Randa asked:

the end of this month.

Radical Left-Wing Group ACORN To, AGAIN,
Receive MILLIONS of Taxpayer Dollars
Congressional Cut-Off of ACORN Funding a Sham:
Tell Congress to Cut Their Funds PERMANENTLY!

Dear Friend,
You probably heard that, as a result of the overwhelming scandals that the radical left-wing group “ACORN” is involved in, and after a HUGE public outcry, Congress recently voted to de-fundthem.
WE WERE LIED TO! Congress only voted to de-fund ACORN for ONE MONTH — which means we have to fight hard AGAIN to FORCE them to defund this far-left group… PERMANENTLY!
TELL CONGRESS TO DEFUND THE RADICAL
LEFTIST GROUP “ACORN” PERMANENTLY:
SEND YOUR FAXES NOW!
“ACORN” — the “Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now” — is a far-left group of “community organizers” that has not only worked extra hard to support liberal causes and get Barack Hussein Obama elected — they broke numerous laws in the process.
And YOUR taxpayer dollars helped them to do it!
During the last two election cycles, ACORN has been under investigation for election fraud and related offenses in nearly 20 states, for crimes ranging from false voter registrations and illegal voting, to identity theft and records tampering, to using felons as registration workers. And, recently, a private undercover “sting” operation showed ACORN employees were willing to help human *** slave traffickers to run their illegal “businesses” (including child prostitution) — and how to dodge having to pay taxes, on top of it!
According to the Employment Policies Institute, ACORN is a non-profit (but not federally tax-exempt) organization at the center of a vast web of groups run by long-time anti-corporate activist Wade Rathke and a handful of his closest allies. It operates in at least 38 states, as well as in Canada, Mexico, and Peru, and is integral in a fight to prevent Foreign Direct Investment in India. Rathke said ACORN plans to continue its growth by adding offices in 100 new cities over the next five years, after seeing 100 percent growth in offices between 2003 and 2004. ACORN claims 200,000 member families (though member dues only account for eight percent of the organization’s massive budget), and represents approximately 80,000 union members. It operates “social justice” radio stations, community television groups, and a magazine. It runs home mortgage and tax counseling centers, a voter-mobilization organization, left-wing schools, a furniture company, a consulting firm, and a law/lobbying firm.
It’s funded by YOU AND ME — to the tune of MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS YEARLY!
In fact, ACORN has received more than $53 million in direct taxpayer funding since 1994, and countless millions more through grants from financial institutions throughout the country. And, bills passed this year could give ACORN access to as much as $10 billion more.
The American people were so upset with the extent of ACORN’s crimin al activities that we demanded that Congress de-fund this radical leftist group. Last month, Congress was forced to do so — but they TRICKED us, and now ACORN is set to start getting taxpayer funding again, starting on November 1st!
And that means WE have to take action NOW!
TELL CONGRESS TO DEFUND THE RADICAL
LEFTIST GROUP “ACORN” PERMANENTLY:
SEND YOUR FAXES NOW!
Shortly after five videos aired on national television, showing ACORN staffers advising people how to falsify tax forms and seek illegal benefits for young girls from El Salvador, to be illegally imported for a child ********** ring, the Senate voted 83-7 and the House of Representatives voted 345-75 to cut off all funds to ACORN. The Census Bureau, which was set to let ACORN help them with the upcoming national count (which determines distribution of Congressional seats!), cut ties with the group last month. The IRS says it will no longer associate with ACORN through its tax assistance program either.
So we’re all good, right? No more taxpayer dollars for ACORN — right? Hooray!
NOT SO FAST. Last week, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) revealed that federal funding will again start flowing to ACORN — at midnight, Halloween night.
TRICK OR TREAT! As Representative Bachmann pointed out, “when the clock hits midnight on Halloween night, the spigot of federal tax money will open wide open again… and they’ll be back in the money.” That’s OUR money they’ll be scooping up into their big plastic pumpkins — to continue funding their radical far-left agenda!
CONGRESS WILL GET AWAY WITH THIS TRAVESTY — unless we take action, expose what they’ve done, and FORCE them to do the RIGHT thing!
So, we’ve set up our website to enable you to send “Blast Faxes” to every single U.S. Congressman and Senator AT ONCE, demanding that they DEFUND this leftist “community organizer” group permanently!
For about what it would cost you in time and telephone charges, you can send Blast Faxes to Democrats, Republicans, Independents — EVERYONE in the U.S. Congre

ZoeLouise asked:

A four-year-old boy in Peru had his sight saved by doctors after a six-inch rod became lodged in his eye socket.

Juan Mateo Rojas Pereyra was playing at home in Lima when he fell on to a toy cart and the axel between its wheel became jammed in his left eye and came out of the other side of his skull.

The rod bruised the boy’s brain but did not do any serious external damage to the brain or the eye.

After two hours in the operating theatre, the rod was removed and doctors will carry out tests to check whether any brain damage has been caused.

Juan’s stepfather Ramon Del Solar said: “My son was playing at home and I was getting ready to go out with my wife when all of a sudden my son fell to the ground on top of a toy and a piece of metal embedded itself in his left eye.

“I went to pick him up but he had part of the wheel in his eye and when he pulled on the wheel, the piece of metal was still embedded in his right eye and so when I saw that I took him straight to the children’s hospital.”

Doctors reported Juan was stable after the operation.

What a brave wee soul. I hope he make a full recovery!

http://itn.co.uk/news/218972c42e8350c982e46bc70f9efc69.html

NC Mom asked:

Penguin ended up in Peru, 3K miles away from home. His cousins will not accept him and the climate is not appropriate. He is being treated for a bleeding wing and will be transported back home.

Any idea how this fella ended up so far away from home?

*stormy* asked:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Guinea-Pig-Festival-In-Huacho-Peru-Rodents-Dressed-Up-For-Fashion-Show/Article/200807315047608?lpos=Strange%2BNews_3&lid=ARTICLE_15047608_Guinea%2BPig%2BFestival%2BIn%2BHuacho%252C%2BPeru%253A%2BRodents%2BDressed%2BUp%2BFor%2BFashion%2BShow

Don’t be squeamish its not bad.
Jomamo we better keep it secret from Proper Gander lol.
I found a video too, lol.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/sky-news-video/Video/200807315047718?lpos=video_1&lid=VIDEO_15047718_sky-news-video

Albert ~ where did I criticize? I am laughing at dressing them up.

ZoeLouise asked:

Workers in Peru who turn up drunk in the morning cannot be fired, the country’s top court has ruled.

Pablo Cayo was given the sack for being intoxicated at work, but his employer has now been ordered to give him his job back.

Fernando Calle, one of the justices at the court, said that although Mr Cayo was drunk, he did not offend or hurt anybody.

So if you turned up drunk at work, how would your employers respond?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Drunk-At-Work-Peru-Court-Rules-Intoxication-On-The-Job-Is-Not-A-Sackable-Offence/Article/200901315203814?lpos=Strange_News_News_Your_Way_Region_1&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15203814_Drunk_At_Work%3A_Peru_Court_Rules_Intoxication_On_The_Job_Is_Not_A_Sackable_Offence