The White House is sooooo tight with scandalous orgs
Bookworm on Jun 20 2009 at 8:26 am | Filed under: Uncategorized
By now, all of you are familiar with the Obama administration’s effort to shut down an Inspector General who was making life uncomfortable for a big Obama supporter. IG Walpin contended that Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was misusing federal funds (to the tune of $800,000 plus) for his personal benefit. The vehicle for this taxpayer fraud was AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps, in turn, is a subsidiary of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Immediately after the Sacramento scandal started unfolding, it began to look as if Michelle Obama had a finger in this pie. Michelle Malkin now thinks it’s possible that Michelle Obama has a whole hand in the pie:
Guess where the First Lady will be on Monday?
Why, she’ll be delivering the keynote address at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in San Francisco.
And who is co-sponsoring the conference?
Why, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)!
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And now, there is no honest, independent watchdog to raise questions on behalf of taxpayers as the Obama political machine takes over the national service juggernaut. How…convenient.
By the way: The First Lady’s former chief of staff, Jackie Norris, starts her new job as “senior adviser” (translation: Michelle O’s mole) at CNCS on Monday. And from the AmeriCorps press release published yesterday:
“The First Lady has made service and volunteering a life calling, and her leadership is helping to inspire a whole new generation of Americans who are making service a part of their daily lives,” said Nicola Goren, Acting CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. “Her participation demonstrates the high priority the White House has placed on service as a way to help in our nation’s recovery.”
“First Lady Michelle Obama knows first-hand the power of service to transform lives and communities,” said Michelle Nunn, CEO of the Points of Light Institute and co-founder of HandsOn Network. “We are thrilled that she chose our national conference as the platform to launch United We Serve. She has made service a centerpiece of her agenda, and her appearance will add a burst of excitement and a new significance to this gathering of service leaders as well as our larger efforts to usher in a new era of service.”
I first raised questions about the First Lady’s meddling into the AmeriCrooks mess on June 12 after following up on little-noticed reports in the niche publication Youth Today detailing Mrs. Obama’s active role and interest in staffing the top management at CNCS.
Read the rest here, including the unseemly spectacle of San Francisco politicos and big-wigs scrambling to touch the hem of Mrs. Obama’s dress.
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This is classic Chicago politics, a one-party state whereby any and all potential opposition is hounded out of Chicago before it can mobilize. It can happen through legal harassment by the courts, smears through false charges filed by local prosecutors, physical intimidation, harassment by city inspectors and any number of other ways. This is now being brought to practice on a national level. In my view, firing the IGs is only the beginning. Welcome to the New American Fascist State!
My hope is that somewhere in the country there are enough decent Democrats left to break ranks and say “no”. Not that I am holding my breath or anything.
Can you say “Rules for Radicals”?
All by the Alinsky book…
My hope is that somewhere in the country there are enough decent Democrats left to break ranks and say “no”.
When they have been smashed face and teeth first into the truth a few times, I am sure they will begin to figure things out.
And if that doesn’t work, the Left will expel them for us into the Cold.
Swell. I hope the visit from HRH doesn’t mess up my commute on Monday. After all, some of us have to actually work for pay to support ourselves and our volunteer habits!
Although I get the feeling my volunteer hours with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and my church just don’t count as “real” service to the community, you know? Or my family’s memberships to several service organizations that support different charities, historical sites, and provide homes and death benefits for members.
They would probably put your name on their terrorist watch list, March hare, as a right wing extremist indoctrinating children and orchestrating conspiracies.
Ymarsakar–
You’re so right!