ACORN and the 300 or so companies that are listed as part of that funeral parlor in New Orleans should all be investigated as far as the money they've received from taxpayers. What should be addressed is how much they all received and where that money has gone to.
ACORN and those 300 companies should be investigated to see how they all are intertwined with each other.
ACORN should be questioned as to why they allowed the brother of the man who started ACORN to embezzle one million dollars and never had him prosecuted.
ACORN should be investigated for paying people for individual signatures in registering to vote when that is illegal in the State of Nevada.
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WHERE'S THE SMOKING GUN. Produce it or STFU.
The smoking gun is the two ACORN Board members who are asking to see the books and are told they can't. They are out on the talk circuit talking about all the wrongdoings going on in ACORN.
The other smoking gun is that Rathke's (sp) brother who embezzled one million dollars was allowed to stay on the payroll at ACORN for eight years after they found out he embezzled the million.
I think there should be an investigation but I worry it will be a railroading- Acorn has done a lot of legitimate good work and it would be a travesty to see them snuffed out over 1-2 bad seeds and there are other groups that have done a lot of really bad things with taxpayer dollars that I would like to investigated first.
The two Board members that are out on the talk circuit condemning ACORN have both stated that the original mission of ACORN was a good one, but they're saying now ACORN has been taken over by VERY big money and that the VERY big money is keeping the books hidden from the Board and both Board members are saying that a lot of shenanigans are going on at ACORN, and they themselves are asking for an investigation.
I'm sure I'Ie missed a few.It's getting more difficult by the day to keep track of which Democrats are involved with exactly what corrupt and/or ethically challenged activities.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and her husband own as much as $500,000 in stock of the troubled OneUnited Bank. In a direct conflict-of-interest, she intervened with regulators on behalf of the bank. Ed Morrissey asks the rhetorical question: "Did Americans go deep into debt to send bailout money to politically-connected banks and to prop up the investment portfolios of elected officials? Apparently, yes we did."
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) engaged in a relationship with a Fannie Mae executive while supposedly overseeing the GSE. Fannie's meltdown -- amid repeated financial scandals and Frank's fierce fight to shield them from regulators -- played a critical role in the financial crisis.
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT), the powerful Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, threatened filibuster after filibuster over additional regulation of the mortgage market while accepting funds and sweetheart mortgages from the very organizations he was supposed to be regulating. In fact, Dodd has yet to disclose the nature of his personal loan deals, despite having promised to do so months ago.
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, appears to be the subject of 32 simultaneous ethics issues or investigations including 28 mysterious asset transfers (prohibited by House rules); undisclosed income from his Costa Rican rental property; multiple violations of New York City rent control statutes; killing a tax increase that would have hurt a contributor; and more.
Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV), dubbed "the overnight millionaire," is in the news again. He received his nickname because in 2000 Mollohan had no portfolio to speak of while making less than $80K a year. By 2004, he reported having at least $6.3 million in assets that generated income of somewhere around $700K annually. Earlier this week, it was reported that a non-profit funded by Mollohan (with the taxpayers' money, of course) had provided his family with $75,000 in free rent and services.
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), an unindicted co-conspirator from the Abscam days, has had several ethical clouds hanging over his head for decades. The latest theft of taxpayer money is especially disturbing: Over the course of the past decade, Rep. John P. Murtha has earmarked millions of dollars for the Electro-Optics Center at Penn State University — money that has, in turn, gone to clients of the PMA Group, the Murtha-linked lobbying shop that was raided in November as part of a federal criminal probe..
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), a member of the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee, helped award $3.7 billion to companies controlled by her hsuband. Despite an obvious conflict of interest, Feinstein voted for appropriations "worth billions to her husband's firms."
Sen. Harry "Land Deal" Reid (D-NV), the Senate Majority Leader, collected a $1.1 million windfall profit on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't owned the property for at least three years. Reid also did not disclose to Congress an earlier sale in which he transferred his land to a company created by a friend and took a financial stake in that company. The AP learned of the land deal from a former Reid aide who was concerned that the deal had been "hidden from Congress."
Just remember, peons: these jamokes are all still serving in Congress -- without a care in the world -- because they are above the law. They are royalty, not rabble (like you and I). Sure, if any one of us normal folks had pulled this type of chicanery, we'd be serving ten years in the big house.
Oh come now Nancy ,,
Does this mean your not going to drain the swamp,release the memo or end the culture of corruption?
Boy am I disappointed.Just protecting the privalaged class of the politician as usual.I'm sure this will help all your problems with accountability and transparency go away .Those dam people who whatch FOX or read on the internet will just stop looking at your record of criminality now.Good for you girl.I just know that after you've pissed away the democratic control in the congress by 2010 the dirty repub's will not go back to the past (like you) and prosecute yours and your parties malfeasence.Bon Chance Madamme Speaker.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working to buffer lawmakers from federal investigators. This is a bad idea. Special legal protections for politicians encourage unethical conduct.
Irvin B. Nathan, general counsel of the House of Representatives, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. about establishing a protocol on how to handle "hopefully rare searches and electronic surveillance involving members of Congress." Mr. Nathan previously failed to negotiate such an agreement with the George W. Bush administration when Republicans controlled the House. His return to this effort isn't surprising given the number of congressional Democrats facing accusations of ethical misconduct.
Democrats facing scrutiny include the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, for his close ties to the defense lobby firm PMA Group, which is under federal investigation; House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New York about a number of tax issues; Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. of Illinois over his reported effort to persuade ousted Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich to appoint him to fill President Obama's former Senate seat; and Rep. Jane Harman of California, who reportedly was taped in 2005 by the National Security Agency purportedly agreeing to help seek leniency for two accused Israeli spies in exchange for help in lobbying her appointment to chair the House Intelligence Committee.
Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, invoked the separation of powers as justification for the move. Mrs. Pelosi, who has acknowledged being aware previously of Mrs. Harman's controversial dialogue, claims the stance is a matter of principle. "Whether it's invading an office or wiretapping a conversation, it's important for us to have the separation of powers and the respect for individual liberties, again, while not harboring information that would be useful under the speech [or] debate clause," she said
HERE'S THE PROOF!
ACORN UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE F.B.I. FOR VOTER FRAUD IN 2008 IN 14 STATES.
State Year Details
AR 1998 A contractor with ACORN-affiliated Project Vote was arrested for falsifying about 400 voter registration cards.
CO 2005 Two ex-ACORN employees were convicted in Denver of perjury for submitting false voter registrations.
CO 2004 An ACORN employee admitted to forging signatures and registering three of her friends to vote 40 times.
CT 2008 The New York Post reported that ACORN submitted a voter registration card for a 7-year-old Bridgeport girl. Another 8,000 cards from the same city will be scrutinized for possible fraud.
FL 2008 Election officials in Brevard County have given prosecutors more than 23 suspect registrations from ACORN. The state's Division of Elections is also investigating complaints in Orange and Broward Counties.
FL 2004 A Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesman said ACORN was “singled out” among suspected voter registration groups for a 2004 wage initiative because it was “the common thread” in the agency’s fraud investigations.
IN 2008 Election officials in Indiana have thrown out more than 4,000 ACORN-submitted voter registrations after finding they had identical handwriting and included the names of many deceased Indianans, and even the name of a fast food restaurant.
MI 2008 Clerks in Detroit found a "sizeable number of duplicate and fraudulent [voter] applications" from the Michigan branch of ACORN. Those applications have been turned over to the U.S. Attorney's office for investigation.
MI 2004 The Detroit Free Press reported that “overzealous or unscrupulous campaign workers in several Michigan counties are under investigation for voter-registration fraud, suspected of attempting to register nonexistent people or forging applications for already-registered voters.” ACORN-affiliate Project Vote was one of two groups suspected of turning in the documents.
MO 2008 Nearly 400 ACORN-submitted registrations in Kansas City have been rejected due to duplication or fake information.
MO 2007 Four ACORN employees were indicted in Kansas City for charges including identity theft and filing false registrations during the 2006 election.
MO 2006 Eight ACORN employees in St. Louis were indicted on federal election fraud charges. Each of the eight faces up to five years in prison for forging signatures and submitting false information.
MO 2003 Of 5,379 voter registration cards ACORN submitted in St. Louis, only 2,013 of those appeared to be valid. At least 1,000 are believed to be attempts to register voters illegally.
MN 2004 During a traffic stop, police found more than 300 voter registration cards in the trunk of a former ACORN employee, who had violated a legal requirements that registration cards be submitted to the Secretary of State within 10 days of being filled out and signed.
NC 2008 County elections officials have sent suspicious voter registration applications to the state Board of Elections. Many of the applications had similar or identical names, but with different addresses or dates of birth.
NC 2004 North Carolina officials investigated ACORN for submitting fake voter registration cards.
NM 2008 Prosecutors are investigating more than 1,100 ACORN-submitted voter registration cards after a county clerk found them to be fraudulent. Many of the cards included duplicate names and slightly altered personal information.
NM 2005 Four ACORN employees submitted as many as 3,000 potentially fraudulent signatures on the group’s Albuquerque ballot initiative. A local sheriff added: “It’s safe to say the forgery was widespread.”
NM 2004 An ACORN employee registered a 13-year-old boy to vote. Citing this and other examples, New Mexico State Representative Joe Thompson stated that ACORN was “manufacturing voters” throughout New Mexico.
NV 2009 Nevada authorities indicted ACORN on 26 counts of voter registration fraud and 13 counts of illegally compensating canvassers. ACORN provided a bonus compensation program called “Blackjack” or “21+” for any canvasser who registered more than 20 voters per shift, which is illegal under Nevada law.
NV 2008 Nevada state authorities raided ACORN's Las Vegas headquarters as part of a task force investigation of election fraud. Fraudulent registrations included players from the Dallas Cowboys.
OH 2008 ACORN activists gave Ohio residents cash and cigarettes in exchange for filling out voter registration card, according to the New York Post. Some voters claim to have registered dozens of times, and one man says he signed up on 72 cards.
OH 2007 A man in Reynoldsburg was indicted on two felony counts of illegal voting and false registration, after being registered by ACORN to vote in two separate counties.
OH 2004 A grand jury indicted a Columbus ACORN worker for submitting a false signature and false voter registration form. In Franklin County, two ACORN workers submitted what the director of the board of election supervisors called “blatantly false” forms. In Cuyahoga County, ACORN and its affiliate Project Vote submitted registration cards that had the highest rate of errors for any voter registration group.
PA 2009 Seven ACORN workers in the Pittsburgh area were indicted for submitting falsified voter registration forms. Six of the seven were also indicted for registering voters under an illegal quota system.
PA 2008 State election officials have thrown out 57,435 voter registrations, the majority of which were submitted by ACORN. The registrations were thrown out after officials found "clearly fraudulent" signatures, vacant lots listed as addresses, and other signs of fraud.
PA 2008 An ACORN employee in West Reading, PA, was sentenced to up to 23 months in prison for identity theft and tampering with records. A second ACORN worker pleaded not guilty to the same charges and is free on $10,000 bail.
PA 2004 Reading’s Director of Elections received calls from numerous individuals complaining that ACORN employees deliberately put inaccurate information on their voter registration forms. The Berks County director of elections said voter fraud was “absolutely out of hand,” and added: “Not only do we have unintentional duplication of voter registration but we have blatant duplicate voter registrations.” The Berks County deputy director of elections added that ACORN was under investigation by the Department of Justice.
TX 2008 In Harris County, nearly 10,000 ACORN-submitted registrations were found to be invalid, including many with clearly fraudulent addresses or other personal information.
TX 2008 ACORN turned in the voter registration form of David Young, who told reporters “The signature is not my signature. It’s not even close.” His social security number and date of birth were also incorrect.
VA 2005 In 2005, the Virginia State Board of Elections admonished Project Vote and ACORN for turning in a significant number of faulty voter registrations. An audit revealed that 83% of sampled registrations that were rejected for carrying false or questionable information were submitted by Project Vote. Many of these registrations carried social security numbers that exist for other people, listed non-existent or commercial addresses, or were for convicted felons in violation of state and federal election law.
In a letter to ACORN, the State Board of Elections reported that 56% of the voter registration applications ACORN turned in were ineligible. Further, a full 35% were not submitted in a timely manner, as required by law. The State Board of Elections also commented on what appeared to be evidence of intentional voter fraud. "Additionally,” they wrote, “information appears to have been altered on some applications where information given by the applicant in one color ink has been scratched through and re-entered in another color ink. Any alteration of a voter registration application is a Class 5 Felony in accordance with § 24.2-1009 of the Code of Virginia."
WA 2007 Three ACORN employees pleaded guilty, and four more were charged, in the worst case of voter registration fraud in Washington state history. More than 2,000 fraudulent voter registration cards were submitted by the group during a voter registration drive.
WI 2008 At least 33,000 ACORN-submitted registrations in Milwaukee have been called into question after it was found that the organizations had been using felons as registration workers, in violation of state election rules. Two people involved in the ongoing Wisconsin voter fraud investigation have been charged with felonies.
WI 2004 The district attorney’s office investigated seven voter registration applications Project Vote employees filed in the names of people who said the group never contacted them. Former Project Vote employee Robert Marquise Blakely told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he had not met with any of the people whose voter registration applications he signed, “an apparent violation of state law,” according to the paper.
THE QUESTIONS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO BE ASKING ABOUT ACORN IS - WHY IS ACORN RECEIVING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PARTICIPATE IN PURELY PARTISAN VOTING & ELECTION ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS COUNT ILLEGALS IN THE 2010 CENSUS???????????
WHY HAS ACORN GOTTEN AWAY WITH VOTING FRAUD INDICTMENTS AND CONVICTIONS SINCE 1998 WITHOUT LOSING THEIR RIGHTS TO VOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR FREE ELECTIONS. VOTING FRAUD IS A FELONY AND FELONS DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN OUR FREE ELECTIONS UNLESS YOU ARE ACORN.
THIS DOES NOT EVEN ADDRESS ACORN'S COMPLICITY IN THE CRIMINAL SUB PRIME/NINJA MORTGAGE DEBACLE THAT CAUSED THE MELT DOWN CRISIS IN OUR ECONOMY. ACORN SHOULD BE INDICTED ALONG WITH CONGRESSMEN FRANK, DOBBS, WALTERS, MEEKS, DAVIS, RANGLE, PRESIDENT OBAMA as well as others that legislated and fought to keep mortgages deregulated as well as pad their pockets with Fanny Mae & Freedy Mac, Bank of American, Citigroup kickbacks/campaign donations from the horrific interest & fees charged to poor, minorities and those Americans with less than perfect credit for predatory mortgage loans who millions and millions eventually lost the homes in foreclosure. Once again the poor, minorities and those with less than perfect credit were exploited by CONGRESSMAN FRANK, DOBBS, WALTERS, MEEKS, DAVIS, RANGLE ect. as well as SENATOR OBAMA, Fanny Mae & Freddy Mac, Bank of American, Citigroup and other predatory mortgage brokers & lenders because of deregulation of the mortgage industry in Congress. So who are the real culprits?? ACORN and their 270+ subsidiaries, Fanny Mae & Freddy Mac, Bank of American, Citigroup and other predatory mortgage brokers & lenders, Congress or all the above??
I smell smoking guns. Where's blackmonkeymon?
The Smoking Gun,
Well I hate to tell you he is the President of the United States of America. Acorns Attorney. Yes the organization that supports the Democrat Party should be investigated, but by who, Eric Holder, the Historic AG? Give me a break! Holder just let the Black Panthers who were in default of a Court Order off the hook. By the Democrat Congress?? Please, Acorn works for them. And if you are thinking Special Counsel/Prosecutor appointed by the President, you must be really sick if you think that is going to happen. Democrat have protected these people for years, and if every one in America demanded an investigation they would be ignored by Democrats,Republicans, and the Obama controlled Media.
You are absolutely right eddiekempsr about Obama ACORN collection, Black Panther ACORN connection, but there is just one thing that needs to be revealed. It is not just the Democrat Party it is the DSA that has deceived Americans by running on the Democrat Party ticket. The DSA hijacted the Democrat Party - there are over 80 of them in Congress - God only know how many are in the Administration, State & Local government and every facet of our society i.e Banks, Corporations, Wall Street, Hospital & School Administrations, Universities etc... Our country is being hijacked by Socialist of the DSA and the so called New Progressive Party which also has Socialist & Communist roots. That's what we are dealing with here, this is the true threat of the United States of American Free Republic. Obama himself was endorsed by the DSA responsible for his Senate victory
in IL. http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obamas-international-socialist-connections/ http://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/10/obamas-connection-to-the-democratic-socialists-of-america-is-it-relevant/ http://obamaism.blogspot.com/
At least STOP 'Tax-Exempt' status, since this is a partisan PAC.
Government subsidies are inexcusable.