Appalling: ACORN to receive billions from GIVE Act

These people are criminals. If anyone was not quite clear on the fact that the Obama administration and this congress are intent on implementing a radical agenda and perpetrating the most massive government power grab in U.S. history, this bill, including its provision to shunt billions of taxpayer dollars to ACORN -- ACORN! -- ought to resolve any lingering doubts.

The Senate has killed an amendment to GIVE that would prevent ACORN from receiving $5.7 billion from this terrible bill. And changes have been made to worsen this obscenity. From Doug Ross:

The GIVE Act was stealthily modified during the House debate -- not in substance, but in terminology. Even so, the nomenclature is Orwellian and ominous. Given President Obama's bizarre promise to create a "civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as our military," the GIVE act appears to be a precursor to that type of internal security force.

GIVE creates a "National Civilian Community Corps" and establishes a "Permanent Cadre" which will "give consideration to retired, discharged, and other inactive members and former members of the Armed Forces."

Furthermore, "The Director shall give priority to projects utilizing retired military and emergency professionals for programs to improve public safety, emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, search and rescue, and homeland security efforts."

Specifically mentioned are programs "that strengthen community efforts in support of homeland security"; in other words, ACORN. Thus, both the House and Senate bills are designed to funnel money to a semi-militarized wing of the Democrat Party. ACORN appears to be at the center of this wing.

And some of us have had enough:

My emotions are running the gambit. Obama is incompetent? But, what does that make us? Trusting, foolish, powerless and obviously standing in muck so deep we are not moving to respond. They count on no outrage, no violence, no gatherings that would clash with authority. On a weekend at night..sneaking the scoundrels into the pantry. Disgusting abuse of power. Americans Wake Up!

I'm afraid we're losing our country.

This hasn't passed yet. We need to flood our so-called representatives with calls, emails, and faxes and let them know that Americans are opposed to this. Click here for House emails and here for Senate.

Please read Doug Ross, Gateway Pundit, and 2theAdvocate for the facts. How your senators voted here.

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