When I look at the unmitigated disaster that has been the Obama Error, I have trouble deciding which one of Chairman Obama's crimes against the Republic is the most heinous. There's so much to choose from, it's like a buffet of evil. The NSA is reading your email as you read this column. The United States military was used to put the Muslim Brotherhood in control of Libya without any CONgressional approval whatsoever. Obamacareless has changed its appearance more times than a chameleon on LSD. And we could go on an on, with one outrage after another that would have gotten any other President, including that Patriotic Fellow on the One Dollar Bill (which is moments away from being completely worthless, but I digress), removed from office.
While I can't decide scandal is worse, I do know which one angers me the most: The IRS targeting Conservative groups. This is not because I'm a hard charging far-right Conservative, it's because I'm an American. Last time I checked, it's not exactly an American virtue to sit idly by while the government does its best to silence those who dissent.
Now, I'm not going to bore you with a rehashing of the story. We all know what happened. The White House ordered the Internal Revenue Stasi to target Conservative groups and squash the only real opposition to Obama's bloodless Marxist coup. This is a statement of fact, just like two and two make four and there's no such thing as the tooth fairy or anthropogenic global warming.
However, here's something you didn't know about the above criminal mischief:
While the Federal Leviathan is crushing Tea Party groups, the nameless and faceless bureaucrats who inhabit it are funding left wing commie agitators.
Like the Green Guerillas.
From the EPA's website:
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"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded
$30,000 to Green Guerillas, a New York City community-based
organization, to teach organic gardening skills to a team of Brooklyn
young people. The grant was awarded under the EPA’s Environmental
Justice Small Grants Program, which supports and empowers communities
working on solutions to local environmental and public health issues.
'EPA environmental justice grants provide much needed
funds to tackle local pollution problems and improve the quality of
life in low income communities,' said Judith A. Enck, EPA Regional
Administrator. 'The grant to Green Guerillas will educate young people
in Brooklyn on ways they can utilize urban land, create healthier
neighborhoods and get people working together to solve problems.' "
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/752212ca3704b2dd85257be90052a9b2
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Who in the hell are the Green Guerillas, you ask?
From their website:
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"In the early 1970’s, Liz Christy and the original band of green
guerillas decided to do something about the urban decay they saw all
around them. They threw 'seed green-aids' over the fences of vacant
lots. They planted sun flower seeds in the center meridians of busy New
York City streets. They put flower boxes on the window ledges of
abandoned buildings.
Soon they turned their attention to a large, debris-filled vacant lot
on the corner of Bowery and Houston Streets. Where other people saw a
vacant lot, they saw a community garden. People donated their time and
talents. Local stores and nurseries donated vegetables clippings and
seeds. They created the Bowery Houston Farm and Garden – and they
sparked a movement.
The green guerillas began rallying other people to use community
gardening as tool to reclaim urban land, stabilize city blocks, and get
people working together to solve problems. Soon, dozens of community
gardens bloomed throughout New York City, and neighbors formed vital
grassroots groups.
Today, more than 600 community gardens serve as testaments to the
skill, creativity, and determination of New York City’s community
garders. They grow food for their families and neighbors. They connect
city kids to the earth. They give seniors cool green spaces to pass
summer days. They allow people to kneel down together and garden in the
city.
Green Guerillas has grown and changed along with the movement. Today,
we are a vital nonprofit resource center, helping community gardeners
cultivate community all year long."
http://www.greenguerillas.org/history
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So what's the big deal? What are you, some racist teabagger homophobe anti-Muslim hater person? What's wrong with trying to beautify cities?
One of the Green Guerillas' main sugar daddies is the Scherman Foundation.
From the good folks at David Horowitz's Discover the Networks:
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"The Scherman Foundation was established in 1941 by Harry Scherman,
founder of the Book-of-the-Month Club, as a small family foundation.
Since its inception, the Scherman Foundation has made more than 6,400
grants whose aggregate value exceeds $100 million. Its principal funding
interests include the environment, human rights and liberties, peace
and security, reproductive rights and services, the arts, and social
welfare. Funding is concentrated on groups that promote leftist agendas
in each of these areas.
The Scherman Foundation's 2004 grants were apportioned as follows:
$568,000 to the arts; $830,000 to environmental groups; $490,000 to
human rights and liberties groups; $270,000 to 'peace and security'
groups; $460,000 for 'reproductive rights and services'; $1,472,500 for
social welfare; and $248,500 for miscellaneous recipients.
The Scherman Foundation is a member organization of both the
Peace and Security Funders Group and
the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG); the latter is a
network of more than six-dozen grantmakers dedicated to funding leftist
groups and causes."
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/funderprofile.asp?fndid=5356&category=79
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And here's another interesting tidbit, about the Green Guerillas' benefactors, once again from Discover the Networks:
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"Sandra Silverman, President and Executive Director of the Scherman Foundation, has in recent years
contributed money to the political campaigns of
John Kerry,
Bill Clinton,
Hillary Clinton, and
Ted Kennedy. In 2005 she was a signatory to a
Statement
reaffirming support for the resolutions of the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo, Egypt. At
the ICPD, representatives from nations around the world 'committed to
an action plan to ensure universal access to reproductive health
information and services, uphold fundamental human rights including
sexual and reproductive rights, alleviate poverty, secure gender
equality, and protect the environment.' "
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/funderprofile.asp?fndid=5356&category=79
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The Scherman Fund helps to fund many leftist freak groups, such as Nazi collaborator George $oros' Tides Foundation, the ACLU, Greenpeace, the race-baiting NAACP, the baby killers at Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation, and The Con Artists Formerly Known As ACORN.
If that wasn't politically charged enough for you, the Green Guerillas do more than violate the property rights of others.
They're....(drum roll, please)...COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS!
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"Community Organizing
As community garden leaders serve their communities and act as
catalysts for community change, they face organizing and organizational
challenges that can be daunting. Green Guerillas helps them take on
these challenges and cultivate community all year long. We help garden
leaders reach out to their neighbors, recruit new members, create group
structures, organize events, and make important alliances with each
other and with other grassroots groups in their neighborhoods."
http://www.greenguerillas.org/programs
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Not a smidgen of corruption, huh?