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To: Alighieri who wrote (455724)	2/11/2009 6:19:41 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575396

"He was watching Fox yesterday...one of the leggy blonds was "reporting" on it" Ah. That explains it. I am thinking what probably happened was in one of the early versions of the bill there was some language in there along those lines. When the wingnuts starting screeching about ACORN, it got pulled. But, the auto emails were already hitting the inboxes and still are. So the manufactured rage continues over something that hasn't existed in months... This propagating myths via emails is not a bad strategy. These guys have no shame, so shooting them down doesn't make any differences. No doubt we will be hearing about the billions that ACORN got for years.

To: Alighieri who wrote (455724)	2/11/2009 8:45:17 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575396

Actually, I wasn't watching FNC yesterday. But this story is all over the place including from multiple Republican congressmen all of whom I believe when they say it. House Republican Leader John Boehner issued a statement over the weekend noting that the stimulus bill wending its way through Congress provides $4.19 billion for "neighborhood stabilization activities." He said the money was previously limited to state and local governments, but that Democrats now want part of it to be available to non-profit entities. That means groups like ACORN would be eligible for a portion of the funds. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., told FOX News Tuesday that the money could be seen as "payoff" for groups' political activities in the last election. ACORN generally supports Democratic candidates and actively backed President Obama last year. Now, I'm no attorney, but neither of you is, either. And I do know enough about reading statute to realize that someone like you or me or CJ reading statute typically leads to incorrect conclusions. So, I base my words on what professionals are saying, you base yours on, well, not knowing shit from shinola about the subject.