IRS worker fired for falsely calling Obama a Muslim

2009-08-17 21:58:30

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Harmor: Error_Name_Not_Found; +605|6837|San Diego, CA, USA

Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08172009/ne … 184926.htm

NY Post wrote:
An IRS staffer who had no clue that her work e-mail was being audited got canned for sending out an anti-Barack Obama message in the heat of the 2008 presidential campaign.

Cruz Salas was axed from her job of 30 years last month after supervisors at the agency's Manhattan office discovered she e-mailed six people a message falsely calling Obama a Muslim.

The Office of Special Counsel filed a complaint against Salas last March. Her e-mails violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal staffers from engaging in political activities at the office, her employers said.

Salas refused to talk about her messages.

Is this right? Or was the Hatch Act used to improperly? Also, please if you're using "work e-mail" you shouldn't expect privacy.

2009-08-17 22:01:34

#2

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6857|Mountains of NC

double standards ........ if it was bush ..... she would have been praised

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2009-08-17 22:01:45

#3

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5874

Harmor wrote:
Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08172009/ne … 184926.htm

NY Post wrote:
An IRS staffer who had no clue that her work e-mail was being audited got canned for sending out an anti-Barack Obama message in the heat of the 2008 presidential campaign.

Cruz Salas was axed from her job of 30 years last month after supervisors at the agency's Manhattan office discovered she e-mailed six people a message falsely calling Obama a Muslim.

The Office of Special Counsel filed a complaint against Salas last March. Her e-mails violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal staffers from engaging in political activities at the office, her employers said.

Salas refused to talk about her messages.
Is this right? Or was the Hatch Act used to improperly? Also, please if you're using "work e-mail" you shouldn't expect privacy.

Technically she did break the act as well as use job resources for something other then her job.

2009-08-17 22:41:53

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2009-08-18 01:55:20

#5

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6963|Canberra, AUS

Macbeth wrote:
Harmor wrote:
Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08172009/ne … 184926.htm

NY Post wrote:
An IRS staffer who had no clue that her work e-mail was being audited got canned for sending out an anti-Barack Obama message in the heat of the 2008 presidential campaign.

Cruz Salas was axed from her job of 30 years last month after supervisors at the agency's Manhattan office discovered she e-mailed six people a message falsely calling Obama a Muslim.

The Office of Special Counsel filed a complaint against Salas last March. Her e-mails violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal staffers from engaging in political activities at the office, her employers said.

Salas refused to talk about her messages.
Is this right? Or was the Hatch Act used to improperly? Also, please if you're using "work e-mail" you shouldn't expect privacy.
Technically she did break the act as well as use job resources for something other then her job.

Then that's that.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2009-08-18 04:51:11

#6

Chorcai: Member; +49|6937|Ireland

Never do anything other than send work e-mails from work ! She must be fecking thick, working for the IRS and not thinking they wouldnt be looking at her emails !

2009-08-18 06:43:00

#7

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6938

It might teach idiots a lesson to stop sending those fucking chain letters out.

2009-08-18 06:59:44

#8

13rin: Member; +977|6768

Obama isn't a Muslim?

I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

2009-08-18 07:11:01

#9

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6963|Canberra, AUS

DBBrinson1 wrote:
Obama isn't a Muslim?

Here we go again.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2009-08-18 07:20:42

#10

13rin: Member; +977|6768

Spark wrote:
DBBrinson1 wrote:
Obama isn't a Muslim?
Here we go again.

I thought his middle name was 'husseine'? Doesn't that automatically make you a muslim?

I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

2009-08-18 07:23:35

#11

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7025|Salt Lake City

DBBrinson1 wrote:
Spark wrote:
DBBrinson1 wrote:
Obama isn't a Muslim?
Here we go again.
I thought his middle name was 'husseine'? Doesn't that automatically make you a muslim?

Might need to fire up the [/sarcasm] tag.

2009-08-18 08:01:41

#12

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6826|Long Island, New York

ghettoperson wrote:
It might teach idiots a lesson to stop sending those fucking chain letters out.

One can only hope..

2009-08-18 17:14:01

#13

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,982|6921|949

This is conjecture on my part, but maybe the IRS was looking for an excuse to fire her? It does seem like a fairly innocuous reason for firing someone, but who knows. She could have been an absolute horrible worker.

2009-08-18 18:28:58

#14

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|7005

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
This is conjecture on my part, but maybe the IRS was looking for an excuse to fire her? It does seem like a fairly innocuous reason for firing someone, but who knows. She could have been an absolute horrible worker.

That's exactly what i was thinking... She might be a big bag of suck
and this was all they needed to kick her to the curb.

Love is the answer

2009-08-18 18:34:39

#15

lowing: Banned; +1,662|6940|USA

Harmor wrote:
Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08172009/ne … 184926.htm

NY Post wrote:
An IRS staffer who had no clue that her work e-mail was being audited got canned for sending out an anti-Barack Obama message in the heat of the 2008 presidential campaign.

Cruz Salas was axed from her job of 30 years last month after supervisors at the agency's Manhattan office discovered she e-mailed six people a message falsely calling Obama a Muslim.

The Office of Special Counsel filed a complaint against Salas last March. Her e-mails violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal staffers from engaging in political activities at the office, her employers said.

Salas refused to talk about her messages.
Is this right? Or was the Hatch Act used to improperly? Also, please if you're using "work e-mail" you shouldn't expect privacy.

Yeah you can't bad mouth Obama like that without reprisal. It is only fashionable to trash Bush. She shoulda known that.

2009-08-18 18:57:17

#16

Stingray24: Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy; +1,060|6734|The Land of Scott Walker

K, I'm waiting for people to get canned who ripped on McCain using IRS email ... nah, not going to waste my time.

2009-08-18 23:35:49

#17

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6963|Canberra, AUS

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
This is conjecture on my part, but maybe the IRS was looking for an excuse to fire her? It does seem like a fairly innocuous reason for firing someone, but who knows. She could have been an absolute horrible worker.

It is innocuous, but using your work email for political purposes is pretty fucking stupid.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2009-08-18 23:46:28

#18

Hakei: Banned; +295|6284

This shit annoys me. Firstly, change the fucking title of the thread, she was not fired for falsely calling Obama a Muslim, she was fired because she engaged in a political Champaign at work which is prohibited.

Should could have said "Obama is great, vote for him next election." What she said wasn't the problem, it's the fact that she broke the law in saying it.

Seems like another news story worded and molded to show you how corrupt the government/law is, yet it only demonstrates how stupidly one-sided and bias the news/American nation is.

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