Project Vote sues whistleblower: ObamACORN bully tactics exposed
Photoshop: Reader S.J.
The White House is on a witch hunt against inspectors general who blow the whistle on waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars.
And now, taxpayer-subsidized ACORN affiliate Project Vote — where President Obama cut his teeth as a community organizer and learned Leftist intimidation tactics up close and personal — is going after whistleblower Anita MonCrief and an anonymous “John Doe” defendant for posting invaluable documents that reveal the money-shuffling racket.
Obama. ACORN. Project Vote. Corrupt birds of a feather bully together.
The scoop: Project Vote has filed a federal lawsuit against MonCrief for blogging about her experience and knowledge of the non-profit 501(c)(3) organization’s partisan and political activities, including coordination with the Obama campaign. Project Vote seeks compensatory damages and exemplary damages “of at least $5 million” and all costs and attorney’s fees on trumped-up charges of “trademark infringement” and publication of “trade secrets.”
You don’t have to be a lawyer to see that this is a blatant act of retaliation. MonCrief has always been open and honest about her firing from Project Vote. The ObamACORN mob used the credit card incident as a pretext then and they are using it as a pretext now. The real reason they are going after her is because she poses a fundamental threat to ACORN’s criminal racket.
I’ve uploaded the entire 30-page complaint. Read it. Send it to your congressional rep. Spread the word:
This is what ObamACORN bullying looks like.
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The Examiner reports on ACORN’s efforts to evade accountability and sunlight by changing its name. Par for the course. And if you’ve been following Anita’s work online, you already know the m.o.
I’m reprinting in full one of Anita’s blog posts from February 6, 2009 during the stimulus debate to show how comprehensive her knowledge is of ObamACORN’s money-shuffling operations and political cunning. The Left is going to pour as much money into shutting her up as needed. Who is going to help Anita fight?
Friday, February 6, 2009
Has ACORN Become a Liability for Democrats?
Author/source: Anita Moncrief’s blogAs the Senate debates the stimulus package, there has been yet another flurry of articles and blogs regarding ACORN receiving federal funds. Many Republican Senators has spoken out against the possibility of ACORN receiving funding; including Ohio’s John Boehner, who has taken an admirable stand in the face of outright pressure and the inference that debating the bill will harm the economy and the American people.
However, the silence from the Democrats is deafening. Besides the courage of some middle of the road Dems to challenge the pork, no one seems to be asking the million dollar question: “Why is ACORN even around to be eligible for this money.” Conservatives love to raise the standard in election years, but quickly loose interest when the elections are over. The problem with this approach is two fold. First, as stated in previous blogs, ACORN is fully prepared to fight allegations of voter registration fraud. Actually they use the press coverage to demonstrate to the members and funders how fragile minority voting rights are and that Republicans want to challenge them at the polls. Like the Christian Bale movie The Prestige they have one amazing trick that runs for limited performances. In this case, its every two years. Not to say that you are not correct in the assumption that there are problems with the voter registration cards, as noted in a December 2006 report:
“In 2004, voter registration quality control lapses led to some 20 criminal investigations around the nation and private lawsuits in Florida and Ohio. In 2006, much quality control around the nation was improved, but where there were failures, they were impressive (particularly in Missouri), and had national repercussions. In 2007 we face one grand jury investigation, 3 FEC complaints, and a possible investigation by the Senate and/or the IRS.”
Since ACORN is facing the same problems now, one must wonder what is the hidden benefit of keeping them around. In order to throw a line to my conservative friends; I have a little helpful hint to anyone who really wants to take down the criminal enterprise that is ACORN. Next time, instead of requesting mound of useless evidence related to voter registration fraud; (believe me, they will find some poor employee to pin it on) ASK TO SEE THEIR BOOKS. If anyone were to get a hold of what the ACORN 8 has come to realize is the Holy Grail of documents, I would have to find something else to blog about.
ACORN has systematically removed anyone from the organization that has made this simple request, including Marcel Reid and Karen Inman, the founding members of the ACORN 8. Eight board members had the courage to ask the one question that would bring ACORN down and Bertha Lewis and the management have exhibited mob like tactics in order to silence them.
Bertha Lewis and ACORN may scream racism and conspiracy whenever any even hints at impropriety; but former Chief Organizer and founder Wade Rathke wrote a very interesting summary of the organizations challenges after the successful 2006 elections that ended in a sweeping victory for Democrats.
Threats and Challenges
The Fredrick Douglass quote that essentially “power concedes nothing without struggle” is a byword for this current passage of the organization as we amass a larger and more powerful role in public affairs in the United States. ACORN is now seen as a central – and indispensable — component of the progressive coalition. The conclusion of the Democracy Alliance process of creating infrastructure was summed up for me recently by SEIU’s Andy Stern, as having concluded that there simply were only a few institutions that were capable of sustainable activity, and ACORN was on that short list.
The same conclusion has been made by the right as we saw in the coordinated and direct pre-election attacks on ACORN on websites, blogs, and at our own convention as well as on the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal, the FEC complaints filed by the Republican party in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Missouri, and the partisan accusations of voter fraud by conservative, party line hunkering ideologues in Kansas City and St. Louis.
The fine point of this attack were the requests for voluminous records by then Chairman and Senator Charles Grassley of the Senate Finance Committee from ACORN that are in fact still on-going. If it were not so tedious and expensive organizationally and angering and insulting personally, it would certainly be a damned fine honor!
Being of the school that “when they want you, they will get you” does not mean that we should not learn from this as we go forward and tighten up our internal procedures, inspect the borders and retaining walls between various organizations, and in some cases change what we are doing and the personnel in such a way to limit exposure and clarify operations, both for offense and defense. This review is still continuing in the immediate aftermath and mop-up from the exhilaration of the election, but internally this was the subject of leadership and management staff even before the ballots opened. Once all the information is in, all opinions are weighed, and counsel of various persuasions have spoken, we will shore up the operations to prepare for the continued onslaught that building – and exercising – real power will involve.
All of this in some ways is past due, but none of it will be without change, some pleasant and some more persnickety.
Considering the revelation of the Rathke embezzlement scandal in 2008, I am going to assume that they had a little trouble shoring up the walls. Citizens Services Inc. (CCI) is the for profit entity that handles all of the funds in the ACORN universe. According to ACORN staff lore, CCI was created after the Department of Labor made ACORN get an “outside” firm to handle payroll. After 30+ years of collecting membership dues, shaking down banks and mortgage companies, and secret side deals with the unions; ACORN did not want an outside firm to handle ANY of the money. Let’s examine why.
Notes from West Regional Meeting 8/15/08, Los Angeles
CCI is currently inadequate but is keeping us going day to day, they are not equipped for complex issues…Bertha has not been able to get Mike Jones to be cooperative on many issues and Mike signed contracts with Duplantier for more audits without consulting folks through 2008…causing major problems.
One major problem is that Whitney Bank allows us to overdraw and be unrealistic in financial management and planning, creating some major discrepancies between what is in accounts and what we have in reality.
To cover their actions while appearing to be in compliance ACORN uses the ceremonial board model throughout the organization. Most of the board members are either ACORN Staff that hold positions on the boards of other entities; or unsuspecting members recruited from the community who do not understand that they are fiscally responsible for the documents that ACORN wants them to rubber stamp.
It is ironic that ACORN management did not seem comfortable with African Americans in positions of power within the staff ranks (unless they could be used in some way) but it was okay to have the dues paying community leaders as the fall guys. For example, and with respect to a woman who has accomplished a great deal; it was common knowledge among staff that Maude Hurd was a pawn used by the Rathke’s to present the comforting, black, strong, mother image to the community. The emotion that meeting Ms. Hurd brought to some members would be awe inspiring, if were not for ACORN’s ulterior motives.
Chief Organizer Report December 2006
Over recent years the development of the partnerships produced from the struggle of campaigns with various corporations offer constructive learning models about the multiplier effects of such relationships forged in conflict. This is no more evident than in the developing relationship with Citigroup and H&R Block as two examples.
Continuing the work the partnerships aggressively and across operations has paid significant benefits throughout the ACORN family and continues to do so. The supplemental side letter being finalized with Citigroup during the 1st week of 2007 to add 10 offices with an “elastic” footprint for the agreement is very important. Citigroup’s interest in adding support and discussion of international operations to the relationship meeting at the same time in order to discuss partnerships in Latin America, India, and Africa with ACORN could be significant in stabilizing resources capacity for expansion and maintenance in these emerging ACORN International operations.
None of this is every sure fire or guaranteed. We still seemingly have a long way to go to create a stable and sustainable relationship across operations with Household and HSBC, but the point of this discussion is that we are targeting this sector for aggressive exploration around resource development. This corporate and related assault has been tasked to Mitch Klein as my assistant in the Office of Chief Organizer. Thus far we have either met or have meetings scheduled with Entergy, Allstate, Florida Power & Light, Prudential, General Services, GMAC, and Mitsubishi for example.
To put this passage in context let’s examine a couple of missing facts. ACORN members are paying dues, marching, calling, knocking, and chanting for campaigns that they are told are to benefit their quality of life. ACORN then makes a side deal for funding and development for resources that are going directly overseas. The second point here is that Wade is still Chief Organizer of ACORN International and its total assets are unknown. According to board members and staff, ACORN International was always apart of the Council of Organizations, that is until Wade was removed.
“An invitation is being evaluated seriously for ACORN Nigeria. Bertha Lewis of NY ACORN visited over Thanksgiving week and was very impressed with front end work having been already done by former Brooklyn ACORN leaders, including potential donation of a piece of land to provide resource support for the first 2 years of the organization on the proposal we have made to the Nigerian sponsoring committee. I am visiting late in January to also assess. Meetings with Sunday Alabie (MN ACORN) and Tunde of KNON hopefully will create a US based ACORN Nigeria support committee to raise money for the ongoing organizing to supplement dues…
Internationally, ACORN Canada now seems legally set. This is NOT the case in other extra-USA ACORN operations. Solving these problems will be a major matter for 2007.”
According to a undated 2008 letter sent to ACORN lawyer Beth Kingsley from a St. Petersburg attorney named Christine L. Allamanno, “ACORN International is a separate corporation with a separate board of directors from ACORN.” The letter goes on to state that ACORN Int. relationship with CCI “is also a relationship that is independent of ACORN, and CCI and ACORN Int. are free to negotiate their own relationship without outside interference from ACORN, and will continue to do so.”
The board members appointed to review the situation afterward the embezzlement must have been appalled to find that members money and sweat were just gone without any accountability as to what happened. Why is ACORN borrowing money now? What happened? While this situation worked out nicely for the Rathkes’ there have been other painful separations in the ACORN family regarding CCI.
Chief Organizer Report, December 2006
…my inability to convince SEIU 880 not to leave the shared collective of our family of organizations around the shared services of CCI was my major disappointment of the year and represents in a small way the largest internal threat to our family of organizations. In the simplest of terms it costs everyone money to have 880 leave, but that loss is negligible and inconsequential compared to the loss of unity and shared vision of both risks and rewards from collective enterprise.
Equally disappointing was what we discovered about the weakness of our internal process at any level of management to find a voice for such a departure. It became a matter of a notice from a lawyer, rather than even an announcement at a meeting of managers, thereby sounding the death knell to many of our structures as lacking even the formality and manners of respect and accountability. No one structure was inadequate to this problem, but all of our structures were too weak in this instance and most of our top managers were unable to separate our great friendships from our awesome responsibilities to the collective.
SEIU 880 is of course a vital part of our family of organizations, and states that it intends to maintain its place at the forefront of our COUNCIL and that is both appreciated and immensely valued. Nevertheless this is a difficult passage, and it would be a lie to state otherwise. One can only hope that as chains are broken, they are welded even more strongly together for the future. We will see as this unfolds in the future and hope for the best.
In 2008 others began to see the cracks in ACORN and pulled their funding. CCHD suspended all money to ACORN after finding out about the misappropriation of funds. ACORN internally admits the mistake that led to the CCHD pulling the plug.
Rebuilding ACORN’s Social Impact Central Meeting: Monday, August 11, 2008
I think CCHD thinks they are helping the poor and they don’t know about all these other CCI fees. They don’t realize they are paying for all this other stuff. Are we accountable to our members as staff or are we accountable to those people who are not accountable to the members.
Good question.
ACORN says that it will not apply for any of the stimulus money, and it probably wont; but some of the 204 organizations will. ACORN Housing, perhaps, or maybe ACORN Fair Housing? Reading ACORN’s 300+ page year end report is really enlightening.
Building Community Institutions and Resources
Our efforts are concentrated on housing counseling, housing development, media, and schools. We made continued progress in most areas in 2006 perhaps with the exception in schools, which separate reports will detail. Special note must be made of the progress in housing development, which continued to accelerate throughout the year especially in New Orleans and the expansion from New York’s experience.
You might be wondering know how much money ACORN could bring in from these endeavors, and the answer lies in the same report.
ACORN Fair Housing
Year End/Year Begin Report December 2006
Staff: Valerie Coffin, Director Maxine Vasquez, Research AssistantOverall evaluation: Despite having a rather successful year with five simultaneous fair housing projects, we’re ending on a sour note by having problems with HUD to receive 3 of 6 grants we were originally awarded for the coming year. Continuing work will be done with testing and identification of fair housing issues as part of tenant campaigns in Los Angeles and work on insurance issues in various cities. Other areas of work including the annual lending study, and GIS/Mapping have had no major changes.
New grant applications- We were originally awarded five FY2006 FHIP grants totally $450,000 for projects in Louisiana, Maryland, Denver, Las Vegas, and New Mexico. Shortly afterwards we awarded an additional $100,000 for the 2005 application in Louisiana bringing the new grant total to $550,000. However, we have only negotiated three projects with HUD (NM & 2 LA) and are running into problems with the other three (CO, MD, NV) that appear to be a result of both local HUD incompetence and larger political motives. It is unclear if we will be able to save this funding.
Outlook for 2007
Three FHIP grants are entirely up in the air right now making it difficult to make too many definite plans other than fighting to maintain the funding that HUD already awarded us. It’s a reminder that we need to maintain tight record-keeping on federal-funded projects and offices awarded these grants need to take them very seriously.
Federal Funding: In 2006, we helped win grant awards for $912,378 in federal funding from HUD. Overall, we helped write and submit 13 federal grants to HUD for FY2006, four of which are still outstanding. With Valerie Coffin, Fair Housing Director, we helped raise $450,000 in FY2006 FHIP funding for fair housing education and outreach. This year New Orleans also received an additional $100,000 in new funding from reallocated FY2005 FHIP funding. In Dallas, the ACORN Institute received a ROSS grant for $362,378 over three years from reallocated FY2005 funds to provide services and training to public housing residents in that city. We have also continued to provide support on reporting and other requirements for approximately $4 million in LEAP grant funds (FY2004 and FY2005
If one ACORN entity with two full time staff can aquire this much in Federal funding, I wonder what the other 203 ACORN organizations are doing. In a year where the “nanny problem” has already been replaced by the “tax problem,” Democrats need to wake up from the after glow of the elections and look really hard at the liability that is ACORN. Republicans should take heed and hold these Dems accountable for their relationships with ACORN. When does turning a blind eye to corruption turn into turning a blind eye towards the people?
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Sounds alot like the scientologists.
BTW I just had a lib swear to me that by the federal government owning GM, we ALL own GM.
I wonder how many obama voters realize they voted in
the
scarfaceSCAM-FACE Al Capone of the 21st century as president.Is there really much difference?
Just two Chicago thugs. Capone and obama?
Hey, give them my e-mail address. I have some lakefront property in Montana I’d like to sell.
“Trade secrets” are now Obamaspeak for fraud and corruption, huh? We need someone to compile a dictionary of Obama-ese so we can accurately interpret what he means when he opens his mouth.
So in Iran elections are decided by the Ayatollah before they take place.
In the USA, they are bought and paid for.
How much better is our system than theirs?
Keep up the great work Michelle! You are needed and greatly appreciated
Is there a defense fund for MonCrief? I’m in if anyone knows how to help.
Like I said before, change the name of skunk to rose and it still stinks!! The tactics of obfuscation by rebranding is getting tiresome and we are on to the thuggery of Rahm “ballerina” Emanuel. (That kind of has a ring to it, doesn’t it? Like Al “scarface” Capone, etc.) When will the MSM start becoming journalists again and help rid our country of these vermin? Do they really want to aid and abet the criminals in DC today? I know they are aware of these things that are going on. So, by covering them up, they are actually committing treason.
We all own GM, just like we all own New Orleans.
I’m still debating as to whether or not we should participate in the Census. With ACORN running the show, it’s certain that they will play with the numbers to re-map voting districts in favor of the Donks.
So, is it better to participate or not? Or does it depend on where one lives?
Any thoughts?
atheling said:
To me it really depends on where you live but – I will only answer about the number of people that live in my house anything else is none of their business.
As for the cities, watch for the inflated number of people and the same number making below poverty level and on welfare.
I’m really not sure if it even matters at this point. They can skew the information any way they want. I have NO trust in the integrity of this census. NONE. Just like the elections to come…will we ever be able to trust them again? Who will be watching to see they are honest…ACORN and black panthers with night sticks? We know the left has been working for years to make sure no one has to actually identify themselves as legitimate voters because of that old “discrimination” ploy. This whole thing sickens me and I don’t know how it can be stopped.
2 things -
1. To my thinking, this supports strengthening whistle-blowing related laws.
2. Doesn’t the WH (White House) have about a zillion other more important things to worry about at the moment?
C’mon, get with the program already.
One way you know a fraudulent business structure is to look for one with lots of subsidiaries that have no apparent distinct purpose to exist. They are used to pass money, function, and liability around. It makes them harder to sue, and harder to collect from.
Prediction: ACORN will spawn a plethora of ACORNETTES for this very purpose. All with the same agenda, and all answering indirectly to pols in the federal government and to more local ones aligned with them.
Fraud, head to fungal foot.
This is boiler plate bullying tactics that all corrupt organizations go through. By the way, this is just one reason why you should all support H.R. 1507 which protects whistle blowers. I just finished a piece on ACORN 8, which is another set of whistleblowers of ACORN. Incidentally, I’be been told that ACORN was flirting with suing them for copyright infringement which is ironic given that they just changed their name.
Finally, I believe this name change only applies to ACORN international, which by the way, is run by Wade Rathke who was supposedly removed from the organization about a year ago.
By all means, you should give the Census the information they LEGITIMATELY have the right to collect.
I will not give them anything beyond that. I never have, and never had any repercussions.
BTW, if anyone insists that I give them my ethnicity, I am a Pacific Islander. I can dream, can’t I…???
It’s mindboggling that our illustrious congress can’t see the corruption that is rampant in ACORN. At least the Republicans. Everyone knows this organization is nothing but a political arm for the Democratic Party.
To even consider giving them tax dollars and enlisting their ranks to participate in the 2010 census is even more incredulous.
When are we going to get people elected that will listen to the populace and stop the criminal activity and graft. Our politicians on both sides of the aisle just sit back while the corruptocrats shovel money into their coffers – some lifting heavy shovels themselves.
Just keep peeling the apple and the more rotten it gets. Unfortunately the voters thought that they bought a sweet, juicy, nourishing apple. What they got looked great on the outside, but it’s full of hungry maggots that are on a four-year feeding binge.
Can we now call it a conspiracy?
OK, how do I get my shares? I would like to vote a CEO in or out and if I need more cash I would like to sell my shares.
Public organizations under 501(c)3 or 4 or any number receive public funds therefore, they are open to public scrutiny anytime. It is TAXPAYER money that funds them so if there are “copyrights” they also belong to the public if developed with those public funds. The one exception is personnel records which are off limits. Anything the organization does is supposed to be above board because it is OUR money they are using. –Like that has stopped MANY NP’s from following “the rules”.
The Repubs in DC are spineless and the media gives no attention to the ones who are willing to bring up the fraud of ACORN/COI. Not good etiquette to dump on the Messiahs former employer. There are more important issues–like healthcare.
Michelle, keep up your good work. We will not see this report in any MSM reporting. This is lady should be praised by Americans not sued by leftist organizations.
OH SWEEEEEEEEEET!
This is fantastic news; ACORN has screwed the pooch on this one.
Now that they have filed suit, the deep pocket conservatives can hire THE BEST Great White Sharks in the legal business to represent Ms. Moncrief and we play “Discovery.” Oh ya!
We will start with the building in New Orleans. Sign the light on the cockroaches.
the whole concept of tax free non profit organizations has been so bastardized as to even defy modern description. hospitals are tax free, only because they spend every cent they take in each year (the definition of not for profit), yet nearly all families in this country are not for profit by that definition, yet they have to pay taxes. acorn is not for profit (my behind) and so is the ymca. this is why i am in favor of a consumption tax, can the irs, can the tax code, and collect a consumption tax when we spend money. if all the not for profit entities were funding their fair share, the tax rate would be far less than 10%, because what the gubmint don’t have, the gubmint can’t spend. get rid of grants, or as i like to call them, party favors for my posse. get the gubmint back to governing instead of social engineering through spending of opm, and we all would be a lot better off.
I sure hope you are right. Up until I read your post, I was pretty discouraged.
From a little ACORN a mighty oak is going to fall …
then where are our free cars??
Only for wellfare recipients. If you want free stuff, stop working.
I haven’t posted on here in awhile, but I just read a comment that
really disturbs me. Someone said that he/she isn’t sure if he/she
will participate in the census because Acorn is certain to mess with
the results. Well, all of the people that could not bring themselves
to vote for McCain can see what came of that. The same thing will
happen for certain to the census if we all sit it out. Sure, they may
mess with the results but at least we would have made ourselves
heard…to sit it out, they don’t have to mess with the results and you
are just keeping them honest! We are going to participate…just not
answer Every question. Make them work for their skewed numbers!
When the Rockefeller oil empire was broken up into 23 different oil companies, John D vowed they would pay for taking Standard Oil apart.
He went on to form non profit foundations to shield his money that continues on today. They have no idea how much the richest man in world in the 1920’s still has in all of his so called tax free foundations today.
Those 23 oil companies have been allowed to consolidate into 5 major oil companies as of today.The Rockefeller’s family trust still owns all the stock in “Foundations”. I did not know there was a statute of limitations on anti trust rulings.
My guess his family’s empire is even bigger today with David Rockefeller still dreaming for a One World Order, the CEO of course will be a Rockefeller.
David Rockefeller, gazillionaire head of the Council on Foreign Relations, has said in his autobiography ‘Memoirs’, “Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global, political and economic structure–one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.”
Wanna bet that Acorn is one of his tax free foundations?
Agreed. If we don’t participate, they’ll get their additional electoral votes by default. We need to expose the shenanigans afterwards, not give them what they want on a platter.
Make them
workcommit crimes for their skewed numbers!No offense, but that is what they will be doing, and we need to provide them the opportunity.
OPERATION OVER-REACH requires that we act as law-abiding citizens…except when we choose a good reason not to…
STARVE THE BEAST. REFUSE TO BE EATEN.
It’s really a rhetorical question – but looking at Anita’s site and seeing the announcement for the June 17th event – I can accecpt/understand politicians showing their support, but what does it say when the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)is an honored guest?
When will the poor get it through their heads that the AFT has done more to keep them poor than any other organization in this COUNTRY!!!
It does say to me just how malicious and devious that union’s leadership is, and how much it is working to destroy our country…
Sound and reasonable advise…GOP, are you listening?
I am so sick and tired of watching our side allow their side to walk all over them! The word “emasculated” often comes to mind!
Rags – I don’t think beast will eat Pacific Islanders anyway. You’re good.
Oh, NO. Us Scots-Irish Pacific Islanders are considered PRIME, No. 1 chop-chop…
This is what the Dems have been doing for years, if not decades. In their eyes, it’s not corruption, it’s survival.
By any means necessary.
Its going to take electing a commoner to the black house and for all the complacent Americans to get off their duffs to straighten this out.
FAUX NEWS ALERT
Still no response to the e-mails I sent out weeks ago to my two Dem Senators, and my freshman Dem Representative here in the Commonwealth of Virginia suggesting that they investigate Acorn.
Democrats have sold their soul to have a Democrat ( ?) in the White House. This means they will overlook non-american, muslim, marxist, thuggery to be able to boast they have the White House. I still think the true blue American Democrats will save us all. The GOP is finished and needs to change their name and start over like ACORN did. Don’t wait on law, regulation and policy to make things right. These no longer exist and will be made up as they progress. Right is wrong, wrong is right. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket with the 2010 election, they will be corrupted for sure. I am for not participating at all..no census, no taxes, no work.
Why no RICO investigations into these organizations? “Do it for the children!”
Folks, there are some misconceptions here. ACORN did not change its name. ACORN International changed its name. Those are two separate entities. Interestingly, ACORN International is run by Wade Rathke who was supposedly removed from ACORN last year.
ACORN loves to play victim anytime their opponents get things wrong. If you continue to claim that ACORN changed its name, they will cry foul. Michelle will lose credibility and she will be dismissed whenever she reports on anything.
Well, from what I’ve gleaned about playing with the numbers in the Census is that they will increase the amount of voters in urban districts, which tend to vote blue, and decrease the suburban and rural areas, the latter of which are more red.
So, wouldn’t it make sense for urban conservatives to abstain from being counted, while those who live in rural or suburban areas participate in order to counterbalance the numbers ACORN will cook up?
Now we know why this administration does not want to address voter fraud in Iran. Iran could take lessons from these crooks!
The dingbats and trolls won’t like her? Imagine that.
People want a RICO investigation? This is Barry O’s Justice Department; we will be the ones investigated. Now now, Janet Reno was not that long ago–Ruby Ridge? Accidents happen, accidents of all types, don’t they?
This is what ObamACORN bullying looks like? It will get worse–these are street thugs.
Now on your ACORN/Black Panther Party Census form make sure you list your alarm code, BankCard pin number and the combination to your gun vault. Tis a Brave New World!
Keep your powder dry good people.
Does anyone know if ACORN is planning on a name change?
I heard the last bit of it mentioned on the radio this afternoon and but have no idea of the details.
I agree with Obama that “openness will strengthen our democracy”, but I’m still waiting for it. Yes, there has been a lot of “collaboration” between the government and ACORN and the Democratic Party during the Obama era. But the only “openness” I’ve seen is the release of top secret information into the hands of the terrorists. And the only transparency I’ve seen is the transparent desire of the Obama administration to avoid accountability for anything they do.
DBNinKY said:
Yes, you can read about it here.
Here’s an excerpt:
Too bad the name isn’t “Community Organizations Global.” Because they really are a COG in our democratic machine.
Look, that story is not accurate. The name change is from ACORN International not ACORN.
All of you will continue to claim that ACORN has changed their name and then they will come out and say the blogosphere has smeared them by suggesting they had changed their name because it was toxic.
Then, nothing Michelle says will mean anything since she perpetuated this inaccuracy. That’s how they operate.
That story will soon have a correction to it.
“Progressive Future”??!?
Just a thought, but why are we letting liberals change their moniker to progressives? They like it because “liberal” has negative connotations for over 70% of Americans. Their idealogy is in fact regressive.
I hereby claim the title right-wing progressive. That oughtta short their circuits.
We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration.
That Obama promise reached its official expiration date today.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/us/politics/22pledge.html
A qualified victory from the Supremes today on the issue of voting rights…
Promoting the General Welfare?
These gov/private relationships are as about as clean as the UN’s “Oil for Food” program was.
It would be great if this backfires on Project Vote/ACORN when some deep pocket legal foundations come to her defense and they force all the books open through discovery rules!
Between Walpin-gate and ACORN- Obamas
playing with fire, and it is bound to catch up with him!
This is great news. It reminds me of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 when William the Conqueror won his great battle.
His foe were lured into an “offensive” trap out of their high-on-a-hill defensive position: William’s attacking arm of his force stopped their advance and retreated down the hill. The overconfident defenders jumped their barricades and went flying down the hill in pursuit at full speed.
Laying in wait was the rest of William’s force and caught the downhill racers off balance and cut them to pieces.
Moncrief is William. She was on the attack and has now lured ACORN out of their bunker into the daylight.
Discovery is going to be a real beotch. They will be cut to pieces. A federal lawsuit. That is a major offensive against a foe. Good luck. It will remind ACORN lawyers more of a prostate exam than a trial.
Bear1909 out.
May that be so bear…may that be so…
Did you ever wonder where the money for things like Acorn or the subversion of the world’s immigration laws may come from?
It seems to me as long as we allow people to print up fiat money there will be no place in the world where freedom can flourish.
If the Globalist oppose your efforts, paid for with real hard earned money, all they have to do is fire up the presses and shovel the money to any group that will oppose you.
Not only that but it seems they do it in such a way that the money to achieve THEIR goals is borrowed from them. Then we pay interest to a group outside of our country, like the Federal Reserve, on the creation and borrowing of OUR OWN fiat money.
IN ESSENCE THEY BEAT US WITH OUR OWN STICK!
If you read my earlier post, I am in full agreement. Moncrief needs a great legal team that is ruthless in playing the Discovery Game.
They go after ACORN’s records it’s ACORN who goes on trial, not her. They will drop their suit like a hot rock if that happens.
Where is lgm and his always ready moral-equivalence defense of his party’s criminal activities?
Ohhhh…riiiight…the Republican party doesn’t have an equivalent to ACORN and their many other “community activist” agencies to point and accusing finger at.
Sorrrrrry…my bad!
“provide services and training” for what ???
These people are denizens of public housing. They hang out and watch TV all day. What the hell?
For all those salivating over what may come out during discovery, consider what is being alleged…’trademark infringement’ and ‘publication of trade secrets’. Any discovery request not related to either of those will probably be denied.
‘Discover’ The Books? Well, they didn’t mean THAT trade secret…so, no go.
Minutes of meetings? Memos? E-Mail? They will just claim a very narrow ‘trade secret’ violation, probably cooked-up just for this claim, and plop out a few pages in response to the discovery request, all conveniently claiming unequivocally that the subject matter is a profound trade secret and can’t be disclosed to anyone outside the cabal.
What is more important is what they are NOT claiming…libel/slander for probably the main one(s)..because they know the opposing attorneys would have a field day with those and the game would be up.
The rat bastards are diabolical, not fools…unfortunately.
I have done some trade secret litigation.
A threshold issue in any trade secret case is, “Do you really have one”? That puts the burden on the plaintiff to prove that they ever HAD a trade secret in the first place.
Then, the fun begins. And it CAN lead to the plaintiff having to prove DAMAGES, which does get into finances.
Several Texas cases have held that you actually had to do something WITH the trade secret, and that that act led to a monetary loss. You could hold a trade secret and never be liable. I suppose you could divulge it to all the world as a whistle-blower, too. Same requirement that the disclosure actually cost money. Graft doesn’t count.
I am something at a loss to see how a non-profit can have a trade secret under the normal formulations. A trade secret, by definition, has to impart a competitive advantage. I suppose a non-profit can be seen to have a competitive advantage over other non-profits, but it seem like pretty thin gruel, especially if it is a “community service” non-profit getting public money.
Trademark infringement only works if you show that the public would reasonably be confused between the two brand images. Seems weak to me.
Considering who the AG is does anyone really think ACORN will be fairly investigated? Let alone prosecuted under RICO statutes.
Definition of a politician…at least the only one I know of.
O/T: Just got my email from dear leader asking me to roll up my sleeves and do some volunteer work in my community.
Well, okie dokie then… I’ll help my neighbor as usual, pray for this nation, make calls and contacts regarding important issues relevant to our times and culture, and continue to help those I come in contact with get their heads right about the mess our nation is in today, due mainly because of Democrat policies (and a few poor Republican choices) and what to do about it.
I could go on, but time’s awastin’.
I got one yesterday also, and other posters did as well. I also received one from Rhambo E a while back. I’m curious where they are getting our addresses. I have never emailed the white house, or requested emails. Does anyone with some net savy know how they are doing this?
Hey Rose – your hero McCAin – just said he thought BHO was doing a good job.
And so once again – can you explain to me how McCain would be better than BHO
BTW – I would bet that very few here forfeited their right to vote. In fact, I’d venture to guess, most held their nose and pulled for McCain when push came to shove (though many only because of Palin). Further, I presume you can show how with the electoral college, that your grumpy old man socialist leaning candidate would have won if only all the stay homes who saw how him for what he was had just come out and voted for him.
This is the “change’ odumbo is talking about. I think they can do anything they want inspite of what is typical, normal or lawful.
Can I sell my share? Anyone give me 10 bucks? 5?
Does any stock dividend paid go directly to ObamACORN?
If you are anything like me, there was ONE time I got completely disgusted about something and sent an email expressing my opinion. Don’t recall what it was, probably over abortion, knowing full well that my voice would not be heard. All we get in return is executive spam from the chief ham.
I have been thinking about using liberal math when doing mine. Instead of 1 bathroom I might put down 11…or none. If they ask about cars, I might say I have 3 bicycles.
Hey. If libs can lie and cheat and obfuscate and get away with it, why can’t I?
On the other hand, it might be worth it to enter “I fear ID theft by ACORN” on each entry, and cite some government web site stating we should not give personal information to strangers.
All your e-mail address are belong to us.
John Deaux – Yup, ’bout right.
Meanwhile, the big push for rolled up sleeves is no doubt in preparation for 7/4 tea parties.
United We Serve.
The more I think about it, the scarier that phrase becomes.
Back in 1992 there were several reports of the recent census being so far off, Congress was even complaining about it…and for years since the left has tried to get it changed to allow “sampling”. What makes anyone think it would be accurate now?
The voting process should have more integrity than the census, and we’ve all seen how that process has been bastardized, scammed, violated, etc. so the left gets the results they want.
…and as far as not having to identify yourself at the voting booth, why should I have to provide personal details to some unknown ACORN thug when that same thug can go to multiple polling places and not provide any ID?
O/T – anybody suspect that BHO won’t say anything about Iran because BHO doesn’t want to give anybody “verbal ammunition” when he cracks down here in USA?
With they way the GOP has been acting since the election, they would more likely file friend of the court briefs on behalf of ACORN so as to not antagonize Dear Leader.
Complaints should be filed against their 501(c)3 status with the IRS, but who wants to risk being audited for the next 4 years?
Complaints should be filed with the US Attorney’s office, but none of them have the guts to go after ObamACORN.