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Acorn Housing Fails to Win U.S. Funding
The Wall Street Journal ^ | OCTOBER 2, 2009 | JAMES R. HAGERTY

Posted on 10/03/2009 2:57:02 PM PDT by Grammar Nazi

Acorn Housing Corp. received no funding in the latest allocations of federal money for a program that provides counseling to distressed mortgage borrowers.

Last year, the Chicago-based nonprofit was allocated federal funds that could total as much as about $25 million under the program, known as National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling. That money is paid out as the counseling is performed.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acorn

1 posted on 10/03/2009 2:57:02 PM PDT by Grammar Nazi
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To: Grammar Nazi

This saddens Barnie Frank to no end.....


2 posted on 10/03/2009 2:58:09 PM PDT by x_plus_one (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell)
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To: Grammar Nazi

Keepin da ho’s in check and da pimps paid fo shizzle.


3 posted on 10/03/2009 2:59:57 PM PDT by allmost
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To: x_plus_one

Good!


4 posted on 10/03/2009 3:00:12 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Grammar Nazi

Somewhere, in the distance, hundreds of orders for Cadillac Escalades with ‘dubs and spinners were canceled...


5 posted on 10/03/2009 3:00:54 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Grammar Nazi

What abhout its 300+ front groups??


6 posted on 10/03/2009 3:02:47 PM PDT by GeronL (meow)
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To: Jet Jaguar

heads up


7 posted on 10/03/2009 3:08:16 PM PDT by amom
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To: FlingWingFlyer; altair; stephenjohnbanker; little jeremiah; ~Kim4VRWC's~; voteNRA; mkjessup; ...
ACORN Ping!

FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.


8 posted on 10/03/2009 3:09:57 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: Grammar Nazi

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

THe shame...the humiliation..

Someone is going to pay...

if you thought girlfriend could get mad and throw things...

Just you wait till Mickey O gets going...

Ash trays ??? Kids stuff...

Hopefully those fat arms are strong enough to throw Barry et all out of the White House...


9 posted on 10/03/2009 3:10:31 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Grammar Nazi

Gee, all those community organizers are going to be out of work. What a shame. sarc


10 posted on 10/03/2009 3:20:52 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Grammar Nazi

I didnt know ACORN was Chicago based.
No doubt part of the machine that Obama is a part of.

That makes this news the sweetest plum!


11 posted on 10/03/2009 3:32:51 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could be Farts)
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To: Grammar Nazi
Acorn Housing Corp. received no funding in the latest allocations of federal money for a program that provides counseling to distressed mortgage borrowers.

Very well and good. BUT, did COI receive funding?

12 posted on 10/03/2009 3:35:06 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Grammar Nazi

I noticed La Raza received over a million....

http://www.nw.org/network/nfmcp/documents/A.ListofGranteesbyAwardAmount_000.pdf


13 posted on 10/03/2009 4:11:19 PM PDT by Tamzee (OBAMA ---- ALL SHAM, NO WOW)
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To: Grammar Nazi

Let’s keep the pressure on - ACORN type crooks use “whack a mole” techniques - knock one down - another one pops up...


14 posted on 10/03/2009 7:53:16 PM PDT by GOPJ (MSM BIAS: the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell)
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