Is Hannitized Sanitized?

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• DebbieSchlussel // Mar 19, 2010 at 5:42 pm

  So, David, Hannity got to you, huh? I guess he told you what I’ve heard he’s told others: that you’ll never be on FOX News again unless you run his side of the story and retract mine.

  I fail to see how since your last post on this at 3:00 p.m., you suddenly did an “exhaustive investigation” in two hours. My facts–all taken from their tax forms–cannot be refuted. You are likely regurgitating the Freedom Alliance CYA statement, which contains more lies and obfuscation but zero refutation.

  So, here’s my response to that:

  In fact, the Freedom Alliance “response” doesn’t answer any of the questions I raised and goes on to lie more. They don’t address why they gave a triple amputee only $200—and in fact there are many of these examples provided in their tax return addendum, but I only cited a few for brevity’s sake. They also lie and claim that they gave a lot more money to charity b/c they categorize it as “program expenses.” But I’m sorry—calling $3 million in consulting fees, printing, and postage “program expenses” doesn’t change the fact that it still went to their cronies, not to a fund and not the soldiers who only got on average less than $900 apiece. It also doesn’t change the fact that out of the money spent (I didn’t use the money they claim they raised for their scholarship fund) the vast majority goes to those kinds of expenses.

  Also, the “scholarship fund” is really a war chest for something else. We’ve been at war since 2001, when we went into Afghanistan, and we’re winding down in Iraq. Unless the kids were born in 2001 or thereafter, many of these kids are in college now and Freedom Alliance is giving them a pittance toward their college tuition, while they continue to build this massive warchest. With a giant multi-million dollar fund, why aren’t they giving the kids a free, complete ride to college? And how many kids of deceased troops will there be in the future? Enough to exhaust a multi-million dollar fund? Doubtful.

  Moreover, because they hoarded millions of dollars, their returns show the fund shrunk by several million dollars with bad investments and market losses. That money could have put these kids through college for the entire time. What’s their excuse for the soldiers with no limbs and with severe burns? Are they waiting for two decades from now when technology is better? $165 for a soldier who is blind and his face blew up? No excuse for that. Their “response” is simply a non-response and an attempt to cover up the fraud.
  DS

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• COProgressive // Mar 19, 2010 at 6:22 pm

  Debbie wrote @ 1;
  “the “scholarship fund” is really a war chest for something else.”

  Well, I sure that Sean would be happy to reveal what schools received those scholarships and maybe a few of the students that received scholarships would step forward too.

  I sure Sean could arrange that, right after the Waterboarding for Charity event.

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