NPR on ACORN: The Hard-Core Bigotry of Low Expectations
by Maura FlynnToday NPR took notice of the most recent ACORN scandal. Credit to Frank James for covering this story in a fashion that puts most of the MSM to shame so far.
“Instead of wasting its funds on lawsuits, ACORN might want to consider doing more intensive training of its workers and testing them with its own undercover testers.”
Unfortunately, Mr. James concludes his piece by indulging in what George Bush (or one of his speech writers) so eloquently referred to as “the soft bigotry of low expectations.”
“It’s also important to keep in mind that ACORN’s workers are coming from the same low-income neighborhoods the organization serves, with all that entails — poor schools, high crime and the sorts of social problems that have been documented for decades.”
“So the flaws conservatives are pointing out about ACORN are not so much problems associated with that organization per se but more about the problems of being poor and minority in urban America.”
It’s true that the neglect of school children in the inner cities and elsewhere is morally wrong and possibly criminal. It is arguably the systemic root of much of what ails America. And it’s true that liberal government policies dating back three generations have served to warehouse the poor while creating perverse financial incentives to underachieve, i.e. welfare policies that encouraged the poorest to forgo savings, to ignore career and college ambitions and to have multiple children outside of marriage. Even so, it is sick and condescending to assume that the poor and disenfranchised lack any moral compass. The aforementioned behavior, financially speaking, is perfectly rational — thanks to our government. The implicit suggestion that these people “don’t know better” than to abet child prostitution is the height of racism and arrogance.
Such lack of expectations born of liberal guilt is tragic, but telling.
This isn’t The Wire, Mr. James. These aren’t street level drug dealers at the mercy of a politically confused Drug War. These are employees of a government funded organization who blithely conspire to rape little girls. And I do thank you for pointing out who trained these people. Yes, ACORN did. But why fail to mention that this organization has yet to apologize, or to thank James and Hannah for bringing this horror to their attention?
I’m not asking for coverage from the mainstream media. I’m asking for their outrage.
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So if you're poor and went to a crappy government school you don't know that having sex with underage girls is immoral? Yeah, that makes perfect sense……if you're a liberal.
Excellent Maura
"I’m not asking for coverage from the mainstream media. I’m asking for their outrage."
Don't hold your breath.
Why do I find myself again underwhelmed by the hard boiled journalistic abilities of NPR. Of course they will side with ACORN. They are just a bit left of oh, say Putin….
And how much of the Stimulus was allocated for NPR?
Typical leftist/statist "rhetoric." Just who is pushing the "race" issue?…once again, the left. The suggestion that "poor," "low income" and/or "minority" individuals know no better than to facilitate/enable child prostitution (or prostitution in any form) is the penultimate admission of the left as to their regard for the "poor" and for "minorities." But, that doesn't really explain why these "poor" "minority" individuals also facilitate the child-sex trade, illegal immigration and efforts to defraud the federal government. Is such conduct a product of their upbringing and neighborhood too? Yeah, right.
Interestingly, for my own blog, I was watching the state-run media this evening to see if any of them reported/mentioned the ACORN issue. None did. But, CBS, in reporting on Rep. Joe Wilson, undertook remarkable efforts to cast all those who support Rep. Wilson as racist. Rather than re-state it here, read what the CBS report offered:
http://jacksonianlawyer.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/...
It's always someone elses fault….it's never "my fault" right?????
why don't we hold to our founder's values, mores, and "good will" to men????…..to keep this country safe….???? why is ACORN saying child prostitution is ok??? and also that black on black crime is acceptable in the lower income areas of the big cities???
they would be much safer being slaves!!!!!!!!!!!….and not dealing with thew drug dealing gansters!!! where most are under black on black opression!!!!! and fear of straying alive!!
at least the slaves knew they could wake up tomorrow moprning>….righyt??:
Moral compasses don't cost a cent.
Mr. James fails to realize that this is not about someone's education. It is a matter of knowing right from wrong. You don't have to be college educated to know that prostituting children is wrong. ACORN needs to be investigated. To say these employees are incapable of knowing right from wrong, because of their background, is an insult to the good people that live and work in the urban core.
Thanks Maura for pointing to the bias at NPR via Frank James. They are bound and determined to cover this from and angle that tries to make themselves look good at all cost. Even their journalistic reputations – or what's left of them.
Why is it all of these progressive moralist are near sighted? Truly the emperor has no cloths.
The only "low expectations" here is the criminals that use the poverty of citizens to gain. They should have set up schools , health clinics, clean up crews, activists to prevent drug traffickers, not allow one of their founders to steal over a million and then let him get away with it. It is no wonder we have a hard time trying to help the poor….organizations like this won't let anyone help, that is not their or mandate. Making money is…getting their own elected is.
I couldn't believe the list's of "don'ts" the the came up with. I guess we won't even be able to call call a spade a spade anymore…How sad for America…
Typical leftist drivil. The ACORN excs. know what is going on in the organization . Most likely they encourage the corruption.
Translation: They don't know any better.
But…but, uh….you're a racist!!
Every time a liberal says the word racist a kitten dies. Atleast we won't have to get all of them neutered. That should make Bob Barker happy.
Delete the 2 "the's" I meant to say "they"! Sorry!
“It’s also important to keep in mind that ACORN’s workers are coming from the same low-income neighborhoods the organization serves, with all that entails — poor schools, high crime and the sorts of social problems that have been documented for decades.”
So that makes it alright to aid and abet in breaking tax law, condoning prostitution, and the trafficking of illegal aliens into the country with the purpose of exploiting them as sex slaves. Oh well it all makes sense to me now. Duh.
4 (so far) distinct — and geographically diverse — offices with common approaches to the same scheme. This is more than a couple of bad apples. this is a learned behavior. And, it didn't come from public schools
Actually, near the end of the CBS Evening News w/ Katie Couric – they did:
1. Repeat what has been all over FOX for almost a week.
2. Forgot to include the 4th video
3. Did scoop us all on the Bertha Lewis (ACORN) interview – her statement likened to "McCarthyism is here" – if they can get that statement, who do you think is tied to the media within ACORN? And how liberal are they that Lewis trusts them?
4. Said the Census Bureau cut ties w/them (did they mention how long the story has been out there? (9/11 – this is 9/15)
5. Said the Senate confirmed a vote last night to cut off funds – gee, where did they get that info from? Possibly biggov't?
6. Failed to do any true investigative reporting of their own, nor ask the question of what do we do next?
I used 2 tv's and flipped between the channels every few seconds to see – truly a sad day in journalistic integrity.
And speaking of ACORN and those "poor," "low income" "minorities," I recently updated my blog to include a little bit of history about ACORN and their efforts to increase the federal minimum wage…for all but themselves – they said that they shouldn't have to comply with minimum wage requirements because, if they did, they couldn't afford to hire as many workers. Brilliant….once again though, do as we do, not as we say. The article, with the accompanying Washington Times article linked within, can be found below:
http://jacksonianlawyer.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/...
If you have low expectations, you can expect the bear minimum.
It seems like the MSM is in cahoots with these extreme leftists to drive the agenda because they believe the same things, or they know they must go along with the flow because once the radicals take over they would be history. I wonder which it is. Or is it both?
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Thanks for posting this.
I don't buy Frank's argument for a second. Even if you could explain away the extremes of the situation (prostitution, human trafficking) by simply attributing them to a declined sensitivity to lawbreaking by the "disadvantaged," the fact of the matter (and an angle I haven't really seen reported yet) remains that, since we've seen essentially the exact same behavior by ACORN employees in not only multiple offices, but now multiple *regions*, it's clearly evident that SOMEONE must be TRAINING these people in ways to circumvent the law. We have, in essence, been given a window into some of the inner workings of ACORN, and they stink to high heaven.
Frank even tries to brush off the notion that ACORN contributed to the housing crisis — what utter tripe! I seem to recall the exact phrase, "Honesty is not going to get you the house" having been uttered just recently by an ACORN employee…
Thank you all at this wonderful site for doing all that you are doing to help root out this cancerous corruption on our society. Let's crack these nuts and flush 'em out!!!!
It is past stupidity or any excuse you can come up with. If you're not with us, you're with them. This won't go away, if you're in the business you better take a stand. We the people will control your future, and believe me we will remember.
And they want the gov't to regulate radio and tv? Make us all watch NPR and PBS? Wasn't non-profit shown as a big failure by these two?
They already are slaves, or at least indentured servants – to the Rathke Brothers.
Being poor and a minority does not give you a pass on lacking morals and values.
I like nascar does that make me a racist or what?
Oh, so, ok then…CBS mentioned in closing and/or in passing…didn't see fit to lead the news with it. Might as well have not covered it at all.
Nicely said.
That's not a fair interpretation of the statement.
Rather, If you're poor and went to a crappy government school you don't know that helping someone sell underage girls for sex is immoral.
Thanks for this… this is another much needed piece to help present the whole picture of what is wrong with the whole nation. The great divide is growing and becoming more defined. Will be interesting to see what the eventual bridge will look like.
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I knew I should of taken typing in high school instead of Trig.! LOL My post reads like I'm stuttering!!! EDIT: I meant "they"and only one "call". Blame it on too much caffiene and lack of sleep from spending so much time on the Internet!!
It's like the NY Times burying it in the back of a section instead of on the top of the fold 1st page.
Mark Steyn nailed this concept in an article that is one of my favorites, entitled "Multiculturalists are the Real Racists":
"What a pity we're no longer capable of being 'judgmental' and 'discriminating.' We're told the old-school imperialists were racists, that they thought of the wogs as inferior. But, if so, they at least considered them capable of improvement. The multiculturalists are just as racist. The only difference is that they think the wogs can never reform: Good heavens, you can't expect a Muslim in Norway not to go about raping the womenfolk! Much better just to get used to it."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/736142/pos...
Oh, but The Messiah is the "great unifier"…this shouldn't be happening.
Yeah….right.
Mark Lamont Hill said, and then Bill O'Reilly repeated it later during his show, that O'Keefe has said they went to many ACORN places and got nothing. If this isn't true, someone that can reach them should let them know.
“…the soft bigotry of low expectations.” That sums up concisely why minorities have made insufficient progress since the Civil Rights acts, affirmative action, and subsequent legislation paved the way for a massive double standard which morphed into the toxicity of PC. Your sting shows just how parasitical this double standard is, sucking the real energy out of the country and its political processes. Instead of holding this President to the same standards and expecting him to endure the same rough and tumble politics and microscopic scrutiny all his successors dealt with, we now cannot legitimately criticize him or raise reasonable questions about his associations without the pop psychologists finding some racial motive. That is not only censorship but very dangerous for the country. Keep up the good work. If the consequences of your sting lead directly to the doors of the White House, so be it. He's just as subject to the law of the land as was every other President.
Kinda like when angels get their wings at every bell ring?
As someone who works at an NPR station and was the local anchor for the afternoon show, All Things Considered, I am appalled by NPR's coverage. They started the afternoon with a fair report on the events that have happened (albeit without ALL the information), it went into a commentator saying that he felt that Obama and the things around him are being scrutinized with racial overtones, specially targeting Glenn Beck.
Honestly, I am one of the few (if not the only one) who believes that public radio should be funded by underwriters and the listeners, NOT WITH TAXPAYER MONEY. Today was a good example as to why.
I should also point out that I am one of the few conservative libertarians that work in public radio. So clearly my opinions are not the same as those that came out of NPR today.
Great piece Maura! You expect to much looking for outrage emanating from the MSM. Their nose is so far up Barry’s butt to expect something as silly as, hey? Maybe doing their job!
“So the flaws conservatives are pointing out about ACORN are not so much problems associated with that organization per se but more about the problems of being poor and minority in urban America.”
Kind of like Mr. James isn't an idiot per se; it's just that his reasoning skills are underdeveloped. And he's not a racist per se; he's just ignorant about the capabilities of urban black people.
Sorry for the grammar mistakes in my last messages. Wrote these in a hurry. At work now, so didn't want to get myself into trouble.
Is there another example of the MSM owning up to their bias to this extreme?
The Boomers need to realize that they will NOT be writing their own history. In the meantime, anyone up for some phony Beatlemania? Pathetic.
oops my bad.
Bravo!
And all the Human Rights organizations? The hypocrisy is getting so thick out there soon going outside is going to feel like walking through glue.
I am extremely outraged at this situation and think that the Government should immediately cease funding ACORN and their SEIU/ACLU/AFL-CIO/UMW..etc. buddies. This is not to say that we should not have compassion for those who are simply pawns of the failed Progressive Agenda that we have allowed to engulf our Nation over the last 100 years.
And George Bush. (that's the left's answer to everything these days, that and Shut up. lol)
Ms. Flynn,
Stunning blog! Exactly on point!
One of the things I learned from the book The Bell Curve, written by scholars who admit being both conservative and libertarian, is that one of the main things that makes the ghetto so terrible is the fact that efforts to find and educate every capable person, and get them out of the ghetto, has been so successful. Everybody smart enough to function in the normal society the rest of us live in, gets the help they need to get out… and what you are left with (and this is borne out by testing) is a very homogenously incapable group. And nobody's ever been able to make a dumb person smarter, not by any means, ever.
It sucks, but it is what it is. I recommend the book to anyone who wants non-ideological answers to why things are the way they are. If everybody knew what "real" sociology shows our policies would be much different. Bush's education policies are just as antiscientific as the liberals are. We need to be less ideological and more scientific about this.
You don't have the be educated to have morals.
Zounds! A non-uber-lib at NPR? There's hope yet!
We need to follow James and Hannah's lead and take action. Tea Party people, start picketing your local ACORN office, make you local media take note, we need to keep the pressure on until an investigation is conducted and concluded… I am sure there are plenty of email distribution list already created from locally rally's and bus trips to DC this past weekend.. uses your resources and take a stand!
Careful. First you start using actual facts and next thing you know, you'll be pilloried as a racist.
I remember when the Fairness Doctrine was passed back in the Jimmy Carter Days. I can't remember anything being fair. Some major simularities between Carters Admin., and Husseins Admin., right down to Saul Alinsky
Did CBS happen to mention that ACORN was operating illegally in Maryland?
If the KKK had put in motion a plan to keep the African American "in their place", no plan or execution of that plan would have worked any more perfect than the influence of Liberalism in their culture. The African Americans have been in the complete influence and womb of Liberal influence for the past 40 years. The Conservative/Libertarian movement has had zero, zip , nada influence in the African American culture and we see the fruits of Liberalism…the keeping of the slave on the plantation…restricting education, convincing them there can be no advancement, and certainly no self reliance.
Any KKK Grand Dragon would be proud of the Liberals success.
Frank James is Black. Calling him racist is kind of dumb.
JL,
Thanks for the link, however, I won't be clicking it because I'm fed up and sickened by the left's clear strategy to shut us up. I get the sense it's not going to work this time. Damn the Torpedoes. Full Steam Ahead.
Give the poor a chance: Get rid of the white plantation owners–The Rathke Brothers and Andy Stern for starters.
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Will we be able to buy vinegar anymore?
Interesting that NPR found it easier to attribute ACORN's disgusting behavior as one of that… certain element that works there (at only the lowest level of course) – and those pathetic, nose-hold-worthy neighborhoods they camp out in. They cannot fathom that ACORN is rotten to the core. A bad seed thru and thru.
This latest installment just makes me sick. SICK!
Liberalism is all about cultivating and then pandering to the low expectations/standards of the masses.
That's a basic Marxist concept and it is sickening.
"Embrace Marxism? YES! WE! CAN!" at http://firebreathingchristian.wordpress.com/2009/... fleshes out some of the Obamaism/Marxism concepts.
Keep fighting the good fight!
in the Great Depression everyone was poor, parents still taught there kids right from wrong, so dont blame it on being poor.
Another thing – I saw that Charles Gibson tried to pretend he knew nothing of this scandal and then when he heard that the story involved various bits of bloody nastiness he said that those sorts of things are better left to the cable stations.
That putz seemed rather in love with nightly reporting of the Catholic church scandal.
Outrage indeed Maura! Adios MSM freaks.
Goverment can not give any one pride, one must earn it.
And once again when in doubt use the I'm a poor person who comes from a poor community and I don't know any better?….. If you don't know this type of behavior is wrong then guess what your part of the problem. And we need to spray some chlorine on that gene pool. And…. there are alot of poor people that come from the low income areas that focus and apply themselves and do very very well. So well in fact, that when they get to collage they discover they have an advantage because they are from these areas our government will buy there education. So does where your from give you an automatic excuse and say well I'm from the "ghetto" and don't know any better? Hell no it all comes down to right and wrong and Maura your wrong!!!! Get a grip know I and my fellow Americans loath you.
And, where are all those poor neighbor hoods and lousy schools located? In blue cities and states, controlled by Liberal Democrats.
Spot on!!!
Ms. Flynn, these are terrific sentiments, well expressed. Thank you for the excellent write-up!
Pretty soon the only one left will be PETA – until we have time to deal with them. Because unlike them, we put people first, not animals. (Just had to throw them under the bus like N.O.W. – sorry)
Like Hugo Chavez too – OOPS! That makes me racist against Latinos.
I personally have been boycotting CITGO in my area because it gets it's gas/oil from Chavez.
Of course not. They only pulled the stuff they could USE off biggov't website.
SEEMS? SEEMS? I really don't mean to sound rude but…where have you been for the last 10-20 years?
Nancy27C: You raise and excellent question where is N.O.W.???
And last night I had to note that my NY senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, did NOT vote to cut off funding to ACORN. From this I have concluded that Gillibrand, who now labels herself as a Progressive, supports fraud, tax evasion and child prostitution.
Kirsten take a good hard look in the mirror and really think about the kind of future you are creating for your young children. In my eyes, for failing to scream with outrage at these issues, you have branded yourself to be a pathetic human being. Or maybe less than human.
Very logical, well crafted argument structured for broad appeal: well done! I'm relieved that this organization's criminal behavior has been exposed. Now, pressure must be increased so that observers can follow the puppet strings all the way to the head of the organization, where the criminality originates.
Mr. James that is the most pathetic excuse for lack of reasoning that I have ever read. Show me one DAMN comment that a Conservative made about the ACORN employees? Honestly, how fucking stupid are you? Do you really think that this about "whitey" conservatives coming down on alledgedly uneducated ACORN employees? Everything I saw from those videos showed employees with a grand knowledge of the tax code! As a matter of fact the only racist comments I have seen made were from liberals trying to spin this story. This story is about YOUR tax dollars being wasted as well as MINE, and the moral depravity that was being propagated. And to take your argument, ACORN are the morally depraved that are serving the poor and spreading their filth to the poor. Use your head goofball, and then when you do, grow a pair!
My apologies all for the language.
This is nonsense:
“It’s also important to keep in mind that ACORN’s workers are coming from the same low-income neighborhoods the organization serves, with all that entails — poor schools, high crime and the sorts of social problems that have been documented for decades.”
Liberal Democrats have been in control of most big city governments and school in this country, not Republicans. Liberal policies have been responsible for keeping people on welfare — look where the opposition to welfare reform came from.
Hey – she's my senator too – of course not by vote – by a carpetbagger (Hillary) appointing her. IDK – but her office is getting flooded. I personally have a lot of phone calls to make tomorrow between her and Michael Arcuri. Schumer is just trying to save his political ass.
BooHoo, Mr. James. I'm all out of give-a-$#!%.
Let me translate Mr. James' Liberal BlameSpeak for you: "ACORN hires crooks and thieves because that is the business they are in.".
ACORN people are using there playbook, is it posted somewhere on this site?
It's amazing to me how someone like "Carter" (Just heard his comments) about racism and Obama). The comment about racist in the south was typical of him and very in appropriate. Speaking as someone from the South he has no right to speak for ALL people from the south.
If someone in government, even if it is the president, and he doesn't run the office any better than a failed corporation, then he needs to be out of office and quick. I wouldn't vote for a person because of their color but rather for the job he SAID he was going to do. It's unfortunate that the color of the man in office because I believe he has set his race back well over 100 yrs.
What he is doing is bad for any race. That isn't being a raciest. People need to go back and look up the meaning of the word and apply it correctly.
They want to fine talk radio 100% of their operating costs if they aren't diverse enough and give it to NPR.
Its a wonderful life aint it ?
We need to stop the cycle of these predators who prey on the most vulnerable in society. Especially when they use government funding to do it, which really means that I am funding it!
If you haven't already seen this site, it is really good and states how horrible ACORN treats it employees. It includes information about how they wouldn't allow their workers to unionize, but expect the rest of the private sector to unionize.
http://www.rottenacorn.com/downloads/060728_badSe...
The people of the USA are not trying to stop Obama. They are trying to stop the liberal ruinous policies that he is selling. Liberals ALWAYS resort to name-calling and looking for excuses and taking things personally rather than looking at the reality…LIBERAL/SOCIALIST PROGRAMS DO NOT WORK! This is proven over and over all around the world.
I know – but it doesn't make sense. Although, that would open it up to charging those same fees to the MSM, wouldn't it? By my count, that would be fair.
The remark that Hannah made about her prior pimp abusing her is a hint that Hannah knew that Tresa might spill on her own abusive husband that she killed. This is a remarkable bit of intelligence that the interviewers must have been informed about perhaps by an internal source. A wild idea I have is that the FBI was the source of this intelligence, and they passed it on to Breitbart to publicize, since it might be easier to fight this fight on television using Fox rather than being hamstrung by the Attorney General and Obama. The next three videos will prolly nail Obumma directly.
No apologies needed!
I've been wanting to type that language all day long. And I've been saying a lot of it since this story broke!
Good on Ya!
How can the MSM report on this when they are all still in ALASKA
Is it racist to be opposed to child prostitution?
Of course. thats because this website kicks A.
cant tell you how nice it is to have this site up. love it.
Of course they used the info on biggov't. thats because this website kicks A.
cant tell you how nice it is to have this site up. love it.
What else would you expect from this class of people ? This country has turned its head for to long and just let this kinda thing slip by . Its high time we had higher expectations .
Yeah, isn't it just like having our own reality TV show?
Quite coincidentally the "Fairness Doctrine" only applies to radio. Somehow radio waves are "public" but TV waves are private. Wonder how it worked out that way….oh yeah, Congress.
the most vulnerable in society . You mean the tax payers don't you ?
Whatever happened to the American way, the American dream; rising from meager roots, from poverty, from tragedy? Whatever happened to striving to better oneself; endeavoring to persevere? These people are content with starting at the bottom, and sinking further…………….
It no longer washes. WE don't buy that argument any longer, any more than we buy the insult that we are RACIST.
WE, are NOT RACIST! They are…………
Caution: Urban black hole warning
The Baltimore employees live and work in the "no snitching central". This culture severely pollutes any humanist approach to problem solving. It's the "us for them" culture. Its how the schools get dominated by local radicals. Its how the distrust of the police is perpetuated.
The worst offenders are the multi billion dollar foundations that continue to fund the research that fosters this culture as unique and worthy of protection.
Why would employes of ACORN break the law as part of their duties? It makes no sense for an employee to do this unless ordered to by the organization. Its RICO time!
I have worked for a few companies and cant imagine why I would risk jail by breaking the law in order to help the company.
Putin is a member of the hard core right. He is not a leftist in any sense of the word.
Yeah , everyone knows that you have to be white to be a racist !
So true brother… The amazing thing is some of them that come from the low income areas do get it. They work hard apply themselves and build a future for themselves. I served with so many good people of all races that I know this to be true. But, there are those that would rather use an excuse then get up at 6 AM in the morning and go to work the way most people do everyday. And then they pull the race card and say we were enslaved or some crap like that (they were never happened a long time ago). Are they saying there not smart enough to compete? I think not they would never say that they are just lazy pure and simply. Let the truth be heard!!!!!
Charles Krauthamer said it best earlier tonight when commenting on the race issue as pertains to Maureen Dowds inflammatory comments surrounding Joe Wilson. He stated that Ms. Dowd "heard" the word "boy", he further stated that in his previous career, he had many "patients" who heard such voices, and they could usually contol them with medication……………..
Maura:
It appears you need a job and a haircut.
What part of ACORN IS A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION do you not understand?
Won't cats become extinct — very soon?
This paints a perfect picture of the left’s racist elitist mentality. While they say that these poor/minorities are a product of society and therefore, do not know any better than to promote prostitution, fraud, and the threatening of someone’s life, the right expects decency in spite of environment in an attempt to promote a better society. To say that people are products of society disregards free will, which is their dream…a society of people without the will to fight back. Keep the pressure on!
Where are the Republicans on all this? Granted, they have pretty much sucked as far as a conservative party goes, but that's what we're stuck with right now. Where are they? Why aren't they raising a big noise over ACORN? Why aren't they pushing back on the "racist" accusations? We know this isn't about race, so why aren't they showing some righteous ire? Glenn Beck is doing more to put the Democrats in their place than the whole Republican party combined. Surely Michael Steele could have a choice word or two about conservative Americans being called racist.
Egads!!! To correct the deficiencies in the community you identify, recognize and condemn them but not facilitate them. That is why Bill Cosby rocks and Rev Jessie Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Rev Right's community remain as it has for decades. They prosper while their community spirals into an even more dysfunctional society.
there are a few good repubs out there. we will have to see if any of the others stand up for what they say they believe. if not, they should go too.
Boo hoo, have pity on the poor people. They are just products of their environment. Being poor gives you the excuse that extortion, fraud, prostitution, sex slavery, and abuse of minors are the norm so they can't be held accountable. What a bunch of bull! Criminals should be arrested. Illegal activities in a government sponsored organization should result in federal funds being withdrawn. Activities and behaviors that are illegal should prompt local authorities, federal authorities, and congress itself to conduct extensive investigations of ACORN.
Jeremy: Thier behavior has just set them back to pre-1964.
From Hannah's piece on the science of the operation:
Key phrase: Organized Corruption.
Precisely. We might also fairly say "Normalized Corruption". Yes, actually, now that I'm thinking of what this is, I'll hammer it out: What has Hannah revealed? There is a system here: there is, we have now seen, a vicious circle, right!–a culture is influencing and establishing a system, that system is protecting, feeding that culture:
Normalized Corruption –> Organized Corruption –> NORMALIZED CORRUPTION –> ORGANIZED CORRUPTION
Similarly, there is an umbrella over it all: a class of, well, the most precise word I can think of is snobs, high-minded snobs who are unwilling to fathom that anything conservatives generally believe could be true. Snobs. Snobs too poisoned to be generous in thought, to reconsider. And they too have a culture and a system that reinforces itself. Looking down their noses, Frank James, Charlie Gibson, et. al embody that culture, that system.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
I give 2-8 guys a job that are considered "poor" by some standards depending on how business is going. To say that because they are "poor" and therefore they are inherintly "bad" is insanity. I have known these men for years and trust them alone at my house and also with my truck. What does there level of income or area of town have to do with what kind of morals they have???
No sir… I mean the poor people… we enable the perpetuation of misery by the very programs we operate. We all rely on the government to help our neighbor because we are either too busy or better, too lazy to do it ourselves. It is OUR INDIVIDUAL responsibility to help someone in need… BUT that does not mean simply giving them a handout! It may mean helping them to make tough choices on how to use limited resources!
Amen!!!
NYT finally covers the story, makes "conservatives" the primary focus: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/us/politics/16a...
Ummmmmmm, how about abetting prostitution? Tax fraud? Mortgage fraud? How about permisiveness toward physically assaulting underage illegal immigrant prostitutes?? And murder ("I have no problem with killing people")? How about political connections?
How about, NYT, taking your head out of your old gray lady ass for a change??
You mean like the "Thousands Protest in D.C." headline on page 37 Sunday?
Exactly!
Or like: The economy is coming back. (9.7% unemployment)
No, your comment is dumb.
No, not a word. I watched the whole thing. They were one video/city behind too. The video was out 1.5 hours before their show, so no excuse. (5pm at least because I logged on at top of Glenn's show)
The video of the woman (Tresa) in San Bernandino, CA shows her boasting of running a "service" (a brothel or call girl service) and earning $15,000 a WEEK without paying a dime in taxes. With that kind of income, this particular white ACORN employee certainly doesn't qualify as "poor", "minority" or "low-income".
Has MSNBC covered this story yet?
“Instead of wasting its funds on lawsuits, ACORN might want to consider doing more intensive training of its workers and testing them with its own undercover testers.”
By the looks of things I think they have already done intensive training. With more intensive training would they get into the drug trade by chance, or is that already on tape?
Another idiot heard from: Jimmy Carter just voiced his opinion; as if it would be relevant. Another buffoon.
PIRG does this too. I worked for them for one day 4 or 5 years ago and got a check from a class action lawsuit that they didn't pay minimum wage!
My job that I quit after one day? To stop people in the streets of NYC and give them a spiel about some dopey liberal cause (I decided to do green energy, I just didn't understand why their literature was so anti-nuke, always thought that was the greenest o_O Probably should've gone with the gay rights group instead…), and guess what the best part is? Once you get like $40 bucks, you get to keep like 40% of any extra dough you bring in! And your group leader gets like 20%! And their boss gets a cut too! And like a couple bucks also goes to some stupid liberal cause! I was so happy I only brought in 2 bucks the whole day, and I gladly took my extra 20!
The response by Mr. James is completely transparent. He has to admit that the ACORN is obnoxious, blames it on the urban environment these people were raised in and then tries to change the issue as a larger problem of the moral decay that exists in urban environment. Look at Wall Street, that's a pretty upscale place, Ivey league educations, nice cars, etc. Lotta misbehaving going on over there.
Nice try Mr. James. Loser.
PIRG does this too. I worked for them for one day 4 or 5 years ago and got a check from a class action lawsuit that they didn't pay minimum wage!
My job that I quit after one day? To stop people in the streets of NYC and give them a spiel about some dopey liberal cause (I decided to do green energy, I just didn't understand why their literature was so anti-nuke, always thought that was the greenest o_O Probably should've gone with the gay rights group instead…), and guess what the best part is? Once you get like $40 bucks, you get to keep like 40% of any extra dough you bring in! And your group leader gets like 20%! And their boss gets a cut too! And a couple bucks also goes to some stupid liberal cause! I was so happy I only brought in 2 bucks the whole day, and I gladly took my extra 20!
I was actually thinking that drug running was going to be the big reveal tonight. Instead we got a murderer! Well there's always tomorrow!
Wall street is filled with criminals because it's full of immoral white people. Inner-city minorities are criminals because it's their only way to get back at the thieving white man on Wall Street
Great quote on Hannity from John Rich about Jimmy Carter: "Jimmy Carter didn't matter when he mattered".
Race: Kanye West from Lenno. A blithering, drunken, drug addicted, ghetto animal…………..
I was thinking the same thing this morning. I was shocked that the lady( I do use that term very loosly ) admitted to complete strangers that she killed her husband. I saw Hanna on, darn it is getting late, ____ show this evening and they are looking into that aspect.
Speaking of RACE, I am curious what the GALS on the view think about this? Whoopie, Babawa? I wonder what O=pray Winfrey has to say?
Is ACORN Intentionally Structured As a Criminal Enterprise?
Staff Report
U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
July 20, 2009
Table of Contents
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
II. FINDINGS
III. THE ACORN HANGS FROM MANY BRANCHES
A.VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD
B.EMBEZZLEMENT
C. ORGANIZATIONAL MISMANAGEMENT
D. POLITICAL ACTIVITY
IV. ACORN USES ITS COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO FACILITATE
FRAUDULENT AND ILLEGAL ACTS
A. ACORN FAILS TO FULFILL ITS CORPORATE DUTIES
1. ACORN Breached Its Fiduciary Duties by Covering up Dale Rathke’s
Embezzlement
a) ACORN Violated ERISA
b) ACORN Breached Its Duty of Care
c) The Embezzlement Is An “Excess Benefit” Transaction Prohibited By
The IRS
2. ACORN Breached Its Corporate Duties by Failing to Abide by its Bylaws
3. ACORN’s Financial and Structural Mismanagement Has Led to Its Failure
to Uphold Its Corporate Duties
a) ACORN Lacks Quality Control in Hiring and Supervision of Employees
B. ACORN AND ITS AFFILIATES ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE IRS
1. Congress, In Regulating Nonprofits Intended Nonprofits As Not-for-
Politics
2. ACORN and Its Affiliates Violated Their Restrictions As Nonprofits
3. ACORN and Its Affiliates Engage In Substantial Lobbying Activities
V.CONCLUSION
VI. APPENDIX
VII. RICO ANALYSIS
http://www.capitalresearch.org/blog/wp-content/up...
Is ACORN Intentionally Structured As a Criminal Enterprise?
Staff Report
U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
July 20, 2009
Table of Contents
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
II. FINDINGS
III. THE ACORN HANGS FROM MANY BRANCHES
A.VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD
B.EMBEZZLEMENT
C. ORGANIZATIONAL MISMANAGEMENT
D. POLITICAL ACTIVITY
IV. ACORN USES ITS COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO FACILITATE
FRAUDULENT AND ILLEGAL ACTS
A. ACORN FAILS TO FULFILL ITS CORPORATE DUTIES
1. ACORN Breached Its Fiduciary Duties by Covering up Dale Rathke’s
Embezzlement
a) ACORN Violated ERISA
b) ACORN Breached Its Duty of Care
c) The Embezzlement Is An “Excess Benefit” Transaction Prohibited By
The IRS
2. ACORN Breached Its Corporate Duties by Failing to Abide by its Bylaws
3. ACORN’s Financial and Structural Mismanagement Has Led to Its Failure
to Uphold Its Corporate Duties
a) ACORN Lacks Quality Control in Hiring and Supervision of Employees
B. ACORN AND ITS AFFILIATES ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE IRS
1. Congress, In Regulating Nonprofits Intended Nonprofits As Not-for-
Politics
2. ACORN and Its Affiliates Violated Their Restrictions As Nonprofits
3. ACORN and Its Affiliates Engage In Substantial Lobbying Activities
V.CONCLUSION
VI. APPENDIX
VII. RICO ANALYSIS
http://www.capitalresearch.org/blog/wp-content/up...
Black people can't be racist? Did you see the video of the kid in St. Louis getting beaten by the black kids and the other black kids getting a big yuk? I grew up outside of Los Angeles in the seventies, as a white kid I have been beaten for riding down the wrong street in black neighborhoods and latin neighborhoods. Holder says whites are racial cowards? I can see why you call yourself "An Independent Mind".
I see an ACORN worker has logged on. Welcome. Surprised you can write. Well done. The inner-city schools aren't so bad after all.
Go out and raise hell and steal as much as you can. We need more moral thiefs. Time to get whitey.
I can see why Pelosi doesn't look into this. She created the same corporate culture in the HOUSE.
So how much money would we save if the federal govt defunded NPR??? With views like this please cancel asap!!!
I think the American criminal justice system shares Maura's ideology. How else could they not charge those black students in St. Louis that beat on the white kid on the school bus with a hate crime. Even the police chief initially said it was then had to walk it back. I am sure he talked to the DA which made him change his toon. I guess hate crimes are a one way street in which only white males can be charged.
You all should check out the court case that is going on right now in Knoxville, TN, where a young white couple was car jacked, taken hostage, and murdered by 4 black gang members. They gang raped the guy and shot him in the head and then spent 4 days raping the female before they put her in a metal drum to suffocate to death. Big surprise, none of the 4 suspects were charged with a hate crime.
attilaa: I have followed that case you cite in Knoxville, Tenn. There wer four black men, and a black woman. It is one of the most horrible things I ever read. I will not repeat it here. It was chilling! There were no charges filed for hate crimes, and the assailants expressed zero remorse. What we are witnessing is a total breakdown of the social fabric of civilized society.
Scum…..Filth….Trash…Corruption……Exactly what Hussein was birthed from, exactly what composes his DNA….
Sickness…………
As I think about your post it becomes so clear how the left has been playing on fear and hate to bolster their numbers. Just look how quickly they are to cry "racism" and to associate the right with "the man". Were these people able to see how they are being kept down by the very ones claiming to champion their cause they might understand just how long they have been played and to what ends. Think about the phrase " never let a good crisis go to waste". This also applies on the small scale as well. If they can keep you angry and confused you are easy to manipulate.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness(lies) for light and light (truth) for darkness; Who substitute bitter (rudeness) for sweet (respect) and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever in their own sight!
A reveling discussion that has needed to be truely discussed for a long time. Thank You,
As stated the problems of inner citys, resemble the citys of Russia after the cold war. A people whom have never had or experienced freedom had no clue as what to do with it. So chaos reigned. As with the American black community i see and believe that such a drastic change from debtor prison or slavery in Africa (which still continues to this day) to slavery in America to Freedom has left a vacuum of ideology for the black man. And Democrats shoving them into government housing,welfare payments, yes the black man has not had a chance in hell of assimilating into an American citizen. As America is not just a place but an Idea of freedom which the world does not truely understand, but desperately yearns for. Just look at our immigration v/s theirs.
As a conservative living amongst the left in Western Massachusetts, the silence from my "enlightened" neighbors and colleagues has been deafening when it comes to corruption in this administration. They turn a blind eye to the daily scandals of Obama and company, while still drudging up stale old rhetoric about George W. Bush, Karl Rove etc., etc. It's truly astonishing.
Well Said!
Next, it won't be "racist" but paternalistic – the left will be sure to point out these are all women.
BY THE WAY – WHERE IS N.O.W. (National Org. for Women) Shouldn't they be extolling how corrupt ACORN is by using women to prop up these illegal activities fro the benefit of 2 white men? (Rathke brotheres)
If poor schools are to blame then get rid of Dept. of Education. Test scores have been going down sense they started meddling. Give education back to the states!
Big Government stay away from our children!
This is truly an incredible moment in American journalism, I think. My head is spinning from it all!
As the drama continues to expand and intensify, I thought it would be a good time to humbly submit a request to those of you who are coming at the culture war from an overtly Christian perspective. If the Christian element here makes you uncomfortable, please accept my apologies and just scroll right on past this note and on to the next…
If you're still here, my request is this: Please pray for Theresa, Bertha and every other ACORN advocate that we've come to know through this most important and still evolving story. They are hurting. They are scarred. They need our prayers.
The importance of this is expressed in "Pray for Theresa" at http://firebreathingchristian.wordpress.com/2009/...
I greatly appreciate your patience with my posting this here. Keep fighting the good fight! As Hank Hanegraaff has wisely said, "Prayer is firing the winning shot."
This woman has expressed and summed up the issue so truthfully and eloquently. Blame will not reverse nor remedy the past Congressional policies going back to LBJ and The Great Society. Currently we are asking for responsible actions by Congress to initially cease all funding of this cancerous operation and immediately investigate it from top to bottom. CONGRESS ?? Where art thou ? Better stand up or you will stand out in 2010.
Lead
I did not know there were Dems in Israel at the time of Isiah!
[...] NPR jumps to defend ACORN [...]
Good news, I was infuriated and called her office around 2pm. Took about 30 tries before I got a ring, 10 minutes on hold. This was well before you got the late afternoon news rush. She's toast, and I told her aide to let her know. It's too bad she won't even last through the Primary because she'll get beat by anyone now.
By the way, I asked the aide how she could support this group? He replied that she is concerned about the thousands of foreclosures in New York. I asked if he was aware that ACORN is in fact responsible for many of the bum mortgages? He didn't know. He also wasn't sure if Gillibrand supported the Catholic Church in their efforts to cover up their underage sex scandals.
PIRG does this too. I worked for them for one day 4 or 5 years ago and got a check from a class action lawsuit that they didn't pay minimum wage!
My job that I quit after one day? To stop people in the streets of NYC and give them a spiel about some dopey liberal cause (I decided to do green energy, I just didn't understand why their literature was so anti-nuke, always thought that was the greenest o_O Probably should've gone with the gay rights group instead…), and guess what the best part is? Once you get like $40 bucks, you get to keep something like 40% of any extra dough you bring in! And your group leader gets like 20%! And their boss gets a cut too! And a couple bucks also goes to some stupid liberal cause! I was so happy I only brought in 2 bucks the whole day, and I gladly took my extra 20 from the lawsuit!
Nice work Ms. Flynn.
"…liberal government policies dating back three generations have served to warehouse the poor while creating perverse financial incentives to underachieve"
Excellent!
"I’m not asking for coverage from the mainstream media. I’m asking for their outrage."
Knocked it out of the park!
"Credit to Frank James for covering this story in a fashion that puts most of the MSM to shame so far."
Huh? Frank James and NPR did a SHIT JOB of covering this, pardon the french! NPR has done almost NOTHING to cover this SCANDAL in a way thar would really reach the public, and this particular article's title feeds supports the DIVISENESS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF ITS "AFFILIATES" PURPOSELY CREATE:
'ACORN Versus Conservatives' A Battle To The Death?
This is NOT about ACORN vs. CONSERVATIVES but rather ACORN VS. HUMANITY.
This is about HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. here, some of the best reader comments on James' article at NPR (and yes, I saw your comment there too, Ms Flynn):
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This outfit has gone off the tracks. Embezzlement, voter registration irregularities, attempts to circumvent minimum wage laws. Their very existence now — what they have become — puts at risk the efforts of those more responsible and more praiseworthy. There are right ways and wrong ways to bring about change, all kinds of change — not just social causes. The wrong path is too treacherous, because there are landmines on it, things that can set back the whole journey.
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Martin Luther King would be disappointed with this article and the happenings within this organization. It is not a coincidence that this advice was given to open a prostitution ring and bring under age girls from El Salvador illegally into this country and call them dependents! There is something inherently wrong within this organization, even if it's not written in some policy statement, they have some unwritten rules within their culture that somehow make it acceptable to bamboozle the American tax payers out of our hard earned tax money with pimps, voter registration fraud, embezzlement, corruption and the like. It's a pattern and despite any good the organization may provide, it is over ruled by their deceit and deception of their purposes to community organize. It's truly disappointing and discouraging to say the least that NPR can't use truth as its compass in developing this story.
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It's all about their organizational culture of unwritten rules which guide the individuals within this organization. I guess according to NPR, the end justifies the means, even if that includes pimps, prostitutes, and calling under age girls from El Salvador dependents, voter registration fraud, embezzlement, corruption of politicians, and the like! Really, MSM should be ashamed of their coverage of this issue and that includes NPR. The question remains why MSM and NPR aren't ashamed of their veiled assumptions about those who don't agree that these rules and the end justifies the means should be everyone's guiding principles? If these are the rules, and that's how you play the game, I believe most American's won't want anything to do with this organization, or anyone associated with it.
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The very best spin that could be put on this is that Acorn is out of control, and that's being really kind. These folks get a lot of federal money. Also questionable is the startling lack of media coverage outside of the Fox News crowd. This is certainly more important than some jerk taking the microphone for a few minutes at a music awards.
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Mr. James and NPR should realize that this story is not about conservatives or FOX News. It is about ACORN, a corrupt organization.
The sparse biased coverage (cover-up) given by NPR and other media outlets may turn out to be an even bigger story. Why aren’t you asking some reporter like questions? For starters: How did ACORN become this dysfunctional? What government agency audits tax dollars going to ACORN? What investigations will this spark? So far we have seen tax fraud, loan fraud, prostitution, illegal immigration of minors for prostitution and let’s not forget conspiracy. How bad does it have to get for Mr. James and NPR to be outraged at ACORN?
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Like many others, I find the silence of most print and television media in regard to the ACORN scandal absolutely amazing. I can recall no other scandal of this magnitude to play out almost entirely over the internet. Here we are, almost a week after the news broke, the Senate has already voted to defund ACORN, but where is the press?
Isn't using tax dollars to provide advice on how prostitutes and wannabe crooked politicians can cheat on their taxes, avoid the Mann act, and fraudulently obtain mortgages just a bit over the top?
Unless you have difficulty understanding basic ethics, this isn't a political issue. ACORN does not deserve another dime of government money.
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Btw – can you tell me when NPR will be reporting on this story? I see you've carried over some AP news feeds, but it appears (correct me if I am wrong), that NPR has produced no stories of their own. Might it not be important considering ACORN (like NPR) receives taxpayer funding? I'm not a journalist, so excuse my naivete, but when the Census Bureau cut ties for the 2010 census, I would have thought that was news. I guess not.
I was featured in a piece by NPR "A Giant Pool of Money" on this American Life, I spoke very candidly about my involvement with the sub prime markets and subsequent crisis. In one of our many conversations i spoke [using 20/20 hindsight] about how wall street was telling us that the only thing important was fico score, and that in hindsight "these people didn’t have a pot to piss in" well they conveniently left out the part about hindsight and made it look like those who were involved in this crisis did it out of malice. Well they called me to do a follow up interview this week, where i plan to grill them on there bias, and bring up topics like this, and how Jaun Williams claims that anyone who does not support obamacare is racists. I will also be taping the entire interview. So lets see what is said and what makes it to the radio! updates to come…
This is an important issue and illuminates decades of abuse within the
Welfare Industry. That is exactly with this is about. The Welfare Industry.
It is a self supporting industry with no intention of solving real issues. The
ACORN organization didn't train their workers to give instructions on how
to PLAY the SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM was already in place, training all those
in the lower strata of this society, to receive all the goodies by becoming teen
aged mothers, dropping out of school, becoming gangstas, working up to the
goal of slumlord. Just take a peek at what the welfare agencies pay for rent
for the underprivileged vs. fair market value. I sincerely doubt anything will
be followed up and resolved in any of this. The members of the ACORN
were just stupid and got caught. So we'll have a witch burning this October
presented by our News Entertainment Organizations. The inbedded systematic
corruption and increasingly ravenous organizational pyramids of big government
will never go away.
With all the talk about us being racist is MSM trying to start a race war? It sure looks like it to me.
Yes i think there are a few repub. standing up an remembering who they are,i just hope they are up to the task before them now an in the years to come, we have went to far from our roots, an what made this country, i for one want it back.
Wow. A number of topics were hit on this board. First, with respect to ACORN, the organization should be thankful these acts were exposed. As an entity whose goal it is to help neighborhoods, assisting this type of illegal activity contradicts the very objective of the entity itself. The problem on the right or the left is the lack of objectivity. If something is exposed by the “opposition”, the other side concerns itself too much with mounting a defense as opposed to focusing on the merits of the issue. Everyone should be disturbed and outraged by this.
We need to stop talking about African Americans as if they are a homogenous group. They are diverse by class, occupation, ideology, biology, geography, etc. What I know both anecdotally and statistically is that there is an established black middle class in this country that sees an increasing values gap with those in poorer communities. My intent isn’t to inject class warfare into the mix, but rather to point out that this community of folks is likely even more outraged than anyone posting here.
lol, you should have noticed my sarcasm by my ability to write a coherent sentence!
Ms Couric explained why she took so long to do a story on ACORN. she cannot see an ACORN office from her house. However, since this story is also being seen as a defining example of Media Bias, I was wondering how she finally decided to cover the ACORN story.
Once again we hear the victom card about intercity people and the "soft bigotry of low expectations"
This is true racism, low expectations from their own senators, congressmen and people.
Who is it that continues to hold these intercity people down? Not me.
It isn't these ladies on tape who are corrupt, it is their bosses who gave them the checklists and rules.
So help me understand, am I a racist. or a victomizer?
Sadly I am not,either but Wade and his sticky fingered brother are. They are the white massa's and by the way, they are Obama's buddies not mine.
Stay tuned.
Thank you Maura, for pointing out two things
1. Lack of money doesn't denote a lack of morals
2. Assuming that it does is one of the worst forms of bigotry, and does the entire citizenry a disservice.
Much like the unions, i'm certain ACORN started out as a good organization with good intentions, but has grown into something that hurts its population as much as it helps it.
[...] Hat tip: Big Government [...]
I watched O'Keefe on an interview and he said they expected a couple of "gotcha!" moments, but uncovered the illegality instead. I don't recall him making a comment about offices that did not help engage n criminal activity.
That was a beautiful commentary by Mr. Krauthammer, as usual…
Did an updated story on Sen. Burris on my own blog….no surprise really that he wants to continue funding these degenerates.
http://jacksonianlawyer.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/...
got me
In the Army, one who is a private is expected to know nothing more than privates know. Privates take advantage of this low expectation by claiming ignorance as an excuse for wrongdoing and sloth. It seems the left believes that poor urbanites are of cut from the same cloth as Army privates and should thus enjoy the same benefits of low expectations.
I guess what this means is that the person you robbed or beat up is justified because you live in the same neighborhood with them. Duh
The crimes comitted by ACORN are potentially 'Predicate Acts' subject to prosecution under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Chapter 96 of Title 18 of the United States Code, 18 U.S.C., widely known as the RICO Act. Any criminal activity within a federally funded organization warrants prosecution under this act. Further, there is a provision in the RICO Statute for private parties to file suit in state or federal court. Both the federal and civil components allow for the recovery of treble damages. (damages in triple the amount of actual compensatory damages.) This could mean that ACORN can be sued in a class action by Americans.
What condescending Bull that is. So if your poor and grew up in a bad neighborhood, you must be too stupid to understand the difference between right and wrong, lawful and criminal behavior. Come on – give me a break!
"Such lack of expectations born of liberal guilt is tragic, but telling."
Elitist-imposed guilt is at the very heart of today's cultural struggle. It is anathema to anyone who is intellectually honest and willing to take personal responsibility for his own actions. It is the strength, confidence, and independence of such individuals (the heretofore silent majority) that drives the Left mad.
An intelligent view of the race card. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej6BlbNWQYU
Perhaps the Pharisees and the Sagasees were the first democrats. Either way, they certainly don't have the monopoly on lying.
I grew up on welfare, food stamps, every form of government assistance that was available for my parents (my dad was disabled, couldn't work). Yes, it was tough, but I did not grow up to be morally bankrupt. I did not grow up believing that the ends justifies the means, that it's okay to break the law if doing so means that you'll have better things.
Instead, my poor parents taught me the value of hard work. I got scholarships and worked three jobs simultaneously, so that I could go to college and improve my life. I am absolutely horrified that anyone thinks that counseling someone else on how to break the law could possibly be excused by coming from a background like mine. Impoverished inner-city kids know all about morality. Don't let the liberals lie to you on that count.
ACORN – ALSO CALLED OBAMAS RADICAL NUTS
If you think that being black, of Japanese, or Nordic, prevents one from holding racist views, you are an utter fool.
Cowboy Logic: Yes, it IS racist if you use the handy definition of racism liberals employ, i.e., A racist is, any white person who disagrees with any black person for any reason. (from the book: An Unbridgeable Gulf).
I agree, the urban core that works hard to keep their values and is succeeding should be outraged.
The best way to let 'sticks and stones' fall along the roadside is to re-define a 'Racist' as someone who loves NASCAR, or goes to the Indianapolis or Daytona 500 (turn it around into something to laugh at)
This kind of 'training' and ease of 'fraud' has permeated everything. You have to be strong and just walk away. As the saying goes, 'Another bus will be by in 15 minutes'. That's what I did when working as an insurance biller for a Dentist. Several months into my job I was told that a friend was coming in and I needed to set up an 'Account'. He wanted me to take other people's x-rays and submit them as this patient's, falsify work done, get paid and he would split the money with the patient so she could pay for the cosmetic work that her insurance woud not cover. I DID NOT GIVE NOTICE….I PICKED UP MY BELONGINGS AND NEVER LOOKED BACK (of course I couldn't use them on my resume, but I could live with myself). It's tough not to just look the other way but after years of 'giving in' and having these haunting thoughts return when least expected I realized that peace of mind is best.
When that 'piece' on Jimmy C. runs again, take a look at the face of his wife. She looks like she wants the table to open up and swallow her.
[...] has more: NPR has been accused of racism by Liberals (see comments on the NPR website) andconservatives alike who deny that this is what black culture is all about. Yet look at the videos. The ACORN [...]
“So the flaws conservatives are pointing out about ACORN are not so much problems associated with that organization per se but more about the problems of being poor and minority in urban America.”
Excuses, excuses. Then, why not let stupid Creationists and other ignorant people on the Right off the hook? Why not say such people support stupid educational policies–like teaching ID in schools–because they are victims of poor education?
Why not let Neo-Nazi types off the hook? Oh no, the KKK isn't to blame. It is crazy and bigoted because our educational system has produced too many dumb white people. Excuses, excuses.
Btw, NPR is largely liberal Jewish. Jews arrived in the US with nothing and went from rags to riches. They didn't have other people making excuses for them, but so many rich liberal Jews make excuses for criminal blacks.
The problem is, God and the Bible have been removed, therefore all that people have is the unreliable writings of men.
WE ARE AMERICANS – http://www.resistnet.com/forum/topics/we-are-amer...
Hi James,
This may be of interest to you.
WE ARE AMERICANS – http://www.resistnet.com/forum/topics/we-are-amer...
Dave