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Your tax dollars at work: Bank of America forks over $2 million to ACORN
Your tax dollars at work: Bank of America forks over $2 million to ACORN
Yet another timely reminder to GOP Senators: Government bailouts = Left-wing boondoggles. [...] Read the rest »
 Bailed Out Bank of America Sponsors Super Bowl Fun Fest
Bailed Out Bank of America Sponsors Super Bowl Fun Fest
abcnews.go.com — Despite a near collapse that required $45 billion in federal taxpayer bailout funds, Bank of America sponsored a five day carnival-like affair just outside the Super Bowl stadium this past week as President Obama decried wasteful spending on Wall St ... (more) Bailed Out Bank of America Sponsors Super Bowl Fun Fest
Great Powers: America and the World After Bush: Thomas P.M. Barnett: Books
amazon.com — Review Political consultant Barnett ( Blueprint for Action: A World Worth Creating , 2005, etc.) evaluates the Bush administration s failures, offers prescriptions for correcting them and pleads with America not to mess things up now that everything ... (more) Great Powers: America and the World After Bush: Thomas ...
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Weekly Standard Blog — ... a large surplus of property and no plans for new construction." President Obama stays classy, makes light of tabloid article on Jessica Simpson's weight. Obama channels Thomas Friedman and says "we've got a big hole that we've got to dig ourselves out of." Senator Chris Dodd (D-Countrywide) refinances his sweetheart mortgages. Gillibrand grows in office. Obama "absolutely" supports Daschle. Bank of America gives ACORN millions.

Why Did Bank of America Pay ACORN?
Pajamas Media — ... and flexibility on income requirements, such as being able to include public assistance. Yes, ACORN and Bank of America joined forces to become the ultimate subprime lender. So much for the organization’s lofty social justice rhetoric. Yet there’s more. In February, right after the inauguration, Bank of America reported that it had made $2 million in national grants to ACORN Housing Corporation between October 2007 and June 2009 (planned). Only a handful of conservative outlets ( Michelle Malkin , for example) picked up the story. It’s easy to pick on Bank of America. The firm ...

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