Some Thoughts

Is there a connection between the Citizens United supreme Court ruling and the issue of IRS audits of groups claiming tax exempt status?  The Citizens United ruling decided that corporations are "people" and to deny them the right to spend on political campaigns would be to deny them freedom of speech; a First Amendment violation.  That ruling says organizations-backed by corporations and run by unnamed individuals-could spend unlimited amounts to defeat a candidate for political office.  My question then is, why should those organizations then get a tax exempt status?  Why should they not pay taxes on their profits?  The IRS then questions those organizations about their tax exempt claim and some people go ape shit.   

Some Thoughts

Priorities are important in life.  We must pay the rent before going on vacation.  So it seems the government should pay for the care of homeless vets, inner city decay, schools, and jobs well before granting millions of dollars to some corporation to "explore" space.

Why does a half of the Second Amendment protect just about anybody who wants to buy just about any kind of weapon, while the entire Fourth Amendment does not protect my electronic mail from being read by just about anybody in government or business without a warrant or any probable cause to believe I am breaking the law?  

( I am working on a new blog idea here; in case anyone is reading.  Hell, at least the NSA reads my stuff.  BTW, go fuck yourself.)

NSA Spying

Some of my thoughts on this issue.  First, a question.  How does a political conservative-one who distrusts big government-not then oppose a big government program to massively spy on ordinary Americans phone, e-mail and other means of communication?  This is what the NSA surveillance program is and I don't see how liberals and conservatives would not both be opposed.  Second is a position taken by congressman John Boehner on a radio talk show the other day.  He said that the individual who leaked this info-one Snowden-committed a "giant violation of the law" by doing so.  But how is the spying itself not a giant violation of the law.