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ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/10/2009 6:05:02 PM

maybemaybenot

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So " refreshing " to see my tax dollars and stimulis money hard at work........
8 Billion to ACORN to advise people on how to break Federal Law.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hA9b96qgu9MG_331xFUGcYvhOcLAD9AKO0I80

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/10/2009 6:10:11 PM

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Real journalism for a change.

You won't find hard-hitting stories like that on '60 Minutes' will you.

One minor thing though, ACORN doesn't get nearly that much federal money. Millions maybe, but not billions.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/10/2009 6:12:43 PM

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Video of the sting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtTnizEnC1U&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbiggovernment.com%2F&feature=player_embedded

Incredible.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/10/2009 6:13:56 PM

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This is one of the groups that our esteemed leader, Obama, cut his teeth with as a 'community organizer'. He or the other democrats will do nothing to end funding to this group of con artists and crooks. 2 got fired, thousands still remain on the federal dole.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/10/2009 6:27:45 PM

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I very well could be off in that number... I used that number from the article below.
Googling further, I get all kinds of numbers from 100's of millions to billions.

http://www.examiner.com/x-7715-Portland-Civil-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d10-ACORN-101-prostitution-tax-evasion-illegal-immigration-child-sex-trade
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Other congressional members including Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, even the President of the United States, have protected ACORN, defended them, made use of their services, campaigned with for ACORN, and now are funding them to the tune of nearly 9 Billion dollars

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/10/2009 8:44:47 PM

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quote:

I very well could be off in that number... I used that number from the article below.
Googling further, I get all kinds of numbers from 100's of millions to billions.
ORIGINAL: maybemaybenot

You can't tell the difference between millions of dollars and billions? You may have a big future in congress.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/10/2009 9:18:35 PM

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" The video shows the pair approaching two women working at the ACORN Baltimore office and asking them for advice on how to set up a prostitution ring involving more than a dozen underage girls from El Salvador.
One of the ACORN workers suggests that Giles refer to herself as a "performing artist" on tax forms and declare some of the girls as dependents to receive child tax credits."

Underaged girls, claiming them as dependents, and calling them performing artists. Wow.

So should anything be done about ACORN?

Is anyone outraged?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/10/acorn.prostitution/

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/10/2009 9:36:21 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: SpinnerofTales

quote:

I very well could be off in that number... I used that number from the article below.
Googling further, I get all kinds of numbers from 100's of millions to billions.
ORIGINAL: maybemaybenot

You can't tell the difference between millions of dollars and billions? You may have a big future in congress.

Just call me Barney Frank.

As for telling the difference.... um yes, I can.
Lemme clarify myambiguos linguistic skills for you, my friend :

- In OP I said 8 Bil
- Sanity said figure was wrong, more like millions
- I say hmmmm. thought I read 8 million... so I re read an article, sure enough, says 8 million.
- I Google a few more " ACORN, stimulus money :
- I read several results, seems there are differing dollar amounts: from millions to billions, depending on which source you read
- I conclude; hmm Sanity could be right, could be millions
- I respond as you quoted. Which should be interpreted as: could be millions, could be billions, not whether or not I have the ability to distinguish between millions and billions.

There fore : ACORN recieves tax monies and stimulus monies. I do not have any idea the dollar amout they recieve.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 4:05:23 AM

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A similar video from the Washington DC ACORN office has surfaced, but nobody is covering this story at all, except for Fox and the Wall Street Journal. Millions in government money (at least) is flowing to this corrupt organization and their crimes aren't being reported.

I just heard a Glenn Beck clip in which he pointed out that the government can't do health care because the system is corrupt, and he makes a good point. Such crimes aren't even reported in the major media, so why in the hell would anyone in their right minds support any kind of expansion in government for any reason?

Until now I wasn't sure if I was going to the Boise Tea Party today, but I just made up my mind - I'll be definitely be there.We have unsustainable deficit spending flowing straight to the worst kind of corruption imaginable and the networks are focused onlys focused on fake polls and one Congressman's emotional outburst because he's a Republican.

If we don't make a statement it will never be made.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 4:09:37 AM

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The DC sting.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 4:27:27 AM

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Thank you for acknowledging how outrageously dysfunctional our big spending government has become, Spinner. You hit the nail right on the head with that one, didn't you, even if it was just meant as a slam on someone.

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ORIGINAL: SpinnerofTales
You can't tell the difference between millions of dollars and billions? You may have a big future in congress.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 4:57:29 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: SpinnerofTales

quote:

I very well could be off in that number... I used that number from the article below.
Googling further, I get all kinds of numbers from 100's of millions to billions.
ORIGINAL: maybemaybenot

You can't tell the difference between millions of dollars and billions? You may have a big future in congress.

You can't stand the facts/truth so you attack the messenger thereof. You definitly have a big future in Obama's White House.

Yesterday the Census Bureau severed its' ties with ACORN regarding the 2010 census.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 5:03:17 AM

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ACORN, most of the cabent nominies for this president and "czars" for various positions that are getting federal pay checks doing cabnet level work but notr accountable to anyone but a president that has kept company with raciists and criminals. hmmmmm seems to me that the same people that complained about bush/cheny money and oil ties can conviently over look this lack of caracter of our president. the first thing that comes to mind is hypocrates

i am thinkin that maybe just maybe its time to get rid of the whole filthy lot of criminals in washington and state capitals they have forgotten they work for us vote out all incumbants

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 6:45:37 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Sanity

A similar video from the Washington DC ACORN office has surfaced, but nobody is covering this story at all, except for Fox and the Wall Street Journal. Millions in government money (at least) is flowing to this corrupt organization and their crimes aren't being reported.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11881780/?q=ACORN&p=1&st=1&sm=user

http://search.cnn.com/search?query=acorn&type=news&sortBy=date&intl=false

Seems to me like many are covering this story. And you ar not getting any responses, perhaps, because no one is arguing. This is obviously an organization that is crooked, either at the ground level and needs alot of hlp... or at the top and needs to be closed down.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 7:31:49 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: maybemaybenot

So " refreshing " to see my tax dollars and stimulis money hard at work........
8 Billion to ACORN to advise people on how to break Federal Law.

mbmbn

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hA9b96qgu9MG_331xFUGcYvhOcLAD9AKO0I80

Can you show me where in the link you provided, or for that matter any source anywhere, that documents Acorn receiving 8 billion dollars?

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 7:41:16 AM

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Can you show me where in the link you provided, or for that matter any source anywhere, that documents Acorn receiving 8 billion dollars?
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Why, no, no I can't, rule. But if you look at post #4, you will see where I got that number.

Now, do you and SOT have anything of value to add to this topic ?

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 7:52:55 AM

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your numbers, or those in the article you cited, are not adding up.

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The corrupt manner in which members of congress are protecting ACORN ought to bring clearly to light just about every member of the Congressional Black Caucus for protecting ACORN, as well as making use of their services, and topped with the 8.9 BILLION dollars they have set up to fund ACORN with.

Other congressional members including Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, even the President of the United States, have protected ACORN, defended them, made use of their services, campaigned with for ACORN, and now are funding them to the tune of nearly 9 Billion dollars.

http://www.examiner.com/x-7715-Portland-Civil-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d10-ACORN-101-prostitution-tax-evasion-illegal-immigration-child-sex-trade

quote:

An Examiner review of federal spending data found that ACORN has received at least $53 million in federal money since 1994. A downloadable spreadsheet of the $53 million is posted on washingtonexaminer.com.

Scott Levenson, ACORN's national spokesman, said "we have received no significant federal funding." When asked by The Examiner about the $53 million, Levenson said: "If you listen to some of the Republicans who are going to get a billion dollars from the stimulus package, I'm still waiting for my share. Their claims are overinflated, this is a gimmick and an attempt to demonize ACORN."

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/special-editorial-reports/ACORN-got-53-million-in-federal-funds-since-94-now-eligible-for-up-to-8-billion-more-44406217.html

When numbers dont add up, we tend to question it.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 7:56:33 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: maybemaybenot

I very well could be off in that number... I used that number from the article below.
Googling further, I get all kinds of numbers from 100's of millions to billions.

http://www.examiner.com/x-7715-Portland-Civil-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d10-ACORN-101-prostitution-tax-evasion-illegal-immigration-child-sex-trade
snip:
Other congressional members including Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, even the President of the United States, have protected ACORN, defended them, made use of their services, campaigned with for ACORN, and now are funding them to the tune of nearly 9 Billion dollars

Again, can we have some proof of this funding?

The word of a conservative editorial writer who did not document her facts does not constitute proof.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 8:23:55 AM

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LOL.... Some of you are amazing. Nice little spin on how to refocus the conversation from the fact that ACORN is a corrupt organization.

Did I not say to Sanity, that my numbers could be wrong, did I not repeat that in my response to SOT ? Not only that they could be wrong, that after further reading I have no flipping idea the dollar amount ?

If I haven't been clear :

I PROBABLY AM WRONG IN HOW MUCH IN TAX DOLLARS THEY RECIEVE.

Again, I ask, do you have anything of substance to add to the actual topic ? This is my last respone to millions vs billions. My Dad always told me not to get into pissing contests with skunks. I will be happy to discuss the topic, however.

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RE: ACORN, Pimps and Ho's - 9/12/2009 8:30:45 AM

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Oddly enough, i also said they were corrupt. Guess that missed your notice as well.

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Seems to me like many are covering this story. And you ar not getting any responses, perhaps, because no one is arguing. This is obviously an organization that is crooked, either at the ground level and needs alot of hlp... or at the top and needs to be closed down

My post #14.

And no, you wiggled around the fact that your source didnt bother to do their homework, you were called upon it, and you danced around the issue instead of owning up to your mistake.

quote:

Just call me Barney Frank.

As for telling the difference.... um yes, I can.
Lemme clarify myambiguos linguistic skills for you, my friend :

- In OP I said 8 Bil
- Sanity said figure was wrong, more like millions
- I say hmmmm. thought I read 8 million... so I re read an article, sure enough, says 8 million.
- I Google a few more " ACORN, stimulus money :
- I read several results, seems there are differing dollar amounts: from millions to billions, depending on which source you read
- I conclude; hmm Sanity could be right, could be millions
- I respond as you quoted. Which should be interpreted as: could be millions, could be billions, not whether or not I have the ability to distinguish between millions and billions.

There fore : ACORN recieves tax monies and stimulus monies. I do not have any idea the dollar amout they recieve.

Your post #8

Here is a tip.... vet your own sources. If you have figures, they are easily enough to verify or debunk, not only for those who will call you on the inaccuracies, but easily enough for you to verify yourself before posting innaccurate information and having others question everything else.

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