OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 569913 United States 02/19/2009 12:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS The language means that the board — whose chairman will be appointed by the president — can reach deep inside a federal agency and tell an inspector general to lay off some particularly sensitive subject. Or, conversely, it can tell the inspector general to go after a tempting political target. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 569913 United States 02/19/2009 12:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS Obama sucks, his administraton sucks and the Congress sucks and we are all screwed. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 610342Isn't this what transparent government is all about???????????? Do you really want the President to be able to halt investigations of his own staff and administration? Not even Cheney had big enough balls to float something like this. It give the President the power to hide whatever he wants to hide. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 569913 United States 02/19/2009 12:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS Do you really want the President to be able to halt investigations of his own staff and administration? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 569913Not even Cheney had big enough balls to float something like this. It gives the President the power to hide whatever he wants to hide. No one cares? |
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User ID: 341826 United States 02/19/2009 01:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS well congress can't really bitch about it if they voted for it without even reading the fucking thing. that would be like me signing a blank contract and giving it to someone to fill out the provisions. the idiots in washington will be the demise of the usa. Articles and "news" from liberal media shall now be known as catnip for libtards. Truth is schilling in the empire of retards. "Yep but for now we dub you toast guy." - AC520845 *PROCLAIMED PROPHET OF THE DOW* ® Let me know when the climate STOPS changing, then i'll be worried. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 594298 United Kingdom 02/19/2009 01:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS It's not just him its all the Democrats covering for him. Pelosi must be in it up to her neck and Howard Dean is really a traitor for covering for him. Somebody has his long form birth certificate somewhere. He must know everything thats gone on. None of them are any good. The Republicans either don't know or they don't care. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 569913 United States 02/19/2009 01:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS so where's the text of this provision? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 454845The total size of the four major files is over 100MB, and consists of 1419 pages. Three of the four files are huge "scanned" PDFs, meaning they were created by printing the original document and then scanning it in again --- and therefore contain no real "text" that can be easily searched. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 569913 United States 02/19/2009 01:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS well congress can't really bitch about it if they voted for it without even reading the fucking thing. Quoting: 1-2-Followthat would be like me signing a blank contract and giving it to someone to fill out the provisions. the idiots in washington will be the demise of the usa. Exactly. Someone could have put in there provisionto make all legislators go topless on fridays, and they wouldn't know. They only flipped to the page where their preferred pork was listed, to make sure it was still there, before voting. Greedy traitorous bastards, may slit their own necks. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 431832 United States 02/19/2009 01:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS All of these corrupt politicians are just doing their job as the old ways are being flushed down the toilet to make way for the new ways just like the Mayan's said would happen around 2012. Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush Jr, and now Obama are just doing their job in putting the nails in the coffin of the old ways that they are desperately trying to keep them afloat. It's game over for the new world order. The more they do, the better for us because once people have lost everything and can't take it anymore they will snap. When people snap is when civil wars start, etc. These people will go from mindless sheep to running in the front of the packs of angry mobs. All the rest oif us have to do is sit back and hand out DVD's to the sheep and let them do all the work. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 454845 United States 02/19/2009 01:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS so where's the text of this provision? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 569913The total size of the four major files is over 100MB, and consists of 1419 pages. Three of the four files are huge "scanned" PDFs, meaning they were created by printing the original document and then scanning it in again --- and therefore contain no real "text" that can be easily searched. well that's not true at all. try one of these: [link to thomas.loc.gov] [link to frwebgate.access.gpo.gov] (oh, and you can search pdfs for specific text.) here's the specific section that establishes the recovery and accountability transparency board. [link to thomas.loc.gov] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 454845 United States 02/19/2009 01:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS SEC. 1527. INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL. (a) Independent Authority- Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the independent authority of an inspector general to determine whether to conduct an audit or investigation of covered funds. (b) Requests by Board- If the Board requests that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation and the inspector general rejects the request in whole or in part, the inspector general shall, not later than 30 days after rejecting the request, submit a report to the Board, the head of the applicable agency, and the congressional committees of jurisdiction, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall state the reasons that the inspector general has rejected the request in whole or in part. The inspector general's decision shall be final. so basically, this board can request whatever they want, but the inspector general's decision is still final, so it's still an independent position. guess the person who wrote the article didn't want to read that final line of section 1527. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 569913 United States 02/19/2009 01:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS so where's the text of this provision? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 454845The total size of the four major files is over 100MB, and consists of 1419 pages. Three of the four files are huge "scanned" PDFs, meaning they were created by printing the original document and then scanning it in again --- and therefore contain no real "text" that can be easily searched. well that's not true at all. try one of these: [link to thomas.loc.gov] [link to frwebgate.access.gpo.gov] (oh, and you can search pdfs for specific text.) here's the specific section that establishes the recovery and accountability transparency board. [link to thomas.loc.gov] Your link does not work. Can you c/p text? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 618329 United States 02/19/2009 01:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS here's the specific section that establishes the recovery and accountability transparency board. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 454845[link to thomas.loc.gov] doesn't work |
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User ID: 287857 United States 02/19/2009 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS "Change" is the mantra-Unfortunately too many who FELL for that failed to ask what type of change, in their desperation they were blindsided-Who would of thought, and it will get much better and seem wonderful and fluffy for many and then they will be shocked ************************************ fortitudo et spes ************************************ When Japan happened I responded: "The Excrement Has Impacted the Rotary Oscillator." and clearly it has. Thread: The Excrement Is Striking the Rotary Oscillator +++++++++++++++ "Ego et Dominus sumus amici" +++++++++++++++ Ego et mea umbra +++++++++++++++ 'Man does not have the right to develop his own mind. This kind of liberal orientation has great appeal. We must electrically control the brain. Some day armies and generals will be controlled by electric stimulation of the brain.’ - U.S. government mind manipulator, Dr. Jose Delgado, Congressional Record, No. 262E, Vol. 118, 1974 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Realeyesrealizereallies. C. Thread: GIRD uP as GRID Collapses Thread: Eugenics 101 (Page 27) Thread: Frankenfoods for YOU (Page 2) Thread: I Do Not Consent Thread: FOOD Thread: Cern Power___Colder than Space Thread: Hempilation Compilation Contemplation Thread: Harmonics and Healing (Page 35) Thread: Sarah's Nightmare (Page 10) Thread: Destination Maccabees Thread: Let's Play a GAME Thread: Throat Singing |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 454845 United States 02/19/2009 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS here's the specific section that establishes the recovery and accountability transparency board. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 618329[link to thomas.loc.gov] doesn't work ok, go here: [link to thomas.loc.gov] scroll down to number 8 and click on that link, then do a search for 1527, and click on that link. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 569913 United States 02/19/2009 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS SEC. 1527. INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 454845(a) Independent Authority- Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the independent authority of an inspector general to determine whether to conduct an audit or investigation of covered funds. (b) Requests by Board- If the Board requests that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation and the inspector general rejects the request in whole or in part, the inspector general shall, not later than 30 days after rejecting the request, submit a report to the Board, the head of the applicable agency, and the congressional committees of jurisdiction, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall state the reasons that the inspector general has rejected the request in whole or in part. The inspector general's decision shall be final. so basically, this board can request whatever they want, but the inspector general's decision is still final, so it's still an independent position. guess the person who wrote the article didn't want to read that final line of section 1527. It's a completely redundant and unecessary board. The IG already has an independent regulatory board. The whole purpose of the provision is try and block the IG. It's freakin' nefarious, Obamabot. If you can't see it, you are blind as well as delusional. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 454845 United States 02/19/2009 01:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: OBAMA SNEAKS A SECRET PROVISION IN STIMULUS THAT HE CAN HALT ANY INSPECTION MANDATED BY CONGRESS SEC. 1527. INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 569913(a) Independent Authority- Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the independent authority of an inspector general to determine whether to conduct an audit or investigation of covered funds. (b) Requests by Board- If the Board requests that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation and the inspector general rejects the request in whole or in part, the inspector general shall, not later than 30 days after rejecting the request, submit a report to the Board, the head of the applicable agency, and the congressional committees of jurisdiction, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall state the reasons that the inspector general has rejected the request in whole or in part. The inspector general's decision shall be final. so basically, this board can request whatever they want, but the inspector general's decision is still final, so it's still an independent position. guess the person who wrote the article didn't want to read that final line of section 1527. It's a completely redundant and unecessary board. The IG already has an independent regulatory board. The whole purpose of the provision is try and block the IG. It's freakin' nefarious, Obamabot. If you can't see it, you are blind as well as delusional. redundant, yes, but that's our government for you. regardless of that, the inspector general still has TOTAL independence. |