Acorn is Obama's Halliburton; except much worse (attorneys, Pelosi, solution)

[pommysmommy]

Originally Posted by Sagran

Not exactly the sort of thing the Attorney General of the United States gets involved in. Hell, it happens every day in lawyer and accountants offices all over the country.

ACORN employees are on film, not just in one city but in various cities across the U.S., advising clients on how to defraud the federal goverment. I think that calls for an investigation by the attorney general.

[sickofnyc]

ACORN was in Iraq war profiteering making profits off of death, destruction, no bid contracts and slipshod construction? Did ACORN also move to Dubai to avoid U.S. taxation? I also did not realize that you can own stock in ACORN with obscene profits as the Vampire Dick did with Hell-iburon.

Live and learn.

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by saganista

The difference between Halliburton and ACORN is that Halliburton actually did most to all of the things it was accused of. ACORN has merely had the bad luck to become a whipping boy for the usual band of unprincipled right-wing propagandists.

Do you have proof that Haliburton did anything unethical?

See, they have a stack of videos on Youtube, and if you haven't seen them, well, I think they could have gotten crack and AK-47s right there at the ACORN offices if they asked for it.

As for Haliburton, I'm not sure what the issues might be since Soros is on record for buying a bunch of it in 2007.

[LML]

Worse than Cheney's Haliburton? You mean Obama started a war that killed thousands and thousands of people and drained the taxpayers of trillions of dollars so that he could funnel the money into Acorn?

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by sickofnyc

ACORN was in Iraq war profiteering making profits off of death, destruction, no bid contracts and slipshod construction? Did ACORN also move to Dubai to avoid U.S. taxation? I also did not realize that you can own stock in ACORN with obscene profits as the Vampire Dick did with Hell-iburon.

Live and learn.

George Soros too.

You know, the same guy who dumps so much cabbge into MoveOn.org.

[Jill61]

Originally Posted by Boompa

How many people did Acorn Kill?

That was my first question, too! I mean, come on! They can't be serious.

Originally Posted by jill&jack

Obama was an attorney for Acorn. He also started an organization, in chicago, which he set up, that went bankrupt! These are the only jobs, I'm aware of that Obama has ever had!

You are grossly misinformed.

Obama most definitely wasn't an attorney for ACORN. He was a civil rights lawyer with the firm of Davis, Miner, Barnhill and Galland (now Miner, Barnhill & Galland). While there, he and two other attorneys were assigned to represent multiple plaintiffs against the state of Illinois, including not only ACORN, but the U.S. Department of Justice as well, to force the state to abide by the new "motor voter" law that allowed people to register to vote when they applied for a driver license.

Oooooooo, scary!

He also taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School for 12 years.

And no he didn't bankrupt any organization. As the Director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago, their annual budget grew from $70,000 to $400,000, which allowed them to leverage enough resources to launch a college prep program, a tenants' rights program, and a job training program in an economically distressed area. During his tenure, schools were made more accountable; job training programs were established; housing was renovated and built; city services were provided; parks were refurbished; and crime and drug problems were curtailed.

Obama writes chaper on community organizing

Originally Posted by cuebald

I didn't know until now that W was a member of ACORN.

Thanks for the info.


YouTube - October 2002 speech by president Bush

You can read the full text of that speech here.

Originally Posted by jill&jack

He might have. He also was an attorney for the most corrupt organization this country has ever seen, Acornie. He also has us IN MORE DEBT than this country has ever had in the history of the country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bush was right when he said "Obama doesn't have a clue!"

More corrupt than Bernie Madoff? More corrupt than Enron?

My dear, you really, really, really ought to educate yourself before you spout off such easily refutable nonsense.

[ozzie679]

Halliburton Watch

ACORN Watch

just to be fair, here's two different sites from two different watchdog groups.

i am of the opinion that halliburtion has done more damage to our country than acorn ever could in a lifetime. but i'm not a fan of either of them.

[djacques]

Originally Posted by jill&jack

He might have. He also was an attorney for the most corrupt organization this country has ever seen, Acornie.

I think the Ku Klux Klan, the Communist Party, the Know-Nothings, the Mafia, etc. are just a wee bit ahead of ACORN on the corruption scale.

[ozzie679]

Originally Posted by jill&jack

Obama was an attorney for Acorn. He also started an organization, in chicago, which he set up, that went bankrupt! These are the only jobs, I'm aware of that Obama has ever had!

I see you were already received your spanking for that one

[LML]

Originally Posted by Jill61

That was my first question, too! I mean, come on! They can't be serious. You are grossly misinformed.

Obama most definitely wasn't an attorney for ACORN. He was a civil rights lawyer with the firm of Davis, Miner, Barnhill and Galland (now Miner, Barnhill & Galland). While there, he and two other attorneys were assigned to represent multiple plaintiffs, including not only ACORN, but the U.S. Department of Justice as well, against the state of Illinois to force them to abide by the new "motor voter" law that allowed people to register to vote when they applied for a driver license.

Oooooooo, scary!

He also taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School for 12 years.

And no he didn't bankrupt any organization. As the Director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago, their annual budget grew from $70,000 to $400,000, which allowed them to leverage enough resources to launch a college prep program, a tenants' rights program, and a job training program in an economically distressed area. During his tenure, schools were made more accountable; job training programs were established; housing was renovated and built; city services were provided; parks were refurbished; and crime and drug problems were curtailed.

Obama writes chaper on community organizing You can read the full text here. More corrupt than Bernie Madoff? More corrupt than Enron?

My dear, you really, really, really ought to educate yourself before you spout off such easily refutable nonsense.

Then they wonder why reasonable people just can't take them seriously.