Seriously Stupid

5:05 pm EST May 11th, 2006 | Politics | 12 Comments

Tim Graham from MRC:

Given that another government agency  the IRS  maintains information on American citizens employment, banking, investments, mortgages, charitable contributions and even any declared medical expenses, this hardly seems like a major assault on personal liberty.

The IRS’ job is to collect that information in order to collect the tax revenue that keeps our country running. The NSA’s job is to collect intelligence within the law to protect Americans.

But if you’re a Republican, that makes too much sense.

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12 Responses to “Seriously Stupid”

  1. factcheck says:
    May 11, 2006 at 5:05 pm

    The lengths these people go to justify this are unbelievable. The fact is that government agencies that have unrelated missions are banned from sharing that info from each other, precisely for privacy concerns.

    I wish that all of these cons would just get a RFID chip imbedded in them- that way their Leader could monitor every move they make, and that way the rest of us could keep our constitutional freedoms.

  2. Oliver Willis says:
    May 11, 2006 at 6:05 pm

    Hey, Frank, you win idiot non sequitir of the day.

  3. Frank_D says:
    May 11, 2006 at 6:05 pm

    The IRS job is to collect that information in order to collect the tax revenue that keeps our country running. The NSA s job is to collect intelligence within the law to protect Americans.
    And, of course, if you’re a Democratic, collecting taxes is job #1.

  4. Frank_D says:
    May 11, 2006 at 7:05 pm

    It turns out that keeping track of calls made from one number to another, without actually monitoring the content, does not require a warrant. Once again, we have a scandal – less scandal. Just add left wing panic, and stir.

  5. Oliver Willis says:
    May 11, 2006 at 8:05 pm

    The President said its okay, so it is.

    We’ll have fun with that, whether it’s Hillary, Al, Wes, Evan, Mark, or whoever in the near future…

  6. Leroy Brown says:
    May 11, 2006 at 8:05 pm

    What’s really scary is if you read the postings on that article. The one’s talking about how we need to kill those “traitors” in the media for DARING to report this. And then they say it wasn’t a big story anyway.

  7. Roni says:
    May 11, 2006 at 8:05 pm

    Frank_D Says:
    May 11th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
    It turns out that keeping track of calls made from one number to another, without actually monitoring the content, does not require a warrant. Once again, we have a scandal – less scandal. Just add left wing panic, and stir.

    What are you going to do when Dubya says that breaking into your apartment at Odell Place, ripping you out of your bed in front of your sons, arresting you without cause and throwing you in jail requires no reason … that the government merely suspects you might be associated with Al Qaeda?

    Where do you draw the line, Frank?

  8. Leroy Brown says:
    May 11, 2006 at 8:05 pm

    Hey Frank, you got some back-up on that? Or is this just “when the president does it, it’s not a crime” crap?

  9. JD says:
    May 11, 2006 at 10:05 pm

    Yes, Roni .. this is happening all over our great land.

    Who owns your telephone records ?

    Is this another one of those leakers/whisteblowers that is good when it is something that the Dems can spin and contort into something it is not ?

  10. frameone says:
    May 11, 2006 at 10:05 pm

    “Is this another one of those leakers/whisteblowers that is good when it is something that the Dems can spin and contort into something it is not ?”

    Okay, JD, what is it? Tell us all what you think it is.

  11. JWG says:
    May 11, 2006 at 10:05 pm

    U.S. Supreme Court: SMITH v. MARYLAND
    No warrant needed.

  12. frameone says:
    May 11, 2006 at 11:05 pm

    Since you felt the need to link to your own comment, I’ll join you

    Idiot.