http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/acorn/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:57:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416061/posts I recently read an item on your editorial page that I would like to comment on. In the article the author claimed to be a "serious journalist" who reported the "important events of the day." It seems that "important events" are in the judgment of the reporter. Of all the EO's reporters, not one word has ever been reported of the scandalous activities of ACORN. Not only were they trying to pervert the outcome of our national elections, but tried to help import underage girls to be prostitutes. Then they advised how the people involved could cheat on their income... East Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416061/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:57:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415184/posts Fannie / Freddie - What Does Treasury Know? by: Karl DenningerDecember 25, 2009 On Christmas Eve one would think you could have a nice evening with your family. Little did I know what Timmy Geithner had up his sleeve: The two companies, the largest sources of mortgage financing in the U.S., are currently under government conservatorship and have caps of $200 billion each on backstop capital from the Treasury. Under the new agreement announced today, these limits can rise as needed to cover net worth losses through 2012. I see. But I thought housing was getting better? That's what I... Seeking Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415184/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:30:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414968/posts Al Franken, the Democrat from Minnesota who won election to the Senate after a successful career as a comic and author, has begun to show the sharp-tongued side of his personality by ripping into GOP staffers behind the scenes. The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414968/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414084/posts A Congressional Research Service report commissioned by the House Judiciary Committee says ACORN hasn’t violated any federal regulations the past five years. The report, released by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers’s (D-Mich.) staff Tuesday evening, also reports that the undercover filmmakers that allegedly caught employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now breaking the law may have violated state law in their filming operation. politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414084/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:08:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413892/posts A Congressional Research Service report commissioned by the House Judiciary Committee says ACORN hasn't violated any federal regulations the past five years. The report, released by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers's, D-Mich., staff Tuesday evening, also reports that the undercover filmmakers that allegedly caught employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now breaking the law may have violated state law in their filming operation. politicon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413892/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:18:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413466/posts Monday, 21 Dec 2009 12:11 PM Article Font Size By: James Hirsen Despite widespread public opposition to the current healthcare reform package, which is slated to be passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve, advocates have a new tool in their arsenal to court younger voters. Sex, what else? Rock the Vote, the celebrity weighted group that tries to reel in votes for Dems, recently released a video that encourages young folks to use sexual favors, or the withholding thereof, as a means of persuasion. Libs of the past made a career out of ridiculing abstinence programs. But some Rock... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413466/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:02:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413318/posts I heard about it on the radio, this morning as Michelle Bachmann informed Glenn Becks’s sub, Chris Baker about the ACORN provision, one of the eleventh hour additions made behind closed doors. These Dems are absolutely brazen. Roland Burris is claiming credit: The provision he cites, found on pages 240 through 248 of the manager’s amendment, requires that six different agencies each establish an “Office of Minority Health.” The agencies are the “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the... Big Government via Nice Deb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413318/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:15:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412848/posts The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack reports tonight that Illinois Democrat Sen. Roland Burris is claiming credit for inserting a provision that may benefit ACORN. But it’s not just the ACORN angle that’s scandalous. It’s the race hustler shakedown. Why, oh, why do we need to be funding massive new federal bureaucracies to create separate “Offices of Minority Health” in six separate health care agencies: Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412848/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:54:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412748/posts Senator Roland Burris is claiming credit for a provision in Harry Reid's "manager's amendment," unveiled Saturday morning, that could funnel money to ACORN through the health care bill. On December 9, Burris, an Illinois Democrat, pledged that he would filibuster a health care bill without a public option. "If we have to get 60 and it comes back and it does not have a public option in it, I will not vote for it," he said. Then early last week he said he could vote for the bill if there were changes made to achieve the goals of the public... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412748/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:35:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412579/posts GETS FORMER SEQUOIA CO. VP NAMED AS ADVISER TO U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION Earlier this month, Obama made his first official move to corrupt and undermine the 2010 elections. The move consisted in the little noticed appointment of a technical adviser to the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The importance of the appointment was explained at The Brad Blog last Monday. The Official Press Release of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission read as follows: U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 1225 New York Ave. NW – Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 For Immediate Release December... The Post & Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412579/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:42:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412399/posts The chairwoman of the Washington, D.C.-Northern Virginia chapter of ACORN said corruption in the organization stems from a top-down approach, as decisions for more than 300 affiliate organizations are made by about 30 or 40 individuals. Marcel Reid, who headed the board of the D.C. chapter of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN), explained how she and other board members are now in "exile" for asking too many questions about the finances of the national organization in 2007 and 2008. Further, she said the organization was so cleverly set up that it would be difficult to investigate... cnsnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412399/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:20:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412487/posts Heroes.....who are they? STAND UP AMERICA, GET OUT OF THE FETAL POSITION AND MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD. Welcome to the GLENN BECK television thread...Shake the cobwebs out of your brain...We are another day closer to the REVOLUTION that will change the 2010 elections. All comrades, infidels, sick twisted freaks, ilks and lurkers are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the thread! Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412487/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412476/posts Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Monday claimed that allegations of wrongdoing surrounding the community group ACORN are bigger than the Watergate scandal that brought down the President Richard Nixon. King, a long-time critic of ACORN, told the conservative American Spectator that the ACORN scandals have been worse because they affect state, local and national politics. THE HILL comment E-mail Print share Rep. Steve King: ACORN scandal bigger than Watergate By Jordan Fabian - 12/21/09 11:14 AM ET Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Monday claimed that allegations of wrongdoing surrounding the community group ACORN are bigger than the Watergate scandal that... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412476/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:08:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412186/posts ACORN critic Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is mystified that both the Democratic-controlled Congress and the Obama administration aren't doing much about the tax-subsidized organized crime syndicate ACORN even as evidence of its wrongdoing continues to pile up. In an exclusive interview, the House Judiciary Committee member describes the ACORN saga as "the largest corruption crisis in the history of America." "It's thousands of times bigger than Watergate because Watergate was only a little break-in by a couple of guys," said King. "By the time we pull ACORN out by its roots America's going to understand just how big this is."... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412186/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:12:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411041/posts The feds want permission to strip ACORN of funding after a Brooklyn Judge ruled a cutoff is unconstitutional. ACORN's own internal review found management practices lacking. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif) announced a GAO investigation and called for the FBI to investigate. NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411041/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:59:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410722/posts More on healthcare and global "warming". STAND UP AMERICA, GET OUT OF THE FETAL POSITION AND MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD. Welcome to the GLENN BECK television thread...Shake the cobwebs out of your brain...We are another day closer to the REVOLUTION that will change the 2010 elections. All comrades, infidels, sick twisted freaks, ilks and lurkers are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the thread! Join us won't you! Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410722/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:27:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410575/posts A hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday before Judge Nina Gershon on whether Congress can ban federal funds to ACORN. Rep. Darrell Issa, ranking Republican on the House Government Reform committee, released this statement: “Next week, the federal government has the opportunity to vigorously defend what the President signed and Congress overwhelmingly passed—a bipartisan recognition that ACORN is not fit to receive federal funds to perform duties on behalf of the American people. After hearing the government's case, hopefully Judge Gershon will reconsider her previous ruling and the taxpayers will no longer be forced to subsidize this criminal organization." Last... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410575/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:29:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409945/posts (912 on the mall) The left's anti-American coup d'etat on America, made possible by the first radical Marxist in the White House, calls for distinctly American counter measures. Dr. Jack Wheeler has "a strategy for any Republican wanting to get elected or re-elected to Congress in 2010, and for any Tea Partyer wanting to take individual action now against a government that ignores the Constitution -- Defund and Disobey." Here's an excerpt of "The Double -D Strategy for rescuing America": Let's talk about the Defund D first. The Founders in their usual brilliance place the power of the purse in... Atlas Shrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409945/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:05:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409877/posts WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Al Franken has taken the unusual step of shutting down Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor. Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, currently is the target of liberal wrath over his opposition to a government-run insurance plan in the health care bill. Franken was presiding over the Senate Thursday afternoon as Lieberman spoke about amendments he planned to offer to the bill. Lieberman asked for an additional 30 seconds to finish — a routine request — but Franken refused to grant the time. AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409877/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:31:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409889/posts The Working Families Party has irregularly reported rent payments over the years on its state campaign finance disclosures, leading some to question whether the Party has been getting what could be considered large in-kind contributions in the form of office space. Also among the recipients of rent payments was an entity called NYOSCI, listed on multiple documents as having an address in New Orleans identical to one used by many ACORN entities on incorporation documents. NYOSCI has been the recipient of most of the Party’s recent rent payments, though some have also been made to Community Labor Administrative Services, a... Biggovernment.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409889/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:58:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409881/posts Why didn't our Founders include healthcare as a right? Hmmmm??? STAND UP AMERICA, GET OUT OF THE FETAL POSITION AND MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD. Welcome to the GLENN BECK television thread...Shake the cobwebs out of your brain...We are another day closer to the REVOLUTION that will change the 2010 elections. All comrades, infidels, sick twisted freaks, ilks and lurkers are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the thread! Join us won't you! Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409881/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:37:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409784/posts GAO opens ACORN investigation By: Jake Sherman December 17, 2009 01:52 PM EST A top House Republican says the Government Accountability Office has opened an investigation into ACORN’s use of taxpayer dollars. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) made the announcement Thursday in the course of demanding a separate FBI investigation into the group. “Only an independent criminal investigation conducted by the FBI can get to the bottom of the nationwide allegations against ACORN,” Smith said in a news release. The GAO investigation will be completed jointly with the executive branch’s inspector general. More than 20 senators and several House members asked... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409784/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409739/posts With a mere investment of $780,000 Soros and his allies were able to suborn free elections in the states of Montana, West Virginia, Missouri, Oregon, in 2008, and in Minnesota, Ohio, New Mexico, Nevada and Iowa, in 2006. How did he achieve so much with so little? He founded a 527 group which funded candidates in one kind of race in which the victor has the most influence over election integrity, and in which there is so little political competition: the Secretaries of State. In each State the SoS job is entrusted with overseeing the protection of free and fair... post and email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409739/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:14:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409331/posts In this country, even a global warming denialist with a carbon fetish and bad intentions has the right to see the inner workings of government. Or, at least, he should. When leaked e-mails recently exposed talk of manipulating scientific evidence on global warming, Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at The National Center for Atmospheric Research, argued that skeptics had cherry-picked and presented his comments out of context. To rectify this injustice, I sent Trenberth (and NCAR) a Freedom of Information Act request asking for his e-mail correspondences with other renowned climate scientists in an effort to help... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409331/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:27:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409107/posts Barack and the Democrats will throw grandma from her scooter and give it to Jose. theFinancialSkinny http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409107/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:13:29 GMT