How Not to Help the Poor. What have Community Organizers really accomplished.

We know that many people have gotten involved in Acorn for all the best intentions. And now we can see how they are being used to build bigger government.

House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) lied to Lou Dobbs on national television the other night but no one seems to have noticed.

On the May 18 edition on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) said she was worried about the fact that ACORN and other organizations would "have access potentially to $8.5 billion" in federal funds.

ACORN, which Bachmann noted has received about $53 million in federal money since the early 1990s, has "a pattern of indictment for voter fraud," she said. "It's very concerning. No organization has a right to federal taxpayer money."

During the heated discussion that followed, longtime ACORN ally Frank said, "the notion that they're eligible for $8 billion is nonsense." A moment later Frank, who appeared last year in one of the group's promotional videos on YouTube called "ACORN Grassroots Democracy Campaign," repeated his mantra.

"But it's not $8 billion," he said.

Bachmann, whose provision blocking ACORN from receiving funding in a recent mortgage reform bill was stripped out at the urging of Frank, has previously said that ACORN and other left-wing advocacy groups could have a shot at pocketing up to $8.5 billion this year.

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/21/barney-frank-lies-about-acorn

Thank you Brian for stopping by. What is scary is that if you look at the promo video of Acorn you can see how the Ferderal Government is taking control. I do not want my federal taxes going to CA.

Robin Hood is in Washington.

So now you attack You Tube. Very interesting.

Same Kind of Different as Me

Terry, now this is what I mean by really making a difference in someones life. It is like the first video says you have to get to know someone to truly help. Debbie and Ron Hall did just that and thier impact on the homeless has been real and sustained. I ecourage you to watch this video and buy the book. It may just change your life. I know it has mine.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Memorial weekend as well. We are in Oklahoma City for a 12U baseball tournament. Our son actually hit a homer today. Life is definitely good at the Linahan's tonight.

Hey will you do me a favor. Will you check out my post. Veterans fight to be remembered My friend works with the Liberty Legal Institute and is in Washington helping to save the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial from being torn down by the ACLU. She asked me to help spread the word about this issue. It is just like Missy Chaulk stated in her comment on that post.Eternal Vigilance is the price of liberty.

We have to remember it is all a fight worth having. My 12 year old asked me why I am so into politics and I told him because his Dad and I have had it pretty darn good and I want him to have the same opportunities we had. You know what? He understood.