The BoBo Files

Of course, when it has to do with P-BO’s buddies at ACORN – they would decided to find an interpretation of the Constitution to their liking

ACORN Can Be Paid, Justice Department Says

I found this little tidbit to be very disturbing – yet informative as it relates to this administration and their agenda

Mr. Barron said he had based his conclusion on the statute’s phrase “provided to.” This phrase, he said, has no clearly defined meaning in the realm of government spending — unlike words like “obligate” and “expend.”

Citing dictionary and thesaurus entries, he said “provided to” could be interpreted as meaning only instances in which an official was making “discretionary choices” about whether to give the group money, rather than instances in which the transfer of money to Acorn was required to satisfy contractual obligations.

Since there are two possible ways to construe the term “provided to,” Mr. Barron wrote, it makes sense to pick the interpretation that allows the government to avoid breaching contracts.

Moreover, he argued, requiring the government to cancel contracts with a specifically named entity — “including even in cases where performance has already been completed but payment has not been rendered” — would raise constitutional concerns best avoided by interpreting the law differently.

If you recall, during the auto bailouts – the auto industry had actual obligations to pay out bond holders and those with preferred stock first.  Instead – they gave control of the companies to the Unions ahead of investors.  There is a constitutional and contractual obligation to pay these people out first or to give them first rights of refusal.  Given what the AG said above – how is it not unlawful then what they did to the investors?  I know it went through SCOTUS and SCOTUS ultimately decided to side with the administration – but – isn’t this now contradictory to that ruling?

I really hate politicians.  All I can say is that we are now less than 1 year away from the 2010 elections.  I will be actively campaigning against all those who oppose the constitution – whether Republicans or Democrats.

I’m just glad to see that Darrell Issa is still on the case. Go get ‘em Darrell.  Challenge this and keep pushing against it – there is no reason that a corrupt organization like ACORN should ever get taxpayer funding to continue their illegal activities and racketeering.

“Taxpayers should not have to continue subsidizing a criminal enterprise that helped Barack Obama get elected president,” Issa’s statement continued. “The politicization of the Justice Department to payback one of the president’s political allies is shameful and amounts to nothing more than old-fashioned cronyism.”

Exactly!