Posted on 09/10/2009 6:29:15 PM PDT by freespirited
I thought I'd heard every possible charge about corruption at ACORN, a feisty, union-backed activist group that became infamous last year when it was investigated for voter registration fraud in 15 states. Just yesterday, 11 ACORN workers were accused by Florida prosecutors of falsifying information on some 900 voter registration forms.
But this morning brings a Fox News report that ACORN officials in Baltimore offered to help get a housing loan and falsify tax documents for a proposed house of prostitution that would employ underage girls from El Salvador. ...
In helping Mr. O'Keefe set up his supposed brothel, ACORN employees also invited him to attend an August conference the group was holding for prospective home-buyers. But it linked attendance to Mr. O'Keefe joining ACORN and paying $120 in annual dues: "We ask that you join ACORN." The problem is that such a request is illegal, since the ACORN housing conferences are underwritten by federal government grants. ACORN has a political arm, so insisting that attendees at its housing conferences join the group and pay dues is a no-no.
It was precisely that kind of activity that got ACORN in trouble during the Clinton administration. The Inspector General of AmeriCorps, the government's volunteer agency, accused the group of "using government resources to promote legislation." ACORN was stripped of its federal grant as a result.
This past March, Senator David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, tried to block ACORN from receiving additional federal funds when he proposed restrictions on federal support of the group. ... The Senate voted against Mr. Vitter's amendment by 53 to 43, with only two Democrats -- Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Robert Byrd of West Virginia --voting to restrict ACORN funding.
In light of the Fox video, Mr. Vitter should revive his amendment -- pronto.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
RATS won't let it go anywhere.
ACORN. A Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization. Sooner or later someone will get it.
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So this organization that has offices promoting pornography, tax evasion, sex slaves, illegal immigration, & on & on are BEING HIRED TO DO THE CENSUS. With TAXPAYER MONEY????!!!!
This needs to be stopped. These people cannot be put in charge of the census. Look at how corrupt they are!!!!!!!!
John Fund is investigating. No one else is...except Fox News and Glenn Beck.
I guess the "C" in "CNN" does not stand for "Class Act".
Now I'm wondering who CNN has manning the beastiality desk(?)
“We ask that you join ACORN.”
That was clearly heard on the video tape. Shera made the statement to the two when the “tax expert” left the room.
Gonna be real real real difficult..this organization just closes shop, changes their name and opens up again on another street.
Kind of like the interent scams...hard to track them down, and when you do, they have moved to somewhere else.
Tonight, CBS News covers recent events at ACORN
“Acorn. Oh yes, I’ve heard of that organization. Just a wonderful bunch of progressive community activists trying to pull people out of poverty”.
Katie Couric
Public needs to be reminded the that organization coming to your door to ask you how much money you make and how many water-saver toilets you have is the same group that was willing to promote illegal immigration, child sex slave trade, tax evasion, and prostitution. No way would I want to invite these vile people into my home to answer their nosey questions. Hopeflly someone, like Beck or some brave Congressperson, can put a stop to this travesty.
Public needs to be reminded the that organization coming to your door to ask you how much money you make and how many water-saver toilets you have is the same group that was willing to promote illegal immigration, child sex slave trade, tax evasion, and prostitution. No way would I want to invite these vile people into my home to answer their nosey questions. Hopeflly someone, like Beck or some brave Congressperson, can put a stop to this travesty.
Hold Obama to what he said in the campaign: you can measure me my the people I surround myself with.............ACORN, Van Jones, Holdren, et al. Thugs surrounding a thug. The Chicago Way.
To cut off government funding shouldn't be hard.
Classifying them as the organized criminal enterprise that they are is a bit trickier but do able.
Well I think the Census needs to go back to the COMMERCE DEPT. where it has historically been located. If it remains in the wh, the impartiality cannot be guaranteed—esp. with ACORN INVOLVED.
I suspect GOP will lose multiple republican districts. Seriously, need to be proactive on this, or they could seriously impact the next election.
I don’t see any problem here. Apparently, this tax adviser knows ALOT about tax advice. The knowledge she shows indicates to me she knew well the business at hand, and was just giving advice according to probably her past tax adviser experiences.
With all the info on just how corrupt acorn is, how is it that no one can seem to find the two albino dudes that head it up? Impossible to beleive these guys are impossible to grab with extreme prejudice and put a stop to their game.
Someone is taking some nice payoffs to keep them hidden.
The libs have been working for many years to “adjust” the whole legal system to make crap like acorn not only possible, but immune. The only way to correct the course is to eliminate every party to the mass conspiracy. In other words, fill the lamp posts across the nation with junior Benitos and restart the process fresh.
On July 23, 2008, the ACORN report was released declaring ACORN to be a criminal organization, and to date the Obama minions have really squashed its existence.
The document can be accessed at:
http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/media/pdfs/20090723ACORNReport.pdf
This document was issued by the House of Representatives and declares that ACORN is a criminal organization. It gives details and names names, but nothing seems to be getting done about it.
What’s CNN?
Those two ACORN employee’s should be arrested for aiding and abetting child prostitution.
Sadly, the MSM won’t even mention this story.
Nice to see SOMEBODY in the MSM pick this up.
I seriously fear for the lives of those 2 kids. They are in imminent danger. Seriously.
It seems to me that this is a bit like Abscam--the journalist O'Keefe and his accomplice were not really a pimp and a prostitute, and they weren't really going to bring underage illegal aliens there to engage in prostitution. The ACORN workers thought they were and didn't see anything wrong with it, to be sure, but because the authorities didn't set up the sting, they may ignore it.
I think Eric Holder is more likely to try to prosecute the journalist and the young woman than to go after ACORN.
Everyone else is in on the scam or are afraid.
Defeat everyone in congress...how in the world did they think it is okay for these thugs to be given $8.5 billion of our taxpayer money?
HOW??
No-one represents the taxpaying White middle-class any longer...WE ARE ON OUR ON!!
He'll send Mark Lloyd (The diversity CZAR) after Beck.
We're losing our country to these thugs.
Everyone Must Do Something Everyday.
The fox is now in the hen-house...Obama and Eric Holder (The Attorney General) are the leaders of this band of thugs. Holder will disrupt any attempt to stop ACORN...you watch.
Congress must get off their butts and begin to address these thugs...NOW!!
Kudos to Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, John Fund (Wall Street Journal) and Fox News. Brett Baier reported this story tonight on "Special Report". Sean Hannity and I believe Greta talked about it earlier tonight as well.
It was Andrew Breitbart (along with James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles) who broke this story on Breitbart's brand-new website BigGovernment.com.
I hope that was sarcasm. She recommended they claim underage girls, victims of human trafficking and sexual slavery, as dependents.
Someone said ACORN has 278 affiliated organizations. Can this be right? Like an octopus on steroids. Hydra. Hard to get rid of if so.
Thanks for the ping!
RICO !!!!!
How long before the race card gets played b/c the women in the video are black and endorsing the slave trade (sex trafficking) Oh boy Glenn Beck is on point.
ACORN are real, true communists. The fact that they get even $1.00 from the US Gov’t is a disgrace.
George Bush was a good man, who took good action after 9/11 to keep us safe from terrorists.
But his two terms (or 1 1/2 terms practically speaking) was a great waste in terms of driving out forces like ACORN.
Hopefully, the triumph of the great Commie Hope, Obama, will have learned our side a lesson.
And when we get power again we will crush these types and drive them out of every nook and cranny in which they plot and plan our destruction.
But that is the Point isnt it? If the Republicans RIGHT now with the atmosphere in the Country about the Finances the fact that ACORN is in Line for almost 6 BILLION dollars dont tell me that ALL the Republicans standing in Unison and pointing to this Kind of Corruption and waste and we are talking about giving Govt Control of Our Health Care to this Group In Washington, This is a No Brainer ,but the Feckless Republicans will only put their tails between their Legs ,Dont want to Be called Racists
This is the kind of thing 60 Minutes would do and they would win prize after priszr. Our Country is falling apart. It will be like Mexico soon.
Yes, it is correct. I think the number is actually more than 300.
Check the report by Rep. Issa. The link is in one of the posts above.
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Your forgot voter fraud - that's big with ACORN. And yeah, you're paying for it...
The demonrats got the money just like the mafia only 100 times worse. Compare acorn to Somalia, both run by the same thugs. Bringing Africa home to America. Thanks for letting my tax dollars pay for these bums for the last 50 years. Well at least they can’t aim a pistol. Going to be a lot of blood spilled over this one.
You are soooo right!
EWWWWWWWWWWwwww...Would not want them NEAR my property, for all I know, they could be casing the joint!
I kept ranting after the last election, It does NOT matter who we chose to run, how much mOney we contribute or how well we are received.....if THERE IS VOTER FRAUD WE WILL ALWAYS LOSE!
aT LEAST, LIKE Joe wilson “you Lie!”, the cat is out of the bag.
If we can get the Rep members of congress to investigate, more will come out.
Well, i think we need to win by a large enough margin to out-weigh/cancel-out the fraud—I am sure Norm Coleman Senate Candidate in Minnesota could teach us about that lesson. Or maybe Al Franken could :(
What 210 was saying was that the “tax expert” knew the tax code well enough to know how to avoid paying taxes in a not too easily catchable way.
He’s NOT saying that it was MORALLY right advice,
just that it was shrewd and displayed extensive knowledge.
I did not realize it, but someone posted that they have already received a survey in mail. So likely they have been hired and won’t be long till the ACORNS come round :(
I had hoped that this recent revelation of ACORN fraud (coupled with the ever-present election fraud) might provide momentum to oust ACORN from participating in the census, getting tax dollars, etc. and perhaps trigger the return of the census to the Commerce Dept.
I am gathering it is too late :(
CNN covered the ACORN story but they blurred the Acorn employees’ faces.
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