Exactly. Now you see why she is a *former* CBS investigative reporter.

Sorry to repeat myself, but this was a late post to the first incarnation of this story.

Sharyl Attkisson (investigative reporter formerly with CBS) has posted some questions that should be asked:

• Please provide a timeline of the crash and documentation covering when it was first discovered and by whom; when, how and by whom it was learned that materials were lost; the official documentation reporting the crash and federal data loss; documentation reflecting all attempts to recover the materials; and the remediation records documenting the fix. This material should include the names of all officials and technicians involved, as well as all internal communications about the matter.
• Please provide all documents and emails that refer to the crash from the time that it happened through the IRS’ disclosure to Congress Friday that it had occurred.
• Please provide the documents that show the computer crash and lost data were appropriately reported to the required entities including any contractor servicing the IRS. If the incident was not reported, please explain why.
• Please provide a list summarizing what other data was irretrievably lost in the computer crash. If the loss involved any personal data, was the loss disclosed to those impacted? If not, why?
• Please provide documentation reflecting any security analyses done to assess the impact of the crash and lost materials. If such analyses were not performed, why not?
• Please provide documentation showing the steps taken to recover the material, and the names of all technicians who attempted the recovery.
• Please explain why redundancies required for federal systems were either not used or were not effective in restoring the lost materials, and provide documentation showing how this shortfall has been remediated.
• Please provide any documents reflecting an investigation into how the crash resulted in the irretrievable loss of federal data and what factors were found to be responsible for the existence of this situation.
• I would also ask for those who discovered and reported the crash to testify under oath, as well as any officials who reported the materials as having been irretrievably lost.

Sharyl Attkisson (investigative reporter formerly with CBS) has posted some questions that should be asked:

• Please provide a timeline of the crash and documentation covering when it was first discovered and by whom; when, how and by whom it was learned that materials were lost; the official documentation reporting the crash and federal data loss; documentation reflecting all attempts to recover the materials; and the remediation records documenting the fix. This material should include the names of all officials and technicians involved, as well as all internal communications about the matter.
• Please provide all documents and emails that refer to the crash from the time that it happened through the IRS’ disclosure to Congress Friday that it had occurred.
• Please provide the documents that show the computer crash and lost data were appropriately reported to the required entities including any contractor servicing the IRS. If the incident was not reported, please explain why.
• Please provide a list summarizing what other data was irretrievably lost in the computer crash. If the loss involved any personal data, was the loss disclosed to those impacted? If not, why?
• Please provide documentation reflecting any security analyses done to assess the impact of the crash and lost materials. If such analyses were not performed, why not?
• Please provide documentation showing the steps taken to recover the material, and the names of all technicians who attempted the recovery.
• Please explain why redundancies required for federal systems were either not used or were not effective in restoring the lost materials, and provide documentation showing how this shortfall has been remediated.
• Please provide any documents reflecting an investigation into how the crash resulted in the irretrievable loss of federal data and what factors were found to be responsible for the existence of this situation.
• I would also ask for those who discovered and reported the crash to testify under oath, as well as any officials who reported the materials as having been irretrievably lost.

Oh, so that shouldn't be a problem, then. Just request the emails from the White House, etc. I'm sure they won't have any problems digging up their copies. They couldn't also have lost those particular emails, now, could they?

Interesting to see if that is backed up by actual statistics. I doubt that it is. Pew Research just recently released poll results that argue that Liberals (voters) are less interested in fair compromise. Given their unwavering media support, I'd guess that the sentiment would be shared by their legislators.

I'm sure that you meant to say that "It's the unfortunate case that Republicans don't generally support Democratic bills and vice versa." But, either way, that doesn't change any of our preceding arguments, so I'll leave it here.

This could be the subject of another debate, but not interested, at the moment.

You couldn't get it by the conservatives? Which conservatives voted for the current crapfest? Do not forget that ObamaCare was rammed through without a single Republican vote in the House or Senate. Think about that. A complete transformation and takeover of the U.S. Healthcare system and the Democrats rammed it through without a shred of bipartisan support.

How about that I understand it, but don't believe it (and the facts and logic back me up).

You could very well be right. However, ever since I first noticed this behavior, I have actively looked for counter-examples. But, as you say, I could be blind to that.

After reading Slashdot for many years, I've noticed that whenever the Democrat/Republican argument is cast in favor of the Republicans in a post with unassailable logic, the invariable response is "well, both parties are the same."

So? You don't think that the Republican Party leaders wouldn't want more self-employed voters? Even ignoring the tendency of the self-employed to vote Republican, your whole line of reasoning is just ... odd. "Oh, no!" say the Republican Party Corporate Masters, "Where will we get our laborers from if [a small fraction of] our employees leave to work for themselves? There are so few people without jobs -- whatever will we do?"

Listen, I'm glad that you've been able to find insurance coverage, but that same result (for you and the others that ObamaCare was supposed to help) could have been achieved with much less legislation and far less government intervention and far more success. But, I'm sure that you know that. You just wanted to take a cheap shot at the Republican Party; but you just didn't really think it through.

That's funny. I found that to incredibly non-insightful. Republicans love the self-employed. Republicans are 50 percent more likely to be self-employed than are Democrats [source: The Hill].

So you see what happens when the people in control of the land don't control their borders.

He did it with the promise from the Democrat-controlled Congress that it would then pass the provisions needed to clamp down on border security. Which it did not do. He admitted later that he had been duped.

I believe the general feeling is that amnesty will encourage another large surge in illegal immigration. When it looks like it is going to be passed, there will be a surge trying to get into the country to benefit from the amnesty. If it gets passed, then there will a surge of new illegals to fill the demand for undocumented (and thus below minimum wage) workers.

The Tea Partiers have been saying that this is obvious and that any plans for amnesty shouldn't proceed until it is obvious that the border is secure.

So, the two issues are closely linked.

Ha! You're the one who is trying to spin this. Clearly this is a win for the Tea Party.