Wednesday, October 07, 2009

ACORN: The Outrages Just Keep Comin'

And you thought ACORN was "in bad" with politicians? No, it turns out they're actually "in bed" with them still.

Nearly $1 million in Homeland Security funding typically earmarked for fire departments has been awarded to ACORN, despite a clear signal from Congress that it intends to cut off federal funding to the embattled group.

The grant to ACORN's Louisiana office became public on Oct. 2, less than three weeks after the House and Senate voted to cut off ACORN funding after employees were caught on video advising a fake prostitute and pimp on scams.


It was one of only three such grants issued to the state and made up almost 80 percent of the firefighting money earmarked for Louisiana...