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really getting old

No one likes a preemptive strike.

Today, as usual, GERRY will demonstate no original thought and the various ways in which PROPAGANDA can be inserted into a discussion by using the THE 5 RULES OF PROPAGANDA--

1) The rule of orchestration: endlessly repeating the same messages in different variations and combinations.

2) The rule of simplification: reducing all data to a simple confrontation between 'Good and Bad', 'Friend and Foe'.

3) The rule of disfiguration: discrediting the opposition by crude smears and parodies.

4) The rule of transfusion: manipulating the consensus values of the target audience for one's own ends.

5) The rule of unanimity: presenting one's viewpoint as if it were the unanimous opinion of all right-thinking people: draining the doubting individual into agreement by the appeal of star-performers, by social pressure, and by 'psychological contagion'.

I think the government will know fraud when it sees it. Maybe Ms. Maples will have to cancel her lunch with the ex governor of Alaska.

Oh, I really wish this were true.

"nightdragon"; your math is confusing.... how
do you get to "the billions?" They have averaged
something less than $4MM / annually in government
contracts/grants. Elaborate on "the billions."

ACORN has only received $10 million total since 2002. Most of their
funding is private. The Washington Post has been investigating
the wild claims from Fox and Freaks.

Acorn earns a reference to Rodney King? That is an interesting comparison, the only thing that comes to my mind is racism.

In attempting to overlook the obvious...... I thought most engaged, intelligent individuals had SEEN the Rodney King videos - which clearly witnessed police brutality by the LAPD. Your ignorance of such, is unexcusable.

Why doesn't Acorn just fold up its tent and get out of Dodge. They're nothing but a pain in the ass.

ACORN will soon learn what goes on in the discovery process in a legal proceeding.

Yeah, here is your opportunity to catch all those under-age prostitutes and
vampires that ACORN is hiding under their basement. Who knows, they might
find one of your family members down there!

Didn't you read illegal in the state of Maryland?

And obviously the two twerps should have gotten their papers signed, sealed and delivered, and the Acorn workers would have gone to jail. And the two twerps should have spent their money consulting a lawyer regarding the laws of taping and recording without permission in the state. Too bad.

This was the first week I heard about the background of the pimp and ho.
Hannah Giles was scheduled to be interviewed by CNN but she bailed at
the last minute and didn't do the interview. I found out this week that
her father is the preacher who has been preaching hate towards the president.

I find it ironic that Hannah thinks it's o.k. for her father to receive tax-payer
money for political speech and spreading hate. Do as I say, not as I do
hypocrisy as usual with the conservatives.

The Acorn workers were bigger idiots for falling for the scheme to begin with.

Two college KIDS? They are 24 years old and smeared an entire organization.
Don't play grown up by attacking people one moment and then crying for your
mother when they respond.
Hannah Giles' father is a preacher whose whole claim to fame has been vile
sermons against President Obama, while living on tax-payers money. I'm sure
if some liberal film-maker digs into HIS organization, there is plenty of dirt to
be found. There usually is with these religious hypocrites.

I'm sure they'll enjoy there 30 days in jail. With good behavior they'll do 5 and come out to make millionssssssss....

No we aren't. Congress cut off funding and they only received a tiny percentage of their operating budget from the government in the past.

Yeah, it's the Republican definition of innocent until proven guilty. If you
are a liberal organization, you have no rights and have to PROVE that
you are not guilty.

I find your constant comments about Murdoch to be fascinating, when you fail to mention (or call for) investigations of George Soros.

You know him, the multi-billionaire who caused such financial catastrophe in the UK (bringing it to it's knees, nearly to destruction, decades ago),
- who funds the leftist org. Media Matters,
- who has very strong ties to ACORN,
- and to the Appollo Foundation (who wrote the stimulus bill making $8 billion eligible for ACORN, if they apply for it),
- and to the TIDES foundation (who reimbursed ACORN for the $1million that Dale Rathke embezzled), and funnels all sorts of funds as a "tax exempt" org. to assist wealthy radical leftists to evade tax consequences,
- to SEIU (the thug / brute-strength arm of ACORN).

I can't wait for the discovery part of this lawsuit, which may open up the biggest can of worms we've ever seen. And FYI, I don't care if Murdoch is investigated. If there is corruption there, get rid of it.

See the difference between liberal and conservative arguments is that we have values that tell us right from wrong. We don't look for someone else and say "we're not as bad as" or "he's worse than" we are, thus giving us permission for wrong-doing. Right or wrong is not a relative term.

mcmchugh, maybe its time for sombody to look into MSNBC and GE and this admisistration, all are connected. OMG lets not forget George Soros and the web he has woven, read DD3075 post its tells it all just like it is

And just what is the investigative team going to be able to ask for in discovery that you think will be important or relevant to their case? Evidence of all the brothels they have started all over the country? I really don't think it is going to be that easy for the team, they might have to tap Beck for assistance.

then you should know lawyers can ask just about anything they want. Do you seriously think these people want somebody asking them questions under oath?

And here is the voice of reason.

I watched the videos and it looked more like the ACORN employees were humoring the guy in the ridiculous "pimp" get up and the girl dressed like a slut. I don't know how much experience these kids had living in a city, but when was the last time any pimp walked down the street in a contrasting color shirt, suspenders, a fedora, and his grandmother's chinchilla shawl? Their story is laughable.

I have to ask, what makes you so partial to ACORN?

Also, I just HAVE to say that I found it peculiar when, on another thread, one of the regular posters criticized a poster for using too many commas (to me, that poster must have been an ESL person, maybe an immigrant, maybe not). Yet you fail to utilize commas at all, and I see no criticism. Could it be that if you post on the left, anything goes, but if you post on the right, no breaks are available?

Ya know Rita, if you would ever post a comment that came close to making sense I would be amazed!
The investigations thats gonna bite these people in the butt are the FBI,IRS and the Inspector General of Housing.

Rita, if it turns out that there are more offices that did the right thing, then those that didn't, well then I agree with you. That's not what they're saying, though.

Ritarita, It doesn't matter one bit who did what. What matters is the discovery is going to land a lot of acorns in jail. Sorry to say but the democratic whites running acorn are going to toss as many blacks as necessary under the bus as they can find.

Well, that cuts two ways, since they can do the same thing to Fox "News", which has been running a vendetta against ACORN for a very long time. So have Limbaugh and many of the other Republican big mouths. Let's bring them all into it, their racism, their idea that Obama wasn't born in the United States, and so on. Let's put Fox "News" and right-wing talk radio on trial, as well.

That would be fun.

Well, they do have the advice of a former MA Atty. Gen., and I don't think Breitbart is entitled.

They are not a smart organization. Yes, they helped get Hussein elected, but this only served to bring their corruption to the national stage. They are getting everything they deserve for being SCUM!

Well, I'm sure that Michael Moore or someone can dig up something on them. Methinks they might have something to hide. Turnabout is fair play, and what's good for the goose is good for the gander.