What does ACORN mean?
Not too long ago, I got a ton of emails re ACORN. I dismissed them, mostly because I didn't know what ACORN meant nor if it had anything to do with Houston. I literally said, "What does ACORN mean?" at least twelve times last week.
I ended up checking it out a bit over these last few days and learned that (a) ACORN is a community activist group that provides free housing counseling to low to moderate income homebuyers, (b) they were recently burned big time when a video showed some of their employees instructing a "pimp" and a "prostitute" on some less than legal ways to handle a money dilemma, and (c) they, in fact, do have offices in Houston.
ACORN has been on a PR clean-up campaign as of late following the videos, and some Houston officials have been looking into actions of the ACORN offices in Houston. (Here's a story the Chronicle ran about the situation.)
So how do you all feel about this? Does it just blow your mind that (it appears) money has corrupted a company meant to do well, or is just old hat now (like an athlete getting arrested)? Sound off.
Comments
Yes, I was surprised to see that money had corrupted a company. I was also surprised to hear that fire was hot and night was dark, so go figure.
So, will Barack be reprising his role as ACORN defense lawyer?
ACORN: Association of Criminals Obama Represented in the Nineties
“I’ve been fighting alongside of ACORN on issues you care about my entire career [including child "services", financial "services", and "voter" registration?] Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote in Illinois, Acorn was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work.” –Obama, 2007
ACORN: Assisting Call-girls, Obama, Reid & Nancy
@Jupiter: Oh, that’s what it mean. Thanks.
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A.C.O.R.N.: Another Communist Organization of Radical Nuts