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She then further said that Congress hasn't cut off ACORN funding like you think. She says "Congress did a CYA move, they defunded ACORN just for the month of October." She adds that on November 1, "the spicket of federal tax money will open wide open again."
To add insult to injury, she informed us that while ACORN didn't get federal funding in October, "They received a million dollar grant from Homeland Security for fire safety." Click Here for the story. What does ACORN have to do with fire safety? In fact, "they received 80% of the money for fire safety that was supposed to go to Louisiana."
The behavior of some ACORN employees has been completely indefensible, but make no mistake -- the resulting sideshow is being fueled by the Right to distract all of us from the truth. And the truth is this: ACORN's work is invaluable. We make sure the have-nots and have-lesses get some say and some political power in this country -- and the people protecting the status quo have never been a big fan of that.
Originally posted by djvexd
They are not associated with the military as far as I am aware. They do identify with churches and generally recruit and intermingle in minority and lower income churches as that is where their "redistribution of wealth" propaganda hits home.
Originally posted by djvexd
However under ACORN's spread wing IS the SEIU ( Service Industry Union). They have been noted, arrested, and caught on tape more than a few times acting as jackboots and physically intimidating and attacking those that oppose them.
Pass the Offering Plate: ACORN Getting Church Funds
September 24, 2009
....The PCUSA (Presbyterian Agencies) grants are one example of direct financial support for the beleaguered organization. In 2004, the National Council of Churches (NCC) coordinated with ACORN to increase voter turnout and "education," with a special emphasis on demographic groups in the population that tend to vote overwhelmingly Democratic.
www.theird.org...
IRD President Mark Tooley commented:
“As ACORN implodes amid scandal, it will be interesting to learn whether other church agencies funded the activist group.
“Many Presbyterians would be aghast to know that some of their collection plate money was underwriting ACORN.
“As Presbyterians cut overseas missionaries from their rolls, how scandalous they still had funds for ACORN.”