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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:19 PM Original message |
YES! A Brilliant Kossak has Just Found A Way To Use the De-Fund ACORN Bill Against Repubs! |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Boehner Boner Bill |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. It should be universal |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, the Law of Unintended Consequences bites another ass. n/t |
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Jetblac (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. LOL |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
69. Welcome to DU! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
74. Welcome to DU! |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. So being indicted, even if not convicted, even if acquitted, means the ban applies. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Congress is an Organization isn't it? |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. So a Congressman who filed a false statement of their campaign finances |
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moonbatmax (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Don't cheer too quickly. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. How about retirement funds? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. I wonder whether this will affect the military recruitment. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wonder if there is a database of whistleblower cases? |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. heh heh heh... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't think Boehner's bill is the one reported as passing: it's still in the Committee |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. I believe the language of that Bill was tacked onto another bill as an amendment. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Are you thinking of the JOHANNS amendment to H.R.3288? That's not Boehner's language: |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Maybe you are right. In H.R.3221: |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. and Acorn has not been indicted at all. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
47. What does this mean for organizations that hire homeless ex-felons? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
61. Should the powder have been kept dry |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. "Fixing" it isn't an option. It's passed both House and Senate. It goes to Conference now |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. Is this a BILL or a LAW, at present? |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Good question |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Not law yet. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Thanks for the update and linky! |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Bill. It has not been signed that I am aware of. |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Is Dick Cheney an organization? n/t |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. The HuffPo article cited in the Kos piece has more info. |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Alan Grayson never ceases |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. think of the money this is going to save the taxpayers. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. Hahahaha. n/t |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. as with most front page stuff on dkos |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Your point? He credited Huffpo in the piece. |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. my point is... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. The name of the game is SPREAD THE INFO. . . not "credit, |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #55 |
68. whatever |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. dupe |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. He credited it and gave it much more exposure to an activist group. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. "As Ryan Grim reports on HuffPo today..." and linked. Sheesh. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. !! |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. That list could be the key to funding Medicare 4 All. |
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votingupstart (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. very interested to see where this goes n/t |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. Boehner is gonna need some |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
56. Oh, at first glance I thought you wrote LIPS |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Holy Shmoly! Look what this guy just posted over as Kos on that thread! |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Some corporate Execs are reading this thinking... Et Tu Boehner? |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. no I think they are laughing.... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. What was the pharmaceutical company that just plead and settled |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #48 |
70. Pfizer? |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
51. gold mine, the mother lode! |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is just SO fantastic!!! Diebold, ES&S!!! |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. K&R Thanks for the heads up, Berni. I'm over to Kos to help out. n/t |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good luck getting the Dems in Congress to do anything on this, though. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. If ACORN is defunded for what 6 employees did; THEN BLACKWATER should be defunded, as well. Oh crap! |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. proud to be 99+ nt |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
43. it would be poetic justice that in there rush to de fund acorn, Boner and co. opened |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
44. This is the coolest thing I've read in a long, long time |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:34 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. How about Utility companies? PG&E comes to mind. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:10 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. PG&E just quit the US Chamber of Commerce |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
49. Give Boehner a break |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
50. But...Republicons are 'special' |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
53. Day-um! |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
57. Would a False Arrest charge remove funding from a city or state? n/t |
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BluDemocratGirl (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
59. Now, you RePUKES! You gotta get ready for the big payback! |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
60. Finally, a Fiscally Responsible Republican! Looks like the entire |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. They handed Democrats and Obama a gift for sure. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
62. I'm counting on Barney Frank to give this some attention on the house floor. |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
63. Can we cancel Bush's pension? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
64. Kick |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
67. kick and recommend!! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
71. Love it! |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
72. :) |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
73. 'Whaddabout Blackwater/Xe?' was the first thing said here when they defunded ACORN |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
75. Kicked and recommended. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
76. YAY, ya got a big mention on Thom Hartman's show for this post! |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
77. Genius! Hope someone sent this to Keith or Rachel. n/t |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
78. bwhahahaha....thanks! you have just made my day!! |
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