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Obama Hires Acorn to "Crash" Tea Parties
As anti-tax protesters organize tea parties across the country on April 15, rumors are swirling that a backlash is brewing.
Some believe ACORN, which has been under scrutiny for accusations of voter fraud, is preparing to crash some of the tea parties. But ACORN says it is only helping to organize dozens of rallies on the same day in support of President Obama's first budget.
"This is the first we've heard of these so-called 'tea parties.' And, frankly, a bunch of small get-togethers by fringe conservative activists dedicated to simply saying 'no' is of little interest to us," said ACORN spokesman Brian Kettenring.
He did not say where the pro-Obama rallies would take place, leaving open the possibility that they may clash with some tea parties.
Tea party organizers, meanwhile, say they're not worried at all about possible disruption.
"If ACORN wants to send some of their paid, pretend activists to show up, that's fine," John O'Hara, who is holding a tea party in Chicago, told FOX News. "They don't have a message that resonates with the American people or resonates with this broad coalition that's upset with the spending that's going on in Washington."
"We don't take them seriously," said Mark Mekler, who is organizing a tea party in Sacramento. "We expect people to attempt to infiltrate, we expect people to attempt to disturb what we're doing.
"But the reality is this is a very broad-based grassroots movement," he told FOX News. "There is no leader at the top. There is no individual event that they can disturb that would cause us a problem nationwide."
Taxdayteaparty.com, which is helping to organize the protests, said more than 250 locations in all 50 states will hold rallies on April 15. Some believe ACORN will try to make the tea parties look like fringe group efforts at best, and racist undertakings at worst.
Mekler said he is not concerned with how outsiders may try to portray their efforts.
"The people who are involved understand they're not racist, they're not fringe, they're not even partisan," he said.
"I mean, these are events where we have across-the-board Democrats, Republicans, conservatives, liberals, libertarians. The people who are going to be there know what's going on. We're not worried about these folks polluting the event."
ACORN said if there are protesters, it won't be from its ranks.
"The idea that ACORN is out to disrupt these meet-ups of fringe activists is yet another conservative fantasy," Kettenring said.
"At this point, it would not surprise us to wake up tomorrow and see conservative media fingering ACORN's 500,000 member families as the principle cause of global climate change," he said in a written statement.
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."
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Were having a huge tea party on april 25th. I will take pictures.
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Obama Hires Acorn to "Crash" Tea Parties
As anti-tax protesters organize tea parties across the country on April 15, rumors are swirling that a backlash is brewing.
Some believe ACORN, which has been under scrutiny for accusations of voter fraud, is preparing to crash some of the tea parties. But ACORN says it is only helping to organize dozens of rallies on the same day in support of President Obama's first budget.
"This is the first we've heard of these so-called 'tea parties.' And, frankly, a bunch of small get-togethers by fringe conservative activists dedicated to simply saying 'no' is of little interest to us," said ACORN spokesman Brian Kettenring.
He did not say where the pro-Obama rallies would take place, leaving open the possibility that they may clash with some tea parties.
Tea party organizers, meanwhile, say they're not worried at all about possible disruption.
"If ACORN wants to send some of their paid, pretend activists to show up, that's fine," John O'Hara, who is holding a tea party in Chicago, told FOX News. "They don't have a message that resonates with the American people or resonates with this broad coalition that's upset with the spending that's going on in Washington."
"We don't take them seriously," said Mark Mekler, who is organizing a tea party in Sacramento. "We expect people to attempt to infiltrate, we expect people to attempt to disturb what we're doing.
"But the reality is this is a very broad-based grassroots movement," he told FOX News. "There is no leader at the top. There is no individual event that they can disturb that would cause us a problem nationwide."
Taxdayteaparty.com, which is helping to organize the protests, said more than 250 locations in all 50 states will hold rallies on April 15. Some believe ACORN will try to make the tea parties look like fringe group efforts at best, and racist undertakings at worst.
Mekler said he is not concerned with how outsiders may try to portray their efforts.
"The people who are involved understand they're not racist, they're not fringe, they're not even partisan," he said.
"I mean, these are events where we have across-the-board Democrats, Republicans, conservatives, liberals, libertarians. The people who are going to be there know what's going on. We're not worried about these folks polluting the event."
ACORN said if there are protesters, it won't be from its ranks.
"The idea that ACORN is out to disrupt these meet-ups of fringe activists is yet another conservative fantasy," Kettenring said.
"At this point, it would not surprise us to wake up tomorrow and see conservative media fingering ACORN's 500,000 member families as the principle cause of global climate change," he said in a written statement.
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."
Where does it say Obama Hired them
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Where does it say Obama Hired them
It doesn't say that.
What it says is "Some believe ACORN, which has been under scrutiny for accusations of voter fraud, is preparing to crash some of the tea parties"
So, SOME believe acorn might do soemthing.
wow, terrible headline. an outright lie. very misleading. I'm disappointed, james.
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Hey Mal,
You should check out some old Jungle Brothers cuts.
Their first album was classic!
Also, I heard a good battle between KRS and Roxanne Shante from back in the day. She was very good for her age.
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Where does it say Obama Hired them
Big_Mal - check this out. Bronx vs. Queens
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Big_Mal - check this out. Bronx vs. Queens
LOL one of my homeboys put me on to a guy named "Steady B" yesterday...and he said an album called Bum rush the show by PE was dope.
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The old school hip hop was the best. Those days, my fat ass was running around with a boom box and adidas with the fat laces busting out to the Fat Boys.
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Great clip on the Bronx v. Queens.
Krs won that one hands down!
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How many MC's must get dissed until somebody says dont fuck with Chris?
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How many MC's must get dissed until somebody says dont fuck with Chris?
That's what I'm talkin bout!
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James, don't do that shit again. ::)
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Great clip on the Bronx v. Queens.
Krs won that one hands down!
No that was dope...BDP was the shit...Werent they under Zulu Nation?
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I knew you would like that clip.
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James, don't do that shit again. ::)
I think this kind of desperate move is great.
It shows the far-right is reduced to making up easily provable lies about Obama.
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I think this kind of desperate move is great.
It shows the far-right is reduced to making up easily provable lies about Obama.
Rob, you are the FUCKING MAN!
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Oh please. How many false/misleading topic headlines do we see on this board? Pretty much every week.
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I think this kind of desperate move is great.
It shows the far-right is reduced to making up easily provable lies about Obama.
There is FAR more evidense that Obama has ties to ACORN then there EVER was that Palins son wasnt hers.Yet you posted that fifty times on here.Now your outraged?Wow,hello pot,met kettle.
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There is FAR more evidense that Obama has ties to ACORN then there EVER was that Palins son wasnt hers.Yet you posted that fifty times on here.Now your outraged?Wow,hello pot,met kettle.
this thread was called
Obama Hires Acorn to "Crash" Tea Parties
This is an outright lie.
Its like you and Bb are excusing james' obvious lie because "others start topics like that".
Hey, BB, I just took a dump on your porch. Don't complain, people crap outside all the time. Billy, that's yellow snow on your car. My bad. but hey, ppl do that stuff all the time.
james made up an obvious lie. don't defend it.
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this thread was called
Obama Hires Acorn to "Crash" Tea Parties
This is an outright lie.
Its like you and Bb are excusing james' obvious lie because "others start topics like that".
Hey, BB, I just took a dump on your porch. Don't complain, people crap outside all the time. Billy, that's yellow snow on your car. My bad. but hey, ppl do that stuff all the time.
james made up an obvious lie. don't defend it.
I will repeat: Rob, you are the FUCKING MAN!
Now you must acknowledge it!
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thank you D, but i must be humble. 33 caught the lie and responded first
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Give me a break. This is stupid. He posted a story. It's not like he just made stuff up, or embellished a story, which some on here do on a regular basis.
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Oh please. How many false/misleading topic headlines do we see on this board? Pretty much every week.
ones that are just a 100% complete fabrication? it's rare. No, it's just not cool to read through an article looking for the link to Obama which if true would be a huge story and find out that the title flat out lied about the contents.
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Give me a break. This is stupid. He posted a story. It's not like he just made stuff up, or embellished a story, which some on here do on a regular basis.
the headline he originally used was 100% false.
Obama Hires Acorn to "Crash" Tea Parties
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Give me a break. This is stupid. He posted a story. It's not like he just made stuff up, or embellished a story, which some on here do on a regular basis.
::) yes he did, he clearly made up that Obama hired acorn to do this.
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::) yes he did, he clearly made up that Obama hired acorn to do this.
Cant we keep talking old school BDP damn it????
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::) yes he did, he clearly made up that Obama hired acorn to do this.
Really? I guess he posted the exact same story with the exact same headline on another message board too?
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message770396/pg1
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Really? I guess he posted the exact same story with the exact same headline on another message board too?
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message770396/pg1
LOL @ the link to the absolute BIGGEST CT BOARD ON THE WEB that you're citing there.
if you're using godlike as your source, you're clinically insane. LMAo....
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Really? I guess he posted the exact same story with the exact same headline on another message board too?
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message770396/pg1
maybe, but what the hell does that matter? A blatant lie told on another forum makes it ok here? Have you lost your mind? No, it's not cool to tell someone here about a story that doesn't excist. If the title says Obama hired acorn, it better be in the post. He could have at least layed out a conspiracy theory, then fine. But this was like selling someone a box of grapes labeled coconuts. not cool.
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LOL @ the link to the absolute BIGGEST CT BOARD ON THE WEB that you're citing there.
if you're using godlike as your source, you're clinically insane. LMAo....
Yeah. Right. ::) You're missing the point. Plug the title in google and that's the first thing that pops up. So either james posted both stories, and made up the titles for both, or he simply cut and pasted someone else's story.
Either way, this is stupid.
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maybe, but what the hell does that matter? A blatant lie told on another forum makes it ok here? Have you lost your mind? No, it's not cool to tell someone here about a story that doesn't excist. If the title says Obama hired acorn, it better be in the post. He could have at least layed out a conspiracy theory, then fine. But this was like selling someone a box of grapes labeled coconuts. not cool.
You gotta be kidding. This happens all the time on this board. People take liberties with stories. Some embellish. Some just flat make stuff up. This looks like he just cut and pasted something someone else wrote.
Getting worked up over this is silly.
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Insane theories and outright lies are cool, as long as the CT site that BB posted - godlike productions - also posts it.
Gotcha!
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You gotta be kidding. This happens all the time on this board. People take liberties with stories. Some embellish. Some just flat make stuff up. This looks like he just cut and pasted something someone else wrote.
Getting worked up over this is silly.
No they don't. If it's an opinion or a theory it's usually made apparent. I do not see people post information that's not in the story as though it were. The difference with this was that you're led to believe the title reflects the news/story. This would be like posting a title that reads "Todd Palin father of Bristol's baby" and having a story/news/opinion that doesn't have anything of the sort in it. I would very much be against that. If someone is going to post something that's a CT, they should post it as such. It's not a lie then, it's someone's thinking which may or may not be true but at least you see it for what it is. embellishment isn't the point, deception is the point.
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Does this fit BB's standard?
Sarah Palin Announces her 2012 Run for Presidency
Since her selection as John McCain's running mate, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, and even her infant son, it was reported on Tuesday evening.
That entertaining scoop -- which came by way of Politico -- sent almost immediate reverberations through the presidential race. A statement from McCain headquarters released hours after the article bemoaned the triviality of the whole affair.
"With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it's remarkable that we're spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses," said spokesperson Tracey Schmitt. "It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign."
But even the most timid of Democrats are unlikely to heed this call for civility. For starters, the story has the potential to dampen enthusiasm among GOP activists and donors at a critical point in the presidential race. It also creates a huge PR headache for the McCain ticket as it seeks to make inroads among voters worried about the current economic crisis.
Mainly, however, Democrats (in this scenario) are not prone to forgiveness. After all, it was during this same campaign cycle that Republicans belittled the $400 haircut that former Sen. John Edwards had paid for with his own campaign money (the funds were later reimbursed). And yet, the comparison to that once-dominant news story is hardly close: if Edwards had gotten one of his legendary haircuts every singe week, it would still take him 7.2 years to spend what Palin has spent. Palin has received the equivalent of $2,500 in clothes per day from places such as Saks Fifth Avenue (where RNC expenditures totaled nearly $50,000) and Neiman Marcus (where the governor had a $75,000 spree).
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No they don't. If it's an opinion or a theory it's usually made apparent. I do not see people post information that's not in the story as though it were. The difference with this was that you're led to believe the title reflects the news/story. This would be like posting a title that reads "Todd Palin father of Bristol's baby" and having a story/news/opinion that doesn't have anything of the sort in it. I would very much be against that. If someone is going to post something that's a CT, they should post it as such. It's not a lie then, it's someone's thinking which may or may not be true but at least you see it for what it is. embellishment isn't the point, deception is the point.
Embellishment is deception. Happens all the time on this board.
This is not a big deal. He cut and pasted a story apparently composed by someone else. All one has to do, if they're interested, is read the story and make up their own mind, challenge the person who wrote the story, or as is more commonly the case here, attack the messenger.
This is not in the same category as a faked news story IMO. Someone took liberties with the title. I've seen far worse.
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Embellishment is deception. Happens all the time on this board.
This is not a big deal. He cut and pasted a story apparently composed by someone else. All one has to do, if they're interested, is read the story and make up their own mind, challenge the person who wrote the story, or as is more commonly the case here, attack the messenger.
This is not in the same category as a faked news story IMO. Someone took liberties with the title. I've seen far worse.
did you just not comprehend what I said above? I'm sorry, you're wrong, people do not post a complete lie describing the contents of the story posted. If it's done, it's done in a way that you know it's that person's opinion. The way this reads, you have to read the story to find out that it's not there. No, people don't do that here. Certainly it isn't common like you say and I sure in the hell don't want to see it become common.
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did you just not comprehend what I said above? I'm sorry, you're wrong, people do not post a complete lie describing the contents of the story posted. If it's done, it's done in a way that you know it's that person's opinion. The way this reads, you have to read the story to find out that it's not there. No, people don't do that here. Certainly it isn't common like you say and I sure in the hell don't want to see it become common.
Did you not just read what I said? Your attempt to distinguish embellishment from deception is wrong. It's the same thing. Embellishment is a fabrication.
Yes, it's common. But this horse is about dead. I said several posts up that this is one is stupid. Certainly not the kind of thing to get worked up over.
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Did you not just read what I said? Your attempt to distinguish embellishment from deception is wrong. It's the same thing. Embellishment is a fabrication.
Yes, it's common. But this horse is about dead. I said several posts up that this is one is stupid.<==HUH ??? Certainly not the kind of thing to get worked up over.
you're completely missing my point. My point sure in the hell was not to say embellishment is not deceptive. ::)
Instead of picking out a few words to spin my post, try reading the whole thing for a collective context. I know that's probably to much to ask of you so just fucking focus on this point! "This would be like posting a title that reads 'Todd Palin father of Bristol's baby' and having a story/news/opinion that doesn't have anything of the sort in it." If this shit is so common here as you say, where are the examples? I'm looking and I don't see them. If this is indeed so common here, you should have no problem giving some examples. I want to see posts where a lie is told in the title and you have to read an entire article to find in actuallity, it's not even in the post at all. I'm waiting....
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LOL @ James getting busted on his own thread.
LOL @ BB getting busted for blind defense in a biased view.
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The link came from here : http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94297
Some of you so called Ron Paul supporters, who voted for Obama, are pathetic !
Especially the so called Ron Paul's supporters that are trashing the Tea parties, considering Ron Paul supports them, and will be out at a tea party in his home district today !
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Join Ron Paul at the Clear Lake Tea Party, April 15
April 13, 2009
Dear Texas Patriot,
I'm excited to inform you that Ron Paul will be campaigning for liberty at the Clear Lake Tea Party this Wednesday!
As activists gather all across the country on April 15th to protest the monstrous growth of our government, Congressman Paul is excited to attend this event in his home district and to be among friends and neighbors while promoting the Constitution.
For more information, visit the Clear Lake Tea Party website here: http://www.clearlaketeaparty.com/
The Tea Party starts at 6pm at Clear Lake Park, 5001 Nasa Parkway, Seabrook, TX.
You will want to enter on the south side of (Clear Lake) of Nasa Parkway and meet at the Brick Pavilion.
With the Clear Lake Tea Party, Texas C4L members have a perfect chance to show the media and the establishment that support for the freedom message is stronger than ever.
In Liberty,
John Tate
President, Campaign for Liberty
P.S. Remember, this is Dr. Paul's home district, so we want to be sure to pack the place in support!
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Anyone who voted for Obama but supports Ron Paul needs a rubber room.
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Anyone who voted for Obama but supports Ron Paul needs a rubber room.
agree
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Anyone who voted for Obama but supports Ron Paul needs a rubber room.
I voted for Zeus, King of Gods.
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The link came from here : http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94297
Some of you so called Ron Paul supporters, who voted for Obama, are pathetic !
Especially the so called Ron Paul's supporters that are trashing the Tea parties, considering Ron Paul supports them, and will be out at a tea party in his home district today !
who is trashing the tea parties? I trashed fox news and they deserve every bit of it.....
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Anyone who voted for Obama but supports Ron Paul needs a rubber room.
fuck off douchebad. I've explained myself in detail over and over for you fuckers and yet you have to toss trash like this ::) screw you guy.
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Hugo who is that skank in your avatar? She's pretty dope-- kinda reminds me of that chef Giada Delaurentis only nude lol... When Im in class and I get bored and log onto getbig, I have to look over both shoulders if its a topic where you posted in case any females in class are within eyeshod.
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Cant we keep talking old school BDP damn it????
I agree.
Here are two another legendary cuts:
It's like a jungle sometimes that makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under...
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fuck off douchebad. I've explained myself in detail over and over for you fuckers and yet you have to toss trash like this ::) screw you ####.
your attack aside, tell me, how can one support Ron Paul and Obama at the same time? Thw two are polar opposites on every single issue.