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And, yeah, it was the 80's and (as I remember it) I was hot too. #cyndilauper
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11/18/09
It doesn't bother me and I don't take it personally. It's just something they don't like.
I think it's fair for some gay men to think pussy is gross. I don't think all of them feel that way. I suspect there is a whole range between being curious about it, being indifferent to it and flat out not liking it.
And I suspect that there are a lot of lesbians who fall into the same spectrum.
09/24/09
As a lifelong liberal Democrat, who worked for many, many years in the non-profit world, it infuriates me that organizations like this make the whole sector look bad. Most do excellent, important work helping real people who desperately need assistance. Shame on the staffers at ACORN.
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What, did he save the costume from the Pimps 'n' Ho's parties he threw in college?
Fucking racists.
09/24/09
How much does ACORN help poor people if it provides tax preparation advice and loans to pimps, who help destroy communities? Do you make the connection that helping to establish a brothel perpetuates poverty by promulgating the abuse of females and acting as fertile ground for hardcore substance abuse? This is where urban rot comes from, this is how it happens in plain sight.
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Defense contractors acting on the behest of the US Government and a community organization/NPO receiving Federal funding are not analagous entities. Regardless of how you feel about the Iraq War, they did not commit analagous crimes. That said, I would have every expectation that the Federal Government review third parties that it provides funding to for impropriety and take appropriate action when illegal or questionable activities - like ACORN was caught on camera engaging in - are alleged.
09/24/09
@Unsolicited Advice: Before we get all apocalyptic, lets remember that no pimps, whores or brothels were actually facilitated in the making of this movie. Maybe this will spark a criminal investigation by police or IRS, and we'll find out Acorn has done this sort of thing for real, but right now all we have is a handful of idiots talking to each other.
09/24/09
there are bigger fish to fry. Or, nuts. There are bigger nuts to crack. Whatever.
09/24/09
"The Army's Criminal Investigations Command...said in February that it had 90 criminal investigations under way related to alleged contract fraud in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. Two dozen U.S. citizens had been charged or indicted.
[www.huffingtonpost.com]"
Those guys are getting investigated and busted. The ACORN guys will too. I don't see the double standard.
09/24/09
[www.acorn-8.net]
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09/24/09
Also, seriously? They made a mistake? Telling someone there are 31 days in September is a mistake. Leaving a left turn out of directions is a mistake. Providing instructions on how to secure federal funding to finance criminal activity is not a mistake. It is illegal. Very clearly illegal, too...not even one of those gray areas.
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Of course, spineless Democrats in congress wouldn't dare, but still, WTF? Double standard much?
09/24/09
I don't think we're talking about comparable crimes, or comparable intents. But ACORN has revealed itself to be deeply corrupt, and destructive to the poor communities they supposedly represent. How many brothels and criminal organizations received tax assistance that facilitated their crimes? How many of them received loans to operate their businesses? Worst of all, their response to the corruption was to behave in defiant, dismissive fashion.
They're going to get gutted, and I'm glad.
09/24/09
But with all due respect, you can't claim this sets a precedent and then be all WTF, double standard! This literally just happened...it's a standard that was just set. Why not call some attention to these pet projects and organizations you speak of, instead of waiting for someone else to do it and complaining that conservative organizations aren't being defunded?
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That is every military defense contractor and supplier (and health insurance company). Boeing, Halliburton, Blackwater/Xe etc would be out of business. BC-BS, Aetna, United Health would cut out of their contracts with the Feds.
Of course they won't go that far, and ACORN will the perfect case that the law singled them out and is unconstitutional.
09/24/09
Explain to me how defense contracting companies will be successfully accused of fraud? Why does this Iraq/DC argument keep showing up? It's like there's some liberal talking points generator online that isn't part of my RSS.
09/24/09
So all you need is one missing signature, one mis-spelled word, or some missing form, and you're de-funded.
And your "liberal talking points generator?" It's called the news.
09/24/09
I think we need to evaluate the law more closely. Not only am I positive that it's not that simple re: signatures/misspellings, I'd also bet that defense contracting firms have used whatever "cure" process is incorporated into the legislation.
More importantly, what right does ACORN have to federal funding in the first place? What process/approach led to their establishment and why is their funding sacrosanct enough to necessitate legislation to cut them off?
09/24/09
And this isn't about ACORN, it's about Congress crafting a law which is unconstitutional on its face. A law can't deal simply with a single entity (regardless of Terri Schaivo), it can only set general rules. So by trying to craft a bill which isn't unconstitutional by NOT naming ACORN, they're making a bill which is so broad that it becomes unconstitutional by default.
09/24/09
The point is that the law was so sloppily written that IF it was actually enforced it would cover any entity that was ever indicted or convicted for anything that has business with the federal government. Obama will find a way to pocket veto.
09/24/09
Yeah, you've convinced me to do a little more research, I'm sensing critical levels of bullshittery re: this issue.
09/24/09
Of course those employees got fired anyway! Can't image why they'd be inclined toward defiance or dismissiveness.
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WHICH WAS IT???