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To: tejek who wrote (778242)	4/3/2014 1:34:02 PM
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Stand with Ted Cruz Against Iran Making a Terrorist its UN Ambassdor

To: tejek who wrote (778242)	4/3/2014 1:35:57 PM
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Report says blacks, Latinos losing economic ground (welcome to the Obama economy!) Thursday, April 03, 2014 11:21:01 AM · by Red in Blue PA · 16 replies Yahoo Finance ^

To: tejek who wrote (778242)	4/3/2014 1:49:22 PM
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ATF Director: 'Wish I Had Better Answers' About ATF Agents Probing a Tea Party Conservative CNSNews.com) - B. Todd Jones, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, couldn't tell Congress why his agents made two visits to a tea party conservative in a 13-month period -- but only after she requested tax-exempt status for her conservative group, True the Vote. Catherine Engelbrecht had a Federal Firearms License (FFL) for 12 years. "And suddenly she applies for tax exempt status, and you're knocking on her door twice in 13 months," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told Jones at a hearing on Wednesday. "Congressman, I wish I had better answers," Jones said. Jordan noted that ATF generally does FFL compliance inspections only in cases with "high-risk indicators," such as criminal activity -- but none of those indicators applied to Engelbrecht: "Imagine what this lady felt like," a heated Jordan told Jones. "She gets the full weight of the federal government coming down on her and her family and her business, and all she's trying to do is get a tax-exempt status that had been routine for 50 years, and suddenly now the federal government (is) saying, no, no, no -- you're not going to get that tax-exempt status, and we're going to send four federal agencies out to harass you, including yours." (Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...