http://alchemytoday.disqus.com/enThu, 01 Oct 2009 17:57:19 -0000http://alchemytoday.com/2009/09/11/really-now/#comment-17992197<p>testing</p>alchemytodayThu, 01 Oct 2009 17:57:19 -0000http://alchemytoday.com/2009/09/11/really-now/#comment-16779485<p>It means ACORN has hired idiots. Like I said, anyone who's stupid enough to think those are actual Baltimore criminals is not bright enough to aid in tax fraud. Alternatively, they could've just been fooling around in which case they were acting stupidly. Either way they should be, and were, fired. Both of these possibilities seem far more likely than the existence of an organization that demands no money in exchange for help in organizing front companies from criminal enterprises seeking to evade taxes. Have you not seen the Wire? That's what we have sleazy lawyers for.</p>alchemytodayWed, 16 Sep 2009 18:28:05 -0000http://alchemytoday.com/2009/09/11/really-now/#comment-16773363<p>It's four offices now. I don't see how you can dismiss them as stupid: their advice was very sensible and they clearly had a solid grasp of the tax code. The issue isn't one of intelligence or "behavior," it's one of an environment in which there is a complete disregard for any kind of law or morality.</p><p>How is it that no one in those offices noticed that their coworkers are completely lawless and amoral?</p><p>"Either way, it doesn't reflect poorly on the larger organization assuming they are fired..."</p><p>Clearly the Census Bureau disagrees with you.</p>scooby509Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:22:04 -0000http://alchemytoday.com/2009/09/11/really-now/#comment-16732925<p>It doesn't surprise me at all that anyone in Baltimore who would be tricked into thinking that those two were who they said they were would also be stupid enough to think that it's legitimate to give tax advice for brothels. There are really two possibilities here:<br>1. These two people in Baltimore are actually that stupid<br>2. They were playing along with an obvious joke and the tape was edited to make them look stupid</p><p>Either way, they should be fired. Either way, it doesn't reflect poorly on the larger organization assuming they are fired and this behavior and/or stupidity isn't tolerated.</p>alchemytodayWed, 16 Sep 2009 12:40:56 -0000http://alchemytoday.com/2009/09/11/really-now/#comment-16680439<p>Three separate ACORN offices cheerfully colluded with what they believed was a law student seeking to go into politics, and who wanted to pay for his career by having his girlfriend run a brothel with child prostitutes from El Salvador.</p><p>I guess they figured, hey, the guy's no different from Barney Frank!</p>scooby509Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:40:54 -0000