented.” Yep, that was the response after Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill weighed in and pronounced herself unsatistifed with Obama’s “loss of confidence” rationale.
Implying that Walpin has lost his marbles is desperate and lame. Walpin has been consistenly lucid and laser-sharp in every TV and radio interview I’ve seen or heard — including on the Laura Ingraham show yesterday, where he noted that evidence in the Sacramento mayor/NBA star/Obama crony Kevin Johnson case was destroyed.
Far from being “confused” and “disoriented,” Walpin is clear as day. Anyone who actually reads through his audits and investigative reports knows that. You can, should, and must read Walpin’s reports both on CUNY funding abuse and on the Johnson scandal here.
I also continue to hammer at the Michelle Obama angle. Her vested interest in propping up the government-subsidized volunteer industry stretches back to her days leading the Chicago non-profit Public Allies (scroll down to the end of my column for what the AmeriCorps’ inspector general found while investigating money troubles at Mrs. O’s old friends at Public Allies). And we can’t forget her days working to promote national service — and to set up cozy public chat forums with her husband and Weather Underground Bill Ayers — while at the University of Chicago.
Last week, I said this reeked of the Clintons’ Travelgate. It’s much, much worse.
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June 18, 2009 - 05:52 PM on June 18th, 2009
Abuse of power, where is the outrage?…
Obama sacks an Inspector General and breaks a law that he cosponsored by doing so, and that’s just for starters….
June 18, 2009 - 07:19 PM on June 18th, 2009
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June 18, 2009 - 07:28 PM on June 18th, 2009
An example of Obama’s puffery…
The President (and his spokesman, Gibbs) have become fond of this counter argument:…
June 18, 2009 - 11:04 PM on June 18th, 2009
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June 20, 2009 - 07:06 AM on June 20th, 2009
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June 20, 2009 - 02:47 PM on June 20th, 2009
President fires IGs. Questions remain…
Obama promised his administration would be open and transparent. Yet, he has fired three Inspectors General…
June 20, 2009 - 04:44 PM on June 20th, 2009
Remember the outrage when Bush fired seven AGs (his perogative)? They were talking about Special Prosecutors, even adding that to the impeachment list.
But Obama firing IGs (the real watchdogs), including one who investigated his buddy Kevin Jihnson, and not a murmur, not a peep out of the big mouth hypocrites of the left. Nobama even broke the law he co-authored regarding this. The MSM? Yawn…they couldn’t be bothered.
Vermin, filthy degenerates, hypocritical scum! And yet ~50% of the voters are okay with that…
June 20, 2009 - 10:15 PM on June 20th, 2009
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June 21, 2009 - 09:21 AM on June 21st, 2009
Done just like a true tyrant would do silence his critics this should be gronds for a impeacment of BARACK OBAMA
June 22, 2009 - 02:06 AM on June 22nd, 2009
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June 22, 2009 - 09:22 PM on June 22nd, 2009
Father’s DAY…
For all of you who have, had…or are Dads:
For your Generous souls
Strong, comforting arms ..and
Your wisdom of the ages.
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June 23, 2009 - 12:47 PM on June 23rd, 2009
Sad…
There are two cartoons today that capture the mood of many. For those of you who’ve been somewhere in the woods for the past week or so, President Obama has released those Chinese terrorists from Gitmo to go to Bermuda on our dime. Yup…
June 24, 2009 - 02:17 PM on June 24th, 2009
Cap and Trade to be Voted on this Week: Call Your Representative and Say “NO!”…
The economy killing environmental lunacy and tax increase rolled into one, known as Cap and Trade will likely be voted on in the House this Friday.
House lawmakers are getting closer to a vote on a sweeping energy bill that would cap greenhouse gases, …