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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (118502)	11/28/2011 9:45:43 AM
From: locogringo	10 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

You are whistling past the graveyard because the Republicans will lose control of the House in 2012. Too bad you were not here 2 years ago. There was some ignorant troll telling people how stupid they were for not believing that Pelosi would remain Speaker.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (118502)	11/28/2011 11:05:04 AM
From: longnshort	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Outrage!… After Demanding Refund From City, Richmond Tea Party Gets Letter – “You’re Being Audited” from Gateway Pundit by Jim Hoft The City of Richmond charged the local tea party $10,000 to hold three rallies at the Kanawha Plaza … But, the #Occupy squatters were allowed to set up a tent city on the plaza for free. After complaining about this double standard and demanding a refund the Richmond tea party received a letter last week that they are being audited. Richmond tea party patriots hold a Tax Day rally in the plaza. ( Examnier Photo) In late October the Richmond Tea Party sent a letter to city officials demanding a refund for the $10,000 the group spent on permits, portable toilets, police presence and emergency personnel for three rallies held at same plaza where the Occupy Richmond squatters set up their camp. Now the tea party is being audited. Right Side News reported: Two weeks after the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice to Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones for costs incurred for previous rallies; we received a letter from the City of Richmond formally stating that the city is auditing our Tea Party. Coincidence? This audit is an obvious attempt to intimidate and harass us for standing up against the unfair treatment and discrimination against our Tea Party. As reported on the front page of the Richmond Times Dispatch, the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice for charges incurred in our previous three Tax Day rallies at Kanawha Plaza because Mayor Jones chose to allow Occupy Richmond protesters to convene in the same park for two weeks. The Mayor not only allowed the Occupiers to break the law, but he visited them in the city-owned park. “Jones said that as a ‘child of civil rights’ and protests, he had allowed the group to remain in the park but understands his mayoral responsibility to uphold laws of the city,” reported the Richmond Times Dispatch. Apparently his mayoral duties included preferential treatment for a group he sympathizes with ideologically at the expense of the taxpayers. The blog Virginia Right reported that the city provided services such as portable toilets, trash pickup etc. The incomplete invoices obtained from the city totaled $7,000. This was only a portion of the actual costs to taxpayers because the costs of police, helicopter and incarcerations were not included. Also not accounted for was the 24-hour police protection of the Mayor’s home after the Occupiers moved their camp next door to the Mayor’s house. The Richmond Tea Party, conversely, paid for all services for our rallies, including the police, portable toilets, park fees and permits, amounting to approximately $8,500. Last week the tea party received this letter from the City of Richmond. They are being audited. In the audit letter signed by Cynthia Carr, Field Auditor for the City of Richmond, it states that our Tea Party is delinquent in filing of Admissions, Lodging, and Meals Taxes with the city and as such our group has been targeted for a comprehensive audit. What thuggery. ** I hope you all help me spread word of this obvious abuse of power.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (118502)	11/28/2011 11:33:37 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

idiot of the SI: kennytroll