| 3/29/09
Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 9:58:58 AM by Kimberly GG
"In their own words: OFA and ACORN may soon look to use violence against political opponents
Organizing
for America (OFA) is a cadre of Obama supporters, first marshaled a few
weeks ago to ignite grassroots support for the President’s massive
budget bill.
Last week, The Birmingham News reported that
groups like OFA and ACORN were organizing volunteers to canvas for
Obama’s agenda. The iconography of the OFA marketing material is
bizarre: it is affiliated not with the Democrat Party, but Barack Obama
himself.
Those who gathered at Kelly Ingram Park in downtown
Birmingham were urged to enlist others who share Obama’s vision and to
stay away from trying to convert naysayers.
"We’re looking for
supporters," said DeHaven of Hoover, one of the event’s organizers.
"We’re not looking for a fight. That will come later, when we have an
army."
Comforting, given that ACORN and OFA are certain to
benefit from the insidious GIVE Act, which provides $5.7 billion to
create 250,000 "paid volunteer" jobs.
The Senate defeated an
amendment to GIVE that would have prevented groups with political arms
– like ACORN and OFA — from receiving funds. That means these
community organizing groups, affiliated with Obama himself, could
receive billions of taxpayer money.
And the GIVE Act may tie
directly to Obama’s bizarre promise — repeated publicly on two
occasions — to create a "civilian national security force that’s just
as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as our military."
Specifically mentioned in the bill are programs "that strengthen community efforts in support of homeland security."
In
other words, GIVE could militarize ACORN and OFA under the guise of
"homeland security." It provides housing, uniforms, food, logistics,
unspecified equipment and "other services determined by the Director."
DeHaven simply confirmed what anyone can read for themselves in the bill.
"We’re not looking for a fight. That will come later, when we have an army"
Courtesy
of the GIVE Act, Obama’s army — an unprecedented internal security
force operating as a political wing of a President’s re-election
campaign — appears to be on the way. Funded by taxpayers, no less.
I’d call them Brownshirts, but ACORN’s color is red."
