Sen. Obama (D-ACORN)
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Sen. Obama (D-ACORN)
The National Welfare Rights Organization was founded in the 1960’s. Its stated mission was to expand the welfare rolls to the point of bursting thereby insuring the massive infusion of Federal dollars and a de facto socialist revolution from within. That is a condensation that would do Reader’s Digest proud but is, I think, accurate.
The NWRO came to an ignominious end when the public coalesced in response to Reagan’s outrage over mythical “welfare queens” (which were not so mythical) and demanded an end to welfare as we knew it which, in turn, culminated in Clinton’s not-entirely voluntary signing of the Welfare Reform bill. Regardless our feeling for the Great Society which bore the burgeoning welfare system, it cannot be objectively argued that the Great Society did not force the dissipation of the American family. The welfare rules were such that an able-bodied male in the household was an economic handicap. The result was a large segment of our poor population became much happier when Daddy found a little trailer on the other side of town and even happier when a parade of alpha males further diluted male parental responsibility and influence.
The result was that a ragtag collection of local advocacy groups congealed into what is now the under-the-radar giant known as ACORN. Never heard of ACORN? That’s the beauty of it. They fly somewhere under the radar yet have become a massive influence for much good and much evil. They have a presence in some one hundred cities and a national budget of over $37 million, much of it public funds.
On a local level they badgered banks for predatory lending practices that kept the poor down. This was potentially a good thing. It resulted in 1977 in legislation called the Community Reinvestment Act which required banks and other financial institutions to lend in economically troubled areas and at rates available to better leveraged customers. Again, this was potentially of great good. The only means of enforcing the Act was through mergers and acquisitions. That is, bank examiners would note the percentage of loans to economically-disadvantaged customers and squealed like pigs when banks were bought out or sought to merge in the go-go atmosphere of de-regulated banking. And, yes, there was enormous pressure to merge. This resulted, although it is also attributable to other forces (such as avarice and greed), in the housing collapse of 2008, tendering silent testimony to the First Law of Quinn: liberal actions have the equal and opposite effect to that which was originally stated.
ACORN, interestingly enough brokered many of these loans directly. http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm (note to Sam: sorry, I knew how to nest a link but cannot remember and don’t want to take the time to research).
In the 1990’s ACORN started a program called Project Vote which was a wholly-owned operation that was forced to be “non-partisan” as a 501 (c) 3 organization. Chicago ACORN, one of the largest and most active local branches hired a young fellow named Barack Obama. When he accepted the endorsement of ACORN PAC which, curiously, has no pretense of being non-partisan, he reminded them of his ACORN history and continuing loyalty: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGC7zm
This is telling. A long article details the bizarre agenda of ACORN here: http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_2_acorns_nutty_regime.html A much shorter article tells much the same story here: http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Yet another link details Project Vote’s existence and roots here:
http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/OT0406.pdf
I would end this overly long post by reminding you that 1) ACORN is the defendant in a large number of the 120 cases of vote fraud I noted yesterday in another thread and that 2) Obama and ACORN cannot be viewed as separate and distinct entities. They are that intertwined. This is not change I can believe it.
The NWRO came to an ignominious end when the public coalesced in response to Reagan’s outrage over mythical “welfare queens” (which were not so mythical) and demanded an end to welfare as we knew it which, in turn, culminated in Clinton’s not-entirely voluntary signing of the Welfare Reform bill. Regardless our feeling for the Great Society which bore the burgeoning welfare system, it cannot be objectively argued that the Great Society did not force the dissipation of the American family. The welfare rules were such that an able-bodied male in the household was an economic handicap. The result was a large segment of our poor population became much happier when Daddy found a little trailer on the other side of town and even happier when a parade of alpha males further diluted male parental responsibility and influence.
The result was that a ragtag collection of local advocacy groups congealed into what is now the under-the-radar giant known as ACORN. Never heard of ACORN? That’s the beauty of it. They fly somewhere under the radar yet have become a massive influence for much good and much evil. They have a presence in some one hundred cities and a national budget of over $37 million, much of it public funds.
On a local level they badgered banks for predatory lending practices that kept the poor down. This was potentially a good thing. It resulted in 1977 in legislation called the Community Reinvestment Act which required banks and other financial institutions to lend in economically troubled areas and at rates available to better leveraged customers. Again, this was potentially of great good. The only means of enforcing the Act was through mergers and acquisitions. That is, bank examiners would note the percentage of loans to economically-disadvantaged customers and squealed like pigs when banks were bought out or sought to merge in the go-go atmosphere of de-regulated banking. And, yes, there was enormous pressure to merge. This resulted, although it is also attributable to other forces (such as avarice and greed), in the housing collapse of 2008, tendering silent testimony to the First Law of Quinn: liberal actions have the equal and opposite effect to that which was originally stated.
ACORN, interestingly enough brokered many of these loans directly. http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm (note to Sam: sorry, I knew how to nest a link but cannot remember and don’t want to take the time to research).
In the 1990’s ACORN started a program called Project Vote which was a wholly-owned operation that was forced to be “non-partisan” as a 501 (c) 3 organization. Chicago ACORN, one of the largest and most active local branches hired a young fellow named Barack Obama. When he accepted the endorsement of ACORN PAC which, curiously, has no pretense of being non-partisan, he reminded them of his ACORN history and continuing loyalty: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGC7zm
This is telling. A long article details the bizarre agenda of ACORN here: http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_2_acorns_nutty_regime.html A much shorter article tells much the same story here: http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm Yet another link details Project Vote’s existence and roots here:
http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/OT0406.pdf
I would end this overly long post by reminding you that 1) ACORN is the defendant in a large number of the 120 cases of vote fraud I noted yesterday in another thread and that 2) Obama and ACORN cannot be viewed as separate and distinct entities. They are that intertwined. This is not change I can believe it.
Last edited by ohio county on Thu May 29, 2008 1:42 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Jimmy,
I'll go and read all those articles you linked to, but I have a question. Perhaps you'll remember/know, if not I'll find out myself (after I finish my reading assignment!). Isn't John Edwards tied to Acorn? Remember, the whole New Orleans subprimer lender saga and Edwards ties to it? Or is this a different Acorn? No, no...it wasn't the subprime lender, it was the group he was providing "seed" money for? Oh my, brain no longer functions. Perhaps it wasn't Acorn at all. lol
I'll go and read all those articles you linked to, but I have a question. Perhaps you'll remember/know, if not I'll find out myself (after I finish my reading assignment!). Isn't John Edwards tied to Acorn? Remember, the whole New Orleans subprimer lender saga and Edwards ties to it? Or is this a different Acorn? No, no...it wasn't the subprime lender, it was the group he was providing "seed" money for? Oh my, brain no longer functions. Perhaps it wasn't Acorn at all. lol
Last edited by Stephanie on Thu May 29, 2008 12:26 pm; edited 1 time in total
Re: Sen. Obama (D-ACORN)
No Stephanie, you are correct. Edwards 'seed money' of $100K (or was it $150K) was donated to the local ACORN chapter. You're not complete senile.
Yet!!!
Yet!!!
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Re: Sen. Obama (D-ACORN)
No, but she is compassionate.
ohio county- Moderator
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Re: Sen. Obama (D-ACORN)
Everyone has a weakness Jimmy.
Aaron- Number of posts : 9841
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