ACORN

Well surprisingly enough, more ACORN workers have been caught doing illegal and immoral acts. Arrest warrents were issued for 11 ACORN workers in Florida after enough evidence was found that they had illegally registered 888 voters for the 2008 elections. This came to light after being reported to the state attorney general's office. They claim that this was only an attempt to defraud the ACORN organization and that none of the names actually voted, but who can actually say that for sure. It seems that ACORN is unable to hire employees that do not turn out to be some kind of criminal. In 2007 workers in Washington were arrested on the same charges of voter fraud. It a more disgusting case of criminal activity, ACORN workers were videotaped giving information to people posing as a pimp and a prostitute on how to defraud the IRS, and secure 13 underage girls from South America to include in a prostitution ring. The ACORN worker, while telling the two that it is illegal to do so, also proposed they claim the children as "dependents" on their tax return. The undercover people were reporters who came to the Baltimore ACORN office. In the video an ACORN worker is shown to be offering to defraud the IRS by altering tax returns, charging a nominal fee. This is clearly not an organization that fufills is role as protectors and advocates for the underpriveledged. This kind of conduct is appalling, and it should be questioned that, anyone who continues to associate themselves with this radical group, whether or not they should be in the positions they are currently in. It should also be investigated further as to whether or not those positions secured were done so legally.

This information can be found at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,548827,00.html and http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/09/acorn-turns-florida-workers-voter-fraud-charges/

Lessons from the classroom

Class was very interesting tonight. We reviewed the case of Kenneth Bianci, one of the hillside stranglers. It is amazing how so many well educated people can be decieved by such an obvious case of BS. I guess that if you go into interview with criminals expecting them to tell you the truth, you are pretty clueless to begin with. At least it is good to know that there are some professionals out there who have a good head on their shoulders and think with common sense and discernment so that people like Bianci can't get away with murder. I hope that after going through this degree that I will be able to supplement the common sense I already have with the specific knowledge I learn from my classes.

Exercise in the South

Well, I am a new fitness fiend. This started back home in Colorado, so I figured it would be easy to transition my routine to a more hot and humid climate. Well, I was wrong! It is a lot more difficult over here in Virginia. It's easier to breathe, but by the time I am done, I need a beach towel to mop up what's left. I am not complaining really though, I would much rather have to work a little harder to achieve my goals, than to be unable to work out at all. Especially now that I am finally running. I have wanted to be a runner my whole life, but was not able to get there until recently. I am now on my way to running my 1st half marathon!!!! I begin training for that endevour in November, but I am training for that training right now. I successfully made it through one whole week of scheduled training, and went back tonight to start week two. At least now, I feel like I'm working out. In Colorado it was difficult to work up a sweat, over here in VA, all I have to do is look at the treadmill and I start pouring! It's really funny to me. Oh well. Eventually I will need to take this running outside, but I need to figure out how to get to the path from where I live. That's all for today.