Endless scandals lead to ACORNS funding Cut-Off.

[zqt3344 21]

Where in the hell are all the liberal tree hugging, snail darter loving, advocates of illegal immigration, bicycle riding, anti American liberals at here on VJ? I do not see Col BG and his wacko left wingers posse posted in response to this! AAHHAHAH ACORN SUCKS!

Just a matter of time!

Yeah where the hell is hte wacko left winger posse anyway?

All I see here are pro-America, efficient-gasoline engine driving, advocates of tough sanctions on ILLEGAL immigration, football watching, Budweiser drinking, sane and rational liberals. Like, ####### man???

I think the VJ ACORN Crew, are off playing with their nuts.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

GO BECK! Oh those fvckin FACTS will get ya everytime!

ACORN stinks!!!!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

Some of the teabagger protesters in Washington D.C. were rambling on about how ACORN is some communist wing of Obama's regime.

Keep the lunacy up, my Right Wing Nutty friends! When will you take up arms and revolt? How about Thursday? Does Thursday work for all of you? Have you got your plan worked out? Who will you take out first? Brag about it right here.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

U.S. Senate denies funds for poverty group

Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:45pm EDT

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A poverty-rights group that has drawn the ire of conservatives suffered another setback in Washington on Monday when the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to deny it access to federal housing funds.

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which helps poor people fight foreclosures and fix tax problems, has received more than $53 million in U.S. funds since 1994, but conservatives' charges of widespread fraud have begun to impact its reputation in the capital.

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau told the group it did not want its help boosting participation in next year's census.

The Senate measure, which passed 83 to 7 in the Democratic-led chamber, was included in a must-pass spending bill that funds housing and transportation programs for the fiscal year that starts October 1.

"This is an opportunity for the United States Senate to stand up and say 'Enough is enough' just as the Census Bureau did," said Republican Senator Mike Johanns, the measure's sponsor.

The bill includes $165 million for housing-counseling programs and $4 billion to help poor communities weather the worst recession since the 1930s.

ACORN said the Senate's action was disappointing but would have little impact on its overall operations.

"The only real victims of today's vote are the families who have benefited from ACORN's important work," ACORN chief Bertha Lewis said in a statement posted on the group's website.

The House of Representatives passed a similar spending bill without restrictions on ACORN. The House and Senate must resolved differences before a final measure can be sent to Obama to sign into law.

Republicans say ACORN engaged in widespread fraud during the 2008 presidential campaign when it launched a massive voter-registration drive in minority communities, which typically support Democrats and ended up voting overwhelmingly for President Barack Obama.

ACORN says less than 2 percent of its 1.3 million voter applications were fraudulent, stemming from canvassers who sought to boost the number of forms they turned in. Independent analysts say any actual impact on the election was negligible.

The group has also suffered an embezzlement scandal involving the founder's brother.

ACORN more recently has been embarrassed by conservative activists who secretly taped employees in several cities giving tax advice to a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute.

The group has fired several of those taped while denouncing the actions as a smear campaign.

And now another. Look for more. It is absolutely sickening. Glad the Senate did the right thing. The news media, other than FOX does not. I cannot believe, THREE released tapes, Census cuts their funds, Senate cuts their funds and NOT A WORD in the iberal media. How can we tolerate such biased reporting? They are as bad as TASS and Pravda.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

Some of the teabagger protesters in Washington D.C. were rambling on about how ACORN is some communist wing of Obama's regime.

Keep the lunacy up, my Right Wing Nutty friends! When will you take up arms and revolt? How about Thursday? Does Thursday work for all of you? Have you got your plan worked out? Who will you take out first? Brag about it right here.

I will say this only about ACORN. They need to be cut off from MY money. I couldn't possibly care less about their organization. It is a private organization and should be funded by private funds. If I am ignorant to ACORN it is becuase they did not inform me. They did not need to inform me because they have been getting MY money too long without doing so. If they want to live or die, now they can get out their and inform people of their mission and ask for memebrships and donations,,,just like the highly successful NRA.

[Ban Hammer 13,658]

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Glad the Senate did the right thing. The news media, other than FOX does not. I cannot believe, THREE released tapes, Census cuts their funds, Senate cuts their funds and NOT A WORD in the iberal media. How can we tolerate such biased reporting? They are as bad as TASS and Pravda.

TASS? Pravda? Really?

MSNBC: Census Bureau cuts ties with ACORN

MSNBC: Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN

CBS: Senate Votes To Deny Funds To ACORN

CBS: Census Bureau Severs Ties With ACORN In 2010 Count

ABC: Census Severs Relationship With ACORN

ABC: Senate Votes to Deny Funds to ACORN

I don't much agree with him but Marc was right here, wasn't he?

Oh those fvckin FACTS will get ya everytime!

[cdneh 3,112]

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

[thepizzadude 26]

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

Some of the teabagger protesters in Washington D.C. were rambling on about how ACORN is some communist wing of Obama's regime.

Keep the lunacy up, my Right Wing Nutty friends! When will you take up arms and revolt? How about Thursday? Does Thursday work for all of you? Have you got your plan worked out? Who will you take out first? Brag about it right here.

Maybe because they were some shitty little organization really until one of their own was elected PRESIDENT and then all the sudden they were put in line for an 8 BILLION Dollar feedbag.

Yah most people didn't know much about the group until mid last year when it was exposed that a founding member had stolen 1 Million Dollars $1,000,000....8 years prior....and the group had kept it a secret from everyone and allowed him to repay it. Then all the stories of voter fraud came to light and people started digging a little deeper.

And what the hell are you all strung out on a revolution for, are you in fear, off your meds...what exactly has gotten you so UP IN ARMS lately...

And when you talk about knowing nothing except from Right Wing News sources maybe you should consider the Left Wing News sources have not had that many stories about them...makes you wonder why the LEFT doesn't really care when a group is accused of MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT, you know what embezzlement is don't you THING BERNIE MADOFF....LOL...and now the videos and the LEFT has a total of maybe 30 or so stories about it among the 5 or 6 major networks....HMMM...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

Some of the teabagger protesters in Washington D.C. were rambling on about how ACORN is some communist wing of Obama's regime.

Keep the lunacy up, my Right Wing Nutty friends! When will you take up arms and revolt? How about Thursday? Does Thursday work for all of you? Have you got your plan worked out? Who will you take out first? Brag about it right here.

Maybe because they were some shitty little organization really until one of their own was elected PRESIDENT and then all the sudden they were put in line for an 8 BILLION Dollar feedbag.

Yah most people didn't know much about the group until mid last year when it was exposed that a founding member had stolen 1 Million Dollars $1,000,000....8 years prior....and the group had kept it a secret from everyone and allowed him to repay it.

And where did you first hear about ACORN? Glen Beck? Fox News? World Nut Daily?

You haven't a clue what the organization is, what they've done historically, or even what they are, but you've openly and willingly bought into the Right Wing lunatic fringe's rants without doing your own research into the group.

I challenge you to look for other sources (besides Right Wing Nut sites) and try and find impartial information on the group. You can simply be satisfied that nuts like Glen Beck are telling you the truth or you can dig deeper. Chances are you won't, but I have hope that if you really are that emotionally involved with the issue, you will look beyond the Right Wing rhetoric.

[Ban Hammer 13,658]

And where did you first hear about ACORN? Glen Beck? Fox News? World Nut Daily?

You haven't a clue what the organization is, what they've done historically, or even what they are, but you've openly and willingly bought into the Right Wing lunatic fringe's rants without doing your own research into the group.

I challenge you to look for other sources (besides Right Wing Nut sites) and try and find impartial information on the group. You can simply be satisfied that nuts like Glen Beck are telling you the truth or you can dig deeper. Chances are you won't, but I have hope that if you really are that emotionally involved with the issue, you will look beyond the Right Wing rhetoric.

which makes me think about how some on vj rant about the republicans.....

[thepizzadude 26]

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

Some of the teabagger protesters in Washington D.C. were rambling on about how ACORN is some communist wing of Obama's regime.

Keep the lunacy up, my Right Wing Nutty friends! When will you take up arms and revolt? How about Thursday? Does Thursday work for all of you? Have you got your plan worked out? Who will you take out first? Brag about it right here.

Maybe because they were some shitty little organization really until one of their own was elected PRESIDENT and then all the sudden they were put in line for an 8 BILLION Dollar feedbag.

Yah most people didn't know much about the group until mid last year when it was exposed that a founding member had stolen 1 Million Dollars $1,000,000....8 years prior....and the group had kept it a secret from everyone and allowed him to repay it.

And where did you first hear about ACORN? Glen Beck? Fox News? World Nut Daily?

You haven't a clue what the organization is, what they've done historically, or even what they are, but you've openly and willingly bought into the Right Wing lunatic fringe's rants without doing your own research into the group.

I challenge you to look for other sources (besides Right Wing Nut sites) and try and find impartial information on the group. You can simply be satisfied that nuts like Glen Beck are telling you the truth or you can dig deeper. Chances are you won't, but I have hope that if you really are that emotionally involved with the issue, you will look beyond the Right Wing rhetoric.

First when I do watch television news its not FOX or GLENN BECK, If I broke it down I would say I watch CNN 85%, MSNBC 5%, Fox 5% and the others the remainder of the time. I read mostly Google News pages and their links from other stories, I don't really pay attention to the sources because I read them all. Someone who only listens or reads ONE SIDE all the time definitely ends up with a BIASED opinion wouldn't you think. Like I said ACORN and their past years from the early 70's really isn't my concern, I am concerned about how THEY ARE ACTING TODAY. Maybe back in the day they were a standup crew but in the past few years you would be hard pressed to come up with a positive story about them, MAYBE YOU COULD SHOW ME A LINK ABOUT ONE. Is that my fault NO, yours NO, but it is your fault that you stand up for a group that is so hypocritical in most things they do.

They register voters, DEMOCRAT voters...how many republican voters do you think they registered last year, they have been accused in many states of VOTER FRAUD, can you deny that or show where it is an incorrect statement. This shows they are one sided and don't deserve my tax dollars, because I believe they are biased. They registered people twice or more, they paid for registrations and they registered people who were dead. Here is a few links to show admissions by employees and where they settled cases.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/foiablog/2009...ud-fec-does-not

"On August 18, a former ACORN official in Las Vegas pleaded guilty to voter registration fraud. Nevada law prohibits paying canvassers for registering voters, but Christopher Edwards, former field director for ACORN, admitted to being involved in "a scheme to pay canvassers who were told they had to register at least 20 voters a day to keep their jobs and an additional $5 for getting 21 or more." Edwards has agreed to testify against ACORN in return for a lighter sentence."

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/07/26/acorn...-state-history/

WA 2007 Three ACORN employees pleaded guilty, and four more were charged, in the worst case of voter registration fraud in Washington state history. More than 2,000 fraudulent voter registration cards were submitted by the group during a voter registration drive.

THis and many other ACCUSATIONS CAN BE FOUND here: http://www.rottenacorn.com/activityMap.html

Show me a link where it shows they did not do this.

They have a founder who Embezzled money from the organization and they hid it, this just shows their INTEGRITY not only the founders but also all those who helped hide it from their organizations that feed them their funds. Here is a story about ACORN admitting the embezzlement.

http://www.nlpc.org/stories/2008/07/28/aco...nder-steps-down

If I am mistaken on this one show me a link please.

Maybe you could show me something of substance to show WHY I should really stand up for this organization. Explain to me WHaT they have done in the 40 year history that would make me think, WELL since they did that back then Voter Fraud, Embezzlement, Tax Fraud and Child Prostitution aside, I still should love 'em.

You sound like a parent that has a teenager who causes problems in the neighborhood and all your friends and neighbors tell you about it, maybe he even gets detained by the police because of suspicion of theft, and you swear HE COULDN'T be doing those things he was such a good little boy.

You report...I'll decide

[cdneh 3,112]

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

Some of the teabagger protesters in Washington D.C. were rambling on about how ACORN is some communist wing of Obama's regime.

Keep the lunacy up, my Right Wing Nutty friends! When will you take up arms and revolt? How about Thursday? Does Thursday work for all of you? Have you got your plan worked out? Who will you take out first? Brag about it right here.

Maybe because they were some shitty little organization really until one of their own was elected PRESIDENT and then all the sudden they were put in line for an 8 BILLION Dollar feedbag.

Yah most people didn't know much about the group until mid last year when it was exposed that a founding member had stolen 1 Million Dollars $1,000,000....8 years prior....and the group had kept it a secret from everyone and allowed him to repay it.

And where did you first hear about ACORN? Glen Beck? Fox News? World Nut Daily?

You haven't a clue what the organization is, what they've done historically, or even what they are, but you've openly and willingly bought into the Right Wing lunatic fringe's rants without doing your own research into the group.

I challenge you to look for other sources (besides Right Wing Nut sites) and try and find impartial information on the group. You can simply be satisfied that nuts like Glen Beck are telling you the truth or you can dig deeper. Chances are you won't, but I have hope that if you really are that emotionally involved with the issue, you will look beyond the Right Wing rhetoric.

Doesn't make a blind bit of difference who reported it. It happened. ACORN got caught red handed. More new video out today and tomorrow. They are a crooked bunch of plonkers who have already spent too much of the tax payers money. And thanks to the Senate that stops.

[Craneman 2]

Could you please expand upon ACORNs good points?

You knowing thir history and all.

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

Some of the teabagger protesters in Washington D.C. were rambling on about how ACORN is some communist wing of Obama's regime.

Keep the lunacy up, my Right Wing Nutty friends! When will you take up arms and revolt? How about Thursday? Does Thursday work for all of you? Have you got your plan worked out? Who will you take out first? Brag about it right here.

Maybe because they were some shitty little organization really until one of their own was elected PRESIDENT and then all the sudden they were put in line for an 8 BILLION Dollar feedbag.

Yah most people didn't know much about the group until mid last year when it was exposed that a founding member had stolen 1 Million Dollars $1,000,000....8 years prior....and the group had kept it a secret from everyone and allowed him to repay it.

And where did you first hear about ACORN? Glen Beck? Fox News? World Nut Daily?

You haven't a clue what the organization is, what they've done historically, or even what they are, but you've openly and willingly bought into the Right Wing lunatic fringe's rants without doing your own research into the group.

I challenge you to look for other sources (besides Right Wing Nut sites) and try and find impartial information on the group. You can simply be satisfied that nuts like Glen Beck are telling you the truth or you can dig deeper. Chances are you won't, but I have hope that if you really are that emotionally involved with the issue, you will look beyond the Right Wing rhetoric.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It's amusing to see people talk about a 40 yr. old organization that they know nothing of except from Right Wing News sources.

Some of the teabagger protesters in Washington D.C. were rambling on about how ACORN is some communist wing of Obama's regime.

Keep the lunacy up, my Right Wing Nutty friends! When will you take up arms and revolt? How about Thursday? Does Thursday work for all of you? Have you got your plan worked out? Who will you take out first? Brag about it right here.

Maybe because they were some shitty little organization really until one of their own was elected PRESIDENT and then all the sudden they were put in line for an 8 BILLION Dollar feedbag.

Yah most people didn't know much about the group until mid last year when it was exposed that a founding member had stolen 1 Million Dollars $1,000,000....8 years prior....and the group had kept it a secret from everyone and allowed him to repay it.

And where did you first hear about ACORN? Glen Beck? Fox News? World Nut Daily?

You haven't a clue what the organization is, what they've done historically, or even what they are, but you've openly and willingly bought into the Right Wing lunatic fringe's rants without doing your own research into the group.

I challenge you to look for other sources (besides Right Wing Nut sites) and try and find impartial information on the group. You can simply be satisfied that nuts like Glen Beck are telling you the truth or you can dig deeper. Chances are you won't, but I have hope that if you really are that emotionally involved with the issue, you will look beyond the Right Wing rhetoric.

First when I do watch television news its not FOX or GLENN BECK, If I broke it down I would say I watch CNN 85%, MSNBC 5%, Fox 5% and the others the remainder of the time. I read mostly Google News pages and their links from other stories, I don't really pay attention to the sources because I read them all. Someone who only listens or reads ONE SIDE all the time definitely ends up with a BIASED opinion wouldn't you think. Like I said ACORN and their past years from the early 70's really isn't my concern, I am concerned about how THEY ARE ACTING TODAY. Maybe back in the day they were a standup crew but in the past few years you would be hard pressed to come up with a positive story about them, MAYBE YOU COULD SHOW ME A LINK ABOUT ONE. Is that my fault NO, yours NO, but it is your fault that you stand up for a group that is so hypocritical in most things they do.

They register voters, DEMOCRAT voters...how many republican voters do you think they registered last year, they have been accused in many states of VOTER FRAUD, can you deny that or show where it is an incorrect statement. This shows they are one sided and don't deserve my tax dollars, because I believe they are biased. They registered people twice or more, they paid for registrations and they registered people who were dead. Here is a few links to show admissions by employees and where they settled cases.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/foiablog/2009...ud-fec-does-not

"On August 18, a former ACORN official in Las Vegas pleaded guilty to voter registration fraud. Nevada law prohibits paying canvassers for registering voters, but Christopher Edwards, former field director for ACORN, admitted to being involved in "a scheme to pay canvassers who were told they had to register at least 20 voters a day to keep their jobs and an additional $5 for getting 21 or more." Edwards has agreed to testify against ACORN in return for a lighter sentence."

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/07/26/acorn...-state-history/

WA 2007 Three ACORN employees pleaded guilty, and four more were charged, in the worst case of voter registration fraud in Washington state history. More than 2,000 fraudulent voter registration cards were submitted by the group during a voter registration drive.

THis and many other ACCUSATIONS CAN BE FOUND here: http://www.rottenacorn.com/activityMap.html

Show me a link where it shows they did not do this.

They have a founder who Embezzled money from the organization and they hid it, this just shows their INTEGRITY not only the founders but also all those who helped hide it from their organizations that feed them their funds. Here is a story about ACORN admitting the embezzlement.

http://www.nlpc.org/stories/2008/07/28/aco...nder-steps-down

If I am mistaken on this one show me a link please.

Maybe you could show me something of substance to show WHY I should really stand up for this organization. Explain to me WHaT they have done in the 40 year history that would make me think, WELL since they did that back then Voter Fraud, Embezzlement, Tax Fraud and Child Prostitution aside, I still should love 'em.

You sound like a parent that has a teenager who causes problems in the neighborhood and all your friends and neighbors tell you about it, maybe he even gets detained by the police because of suspicion of theft, and you swear HE COULDN'T be doing those things he was such a good little boy.

You report...I'll decide

Judicial Watch is a Right Wing organization that went after the Clinton's in the 90's. They are the same nuts challenging the legitimacy of Hillary as Secretary of State right now. They have a clear agenda and an axe to grind. I'll have read over the rest of your post later, but like I said - find some impartial reports on ACORN and feel free to post what they say about ACORN. Just check your sources.