The Washington Times is reporting:
ACORN, calling the actions of some of its employees "indefensible," has suspended advising new clients as part of its service programs and is setting up an independent review to see what happened.
ACORN chief executive Bertha Lewis said in a written statement that she was "ordering a halt to any new intakes into ACORN's service programs until completion of an independent review."
Unbelievably funny.
Best line: “I’m a fake journalist and I’m embarrassed these guys scooped me.”
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We need illegal immigrants to help Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe in their undercover ACORN investigation.
Why illegal immigrants? Because investigative journalism is now apparently a job that Americans won’t do.
Ok, this one I’m stealing from Frank Warner.
While Democrats Rule, 20 things the press won’t report on:
* The failure of Congress leaders to pay their taxes.
* Congress leaders accepting illegal campaign contributions.
* White House pressuring scientists to exaggerate global warming findings.
* White House claiming health care costs are going down when they are going up.
* White House claiming the deficit is not increasing when it is.
* The FBI wiretapping of Americans for purely political reasons.
* The firing of federal inspector generals for purely political reasons.
* The firing of U.S. attorneys for purely political reasons.
* The distorting of NSA, CIA, FBI or Homeland Security intelligence to serve a predetermined conclusion.
* The abuse of detainees by U.S. soldiers and contractors (unless Congress decides to surrender Afghanistan).
* Congress leaders accepting kickbacks from General Motors or Chrysler officials in exchange for laws giving GM or Chrysler an unfair advantage over other automakers.
* The continued paying of Congress leaders by officials of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in exchange for favorable regulations.
* The refusal by the Justice Department to prosecute Democrats who discourage non-Democrats from voting.
* The refusal by the Justice Department to prosecute Democrats who encourage voting by dead, fictitious or otherwise unqualified people.
* Subjecting Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Sailors to poor health care at military hospitals.
* The failure of “stimulus” spending to create the jobs the administration projected.
* New health care regulations discouraging the number of breakthroughs in drugs and medical procedures.
* The relaxing of banking regulations after the White House and Congress promised tighter banking regulations.
* The failure of alternative energy sources to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
* A Democratic burglary of a Republican campaign headquarters.
Have Libs ever heard of the story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”?
The moral of the story is:
There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.
If you keep claiming racism every time there is criticism of President Barack Obama (D-USA), no one’s going to care if and when it actually happens.
House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY28) has released new guidelines for members and their conduct on the floor and in committees.
Under section 370 of the House Rules and Manual it has been held that a Member could:
• refer to the government as “something hated, something oppressive.”
• refer to the President as “using legislative or judicial pork.”
• refer to a Presidential message as a “disgrace to the country.”
• refer to unnamed officials as “our half-baked nitwits handling foreign affairs.”Likewise, it has been held that a member could not:
• call the president a “liar.”
• call the president a “hypocrite.”
• describe the president’s veto of a bill as “cowardly.”
• charge that the president has been “intellectually dishonest.”
• refer to the president as “giving aid and comfort to the enemy.”
• refer to alleged “sexual misconduct on the president’s part.”
For the first time in my life, I wish I was a Congressman, so I could request time on the floor and say every one of these things about the President and the majority party.
James Taranto, writing for the online version of the Wall Street Journal (I have no idea whether it’s in the print version) wonders:
How come Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart keep scooping the New York Times?
When I read that, I remembered reading All the President’s Men (one of the two best books on Watergate—the other is Silent Coup by Colodny and Gettlin) by Woodward and Bernstein. The interesting thing about that book is that not only do you learn a lot about the Watergate scandal and how sleazy Washington is, but you also learn how sleazy the news media is. And how they’ll stop at nothing to avoid being scooped or to get the scoop themselves.
Today’s Washington Post and New York Times are scooped almost daily.
And they don’t seem to care…
The House of Representatives officially rebuked Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC02) for shouting out “You Lie!” to President Barack Obama (D-USA) during his speech last week. The vote was mostly on party lines.
Let’s review:
Republican Joe Wilson says “You Lie!” to the President from the House floor and gets rebuked.
Democrat Pete Stark (D-CA13) says “You gonna tell us lies like you’re telling us today?” and “President Bush’s statements about children’s health shouldn’t be taken any more seriously than his lies about the war in Iraq” from the House floor and gets nothing.
Democrat Pete Stark says “I wouldn’t dignify you by peeing on your leg. I wouldn’t waste the urine.” to one of his constituents and gets nothing.
Democrat Charlie Rangel (D-NY15) continues to stay one step ahead of the law with his ongoing tax problems and gets to keep his Chairmanship of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee.
Those are just a few examples off the top of my head.
Hypocrisy thy name is Pelosi.
ABC News anchor Charles Gibson, of Sarah Palin interview fame, “doesn’t even know about” the ACORN scandal videos that have been flying across the web the last few days.
I bet Sarah Palin could clue him in.
It’s been a little while since I blogged, but I have several thoughts running through my mind today.
Former President Jimmy Carter (D-USA) says that when Representative Joe Wilson’s (R-SC02) said “You Lie!” during President Barack Obama’s (D-USA) speech the other night that his comments were ‘based on racism’.
Well, I doubt that, but I’m certain that Carter’s comments are based on stupidity.
Mickey Kaus is right. Libs need to stop trotting out Jimmy when they need an attack dog. The man’s a moron. Conservatives don’t respect anything he says. I suspect most independents feel the same way.
