Posted on 02/03/2009 7:40:56 AM PST by Rufus2007
Remember the outrage when it was discovered former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain how he spent over a $1 million to redecorate his office, as meticulously itemized by CNBC correspondent Charlie Gasparino for The Daily Beast?
Merrill Lynch was acquired by Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) in September 2008 and Thain was eventually let go, and the backlash for his extravagant redecorating ensued.
But, this latest indiscretion has gone unnoticed by the media a donation in the amount of $2 million to the ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Housing Corporation of Chicago, according to a document posted on Bank of America corporate philanthropy Web site which shows the bank had given the total amount in grant money from October 2007 through June 2009.
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(Excerpt) Read more at businessandmedia.org ...
Looks like we need an alternative.
Bank robbery in reverse.
2004 Video: Democrats Defend Fannie/Freddie from Regulation:
"We've been through nearly a dozen hearings where frankly we were trying to fix something that wasn't broke. Mr. Chairman we do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac and in particular at Fannie Mae under the outstanding leadership of Mr. Frank Raines."-Rep. Maxine Waters, 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL36nwCSYUM
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History of Fannie Mae scandal
Associated Press, December 7, 2006
"Fannie Mae announces its long-awaited restatement, erasing $6.3 billion in profit from 2001 through June 30, 2004."
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/12/07/history_of_fannie_mae_scandal/?page=1
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Guilty Party: ACORN, Obama, and the mortgage mess
Mona Charen, September 30, 2008
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Mzk4MmVkNzA1NGQ2NGRkZjQ2YjNmYjdlODZkMmQ4N2I=
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An ACORN Falls from the Tree: A congressional outrage
Ken Blackwell, September 29, 2008
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2Y5MTc0ZTAyMmE1Mjk3NGE3OWRiY2FkMjZlN2YxYzc=
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Inside Obamas Acorn:
By their fruits ye shall know them
Stanley Kurtz, May 29, 2008
"What if Barack Obamas most important radical connection has been hiding in plain sight all along? Obama has had an intimate and long-term association with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn), the largest radical group in America. If I told you Obama had close ties with MoveOn.org or Code Pink, youd know what I was talking about. Acorn is at least as radical as these better-known groups, arguably more so. Yet because Acorn works locally, in carefully selected urban areas, its national profile is lower. Acorn likes it that way. And so, Id wager, does Barack Obama."
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI
ACORN Gets $2,000,000 from Bailed Out Bank of America
Our tax dollars thrown around like confetti; headlines says it all.
Also, see link at #4:
Obamas Bill Hands ACORN $5.2 Billion Bailout
Link at #7:
The Senate Carves $90 Million Out of Stimulus For Liberal Activist Group
Chicken or the egg, huh? I would say the mental state is the lead and the wild-eyed look follows. To quote the Eagles, " you can't hide your lying eyes, and your smile, is a thin disguise". Narcissistic, delusions of grandeur and paranoid delusions, habitual liars all. The Mexicans kidnapped me, vast right wing conspiracy, I was under fire in the Balkans, Bush is fighting an illegal war, etc. If any of them indicate the sky is blue you best look out the window and make sure. :))
So what Credit Card companies should conservatives work with? You pretty much have to have one to rent cars, etc.
ACORN was started by Wade Rathke of Weather Underground. They are terrorists. That in itself is a political activism.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2113938/posts
ACORN People’s Platform
Local banks...heck, local everything until the country comes to it's senses. That means no world wide brand name, Coke, McDonald's, GE...you name it. Let them know we don't support commie globalism. Hit them in the wallet.
Support your local merchants and in State only banks.
I’ve been trying to find the page shown in the link and I can’t find it,,the B of A page. Maybe they have scrubbed it already?
Tie the executives to stakes and beat them to death....slowly. Take all (ALL!!!) their assets and pay them out as part of the stimulus. Put their children in public schools.
I have my ATM card that is Visa through my local bank and one from my credit union. I have a couple of others that I don't use, but they aren't with the majors, like Citi, BAC, or Chase. I had a BAC till the illegal alien loans came about and I had a Chase till the scams got me. I canceled the BAC just to be able to say it was because of the Mexican loans and the Chase card added some charges for card insurance without me and some other stuff. The Chase one ran me crazy for awhile calling 5 times a day trying to sell me coverage and they just added it anyway. MY ATM is either credit or debit so it is the main one I use. The credit union is a good rate but we just don't use credit that much anymore.
It’s a coup and is there anyone who can do anything about it who is doing something about it? What about Steele? Repub Senators or Congressmen? Are they eunuchs or what?
BUMP
It’s known as a finders fee ... the same way top execs of money losing companies are rewarded with bonuses for successfully obtaining bailout money.
We are shifting even more from a society where management works to meet the demands of the customer towards a society where management is incentivized to meet the demands of the lobbyists, bureaucrats and politicians.
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