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Title: 7-YR.-OLD GETS AN ACORN VOTE
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URL Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/1012200 ... _gets_an_acorn_vote_133207.htm
Published: Oct 12, 2008
Author: MELISSA KLEIN
Post Date: 2008-10-12 07:54:24 by Jethro Tull
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O'jahnae Smith is ready and registered to vote this November. There's only one problem: She's 7 years old. The Connecticut girl is 11 years too young - and nobody in her family knows how she ended up on a voter registration form submitted by ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. "She's registered to vote?" said a surprised Jerome Smith, O'jahnae's teenage brother. "She's too young to vote." But that didn't stop someone from forging the child's signature on a voter registration card and giving her a fake birth date that upped her age to 27. The family told The Post a drug-addicted relative may have given the bogus card to ACORN. Voter registration fraud complaints like these continue to mount for the group, already under scrutiny in 11 states where hundreds, if not thousands, of new registrations are being questioned. ACORN volunteers have been found to register dead people and even put members of the Dallas Cowboys on Nevada lists. The community organizing group has a long history of flooding low- and middle-income neighborhoods in election years with temporary workers instructed to register 20 to 25 voters per day - or risk getting fired. Most states prohibit paying per signature, but ACORN workers earning $8 to $9 an hour still have to hit their quotas. And many need the money - including some ex-cons in work-release programs. ACORN's controversial tactics have fueled John McCain's criticism of Barack Obama, whose campaign paid an ACORN spinoff - Community Services Inc. - about $800,000 to knock on doors and urge people to vote for Obama in four key primary states: Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. In his pre-politics days, Obama ran the Illinois chapter of Project Vote in 1992, before it hooked up with ACORN. McCain campaign manager Rick Davis on Friday called for a freeze on taxpayer dollars to ACORN until recent allegations have been investigated. Meanwhile, state authorities in New Mexico, Indiana, Missouri, Connecticut, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada have launched probes of bogus voter registration forms filed by ACORN. Roberta Casteel, a nurse, is one of several dozen Nevada voters caught in the web of fake ACORN registrations. Casteel, a registered voter since 1991, was shocked to receive a letter rejecting a voter application she didn't know she'd made. Authorities said they'd received two voter applications in her name: one as a Democrat and one as an independent. Both cards had her address, date of birth and Social Security number, and were submitted by ACORN workers. Neither signature matched her original one on file. A former ACORN worker in Pennsylvania has already been charged with 17 counts of identity theft and forgery. Other states are sifting through cartons of suspicious forms. The ACORN shenanigans likely won't rise to actual voting fraud, stressed election law expert Terri Enns at Ohio State University. "ACORN's problematic registrations create extra work for election boards, because they have to check them, but it's not double voting," she said.
Poster Comment: Yes! By all means work within the system to change it! Please, vote for the candidate of your choice, but never forget American elections (beginning w/JFK in my lifetime) are as crooked as that of any 3rd nation. Enjoy!
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#22. To: lodwick (#21)
Ah yes Sir Lod, but now we have the REST OF THE STORY.... When the rich man went broke the next day, he demanded and received compensation from the "capitalist" government. They in turned informed the other nine that the lost beer money would be returned to the rich man at their expense. Thus the rich man DRANK FREE. The debt is now on all ten. hehehehehehehehehehehe
Outstanding post. Unfortunately it goes over the heads of too many on this forum and in the country. Those who didn't work hard and sacrifice want to steal what others worked hard and sacrificed for. They're nothing more than thieves. I'm not going to give it to them.
It's the second mouse that gets the cheese
Your share of the $700 billion went where?
That was excellent!
Not many govs listen to broke folks, do they? It will be interesting to learn what all the financial gurus have cooked up for us over this long weekend. Somehow, I don't believe that it will help most of us here.
I just want to know how many shares I should claim in my will.
True but Lod did not tell us that "socialism" was the offspring of capitalism, and that now the two are one and the same. I think that is hilarious, hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe. (I see Lod pulling his hair out and calling me names)
One problem with the bar scenario is that economic disparate group of guys do not tend to socialize with each other.
Lod.. Now that socialism has been unmasked as capitalism at its best, it would seem that more people would understand that...government is owned by capitalists...government hands out freebies to keep the unwashed happy...and everyone is happy. This bailout proved that ALWAYS wealth defies gravity and flows upwards. this SOCIALIST WELFARE FRAUD received the grand total of $300 bucks...pure socialism. And the $700 billion went in which direction?????
I'm not going to give it to them. Hells yes. Just Say No to Blackwater!
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
And the $700 billion went in which direction????? No disagreement there. Someone once observed that if all the money in the world was collected and equally distributed to all the people, in a short period of time, the rich would be rich again, and the poor would be poor again. I've observed nothing in my old life to refute that theory.
I think that is hilarious, hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe. (I see Lod pulling his hair out and calling me names) Some things take time to sink in. We're all working through the rhetoric v reality bubble. Too many filters. It's a false choice not always broken into a black or white decision, without understanding the consequences. The labels themselves have different definitions for different classes. Which is where class warfare is used to derive the most benefit for the few.
Good point. We're shooting for the morale of ths story, so it still works.
I remember reading an adage similar to that regarding Africans and a time-span of twenty years, which is probably close to the truth, but as a general rule I doubt the veracity of your claim. I guess it depends on the definitions of rich and poor. By global standards both of us are rich, but I've learned that it takes nothing for the super-rich to swoop down and heist whatever they want, no questions asked. OK, we might question them, but never face to face and never with any consequence.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
That is very true... Capitalists fully understand that the majority of people have little or no desire to rule the world, create huge banks or found a major industry. Most of us are just common run of the mill people, that are content to eat regularly and have a roof over our heads. That is the sweet life of ignorance that we live. However, we at the bottom have NEVER taken this country to war, never maimed and slaughtered people by the millions. We have never brought financial crashes, destitution and poverty, you never see our name on any bill or law, we are nobody, and perfectly willing to remain that way, if the elite would just leave us the hell alone.
However, we at the bottom have NEVER taken this country to war, never maimed and slaughtered people by the millions. We have never brought financial crashes, destitution and poverty, you never see our name on any bill or law, we are nobody, and perfectly willing to remain that way, if the elite would just leave us the hell alone. Amen.
A grand amen!
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
God's own truth - especially the last phrase.
Honest, I wasn't trying to upstage you. :)
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
Not a lot of luv for the rulers this afternoon. Guess that's why all the executive orders, signing statements, and a standing battalion stationed in the country.
Uh oh, I was using my outside voice wasn't I?
Earlier today, Mike said Obama needed to be like FDR as President. Frankly that made me rather ill. FDR was a capitalist of the highest order. Evaded the draft of WW1. Never had his hands dirty in his life. Silver spoon and all of that. Millions went unemployed and hungry, FOR YEARS. I recall hearing FDR promising us that American boys would never be sent to fight in foreign wars. That SOB lied, he brought us a draft and at once the call went out for men available to die for another war. And who did the rotten bastards drag off to war, to never return???? It was NOT the wealthy man buying the beer, it was was the white trash bottom feeding Americans that just wanted to be left alone. Half a million of us died. Half a damned million kids that never had a life. Mike my want Obama to be FDR, not me. I was there and we PAID the bar bill in full. Just leave us the hell alone.
Can't tell from here, I was only trying to be contrite for my Grand Amen follow-up.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
I heard that from Bronco Bomba supporters at work a week ago, fireside chats and all. We need more critical thinking and less critical theory it seems. Who's gonna do it? I get beat up too easily and I'm too clumsy to own a gun.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
We'll see. Tuesday will be a nervous meal.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
I want NOBODY to win. Because NOBODY cares!
God is always good!
I think we should a have a NoneOfTheAbove vote, in which case no one wins and the last round of contestants is quickly shuttled off the stage, disqualified from participating in the next round.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
It's all a big show about much of nothing. The President has no real powers other than signing bills.
God is always good!
History is a hard taskmaster... Our young people have been brainwashed into believing that Lincoln and Roosevelt were also our saviors. Far from it. It will not be one of my kind from the bottom that presides over the next mass slaughter, that is a given. However we will be the FIRST to be dragged off one more time. They send your family a Purple Heart and brief note extending someones sympathy. The good life goes on.
They still get to wet themselves before AIPAC and the entire world, so it's not without purpose.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
Feudalism was a step forward from those two zealots master plans.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
and so castles made of sand... And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
leaning on the everlasting arms And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
Mega-churches simply beggar and boggle the imagination. Guessing that they are 'bots and ditto-heads. Not trying to be judgmental, but, my word. (And I do love the song, btw. I was raised singing it in a tiny rural church.)
They spook me too, loddie. Where can I get new Rock-em-Sock Robot set?
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
Were you any good??? They always asked me to refrain from singing.
I personally received no share of the bailout, BUT unlike you I understand why it was necessary. You seem to forget that it was the government UNDER CLINTON that started pushing those loan on a (largely minority)group of unqualified borrowers. Then the same government in the form of Fannie guaranteed those same loans knowing full well that they would be bundled and traded. That's how the mortgage business has always worked. Let me repeat that: That's how the mortgage business has always worked Of course our new group of happy homeowners can't make their payments and private businesses are left holding the bag because of what started under Clinton. The government caused this problem, the government had to fix it. Now, if you're one of the group that's not happy with the bailout, I suggest you ask why Frank Raines (ex-CEO of Fannie) is not in jail and is a senior adviser to the Obama campaign
It's the second mouse that gets the cheese
They always asked me to refrain from singing. I, too, was much better at mouthing the words, or humming along, than I ever was at actually singing along.
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#23. To: lodwick (#21)
And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The pe ople who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
#24. To: Flintlock (#23)
I'm not going to give it to them.
#25. To: lodwick (#21)
#26. To: Cynicom. all (#22)
When the rich man went broke the next day, he demanded and received compensation from the "capitalist" government.
#27. To: Cynicom (#24)
#28. To: nikki, lodwick (#25)
That was excellent!
#29. To: Flintlock, Cynicom, nikki, all (#23)
#30. To: lodwick, nikki (#26)
#31. To: Flintlock (#23)
Those who didn't work hard and sacrifice want to steal what others worked hard and sacrificed for. They're nothing more than thieves.
#32. To: Cynicom, everyone (#30)
This bailout proved that ALWAYS wealth defies gravity and flows upwards. this SOCIALIST WELFARE FRAUD received the grand total of $300 bucks...pure socialism.
#33. To: Cynicom (#28)
True but Lod did not tell us that "socialism" was the offspring of capitalism, and that now the two are one and the same.
#34. To: lodwick (#29)
One problem with the bar scenario is that economic disparate group of guys do not tend to socialize with each other.
#35. To: lodwick (#32)
#36. To: lodwick, nikki (#32)
Someone once observed that if all the money in the world was collected and equally distributed to all the people, in a short period of time, the rich would be rich again, and the poor would be poor again.
#37. To: Cynicom (#36)
Capitalists fully understand that the majority of people have little or no desire to rule the world, create huge banks or found a major industry. Most of us are just common run of the mill people, that are content to eat regularly and have a roof over our heads. That is the sweet life of ignorance that we live.
#38. To: Cynicom (#36)
However, we at the bottom have NEVER taken this country to war, never maimed and slaughtered people by the millions. We have never brought financial crashes, destitution and poverty, you never see our name on any bill or law, we are nobody, and perfectly willing to remain that way, if the elite would just leave us the hell alone.
#39. To: Cynicom (#36)
However, we at the bottom have NEVER taken this country to war, never maimed and slaughtered people by the millions. We have never brought financial crashes, destitution and poverty, you never see our name on any bill or law, we are nobody, and perfectly willing to remain that way, if the elite would just leave us the hell alone.
#40. To: nikki (#37)
Amen.
#41. To: Dakmar. all (#40)
#42. To: Dakmar (#40)
Honest, I wasn't trying to upstage you. :)
#43. To: Dakmar, lodwick.nikki, Ferret Mike (#38)
#44. To: nikki (#42)
I was using my outside voice wasn't I?
#45. To: Cynicom (#43)
Earlier today, Mike said Obama needed to be like FDR as President.
#46. To: lodwick (#41)
Guess that's why all the executive orders, signing statements, and a standing battalion stationed in the country.
#47. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#48. To: RickyJ (#47)
#49. To: Dakmar (#48)
I think we should a have a NoneOfTheAbove vote, in which case no one wins and the last round of contestants is quickly shuttled off the stage, disqualified from participating in the next round.
#50. To: Dakmar, lodwick, nikki (#45)
I heard that from Bronco Bomba supporters at work a week ago, fireside chats and all.
#51. To: RickyJ (#49)
It's all a big show about much of nothing
#52. To: Cynicom (#50)
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Our young people have been brainwashed into believing that Lincoln and Roosevelt were also our saviors.
#53. To: The Thread (#52)
Jimi Hendrix - Bleeding Heart
#54. To: lodwick (#53)
#55. To: Dakmar, everyone (#54)
Rachel Ray learns a new trick -
#56. To: lodwick (#55)
#57. To: lodwick (#55)
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#58. To: Dakmar, Christians (#56)
#59. To: lodwick (#58)
Guessing that they are 'bots and ditto-heads.
#60. To: lodwick (#58)
I was raised singing it in a tiny rural church.)
#61. To: Cynicom (#24)
Your share of the $700 billion went where?
#62. To: Cynicom (#60)
Were you any good???
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