McCain’s ACORN "Exposed"
By Tim Einenkel
Hopefully all of the right wing nuts will stop with their silly allegations that the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now or A.C.O.R.N. is a radical organization that has broken the laws, therefore Obama is a crazy radical as well and will destroy this country.

If the right wing continues these allegations then their reporting will have to include McCain’s connection to this “radical” group.

Politico’s Ben Smith reports that in March of 2006, John McCain sat besides Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek, therefore he was at an event Acorn co-sponsored in Florida, where he was the main speaker.

The press release for the event below:

Major Rally in Miami to Support Comprehensive
Immigration Reform

Senator John McCain and many others to speak at the rally at
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus

Miami, Florida – February 20, 2006 ― Leaders from a diverse array of sectors will hold a rally in Miami on Thursday, February 23, 2006, in support of comprehensive immigration reform in an effort to keep immigration reform at the forefront of the public debate. Leaders from both political parties, immigrant communities, labor, business, and religious organizations will gather to call on Washington to enact workable
reform.

The rally will feature Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the headline speaker along with elected officials, immigrants and key local and national leaders. Sen. McCain is one of the chief sponsors of the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act; bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform legislation introduced last Congress and scheduled for consideration by the Senate in the coming weeks. A similar rally with Sen. McCain is planned for New York City on February 27.

WHO:Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL.), and immigrant, religious, community, business and labor leaders.

WHAT: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Rally

WHEN: Thursday, February 23, at 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus Chapman Conference Center Bldg 3000 300 NE 2nd Avenue

EDITOR’S NOTE: Miami Press Availability: Sen. McCain will be available for interviews starting at 4:15 p.m. on location, Feb. 23.

The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act was introduced in the Senate by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) and in the House by Representatives Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL). It addresses border security and illegal immigration while bringing the 11 million undocumented immigrants out from the shadows and onto a path to legal permanent status; setting up legal channels and realistic caps for workers and family members to enter in the future; providing for tough enforcement; and enabling more immigrants to learn English and prepare for citizenship. (More)

The rally in Miami is being sponsored by the New American Opportunity campaign (NAOC) in partnership with ACORN, Catholic Legal Services – Archdiocese of Miami, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Miami Dade College, People for the American Way/Mi Familia Vota en Acción, Service Employees International Union, and UNITE HERE.

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Peer-to-peer file sharing is almost always illegal, but many people do it anyway.
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The first Web pages were

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Designed to simulate printed pages using HTML’s table tools

The first true multimedia documents to be published on the Internet

Viewable only with proprietary Microsoft software

Sent via email from Doug Engelbart’s office on the Stanford campus

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Where is the Internet’s central hub and control center located?

Near Washington D.C.

Near the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington

In a top-secret location

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Nowhere; the Internet has no central hub.

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Which of types of Internet connections is typically slower?

Analogue
Cable

Internet over Satellite

Tier Carrier
DSL

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What is Internet2?

Internet2 is a consortium being led by 207 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet. Internet2 is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today´s Internet in its infancy. The primary goals of Internet2 are to Create a leading edge network capability for the national research community, Enable revolutionary Internet applications, Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the broader and Internet community.

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Which of these services would you probably not be able to get from a typical Internet service provider (ISP)?

An email address

Access to a Web server

A connection to the Internet

Technical help

Free Windows upgrades

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What are browser cookies?
a message given to a Web browser by a Web server

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What do you call the XML-based file format for sharing data that allows syndication of Web content?

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Specialized servers are used on the Internet to

Function like email post offices

Accept FTP requests to upload and download files

Store applications that are rented or leased by large corporations

Store and send Web pages

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The Internet was originally a

LAN at MIT

Code-cracking network during World War II by the U.S. Defense Department

A network cooperatively created by several large hardware and software companies

Small experimental research network called ARPANET

Microsoft product that quickly became too big for the company to control

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What kind of people are drawn to grid computing?

People who need a massive amount of electricity

People who need to share processing power

People who need super-reliable access to the web

People who receive an extremely large amount of email

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Because of its strongly centralized design, the Internet can withstand most attacks.

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Real-time streaming audio and video are presented as they happen.

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QuickTime, RealOne, and Shockwave are among the most popular Web browser

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Which country attempts to limit its residents’ access to controversial Web content by routing all incoming Internet traffic through a single control center?

Germany

North Korea

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Saudi Arabia

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What do you call software that prevents certain Web pages from being displayed?

Child-safe software

Dutch dike software

Filtering software

Spam blockers

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TCP/IP protocols at the heart of the Internet were published as open standards, not owned by any company.

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Senator Allied with ACORN as Recently as 2006, Now Turns Cold Shoulder

October 13, 2008, Miami, FL – U.S. Senator John McCain’s recent attacks on the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) are puzzling given his historic support for the organization and its efforts on behalf of immigrant Americans. As recently as February 20, 2006, Senator McCain was the keynote speaker at an ACORN-sponsored Immigration Rally in Miami, Florida at Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus.

The rally, co-sponsored by ACORN in partnership with the New American Opportunity campaign (NAOC), Catholic League Services – Archdiocese of Miami, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Miami Dade College, People for the American Way/Mi Familia/Vota en Accion, the Service Employees International Union, and UNITE/HERE, was intended to call attention to the need for comprehensive immigration reform.

Senator McCain spoke at the rally attended by hundreds of ACORN members, most of whom were dressed in the red shirts typical of its members. Senator McCain’s speech focused on the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act, a bipartisan, comprehensive reform bill, which McCain sponsored with Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA).

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http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=12439&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=22386&tx_ttnews[backPid]=12387&cHash=5706e23a2f

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