Classic….

HT Hot Air.

So the whole ACORN pimp scandal is not going away.  For those not paying attention, two people posing as a pimp and his whore have been seeking tax advice from ACORN all across the nation.  It began in Baltimore, then DC, then New York and on to two locations in Southern California.

Dressed to validate every b movie stereotype, and making their story more and more outrageous (the pimp is going to run for office, and they are importing underage sex slaves from El Salvador) the pair still was never refused.  ACORN workers advised them to hide the ill gotten gains in a coffee can in the backyard, schooled the pimp on deniability and even found a way to make the sex slaves dependents for tax purposes.

Congress had removed their funding for now, the Census Bureau and the IRS have cut all ties but many congressman still defend them…if they even admit to having heard of the scandal in the first place.

The most absurd thing has been the lawsuit filed by ACORN for defamation against the pair.  Apparently exposing you as the slimes you are based solely on your own words, on video, counts as defamation.

I will let Hot Air drill down to the details, but in brief, while it was not totally satisfying to most conservatives, it was surprisingly strong in a lot of critical areas.

I didn’t get the chance to watch Barack Obama’s Cairo speech live, although I’m sure that it will be chopped up on YouTube within the next couple of hours.  Instead, I read the full text posted by Andrew Malcolm, as well as Andrew’s commentary, and in most ways, it wouldn’t differ from a similar speech given by any recent American President.  In fact, the Cairo audience may have been a little surprised about the depth of the defense of Israel’s right to exist in peace, as well as the strong denunciation of 9/11 Trutherism that has been wildly popular among Arabs, even though Osama bin Laden claimed credit long ago for the attack.

The big surprise for me, considering the amount of anti semitic advisors he has, was hi staunch support of Israel as a Nation.

The subject of William Ayers has been one of great debate, with a lot of diverse opinions weighing in.

To some, he will always be a traitor.  An unrepentant terrorist and rebel who formally declared war on his country, who bombed his own country, who lead an organization whose activities caused at least three deaths and many injuries. 

I personally admit that I am sympathetic to this view.  His group targeted police and military, and as one analyst noted in 2003, only sheer incompetence kept them from killing more.  

I take personally violent attacks on police and Military.  Likewise, I take exception to the fact that his apologies and regrets are heavily nuanced and in reality he has never fully recanted his traitorous activities.

The penalty for treason is death, yet he is lauded as a pillar of his community.  I find it distasteful.  This is again the abandonment of consequences.

But there are those who feel his years offer atonement.  The submit he deserves recognition for the life he lead after his violent activities.  They showcase his accomplishments and laud his as a role model in his community.

The name of ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) is familiar here in Washington.   While Nevada and other states are getting to know them and their fraudulent voter registration activities, we here in Washington already got our primer over a year ago¹:

King and Pierce County prosecutors filed felony charges today against seven people who allegedly committed the biggest voter-registration fraud in state history.

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“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the worst case of voter-registration fraud in the history of the state of Washington. There has been nothing comparable to this,” state Secretary of State Sam Reed said at a news conference with Satterberg, King County Executive Ron Sims and Acting U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan.

ACORN President Maude Hurd said in a statement, “It appears that a handful of temporary workers were trying to get paid for work they hadn’t actually done. While we don’t think the intent or the result of their actions was to allow any ineligible person to vote, these employees defrauded ACORN and imposed a burden on the time and resources of registrars and law enforcement.”