Posted on 12/01/2009 12:20:18 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan
Current law prohibits the community organization ACORN and its associated groups from receiving any federal funds from any federal law currently on the books. However, the Eric Holder Justice Department has interpreted the law as allowing federal agencies to pay ACORN for "binding contractual obligations" made before the current prohibition was enacted. This questionable interpretation may go a long way toward neutralizing ACORN's funding prohibition.
The actual ban reads as follows: "None of the funds made available from this joint resolution or any other prior Act may be provided to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries or allied organizations." (Emphasis added.)
The Justice Department claims the phrase "provided to" is unclear and "has no established meaning in appropriations law." Justice cites terms more frequently used, such as "obligate" and "expend," that have accepted meaning in spending legislation. Justice goes on to defend its point by exhaustively listing the many definitions of "provide" given in Webster's, Oxford, and American Heritage dictionaries, and even Roget's Thesaurus. Like Bill Clinton, they probably could have found as many definitions for the word "is."
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ACORN is a key player in the Cloward-Piven Strategy of Manufactured Crisis. As such, its legitimate activities are used to facilitate and/or mask its destructive ones. In this regard, it is similar to a Mafia organization.
Federal law enforcement regularly seizes Mafia business assets, legitimate and otherwise, under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statutes. Never mind "prior financial commitments." The same should be true for ACORN.
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform published a paper last summer documenting ACORN's widespread criminal activities and determined that appropriate legal remedies include seizing ACORN assets via RICO. Some of the illegal activities uncovered include:
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This is all consistent with the Manufactured Crisis Strategy, from giving foreign terrorists the legal protections of U.S. citizens and trying them in a city where they are almost certain to get a mistrial to demanding criminal investigations of CIA officers who believed they were operating under the force of law. From exonerating Black Panther thugs who engaged in voter intimidation to protecting the criminal organization ACORN from even two months of economic sanctions, the Holder Justice Department is doing everything possible to stand justice on its head.
The government should not be paying ACORN at all. It is a malevolent organization devoted to the systematic destruction of America. ACORN needs to be dissolved, its principals arrested and prosecuted. Its assets need to be seized and surrendered to the Asset Forfeiture Fund. This organization needs to be unmercifully trounced into the dirt.
Congress must demand that the FBI investigate ACORN. While they're at it, they might request an investigation of political corruption within the Holder Justice Department. If Holder wants a constitutional showdown to protect Obama's subversive, corrupt political allies, then have at it.
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Every government contract that I executed when in government service, or received when in industry allowed for cancellation of the contract at any time for the convenience of the government. Contracts for major weapons systems allow for close out costs when this is done, but service contracts do not, they just issue a stop work order and you’re done.
This is completely bogus and every government contractor issued with a stop work order henceforth, should rush to the nearest federal courthouse with this ruling in hand.
ruling?
Isn't this just an opinion of the AG and is not obligatory or binding?
But I would agree that this could put before a judge, who would then throw the opinion out.
It would force the government to come to court and argue for it to be thrown out and would illustrate what a scam this is.
Holder defies Congress.
Congress does nothing.
Is this a conspiracy?
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