ACORN still around and swimming in money. Let's not forget that Obama is its greatest ally.

The headline reads, ACORN is reborn in B'lyn. Here is what we have to say about that:

This is no big surprise to us. Understand that, "back in the day," ACORN existed under more than 230 different titles. "New York Communities for Change" is just another name. This "new" ACORN organization took over the offices of the former ACORN on Nevins Street in Brooklyn and is partnered with the socialist run United Federation of Teachers in a common effort to keep WalMart from coming into that part of the state. The teacher's union has given the new ACORN 200,000 dollars and this has been combined with hundreds of thousands of dollars in union contributions to the ACORN type socialist activist group. Soon, their attention will be turned to Obama's re-election but first things first -- get rid of any and all non-union shops in their realm of influence.

On a different front, a legally separate group, Project Vote, works out of the same ACORN Washington DC offices and uses many of the same employees according to congressional testimony from a Project Vote employee.

Our point? ACORN is far from dead. This is an important story because ACORN and its affiliates will be the center of the "re-elect Obama" storm.

Although ACORN has received government funding, it has never been audited by its government sources. As recent as October of 2010, ACORN is credited with having 20 million in cash reserves and its affiliates hold another 10 million dollars. The Obama Administration has failed to answer Freedom of Information requests regarding ACORN. Add to this failure its refusal to respond to FOIA requests concerning its environmental agencies such as the EPA , communication entities (FCC , FTC) and housing regulatory agencies such as HUD. Reports we have found indicate that well over 103,000 such requests have been delayed with only 500 such requests being vetted by Administration offices - in two years. FOIA requests are to be answered within 45 days. Instead, the Obama Administration is months into their habit of resisting these requests for transparency with no indications that they intend to answer the vast majority of these demands for transparency.

Understand that we have only touched the tip of the ACORN/Activist cover-up. We know that 5.4 billion dollars were diverted either from TARP or Fannie/Freddie funding to make it appear that GM had paid back its government loan "five years early and with interest." That was the lie being told in the first quarter of 2010. Midknight Review was one of the first to note the contradiction/lie with GM's claim. A year later, our suspicions were confirmed. In part because of the GM payback scam, we also believe that ACORN (under whatever name) is benefiting from the same sort of financial maneuverings. On Christmas Eve, 2009, the Democrat congress gave the Administration access to Fannie/Freddie funding without the need for congressional approval or reporting. Such occurred during the very time ACORN was facing its most overt national criticism. We believe this arrangement is one of many about to be investigated by Darrell Issa and his investigative committee in the House.

Point of post: nothing wrong with organizations being used to campaign for Mr. Obama. But, there is much wrong with those organizations receiving government funding for purposes of his re-election. The little known secret of 2008 election finance was that ACORN worked for the Obama's re-election and was partially funded with taxpayer dollars while doing so. That is a crime. It was then and it will be in 2012. And while we are talking about bad behavior, lets not forget that Obama has never revealed the sources for $400 million dollars in campaign contribution. Remember, he collect $800 million (McCain = $37o) to win the election by only 7% of the popular vote. The monies spent by ACORN and the various unions are not counted into Obama's campaign treasure trove.

End Notes:

1. The raw facts for this story were reported by the New York Post this morning.
2. Human Events is our source for the Project Vote association.
3. The reader might add The Capital Research Center to her list of bookmarks.