Acorn Pimp Sting, Child Prostitution and Accountability


	Acorn Pimp Sting, Child Prostitution and Accountability

zizzy

9-18-2009 9:08 PM

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zizzy says:

When I heard about this story I checked HuffPo and Truth Dig: nothing. Checked again the next day, still nothing. WTF is up with all of this silence?

From page 20 of the transcript: the conversation is about 15 year old girls from El Salvador

James: What if they are going to be making money because they are performing tricks too.
Tonya (ACORN): but if they making money you shouldn't be letting anybody know anyway.

Wow. Disgusting. Horrible. Unconscionable. I am absolutely stunned by that exchange. I have worked at community organizations and I never met anyone like this Tonya. GRRRRR.....

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9-19-2009 6:43 PM

jay8h

What concerns me is how much other news is being suppressed. Why did the news media not do this investigative work first? How much other stuff are they hiding? Why didn't the government keep some kind of accountability on them after giving them all this money?

Two near amateurs went out and got this information. Where were the "pros" unless they knew about it and did not want anyone else to find out.

9-19-2009 7:06 PM

Antara

Pop for your honesty and truth seeking in this matter zizzy.

9-19-2009 9:08 PM

sahara

I have seen this story all over the internet, as well as on the news yesterday someone (cnn? don't remember what news channel) was asking to see the full uncut version of their tape and were refused. "Supposedly" the acorn worker knew they were fake and went along with it, even saying that she killed her ex husband, though she has never been married. I can't see how these two would have been taken seriously, they look so cheesy! :

http://www.themidnightreview.com/2009/09/undercover-acorn-investigators-are.html

It did have a desirable outcome though. Stop funding groups like these, no matter their political affiliation, with tax dollars. If people or parties want to support certain organiza...

9-21-2009 12:48 PM

zizzy

@sahara -

Stop funding groups like these

That should include closing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

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