The Oak Tree shouldn’t be left to whither …

but that is exactly what Peter “The Weasel” Welch would have happen.

ACORN has officially announced that their national organization is closing down. According to a statement sent to The Brad Blog:


The ACORN Association Board met on Sunday March 21 and approved a set of steps to responsibly manage the process of bringing its operations to a close over the coming months. These include:

   * Closing ACORN’s remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1st; and

   * Developing a plan to resolve all outstanding debts, obligations and other issues.

ACORN’s members have a great deal to be proud of–from promoting to homeownership to helping rebuild New Orleans, from raising wages to winning safer streets, from training community leaders to promoting voter participation — ACORN members have worked hard to create stronger communities, a more inclusive democracy, and a more just nation.

But Weasel Welch didn’t care about ACORN being an effective vehicle of empowerment for those across our nation who have been dis-empowered by the likes of Weasel Welch. After all he with great alacrity voted along side his radical right wing buddies in congress to attack and destroy ACORN based entirely on fabricated evidence.

Thankfully at least one individual with legal experience chose to make an impartial investigation.

And what was found?

Brooklyn  prosecutors on Monday cleared ACORN  of criminal wrongdoing after a four-month probe that began when undercover conservative activists filmed workers giving what appeared to be illegal advice on how to hide money.

While the video by James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles seemed to show three ACORN workers advising a prostitute how to hide ill-gotten gains, the unedited version was not as clear, according to a law enforcement source.

“They edited the tape to meet their agenda,” said the source.

(B’klyn ACORN cleared over giving illegal advice on how to hide money from prostitution, NY Daily News, 03/01/10)

So where is that apology Welch?

Did I say thanks yet to the weasel?