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Originally posted by JayinAR
How much more of this bad publicity can Obama take and keep smiling?
He ran with these clowns! He was ONE OF THEM!
People won't be any wiser, because this "victory" will allow folks to pat themselves on the back and they'll forget that no justice falls to the men behind the organization. Only the organization's NAME suffers. The people behind the curtain just move on to another corrupt venture.
Originally posted by MysterE
This makes me soo happy! I posted a thread earlier about ACORN asking for 6 million. Guess the asnwer was NO!!!
-E-
Originally posted by JacKatMtn
The vote count 83 - 7 shows that this is non partisan...
Just last week, the Census Bureau severed its ties with ACORN, saying it does not want the group's help in outreach efforts on the decennial count.
Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., said that ACORN has received $53 million in taxpayer funds since 1994 and that the group was eligible for a wider set of funding in the pending legislation, which funds housing and transportation programs.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Libertarian journalist Glenn Beck is promising a 4th and much more shocking video tonight on his program. Some of my thoughts..
1. WHERE the hell was the inter-company memo that these 2 people were trying to trick the ACORN people and to be aware of it???? t's like in each of these videos the ACORN employees have no idea that these are BLASTED constantly on the news, (well, the REAL journalists report it at least).
thehill.com
...Shelby, the top Republican on the committee that handles Housing and Urban Affairs, penned letters to chairman Chris Dodd (D) and the inspector general of the Department of Housing and Urban Development requesting an "immediate an thorough investigation" into ACORN's activities.
The move comes a day after the Senate voted to strip funding ACORN of its federal funding.
"While this vote is important, it is limited in scope and we must know more," Shelby said.
"It is imperative that we proceed immediately to investigate what appears to be ACORN’s stunning disregard for the law and abuse of taxpayer funds. Such an investigation would serve as the basis for determining not only whether ACORN is worthy of receiving other federal funds this year, but ever again.”
Originally posted by AllSeeingI
ACORN Outrage: A Corruption Smokescreen Masking Real Injustice
This outrage is misplaced on an entire organization when just a few bad apples were caught.
But the bigger picture of this is the media whitewash and smokescreen of the real corrupt who are getting away with much worse moral and legal injustices daily.
This is going to amount to nothing.There won't be a Congressional investigation of any kind this will get killed in the house and on the off chance it does get pass Obama is gonna veto this so fast it's not even gonna make the 10:00 pm news.
Originally posted by JacKatMtn
Just keep in mind this has only passed the Senate.. it still has to go through the House..
The vote count 83 - 7 shows that this is non partisan...
However, this is only the beginning, this only deals with the ACORN housing.. it is not all inclusive..
We still need a Congressional investigation into the entire organization and all it's affiliates.
Don't be satisfied with this. I am surprised that this happened so quickly but this doesn't mean it's over...
..by a long shot..