U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon has issued her ruling that the cutoff of funding to ACORN was unconstitutional. She ordered all federal agencies to put the word out about it.
To refresh your memory, ACORN workers were caught in undercover stings offering questionable to unlawful advice to individuals posing as various applicants for funding. In one instance a couple posing as boy/girlfriend was given advice on how to run a prostitution ring and disguise it as a massage parlor. And that wasn't the worst part - they offered advice on how to launder the money so it would not look as profitable! Two crimes were committed yet Brooklyn prosecutors said the ACORN employees did not commit a crime.
The U.S. Department of Justice, several Congressional offices, conservative organizations and countless citizens filed briefs, placed calls and made their opinions known. Gershon would hear none of it. In her ruling "Nutty Nina" (as she is sometimes referred to) stated that Congress was attempting to punish ACORN without following a systematic process outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations requiring hearings and other steps before permanently stopping the funding.
How ridiculous is this? In its simplest form it's like the ACLU getting bail for a bank robber who was caught in the act of commiting an armed holdup. The argument could be made that, "If he's not free to rob, how can he feed his family?"
Wait, it gets worse! ACORN is in line for MORE funding if the pending overhaul of our health care system is passed into law. Wait, it gets even worse! ACORN is a "community activist" group with strong ties to President Obama. ACORN has been involved in countless acts of voter registration violations and mass fraud.
Are you sick yet? I am. What are you doing about it? Reading blogs or getting involved in activism yourself?
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