Monday, September 28, 2009

The Unravelling of ACORN Co-conspirators Throw ACORN Under the Bus – Is SEIU Next? Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- September 25   Lou Dobbs: New investigations, new charges against the left-wing activist group ACORN Senate Republicans charging ACORN has been running a big shell game taking in millions of dollars in both charitable donations and federal tax dollars using them for its own political agenda. Ines Ferre has our report. Ines Ferre, CNN Correspondent: The flow of money between ACORN affiliates is a "big shell game" according to the Republican staffers. Senator Chuck Grassley's tax team found in 2006 ACORN had 94 organizations under its umbrella, some nonprofit some for profit. Many of them were located at one address in New Orleans. It also found that ACORN's four largest charities received more than $20 million in revenue in 2006, most of it through charitable contributions and government grants. More than 50 percent of that money went to other ACORN affiliates including taxable entities. The National Legal and Policy Center says the study is exactly what the IRS needs to fully investigate ACORN.  Watch Segments One / Two   Transcript Reuters -- September 28 B of A suspends ACORN commitments: report Washington Post -- September 27 Not Far From the Tree    While everyone in Washington is suddenly pretending they've hardly ever heard of ACORN, they might want to pretend they've never heard of the SEIU, one of the nation's largest unions. Past Features

Tom Tancredo -- Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.        sc            The SPLC's pro-amnesty, anti-free speech agenda    Recently I spoke at a college in New York State. After my speech, a student handed me one of his text books entitled Understanding Human Differences: Multicultural Education in a Diverse America. -- Given the title, I didn't expect sympathetic treatment. However, I was still shocked to see myself quoted as saying, "illegal immigrants were 'coming to kill you and kill me and our families.'"

Center for Immigration Studies         Daily news from CIS    The Federal Bureau of Investigation worries that corrupt U.S. officials at the nation's border crossings are exposing Americans to serious risk, and are stepping up efforts to root those officials out. -- With evidence of corrupt U.S. border officials allowing illegal [aliens] to enter the country in exchange for bribes...

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif.      Illegal alien-bloated city wants residents, including illegals, counted    With lots of money on the line, community leaders here are planning an all-out push in the next several months to make sure every resident gets counted in the 2010 census. -- It won't be easy. The city has large numbers of illegal immigrants, as well as a significant population of homeless people – two groups that have been hard to count in the past...

McAllen (Texas) Monitor       sc         Drunken dispute leads to fatal shooting; 2 Mexican illegals arrested    A drunken dispute over a small debt led to a Mexican national's fatal shooting Saturday, authorities said. -- Two Mexican nationals have been arrested in connection to the crime. The duo will face murder charges at an arraignment this afternoon. -- Deputies responded to a call of a man's body that lay in a ditch... [See Crime Watch]

Feet In 2 Worlds       Reconquistas threatening to toss massive tantrums again    In the face of delays by the Obama administration on an immigration bill, pro-immigration advocates are ready to take to the streets again to demand comprehensive immigration reform. -- Univision.com’s Jorge Cancino reports that groups in several states are organizing marches that will take place between Oct. 10 and 13... [See Amnesty Watch]

Judicial Watch       DHS sued over changes in 287(g) program    Judicial Watch... announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA ) lawsuit against DHS to obtain documents regarding the government's decision to "reform" 287(g), a federal program that trains local law enforcement officers in illegal immigration enforcement techniques...

Michelle Malkin      Obama plays summer school czar    The community organizer-in-chief is now pushing schools to cut back on summer vacation. Local control, schmocal control: Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way. -- Obama says American kids spend too little time in school...

We Get E-Mail      This should be read and understood by all Americans    To President  Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature: It is now  official -- you are ALL corrupt morons. -- The U.S.  Post Service was established in 1775 -- you have had 234 years to get it  right -- and it is broke...

WorldNetDaily.com      49 of 50 states never saw certification of eligibility?    A commentator at Canada Free Press who earlier exposed the Democratic National Committee used two separate forms to affirm Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to be president has heard back from readers and research – and now reports Democrats failed to certify their candidate's eligibility in 49 of the 50 states...

Steve Sailer -- VDare.com      Last of the nice WASP progressives    Immigration is probably the single broadest, deepest, most intellectually challenging topic in all of public policy. There’s no broader or more significant question you can ask than: When the government elects a new people, how many and whom should it elect?

We Get E-Mail      Reconquista zealot Cedillo wants to declare open borders    State Senator 'One Bill Gil' Cedillo wants to declare California an open-borders state. -- He introduced his Senate resolution on September 3...

The Hill -- Washington      Poll: Lowest support yet for healthcare    Public support for healthcare reform has dropped to its lowest point this year, Rasmussen finds. -- Just 41% of likely voters say they favor the reform proposed by President Obama and Democrats. 56% of respondents are opposed. -- Americans are split on whether they expect the legislation to become law...

Federation for American Immigration Reform      House health care reform bill will burden taxpayers    Much has been said about how the loophole in the House health care bill, America's Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200), will allow illegal aliens to receive taxpayer funded health benefits. A recent cost analysis concluded that this loophole may cost the American taxpayers up to $30.5 billion annually...

Hot Air      Obamunism infects the Washington Times    When Barack H. Obama was running for president, then after the election, then even after his inauguration, he told us over and over that the Bush doctrine of isolating Iran and refusing its demand for one-on-one talks was churlish and wrongheaded...

Colorado Springs Gazette Editorial      Feds must not muzzle watchdog    If there’s one thing that has remained a constant throughout this nation’s history, it’s the newspaper industry. That’s not to say newspapers are unchanged from America’s early years. Indeed, nearly everything about newspapers has changed except that they’ve been printed on paper, and even that is changing as publications use the Internet to report stories as they develop...

Washington Times       sc     Usual suspects seek health-care access for illegals     ...The National Council of La Raza launched its own "flood their voice mail" campaign last week to put pressure on Mr. Baucus to expand coverage in his proposal to include all legal immigrants and to drop verification language in the legislation that would prevent illegal [aliens] from obtaining coverage. ...

Brian Leach -- The Examiner      Is ACORN [a BHO favorite] a criminal enterprise?    The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act was originally designed to fight the Mafia criminal organization but has since been used to prosecute the Key West Police Department in the 1980s, Michael Milken in 1989, and more recently Mohawk Industries for its hiring of illegal aliens...

Devvy Kidd -- NewsWithViews.com      The destroyers who control Congress, the White house, and media    Back in 1992, less than a year after I began my journey of learning the truth about who really runs this country, who the traitors are and how deep the corruption runs, Bush, Sr. began promoting a new world order. As a matter of fact, he used that term 162 times while he was president...

Pam Meister -- Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.      Obama throws America under the global bus    During the big UN brouhaha this week, we were treated to the usual nonsense by the usual suspects - Ahmadinejad, Qaddafi, and the standard America-haters. Perhaps the one good thing that came out of it was pointed out by a friend in an e-mail.... [See Obama Watch]

Infowars -- Austin, Texas      Obama demands children spend more time in state indoctrination centers     It's not enough the government has its hooks in America's children most of the year. Now Obama wants to do away with summer vacation and have children spend more time in the government's indoctrination centers. -- "Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe," reports the Associated Press....

Southwest Florida News-Press      Secession movement moves beyond Texas    Secessionist Convention in New Hampshire in 2008, drawing delegates from about two dozen secessionist organizations in the United States and Canada. -- Secessionist organizations are operating at various levels of activity in Texas, Vermont, New Hampshire, Alaska and Hawaii...

Straight.com -- Vancouver, BC      Study shows a stunning gap between U.S. rich and poor    The rich have left the poor far behind in the United States. -- That's according to data posted on the Web site of the National Union of Public and General Employees. -- It shows that the top one percent of income earners obtained two-thirds of the income gains between 2002 and 2007... [Also see this item from Robert Rector]

New York Times     U.S. job seekers exceeded openings by record ratio    Despite signs that the economy has resumed growing, unemployed Americans now confront a job market that is bleaker than ever in the current recession, and employment prospects are still getting worse. -- Job seekers now outnumber openings six to one, the worst ratio since the government began tracking open positions in 2000...