Show Me No Hate: The Prop 8 Protest in St. Louis

to do

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Jonathon C. "Jon / John" Burns
Joseph "Joe" Basel

ACORN: LA Story Program for Torture Victims Part 2

Uploaded on Nov 19, 2009

South Central Los Angeles, Lavelle Stewart talks about Larry Flynt, international sex businesses, and ways she can do independent research in order to help us.

NJO: Title, video and caption from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

The blurb from veritasvisuals.com: 

South Central Los Angeles, Lavelle Stewart talks about Larry Flynt, international sex businesses, and ways she can do independent research in order to help us: Levelle takes us out in the hallway and incriminates herself.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles

ACORN: LA Story Program for Torture Victims Part I

Uploaded on Nov 19, 2009

South Central Los Angeles, Lavelle Stewart talks about Larry Flynt, international sex businesses, and ways she can do independent research in order to help us.

NJO: Title, video and caption from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

The blurb from veritasvisuals.com:

South Central Los Angeles, Lavelle Stewart talks about Larry Flynt, international sex businesses, and ways she can do independent research in order to help us: Levelle Stewart told us to go to Felix downtown. A few hours later we return saying Felix couldn't help us. 

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles

ACORN Los Angeles Prostitution Investigation - Employee of the Year

Uploaded on Nov 16, 2009

ACORN's employee of the Year - Felix Harris.
He didn't care about the prostitution business. But he was the only one who didn't help us.

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles
 

Washington University political officials shut down Gulag Memorial

Uploaded on Nov 12, 2009

Undercover video reveals smarmy Washington University administrators continuing to press and make excuses to shut the fake-Gulag down. The Students at WashU in St. Louis erected the Soviet gulag on the quad, sparking campus intrigue, discussion, and debate.

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Jonathon C. "Jon / John" Burns (a founding member of St. Louis Tea Party)
Joseph "Joe" Basel
Dirk Doebler (then president of the WashU chapter of Young Americans for Liberty)
Emily Piontek (then member of the WashU chapter of Young Americans for Liberty)
Phil Christofanelli (then member of the WashU chapter of Young Americans for Liberty)
Ben R. Wetmore (He implies his involvement in this blog post, mirrored here.)

James O'Keefe, Jon Burns, Ben Wetmore, Joe Basel, 2011

WashU protest and James O'Keefe interview

Uploaded on Nov 10, 2009

Wash U students celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by building a gulag on the quad to remeber those who died under socialism. James O'Keefe was there. I interviewed him about citizen journalism.  

NJO: Title, video and blurb from Darin Morley's YouTube channel Darin RebootCongress.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved: 

Jonathon C. "Jon / John" Burns (a founding member of St. Louis Tea Party) 
Joseph "Joe" Basel 
Dirk Doebler (then president of the WashU chapter of Young Americans for Liberty) 
Emily Piontek (then member of the WashU chapter of Young Americans for Liberty) 
Phil Christofanelli (then member of the WashU chapter of Young Americans for Liberty)
Ben R. Wetmore (He implies his involvement in this blog post, mirrored here.)
 

James O'Keefe, Jon Burns, Ben Wetmore, Joe Basel, 2011

Victicrat (Damn it Feels Good to be a Victim)

Uploaded on Oct 23, 2009

Larry Elder Approves this Message: Featuring James "The ACORN Shaker" O'Keefe and Buddy Sosthand. Zo's in there somewhere too!

Link to download Victicrat:
http://www.amazon.com/Victicrat/dp/B0...


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Starring: James OKeefe, Laura Marie, Ryan Sorba, Eric Elder, Jeremy Shelton, Erik Bishop

Executive Producer: John Bishop
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Lyrics: Christian Hartsock
Assistant Director: Adam Weinberg
Director of Photography: Jason Rodriguez
Editor: Victor Shklyar
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Production Designer: Meg Holland
Camera Operator: Joseph Delgadillo
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Gaffer: Seth Naugle
DIT: Anthony Gourdine Woodard
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Special Thanks:
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CONTACT: Dionysus Productions: christian@dionysusproductions.net

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NJO: Title, video and blurb from Alfonzo Rachel's YouTube channel.

White guy who wrote the lyrics:

Christian Hartsock

Christian Hartsock

 

ACORN Philadelphia Prostitution Investigation Part I

Uploaded on Oct 21, 2009

Undercover investigation of Prostitution assistance at Philadelphia ACORN office. Song 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles

From the files of Ben Wetmore: Healthcare Independent Expenditure idea

NJO: "Benjamin Wetmore: A mentor of mine; a genius", said James O'Keefe in an interview in September 2009. So here's a look at some of the wisdom of this certifiably mentorial influence on James' life.

Today, from September 2009, "Healthcare Independent Expenditure idea" (mirrored here and here):

(I wrote this up and sent it to a few friends who I thought could tell me if it was a decent idea or not. Only one responded, and even then without saying whether it was a good idea or not. I'm getting the feeling that I'm either past my prime or unable to get any political scheme funded or people interested anymore. So, I'm posting it here in the resigned defeat of watching another political idea die on the vine.)

Healthcare Independent Expenditure idea

1. Get a voice artist who sounds similar to President Obama

2. Identify and rent lists of elderly likely voters in key areas

a. Senate

Colorado – Bennett
Arkansas – Lincoln
North Dakota – Dorgan

b. House

South Dakota – Herseth
(other potentials)

c. Legal limitations
Check for states where the most favorable regulatory regime exists:
http://winningcalls.com/statelaws.html

3. Record a short spot using the voice artist:

Sterile female voice:
Please hold for a fake message from the President Barack Obama

Obama voice artist:
Good afternoon seniors,
I want to talk to you for a moment about healthcare reform. I know many of you are concerned about losing Medicare and Medicaid benefits and likely cuts to Social Security that will be necessary to pay for my healthcare reforms. However, I want to ask you to end the divisiveness on this issue and support me. I know what’s best for you and even if we do take your benefits, tax your healthcare plan or increase taxes, it will be worth it to provide healthcare to those who can’t afford it. So, please stop opposing me and trust me.
Thank you.

4. Robocall lists with this message. Distribute .mp3 file to other organizations with robodialers.

ACORN San Diego Child Prostitution Smuggling Part II

Uploaded on Sep 17, 2009

Undercover investigation featuring smuggling and Child Prostitution at ACORN in San Diego. Song 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles 

ACORN San Diego Child Prostitution Smuggling Part I

Uploaded on Sep 17, 2009

Undercover investigation featuring smuggling and Child Prostitution at ACORN in San Diego. Song 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles

ACORN San Bernadino Child Prostitution Investigation Part III

Uploaded on Sep 16, 2009

Undercover investigation featuring corruption and murder at ACORN in San Bernadino. 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

California B-Roll Produced By Christian Hartsock
Trailer for Sycophant: http://vimeo.com/1776433

Column archive: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/h...

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles
Ryan J. Sorba

ACORN San Bernadino Child Prostitution Investigation Part II

Uploaded on Sep 16, 2009

Undercover investigation featuring corruption and murder at ACORN in San Bernadino. 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

California B-Roll Produced By Christian Hartsock
Trailer for Sycophant: http://vimeo.com/1776433

Column archive: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/h...

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles
Ryan J. Sorba

Girl Talk: My Time with Tresa Kaelke

Uploaded on Sep 16, 2009

Tresa and I spoke alone outside the San Bernardino Office for several minutes. Hear what she has to say.

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles

The Destruction of Feathers of Steel

NJO: The blog called Feathers of Steel at liberabit.blogspot.com was wiped into oblivion on this day, per the Daily Kos.

ACORN San Bernadino Child Prostitution Investigation Part I

Uploaded on Sep 15, 2009

Undercover investigation featuring corruption and murder at ACORN in San Bernadino. 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles
Ryan J. Sorba

ACORN NYC Child Prostitution Investigation Part II

Uploaded on Sep 13, 2009

Undercover investigation at ACORN in New York. 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved: 

Hannah Giles 

ACORN NYC Child Prostitution Investigation Part I

Uploaded on Sep 13, 2009

Undercover investigation at ACORN in New York. 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles 

Former Leftist Activist, Turned Leftist Informant, Pulls Back The Curtain On ACORN

Source: The archived page from biggovernment.com.

by Brandon Darby 
 
I first experienced ACORN in post-Katrina New Orleans. I was part of a relief organization, Common Ground Relief, which  had been delivering much needed aid to the 9^th Ward, an area that had been hit especially hard by the flood waters and by neglect. Rumors immediately began surfacing, questioning our motives and intentions. I was very confused by these rumors. Who was behind them? How could anyone question the vital work we were doing in the community?  We lived and worked in the 9^th Ward. We suspended our regular lives and, in many cases, left our families to travel to New Orleans to help those affected by Katrina and poverty. We slept on dirty plywood floors and shared everything we had with the residents.  Most of us were white. Was our skin color the issue? I knew from personal experience that the majority of the Black 9^th ward residents didn’t care what color our skin was. It took me awhile to get over the hurt I felt at such allegations and to find out where they were coming from.




In the following weeks, I was made aware of the fact that ACORN had reopened its New Orleans office (several months after the storm). Various groups from around the city informed me that Acorn was upset with us because we were in “their” community and had not sought approval from ACORN to operate there. I was told that ACORN said that we were “privileged white people who had come to a Black community as saviors and we refused to work with local Black leadership.”

The more I pondered the matter, the more I realized what was happening. As usual in marginalized and impoverished communities, a small group of radical self-proclaimed leaders was insisting that all local aid and relief came through them—even if they were AWOL for several months. Though the majority of residents either hadn’t heard of ACORN or simply disagreed with their politics- ACORN insisted that they were THE Black leaders. This was upsetting to me. Sure, the local pastor we worked most closely with was Black; but that didn’t matter to ACORN. It was as if Pastor Johnson didn’t count because he didn’t evoke the name of Elijah Mohammed or Malcolm X. It was as if Pastor Johnson didn’t count because he didn’t submit to ACORN’s mandate that ACORN was the sole leadership of Black New Orleanians.

As then director of Common Ground Relief’s 9th Ward project, I was warned by many that ACORN would ruin me politically if I didn’t submit to their leadership. I believed in what I was doing and how I was doing it. I refused to submit. The political fallout was almost unbearable. I just kept my eyes on meeting the needs of the community. When confronted by adherents to ACORN’s brand of race analysis, I pointed out that ACORN was not there immediately after the storm, so I could not have sought their leadership even if I had wanted to.

Over the following years, that particular style of political attack was prominent in New Orleans. Anytime that ACORN was displeased, the other party was deemed a racist. If the other party disagreed with the label or with ACORN’s agenda- they were met with “of course you feel that way. You are a racist.” Though it is clearly woefully inaccurate and unethical to use such an accusation as a political attack and as a means of shutting down philosophical debate and discourse, some at ACORN didn’t let that stop them. I refused to submit to it. I believed in listening to the majority of the community, who were desperate for our help, and not only to the self-proclaimed leaders. I paid a dear price for it.

I returned to Texas after a couple of years adminst the political quagmire of post-Katrina New Orleans. My experience there with various groups was educational and life-changing, though some of these groups concerned me. Eventually I began to see some of them as dangerous and deceitful about their missions. This, along with a growing appreciation of my country helped lead me to work with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

I was as proud of this new era in my life as I was of my time in New Orleans. I had the privilege of participating in efforts where lives were saved; both in the United States and in Israel. While working undercover with the FBI at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota, I helped to uncover a bomb plot. Two men had made firebombs with a homemade napalm mixture of gasoline and oil. Their initial targets were Republican delegates. These bomb-makers (domestic terrorists) later decided to attack a staging area for the Secret Service and other law-enforcement agencies. Fortunately, they were stopped and arrested.

I was asked, and agreed, to testify against them. As was expected, the more radical elements of the media began to attack both me as an individual and the FBI as a whole. One of the men accused plead guilty; the other hired an expensive defense attorney and concocted a story about the FBI building these bombs to “set up left-wing activists” and stop dissent. But once the facts became clear, the defense changed their story and instead tried to blame the FBI for ”influencing” the terrorists. Thankfully, after one hung jury and many months of intense media attacks against me, the other bomb-maker (domestic terrorist) decided to come clean and admitted to the judge that he had invented the whole story.

What does any of this have to do with ACORN? I wondered the same thing on January 31^st of 2009 when I was reading an ACORN blog that is run by Wade Rathke (the man who claims credit for founding ACORN). He devoted an entire page to my work with the FBI. How did he describe the FBI’s effort and success in preventing innocent Americans, local police and federal agents from being burned, maimed and/or possibly killed by firebombs? He wrote that it’s “one thing to disagree, but it’s a whole different thing to rat on folks.”  That is what ACORN’s founder had to say about my role in stopping a bomb plot.

I was even more shocked as I continued reading the article. ACORN’s “founder” went on to mention that another self-proclaimed “radical” activist who had worked closely with him was also involved in my story. Her name is Lisa Fithian. I first encountered Ms. Fithian in New Orleans. She came to town after Common Ground Relief had started operations. She assumed a position of prominence and continuously challenged my work and leadership. During the RNC bombing trial, she cooperated with the defense of the bomb plotters and led media attacks on me and the FBI.

Ms. Fithian has been quoted in various mainstream news articles as saying, “Nonviolence is a strategy. Civil disobedience is a tactic,” and “Direct action is a strategy. Throwing rocks is a tactic.” She is also quoted as stating that “When people ask me, ‘What do you do?’ I say, ‘I create crisis’, because crisis is that edge where change is possible.”

ACORN receives tens of millions of dollars from taxpayers to promote their agenda. Free speech is sacred, of course. However, it is clear that ACORN has made a practice of blurring the lines between free speech and tax-payer-funded activism. Fortunately, our federal government is adept at investigating and identifying the misuse of federal funds. It will be interesting in the near future to see how Mr. Rathke and his ACORN associates stand up to the same scrutiny they have focused on our military, the FBI and other governmental groups and agencies.

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Tags: Common Ground Relief, FBI, Katrina, Lisa Fithian, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Ninth Ward, RNC, Wade Rathke
Posted Sep 12th 2009 at 4:48 pm in ACORN, Featured Story | Comments (371)

On Why I Don’t Return Phone Calls from an Intrepid CNN Producer

NJO: Source: The archived page from biggoverment.com.

by James O'Keefe 
 
As read on “The Rush Limbaugh Show”:

So far CNN has only reported on the breaking story on blatant ACORN CORRUPTION from angles that attempt to extricate the government funded “community organizing”  enterprise from the extreme crime we caught on videotape.

First CNN pushed the false ACORN line that “[t]his film crew tried to pull this sham at other offices and failed.”

To set that record straight please check the Washington D.C. tape we dropped today at BigGovernment.com, which is also being aired on your cable news competitor with curiously higher ratings.

Now that ACORN lied to you, Jonathan Klein, what are you going to do?

Here’s what I have noticed from your coverage: You brought in the damage control crowd to FRAME the story. Before even airing our damning Baltimore video. You know your audience would turn on ACORN if you showed them the evidence. So instead you put your competitors in journalism in the crosshairs instead of airing a blockbuster report making massive waves elsewhere.

You even trotted out shameless Clinton era apologist Joe Conason to challenge the ETHICS of our expose. Unreal.

What about the ethics of those at ACORN caught on tape trying to help create a brothel featuring illegal immigrant age range 13-15 from El Salvador?

What about the countless laws broken on tape from a group that stands to get billions from President Obama’s “stimulus” package?

Why don’t we wait to have the Columbia Journalism School debate on “journalistic ethics” after you do actual journalism.

When you air the raw ACORN footage that is now viral on the Internet, and being played on FOX NEWS and countless talk radio shows, then and only then — when America can see, hear and smell the stench we have exposed — will I subject myself to a CNN hit job.

Tags: ACORN, ACORN Baltimore, acorn prostitute, acorn prostitute video, acorn prostitution, acorn scandal, acorn video, BigGovernment, BigGovernment.com, CNN, Columbia Journalism School, community organizing, Fox News, Hannah Giles, James O'Keefe, Joe Conason, Jonathan Klein, journalism
Posted Sep 11th 2009 at 11:25 am in ACORN, Media Criticism, News, Politics | Comments (598)

ACORN DC Prostitution Investigation Part II

Uploaded on Sep 11, 2009

Undercover investigation at ACORN in Washington, DC. Song 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles 

ACORN DC Prostitution Investigation Part I

Uploaded on Sep 11, 2009

Undercover investigation at ACORN in Washington, DC. Song 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles

In the Bowels of Baltimore’s ACORN

by Hannah Giles 

  The Baltimore adventure with ACORN started off as a silly idea, both absurd and incredible by all accounts. But it stuck, and quickly escalated into a full blown operation with scripts, method acting, undercover gear, scandalous outfits, fast minds, good hearts, plenty of humor and healthy homemade blueberry muffins.

When I pitched the “prostitute goes into ACORN seeking housing” idea to James O’Keefe at the beginning of the summer, I had absolutely no idea how he would respond. He came back with, “Would you be willing to portray the prostitute?  And if so, when can you do this?”

Needless to say, the project had officially begun.

An idea conceived on an afternoon jog would soon birth material evidence.

Most people come up with ridiculous ideas, things that graze against societal norms. However, not all are capable of action because not all are comfortable with action. Many lack the desire for truth and justice, most don’t even know to want it.  But on occasion, the previous join forces. The right people with the appropriate calling unite against a common enemy, then the sky is the limit and hell is the target. There will be no compromises, only adaptation and infiltration.


The socially unacceptable became our mode of visual operation. When visuals match content, the system will fall.

The staff we dealt with in Baltimore had no problem offering their time to James and me, not because we were two white kids undercover looking for a big story, but because of the mess we claimed to be in and wished to create.

We connected with these people on a level they were comfortable with. We came off as troubled, torn, innovative and devoted individuals who couldn’t skirt the system unless the system helped us along our journey.

Our presence screamed, as James puts it, “unique situation.”  And so when we sought council in regards to tax evasion, obtaining a house for use as an underage brothel, the avoidance of an abusive pimp, and establishing illegitimate congressional campaign funds, they were ready and unfazed by the direction our conversation took.

James and I saw the ACORN Housing location in Baltimore as a target–the den of a giant corrupt lion. We wanted to get a reaction and gauge the corruption. We came armed with the things necessary to cause a reaction; we came equipped with the things necessary to capture the reaction.  We expected to be successful. We weren’t overly confident but we had tested methods at our disposal and were able to calculate the lines along which the staffers would react. We didn’t go in expecting major results; we also didn’t limit what could happen seated behind closed doors. We went in knowing that if we were meant to succeed, we would. It is not as if we went in carefree and lah-dee-dah. But we were confident in our mission.

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Tags: ACORN, ACORN Housing, acorn prostitute, acorn prostitute video, acorn prostitution, acorn scandal, acorn video, Baltimore ACORN, corruption, Hannah Giles, Housing, James O'Keefe, prostitution
Posted Sep 10th 2009 at 9:00 pm in ACORN | Comments (584)

NJO: Source: The archived page from biggovernment.com. 

Shocking Audio Could Incriminate ACORN Affiliates

NJO: Source: The archived page at biggovernment.com.

by Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski 
 

Allegations are breaking against one of the most controversial organizations in the country. If true, then people could be going to prison, and Congress should immediately stop funneling taxpayer money to this organization until law enforcement has investigated the matter.

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is regularly in the news, usually in stories where persons working for them are charged or even convicted of voter fraud or other election-related crimes. ACORN’s corporate leadership always disavows any knowledge of such criminal wrongdoing.

ACORN is also quick to point out the public service work that the organizations engages in, mostly related to housing for low-income people. And over the years ACORN has received vast sums of federal money in connection with this housing work.

But now a video recording and transcript have surfaced that—if genuine—could show persons allegedly affiliated with ACORN involved in a host of state and federal crimes, even aiding and abetting underage prostitution and exploitation.

According to the tape and transcript, two individuals posing as young people involved in prostitution, under the false names of Kenya and James, go to an ACORN-identified office in Baltimore, Maryland. They tell the worker, identified as Shira, that they are trying to get a house, and slowly leak details until the worker understands that the girl is saying she’s involved in prostitution. At that point, since Kenya’s “job” is a cash-only business for which Kenya doesn’t file a tax return, Shira says, “let me get someone here from taxes,” and brings in another woman calling herself Tonja.

The undercover couple continues to weave their story of criminal activity, and finally say that one reason they need a house is because they have thirteen El Salvadoran girls, all around age fifteen, that are in this country illegally and that they are pimping out as prostitutes. In short, they need a house to serve as a brothel for these girls.

At this point, the woman identified as Tonja reacts to this appalling information by telling them that Kenya should list three of these underage foreign prostitutes as dependents so that Kenya can receive a tax benefit (but not all thirteen because that could attract government scrutiny). Tonja goes on to advise Kenya to falsify the appropriate forms to say that they are family members.

The bottom line is this: Both state and federal law enforcement should immediately launch a full investigation of this matter. They should determine if this two-hour recording is legitimate (there is no reason to believe it’s a hoax, but obviously the first step is to confirm that it’s authentic). If so, then depending o the governing law in that jurisdiction, those on the video tape could possibly be indicted and charged with numerous crimes, including prostitution, tax fraud, housing fraud, conspiracy to commit each of the above, and even charges related to underage prostitution.

While James and Kenya know that there are no underage El Salvadoran girls and no prostitution, the people identified on the tape as being affiliated with ACORN evidently believe these statements were true, making them conspirators in all of the relevant crimes depending on the applicable laws regarding conspiracy in that jurisdiction.

Crimes involving the exploitation of children are among the most heinous that human beings are capable of committing. They are especially toxic to the rule of law because they devastate young lives, and undermine the victims’ confidence in a just society. If this video recording is confirmed as authentic, then what happened in Baltimore is utterly reprehensible, and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent permitted under the law.

What is all the more troubling here is that ACORN is involved in administering housing programs for the federal government, is involved in voter registration, and in jockeying to be a major part of the national census next year, going door-to-door and getting information from people in their homes.

There have now been criminal convictions of ACORN personnel in various states around the country, usually involving voting and elections. Should this video recording turn out to be legitimate, it raises grave concerns as to whether this is an isolated incident in Baltimore. It also raises a question of how high up the ACORN organizational ladder this information goes.

The truth needs to be sought out in this situation. And not a single dollar of taxpayer money should go to ACORN until it has been exonerated of all these incriminating allegations.

Tags: Baltimore, child prostitution, Congress, El Savador, exploitation of children, federal law enforcement, prostitution, state law enforcement, taxpayer, voter fraud
Posted Sep 10th 2009 at 2:21 pm in ACORN, News | Comments (389)

Exposing ACORN: Introducing James O’Keefe

NJO: Source: The archived page from biggovernment.com.

by Andrew Breitbart 
 
When James O’Keefe came to my door in August, I was shocked by how young he looked. Kinda like Matthew Modine circa “Vision Quest.”

“Come on in,” I said, and I took him to my basement command center. He opened his laptop computer and showed me the very-hard-to-believe independent film investigative journalism project he had described to me over the phone

How can I describe the video I watched? Is it a put on? I almost can’t believe what I am seeing. But with regards to ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, I am quite cynical. So I do believe it.

But I still find myself wanting to believe it is fake.  It’s just too weird. It’s too wrong. But James continuously reassures me it’s real.

So who is James O’Keefe?

Morley Safer meets Sacha Baron Cohen, I think. Not precise. But you get the point.

This isn’t your mother’s “60 Minutes.” But then again, why would a twenty five-year old even think straight journalism? His crowd doesn’t even know who Don Hewitt is. They need it quick cut, set to music and packaged to go viral on YouTube.

From what I gather, James wants to speak to his twenty-something peers who have been asked to pay for unaccountable big government ventures like ACORN on their maxed-out generational credit card.

To the tune of potentially billions.

Maybe James thinks, like I do, that baby boomer elites like Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson and Brian Williams could care less. Their generational zeitgeist – and the knowledge that their kids are personally immune from monster deficits – is all that matters. And they look the other way while believing all organizations on the left – no matter how extreme – are working towards their goals.

What is immediately clear to me is that James is passionate and wants to expose corruption.  As is his gutsy partner in exposing crimes, Hannah Giles.  James is like me: he’s idealistic, right–leaning, and doesn’t pretend he’s a neutral and objective journalist.  (No one’s “objective.”)

But I also know how my journalist friends are going to react.  And so my advice to James is this:  You can put this thing out your way, but you should also offer the full audio and full transcript so that people can hear and see them in their entirety – sans edits.  So they can judge for themselves.

James agreed and has posted them on his website.  We have posted the audio here:


View the complete transcript here.


Tags: "60 Minutes", ACORN, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson, Don Hewitt, Hannah Giles, James O’Keefe, journalism, Katie Couric, Matthew Modine, Morley Safer, Sacha Baron Cohen, YouTube
Posted Sep 10th 2009 at 6:41 am in ACORN, Culture, Exclusives, Media Criticism, News, Politics | Comments (244)

Chaos for Glory: My Time With ACORN

NJO: Source: The archived page from biggovernment.com.

by James O'Keefe 

 
A famous community organizer once said, “The only way to upset the power structure in your communities is to goad them, confuse them, irritate them and, most of all, make them live by their own rules.  If you make them live by their own rules, you destroy them.” Impossible demands can irritate modern leftists in ways nothing else can, whether it’s by banning Lucky Charms cereal because it’s racist against Irish people, calling Planned Parenthood saying you want to donate money for black abortions in the name of Margaret Sanger, or making Sen. Snowe sign an oversized bailout check for a billion dollars to Amtrak, in her own office.

 

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The scenario we posed the ACORN Housing employees in Baltimore is due to the application of similar power tactics. We gave ACORN a taste of its own medicine.  ACORN was alleged to be thug-like, criminal, and nefarious.  This criminal behavior was evidenced by a video of Baltimore ACORN community organizers breaking the locks on foreclosed homes.  Instead of railing against their radicalism, it is best to bring out this type of radicalism. Hannah Giles and I took advantage of ACORN’s regard for thug criminality by posing the most ridiculous criminal scenario we could think of and seeing if they would comply–which they did without hesitation.

Additionally, instead of focusing on foreclosure itself, which has become seemingly as politicized as abortion, we focused on crimes more difficult for the left to defend: trafficking of young helpless girls and tax evasion. The first group represents the severely disadvantaged, the second a threat to the distribution of wealth.

While manipulation or entrapment occurs when people are encouraged to do things they otherwise wouldn’t, the pre-set trap is their own.  These tactics allow the viewer to see ACORN’s soul; their playing field and their morality, out in the open.  Their system is based on conflict and change for its own sake.  This system is based on totalitarian principles and class war techniques. These people understand pressure, power and self-interest.  When the Baltimore employees saw we were shady dealers, their instincts clicked in, as we were prime recruits.

ACORN has ascended.  They elect our politicians and receive billions in tax money. Their world is a revolutionary, socialistic, atheistic world, where all means are justifiable.  And they create chaos, again, for it’s own sake.  It is time for us to be studying and applying their tactics, many of which are ideologically neutral.  It is time, as Hannah said as we walked out of the ACORN facility, for conservative activists to “create chaos for glory.”

Listen to the complete audio here.

View the complete transcript here.

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Posted Sep 10th 2009 at 6:10 am in ACORN, Exclusives, Featured Story, News, Politics | Comments (1768)

ACORN Baltimore Prostitution Investigation Part II

Uploaded on Sep 9, 2009

Undercover investigation featuring prostitution, sex trafficking, tax evasion, and money laundering.
Song 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission.
http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles

ACORN Baltimore Prostitution Investigation Part I

Uploaded on Sep 9, 2009

Undercover investigation featuring prostitution, sex trafficking, tax evasion, and money laundering. Song 'Ridiculous' copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permission. http://www.myspace.com/anthonydinimusic NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals. Minions / fellow culture warriors involved: Hannah Giles

ACORN San Diego (Recorded on this date)

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Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles

ACORN Los Angeles (Recorded on this date)

NJO: Here I've tried to make a timeline of the ACORN Los Angeles recordings. Note that although the links still work as of the last time I checked, the California Office of the Attorney General website no longer lists them anywhere I could find using a site search.

Video.
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/press/video/V0814001.wmv
Duration: 20 minutes 50 seconds. James and Hannah enter ACORN LA office. First meeting with Lavelle Stewart. Exit office and return to car. James goes back to Lavelle to deal with a phone problem. Exit office again. End of video.

Audio.
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/press/video/Levelled.wmv
9 minutes 30 seconds. James and Hannah enter ACORN LA office. First meeting with Lavelle Stewart. Audio ends as they are about to leave.

Audio.
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/press/video/LevellPartI.wmv
6 minutes 48 seconds. Exactly the same as "Levelled.wmv" but without the initial 2 minutes 42 seconds.

Audio.
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/press/video/acornla19.wmv
1 minute 23 seconds. James talks to Lavelle about the phone problem.

Audio.
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/press/video/acornla20.wmv
2 minutes 33 seconds. Lavelle deals with the phone problem.

Video.
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/press/video/V0814002.wmv
13 minutes 45 seconds. James and Hannah enter ACORN Housing LA office (a different location). Meeting with Felix Harris. Video ends before meeting concludes.*

Video.
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/press/video/V0814004.wmv
23 minutes 58 seconds. James and Hannah enter ACORN LA office again. Second, longer meeting with Lavelle Stewart. Exit office again. End of video.

Audio.
http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/press/video/LevellPartII.wmv
24 minutes. As "V081404.wmv" but audio only.

* The video "Felix Harris - LA ACORN Employee of the Year" contains a brief snippet of what appears to be the conclusion of this meeting. The original piece of video from which this snippet must have been culled would, logically, have been among the files that James was ordered to hand over to the California Attorney General's Office in exchange for limited immunity, but curiously a file containing this snippet is absent from the files listed above (which used to be listed and available on the website).

Thus, it looks as if James was neglectful in his duty to hand over all recordings pertaining to the case like he was ordered to do.

If I was to try to get inside James' head regarding what could have motivated him to defy a court order like this, I would hazard a guess that the piece of video in which Felix Harris seems to put an end to the conversation represented to James' mind a net "passing of the test" or "exoneration" for Felix Harris, thus running contrary to his and Hannah Giles' stated purpose in recording the videos. I would also speculate, given James' track record of 1) distrust for the government, 2) petty vindictive behavior, and 3) general "spoiled son of privilege" attitude, that he would not have been a happy bunny to have some shady bureaucrat of a State Attorney General orderin' him to, y'know, do some stuff that he din' wanna do, and hand over somethin' that he din' wanna hand over, and that this was all it took for him to go into Defiant Martyr Mode and wilfully neglect to include the offending piece of video.

I would guess that he thought by handing over a batch of videos that was slightly incomplete (i.e. by dishonestly pretending that his camera ran out of power or memory before the meeting with Harris concluded) he could at least restore a margin of ambiguity to the recording, plus be a general dick into the deal (again). You know, like what Jesus would want him to do.

Indeed, there would seem to be a precedent for that sort of behavior in how James dealt with the ACORN Philadelphia video. Unlike the recordings of the other six ACORN locations, no long cut of the ACORN Philadelphia recording has ever been publicly released. It can be speculated that it too had what James and company viewed as an undesirable outcome that didn't fit their purpose.

Update: This post gets the "James on ethnicity" tag on account of the short discussion about Mexicans that James and Hannah have at the start of the video.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Hannah Giles