COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
RedState's Report on the Obama White House's Connection to ACORN
Erick Erickson, Managing Editor of RedState, did an investigation into ACORN CEO, Bertha Lewis' Rolodex and found some interesting connections into President Obama's White House.
ACORN and Labor Unions
In November 2008, Capital Research Center did an investigation into ACORN's connections with labor unions and discovered some shocking details.
Capital Research Center's Report on ACORN
In the November 2008 edition of "Foundation Watch", Capital Research Center did an exhaustive investigation into ACORN and its funding.
ACORN in San Diego
James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles took their investigation of ACORN to San Diego where they found an ACORN lawyer willing to help them smuggle their underage prostitutes.
To the West Coast
James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles went to the West Coast to visit ACORN offices there. In San Bernadino, CA, ACORN workers not only helped get away with prostitution and tax evasion, but also bragged about some of the crimes she had committed and the politicians she lobbied.
Now Off to the Big Apple
Bertha Lewis, CEO of ACORN released a statement about the videos from James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles.Lewis said, "This recent scam, which was attempted in San Diego, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia to name a few places, had failed for months before the results weve all recently seen."Apparently no [...]
First Baltimore, Then DC
Following up on the September 9 release of videos showing Baltimore ACORN employees giving advice on running an underage prostitution ring and evading taxes, James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles released similar videos from the Washington, DC ACORN office.
The Videos that Started it All
On September 9, James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles released videos showing employees from the Baltimore offices of ACORN giving advice on how to run a underage prostitution ring and evade taxes.
John Armor: Anchor Babies, Away
The Constitution is simple, short and easy to read. There is no excuse for any reporter to write about it, without reading it. The latest example is an article about anchor babies in the Orlando Sentinel today (29 September) by Jim Stratton.The article concerns a comment about anchor babies by [...]
You Can Run over a Child in Massachusetts
On September 26th, Antonio Montenegro ran over a child on a bicycle in a crosswalk, in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Montenegro is an illegal immigrant who has been driving without a license for eight years. Onlookers forced him to stop when he ran over 12-year-old Zachary Titus, who was on his bicycle..
Marines Denied Right to Film in San Francisco
The facts for this comment, but not the legal conclusions, came from an article published on KGO7 TV on September 24.The US Marines proposed to shoot a recruiting commercial on the streets of San Francisco, as they already had on the streets of New York. They wanted their famed Silent [...]
Veto SCHIP
A healthy debate.At: nationalreview.com
Peter Ferrara: Veto SCHIP: A Healthy Debate
Yes, President Bush, please do veto the massive expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that the Democrats are rolling through Congress, as you pledged to do in Thursday's press conference.
John Armor: Judging the Judges, and the Reporters
On 24 September, the New York Times published an article on the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, which approved the Indiana voter ID law in January, in a divided decision. The losing plaintiffs asked the whole circuit to rehear the case, which it just rejected, so [...]
Horace Cooper: Executive Decision
President Bush's announcement of the name of the person who would replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was eagerly anticipated by many in Washington. Gonzales, caricatured as inept and bumbling by critics of the President, had decided in August that he wouldn't continue in his designated role as Washington's whipping boy du jour.
Executive Decision – Town Hall
https://www.townhall.com/Columnists/HoraceCooper/2007/09/22/executive_decisionPresident Bush's announcement of the name of the person who would replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was eagerly anticipated by many in Washington. Gonzales, caricatured as inept and bumbling by critics of the President, had decided in August that he wouldn't continue in his designated role as Washington's whipping boy [...]
Constitution Week
Thanks to the American Civil Rights Union for the opportunity to blog about students' rights on American college and university campuses. I am especially pleased to be able to blog this week as we pass the two hundred twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States. [...]
Put Your Lack of Money Where Your Mouth Is
The subtext of yesterday's Joint hearing in the House featuring General Petraeus and the coming Senate hearing, is the position that the Democrats in Congress will take when the dust settles. Some Democrat warhorses, like Senator Kennedy, staked out their position in advance of the hearings and the "Petraeus Report." [...]
Common Sense on Voter ID in Georgia
The second shoe has dropped in Georgia. A year ago, there were temporary injunctions in place in both state and federal courts against the new Voter ID Law in that state. The law had been modified in response to a prior ruling in the federal court. The revised law allowed [...]
ACLU and US Unions Protect Illegal Aliens' Employment
It is well-known that illegal aliens often use false Social Security numbers in seeking employment in the US. Research has shown that in some instances, hundreds of illegals are using the same number, often taken from a real and employed American. To deal with this, Homeland Security adopted a new [...]