Trolls Paid With Our Money?
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2010/08/trolls-paid-wit.htmlPosted by Van Helsing at August 18, 2010 12:13 PM
No one familiar with Barack Hussein Obama's radical left background will be surprised that he has tried to govern like a socialist dictator. Thanks to a rubberstamp Congress and a complicit media, he's been getting away with it — so far. In a new report [link at..well...link], Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary Committee, documents a few of his transgressions. From the executive summary, via Pajamas Media:
The Obama Administration frequently used federal resources to promote the President's agenda. In many cases, the Administration relied on the reach and resources of federal agencies and their personnel to promote certain of the President's favorite programs. The White House also leveraged ties to the arts and entertainment community to embed propaganda in the content of television programming and artwork. These propaganda efforts violated appropriations riders and federal law prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes.
The White House also used its inherent visibility advantages to multiply the effectiveness of websites containing misleading and controversial information.
The White House used its resources to push visitors to websites that urge grassroots activism based on false and misleading information. The President's right to sell his policy recommendations to Congress and the public is not disputed; however, using the resources of the federal government to activate a sophisticated propaganda and lobbying campaign is an abuse of office and a betrayal of the President's pledge to create "an unprecedented level of openness in Government."
Not all of the Obamunist propaganda we taxpayers are financing is terribly sophisticated, as moonbat trolls attest:
One of the more shocking abuses listed in the report is the Department of Justice's hiring of a liberal blogger, apparently with the express intention of attacking conservative bloggers.Tracy Russo, former campaign blogger for John Edwards, was hired by the DOJ's Office of Public Affairs (OPA) to direct its "new media efforts." The report notes that these
efforts include Russo searching online for news items and blog entries critical of the president's agenda, and then attacking the author or contents either anonymously or through a pseudonym. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Issa and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith sent a letter in October of 2009 to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calling for an investigation of Russo's apparently unlawful actions. Neither Holder nor the Department of Justice has responded to the congressional inquiry. Russo continues to post on the DOJ's official blog. It is not known if she still continues to anonymously "troll" blogs and articles critical of the administration on the taxpayers' payroll.
It could be that the leftist creepazoids that troll Moonbattery.com have so much time on their hands because they are paid to spew moonbat talking points by our rulers with our money.
Anyone who isn't furious yet probably has no pulse, and should call the nearest funeral parlor to arrange to be collected.
On a tip from Gary.
**** wonder why the left is always complaining that trolls are paid to **** with their websites? It's because that's what they do. ****
