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To: Brumar89 who wrote (38602)	11/15/2009 7:58:22 PM
From: Peter Dierks	1 Recommendation Respond to of 71588

Obama doesn't give a damn about Karzai's alleged corruption. Obama and Emanuel are corrupt Chicago politicians who could give Karzai lessons on corruption. ... Obama is a decades long lawyer and trainer for ACORN .... which is the biggest organized voter fraud conspiracy America has. Good point. I found it interesting to see even the socialists criticizing Obama. Everyone seems to recognise that he is lost. Obama is the worst President in history . The margin by which he claims that title increases daily.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (38602)	11/17/2009 8:43:40 AM
From: Peter Dierks	2 Recommendations Respond to of 71588

ACORN's nutty suit Comments: 15 Last Updated: 4:21 AM, November 16, 2009 Posted: November 16, 2009 Well, well, well: Looks like ACORN may be cracking from the heat. The radical pressure group, best known for trying to help hookers and pimps commit housing fraud, is suing Congress for stripping it of federal funds. That's quite a reversal from just months ago -- when, in the wake of the vote, ACORN chief Bertha Lewis insisted that the group didn't need the money. But back then, it seemed she didn't have much of a choice: Even most Democrats, the group's traditional allies, were running for cover after ACORN employees were caught on tape advising undercover journalists posing as a pimp and a prostitute on how to set up a brothel. The bill passed the House by a 345-75 margin; the Senate produced just seven votes (counting, shamefully, New York's Kirsten Gillibrand) to maintain funding. Now it appears a lack of taxpayer dollars is starting to cramp ACORN's style. The lawsuit, naturally, is a farce. The Center for Constitutional Rights, which is representing ACORN, claims Congress issued an unconstitutional bill of attainder, or legislative punishment, when it stripped the funding. Of course, it takes ACORN's unique combination of far-left ideology and street-bully instincts to presume it had a right to the money in the first place. The group rose to power by using harassment threats to shake down local businesses that didn't sign on to its agenda, and by going to bat for politicians (usually Democrats), often by employing shady voter-registration schemes. But the videos prompted such a public uproar that even once-loyal congressmen ditched the group. Thus, ACORN is resorting to a tried and true method: By turning to the courts, it hopes to circumvent the democratic process. Here's hoping it fails there, too. Read more: nypost.com