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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

President's ACORN Buddies Get Nearly 1 Million Firefighting Grant!

According to an article in the Washington Times this morning, ACORN's been awarded a Homeland Security grant that normally goes to firefighters. What exactly qualifies ACORN in the firefighting department? Must be they help the president put out political fires.

"[Senator] Vitter, who was routinely notified of the grant before it became public, sent his letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Sept. 22, saying the money should be given 'to a more deserving group of first responders.'

"One such group might have been the St. Tammany Parish Fire District No. 3, which applied for a $120,000 grant to purchase smoke alarms for low-income families after a January fire killed four childrenin a home that had no working detectors.

"'We wanted to buy smoke detectors to spread to homes all over the community to prevent that from happening again,' Chief Charles Flynn said in an interview Tuesday." Read more....

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