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Remember “It’s Not the Crime; It’s the Cover-Up”? The President Doesn’t

Jimmie | November 24, 2009 | Comments (1)

You know the old saying that it’s not the crime that really gets you, but the cover-up? I’ve a feeling that someone should have hipped the Obama administration to that a couple of months ago. Just hours after Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa released a report Friday on their investigation into the abrupt [...]

Can We Add Abuse of Power to the IG Scandal?

Jimmie | July 23, 2009 | Comments (4)

Well, what do we have here? A little abuse of power in the IG Scandal, perhaps? Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has asked U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui to help keep the flow of federal funds coming into the city. Johnson is not allowed to receive federal funds because of allegations his St. Hope-Hood Corps Foundation misused [...]

Is that a Second Shoe I See Dropping?

Jimmie | July 19, 2009 | Comments (3)

The Inspectors General scandal has now become a little more interesting. Gerald Walpin, the AmeriCorps inspector general who was summarily fired in June amid controversy over his investigation of a politically-connected supporter of President Obama, has filed suit alleging that the firing was “unlawful,” “politically driven,” “procedurally defective” and “a transparent and clumsily-conducted effort to [...]

I Do Not Forsee an Increase in Humility

Jimmie | July 17, 2009 | Comments (8)

I suppose the question now is who will play him when this movie is made? I’m calling dibs on Kevin Smith to play my role as Plucky Blogger Who Links All Stacy’s IG Scandal Updates.

Huffing and Puffing, the Scandal Slowly but Surely Climbed the Hill…

Jimmie | July 14, 2009 | Comments (1)

“I think I can! I think I can! I think I can!”, said The Little Scandal that Could. “We’re not there yet,” one Democratic source on Capitol Hill said last week, when asked about the prospect for hearings on the Obama administration’s firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin. Congressional investigators are still conducting interviews [...]

Because “Nanny Nanny Boo Boo” Was Too Much Legalese?

Jimmie | July 10, 2009 | Comments (2)

The ball just keeps on rolling in the Inspectors General scandal. Byron York reported yesterday that the general counsel for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the agency that oversees AmeriCORPS, decided to invent an interesting reason not to talk to Congressional investigators. Frank Trinity, general counsel for the Corporation, met with a bipartisan [...]

In Other News, What’s Happening with the IG Scandal?

Jimmie | July 3, 2009 | Comments (1)

While the MSM, the rabid left, and certain feckless and self-aggrandizing Republicans go haring after Sarah Palin, the Inspectors General scandal is still moving forward. Michelle Malkin has been digging into the Amtrak part of the story and has found little but the stench of cronyism and some shiny glimmers of real trouble for the [...]

The Inspectors General Scandal and Real Journalism, Blogger-Style

Jimmie | June 28, 2009 | Comments (2)

If you are at all interested in the Inspectors General scandal, but think that there’s no way you can get caught up on all whole story, then you need to read two essential posts by Stacy McCain. He has written a couple detailed accounts of the events thus far and tossed in a little commentary, [...]