Nitro... the current polls still show that the "stimulus" still has strong public support for it.. I think it was as high as 60+% yesturday. So dont let the smoke in mirrors fool you....

and since you're such a righteous non-paranoid, non-elitist objective thinker, you'll be able to respond by quoting all actual provisions of the obama stimulus bill which directly fund acorn.

LOL SNAP

thanks for reading all of that for me...that thing is what over 600 pages haha..

aha!  the old "don't mention them by name" combined with the old "don't even allude to them" scams.  

if only i coulda found some of those limbaugh/american specatator x-ray vision goggles i woulda seen it too.

... and since your s self-serving elitist, unable to do his own research:

New York Post (Jan 27,2009)

"A line item in the stimulus package - under the heading "neighborhood stabilization activities" - sets aside $4.19 billion for low-income advocacy groups such as ACORN."

The American Spectator - Jan 27, 2009

"Title XII of the spending legislation backed by the Democratic congressional leadership and the Obama administration would dole out $1 billion in old-fashioned slush funds for the Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) program. Local politicians love CDBG because it is flexible. The program gives them wide latitude when spending grant money and allows local leaders to use federal dollars on local projects that they wouldn't dream of spending their own local tax dollars on. ACORN loves CDBG because it is adept at lobbying for CDBG funds."

WCHV January 27, 2009

kb -

I appreciate your kind words, but in the interest of full disclosure I've read only parts of the bill so far - it's a slog, to say the least, especially when many of the relevant bits are references to subpart this of CFR that.  I'm referring to the description of eligible entities in that section starting on the page I cited (can't scroll back to refresh the memory while posting).

Nitro -

It's there, they just call it 'the other white meat.'

this seems to be the section that's being portrayed as

"

and...

(i left the pagination numbering as well as the actual line numbering so there needn't be any concern i'm cherrypicking): 

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop
7 ment Fund’’ $1,000,000,000, to carry out the community
8 development block grant program under title I of the
9 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42
10 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided, That the amount appro
11 priated in this paragraph shall be distributed according
12 to the same funding formula used in fiscal year 2008: Pro
13 vided further, That in allocating the funds appropriated
14 in this paragraph, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
15 Development shall not require an additional action plan
16 from grantees: Provided further, That in selecting projects
17 to be funded, recipients shall give priority to projects that
18 can award contracts based on bids within 120 days from
19 the date the funds are made available to the recipients;
20 Provided further, That in administering funds provided in
21 this paragraph, the Secretary may waive any provision of
22 any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers
23 in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the
24 use by the recipient of these funds (except for require
25 ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor

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1 standards, and the environment), upon a finding that such
2 waiver is required to facilitate the timely use of such funds
3 and would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of
4 the statute.
5 For a further additional amount for ‘‘Community De
6 velopment Fund’’, $4,190,000,000, to be used for neigh
7 borhood stabilization activities related to emergency as
8 sistance for the redevelopment of abandoned and fore
9 closed homes as authorized under division B, title III of
10 the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public
11 Law 110–289), of which—
12 (1) not less than $3,440,000,000 shall be allo
13 cated by a competition for which eligible entities
14 shall be States, units of general local government,
15 and nonprofit entities or consortia of nonprofit enti
16 ties: Provided, That the award criteria for such com
17 petition shall include grantee capacity, leveraging
18 potential, targeted impact of foreclosure prevention,
19 and any additional factors determined by the Sec
20 retary of Housing and Urban Development: Provided
21 further, that the Secretary may establish a minimum
22 grant size: Provided further, That amounts made
23 available under this Section may be used to (A) es
24 tablish financing mechanisms for purchase and rede
25 velopment of foreclosed-upon homes and residential

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1 properties, including such mechanisms as soft-sec
2 onds, loan loss reserves, and shared-equity loans for
3 low- and moderate-income homebuyers; ( B ) purchase
4 and rehabilitate homes and residential properties
5 that have been abandoned or foreclosed upon, in
6 order to sell or rent such homes and properties; (C)
7 establish and operate land banks for homes that
8 have been foreclosed upon; (D) demolish foreclosed
9 properties that have become blighted structures; and
10 (E) redevelop demolished or vacant foreclosed prop
11 erties in order to sell or rent such properties; and
12 (2) up to $750,000,000 shall be awarded by
13 competition to nonprofit entities or consortia of non
14 profit entities to provide community stabilization as
15 sistance by (A) accelerating state and local govern
16 ment and nonprofit productivity; ( B ) increasing the
17 scale and efficiency of property transfers of fore
18 closed and vacant residential properties from finan
19 cial institutions and government entities to qualified
20 local housing providers in order to return the prop
21 erties to productive affordable housing use; (C)
22 building industry and property management capac
23 ity; and (D) partnering with private sector real es
24 tate developers and contractors and leveraging pri
25 vate sector capital: Provided further, That such com-

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1 munity stabilization assistance shall be provided pri
2 marily in States and areas with high rates of de
3 faults and foreclosures to support the acquisition, re
4 habilitation and property management of single-fam
5 ily and multi-family homes and to work in partner
6 ship with the private sector real estate industry and
7 to leverage available private and public funds for
8 those purposes: Provided further, That for purposes
9 of this paragraph qualified local housing providers
10 shall be nonprofit organizations with demonstrated
11 capabilities in real estate development or acquisition
12 and rehabilitation or property management of single
13 or multi-family homes, or local or state governments
14 or instrumentalities of such governments: Provided
15 further, That qualified local housing providers shall
16 be expected to utilize and leverage additional local
17 nonprofit, governmental, for-profit and private re
18 sources:

call me blind or naive, but i don't see any mention of acorn by name nor any indication they'd qualify any easier than, say, some of gwb's faith-based non-profits.

believe it or don't, just using this phrase: 

 
shall be nonprofit organizations with demonstrated capabilities in real estate 
development or acquisition and rehabilitation or property management of single or 
multi-family homes


doesn't necessarily complete a circuit causing the word 'acorn' to become illuminated 
as if by neon.  

take a look at the most mundane, non-glamorous legislation regarding 
rehabilitation or improvement of property in the public interest and you'll very 
likely find similar provisions (see example below) encouraging involvement 
by nonprofits including my very favorites--the faith-based community organizations.  
(i'll admit to having yet to get over my  grant application being rejected; 
my church of technoshamanism could have worked miracles counseling fenale 
cybersex addicts but...) 

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 14]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR1955.139]

[Page 216-219]

                           TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
  CHAPTER XVIII--RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, RURAL BUSINESS--COOPERATIVE 

SERVICE, RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, AND FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                         AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)

 

PART 1955_PROPERTY MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart C_Disposal of Inventory Property

 Sec. 1955.139  Disposition of real property rights and title to real 

property.


(snipped to minimize imprudent use of virtual paper)
  

[[Page 217]]


fee or sum of all other rights possessed by the Government if such 
conveyances are for conservation purposes and are transferred to a 
State, a political subdivision of a State, or a private nonprofit 
organization. Easements may be granted or sold to a Federal agency for 
conservation purposes as long as the requirements of Sec. 1955.139(c)(2) 
of this subpart are followed. If FSA has an affirmative responsibility 
such as protecting an endangered species as provided for in paragraph 
(a)(3(v) of this section, the requirements in Sec. 1955.139(c) of this 
subpart do not apply.

if--and i'm not claiming this to be fact or not--acorn has sufficient 
experience and capabilities in real estate etc etc etc., let 
em run with it.  they can hardly do worse than for-real for-profit 
real estate pros.

If it passes as written, we'll see who gets the Benjis.  Then we'll know.