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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Category: Personal Writings

Clown Defense for Watergate Junior

ACORN Ideas and Issues Personal Writings January 29, 2010January 29, 2010 by wade

New Orleans Everyone else on the right, including his old partner-in-crime from the ACORN stings has thrown him under the bus, except Andrew Brietbart, James O’Keefe’s employer and prime contractor.  I was wrong about Briethart’s dancing, since he seems to be more committed to screaming it seems. The twist from both Briethart and some of …

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Big Government Guy Dances Poorly

ACORN Ideas and Issues Personal Writings Town Hall January 28, 2010January 28, 2010 by wade

Shreveport I tried to make my way through an understanding of the President’s new plan for a path to victory, but though I like to think that I’m as smart as the average bear, I couldn’t find it in my first reading, though it seems a lot of things are increasingly on the “dead” list …

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Colors and Dawn on the Marcala Mountains

Community Organizations International International Personal Writings January 23, 2010 by wade

Marcala           In an afterthought I had thrown a small flashlight in my bag.  You never know.  As Tim sings, “there’s the cowboy in us all,” and with me there’s still a boy scout deep down riding alongside I guess.  Good thing.  We had driven up the mountains from Marcala in pitch dark to where our …

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