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  • Hide the Decline ... and More

    12/16/2009 9:27:27 PM PST · by XHogPilot · 13 replies · 956+ views
    Real Clear Politics ^ | dec 16, 2009 | David Harsanyi
    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...
  • The Gulag Obama: No Excellence, Just 'Fairness'

    12/16/2009 3:13:29 PM PST · by parkerj · 226+ views
    theFinancialSkinny ^ | December 15, 2009 | theFinancialSkinny
    Barack and the Democrats will throw grandma from her scooter and give it to Jose.
  • Congress Seeks to Expand Community Reinvestment Act, Encourage Shakedowns

    12/16/2009 1:57:38 PM PST · by jazusamo · 1 replies · 146+ views
    NLPC ^ | December 16, 2009 | Carl Horowitz
    Of all the factors behind the collapse of America's financial institutions during the second half of 2008, few have been as trumpeted - or misunderstood - as the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). This Carter-era legislation, intended to boost residential mortgage lending in lower-income urban neighborhoods, increasingly has served as a blank check for community groups to shake down depository institutions into lowering their credit standards to reach marginally qualified borrowers. In extracting such concessions, these groups have contributed to the ongoing explosion in loan defaults and foreclosures. Undaunted, House Democrats, led by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Tex., are proposing to...
  • GLENN BECK TV THREAD! Wednesday, December 16, 2009

    12/16/2009 1:32:18 PM PST · by rockabyebaby · 88 replies · 1,512+ views
    Fox News ^ | December 16, 2009 | Glenn Beck
    Guess what? The healthcare bills are chock full of favors for special interests...I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya! 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!
  • ACORN cookies at White House holiday party

    12/15/2009 6:42:50 PM PST · by Nachum · 5 replies · 337+ views
    Washington Examiner ^ | 12/15/09 | J.P. Freire
    At the White House Holiday Party last night, an oddly shaped cookie grabbed my attention. Who knew that acorns were part of the traditional holiday fare? Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, noticed these earlier, as reported by Yeas and Nays, but it seems like they've made these in bulk. I wonder if they made voter registration cookies too?
  • The Surprise at Copenhagen

    12/15/2009 3:17:29 PM PST · by American Dream 246 · 16 replies · 478+ views
    American Thinker ^ | 12/15/09 | David Boehmer
    It is only logical that President Obama will sign any Copenhagen climate change treaty that may result from this week's negotiations. His worldview demands it. His past statements and ongoing actions presage it. Obama believes in AGW (anthropogenic or man-made global warming) theory. He believes in "economic and social justice," and that logically leads to "climate justice." He may believe that the U.S. owes a "climate debt" to the rest of the world. What better way to lead the charge than to carry the ultimate banner of the radical left -- wealth redistribution -- under the auspices of the "crises...
  • Islam is a 100% system of life (Scary stuff)

    07/31/2008 7:05:46 AM PDT · by VA Voter · 36 replies · 589+ views
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    Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In it's fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components. Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges. When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well. Here's how it works. As long as the Muslim population remains around...
  • Andrew Breitbart Summoned to Grand Jury About ACORN

    12/15/2009 11:32:13 AM PST · by kristinn · 119 replies · 3,949+ views
    Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | Kristinn
    Big Government founder Andrew Breitbart has been summoned to New York for a grand jury appearance tomorrow morning, reports Andrea Shea King at the Radio Patriot.Breitbart's appearance is in regard to the sting operation exposing ACORN that was broken in the media by Big Government.Breitbart informed King about that the grand jury summons when he explained to her he was unable to appear on her radio show this evening because he would be in transit to New York at the time. King is a contributor to Big Government and its sister site, Big Hollywood.Breitbart did not disclose whether he would...
  • NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NEA) RECOMMENDS SAUL ALINSKY'S "RULES FOR RADICALS"

    12/14/2009 8:52:39 PM PST · by TheFreedomPoster · 13 replies · 412+ views
    THE FREEDOM POST ^ | December 14, 2009 | Matthew Burke
    From the "just when you thought you'd seen everything file" comes the revelation that the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the United States, has an interesting book in its "Recommended Reading" section. That book is none other than Radical Marxist and Community Organizer, Saul Alinsky's, "Rule for Radicals." Barack Obama, the nation's leading radical "Community Organizer", corrupt ACORN, and Saul Alinsky's, "Rules for Radicals," have indivisible ties...
  • Congressmen Call on Justice Department to Appeal ACORN Ruling

    12/14/2009 6:25:57 PM PST · by GOP_Lady · 5 replies · 368+ views
    FOXNews.com ^ | 12-14-09 | FOXNews.com
    Two congressmen called on the Justice Department Monday to appeal a recent decision in federal district court that found the government's move to cut off funding to ACORN was unconstitutional. In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Reps. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., described the Dec. 11 decision by Judge Nina Gershon as "preposterous."
  • GLENN BECK TV THREAD! Monday, December 14, 2009

    12/14/2009 1:23:04 PM PST · by rockabyebaby · 53 replies · 691+ views
    Fox News ^ | December 14, 2009 | Glenn Beck
    Glenn discusses the real inconvenient truth behind climate change. 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!
  • There's something happening here, What it is ain't exactly clear

    12/13/2009 2:05:20 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 30 replies · 958+ views
    December 13, 2009 | 2ndDivisionVet
    There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware ~Buffalo Springfield When the townhalls, Marches on DC, Tea Parties and other protests haven't worked, what's next? It seems to me that the hippies and radicals of the 1960's and 70's have now become the establishment, and the silent majority has been sent into the wilderness. Mr. Obama, Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi really don't care what we want or think. Their agenda of cap and tax (aka cap and trade), ObamaCare (aka health care...
  • None Dare Call It Treason? *I* Do!

    12/13/2009 7:07:08 AM PST · by mkjessup · 98 replies · 1,476+ views
    Self ^ | 13 December 2009 | MkJessup
    The Republican Party, the Party of Reagan has been nearly smothered and suffocated by the RINO-virus which has spread more rapidly than any swine flu pandemic, the GOP has been infected from the top down, and IF it is to avoid the fate of the Bull Moose Party, the principles of Reagan conservatism must be re-established, the fair weather collaborators and Quislings (that means YOU Juan McCain and your butt buddy Lindsey 'Goober' Graham!) MUST be driven out and banished and if they join up with the traitorous 'Rats, so be it. Force them to show their true colors. The...
  • Judge Imposes Injunction on Congressional Ban on ACORN Funding

    12/12/2009 10:54:15 AM PST · by NewMediaJournal · 5 replies · 351+ views
    The New Media Journal ^ | Dec 12, 2009 | The New Media Journal Staff
    House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling to impose a preliminary injunction on the continuing resolution enacted by Congress that bars ACORN and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and allied organizations from receiving federal funding from the government. “On the same day that ACORN’s violation of Delaware state lobbying laws was revealed, a liberal, Clinton-appointed activist Judge has ruled to usurp the prerogatives and authority of the United States Congress. This left-wing activist Judge is setting a dangerous precedent that left-wing political organizations plagued by criminal accusations have...
  • Judge Blocks U.S. Ban on Funding for Acorn

    12/12/2009 6:16:26 AM PST · by Mozilla · 30 replies · 741+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 12/12/09 | Nomaan Merchant
    A federal judge blocked U.S. officials from enforcing a funding ban on Acorn, the beleaguered community organizer. Congress cut off funding for Acorn -- the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now -- in September after Web sites and TV news outlets played secretly recorded videos in which employees of an affiliated organization offered advice on how to set up brothels and avoid paying taxes. Acorn sued the federal government in November, arguing Congress had violated the Constitution by singling out the group. It says it has fired employees suspected of wrongdoing. U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon in New York...
  • Breaking: Judge Enjoins Congress from Cutting Off ACORN's Supply of Shakedown Money

    12/12/2009 3:45:22 AM PST · by chessplayer · 19 replies · 674+ views
    A Clinton-appointed judge, I'm told. Here is a PDF of the decision. ACORN has claimed the cutoff constitutes a Bill of Attainder, which is frankly silly, I think (although I think the Volokh guys argued, somewhat persuasively, this was a plausible finding). The judge claims, weirdly, that there is a separation of powers issue that somehow restrains Congress from exercising its constitutionally-specified power to raise and spend money. This judge is effectively stating that Congress has no right to decide how it directs discretionary funding to organizations, and that once an organization is on the federal teat, it has the...
  • Judge Rules Effort to Strip ACORN of Federal Funds Unconstitutional

    12/11/2009 11:18:59 PM PST · by Steelfish · 19 replies · 727+ views
    FoxNews ^ | December 11th 2009
    December 11, 2009 Judge Rules Effort to Strip ACORN of Federal Funds Unconstitutional ACORN claimed in its lawsuit that Congress' decision to cut off its funding was unconstitutional because it punitively targeted an organization NEW YORK -- The U.S. government's move this fall to cut off funding to ACORN was unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday, handing the embattled group a legal victory. U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon issued the preliminary injunction against the government, saying it's in the public's interest for the organization to continue receiving federal funding. ACORN claimed in its lawsuit that Congress' decision to cut off...
  • House Ban on Acorn Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional

    12/11/2009 7:22:05 PM PST · by GOP_Lady · 66 replies · 1,652+ views
    The New York Times ^ | 12-11-09 | JANIE LORBER
    WASHINGTON — The federal government must continue to provide grant money to the national community organizing group Acorn, a federal court ruled Friday, saying that the House violated the Constitution when it passed a resolution barring the group from receiving federal dollars. A judge at the United States District Court in Brooklyn issued a preliminary injunction that nullifies the resolution and requires the government to honor existing contracts with the group and review its applications for new grants unless the Obama administration appeals the decision. The court ruled that the resolution amounted to a “bill of attainder,” a legislative determination...
  • Judge Blocks U.S. Ban on Funding for Acorn

    12/11/2009 6:47:08 PM PST · by GOP_Lady · 27 replies · 778+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | 12-12-09 | NOMAAN MERCHANT
    A federal judge blocked U.S. officials from enforcing a funding ban on Acorn, the beleaguered community organizer. Congress cut off funding for Acorn -- the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now -- in September after Web sites and TV news outlets played secretly recorded videos in which employees of an affiliated organization offered advice on how to set up brothels and avoid paying taxes. Acorn sued the federal government in November, arguing Congress had violated the Constitution by singling out the group. It says it has fired employees suspected of wrongdoing. U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon in New York...
  • Judge Rules Effort to Strip ACORN of Federal Funds Unconstitutional

    12/11/2009 4:47:47 PM PST · by ConorMacNessa · 17 replies · 342+ views
    AP via Foxnews ^ | 12/11/2009
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  • Activist Judge: Congress Cannot Stop Payments To ACORN

    12/11/2009 4:52:55 PM PST · by Starman417 · 17 replies · 628+ views
    Flopping Aces ^ | 12-11-09 | Curt
    Gotta love this.....a Clinton appointed judge has ruled in favor (pdf) of ACORN in their suit to stop Congress from defunding them and in essence saying that once an organization gets payments from the federal government then Congress can no longer decide to stop those payments unless a court rules they are guilty of some law breaking. Rep. Darryl Issa: On the same day that ACORN’s violation of Delaware state lobbying laws was revealed, a liberal, Clinton-appointed activist Judge has ruled to usurp the prerogatives and authority of the United States Congress. This left-wing activist Judge is setting a dangerous...
  • Judge stops ACORN funding ban

    12/11/2009 4:46:19 PM PST · by Sub-Driver · 109 replies · 3,667+ views
    Judge stops ACORN funding ban By Eric Zimmermann - 12/11/09 06:21 PM ET A federal judge today issued an injunction preventing the implementation of a congressional ban on funding for ACORN. Judge Nina Gershon concluded that the ban amounted to a "bill of attainder" that unfairly singled out ACORN. "[The plaintiffs] have been singled out by Congress for punishment that directly and immediately affects their ability to continue to obtain federal funding, in the absence of any judicial, or even administrative, process of adjudicating guilt," Gershon wrote in her decision. Gershon said ACORN had demonstrated "irreperable harm" from the ban,...
  • GLENN BECK TV THREAD! Friday, December 11, 2009

    12/11/2009 1:29:08 PM PST · by rockabyebaby · 132 replies · 1,367+ views
    Fox News ^ | December 11, 2009 | Glenn Beck
    What happens when China decides to stop funding our loans? We are soooooooooooooooooooo screwed. 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!
  • ALERT! Bachmann: STOP Barney Frank’s POWER GRAB in the financial sector - AUDIO

    12/11/2009 12:19:22 PM PST · by American Dream 246 · 45 replies · 1,759+ views
    hotair ^ | 12/11/09 | Ed Morrissey
    Is Rep. Michele Bachmann a “lovable little fuzzball”? Those of us who know her on a more personal basis know that’s a pretty good description of Michele personally, but politically,she’s about as tough as they get. Breitbart TV’s B-cast interviews Bachmann, who brings listeners up to date on Barney Frank’s financial-reform legislation, which dropped on the House last week. It’s 1300 pages long, and the vote will be taken — today. It reorders the entire financial-services industry and vastly increases government control over it. Oh, and ACORN, too. Frank bypassed the committee process, according to Bachmann, and she doesn’t see...
  • Democrats protect ACORN Funding for Reinstatement

    12/11/2009 7:40:53 AM PST · by Alaphiah123 · 5 replies · 177+ views
    Creating Orwellian Worldview ^ | 12/11/09 | Alaphiah
    They’re Baaack! Oh it’s not like they ever left but while the American people are preoccupied with Democrats’ Fascist efforts to force Comprehensive Health Care and Cap and Trade taxes on the America people Democrats also thought they’d slip ACORN their complete funding back while you weren’t looking. You already know that the Barry Hussein Soetoro Justice Department disallowed a presidential order to defund ACORN. (see previous post) It’s reported by Rep. John Boehner that Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA) attempted to offered an amendment during deliberations on the Democrats’ massive year-end appropriations bill to clarify the prohibition on federal funds...
  • GLENN BECK TV THREAD! Thursday, December 10, 2009

    12/10/2009 1:36:10 PM PST · by rockabyebaby · 147 replies · 1,632+ views
    Fox News ^ | December 10, 2009 | Glenn Beck
    Robert Creamer....join us to hear what he has to say! 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!
  • Bachmann: ACORN could regulate the financial sector

    12/10/2009 12:17:37 PM PST · by Still Thinking · 8 replies · 453+ views
    The Hill ^ | December 9, 2009 | Jordan Fabian
    The embattled community group ACORN could help regulate the financial services industry under new financial regulatory reforms, said Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Wednesday. Bachmann, a consistent opponent of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), said that an amendment given in the House Financial Services Committee could allow the group to sit on an advisory panel that monitors the regulations. “ACORN may have a seat at the table being on the oversight committee regulating the financial services industry of the United States,” Bachmann said at a press conference. “And that would be a cruel joke." Bachmann’s remarks come...
  • That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles

    12/10/2009 6:54:11 AM PST · by Stoutcat · 9 replies · 338+ views
    Grand Rants ^ | 12-10-09 | Stoutcat
    Even in something as benign as a Christmas party, the White House simply cannot manage to stay away from the stupid. Most Christmas cookies are shaped like angels, wreaths, snowmen, Christmas trees, and other holiday items. But Fox News reported that at Monday’s annual Christmas party, the White House served cookies shaped like acorns... There are no reports of other White House cookies in the shapes of non-holiday themed inedible nuts from common trees. Whether inadvertent or deliberate, this is just bizarre...
  • Enabling ACORN's Comeback

    12/10/2009 6:53:14 AM PST · by opentalk · 22 replies · 611+ views
    American spectator ^ | 12.10.09 | Matthew Vadum
    Congress -- and possibly Citigroup -- may be gearing up to start funding the organized crime syndicate ACORN again. The current federal funding ban expires Dec. 18. On Tuesday evening the House Appropriations Committee rejected on a party line vote of 9 to 5 an amendment offered by Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) that would have blocked federal funding of the radical advocacy group. The amendment was needed because the Obama administration thumbed its nose at a provision in spending legislation that banned ACORN funding until the end of next week. In a ruling revealed late last month by the Justice...
  • Acorn Cookies Surprise Iowa Congressman

    12/10/2009 6:29:15 AM PST · by pwking · 7 replies · 458+ views
    Fox News ^ | 12/09/2009 | Chad Pergram
    The irony of the White House dishing out acorn-shaped chocolate cookies seemed a little, well, “nutty” to King. The Iowa Republican is one of the loudest voices calling for Congress to investigate of ACORN. “I didn’t expect to see such stark symbolism,” King said in an e-mail. King pocketed several of the acorn cookies at the White House soiree and even stowed a few at home in his freezer. King even delivered a real acorn to House Judiciary Committee John Conyers (D-MI) in an effort to launch a dialogue about the organization’s legal woes.
  • White House's Acorn Cookies Surprises Republican Lawmaker

    12/10/2009 5:19:03 AM PST · by STONEWALLS · 14 replies · 690+ views
    FOX News ^ | 12-09-09 | Chad Pergram
    Any fan of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street knows that "C" is for cookie. "But at the Obama White House, "A" may be for acorn -- as in acorn cookies served at Monday's annual Christmas party. The chocolate cookies shaped like an acorn were quite a hit with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. "I didn't expect to see such stark symbolism," King said in an e-mail."
  • NY Sun: Palinism

    12/09/2009 9:57:05 PM PST · by American Dream 246 · 17 replies · 702+ views
    conservatives4palin ^ | 12/10/09 | Doug Brady
    <p>A surprising thing is taking place as Sarah Palin starts speaking out on the issues in recent speeches, internet postings, and in the book tour she is now undertaking for her memoir “Going Rogue.” An outline is starting to appear in respect of the substance of her world view — call it “Palinism” — and it is far more substantive than her detractors suggest or than we gained a glimpse of during the campaign. She has been, in a straightforward way, stepping up on certain issues that her fellow Republicans would do well to emulate.</p>
  • White House's Acorn Cookies Surprises Republican Lawmaker

    12/09/2009 5:00:15 PM PST · by OldDeckHand · 38 replies · 942+ views
    Foxnews.com ^ | 12/09/09 | Chad Pergram
    Any fan of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street knows that "C" is for cookie. But at the Obama White House, "A" may be for acorn -- as in acorn cookies served at Monday's annual Christmas party. The chocolate cookies shaped like an acorn were quite a hit with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. "I didn't expect to see such stark symbolism," King said in an e-mail. President Obama worked with the community organizing group ACORN in the mid-90s. But now ACORN faces a host of allegations related to voter fraud in the 2008 election and has been weakened by an undercover...
  • AZ-Sen. 2010: McCain Keynote Speaker @ ACORN Feb. 2006 (ACORN is "what makes America special")

    12/09/2009 3:17:21 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 18 replies · 447+ views
    McCain to ACORN/SEIU activists for "comprehensive immigration reform" aka amnesty for illegal aliens, Miami-Dade Comm. College, Miami, Fl., on 20 Feb. 2006: "What makes America special is what's in this room tonight." McCain at ACORN/SEIU rally in South Florida, 2006 20 Feb. 2006 coverage from WFOR-TV CBS Channel 4 Miami, Fl.
  • Bachmann: ACORN could regulate the financial sector

    12/09/2009 2:53:13 PM PST · by American Dream 246 · 50 replies · 2,190+ views
    The Hill ^ | 12/09/09 | Jordan Fabian
    The embattled community group ACORN could help regulate the financial services industry under new financial regulatory reforms, said Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Wednesday. Bachmann, a consistent opponent of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), said that an amendment given in the House Financial Services Committee could allow the group to sit on an advisory panel that monitors the regulations. “ACORN may have a seat at the table being on the oversight committee regulating the financial services industry of the United States,” Bachmann said at a press conference. “And that would be a cruel joke." Bachmann’s remarks come...
  • Obama Pays off: Nominates Vocal Palin Foe Persily to Ala$ka Pipeline Job

    12/09/2009 11:37:02 AM PST · by opentalk · 14 replies · 663+ views
    Atlas shrugs ^ | December 09, 2009 | Pamela Gellar
    Obama is so transparent, petty and small, he is an embarrassment. O's latest Chicago way payback? He has nominated Larry Persily, who writes hit pieces on Palin for the Puff Ho, got that? Obama defines the hatred of the good for being the good. You go Sarah. W'vee got your back. Obama nominates former Palin aide to pipeline job [note lefturd Reuters headline -- as if he was part of her camp /not] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama nominated Larry Persily, a former aide to ex-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, on Wednesday to be federal coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas...
  • House Democrats Vote To "Re-Fund" ACORN

    12/09/2009 12:01:01 PM PST · by Shellybenoit · 20 replies · 600+ views
    John Boehner/The Lid ^ | 12/9/09 | The Lid
    It was only one week ago that new stunning revelations came out about the Democratic Party's favorite criminal enterprise also known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The corruption revealed went way beyond the voter fraud, embezzlement and cover-up, and the Hooker/Spy Scandal. Their crimes included a systematic program to try and manipulate the voting process in this country. Anita Moncrief, former ACORN employee told the panel that ACORN continually got federal block grants but did not use the grants for helping the poor as promised. Rather, ACORN “used the money to fund their political machine....
  • Harshbarger Whitewashes ACORN Lawbreaking

    12/09/2009 8:57:00 AM PST · by jazusamo · 8 replies · 309+ views
    NLPC ^ | December 8, 2009 | Carl Horowitz
    The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has a justly earned reputation this decade for voter registration fraud, embezzlement and other illegal acts. Yet according to an eagerly-awaited internal assessment released yesterday, the radical nationwide nonprofit network's main, if not sole, problem is inadequate employee training and oversight. The audit, supervised by former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger, had been prompted by employees of ACORN offices in different cities caught in a video sting this summer giving advice on how to hide assets and falsify loan documents. The New Orleans-based "anti-poverty" organization and its defenders see vindication....
  • Issa: Acorn pastry a 'bad, yet tasty' choice

    12/09/2009 5:38:25 AM PST · by markomalley · 3 replies · 412+ views
    The Hill ^ | 12/8/2009 | Tony Romm
    Republican Congressman Darrell Issa (Calif.) discovered what he said was some not-so-holiday symbolism in the food served at the White House's Christmas party Monday night. Tweeted Issa: So I got this at the White House Christmas party last night: ACORNs may have been a bad, yet tasty, choice. #tcot http://twitpic.com/sodgv The attached photo is that of an acorn-shaped pastry -- which Issa, on first glance, linked to the community organizing group ACORN. However, Issa's tweet is not totally surprising. He fiercely opposes ACORN, he has spearheaded a number of efforts to cut off its federal dollars and he has even...
  • Copenhagen's Political Science (Sarah Palin Climate-Gate Op-Ed in Washington Post)

    12/08/2009 4:20:48 PM PST · by kristinn · 88 replies · 2,502+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | Sarah Palin
    With the publication of damaging e-mails from a climate research center in Britain, the radical environmental movement appears to face a tipping point. The revelation of appalling actions by so-called climate change experts allows the American public to finally understand the concerns so many of us have articulated on this issue. "Climate-gate," as the e-mails and other documents from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia have become known, exposes a highly politicized scientific circle -- the same circle whose work underlies efforts at the Copenhagen climate change conference. The agenda-driven policies being pushed in Copenhagen won't...
  • Study: Half of Teen Girls Infected With STDs Within 2 Years of Having Sex (Thanks MTV)

    12/08/2009 12:50:18 PM PST · by Red in Blue PA · 53 replies · 1,187+ views
    Foxnews ^ | 12/8/2009 | Staff
    Within 2 years of having sex for the first time, half of teenage girls may be infected with at least one of three common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), according to results of a new study. Often, those girls are infected by the age of 15. Researchers followed 386 urban adolescent girls aged 14 to 17 for up to 8 years. Within 2 years of becoming sexually active, half of the girls were infected with at least one of three common sexually transmitted organisms: Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, or Trichomonas vaginalis — the organisms that cause chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis, respectively....
  • Covering Up for ACORN

    12/08/2009 7:15:58 AM PST · by Behind Liberal Lines · 7 replies · 370+ views
    American Spectator ^ | on 12.8.09 @ 6:08AM | By Matthew Vadum
    The newly released "independent" review of the ACORN undercover prostitution video saga is a breathtakingly audacious work of fiction. There is hardly a word of truth to be found anywhere in the document's 47 pages. The report unveiled yesterday by former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger is an all-you-can-eat buffet of lies and distortions that faults ACORN only for poor management practices. No wonder those who organized the news teleconference yesterday kept the event so brief. The call lasted just 36 minutes, an amazingly brief period considering the level of public interest in ACORN's ongoing scandals and the complexity of...
  • ACORN Review Finds ACORN Not Guilty (Former Mass AG Says Nothing Illegal. Laughable.)

    12/08/2009 3:32:07 AM PST · by SoFloFreeper · 11 replies · 353+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | 12/7/09 | Michael McAuliff
    The outside legal expert hired by ACORN is declaring no laws were broken by workers caught in those infamous videos offering advice to a phony pimp and hooker. Former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger wrote in the report: “While some of the advice and counsel given by ACORN employees and volunteers was clearly inappropriate and unprofessional, we did not find a pattern of intentional, illegal conduct by ACORN staff; in fact, there is no evidence that action, illegal or otherwise, was taken by any ACORN employee on behalf of the videographers.” ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis, predictably, was pleased with the...
  • GLENN BECK TV THREAD! Monday, December 7, 2009

    12/07/2009 1:31:12 PM PST · by rockabyebaby · 148 replies · 3,078+ views
    Fox News ^ | December 7, 2009 | Glenn Beck
    Where was the blueprint for healthcare written you ask?? Join us and find out.......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 and lurkers are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the thread!
  • ACORN review: No illegality (Surprise!, Surprise!)

    12/07/2009 10:39:45 AM PST · by jazusamo · 22 replies · 440+ views
    Politico ^ | December 7, 2009 | Jake Sherman
    An outside review of the beleaguered community group ACORN has found “serious management challenges,” but no pattern of illegal activity. The review, commissioned by ACORN in the wake of a hidden video expose that showed a few of its employees appearing to offer tips on how to break the law, also largely absolved the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now’s current management, laying much of the blame on founder Wade Rathke for lax oversight and dangerously rapid growth. Scott Harshbarger, the former Massachusetts attorney who led the inquiry for the Proskauer Rose law firm, found that ACORN is not...
  • WHITEWASH ! "Independent" ACORN Investigator Sees No Pattern of Criminal Activity

    12/07/2009 9:40:54 AM PST · by Shellybenoit · 6 replies · 212+ views
    Proskauer Rose/The Lid ^ | 12/7/09 | The Lid
    The "independent" investigation of ACORN promised by Bertha Lewis and ACORN management(and paid for by ACORN)was released today, and it was a complete whitewash. Scott Harshbrger former Massachusetts Attorney General who wrote the report concentrated on the governance and management practices of the Democratic Party's favorite community organizing group. The report concludes that systemic shortcomings – including lax oversight and governance, lost focus on its core mission and growth beyond its means - set the stage for the video controversy that erupted this year and threatened to envelop the progressive grassroots organizing and advocacy group.
  • Obama regime has begun to fall apart

    12/05/2009 7:00:39 AM PST · by opentalk · 45 replies · 2,834+ views
    The Post and Email ^ | Dec. 4, 2009 | John Charlton
    WHEN LAWYERS LEAVE ONE AFTER THE OTHER, THERE HAS TO BE A LEGAL PROBLEM The Department of Justice announced yesterday that Deputy U.S. Attorney General, David Ogden, the second highest ranking official under Eric Holder, would resign on February 10th and return to private practice. Nia-Malika Henderson, writing for Politico.com, a markedly liberal leaning site, could not deny the facts: The second-in-command at the Justice Department is leaving his post, officials announced Thursday — making him the third top Obama legal official to announce his departure in recent weeks. Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden will return to private practice...
  • Rep. Steve King Says any ACORN Investigation "Will Lead to the White House" - Video 12/4/09

    12/04/2009 1:55:19 PM PST · by Federalist Patriot · 6 replies · 436+ views
    Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | December 4, 2009 | Brian
    Here is video of Iowa Rep. Steve King speaking at a forum on ACORN, where he said he is convinced that any investigation of ACORN will reflect poorly on the Obama administration. "These roads will lead to the White House." King said "Obama has worked for ACORN," and he has been part and parcel of that - Project VOTE in particular." That entire network is something the Chicago Organization that now sits in the White House knows a lot about." King also pointed out that the new White House Counsel - Robert Bauer - sent a letter to the Attorney...
  • GLENN BECK TV THREAD! Friday, December 4, 2009

    12/04/2009 1:27:07 PM PST · by rockabyebaby · 147 replies · 1,597+ views
    Fox News ^ | December 4, 2009 | Glenn Beck
    Glenn hosts a job summit - get real solutions from those who were not invited to obama's photo op summit yesterday! 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 and lurkers are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the thread. Join us won't you!
  • Obama’s Jobs Summit: The Invisible Hand of SEIU and ACORN

    12/04/2009 1:23:27 PM PST · by Nachum · 10 replies · 476+ views
    Big Government ^ | 12/4/09 | Liberty Chick
    As President Obama concludes his first jobs summit, almost a year into his presidency, the nature of the guest list hints at a deliberate initiative that’s been underway for over 15 years – and it’s not one of the obvious presumptions that most would make. Notice that of the list of leaders invited, the majority are labor union leaders, leaders of businesses with government contracts, or leaders of businesses that operate on partial public funding. There is a common element across most of the businesses represented: in one capacity or another, even if they are private sector businesses, most on...