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Obama Gives New Grant to ACORN; Did He Violate Federal Law?
American Spectator blog ^ | June 30, 2011 | Matthew Vadum

Posted on 06/30/2011 11:49:31 AM PDT by vadum

Why is Obama apparently defying federal law by funding ACORN?

Judicial Watch discovered the administration is flouting the will of Congress by giving federal money to ACORN.

Obama's HUD  gave a $79,819 grant to the largest branch of the ACORN tree, ACORN Housing Corp. . AHC filed papers last year legally changing its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America.

Worse yet, the grant funds a political agitation and indoctrination program. Here's HUD's euphemistic description of the program:

Education and Outreach Initiative grants (EOI) - HUD awarded $6.8 million to organizations that educate the public and housing providers about their rights and obligations under federal, state, and local fair housing laws. Groups will also conduct fair lending workshops, community meetings, and individual counseling activities focused on homeowners at risk for discrimination.

According to HUD, the grant money came out of fiscal 2010 appropriations.

That's a big problem.

As I reported previously, in 2009 Congress passed four separate appropriations bills that contained language blocking federal funds from flowing to ACORN during federal fiscal year 2010, which ran from Oct. 1, 2009 through Sept. 30, 2010. All four laws prevent ACORN and its affiliates from receiving taxpayer dollars.

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Yet despite the ban, President Obama, who worked for ACORN as an employee and as the group's lawyer, found it in his heart to hand over $79,819 of your money to his thug friends at ACORN.

As I warn in my new book, Subversion Inc.: How Obama's ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers, ACORN is still with us, doing its best to destroy American capitalism and democracy.

The group is gearing up right now to make sure President Obama gets reelected in 2012. Its state chapters have adopted assumed names and remain active. Project Vote, ACORN's vote manufacturing factory, continues to operate unmolested in ACORN's Washington, D.C. office.

You've been warned.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: acorn; alinsky; hud; subversioninc
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To: vadum

The king has spoken. All hail the king!


21 posted on 06/30/2011 1:08:53 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Indeed, if more people truly knew who they are, and more importantly, WHOSE they are,

we wouldn’t have nearly the problem with leftists that we have today. There’d still be sin, but there wouldn’t be as many blaming the consequences on other people and causes.


22 posted on 06/30/2011 1:11:50 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: vadum
Why is Obama apparently defying federal law by funding ACORN?

Why wouldn't he? Every law that he's broken so far has gone either unreported, unpunished, or both. Wouldn't you think that that kind of treatment of someone who is already seriously narcissistic might lead them to messianic delusions?
23 posted on 06/30/2011 1:38:02 PM PDT by GunningForTheBuddha (Bachman/West :: West/Bachman : whatever order I'd vote for them)
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To: Texas resident

I don’t understand how a deliberate unknown can show up and take over via lies and fraud then tell everyone to F.O. as he’s doing it the way of his puppet masters between golf games. Somebody must have the balls to stop this in the name of our Country. Get him the hell out of our beloved Republic.


24 posted on 06/30/2011 1:43:10 PM PDT by mcshot ("...of the people, by the people, for the people..." but we aren't "his people".)
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To: GunningForTheBuddha

who watches the watchmen?


25 posted on 06/30/2011 1:44:36 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: vadum

Barry violates some Federal law every other day. What else is new? Why does he do it? Because he can.


26 posted on 06/30/2011 2:00:02 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Aria

He needs a psychiatrist
Yep, no doubt.


27 posted on 06/30/2011 2:18:44 PM PDT by Bitsy (!)
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To: vadum
....and soon to be armed to the teeth as a National Civilian Defense Force.

Ultimately all these ACORN entities will coalesce and join forces with the remnants of the soon-to-be emasculated Armed Forces in order to guarantee his majesty's next four terms as emperor.

IMHO, 90-to-95 percent of the serfs will accept the yoke willingly...

28 posted on 06/30/2011 4:11:58 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: SuperLuminal

He will become a coward. He will announce that he will not seek another term sometime mid to late september.

They will bring in Hillary, with no campaign debt and with less then a month to go, no negative advertising.

Bang! Hillary vs Palin.

Just sayin yo.....


29 posted on 06/30/2011 6:02:24 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Liberals who graduate from Ivy League schools are the dumbest people on the planet.)
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