Did you know that the NFL is a tax-exempt nonprofit?
Once in a while, I run across something that I did not know and it leaves me flabbergasted.
For example, I did not know that the National Football League, the colossus of professional sports, is classified as a non-profit — a tax-free non-profit, to be more specific. That’s right: The NFL has its own exemption, written into federal law, that makes it exempt from federal corporate taxes.
IT'S GOOD! ... to be a tax-exempt nonprofit
The Professional Golf Association and the National Hockey League, among others, enjoy a similar exemption although in their cases, it is not an exemption specifically written into the law.
As described in Waste Book 2012 — compiled by the staff of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, a conservative Republican from Oklahoma:
In 2010, the registered NFL nonprofit alone received $184 million from its 32 member teams. It holds over $1 billion in assets. Together with its subsidiaries and teams – many of which are for-profit, taxed entities – the NFL generates an estimated $9 billion annually. Each of its teams are among the top 50 most expensive sports teams in the world, ranking alongside the world’s famous soccer teams. Almost half of professional football teams are valued at over $1 billion….
League commissioners and officials benefit from the nonprofit status of their organizations. Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL, reported $11.6 million in salary and perks in 2010 alone. Goodell’s salary will reportedly reach $20 million in 2019. Steve Bornstein, the executive vice president of media, made $12.2 million in 2010. Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue earned $8.5 million from the league in 2010. The league paid five other officials a total of $19.2 million in just one year. In comparison, the next highest salary of a traditional nonprofit CEO is $3.4 million.
The NFL’s exemption stems from a 1966 law, passed at the time of the merger with the old American Football League, specifically allowing “professional football leagues” to enjoy 501(c)(6) status as tax-exempt trade organizations. Other leagues have piggy-backed on that legislation to claim that status themselves.
Major League Baseball also used to enjoy the same tax-exempt protection, but in 2007 it chose to surrender that status in part because as the salary information above illustrates, tax-exempt, non-profit status requires you to report the salaries of your top executives. MLB decided that protecting that information from the public was more important than escaping taxes.
As the Coburn report points out, “state and local governments usually exempt these organizations from state income and sales tax as well….” As the Indiana Business Journal reported, that proved to be a nice little perk when the Super Bowl was held in Indianapolis this year, because “hotels and restaurants … won’t be taxing National Football League employees. They’re exempt from paying, according to an Indiana Department of Revenue directive. The NFL is using its tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(6) to avoid paying the taxes, in addition to fuel, auto rental and admissions taxes.”
In Atlanta’s case, a hotel-motel tax was used to build the Georgia Dome and would also be used to help finance the proposed new open-air stadium demanded by the Falcons. If Georgia tax law is like that of many states, the NFL and its employees would be exempted from paying the tax that everyone else must pay to subsidize stadiums built for a highly profitable industry.
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USMC
October 18th, 2012
11:34 am
Breaking News…..
Under Comrade Obama’s WATCH…
Violent crime jumps 18 percent in 2011, first rise in nearly 20 years….
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/18/violent-crime-jumps-18-percent-in-2011-first-rise-in-nearly-20-years/#ixzz29fIwbSpl
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 18th, 2012
11:34 am
Oscar, again agreed. But it would be nice to have the candidates discuss what they would do in the real world, not their cherry picked distortions.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 18th, 2012
11:34 am
Or maybe he wanted to ask again about the size of Obama’s pension fund and then imagine that part of it is invested in a Cayman Islands trust?
I’ll take that one back, since it’s finally been fact-checked. The funny part is it reminds everyone that Romney has put most of his money in off-shore trusts to avoid taxes.
Adam
October 18th, 2012
11:34 am
You did see that CNN reported that Obama spoke 4 minutes longer than Romney at the debate, right?
Same thing happened at the first debate, and conservatives called that a reason Obama lost. Now they’re calling it a reason he won. Hmmm.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 18th, 2012
11:35 am
Ahem – I have to disagree with you about Candy. I personally think getalife, Joe Hussein Mama and Candy would make a great threesome, (of course to talk politics only)!
Jay
October 18th, 2012
11:36 am
http://www.businessinsider.com/consumer-comeback-2012-10
Queen Of Mean
October 18th, 2012
11:37 am
Ooooh, can we get a birth certificate or Kenyan binder?
I’ll give you a birth certificate and raise you a “Gay Married Obama” Jerome Corsi (birther — seen with Mitt’s campaign) and WND have come up with a new spin against Obama.
Obama is really GAY and married to Michelle who’s only married to him because she was too LAZY to find a real man!!
What will these fools think of next?
http://wonkette.com/486039/wnd-journalism-about-gay-obamas-arranged-marriage-to-lazy-michelle-not-at-all-racist
Here’s another one (from the mouth of the beast):
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?2429604-WND-Jerome-Corsi-Obama-married-a-Pakistani-Man
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 18th, 2012
11:37 am
Same thing happened at the first debate, and conservatives called that a reason Obama lost
Your Republican Party: old, white, and in varying stages of Alzheimers.
Ahem
October 18th, 2012
11:37 am
Pension Envy: Who Has More—Obama or Romney?
In one of the debate’s lighter moments, Obama countered, “I don’t look at my pension. It’s not as big as yours so it doesn’t take as long. I don’t check it that often.”
But what about Romney?
It’s extensively documented that Romney is, well, a rich guy. He earned untold millions —though famously circumspect about releasing tax returns — while leading private equity giant Bain Capital and has a substantial retirement plan.
His Individual Retirement Account could be worth in the neighborhood of $87 million, as documented in an extensive report from the Washington Post .
But as for a strictly public pension? Zip, zero.
Romney only served one term as governor of the Bay State and did not take a salary, so he is eligible for nothing.
So while Romney appears headed for a happier retirement financially, he’ll be footing his own bill — unless, of course, he wins next month. In that case, his nest egg will be even that much bigger than Obama’s.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49450057
stands for decibels
October 18th, 2012
11:38 am
And you think Romney would have done better had he talked MORE?
Reminds me of my very favorite part of the debate–that moment when Romney is about to step on his crank, and Obama utters the immortal phrase:
“Please proceed governor.”
as in, “Ok, you whiny little shellacked-hair corporate bitch, say what you’re going to say, this should be good.”
stands for decibels
October 18th, 2012
11:40 am
(birther — seen with Mitt’s campaign)
This will get approximately 0.000001% of the play in the corporate media as we had with Bill Ayers having sat on a board with Obama and hosting a fundraiser for him.
And 0.000000000001% of that afforded to “Scary Colored Minister Who Said Gee Dee ‘Merka when Obama wasn’t around”-gate.
Ahem
October 18th, 2012
11:41 am
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 18th, 2012
11:35 am
Ahem – I have to disagree with you about Candy. I personally think getalife, Joe Hussein Mama and Candy would make a great threesome, (of course to talk politics only)!
Oh my gosh. I’m going to walk the puppy. Have fun and stay safe.
stands for decibels
October 18th, 2012
11:43 am
Oh my gosh. I’m going to walk the puppy.
I don’t even want to imagine what that’s code for, over at Chez Ahem’s.
Adam
October 18th, 2012
11:44 am
stands dB: “Please proceed governor.”
as in, “Ok, you whiny little shellacked-hair corporate bitch, say what you’re going to say, this should be good.”
Hahaha yeah, I loved that.
Jon Stewart laid it out best: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-17-2012/democalypse-2012—the-second-debate—now-including-the-president—benghazi
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 18th, 2012
11:45 am
Queen of Mean (great new name)
I love this: Or makes every dog in a 20-mile radius bark like they’re at a mailman convention
Adam
October 18th, 2012
11:45 am
And it’s THREE POINTS for Jay with the “I’ll just leave this here….” sneak attack with that consumer comeback article!
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 18th, 2012
11:47 am
Byteme – Nice come- back. So you want to speak of Big Bird, social issues and binders, instead of Acts of Terror, the economy, and jobs. That is why you are a liberal!
Paul
October 18th, 2012
11:48 am
Adam
“explain to me”
No thanks. See, when you come in on the middle of a conversation, from something that originated in a prior thread, and you base your understanding on what RB from Gwinnett related, well, let’s just say there’s a fundamental difference in understanding that occurs.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 18th, 2012
11:48 am
USMC
I’d wait for rebuttal before peddling that particular number hard…per WH data kindly supplied by my close personal friend Taxpayer…past four years:
Medicare/SS spending up 27% each
Education/Social Services up 51%
Total income security (including housing assistance and food stamps) up 58%
To be fair all of these were on an unsustainable trajectory the prior 10 years and when you factor in recession, some of the increases can be justified….the demographics play a big role..
The big problem is we can’t afford these trends to continue…no candidate has or likely can stem the flow of deficit ceiling increases…of which drive our interest expense up an estimated 147% by 2017
getalife
October 18th, 2012
11:49 am
I would like to talk politics with Candy tom.
She has been in politics a long time and very informed.
I would probably learn a lot from her.
Verbal Kint
October 18th, 2012
11:50 am
The Falcons are 6-0!!
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 18th, 2012
11:51 am
USMC
The unemployment rate has a not so insignificant role in crime as well….kids can’t get work regardless of educational background..
barking frog
October 18th, 2012
11:51 am
The Sons of Confederate
Veterans is also a tax
exempt organization.
Verbal Kint
October 18th, 2012
11:53 am
Sesame Workshop is a non-profit too!! Instead of the federal gov’t giving money to big bird, we need to tax that yellow giant!!!
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 18th, 2012
11:54 am
what RB from Gwinnett related
See, I told you there was somebody on this blog dumber than me.
getalife
October 18th, 2012
11:54 am
Dang, those economic numbers are looking great.
Bad news for you cons.
16 not too far away.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 18th, 2012
11:54 am
So you want to speak of Big Bird, social issues and binders, instead of Acts of Terror, the economy, and jobs. That is why you are a liberal!
considering that in the debate, it was ROMNEY who brought up Big Bird, ROMNEY who brought up binders, ROMNEY who tried to catch Obama on semantics (and failed miserably and looked stupid doing it)…
Again: it’s better Romney didn’t get more time to shoot his foot while it was stuck in his mouth.
Ken
October 18th, 2012
11:55 am
Hollywood too !!!!!!!!!!!!
Hollywood tax breaks extended under bill headed to Gov. Brown
A $100 million annual tax break for California motion picture companies would be extended under legislation headed to Gov. Jerry Brown.
Sylmar Democratic Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes proposed the two-year extension, Assembly Bill 2026, which cleared its final legislative hurdle late Friday night in the Assembly by a vote of 60-4.
The program of tax credits initially was signed into law by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in 2009. Fuentes’ measure would extend the program from July 2015 to July 2017.
The tax concession targets major motion picture projects in which 75 percent of the shooting days take place in California or 75 percent of its production budget pays for services, purchases or property rental in the state.
AB 2026 is meant to encourage California’s motion picture industry, which has made Hollywood famous, not to relocate.
Forty states offer financial incentives to the industry, as do Canada, Australia and much of Europe, according to a legislative analysis of AB 2026.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 18th, 2012
11:56 am
The Sons of Confederate
Veterans is also a tax
exempt organization.
You trying to change the subject?
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 18th, 2012
11:56 am
getalife – That would be nice, perhaps even have a snack. Maybe a baloney sandwich or two, and a piece of pumpkin pie. Later dudes! It’s been fun!
Paul
October 18th, 2012
11:57 am
Jay
http://www.businessinsider.com/consumer-comeback-2012-10
Now that is good news.
So let’s fast forward to a possible Romney inauguration.
There’s a parallel with Pres Obama and the Bush administration. Obama took over right at the time we experienced the culmination of years of Republican policies that led to an economic collapse. Democrats pointed that out and all we heard was ‘you’re just blaming Bush!”
So we then would have a Pres Romney taking over shortly after four years of Pres Obama’s efforts came to fruition. Which means the trends were well underway. In very positive ways, as the article showed.
Question is, will we hear Republicans say ‘well, it really did begin under Obama…”?
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
11:58 am
Ahem — “Romney told Obama: “You also have investments in Chinese companies. You also have investments outside the United States. You also have investments through a Caymans trust.”
Leave it to a con to miss the point.
Romney’s outsourcing activities (conducted via Bain and its properties) meant that Romney *directly and personally profited* from choosing to screw Americans out of their jobs and send them to China. That’s what he — and you — are missing.
Adam
October 18th, 2012
11:58 am
Paul: Just trying to get people to think a little, just a little, about the nonsense they spew.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 18th, 2012
11:59 am
JAY,
All good stuff but what concerns me is the use of a poll to ascertain unemployment..seems to me we should be comparing apples to apples (BLS)…my other concern and as evidenced by the graphs is that most of those categories are uber-sensitive…..it wouldn’t take much for the banks to stop whatever lending (a minscule amount compared to what capacity they are sitting on) they are providing…
Increase in domestic car sales is awesome…I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
Consumer confidence and stock gains are also great trends but again, any slight reverse economic news could change these in a heartbeat..
At least we can enjoy these for today…I’m more convinced the economy will dip into recession again in the next couple years..of course I’m paid to be cynical..
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:00 pm
mm:
Corporations don’t really pay taxes ………. they just pass the cost on as they do overhead, inventory, salaries or anything else.
People pay taxes.
barking frog
October 18th, 2012
12:00 pm
Byte Me. Does the subject
need changing? Does
Romney advocate changing
tax exemption for trade
organizations? Does Obama?
Fred ™
October 18th, 2012
12:00 pm
Jay
October 18th, 2012
11:36 am
http://www.businessinsider.com/consumer-comeback-2012-10
+++++++++++++++
You DID I trust notice who’s name is on the bottom left hand corner of those graphs and charts you linked didn’t you?
It’s amusing, (and REALLY scary). I’ve been reading the news all morning and came across Senator Coburn’s little expose’. I thought to myself, now why doesn’t Jay write about THAT? I click over here to see what insipid topic you had instead and lo and behold………
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 18th, 2012
12:00 pm
Byteme – Apparently Romney is not the articulate speaker that the Kenyan is! I keep saying, give the businessman a chance instead of the activist professor. Where did Obama hide the teleprompter? Could it have been behind Candy?
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
12:00 pm
Tom — “Joe Hussein Mama- Perhaps you and the other Hussein should consider Kenya, both of you would feel comfortable there!”
Why would I need to leave? You’re the one that’s all pizzy and complainy.
“Whiner deluxe!”
Well thanks for identifying yourself to us! (laughing)
Fred ™
October 18th, 2012
12:02 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:00 pm
mm:
Corporations don’t really pay taxes ………. they just pass the cost on as they do overhead, inventory, salaries or anything else.
People pay taxes.
++++++++++++++++++++
Thank you Neal. I know you’ve been preaching that silly little phrase for years but it’s still as false as it was the first time you said it on the radio. Corporations don’t make profits and pay dividends either do they?
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 18th, 2012
12:02 pm
KEN
The hollywood thing is a gas….the accounting for movie production is as much a ruse as…well a not-for-profit NFL…
I wonder how many of the liberal actors, directors and producers shield income from taxes in same fashion as romney et al…they are not running for president of course but it’d be interesting to see how deep the hypocrisy runs in LALA land..
Queen Of Mean
October 18th, 2012
12:04 pm
Gosh, nobody notices your dripping contempt guys, keep sinking your party of angry white men.
Hopefully sooner than later………
barking frog
October 18th, 2012
12:04 pm
Why did Candy Crowley
have a transcript of
President Obama’s Rose
Garden speech with her?
Paul
October 18th, 2012
12:04 pm
Adam
I read your post, began hearing someone singing “I am I, Don Quixote, the Lord of LaMancha” and had an image of a guy on horseback tilting at windmills -
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
October 18th, 2012
12:04 pm
FRED
The dollar the consumer spends is taxed…but could be the last of 10 or more additional taxes levied on that same dollar from raw materials, to suppliers, to manufacturers, to sales outlets and so on…
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
12:04 pm
T. Heyward — “I sincerely believe that these “somalia” cracks are a form of progressive latent racsism.”
It’s well known that the area has little to no government or government control. If you can come up with another comparably anarchic area in the world, I’d be pleased to amend my comments and salve your hurted feefees.
“Everybody makes fun of them. Why?”
How’d I make fun of *them* and not Tom?
.
“I’m offended in that I know many good Somaliacs.”
The word you’re looking for is “Somalis.”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:05 pm
Fred:
“Corporations don’t make profits and pay dividends either do they?”
Of course they do. And those come out AFTER they have passed the tax costs on to the public.
Paul
October 18th, 2012
12:06 pm
barking frog
Because she’d announced she was going to try to make sure the participants answered the question and she was prepared in case they got creative?
Paul
October 18th, 2012
12:07 pm
Scout
Hope the back’s feeling better.
I know they vary greatly in skill, but have you thought of a chiropractor? Or some really good muscle relaxants?
Adam
October 18th, 2012
12:07 pm
Paul: Just showing them the mirror, Paul. Just showing them the mirror
Adam
October 18th, 2012
12:08 pm
Call the WHHAAAAAAAmbulance for Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)! It must have been an invisible teleprompter that only Obama could see!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:09 pm
Paul:
You must have me confused with someone else. The back’s fine.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
12:10 pm
Tom — “Ahem – I have to disagree with you about Candy. I personally think getalife, Joe Hussein Mama and Candy would make a great threesome, (of course to talk politics only)!”
Dude, no one cares what kind of pr0n you like.
barking frog
October 18th, 2012
12:10 pm
Paul
I did not see a stack of all
the transcripts of past
speeches of both candidates.
St Simons- i promise shrimp & grits in every pot
October 18th, 2012
12:10 pm
4 Rmoney commercials every 15 min. The last four -
-”Obama’s not protecting your job (with regulation??)
the very next minute –
-”I will UNLEASH the ‘merkan economy (with de-regulation huh? wtf?)
the very next one -
-”I do have empathy. I care. MY healthcare plan is proof”
and very next damn minute –
-”On DAY 1 I’ll repeal Obamacare!”
I see his strategy – buy all the airtime, and just say anything.
Lie your ass off, contradict yourself shamelessly.
He can eventually use up all the words in the language.
Its brilliant.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:10 pm
U.S. News: “Study: Black Americans Feel Less Empowered Under Obama Than They Once Did”
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/10/17/study-black-americans-feel-less-empowered-under-obama-than-they-once-did
Oooops !
RB from Gwinnett
October 18th, 2012
12:10 pm
Paul, one last time…
Everybody on the planet including the POTUS is calling it a terrorist attack, but it you and Jay want to call it something else SO YOU CAN AVOID TELLING US WHY THE POTUS BLAMED IT ON A VIDEO NOBODY HAS SEEN, you go right ahead. Unless you want to address the real issue here, don’t bother replying.
Fred ™
October 18th, 2012
12:10 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:05 pm
Fred:
“Corporations don’t make profits and pay dividends either do they?”
Of course they do. And those come out AFTER they have passed the tax costs on to the public.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Bullcrap. The one and ONLY factor in deciding the cost of any good or service is the SUPLY AND DEMAND. You charge too much and folks won’t buy. Your simplistic little “argument” is stupid. Tax is just one more cost of business just like the cost of labor or materials or gas or anydamnthing else. They are all the same. Well except to you druggie loving Ayn Rand and Rush Limbaugh sheep. Then it’s whatever those two whacked out drug addicts say it is and you parrot them……….
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:11 pm
“Welfare spending has grown substantially over the past four years, reaching $746 billion in 2011 — or more than Social Security, basic defense spending or any other single chunk of the federal government— according to a new memo by the Congressional Research Service.”
Read more: Welfare spending jumps 32% in four years – Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/18/welfare-spending-jumps-32-percent-four-years/#ixzz29fSSb5kx
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
12:11 pm
SfD — “Please proceed governor.”
as in, “Ok, you whiny little shellacked-hair corporate bitch, say what you’re going to say, this should be good.”
Word. I mean, just effiing WORD.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:12 pm
The “Big Bird” Crowd:
“President Barack Obama is in New Hampshire today for a campaign event. According to the White House pool report, after he arrived at the airport in Manchester this morning, President Obama stopped to shake hands with “a couple dozen supporters” on a rope line. The crowd at the airport included two toddlers holding American flags who were greeted by the president, but apparently “looked a bit disinterested.”
“I do great with the 2-3 year old crowd,” President Obama joked.
His remark reportedly earned laughs from the people on the rope line. Perhaps President Obama’s desire to appeal to the nursery school set explains his campaign’s focus on Big Bird in recent weeks.”
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
12:13 pm
Tom — “So you want to speak of Big Bird, social issues and binders . . . That is why you are a liberal!”
So Romney’s a liberal. Hoodanode it?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:13 pm
Fred:
My, my ……….. chill out. You’re going to have a stroke.
USMC
October 18th, 2012
12:14 pm
BREAKING NEWS……
The Obama Administration is NOW pivoting to jobs, jobs, jobs…
JOBLESS CLAIMS HIT FOUR-MONTH HIGH: INCREASE 46K TO 388K
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/18/Jobless-Claims-Jump-to-388k
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
12:14 pm
R. Convert — “See, I told you there was somebody on this blog dumber than me.”
Don’t lose hope, Bubba. We still got Rags and BOW postin’ here.
larry
October 18th, 2012
12:15 pm
I keep reading about Obama’s Chinese investments but the Chinese foreign minister singled out Romney’s investments in China.
Wonder why?
I guess because he got a good laugh when Romney announced he was going to take care of China on day 1 of his administration. Everyone knows good and well Romney is not going to take money out of his trust.
RB from Gwinnett
October 18th, 2012
12:15 pm
I’m fairly certain there would never be any danger of finding granny, aquagirl, getaclue, mm, or any of the other regular lib ladies on here in any binder of qualified applicants.
Adam
October 18th, 2012
12:15 pm
RB: When the Obama admin found out the video had nothing to do with the attack, they came clean with the public. That’s called TRANSPARENCY. Another promise kept for the President.
Have a nice day
Paul
October 18th, 2012
12:17 pm
Scout
Must have. Was scanning thru the comments yesterday and thought is was you who said they wrenched their back.
That is an experience I would not wish on anybody.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
12:18 pm
“I’m fairly certain there would never be any danger of finding granny, aquagirl, getaclue, mm, or any of the other regular lib ladies on here in any binder of qualified applicants.”
Like they’d want to work at your junkyard, Fred Sanford.
barking frog
October 18th, 2012
12:19 pm
Paul
Recon wrenched his back.
Queen Of Mean
October 18th, 2012
12:19 pm
stands: This will get approximately 0.000001% of the play in the corporate media as we had with Bill Ayers having sat on a board with Obama and hosting a fundraiser for him.
And 0.000000000001% of that afforded to “Scary Colored Minister Who Said Gee Dee ‘Merka when Obama wasn’t around”-gate.
And the Cons are always talking about how the “liberal media” this and the “liberal media” that, are sooo against them! Right! They’re HELPING them.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:19 pm
1)
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — “The head (Senator Feinstein) of the U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that it appeared an intelligence mistake along with inadequate security were to blame for the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya that claimed the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens, a Bay Area native, and three others.
“I can tell you this, I think we do know what happened now. There’s no question but THAT IT WAS A TERRORIST ATTACK (emphasis added), there is no question but that the security was inadequate and I think that there is no question that we need to work on our intelligence,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) during an exclusive interview with CBS 5.”
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/10/17/feinstein-intelligence-flaw-lax-security-to-blame-for-libyan-terror-attack/
2)
JAY BOOKMAN: “The premise of the entire debate is false, because the attack on our consulate in Benghazi was not an act of terror.”
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/10/17/on-benghazi-the-debate-and-acts-of-terror/
3)
WE REPORT ………… YOU DECIDE.
Paul
October 18th, 2012
12:19 pm
barking frog
“I did not see a stack of all
the transcripts of past
speeches of both candidates.”
Didn’t need all the past speeches. Benghazi was pretty likely to come up because to Republicans, the most important foreign policy issue is the latest issue they heard about.
RB from Gwinnett
October 18th, 2012
12:19 pm
Adam, unlike many others, I don’t care what he called it or when, I want to know why he fed the BS about the video to the people for 2 weeks when he knew the attack had nothing to do with it.
What is your opinion of why he would do that?
larry
October 18th, 2012
12:20 pm
SO YOU CAN AVOID TELLING US WHY THE POTUS BLAMED IT ON A VIDEO NOBODY HAS SEEN,
Actually, the law saw the video. Thats the reason the guy who posted it is back in jail for violating his parole.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:20 pm
Paul:
I hear you !
USMC
October 18th, 2012
12:20 pm
LEAKED CNN EMAIL: DEFEND CANDY!
CNN MANAGING EDITOR SENDS STAFF EMAIL DEFENDING CROWLEY
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/10/17/CNN-sends-letter-to-employees-defending-crowley
They BOTH suck
October 18th, 2012
12:22 pm
Paul
I think it was Recon (Del) who mentioned that he was having problems with his back.
Fred ™
October 18th, 2012
12:22 pm
Scout: I’m quite chilly. it takes more than insipid talk radio bumper sticker lies to raise my ire. While I realize that without them, you personally would be “speechless” I have already heard them straight from the source. When and if Neal comes up with something new and original, or god forbid YOU do, trot it out……….
Paul
October 18th, 2012
12:23 pm
RB from Gwinnett
“SO YOU CAN AVOID TELLING US WHY THE POTUS BLAMED IT ON A VIDEO NOBODY HAS SEEN”
Is the video invisible? Blacked out? Just a rumor? ’cause nobody’s seen it?
Yes, RB from Gwinnett, good to see you’re back to doing what you do best.
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
12:23 pm
RB — “What is your opinion of why he would do that?”
Here, boy! See it? See the squeaky ball? GO GET IT, BOY! GO GET THE SQUEAKY BALL!
larry
October 18th, 2012
12:24 pm
4)
Democrats enacted $1.803 billion for embassy security, construction and maintenance for fiscal 2010, when they still controlled the Senate and House. After Republicans took control of the House and picked up six Senate seats, Congress reduced the enacted budget to $1.616 billion in fiscal 2011, and to $1.537 billion for 2012.
The administration requested $1.801 billion for security, construction and maintenance for fiscal 2012; House Republicans countered with a proposal to cut spending to $1.425 billion. The House agreed to increase it to $1.537 billion after negotiations with the Senate.
The administration requested $1.654 billion for the State Department’s Worldwide Security Protection program for fiscal 2012. House Republicans proposed funding the program at $1.557 billion. Congress eventually enacted $1.591 billion after the Senate weighed in.
For fiscal 2013, the administration requested $2.15 billion in funding for the worldwide security protection program, a larger increase from the previous year. The House countered with a proposal to increase the program to $1.934 billion.
Fred ™
October 18th, 2012
12:24 pm
RB from Gwinnett
October 18th, 2012
12:15 pm
I’m fairly certain there would never be any danger of finding granny, aquagirl, getaclue, mm, or any of the other regular lib ladies on here in any binder of qualified applicants.
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getaclue is a GIRL? Really? get? Can you confirm? I never knew that (if it’s true)……..
Adam
October 18th, 2012
12:24 pm
RB: I want to know why he fed the BS about the video to the people for 2 weeks when he knew the attack had nothing to do with it.
Why do you assume he knew before two weeks?
Mr Right
October 18th, 2012
12:25 pm
Total federal and state ‘welfare’ spending tops $1 trillion — a nearly 30 percent increase since the start of the Obama administration.
The NFL on welfare ?
Paul
October 18th, 2012
12:26 pm
barking frog
Thanks. Here’s wishing Recon well, then -
Adam
October 18th, 2012
12:26 pm
LUNCH!
Fred ™
October 18th, 2012
12:26 pm
They BOTH suck
October 18th, 2012
12:22 pm
Paul
I think it was Recon (Del) who mentioned that he was having problems with his back.
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It’s probably strained from him carrying the mail for all the rich folks he envies and yet fawns endlessly towards.
If only one were allowed the freedom to use the word lickspittle………..
too little time
October 18th, 2012
12:28 pm
Just goes to show that our tax policy is in need of a HUGE overhaul. It is time to dump the vast majority of exemptions, and lower tax rates on businesses and individuals across the board.
wfclyon
October 18th, 2012
12:29 pm
You are a lazy commentator who is a reliable repeater of the DNC talking points. In 1966, LBJ was president and Senate was controlled by Democrats 64-36 and the House 248-187. By the way, the AFL-CIO is tax exempt under code section 501(c)(5) and that evil Chamber of Commerce is tax exempt under code section 501(c)(6).
And to prove my point about your laziness, your comment “If Georgia tax law is like that of many states, the NFL and its employees would be exempted from paying the tax that everyone else must pay to subsidize stadiums built for a highly profitable industry,” you could have found out the answer to that one with minimum research.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 18th, 2012
12:29 pm
Why did Candy Crowley
have a transcript of
President Obama’s Rose
Garden speech with her?
Or maybe because she was in the Rose Garden for that particular speech, seeing as how she’s one of the chief political correspondants for CNN….
Paul
October 18th, 2012
12:30 pm
Are people ever going to get around to discussing the difference between an act of terror, a terrorist attack, an attack by terrorists, a military attack by terrorists, a terror attack by military?
Seems to me they base their… analysis… solely on ‘the groups a group we have labeled a terrorist group; therefore, anything they do is a terrorist attack.
So if Hezbollah joins forces with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in conducting classical military operations against Israel, we’re going to hear how Israel is responding to military and terror attacks. In the same battle.
Ah yes, simplicity does have a certain attractiveness for some -
That Black Guy
October 18th, 2012
12:30 pm
Jay
October 18th, 2012
8:32 am
indigo, I’d bet that many Democrats would be equally eager to protect that status.
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Jay, thank you for that and the blog topic.
It’s amazing how the poo flingers will resort to Gumbyesque contortions in order to try to make this a partisaned issue.
“Let’s blame the repubs but ignore the FACT that it is included in a book on gov’t waste by a REPUB”.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:30 pm
Fred:
This is a debate site. Don’t get so personal …………. we have different opinions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syV2LkGpQB0
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 18th, 2012
12:32 pm
“Obama DOES Have Investments In Cayman Islands Trust…
… and has a bigger pension than Romney!”
See FactCheck:
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/oct/17/mitt-romney/romney-says-obama-also-has-investments-chinese-com/
Joe Hussein Mama
October 18th, 2012
12:33 pm
Paul — “Here’s wishing Recon well, then -”
We have confirmation? Man down?
RB from Gwinnett
October 18th, 2012
12:34 pm
Adam, they had the video from the consulate real time. If you want to claim it took them 2 weeks to watch it, go ahead.
The rest I us know better.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
October 18th, 2012
12:35 pm
Obama DOES Have Investments In Cayman Islands Trust…
His Illinois pension — over which he has no control — has an investment that includes a cayman trust. Not quite the same as hiding your money off-shore to avoid paying taxes, is it numbers guy?
Paul
October 18th, 2012
12:36 pm
“Adam, they had the video from the consulate real time.”
How did they know what was on the video if no one ever saw it?
Was it, like, a Rorschach DVD?