Posted on 09/27/2009 6:56:04 AM PDT by Liz
.....in an e-mail obtained by The Post.....embattled ACORN organizer Bertha Lewis begs for donations and blasts Congress for cutting ACORN's money......after workers were caught on tape advising how to cheat on taxes and get federal funds to house a brothel. Bertha added: "Fox News and the right-wing smear machine told them to do it. But that doesn't mean we're prepared to stand by silently while the right wing exploits this situation to score political points."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Flood the FBI with phone calls from outraged citizens over ACORN!
Heh HeH-— those darn tapes!
Flood the FBI with phone calls from outraged citizens over ACORN!
I’d rather see conservatives in office. ;-)
Countersuit, that’s a great idea...
“Heh HeH-— those darn tapes!”
Hey, ACORN you’re BUSTED dudes!
If the vast left-wing smear machine told someone to set up conservatives by asking for advice on fraud, smuggling illegal aliens into the country, and setting up a brothel with 13-14 year old girls workign the streets, the leftists would fail. A conservative might keep the freaks talking long enough for the police to get there, but that’s all. We would not be providing advice and talking about our similar experiences. We would be disgusted rather than greedy for a cut of the profits.
Just got back from church and grocery. Headline of the Indianapolis paper says ACORN is no longer in Indiana...Snuck a peak...Gary office closed this spring. Indy closed after the Beck exposure.......Thank you Glenn.
We have the Hynie Virus in town so I’d best go wash down.
BBL
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 96 > § 1961
§ 1961. Definitions
How Current is This? As used in this chapter—
(1) “racketeering activity” means (A) any act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act), which is chargeable under State law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year; (B) any act which is indictable under any of the following provisions of title 18, United States Code: Section 201 (relating to bribery), section 224 (relating to sports bribery), sections 471, 472, and 473 (relating to counterfeiting), section 659 (relating to theft from interstate shipment) if the act indictable under section 659 is felonious, section 664 (relating to embezzlement from pension and welfare funds), sections 891–894 (relating to extortionate credit transactions), section 1028 (relating to fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents), section 1029 (relating to fraud and related activity in connection with access devices), section 1084 (relating to the transmission of gambling information), section 1341 (relating to mail fraud), section 1343 (relating to wire fraud), section 1344 (relating to financial institution fraud), section 1425 (relating to the procurement of citizenship or nationalization unlawfully), section 1426 (relating to the reproduction of naturalization or citizenship papers), section 1427 (relating to the sale of naturalization or citizenship papers), sections 1461–1465 (relating to obscene matter), section 1503 (relating to obstruction of justice), section 1510 (relating to obstruction of criminal investigations), section 1511 (relating to the obstruction of State or local law enforcement), section 1512 (relating to tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant), section 1513 (relating to retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant), section 1542 (relating to false statement in application and use of passport), section 1543 (relating to forgery or false use of passport), section 1544 (relating to misuse of passport), section 1546 (relating to fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents), sections 1581–1592 !!!!(relating to peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons)!!!.,[1] section 1951 (relating to interference with commerce, robbery, or extortion), section 1952 (relating to racketeering), section 1953 (relating to interstate transportation of wagering paraphernalia), section 1954 (relating to unlawful welfare fund payments), section 1955 (relating to the prohibition of illegal gambling businesses), section 1956 (relating to the laundering of monetary instruments), section 1957 (relating to engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity), section 1958 (relating to use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire), section 1960 (relating to illegal money transmitters), sections 2251, 2251A, 2252, and 2260 (relating to sexual exploitation of children), sections 2312 and 2313 (relating to interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles), sections 2314 and 2315 (relating to interstate transportation of stolen property), section 2318 (relating to trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging and copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works), section 2319 (relating to criminal infringement of a copyright), section 2319A (relating to unauthorized fixation of and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos of live musical performances), section 2320 (relating to trafficking in goods or services bearing counterfeit marks), section 2321 (relating to trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts), sections 2341–2346 (relating to trafficking in contraband cigarettes), sections 2421–24 (relating to white slave traffic), sections 175–178 (relating to biological weapons), sections 229–229F (relating to chemical weapons), section 831 (relating to nuclear materials), (C) any act which is indictable under title 29, United States Code, section 186 (dealing with restrictions on payments and loans to labor organizations) or section 501 (c) (relating to embezzlement from union funds), (D) any offense involving fraud connected with a case under title 11 (except a case under section 157 of this title), fraud in the sale of securities, or the felonious manufacture, importation, receiving, concealment, buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act), punishable under any law of the United States, (E) any act which is indictable under the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, (F) any act which is indictable under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 274 (relating to bringing in and harboring certain aliens), section 277 (relating to aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter the United States), or section 278 (relating to importation of alien for immoral purpose) if the act indictable under such section of such Act was committed for the purpose of financial gain, or (G) any act that is indictable under any provision listed in section 2332b (g)(5)(B);
ATTACHMENT TO ABOVE ON RICO.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sup_01_18_10_I_20_96.html
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 96
CHAPTER 96—RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS
How Current is This? § 1961. Definitions
§ 1962. Prohibited activities
§ 1963. Criminal penalties
§ 1964. Civil remedies
§ 1965. Venue and process
§ 1966. Expedition of actions
§ 1967. Evidence
§ 1968. Civil investigative demand
Ping to #29/#30.
Ping
Can’t post from the Indy Star due to CR....Go Hoosiers!
Acorn’s office no longer employed by paid staff. A couple of volunteers in Indy that come in from out of state....te he!
Here’s a link:
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090927/LOCAL/909270383/ACORN+scales+back+Indiana+operations
Got interrupted from reading at the grocery.(by clerk) It’s the kids that they are giving credit to....that and the fact that the Gary office has legal problems with the last election.....(Chicago overflow)
“NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL INDICTS ACORN AFTER RAIDING OFFICES”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349463/posts
That’s great news!
One down, 56 to go!
“OPEN THE BOOKS (ACORN, CITIZENS CONSULTING, INC.)”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348953/posts
Washington Times ^ | 9-25-09 | Amanda Carpenter
Andrew Breitbart, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles probably aren’t too upset that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) filed a lawsuit against them. It would make great fodder for more videos exposing ACORN’s troubled ways.
ACORN is suing Mr. O’Keefe and Ms. Giles for secretly videotaping its employees giving advice on how to obtain federal funds to run a brothel, and Mr. Breitbart for posting the videos on his Web site.
After hearing news of the lawsuit claiming Maryland wiretapping laws were violated, legal specialists scratched their heads. By filing the lawsuit, ACORN has given the defendants the right to force ACORN to disclose a broad range of information related to the lawsuit through a process called discovery.
Fox News host Greta Van Susteren, a former prosecutor, wrote on her blog Greta Wire that whoever decided ACORN should sue was an “idiot.”
“They are going to get hit with interrogations, requests for production of documents, depositions, etc.,” she wrote. “And who will get deposed? Just about everybody! And if that discovery produces evidence of a crime? You can be sure that evidence would be fed ex’ed to the Justice Department!...”
luv it!
That sums it up and I pray they are prosecuted for such. I saw the Feds raided Acorn in Nevada today.
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