ACORN and Ayn Rand

Dear Friends,

It seems to me that, if the Ayn Rand Institute was caught in a sting such as ACORN has been, the response from the unbiased media would be far different.

The Unbiased media have tried mightily to avoid this story. But ACORN keeps getting caught in lies. Over and over. Acorn has claimed that they are a volunteer organization and as such cannot keep close control over it’s employees. The unbiased media have accepted this explanation… unquestioned.

I wonder however if a conservative or libertarian organization that was volunteer driven would be given the same leeway? Take Ayn Rand for example. Were their employees caught in Maryland on secret video abetting some tax crime, let alone abetting child prostitution, I propose the unbiased media wouldn’t accept ACORN’s excuse, applied to Ayn Rand Institute. And rightly so nor should they of ACORN. Especially in that ACORN, is not only tax exempt, but is the recipient of taxpayer money.

To argue that your employees are volunteers, and so some will engage in nefarious conduct, in the name of the organization is absurd. If one branch had fallen for the sting this might have been an acceptable argument. But branches of ACORN all over the country have fallen for the sting. This argues of a corrupt culture within ACORN. The volunteers being a symptom not the disease.

ACORN has issued a press release that the undercover video tapers were “thrown out of the Philadelphia office and the police were called.” Mr. Breitbart, (the maker of the videos), will release the Philadelphia tape this week. The unbiased media have reported the ACORN press release as fact. I am curious what the documentation says really happened in Philadelphia branch.

Maryland is seeking to prosecute Mr. Breitbart for illegally taping people unawares. But has no stomach for taking on ACORN. Apparently in Maryland, abetting child enslavement for the purposes of child prostitution is a small offense and pales in comparison to, the illegal documenting employees of a national tax exempt organization that has access to potentially billions of taxpayer dollars, engaging in systematic corruption.

If it was Ayn Rand that was caught up in this type of controversy, the unbiased media and the Congress would call for a special investigation to look into the senior leadership of the Institute and their ties to government officials. Cultures of corruption, especially of this magnitude, come from the top. When they are so well documented and the leadership seems so willing to lie and lie, even after being caught in them over and over, red flags should be go up about the leadership. Especially their connections to government should be investigated. To do otherwise is to use the machinery of government for the benefit of one political faction. Not the benefit of society in general or the people in particular.

I wonder that 60 Minutes has never done an undercover sting in Maryland. I know that they have not… because the State Prosecutor is zealous about prosecuting offenders and I have never heard about 60 Minutes being prosecuted in Maryland. Otherwise the law in Maryland is a tool of one political faction… not a means for government to protect the people and their property. Like in Massachusetts.

That the machinery of government has been mobilized to protect ACORN is chilling. ACORN is also accused of voter fraud and some employees of ACORN have been tried and convicted. These new allegations give more merit to the outstanding questions about voter fraud.

As we have argued here before. There is no greater threat to Democracy than rampant vote fraud. Look at Afghanistan. The very people, that are saying that vote rigging in Afghanistan is the reason we cannot win the war, are the ones protecting ACORN. Hypocrisy at it’s best… All the while keeping a strait face. Now these are quality politicians!