Iraq and the IRS

Over the next few days, Republicans, including Rep. Deborah Pryce, will be out in public talking about the success the U.S. is having in Iraq. However, these Republicans are not dealing with reality. Some elected officials visited Iraq over the congressional recess. The locations they visited were extremely secure areas. They spoke with officers who gave glowing reports about the progress that is being made. Unfortunately, horrible things are happening in Iraq: We are caught in a civil war. U.S. and Iraqi casualties have increased. THIS IS NOT SUCCESS.

Eleven U.S. Troops were killed in one day in Iraq. While the next of kin are being notified, their identities and hometowns have been deleted from reports. One report said that some of the Americans were riding in an unarmored vehicle.
Articles: Forbes CNN Oregon Live Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

According to the Tacoma, Washington News Tribune, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) kept track of taxpayer's political affiliation:

As it hunted down tax scofflaws, the Internal Revenue Service collected information on the political party affiliations of taxpayers in 20 states.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a member of an appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the IRS, said the practice was an “outrageous violation of the public trust” that could undermine the agency’s credibility...

...According to Murray’s office, the 20 states in which the IRS collected party affiliation information were Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

Call your senator and representative because this is wrong.