Voter/Consumer Line Blurred

By Ashley Sewell

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions on corporations and unions when it comes to financial contributions for federal campaigns.  President Obama said the decision “gave a green light to a new stampede of special interest money in our politics” and other watchdog groups echoed his sentiment [...]

‘The Chicago Way’ is Obama’s Way

by Fran Eaton, first published @ Southtown Star
It was in the 1987 movie “The Untouchables” that we learned first about “The Chicago Way.” Overall, the gist is that when someone’s done something wrong, the victim retaliates with something slightly worse.
“The Chicago Way” seems to be the Obama administration’s modus operandi.
The administration is teaching “The Chicago [...]

Home health care workers face union pressure

By Fran Eaton, first published @ Southtown Star
Next Monday morning, ballots will be counted to determine whether Illinois families that care for severely disabled family members in their homes and receive financial assistance from the state will become union members.
In June, Gov. Pat Quinn signed an executive order that had been left on his desk [...]

ACORN maneuvers onto key federal financial board

by Fran Eaton, Illinois Review.com
Last week, in the midst of the ACORN scandals nationwide, the Dems not only ignored the allegations about giving illegal tax counsel and mortgage information to a pretend pimp and prostitute, they elevated ACORN. Indeed, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) found a way to include ACORN reps on a financial oversight board, [...]

Art for Government Money’s Sake

By Anthony Bialy
We can buy our own paintings. That’s the primary lesson to take away from learning that the National Endowment for the Arts got caught using government resources to praise the government. To recap, an official named Yosi Sergant resigned following his participation in a conference call in which he asked for [...]

ACORN has Merely Gotten Worse

By Anthony Bialy
They’re now best known for being the H&R Block of call girls. But ACORN was bad before it was really, totally, reprehensibly bad. It’s easy to throw the organization under the bus after their pro-hooker-deduction stance was made public. By bringing us the films, Andrew Breitbart is officially the funniest [...]

Newsworthy

By Jenny Erikson 
In case you haven’t heard (and you probably haven’t, since even seasoned reporter Charlie Gibson hadn’t heard), the Senate voted yesterday to freeze all tax-payer funds going to ACORN. This comes after the United States Census Bureau told the group to take a hike a few days ago.
What is ACORN anyway? It [...]

A rose by any other name

By Paige Bennett

There was an article in the Examiner on the 21st of June about ACORN and their ‘new name.”

When I first started to write about this I thought well I do not know anything about ACORN. My second thought was – who does? And that is the way this organization wants it to be.

Ok, so what is an acorn? It is a small nut which once planted grows into a huge oak tree. This little nut is planted deep and is unseen by the human eye. The huge tree that grows is seen, but has many branches and some are obscured by other branches. This large tree drops nuts to the ground that are planted and the cycle continues.

An ACORN by Any Other Name

By Nichole Hungerford

I think Michelle Malkin put it best: The story of the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now is tremendously convoluted because “of course, ACORN runs a vast network of affiliates across the country that facilitate its money-shuffling racket.” My guess is that this is also how it maintain its superficial “grassroots” street cred despite its access to resources from on high.

The chapter of the recent ACORN International name change is similarly confusing. To be clear, ACORN proper has not changed their title, only ACORN International, now, Community Organizations International. ACORN International was founded by disgraced ACORN founder, Wade Rathke who was ousted from the main organization after it was revealed that his brother, Dale Rathke , embezzled a small fortune and Wade conspired to conceal the transgression for nearly a decade.

ACORN: Don’t You Forget About Me

By: Laura Adelmann

Our friends at ACORN have decided to change their name to the much less memorable name of Community Organizations International. It seems that ACORN feels that it has somehow acquired a bad reputation. I can’t imagine how that has happened. It couldn’t possibly be the 14 states where voter registration fraud has been investigated? It couldn’t be financial mismanagement or embezzlement? How about the lawsuits against whistleblowers and those shining the light on ACORN’s fraud? ACORN is trying to make people forget their actions so they can turn around and do it all again. Don’t let them slip between the cracks. Remember the name and remind others that Community Organizations International=ACORN every chance you get or we’ll be repeating this same game in 2012.

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