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Big Government: Pimpin' da ACORN

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by basso, Sep 10, 2009.

  1. rimrocker

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    I think this is what the kids call self-pwnage.

    And by the way... care to comment on the doctoring of the tapes?
     
  2. basso

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    you, like acorn, preemptively declaring victory?

    how is a "a report paid for by ACORN" "independent?"
     
  3. vlaurelio

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    so you're saying companies don't pay for independent audits?
     
  4. SamFisher

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    I've worked on several indepedent investigations - as a matter of course, these are always paid for by the entity being investigated (who do you propose should pay for it? Do you want to foot the bill? Probably a few million dollars).

    Now, for starters, let's take the number of independent investigations both you and the putative author, Representative Darrell Issa, R-Ca - have worked on in your entire lives, multiply them by 1,000,000, and see if it is more than zero.

    /argument
     
  5. basso

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    Sam, why do you support child slavery and child prostitution?
     
  6. Granville

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    Because he's a miserable human being. That's why he uses offensive slurs when discussing the special needs community.
     
  7. SamFisher

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    because capitalism is awesome - thanks for giving up so easily.
     
  8. SamFisher

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    This post is addressed to the individual using the Clutchfans User ID of "Granville".

    On a going forward basis, you shall speak to me only when spoken too, barring some special circumstances.
     
  9. Granville

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    I'm sure you are taking that position so I don't keep punking you. For once you made a wise move...
     
  10. SamFisher

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    This post is addressed to the individual using the Clutchfans User ID of "Granville".

    The reason for this policy is that I feel that your posts serve only to r****d the general development of the thread topic.
     
  11. Granville

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    The developement of threads around here go south inevitably because herd members always stop by to drop off a cowpie or two.

    Nice try of being witty, but like your attempt at projecting yourself as a decent human being, you came up short.
     
  12. KingCheetah

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    What happened to your MFW user name ?
     
  13. Granville

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    Who is MFW?
     
  14. mc mark

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    oh basso --

    ACORN workers cleared in NYC prostitute video

    A New York prosecutor's office says it has found no criminal wrongdoing on the part of three ACORN employees caught on video advising a couple posing as a prostitute and her boyfriend.

    The Brooklyn district attorney's office said Monday that its five-month inquiry is over and that no criminal activity was found.

    The videos were made by conservative activists Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe, who used a hidden camera on visits to offices of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

    Since then, O'Keefe has been arrested after visiting Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in New Orleans.

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    I'm sure your apology to ACORN will be forthcoming
     
  15. FranchiseBlade

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    basso got served... yet again.
     
  16. SuperBeeKay

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    hey dere wut is acorn is dis acorn
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  17. Rashmon

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  18. FranchiseBlade

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    Even more shame drips from basso, and his failed posts/threads.
     
  19. basso

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    2 ACORN employees indicted for voter fraud in Wisconsin.
     
  20. uolj

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    The bulk of that claim is still the same voter registration fraud stemming from ACORN's payment practices and people attempting to meet quotas by any means necessary.

    But it does include two (allegedly) extra votes, so I guess nobody can say there haven't been complaints of actual voter fraud.

    Whether those two extra votes actually mean anything with regard to the election, ACORN, or anything else is another question. My feeling is that they don't, and are pretty irrelevant. Do you disagree?
     

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