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as the ACORN scandal turns – san diego

By American Girl in Italy on September 17, 2009 at 12:01 PM in ACORN, Current Affairs

The newest installment brought to you by Hannah and James. The only investigative journalists left in America(?).

With 70 miles of stunning beaches and picture-perfect weather all year round, having fun during the summer in San Diego doesn’t require a lot of money.

The city combines old-fashioned Mexican charm with a modern edge. In a city where the sun is always shining, it’s the perfect place to get away for a bit of relaxation or stimulation.

If you’re looking for trendy boutique hotels, an exploding culinary scene, or visiting the local ACORN to get your underage prostitutes smuggled across the Mexican border, you’re in the right place.



OK, how scary if this guy is actually smuggling sex slaves across the boarder! Call me crazy but this doesn’t seem to be the first time he has dealt with this kind of thing.

It’s growing increasingly difficult for the media and the Left to ignore this story (as hard as they’ve tried):

Schwarzenegger Wants ACORN Investigated

Raising the stakes involved in the scandal surrounding the anti-poverty group ACORN, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging a “full investigation” by California Attorney General Jerry Brown into ACORN’s California activities.

The governor sent a letter Wednesday to Brown, referring to “news stories regarding the ACORN organization that have concerned me greatly.”

Probe into ACORN’s ‘brothel’ affair

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday launched an investigation into pork-barrel grants given to ACORN by state lawmakers, as City Council Speaker Christine Quinn froze all city funding earmarked for the scandal-scared community-activism organization.

The actions by the Democratic officials followed release of a shocking undercover video that showed employees at a Brooklyn ACORN office giving illicit financial advice to activists posing as a pimp and prostitute who wanted to start a brothel.

Minn.’s Pawlenty orders review of state ACORN ties

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has ordered a review of public contracts to cut off state money to a left-leaning community organizing group now under fire.

Pawlenty’s directive Wednesday pertains to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN. The potential 2012 presidential candidate says no state money will go to ACORN unless legally obligated.

White House Calls ACORN Employees’ Behavior ‘Unacceptable’

At today’s White House briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, asked by ABC News about recent government actions taken against ACORN, had a forceful response.

“Obviously the conduct you see on those tapes is completely unacceptable,” Gibbs said, raising the issue of videotapes posted online by BigGovernment.com and aired frequently by Fox News Channel that seem to show ACORN employees advising a faux prostitute and faux pimp on how to skirt housing and tax laws. “The administration takes accountability extremely seriously.”

Unacceptable? Not, stupid? Nothing about jack asses? I would have expected something a little more severe…

And then we have this, that our dear friend Amy told me about:

Pelosi: I’m clueless about cash cut-off

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday she is clueless about an amendment to prohibit government funds for embattled ACORN, although it overwhelmingly passed the Senate Monday and the White House is calling for the group to be held accountable.

“I don’t even know what they passed,” Pelosi told The Post yesterday. “What did they do? They defunded it?”

The amendment to suspend housing grants was a stunning blow to the community-activist group — and came as some Democrats and the White House have been backing away from the group.

Some fellow lawmakers were surprised that Pelosi wasn’t following the issue.

“I think that she’s not focused on the issue of corruption,” said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who has been hammering ACORN.

Gee, not focused on corruption? Ya think? With people like Dodd, Rangel and Murtha hanging around?

I think this one is my favorite:

Acorn Runs Off the Rails

“After the Nevada voter-registration fraud indictment last May, Bonnie Greathouse, Acorn’s chief organizer in the state, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that “we’ve had bad publicity before” and survived. “People always come forward to our defense. We’re just community organizers, just like the president used to be.”

(h/t Linda for the news links!!)

  • felizarte

    I wonder what kinds of announcements, headline making actions, this administration will attempt to drive this topic off the air and from everyone’s attention.

    This Acorn thing will bring down many people who ever touched them or were touched by them.

    • AF catfish

      Remember with a Bush outrage the MSM would pump up a missing woman story?

      Notice now how the missing/murdered Yale student (awful news, of course) is making front page of NYT?

    • felizarte

      I hope the FBI conducts a RICO investigation soon before all ACORN offices, including those of its affiliates finish shredding operations.

      • tek

        Well the director said they’re going to continue operations. Great.

  • barry bums a ciggie

    AGII, my comment didn’t show up :(

  • Peggy Sue

    Mine, too, AGI. The Spammy Monster is on the prowl.

    • http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ American Girl in Italy

      I saw them. I don’t want the thread getting hijacked by that troll. The bots are desperate. I am ignoring him, and cleaned up his verbal poo on aisle two.

      But you and barry bums a cig rock! :O)

      • Diana L. C.

        Thanks for cleaning up the “poo.” I don’t mind taking care of my dogs’ and cats’ poo, but the poo of obots is deadly and extremely toxic. I hope you’re keeping yourself protected.

        • Onofre’s arm

          Thanks for reminding me, I have to change the kitty litter. If I wait too long they cats start going elsewhere as proof that cats do “stink outside the box”.

        • Onofre’s arm

          Thanks for reminding me, I have to change the kitty litter. If I wait too long the cats start going elsewhere as proof that cats do “stink outside the box”.

      • felizarte

        I was almost tempted to respond to that first post but thought better to ignore. It was an obvious ploy to distract. This ACORN thing must really be causing panic in the obot ranks.

      • barry bums a ciggie

        I kinda figured you had to clean up that troll’s moronic poo. Thanks for the great post!

        • http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

          :OD

  • Ladydawnelle

    I hope these kids NOW have some protection with them 24/7

    another RIDICULOUS BROWN NOSE ATTEMPT from the media is to recently dub MICHELLE with some BEST dressed honor!

    roflmao! that’s got to be the BIGGEST Azzkissing on the planet ever!

    cuz NO ONE believe it for a nano second. That woman dresses hideously, always!

    • http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ American Girl in Italy

      I as telling my husband the other day, while watching some story in Italian about how she will be named some fashion icon or something. I went off on this rant. I was like, I don’t care if the media does positive stories on the FLOTU – they always do (well, unless it was Hillary) but whatever, cover her when she did the garden, and when she reads to kids, etc. But they ALWAYS paint her as the MOST of whatever. Most iconic dresser, Most famous, most loved, BEST arms, blah blah. I don’t think they need to put down every other First lady in history to make her sound good.

      Fine, she wears shift dresses, and flats. But my god, fashion icon? Please. The stories are so over the top they make you gag, instead of just saying, “oh, wow, that’s a nice thing she is doing…” or whatever.

      A fashion icon is someone who sets trends, takes risks, looks FABULOUS and does the unexpected. MO wears dresses that look like couches, and shift dresses. I don’t think she ever looks like crap, but she is NOT a fashion icon. The best I have ever seen her look was in her formal WH portrait.

      • d2i

        Well then you are going to love this. I ventured over to catch up on Lame Cherry’s posts and he has been told that she is trying to get pregnant. There is a whole post on it over at his site. Unbelievable! Simply UNBELIEVABLE!!!

        • http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ American Girl in Italy

          Well, her daughters are little cuties, so I can see they wold want more. Maybe a little boy?

          HOWEVER, it’s kind oflike thinking about your parents having sex. Don’t want to know about it, think about it, visualize it.

          • beebop

            Imagine her reaction if the new youngin looked anything like Barry’s mom ….

        • Ferd Berfle

          she is trying to get pregnant.

          Oof. That is way too much information. Oh, yuck.

      • Ladydawnelle

        Ya know I judge her by her OLD photos from B4 she became the wife of some one political.

        Every pic I’ve seen she looks unkempt, rattled & beyond geeky! (not that I dress to impress) but you would THINK she would have a little more PRIDE in her self and not put it ALL on her race instead.

    • nanana

      go to webmd and see her in her bare arms and the caption is “right to bare arms” ugh.

  • Ladydawnelle

    that’s no one BELIEVES IT!

    no one

    w/or w/out typos

  • d2i

    All of this ACORN corruption needs to be investigated now by the FBI. My understanding is Director Mueller learned of this unfolding story only yesterday.

    We the People must demand a thorough forensic accounting of ALL ACORN funds, the entire shell operation, immediately. CCI is the money operation, however, you and I know there are lots of shady ways to launder money.

    After reading RRR’s post downstairs, ACORN NO needs to be shut down and fully investigated by the FBI. We wonder why NO was struggling for years to recover from Katrina while her neighbors to the North, South, East and West were focusing on repairing their lives, their homes and their businesses with little complaint. Well, RRR’s post certainly raises my eyebrows and makes me wonder if ACORN made sure this good crisis didn’t go to waste and more importantly may have redirected federal dollars to other ACORN entity’s when they should have been going to rebuild NO.

    Here is the address to FBI Headquarters for those of you who wish to write a letter to the Director demanding an immediate investigation of ACORN -

    J. Edgar Hoover Building
    935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
    Washington, DC 20535

    • d2i

      btw, I tried to find the Director’s fax line or even email address, but for obvious reasons they are not public. Didn’t think they would be but thought I’d look anyways.

      If anyone has a fax number please share it. I’m writing my letter at this very moment.

    • http://www.rabblerouserruminations.blogspot.com/ Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy

      Um, okay – the Director of the FBI just clued in to what has been going on with ACORN YESTERDAY??? For real? Geez, I thought it was bad enough when Pelosi didn’t know the Senate had taken action against them (wonder if she knows her gov. has, too), but the DIRECTOR of the FBI has not clued into these videos that have been EVERYWHERE?

      I don’t know abt you, but I find that frightening as hell…

      • d2i

        I read it somewhere yesterday and had the same reaction RRRA. However, if he relies on the msm then no wonder he knew nothing about it. How sad, sad, sad!

      • hokma

        I have never seen more corruption being allowed/ignored/empowered by any administration including Nixon – and it is to the extent that not even a fair comparison for Nixon.

        You know this is not going to be effectively investigated given the dominance of the left wing of the Democratic Party. Frankly I don’t see anything being done until 2011 when voters kick out Democrats from power.

        • d2i

          hokma – I don’t know about you but I can’t help but feel their is a big ass tidal wave heading up the Potomac and Anacostia rivers that will drown the D’s out and likely take a bunch of R’s out too! This ACORN story is HUGE!!! The R’s have the dirt. They’ve probably always had the dirt. And now it will all start dripping out. Hannah and Jeff have wittingly unleashed built up, pent up, frustration and anger I’m confident the R minority has held for years. We are only witnessing the beginning of all of this. We haven’t seen anything yet!

        • Onofre’s arm

          When (or if) Obama emerged from his drug induced stupor, like a salmon returning to it’s stream of birth to spawn, he bee-lined straight to the center of political corruption, Chicago. That is where he he learned the ropes of community organized crime. In fact, from childhood he has been steeped in a radical anti American broth of communist relatives and militant 60′s statists. At this point, he may not even realize just how far to the left of far left that he is, he knows nothing else. He was never versed in the ideals of capitalism or the type of individual achievement that can only be realized in a free society. He learned his philosophy from bitter, envious sociopaths like Frank Davis Marshall, Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, and Saul Alinsky.

          One of the traits shown by ALL of the creeps in the ACORN videos, is a complete lack of introspective realization that they are scum, and that their actions and attitudes are the solvent for the glue that peacefully holds a civilized culture together. They are clueless, and I’m beginning to think that Obama is equally clueless about the the fundamental principles, from individual liberty to free enterprise, that created and nurtured this great country. He never has been exposed to anything other than the most negative vision of America, and the most positive vision of an egalitarian Utopia, an impossible world that would be deceptively cruel and destructive to the human spirit.

          • oowawa

            like a salmon returning to it’s stream of birth to spawn, he bee-lined straight to the center of political corruption, Chicago

            Good analogy; of course, a salmon will not return to a cesspool to spawn; what is at home in a cesspool? Well, one of those tubular objects that will clear out a public swimming pool in seconds–but they cannot swim upstream to spawn . . .

            • Onofre’s arm

              Chicago certainly is an overflowing cesspool. But every once in a while, the vulume of excrement is reduced when a POS like Blago is “flushed out”. However, only some of the Chicago political community float to the top to become a “head” of state, while many others, after multiple “runs” for office in “lieu” of a more productive lifestyle, become “pooped out”, and eventually wind up “interred” there.

              • oowawa

                Oh nice–a veritable scatological garden of associations . . .

                • Onofre’s arm

                  You shouldn’t have gotten me started. I can be punishing. I just hope it doesn’t detract from the fully intended seriousness of my first post.

          • NoBamaNoWay

            it is indeed scary how so many of these ACORN people seem totally clueless as to the fact that they are doing something morally repugnant to all decent people. it is scary because when wrong gets called right, it spreads a lot faster than when people actually know and agree that it is wrong.

      • carolhaka

        That’s okay. I’m sure someone will tweet or text him the next time jets are flying low over a major US city.

        I just hope he isn’t on lunch break at the time with his cell phone in the side pocket of his car.

        CAROL HAKA :evil:

  • Sassy

    Senator Shelby of Alabama stated in an interview that he had been looking at this group for 15 years, especially in regard to child pornography.
    This group just keeps turning “tricks” with the taxpayers footing the bill!

  • I’m a Linda too

    I was confused why Kirstn Gillebrand voted to continue funding ACORN. Then it hit me this morning when I heard she keeps refusing media req for interview on the subject.

    She owed NY Gov for apptg her. IN another play for pay….or, they don’t like that, Quid Pro Quo. His numbers are tanking and is fighting for re-election. He’s copying Obama’s marketing of playing the race card, has actively sought the reliable “communities” for activism. He needs their help and Kirsten had to comply.

  • pm317

    We’re just community organizers, just like the president used to be.”

    Ouch, Obama, when are you going to erase the only line in your resume that ‘meant something’ for a lot of people and got you where are today?

    • Diana L. C.

      pm317,

      If he erases that line, his resume will be blank. Then he’ll have to go to the trouble of making up two more memoirs so he can create a new resume.

      Thanks, AGiI!

      I had read the article RRRA pointed out by Darby and saw these videos there on BigGovernment. I felt sorry for Hannah. The guy seemed interested in hiring her. YUCK!

      What gets me is the reluctance to tie Obama to ACORN by the MSN and even people like O’Reilly. It seems to me that Obama tied himself to this group–how can it not be clear? Either he was clueless about their criminal behaviors, and thus he isn’t so darned bright after all (a BIG possibility), or he was thinking his great charm will have caused his apotheosis by now and his godly abilities could sweep this corruption under the rug without anyone noticing. (Actually maybe both these things are true.)

      Took two brave, smart twenty somethings to bring it down finally. There IS hope for the younger generation.

      As for Pelosi not knowing that they defunded ACORN, does anyone think that some made it a point of keeping her distracted so as to be able to get this done? I can see it now. Someone kept her busy explaining how and where she finds so many wonderful pearl necklaces and commenting on her amazing beauty, intelligence, and ability. (OF COURSE I’m being facetious!) But maybe she is just so egocentric that she thinks the whole world is concerned about only her concerns–which at this point is ramrodding the healthcare stuff through–that no one pays attention to any other news.

    • b mathews

      anyone notice that since this scandal broke, obama has not issued any statements about acorn. then again how could he? if not for acorn he would not be president. in his heart he knows they were instramental in helping him steal the white house. if he throws them under the bus now..who will help him steal the 2012 election?.

      • Lana

        This is what infuriates me. ACORN is rightly being investigated for helping prostitutes hide their money, but no one thought it was a big enough deal to investigate when they were only helping to steal elections?? Of course PUMAs and responders here raised the alarm but apparently an election is not as big a deal as losing a prostitute’s tax money.

        • Ladydawnelle

          it’s because it was HILLARY!!!

          some of them were so against her they couldn’t see the forest thru the trees

          and when you have axelrove’s group starting a clear YEAR before primaries with their BIG BROTHER ads against her we ALL SHOULD have figured THEN that his group were going to get UGLY.

          not to mention all the culpable agents helping him like Edwards and Richardson and Dodd (at the very least)

      • http://noquarter foxyladi14

        he is going to be a one termer

        • Ladydawnelle

          can I say “as GOD is my WITNESS”

          lol

        • beebop

          Does he get to finish it? A stain on a blue dress is looking like chump …. uh …. er … um … change ….

  • wbboei

    I maintain that there is a direct corrolation between the massive taxpayer fraud we are seeing in the corrupt business practices of ACORN as disclosed by this brilliant piece of investigative journalism, and the electioneerng practices of ACORN which we saw in the caucuses which were riddled with voter fraud. The Obama campaign profited from these practices in the election and the dimocratic party reciprocated by directing massive stimulus fund to them, and putting them in charge of the collection of census data. Quid pro quo. The Dimocratic Party cannot separate itself from ACORN because it IS ACORN. The SEIU, ACORN and Obama are joined at the hip. Love em or leave em.

    • pm317

      The SEIU, ACORN and Obama are joined at the hip.

      When will it dawn on the Dems that it didn’t have to be this way? I hope Fox connects the dots at some point before 2012 and Obama is forced to not run and then they beg Hillary to run because she is the only Dem who can win and clean up after Bush III and she wins. :)

      • Docelder

        But in the election season, Hillary took the short end of the stick and did it with a curtsy. She campaigned for Obama as did her husband. Now she is lending her stamp of approval to his administration by serving with him. No, the 90′s are gone forever and with them is gone the 90′s versions of the Clintons. I have no contempt for them really, they are now just veneer on a broken system. God willing we will be rid of all the career politicians without exceptions.

        • tek

          Hillary is not a veneer, she’s the genuine article. She’s keeping in the public eye, doing her job and she’ll be the next president. There’s no one better.

      • d2i

        Actually, Hillary may be forced out of the Administration all together, which IMHO, is good news. I know some of you want her in the cabinet but the longer she stay’s there the more tainted she becomes.

        Anyhoo, Judicial Watch filed a recent lawsuit to have her removed as SOS. I have no idea what’s happened with the suit but here is a link to the story http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/sep/september-14-2009-hearing-week-lawsuit-challenging-hillary-clintons-constitutional-eli

        • jbjd

          Do you know who these people are? From their blog…

          Judicial Watch, Inc., a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law.

          Never mind for now why this so-called educational foundation organized itself as a .com instead of a .org; why did they fail to educate their readers as to the “Saxbe Fix”? http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/11/saxbe_fix/

        • Ferd Berfle

          Hillary may be forced out of the Administration all together, which IMHO, is good news.

          Good news for whom? Personally, I’d rather have an adult in this administration than none at all. Pray, tell, who would replace her?

          Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it (and the rest of us by proxy).

          • http://helpmejoseph.typepad.com/puma_for_life/ Puma for Life

            the rumor I heard was that hillary would resign to run for governor of NY. i think she should; she has been completely marginalized by obama. i no longer support her as i think she puts party over country, but i still hate to see her soooo mistreated, but i guess she doesn’t mind.

            • Ferd Berfle

              Still, my question is, “who would replace her?” This isn’t about That One, who routinely stinks up a place when he opens his gaping maw. This is about the person who presents the face of America to the world. That One and his army of androids may think she works for him–but she is (and knows she is) working for us. Frankly I’m more at ease with her there. And she’s already indicated no interest in running for anything again and I don’t blame her.

              • beebop

                She is being completely undercut by his policies (star wars rescinding) and his czars that she is being marginalized any way. She should get the hell out before the deluge.

      • Sandy

        That is a scenario I can live with. I wonder how many of the people that did vote for Obama wish they could have a do-over.

  • wbboei

    If there is to be a federal government investigation into ACORN then Attorney General Holder should recuse himself. I am still troubled by the way he let Sacramento Mayor and friend of Obama Kevin Johnson off the hook in that embezzlement case, and allowed the IG who brought those facts to light to be fired on pretextual grounds. I think it is better for these investigative journalists to do the investigation so there is no similar cover-up.

    • Diana L. C.

      My concerns about Holder exactly!!

  • Onofre’s arm

    I’m surprised they got ANY response from Nazi Pelosi. Normally, when I haven’t seen her for a while I’ve assumed that she was not to be disturbed as it was that time of month ……………when she sheds her skin.

    • HARP

      Maybe her broom is in for repair.

    • HARP

      I think Nancy ought to be concerned about the whipping up of the more unstable elements in her own party. Seems like the last time we they did that it led to the formation of the KKK. Most folks don’t know that the KKK was the military wing of the Democratic party formed after the Civil War. It was led by die hard slave owners like Nathan Bedford Forrest and others. They terrorized newly freed slaves from not voting Republican.

  • wbboei

    Correction: I meant to say misappropriation of funds. I do not know off hand whether the charge was embezzlement, but it was at least misappropriation of taxpayer funds, which if memory serves he was not required to fully repay. What I do recall clearly however is that there was a real stench to it, and the US Attorneys office for the Central or Eastern District of California was involved. It is worth researching and I may do that, time permitting.

  • HARP

    Hey Nancy! While you are busy blaming those carrying protest signs…..check this out babe.

    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/08/20/media-didnt-care-about-protest-signs-threatening-bush

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  • b mathews

    how ironic that 2 young, unknown people took on acorn and literally brought it down (and possibly the presidency)..in less than 2 weeks!!! where the hell were the so called journalists? (yeah you brian williams, katie couric, charlie gibson, NY times,..i could go on and on but you know who you are. its time to take your head out of obamas butt and do some real reporting. otherwise step aside and make room for some honest journalism. it took 2 young kids 2 weeks to do what you should have been doing for the last year. i hope they win the pulitzer prize for this and put all you fake journalists to shame.

    • http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

      i don’t think this will have any affect on the presidency.

      • oowawa

        He’s triple-coated in teflon; maybe that’s why he gives off that eerie glow, crowned with a halo, captured by so many photographers and artists.

        • http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

          hehehe that’s it!!

          • Katmoon

            sara, does NQ keep a link index for all the links posted with an article? I volunteer to make an archive of such. I am so guilty of not remember the links that have been helpful, not only the ones I post, but the ones, many people add within a story. Ideas? Whatcha think?

            • http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ American Girl in Italy

              not that i know of. i think they just remain in the archive of the story, but no one pulls them and stores them away.

              i think it sounds like a lot of work. hahaa

              Whenever I want to recall a story, I google the phrases I can remember, and always find what I need. I also go back to old stories and search on words.

              • Katmoon

                I do that too, but as I have noticed with so much scrubbing of the internet; we lose a lot of links. It probably is a lot of work; I am having a nerdy moment- but may try to do this. Mostly because I go nuts trying to scroll through to go back when I use that method.. Thanks!

        • Ferd Berfle

          LMAO, oowawa. And here I thought it was a full tin-foil suit with matching tied, shoes, andhat.

          • Ferd Berfle

            Drat it all. That would actually be, “full tin-foil suit with matching tie, shoes, and hat.”

      • Diana L. C.

        Yep, the only way this will have an affect on the presidency is through secondary routes. The extreme corruption of ACORN and its ties to so many people in Congress may make people even ore nervous about giving any more oversight of their tax money to the government until some of the corruption is eliminated.

        The problem is that the investigations into ACORN will take too darn long to affect his smooth, unsticky surface.

      • EWard

        When the Watergate break-in took place, no one connected it to Nixon. Obama is running a shadowy empire within the Oval Office that extends to SEIU, Acorn, the Anti-First Amendment League-aka media, and others.

    • sheprez

      Who cares! The only “MSM” with more than 10M viewers/day has been covering it for days. Thank God for Fox News and I can’t believe I am saying this.

      • Ladydawnelle

        whoa that indeed is one for the book (if you had asked me that a year ago)

        I’d like to see some of ODrama’s COLLEGE transcripts and loan approval paper work. Did he scam the system (like his acorn trainees so proudly boasted) and try entering under false pretense as to be an EXCHANGE STUDENT thus getting more benefits? Why not show us your thesis? “How to destroy AMerica in 100 days ” Ok that may be a fib but the REST could surely be true!

        He’s lied about 99.9 percent of everything he’s promised or professed anyway so why start being honest now? HAHAH! YOU LIE BAMBI!! WE all know it!

        • http://helpmejoseph.typepad.com/puma_for_life/ Puma for Life

          His whole life is a scam. Wait until the birth certificate is finally uncovered and shows that his real father was Frank Marshall Davis. He looks just like him.

          http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2008/09/was-communist-frank-marshall-davis.html

          • Thinker

            Considering how much Obama lies, this is a possibility.

            Dedicated a whole entire book to man he said was his father, a man he met a couple of times in his whole entire life, knowing full well the dude wasn’t even his daddy.

            And it’s not far-fetched. This sounds exactly like something Obama/Soetoro/Davis would do. He knows that having a communist father might not “sell” well to the American public, so he sticks with the guy his mother was with when she gave birth to him.

            I bet you this will come to light eventually.

            I don’t see too many bots calling us crazy anymore.

    • jbjd

      b mathews, I see that the people posting comments below this disagreed with your take on the possibility the investigative reporting on ACORN could end the BO Presidency but, I don’t. I believe the information uncovered by these 2 (two) brave souls wading through the cesspool that is ACORN, sets the tone for any of us who are challenging the Presidency of this former ACORN employee (paid OR unpaid), and makes easier our efforts to persuade state officials to stick their necks out to do their jobs.
      http://jbjd.wordpress.com

      • Bemused

        At this point, I personally am grateful to every person who makes a chip in the armor of this crooked cabal, however they do it. Attitudes tend to change abruptly when a person acquires enough information of the sort which he believes. There is resistance and then a tipping point and a sudden strong shift. Part of the frustration this year was the careful groundwork to establish the media as “trusted,” and all opponents to O. as untrustworthy. Tremendous amount of mental inertia to overcome.
        But it isn’t at all impossible that these two would bring the house of cards down; it isn’t ever any single thing that tips the balance, it’s a mass effect over time, and the individuals in the mass all have their own back-breaker straw. If these videos and the reaction to them don’t do it, it’s at least a huge addition to the public straw pile and a step toward the goal.

      • Portia Elizabeth

        I was skeptical about repercussions simply because I thought there would be more outrage over voter fraud linked to ACORN. Then last night I caught a snippet of O’Reilly (who’s usually an ass), and he was saying this is huge.
        So now I’m hopeful that the devil will indeed get his due.

  • helenk

    http://www.breitbart.tv/senator-flees-fox-news-reporter-asking-why-he-supports-acorn/

    I hope this fool is up for reelection and every person who has any decency votes against him in his state.

    WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

    PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE

    • JMM

      That’s Roland Burres, the guy who was appointed to Obama’s seat. He’s already stated he is not running.

      • Onofre’s arm

        He looked like he was running to me! At least, as fast as HE could.

        • JMM

          I meant he was not running for the senate.

          • Onofre’s arm

            REALLY? :)

        • beebop

          He reminded of of what in Texas we call “water bugs.” It looked like he got caught in the middle of the kitchen floor when someone switched the light on.

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  • Hank

    Brian Williams calls him a conservative activist. Brian is wrong, two people did more investigative journalism than any of the MSM put together. They should start passing out pink slips for not meeting there objectives.

  • John Whittel

    RICO RICO RICO RICO RICO RICO RICO RICO

  • d2i

    Uncork the bubbly comrades, the House is voting to end ALL funding for ACORN.

    • d2i

      And drink it to the heros who made this happen. Jeff, Hannah, Andy Brietbart, Glen Beck, Big Government and all of their staff.

      And as my tribute here is Lloyd Marcus singing 2010 at the 9/12 March in DC this last weekend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkWQ4uolB8Q

      Cheers!!!

      • d2i

        Ruh roh – those rat b******s tied the student loan to the bill. It now goes to the Senate. What bs!

    • http://noquarter foxyladi14

      it passed big margin no more funding for the nutz

  • ConfusedAmerican

    (**BREAKING News House Votes to Cut All Funds to Acorn The vote, on a provision attached to a student aid bill, was 345-75. All 75 no votes were Democrats. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9AP8BUG3&show_article=1

    Here’s a list of the 75 who voted against it http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll718.xml

  • Murray

    Thanks for the link,Confused American, even tho I had to see the Evil Incarnate’s name: Andre Carson, (D, Indiana).
    He’s our brand-new District 86′s converted-to-Islam-while-in-prison representative.
    Backed by tens of thousands of $$$ from Pelosi and the National Black Caucus, he usurped the seat of a true, hard-working patriot.

  • Murray

    Any clue as to what was in the Student Aid Bill?

  • Katmoon
  • http://shhhithitsthefan.wordpress.com/ ithitsthefan

    I managed to get an advance copy of the New ACORN Policy training memo.

    The New ACORN Policy for Setting up Brothels

    • Portia Elizabeth

      I enjoyed your post, but I have to thank you especially for the tribute to navyvet. She would be overjoyed I’m sure to see that her efforts to expose ACORN are finally getting the attention they deserve. I wish she had lived to see this day.

  • Ferd Berfle

    “After the Nevada voter-registration fraud indictment last May, Bonnie Greathouse, Acorn’s chief organizer in the state, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that “we’ve had bad publicity before” and survived. “People always come forward to our defense. We’re just community organizers, just like the president used to be.”

    Oh, I see. So this makes everything hunky-dory.

    ??

    Christ, this isn’t about “bad” publicity, survival of the organization, people coming to the defense of it, or even That One. This is about potential crime and how pervasive it apparently is in this rotten-to-the-core organization. How patently stupid can a single person be? I’m amazed she doesn’t have to deliberately remember to breathe.

  • tek

    Hmm, Darrel Issa was convicted of corruption charges during Bush’s term. Oh how sad. This country is so corrupt. The founding fathers are turning over.

  • Portia Elizabeth

    Sara– thanks so much for continuing coverage of this story and for keeping the needed feet to the flames.

  • Ferd Berfle

    In lieu of spending all this money on ACORN, why not spend that money putting these chiselers out doing constructive and needed work such as weed whipping, picking up trash, and performing other work that might be of benefit to all? In lieu of “organizing communities” to get handouts from the government and line the pockets of their ersatz plantation owners, organize them into a work force to repair our infrastructure. And if they don’t want to do real work, they can suffer the consequences of a stupid decision. Organize that!

    I don’t believe we really need more brothels, prostitutes, and pimps. What we really need are more people willing to actually work an honest day for an honest day’s pay performing needed work.

  • helenk

    http://thedametruth.net/wordpress/2009/09/hate-to-say-we-told-you-so/

    this story needs to go viral. EPIC FAILURE of the msm.

    check out the backtrack campaign comments

    WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

    PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE

  • Thinker

    Acorn has been corrupt for a long time now.

    This is the same group that was practicing voter fraud against Hillary during the primary.

    When they were trying to destroy her chance to become President, so many looked the other way.

    I would donate money to help get We Will Not be Silenced into the nation’s movie theaters.

    Hillay made numerous appeals, especially in Texas, and it’s well-documented.

    Where is Dr.Long??

  • maryann

    So disappearing evidence that was described to minute detail by multiple witnesses (why’d he do that?) is funny and another way to distract from the fact that Obamacorn endorses enslavement of hispanics?