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UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL

“A genuine threat
ACORN targets a weakness in democracy”

October 18, 2008

To end the many obstacles Southern states put up before African-American voters as late as the 1960s, Congress worked for decades to make voting much easier.

EDITORIAL SNIPPET: “These efforts had a hugely positive effect – until the 1993 “motor voter” law. This measure and some related laws made registration so easy – and so difficult to verify because of a lack of resources and time – that they created nothing less than a structural weakness in American democracy.

This election year, we’re seeing a determined, well-funded effort to exploit this weakness, led by ACORN – the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

Using corporate, partisan and taxpayer grants, the nonprofit group has spent $35 million this year to register 1.3 million people in 21 states. But it’s highly likely that hundreds of thousands of these registrations are bogus. That’s because ACORN relies on canvassers who appear to be paid based on how many signatures they get – an invitation to fraud – and because ACORN as an institution appears to collectively think such fraud is tolerable in the name of “social justice.””

http://www.infolive.tv

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3610241,00.html

Explosion heard at Tel Aviv mini-mall, none injured
Published: 10.18.08, 19:08 / Israel News

An explosion was heard at the London Ministore complex on Ibn Gvirol Street in central Tel Aviv on Saturday evening. The explosion occurred shortly after an unidentified object was thrown towards the building.

No injuries were reported, minor damage was caused to the structure. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. (Avi Cohen)

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017556424&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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