I get, I really do. ACORN and its employees can do no wrong...ever. And, on the occasion when they do happen to do wrong, its OK. ACORN does so much good they get a free pass.
Again, if this was a conservative organization doing the same thing, you would be screaming bloody murder. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not defending it, just pointing that it appears to be technically true. > And also that it makes no sense. If she thinks her income is AGI is 2,000 > why is she even thinking about dependents? I don't plan to leap to a > conclusion here. There is enough of that happening already. But hey, it's > more fun to point fingers and snipe, I understand. It is also, as I pointed > out much earlier in the thread, pointless mental masturbation. > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:08 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Wow. Just. Wow. >> >> You are actually defending the advice that the pimp should declare the >> underage sex slaves as dependents. >> >> I am speechless, truly speechless. >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > You are so determined to see things through the lens of your own ideas. >> > >> > It is hard to tell what they were thinking. (and note that when it comes >> to >> > what we have seen so far, we are down to a single encounter in which >> > underage girls acting as prostitutes are mentioned) One of the two >> workers >> > in Baltimore was quite emphatic in saying that those girls need to go to >> > school. They aren't helping that couple house sex slaves; based on the >> > information they are given (which it was illegal for them to disclose) >> the >> > couple plans to do this and no assistance from ACORN is requested in >> doing >> > so. >> > >> > The discussion about whether they are dependents seems quite amoral but >> it's >> > legally correct I think. They would be providing more than half of those >> > girls' costs. They would be dependents with an income. And it would also >> be >> > a bad idea to claim them. But that too makes no sense. If she heard 9600 >> > how does she think this gets paid for? >> > >> > Someone more idealistic (me for instance) might have said the hell with >> the >> > law, this is human trafficking and it's wrong, and called the police. We >> > don't know that they didn't right now but had they done so.... would it >> have >> > helped? Maybe they planned to do their own sting at the seminar these two >> > said they wanted to attend. Who knows? The phrase "make it legal" is >> > unfortunate, but what is actually proposed is a way to *report the >> income* >> > legally. >> > Here is what I do know. I spent a couple of hours *actually looking at >> the >> > supposed proof* and I find myself incredulous. Those two women in >> Baltimore >> > don't seem terribly smart, but the story they are being told rings false >> on >> > several levels. And so does theirs. A two thousand dollar income? That is >> > not going to get you a house. Were they just shining them on or what? >> > >> > Here is what I don't see -- anyone saying yay, let's crash the welfare >> > system and collapse the housing market. Let's get together and import sex >> > workers! Hurray hurray an opportunity to cheat Uncle Sam out of some >> money >> > does not occur anywhere in that video or transcript either. >> > >> > If you and Sam would care to step back a minute from the selective >> outrage >> > and the hyperbole you might note that I've already said that firing them >> was >> > the way to go. You have to, unless they called someone immediately after >> > this and we haven't heard about it yet. From there to sweeping >> condemnation >> > of an entire group and all its efforts ... well. I know your way is more >> > fun. Don't expect me to take you seriously though. >> > >> > I've spent enough time on this drivel. >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> > I think we are still shading into advice on money laundering tho... >> and >> >> it's >> >> > hard to know what to make of the discussion on the girls. >> >> >> >> Really? Its hard to know what to make of giving advice on how to >> >> declare sex slaves as dependents? Really? You are not sure where you >> >> stand on that? >> >> >> >> It astounds me the lengths you are going to to defend the actions of >> >> these people. But, then again, they are from ACORN, I guess that gives >> >> them a free pass for just about anything. >> >> >> >> Out of curiosity, where is the line, that if someone from ACORN >> >> crossed it you, would be outraged? Because helping someone house sex >> >> slaves doesn't seem to be there quite yet. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Scott Stroz >> >> --------------- >> >> Reality is for those who lack imagination. >> >> >> >> http://xkcd.com/386/ >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? 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