Air America- or "Con" America?

various FR links & blogs | 08-02-05 | the heavy equipment guy

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  Air Enron (Michelle Malkin) 

-- According to Lombino's latest article, Air America's current owners have known about ... a large cash infusion from Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club, a non-profit organization funded primarily by government grants.

 Despite the near-total MSM blackout, this story just keeps getting more and more interesting.

 Previous:
Air Deadbeat: the saga continues
The Air America loophole
Air America is scrambling
Air America: Don't blame us
Air America: Stealing from poor kids?!

 

 RADIO MAN CATCHES $TATIC (con man blamed for Air America $500K snafu) -- A top staffer at the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in The Bronx "conned" the organization into lending nearly $800,000 to the left-wing radio network Air America — a move that eventually doomed the youth group...

 Err America.... founded by a con artist, and staffed by con artists.

 But remember,  it's  "for the children"...

 

  Bigger Than We Thought; Air America, Cohen Got More Than $800,000? -- The question now is, "How much of the money embezzled from needy children and seniors went directly into the pockets of bleeding hearts Franken, Rhodes and Garafolo?"

 

  Funds of a Bronx Youth Group Allegedly Lent to Air America (Scandal Now Tops $800,000)

 

  'CAMP AIR AMERICA' STILL SOLICITING --Flap's got a great round-up of links for the beginner to the story, which means all MSM reporters. Wizbang looks at the Drobnys. Macho Nachos talks to lawyers.
Thus far only the New York Dail News has run any news story on the debacle.
We know every twist and turn in Rush Limbaugh's medical history, but no one in MSM has the time to follow the Air America money, even when bloggers have laid out the roadmap?

 

  Air America: MSM Doesn't Follow The Money

 

 Captains Quarters:

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/005096.php

 

 Inside Air America's Troubles: Optimism and Shaky Finances

 The Wall Street Journal ^ | June 21, 2004

 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1157198/posts

 

 

 Michelle Malkin has the continuing FLAP about Air America radio, THE AIR AMERICA LOOPHOLE.

 Blogger Leon H. takes a hard look at Air America’s latest explanation for the public funding mess involving NYC non-profits.

 MSM has finally picked up the story.

 Some others following the money:
The Captain - pay the money back!
Macsmind - Stealing from poor kids?
Danny Carlton - Air America has taken to embezzlement.
Venomous Kate - it’s not just the programming that stinks.
Michelle Malkin with LOTS more detail
Isn’t it rich? - Outrage, anyone?
BizzyBlog - Wonders if the liberal network will even be around six months from now.
ItsAPundit
Interested-Participant - Air America possibly in the cross hairs of an embarrassing scandal.
Basil’s Blog - Breakfast Special
The Pirate’s Cove - How low can you go?
Two Babes and a Brain - Sorry kids, guess you’ll have to make due with deflated soccer balls.
Decision ‘08 - Sure looks like Air America benefitted from diverted funds intended for inner-city youth.
Mrs. Greyhawk - Why isn’t the NYT covering this scandal?
Cannuckistan Chronicles - …if you’re “Air America”, you hijack funding that was supposed to go toward inner city kids.
JunkYardBlog - Stealing from the poor to make themselves rich?
Red State Rant - out of the mouths of babes.
The Llama Butchers - Al Franken is a big fat thief.
Ace of Spades HQ - Are you kidding me?
Commonwealth Conservative - Air America stealing from poor kids?
Jeff the Babtist - Answer to Air America’s funding problems - fraud.
Say Anything - Air America could be in big trouble.
Almost Daily - There’s a stink in the Air America
Independent Sources - Air America’s Failings No Longer Funny
Literal Barrage - Al Franken Is A Big, Fat Liar Who Steals From Poor Kids And Old People
Jeff Gannon - Liberal radio more important than inner-city kids’ programs?
Michelle Malkin, Double Toothpicks,

 

 

Be sure to check out the simplified version of this post and also further analysis here and here!

In tracking the recent Air America fiasco, it came to me that there was much to this story that I didn't properly understand.

 

Air America Steals Half Million Dollars From Bronx Kids Charity

And the kicker is they're not sorry... Here's the short version of the story, covered first by Brian Maloney with followups from Michelle Malkin and Captain Ed. The leader of the Bronx-based Gloria Wise Club, Charles Rosen, reportedly loaned $480,000 in the startup Air America radio network, at the request...

[Full Story]

 

 Here's the transcript of the CNN "Inside Politcs" segment on Air America's Children's Crusade:

 

 Franken Unaware Of Ex-Colleague's Alleged Loans (Err America $$$ Scandal)

 

 Robin Hood and Air America - ($480K transferred from public funds to Franken's Air America!)

 

 AIR AMERICA: STEALING FROM POOR KIDS?!

 

 Report: Air America Funding Probed

 KEYWORDS: AIRAMERICA; ALFRANKEN;

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Use the "keyword" database to access more background information on this shameless band of rotters.

[backhoe]

Here 'tis...

[Senator Goldwater]

Pull the plug.

[WhiteGuy]

Uhhhhhhhhh................

This is a Michelle Malkin thread right?



So....., where are the pics?

[Vision]

When will this "network" give up? Denial ain't just a river in Egypt

[backhoe]

Pull the plug.

Aw, let's let 'em twist in the wind a little, first. It's amusing to see these blowhards hoisted on their own petards. Not that the Jackal Pack Press is interested, but word is still getting out.

[Balding_Eagle]

This news actually surprised me. I must be getting old.

[Senator Goldwater]

Their paltry ratings have been tantamount to them twisting in the wind.

[backhoe]

This news actually surprised me. I must be getting old.

Hell, man, I know I'm getting old-- I'm rigging a block and tackle to skid 300lbs. of generator up a half-flight of stairs, instead of just shoving it, but this story has me feeling kind of amused, for a change.

I wonder if we could work "Pirates of the Air" into the title?

[BunnySlippers]

Bookmark

[backhoe]

Thanks for looking...

[FreedomPoster]

Nice. You rock.

[backhoe]

Thank you kindly.

[MplsSteve]

I've posted this twice and I'll do it a third time:

It's a scandal...

(a) only if Republicans are involved

(b) only if the MSM decides to report on it

[Holicheese]

"RADIO MAN CATCHES $TATIC (con man blamed for Air America $500K snafu)"

If this was Rush Limbaugh, would it be called a "SNAFU"?
I wish my back would have a $500K SNAFU in my favor one of these weeks, then give me two years to pay it back.

[backhoe]

Did anyone really expect anything put together by these liberals to be above board and truthful?

One of these days, they have got to surprise us, and be honest- but I'm not holding my breath, waiting.

[Ann Archy]

Thanks for pointing out the word "snafu" like it was a belch at a dinner party. It's a CRIME!!!

[mewzilla]

Limbaugh talking about this now...

[mewzilla]

Limbaugh mentioning how the New Media is covering this story, not the MSM.