Acorn is Obama's Halliburton; except much worse (ethic, how much, compared)

[ozzie679]

Originally Posted by LML

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

you probably went past five posts that debunked the post you commented on. do you read? or do you just put little comments all over the place?

[Sagran]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

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.

People with far more expertise than some ACORN employees are advising clients on how to defraud the federal government every day. Are you going to investigate them, too? In what capacity are these employees "advising" these "clients"? I've seen some of the videos, sounds like people just sitting around bull****ting. I've seen the kids who pulled the stunt. Do you really think those ACORN people believed them? Everytime I see them I hear "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" and the video runs before my eyes.

[Jill61]

Originally Posted by ozzie679

you probably went past five posts that debunked the post you commented on. do you read? or do you just put little comments all over the place?

What's that all about? LML provides plenty of content on these forums. Not to mention that I don't seem to find any posts that debunk mine. Have I stepped into an alternate universe or something?

[LML]

Originally Posted by ozzie679

you probably went past five posts that debunked the post you commented on. do you read? or do you just put little comments all over the place?

Good grief Ozzie. I saw no posts that debunked the post to which I added comment....let alone 5. Of all the garbage on this topic you take exception to MY little addition?????????????????????????????????

[Jill61]

Originally Posted by LML

Good grief Ozzie. I saw no posts that debunked the post to which I added comment....let alone 5. Of all the garbage on this topic you take exception to MY little addition?????????????????????????????????

I have a feeling he has you confused with another 3-initial poster who shall remain "nameless".

[texdav]

It may turnout to be more his acorngate.

[momonkey]

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 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 You can read the full text of that speech 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.

Actually, Obama filed a harassment lawsuit against Citibank to force it to ease lending standards to "certain people".

The problem with that is those home loans are in areas where the value of homes tends to decrease. This causes people to simply abandon their homes once they've borrowed every cent they can get out of them with make believe equity. They know their houses aren't worth spit, so they get while the gettin's good. It's a nice idea (CRA), but it fails in practice.

Clinton signed GLBA, not Bush.

Repeals the restrictions on banks affiliating with securities firms contained in sections 20 and 32 of the Glass-Steagall Act.

CRA Amendments in the Gramm-Leach Act

Can't have a good financial crisis without lots of worthless mortgage backed securities. Sending Reno on a search and destroy mission to enforce the CRA was another step toward of a perfect financial storm.

Fed Stops Bank Merger; Cites Lending Concerns - The New York Times

To my knowledge GWB never filed a harassment lawsuits against any banks and he was calling for oversight reform back in 2003 when it became obvious that the GSEs were doing as they pleased. OFHEO just wasn't up to the task.

Cra | Media Circus


YouTube - Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, and Democrats are Clueless on Freddie Mac Fannie Mae and the financial credit crisis.


YouTube - Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis

So what is Obama's great solution?

Provide more of the same centralized and easily manipulated oversight and band-aid approaches to shoring up the housing market with easy down payment tax credits to get even more low-income buyers into homes they cannot afford.

“Prudent risk management argues strongly against putting all your regulatory and supervisory eggs in one basket,” said Sheila Bair, the chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., criticizing an administration proposal to create a single regulator called the National Banking Supervisor.

CQ Politics | Financial Regulators Push Back Against Obama’s Overhaul Plan

Sure would be nice if our elected officials would do something besides send us down the same road to ruin time after time. I seriously doubt doing the same thing all over again will yield different results.

[Geechie North]

Originally Posted by Sonrise

He's going to have to order Holder to begin an investigation on this corruption organization, or it's gonna be his downfall and ensure that he's a one termer. This is big; real big.

Again gentle smearistas:

Give me a SINGLE case that proves systemic voter fraud by ACORN or anyone.

See, this is an education issue.

[ozzie679]

Originally Posted by LML

Good grief Ozzie. I saw no posts that debunked the post to which I added comment....let alone 5. Of all the garbage on this topic you take exception to MY little addition?????????????????????????????????

Originally Posted by Jill61

I have a feeling he has you confused with another 3-initial poster who shall remain "nameless".

I owe you an apology LML. You guys were right to set me straight. I don't know how I don't the impression that you were attacking Jill61. For some reason I thought that you quoted and defended Jill&Jack. I'm sorry for ruffling any feathers.

[kingdomcome1]

Acorn and Haliburton both were and are dirty, for very different reasons. Acorn is on video trying to persude a couple(he says he's her pimp and she is his prostitute) to wiggle out of their professional identity on a form. Haliburton has run roughshod(with the government's blessing, Democrat and Republican) over our overseas contracts(no bid). Both suck as far as I am concerned for different reasons.