Norway 2013 Cruise Page
Panoramic of the harbor of Flam, Norway
Norway has a population of 5 million and is 1.5 times the size of Colorado.  The country
received it's independence from Sweden in 1814.  It has a monarchy with King Herald V
reining.  The countries per capita income is $53,000 which is higher than the US.  The cruise
was through the National Review Magazine and had a number of dignitaries on board.
NORWAY PORTS
At the time of the National Review Cruise the US was in the midst of a scandal.  The IRS
targeted conservative groups to keep them out of business.  Below are two letters sent by
the IRS to conservative groups applying for 401 (c)(4) status.  By delaying it past the 2012
election the IRS was able to keep them from raising money for conservatives for the 2012
election.  These letters were obtained from the lead attorney in the suit against the IRS.

The first letter is the initial request from the IRS--29 items for Orgnization 1.  The second letter
for Organization 2 is the third request by the IRS after the first two letters were fulfilled by the
organization as requested in the two letters.  Now they had a third round of request--39 items!
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