ACORN at it again!!!

[Tock]

Im amazed at how many random sources you quote since its all "speculation" and "guessing"...you essentially contradict yourself and the sources with which you base all of your arguement. Kinda like saying "ha ha...look at this and this and this...but nevermind...none of proves anything." And you still stand by it...

You may as well paste articles about baseball, chocolate chip cookies and #2 pencils.

Well, I appreciate you having taken the effort to read it anyway.

And guess what....I just heard that there is ANOTHER video from and new ACORN incident that is going to be released tomorrow....cant wait to see it...

Should be an interesting event.

I'd still like to know who's paying the O'Keefe guy (the one taking the videos) to run all over the US taking these videos. Whoever it is, they've invested a lot of money upfront. I'm sure it's not something he does in his spare time while he works at the local fitness center selling memberships.
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Hmmm . . . as it turns out, O'Keefe has some sort of website at
http://veritasvisuals.com/ where he keeps a copy of his ACORN video files, along with some sort of direct port for viewing Youtube videos of gay sex and male models (there's no naked muscle dominatrix or S&M slaves), and another collection of videos where he took some more videos of people (without their knowledge?) asking passerbys to sign a petition allowing penpal status for US prisoners of war. And he seems to have taken more videos (again, without people's knowledge) asking if Ms. Sotomeyer was a racist.

Seems to me that it wouldn't take much for someone with a hidden camera to make any of y'all look bad, under the right circumstances. Got a half-baked opinion on something you don't care about but is controversial to other people? This guy might use a hidden camera to record everything you say while you make a fool of yourself. I understand there are laws against such things, something to do with privacy and wiretapping.
Maybe this guy thinks he's above those laws, and it's ok to video people without their ok. In this case, I'd like to see someone "do unto him" -- secretly video his efforts to record other people, particularly his disdain for other people and their right to be left alone. And then post the results on the internet for all to see, just like he's done to other people.

I'm all for using video to catch crooks, but (1) O'Keefe is not a cop, (2) if he thought crimes were being committed he should have reported it to authorities, (3) his videos cost several people their jobs, (4) he deceived people to get them to say some stupid things (which they may not have ever said, had it not been for his actions), (5) no crimes were committed, other than his own transgressions. In return for the loss of several people's jobs, he gets fame, notoriety, and possible job offers for himself.

If O'Keefe did to everybody what he's done to other people with his hidden cameras, we'd all be in jail sooner or later. Here in Texas, we're putting up a big stink over automated camera systems that take photos of people who run red lights. Nobody seems to like them, except the government. Nobody wants to live in a country filled with hidden videocameras.

Something tells me that this guy is gonna end up representing the worst part of Conservative values, and if the Conservative movement wants to avoid becoming tainted with his homophobic "Big Brother" hidden camera and his efforts to portray everyday people at their worst, they'd best dump him now while they can, because I don't think the American public is gonna go for that sort of thing . . .

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Wow . . . after checking, it is legal in most states for someone to secretly video record you, make you look like a fool, and then show it in public. Even you or me . . .
Depends on which state, though. Some states require consent of one person involved in the conversation, only about 12 states require all participants to the conversation to agree.

[Bull_Nuts]

Well, I appreciate you having taken the effort to read it anyway.




Should be an interesting event.

I'd still like to know who's paying the O'Keefe guy (the one taking the videos) to run all over the US taking these videos. Whoever it is, they've invested a lot of money upfront. I'm sure it's not something he does in his spare time while he works at the local fitness center selling memberships.

or maybe his motivation is the fact that millions of taxpayers are giving hard earned money to improve the US but instead its going to tax evaders and other people too lazy to work.

[Tock]

or maybe his motivation is the fact that millions of taxpayers are giving hard earned money to improve the US but instead its going to tax evaders and other people too lazy to work.

An act of selflessness and generosity on behalf of his fellow Americans?

Nah . . . I'm thinking this is a career move, for him anyway. He got a few women fired. He should be proud of himself.

[Nooomoto]

An act of selflessness and generosity on behalf of his fellow Americans?

Nah . . . I'm thinking this is a career move, for him anyway. He got a few women fired. He should be proud of himself.

No, those women got themselves fired. He just documented it. Another video is supposed to come out today, and the Senate voted to block ACORN from recieving HUD grants, which follows the Census Bureau cutting ties last week.