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To make his point palatable, the speaker somewhat discounts religion and philosophy. But, both really are about life before death.

Loving your neighbor, rendering unto Caesar, living life with awareness - all are religious acts.

Individuals cannot always choose their situation.  Individuals can choose their response, and their attitude.

Waking up and smelling the coffee

I'm shocked

Remember, this is not a failure of the system. This is the system.

This Is No Ordinary Scandal Peggy Noonan

...The president, as usual, acts as if all of this is totally unconnected to him. He's shocked, it's unacceptable, he'll get to the bottom of it. He read about it in the papers, just like you.

But he is not unconnected, he is not a bystander. This is his administration. Those are his executive agencies. He runs the IRS and the Justice Department.
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All of these IRS actions took place in the years leading up to the 2012 election. They constitute the use of governmental power to intrude on the privacy and shackle the political freedom of American citizens. The purpose, obviously, was to overwhelm and intimidate—to kill the opposition, question by question and audit by audit.

It is not even remotely possible that all this was an accident, a mistake. Again, only conservative groups were targeted, not liberal. It is not even remotely possible that only one IRS office was involved. Lois Lerner, who oversees tax-exempt groups for the IRS, was the person who finally acknowledged, under pressure of a looming investigative report, some of what the IRS was doing. Read more at the link

Strassel: The IRS Scandal Started at the Top

Mr. Obama didn't need to pick up the phone. All he needed to do was exactly what he did do, in full view, for three years: Publicly suggest that conservative political groups were engaged in nefarious deeds; publicly call out by name political opponents whom he'd like to see harassed; and publicly have his party pressure the IRS to take action.
Mr. Obama now professes shock and outrage that bureaucrats at the IRS did exactly what the president of the United States said was the right and honorable thing to do.

The Grand Life Team and

the Grand Life commentators, Jonberg, Marine4ever, dean0,  and Tom-in-Alaska are explained.

Men who are physically strong are more likely to have right wing political views

* Weaker men more likely to support welfare state and wealth redistribution
* Link may reflect psychological traits that evolved in our ancestors
* Strength was a proxy for ability to defend or acquire resources

Barry calls on Marine to protect him from a little rain

Ignorant

Obama and Holder claim they cannot possibly be guilty of any wrongdoing because they are ignorant.

Didn't know.  Can't say. Read it in the papers.

Hell of an excuse.

President passerby speaks

Mistakes were made    - not by me  - somebody else did it

Someone will be held accountable  - whatever that means - still looking to hold someone accountable for Benghazi

We will do a thorough investigation -  wait long enough and maybe the American people will forget

Bleep, bleep, bleep - Me too, although it's not really funny

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.