A CHILLING CONSPIRACY

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. Suddenly it seems, well, not completely impossible that black helicopters may be jammed with storm troopers dispatched by the one-worldgovernment conspiracy.

No longer is it implausible that the international banking cabal is awaiting a pre-arranged signal from the Illuminati to seize every 401(k) retirement-savings account in America.

This is because the one conspiracy nearly every American taxpayer believes has been exposed:

If the Internal Revenue Service doesn’t like your politics, it will come after you.

The IRS acknowledged on Friday that it targeted certain conservative organizations for additional review.

Groups whose descriptions included words like “tea party” and “patriot” often were required to jump through extra hoops in order to prove their tax-exempt status.

Some were even ordered to produce lists of donors, a clear violation of IRS policy.

IRS officials admitted the scandalous practice just as an investigation was about to expose them. So don’t presume some sudden attack of guilt or shame prompted Friday’s mea culpa.

Republicans in Congress are thoroughly justified in seeking a broader investigation of this outrage.

If the blood of liberals doesn’t run every bit as cold as that of conservatives at this revelation, they are missing the point.