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18 July 08 - 16:01HUD and banks backing ACORN ?

I discovered some more instances of ACORN working in the Housing market. Now it seems they get HUD money and approval.

ACORN Housing Corportation

ACORN Housing Corporation launches non-profit mortgage brokerage

ACORN Housing Corporation launches non-profit mortgage brokerage with CitiMortgage, Bank of America, First American Title Insurance Company, and Fannie Mae to help low- and moderate-income families find safe, affordable mortgages in Florida

ACORN Housing and CitiMortgage, Bank of America, First American Title Insurance Company, and Fannie Mae announced today the launching of a new non-profit mortgage brokerage called Acorn Housing Affordable Loans, LLC, to help qualified borrowers enjoy the benefits of homeownership throughout Florida. Additional offices will be launched in other states in the coming months. ... (more)

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18 July 08 - 14:02Blagojavich shoot chicago in foot.

St Louis Today

Governor veers off script, creates image problem for Chicago

07/18/2008
It started out as a mostly harmless bill signing ceremony Wednesday.

By the time it was over, the Blagojevich administration was backpedaling so furiously they were tripping over the tassels on their loafers.

During a press conference to herald the approval of a gun control measure, Gov. Rod Blagojevich veered off script.

The governor suggested that maybe he could call in the Illinois National Guard or the state police to help Chicago ... (more)

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18 July 08 - 13:42How not to talk to a judge during sentancing

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18 July 08 - 03:17THe Barack Obama Quote Generator

Had some fun with this

Obama Quote Generator

Generate a Barack Obama Quote!

"I think it's time we had a national conversation about freedom. We need to get past all the Congressional Leaders and recognize that we are our own best hope for overcoming Nancy Pelosi. We need Republicans, not Democrats. Republicans are our Hope. And we need to have change in freedom. ... (more)

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18 July 08 - 03:04Vast majority of bad subproime loans went to Minorities ?

3 stories offered as proof

Washington Post

NEIGHBORHOODS BEAR THE BRUNT

Are subprime loans targeted at minorities or at minority neighborhoods? Ingrid Gould Ellen, a professor of public policy at New York University, thinks there is evidence it is the latter

an analysis she helped perform for the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, where she is a co-director, Ellen drew up lists of the 10 neighborhoods in New York City with the largest number of subprime mortgages and the 10 with the smallest number.

In the neighborhoods with the highest numbers of those loans -- such as University Heights/Fordham, Jamaica and East Flatbush -- subprime loans accounted for nearly half of the mortgages issued.

On average, those 10 neighborhoods were around 5 percent white, 5 percent Asian, 59 percent ... (more)

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17 July 08 - 20:00Supporting the troops

2 nice heartwarming videos to share.

Raleigh welcomes home heroes "The saved the planet"

Community builds home for injured vet.

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17 July 08 - 13:27The ACORN report.

Here is the latest collection of ACORN stories I have found

ACORN OPPOSES COMMUNITY DEVELOP. Including getting rid of an old junk yard.

QUEENS Chronicle

It was another day for a rally and a hearing involving the contentious Willets Point development project as objectors on Thursday made the most noise at Queensborough Hall.

The outdoor rally preceded Borough President Helen Marshall’s land use hearing on the $3 billion project that would convert the junk car yards in Willets Point into a mixed-use development featuring housing, a school, a hotel, a small convention center and retail and office space.

Many of the Willets Point business owners and workers oppose the plan, fearing the city will use eminent domain. They don’t want to move and say the city hasn’t worked in good faith to find them new ... (more)

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17 July 08 - 12:58The Obama's plan community services for delegates

Delegates urged to dirty their hands
Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 07/17/2008 03:17:27 AM MDT

Jeannie Ritter, left, greets Michelle Obama on Wednesday. They are promoting a "Delegate Service Day." ( David Zalubowski, The Associated Press )When it comes to jobs at August's Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado first lady Jeannie Ritter and potential U.S. first lady Michelle Obama have picked a toughie: persuading convention delegates to leave the parties and the politics and get their hands dirty.

Ritter and Obama announced Wednesday that they are teaming up for a "Delegate Service Day" on Aug. 27 during the convention. The goal is to get delegates out into the community working on service ... (more)

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17 July 08 - 12:47When do these guys work ?

Although the story doesnt name is party I found it

RIchard Bradley (D) Illinois

CBS 2 news Chicago

State Rep. Absent From 1 Of 2 Government Jobs Reporting

Mike Flannery CHICAGO (CBS) ― The Illinois House is debating billions of dollars in state spending this week. Action's been slow, in part because so many representatives are absent.

In Wednesday's Truth In Politics, CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports that State Rep. Rich Bradley was also absent from his second job at City Hall ... (more)

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16 July 08 - 12:40CBS News. The Youngest Terrorist Omar Khadir

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16 July 08 - 11:59Plans for the DNC convention

The ACLU is appealing these rules of course

Denver CBS

Some Items May Be Banned From Protesters At DNC
Section: Denver 2008 DNC Convention Section
DENVER (AP) ― Next week Denver police will review a proposed ordinance to ban protesters from carrying some items during the Democratic National Convention.

If passed, protesters would not be allowed to carry pipes, chains and any materials that could be used to make bombs containing human waste.

Denver safety manager Al Lacabe says police don't want to interfere with protestors' rights. ... (more)

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16 July 08 - 11:42Charlie Wrangel under fire

CBS News New York

Rep. Rangel Under Fire On Several Fronts
On Heels Of Rent Stabilized Apartment Controversy, Harlem Democrat On Hot Seat Again Over 'Pet Project' Financing
Reporting

Don Dahler NEW YORK (CBS) ― He is one of the most powerful men in Congress - Harlem Democrat Charles Rangel. But now he is under fire on several fronts. The latest controversy - a pet project - and questions abuot how he is raising the money to finance it.

"I cannot think of anything I am more proud of."

What made Rangel proud made other members of Congress furious. ... (more)

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15 July 08 - 23:20Hardball with Buchannon

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15 July 08 - 14:21I will go into pakistan says Obama

Times online

Barack Obama today ratcheted up the pressure on Pakistan to deal with terrorists within its borders, pledging that the United States would strike at al-Qaeda operatives in this burgeoning "terrorist sanctuary" if Islamabad would not.

In a major foreign policy speech in Washington, the Democratic presidential nominee promised to shift the "single-minded" US focus on Iraq to Afghanistan and the tribal regions of Pakistan, where he said any future attack on America would originate.

“It is unacceptable that almost seven years after nearly 3,000 Americans were killed on our soil, the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 are still at large,” Mr Obama said.

“Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahari are recording messages to their followers and plotting more terror. The Taleban controls parts of Afghanistan. ... (more)

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15 July 08 - 03:07Chrisopher Dodd "Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac in good condition"

Well they are now because of US bailout.

Bloomberg

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Are in 'Good Shape' Dodd Says (Update2)

By Justin Blum

July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the largest providers of U.S. mortgage financing, are in a ``sound situation,'' said Senator Christopher Dodd.

``They have more than adequate capital, in fact more than the law requires,'' Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, said on CNN's ``Late Edition'' today. ``They have access to capital markets. They're in good shape.''

``To suggest ... (more)

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15 July 08 - 02:50Lousianna Voucher system

Turns out School vouchers are very welcomed in the minority communities

WWLT TV New Orleans

Hundreds of New Orleans families showed up Monday to fill out applications in hopes of getting one of 1,500 coveted vouchers to pay for private school tuition for their children.

State lawmakers approved the $10 million program last month, which will pay for select students entering grades K-3.
“We had folks here early this morning, well before we started,” said David Grubb, a spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Education. “Four or five hours before we opened our doors, we had some here. ... (more)

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15 July 08 - 02:10Marine murdered for wearing a uniform

Tragic still to this day

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15 July 08 - 01:42Taliban attack on troops

CBS News

The attack - which U.S. and NATO officials said happened in Kunar province but which Afghan officials said was in neighboring Nuristan - reinforced recent assessments by U.S. officials that militant attacks are becoming more complex and better coordinated.

A NATO official said the attackers used houses, shops and a mosque in Wanat for ... (more)

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14 July 08 - 21:18Scary things about an Obama Presidency

This poll is multiple choice so can chose more than one

Free Web poll for your Web site - freepolls.com

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14 July 08 - 20:25Chris Mathews on Obama terrorist cover

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14 July 08 - 18:17The Terror threat and Canada

I found this news video on CBC about Canadian terror. I love how the hosting site says "We had SOME problems with violation of service abuse

Jerusalem Post

The Canadian Internet service provider iWeb recently removed three Web sites powered by Hamas and Hizbullah from their network of subscribers after complaints were filed against the company.

Canadian law designates both Hamas and Hizbullah as terrorist organizations whose operations are barred by law, yet the militant groups were hosted online by a Montreal-based corporation.

The first of the illicit URLs was discovered by Toronto native Jonathan HaLevi while monitoring the Internet under the auspices of the Orient Research Group Ltd. which he co-founded. HaLevi is a senior researcher of the Middle East and Radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center ... (more)

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14 July 08 - 16:14"Yo so Latino y yo voto" !

This is a follow up to my earlier ACORN post. It incudes video of Barbara Lee working with ACORN

Acorn is pushing for one million immigrant voters. And they are pushing for increased housing. They are also pushing for increased medical care.

ACORN is bigger and badder than ever.

Rocky Mountian News.

Volunteers aim to register 500,000 immigrant voters, mobilize others
By Ashleigh Oldland, Rocky Mountain News
Monday, July 14, 2008

Chris Schneider / The Rocky

Martha Carranza holds her grandson, ... (more)

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14 July 08 - 12:08ACORN follies

ACORN is still working their magic. Now they are funding congress members around to showcase the "housing Crisis"

Oakland Tribune

Barbara Lee leads foreclosure tour in Oakland
By Kamika Dunlap
Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 07/13/2008 07:26:02 AM PDT

OAKLAND — Berta Berrayo is trying to hang on to the quaint East Oakland home that represents her American dream.

Sitting on her front porch Saturday, decorated with a U.S. flag and a statue of the Virgin Mary, Berrayo shared with Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and a crowd of others her plight as a working mother and recent foreclosure victim. ... (more)

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11 July 08 - 19:52Charlie Rangel home owner

CBS 2 New York

WHile the dems are passing a massive housing bailout their leaders get some nice perks

Rangel: Nothing Wrong With 4 Rent-Stabilized Apts.
Congressman Unfazed By Controversy Over His Below-Market Housing
Reporting

Marcia Kramer NEW YORK (CBS) ― In a city where rent stabilized apartments are increasingly scarce, Congressman Charles Rangel has not one, not two, not three, but four of them in the same, posh Harlem high-rise.

And CBS 2's Political Reporter Marcia Kramer says he's unabashedly unapologetic about it, as he says he's done nothing illegal. Period. ... (more)

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11 July 08 - 18:52ACORN and its involvment in the housing Crisis

Im beginning to get a bigger picture and its scary. ACORN the pro democratic party organization that has a trouble history of vote fraud is now majorily involved in the housing scandal and Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac

The video is of ACORN buying up properties in New Orleans. Also on ACORN's site is news that they back a new housing bill in California. Now comes a NY Times article that NY ATG Andrew Cuomo ... (more)

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