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| Subject: ACORN The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is a collection of community-based organizations in the United States that advocate for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues. ACORN has over 400,000 members and more than 1,200 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the U.S. ACORN was founded in 1970 by Wade Rathke and Gary Delgado. Maude Hurd has been National President since 1990; Bertha Lewis was appointed CEO in 2008. US politics: By John Schroy, on September 25th, 2009 |  Leave a comment  Closely connected with President Barack Obama, the ACORN group of “community organizers” has drawn censure from the Democrat-controlled Congress as a result of daring investigative reporting by James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles. However, effective Congressional action seems unlikely. The HUD grants program is a ‘honey pot’ that has kept legislators of both parties in slush funds for generations. Take the case of the sidewalk in Sandy, Utah … September 25th, 2009 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: ACLU, ACORN, Barack Obama, Bertha Lewis, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Administration, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, Glenn Beck, Hannah Giles, HUD, James O'Keefe, SEIU, Shaun Donovan, sub-prime mortgages, Tides Foundation, United States, US Congress | Category: US Politics, featured | Leave a comment |  Short urlObama's Sunday Blitz: By John Schroy, on September 22nd, 2009 | Leave a comment  During September 2009, President Obama dominated television in his attempt to sell his government-run health plan, despite massive public opposition. Over-exposure is already damaging Obama’s popularity. Now the Main Stream Media is seeing falling ad revenues and market share as the public turns to the prime source of unbiased information: Fox News. Unpopular policies, imprudent economics, and Obama-linked scandals like ACORN, are weighing on this Presidency. September 22nd, 2009 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: ACORN, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, David Letterman, Fox News, George Stephanopoulos, Glenn Beck, Hannah Giles, Hillary Clinton, James O'Keefe, Mainstream Media, Monica Lewinsky, Sarah Palin, Time Magazine, William Ginsburg | Category: US Politics, featured | Leave a comment | Short urlThe end of the dollar? By John Schroy, on September 17th, 2009 | 8 comments  Igor Panarin, a Russian academic, is making headlines predicting the end of the United States in 2010. With his connections in the intelligence community, one might wonder what Professor Panarin might know about Barack Obama and his radical cabinet of ‘czars’ that is unknown to the American people? Panarin’s map of the proposed breakup of the United States seems to exhibit a profound mis-understanding of American political history and culture. However, the non-democratic behavior of the Pelosi-Reid Congress does raise questions as to the future of the country. September 17th, 2009 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: ACORN, Barack Obama, Brazil, Canada, CIA, Fox News, Georgia, Harvard Law School, Igor Panarin, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, KGB, New York Times, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United States, Wall Street Journal | Category: US Politics | 8 comments | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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