--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" <wg...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > "there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the > > increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing > > disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the > > sober judgment of Courts; and the worse than savage mobs, for the executive > > ministers of justice. This disposition is awfully fearful in any community; > > and that it now exists in ours, though grating to our feelings to admit, it > > would be a violation of truth, and an insult to our intelligence, to deny." > > > > - Abe Lincoln > > Sounds like he's describing *acorn*: > http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6968
Actually, a lot of it sounds like he's describing the people who wrote the right-wing myth-filled anti-ACORN screed you cite. Have a look at this. It's from ACORN's own perspective, so the truth is most likely somewhere in between. But at least you'll know what the issues are: http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=17855
