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The trouble with politicians is they are eager to do only things that get them the most good press coverage. Look at what has happened in the last few days on two incidents.
The representative from South Carolina shouted during the president’s speech, which of course was way out of line and for which he is sorry for. But, the House wants to make a big issue of it via a reprimand, etc.
Yet, we now have a very serious issue concerning ACORN, which is a partially taxpayer funded organization with virtually no control. The taping clearly shows illegal and immoral advice, including how to evade taxes.
Some say it was a staged Republican propaganda. f so, why did some employees get fired. I understand other ACORN offices were visited with the same results. More employees fired.
Please tell us why this does not get serious quick attention, since it is affecting all taxpayers? Where is the FBI?
A. W. FLEMING
Grand Junction
8 Responses to “Forget Wilson, ACORN needs some media attention”
Posted September 14th, 2009 at 10:14 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
Mr. Flemming,
Good luck with getting this story out. The major news networks who were in Obama’s pocket from the beginning will never report on anything like this that puts egg on their faces for touting all the great work Obama did for ACORN. How right you are Mr. Flemming, let’s focus all the time, energy and our tax dollars on Wilson because he called Obama a liar, and rightfully so. Forget about ACORN wasting tens of billions of our tax dollars given to them by our government. I briefly browsed the CNN (Communist News Network) home page for this story and could not find it. I did find it on the MSNBC site as small one liner near the lower third of their home page. But Wilson, yep he has top billing on his story. And we wonder why this country is so screwed up. Listening to the liberal media and believing them as the gospel? The people in this country are awakening. Perhaps those in the US Senate have taken note of all the tea protests and the videos catching the ACORN scum on tape and got some intestinal fortitude and cut off ACORN housing funding by an 83 to 7 vote. Yes change we can finally believe in. We need to see more of the corruption exposed for what it is and the people can take their country back.
Posted September 15th, 2009 at 12:09 am Login to Send PM Report this comment
You’re right publiusco - the coverage on the recent scandal has been stunningly silent in the LeftStreamMedia (formerly the Mainstream Media). Found this on WSJ:
“Acorn received $1.6 million to provide housing assistance in its current fiscal year, which expires Sept. 30, and according to Republican lawmakers, the group has received $53 million in federal funding since 1994. It has been involved in advising lower-income people as the mortgage foreclosure crisis has deepened.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125298410509811027.html#mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
By COREY BOLES
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to prevent Acorn, an umbrella group of community organizers, from being able to bid for federal grant money.
The 83-7 vote came as Acorn — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — has been in the spotlight for hidden-camera videos in which Acorn employees give tax advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp. Prosecutors in Florida last week issued warrants for several Acorn employees on allegations they falsified voter-registration records last year, and on Friday, the Census Bureau severed ties with the organization as it prepares for the 2010 count.
A spokesman for Acorn didn’t return an email seeking comment on the vote. Earlier, a spokesman said Acorn would have no comment until the Senate acted.
Acorn received $1.6 million to provide housing assistance in its current fiscal year, which expires Sept. 30, and according to Republican lawmakers, the group has received $53 million in federal funding since 1994. It has been involved in advising lower-income people as the mortgage foreclosure crisis has deepened.
The measure preventing Acorn from qualifying for federal grant money was introduced by Sen. Mike Johanns (R., Neb.) as an amendment to a spending bill funding the departments of Housing and Urban Development and Transportation in fiscal 2010. The House-passed version of the spending bill doesn’t include such language.
It is the third time this year that Republicans have attempted to block Acorn’s eligibility for federal funds.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125298410509811027.html#mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
Posted September 15th, 2009 at 6:49 am Login to Send PM Report this comment
The reason liberals fear Fox news as much as they do is because it is the only television outlet where the full truth regarding this adminstration can be found. Are they biased in some of their programming? No doubt. But they are the only ones with a right wing bias whereas the Obama News Network, which encompasses ABC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, and CNN, will continually show its liberal bias.
And so it is in Fox last night where I got to see two Democratic Congressmen call Bush a liar on the floor of the House. And they were both admonished by the chair for doing so though no apologies were requested.
Is ONN (the Obama News Network) going to show any of that? I doubt it.
Posted September 15th, 2009 at 7:07 am Login to Send PM Report this comment
“Forget about ACORN wasting tens of billions of our tax dollars given to them by our government.”
according to Republican lawmakers, the group has received $53 million in federal funding since 1994.
Gosh darn, I didn’t realize 53 million was equal to tens of billions. I guess you learn something every day.
Oh, bullish. I don’t think liberals fear Fox news as much as they find it darkly humorous. Kinda like watching the movie, “Jackass”.
Posted September 15th, 2009 at 7:14 am Login to Send PM Report this comment
bullish–There’s a bit of a difference between calling the president a liar to his face during a nationwide address and calling the president a liar while you have the floor during congressional debates (and the president isn’t present). I suspect that’s why the other story didn’t get much press, and not so much the media bias (which I believe absolutely exists).
Posted September 15th, 2009 at 7:44 am Login to Send PM Report this comment
Bloch, according to House rules, you cannot call the president a liar on the floor of the House no matter what the occasion. The demand that this Congressman apoloigze on the floor of the House is not because he called the president a liar DURING a speech to the joint session, but that he called him a liar on the floor of the House.
Let me be clear, it was wrong for him to do so and he should have apologized, as he did. But it is disgusting that Democrats act as though they are pure as snow when it comes to this sort of thing and only Republicans break the rules. And it is wrong for the ONN to not report that calling the president a liar on the floor of the House has been done, in the not too distant past, by members of the other side.
Posted September 15th, 2009 at 7:46 am Login to Send PM Report this comment
duke: “Oh, bullish. I don’t think liberals fear Fox news as much as they find it darkly humorous. Kinda like watching the movie, “Jackass”.”
LOL.
Funny, duke, that humor doesn’t come across as such when liberals speak of Fox News.
But hey, if it helps Fox grow its audience by providing comedy to liberals, I think that’s great.
Posted September 17th, 2009 at 2:15 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
Speaking of liberal comedy, Jon Stewart nails the media for not covering the ACORN Scandal:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-september-15-2009/the-audacity-of-hos
More here:
http://community.gjsentinel.com/forums/topic.php?id=519&replies=11
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