Glenden at One Utah has a thought-provoking post on the nature of fundamentalism and how that promotes dishonesty:

"Sarah Palin is a fundamentalist and her lies make sense in that light. Fundamentalist thought reaches a conclusion and never moves beyond it; Sarah Palin is the poster child for that mindset. She reached her conclusion and stopped - she was done thinking, done examining, done wondering. Fundamentalism divides the world into good and bad - if you are a believer, you are good and what you do is guided by God and is hence good. If you are a non-believer, you are bad (right up until you convert in which case all is forgiven). "

And this video (snapped from Brandon Burt on the Salt Blog) on the anti-intellectualism of the right seemed to get something similar from another angle:
 

 

 

From the ACORN about page:

"Each ACORN office carries out multiple issue campaigns.  ACORN members across the country work to raise the minimum wage or enact living wage policies; eliminate predatory financial practices by mortgage lenders, payday lenders, and tax preparation companies; win the development of affordable housing and community benefits agreements; improve the quality of and funding for urban public schools; rebuild New Orleans; and pass a federal and state ACORN Working Families Agenda, including paid sick leave for all full time workers."

So, is ACORN a radical group? I've seen the claim coming from the right. How does helping lower-income Americans achieve some stability qualify as radical?