American Crown again

Senators want hearing on Obama's firing of IG
(AP)WASHINGTON – Two Republican senators asked Monday for a congressional hearing to look at whether President Barack Obama acted appropriately when he fired the national service agency's inspector general earlier this month.

Sens. Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Orrin Hatch of Utah said they were concerned about "significant questions raised regarding the propriety of the decision to remove the IG."

Obama fired Gerald Walpin, the inspector general who investigates AmeriCorps and other programs that are part of the Corporation for National Community Service, saying he had lost confidence in him. The firing followed an investigation by Walpin finding misuse of federal grants by a nonprofit education group led by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is an Obama supporter and former professional basketball star.

Johnson and a nonprofit education academy he founded ultimately agreed to repay half of $847,000 in grants it had received from AmeriCorps. Walpin was criticized by the acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento for the way he handled the investigation of Johnson and St. HOPE Academy.

Walpin has told The Associated Press that he reported facts and conclusions "in an honest and full way" while serving as IG.

Enzi and Hatch asked Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, to hold a hearing.

"We have asked for information from the White House counsel and CNCS, but they have not been forthcoming to date nor willing to commit to a timeframe," the senators said in a letter to Kennedy.

A Kennedy spokeswoman, Melissa Wagoner, said the senator's office was reviewing the request.

KJ say it aint so. Say it aint so. (Sorry I'm a Phoenix Suns fan)

What happened to transparency? The whole point to an inspector general is to make sure people within the government are doing their jobs and not cheating the system. Then you have the President and his community organization. We have an inspector general doing his job by investigating into Americorp and its partner community organizations; finding something wrong; the community organization ultimately pays back some funds it shouldn't have gotten. I'd say the guy made his money, did his job.

So why does President Obama fire him? Let me venture to say the inspector general was probably dangerous enough to nail bigger corrupt community organizations...such as ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) who helped Obama get elected. Obama's links to ACORN are extensive and Obama didn't like the inspector general getting too close to their ties to illegal activities.

This sounds more like Cuba or any other dictatorship. The dictator doesn't like the public to find the truth about their squandering of national resources to personal use...so they fire (or hang or stone) the whistleblower.

No doubt Obama will be appointing a community organizer to be the new inspector general.

Then we hear about this:
ABCNews
Vice President Biden announced today that Lynn Rosenthal will be the White House adviser on Violence Against Women, a new position created to work with the president and vice president on domestic violence and sexual assault issues...Rosenthal most recently served as the executive director of the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence and has focused on domestic violence issues like housing, state and local coordinated community response, federal policy, and survivor-centered advocacy.

Another new position...I mean czar! Does the President really need someone to overlook violence against women? Do we really need someone to establish that violence against women is wrong? Will Rosenthal establish which violence is wrong? This is ridiculous and just another example of the American Crown appointing their princesses/czars. Hey, it's Biden so it might be a joke.