Posted on 07/28/2005 9:49:40 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Did Al Franken's liberal radio network Air America divert city money for the elderly and inner-city children to itself? That's the question people should be asking this week after the revelation that the New York Department of Investigation is looking into whether hundreds of thousands of dollars were illegally transferred from a Bronx community center to Air America.
Only a community paper and a few Internet bloggers seem interested in what could be an egregious case of illegal funneling of tax dollars to a private, partisan organization.
In late June, city officials designated the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club, a nonprofit organization that runs mentoring programs for children and day care for Alzheimer's patients, a "non-responsible city contractor." Investigators found "significant inappropriate transactions and falsified documents that were submitted to various City agencies." The city subsequently suspended the club's contracts, which run well into the millions.
It turns out, according to sources quoted anonymously by the Bronx News, that the mishandled money went to Air America. One source claims that $480,000 was wrongly transferred. The city investigation is concentrating on Charles Rosen, the club's president for 15 years, and Evan Cohen, the development director, who is a former chairman of Air America. Mr. Cohen resigned from Air America in May after the network's leasing plans in Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere fell through.
Most of the mainstream newspapers have ignored this story. We only found out about it through the reporting of Brian Maloney, who pieced a story together on his blog "The Radio Equalizer" which was picked up by syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
"Look at all the names attached. All Jews. I'm Jewish and I understand why some people don't like us. I know that's a hard thing to say, but it's true."
I will desperately try and not scold you as I would my teenage daughter, but you are not responsible and accountable for the actions of these people.
I am Christian and am told we are ALLLLLL sinners.
That's what you got from my post? Of course I'm not. I'm a realist, and I'm honest.
"That's what you got from my post? Of course I'm not. I'm a realist, and I'm honest."
It was the "I'm Jewish and I understand why some people don't like us." that struck me.
Understand when I read the article what came to my mind was "political" speech and the methods used by liberals to fund their speech. The term liberal covers ideology for me not people, race or religion. McCain came to my mind regarding campaign finance reform, and to my awareness McCain is not Jewish.
So yes I misunderstood your point.
Good idea.. except I believe there is a shadow gov't..
TIN FOIL?... maybe, maybe not.. Things have not added up for so long politically in the U.S. Ockhams Razor demands that I consider THAT.. George Bush resembles Alfred E. Neuman just a little too closly for my comfort zone.. SOMEONE is defintly laughing at the 'voters".. and Dubya running aginst Al Gore (of aLL PEOPLE) pretty much cinched it for me, a MADD Mag.. scenario.. Dubya running against sKerry was scary.. and had the proper result.. just a little to convient for me..
The Wolves don't even wear sheeps clothing anymore.. and the sheep dogs are mateing with the Wolves.. As a proud sheeple I'm ready to S.T.A.M.P.E.D.E... Can't even graze for all the canine do-do in the pasture.. I'm not smart.. But I CAN smell lamb chops roasting..
(b)Careful there hose, someone might think you are a conservative.]
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a) Actually that was from GeronL whom I was responding to..
b) I used to be conservative until the pubbies moved left FORCEING me into being a radical.. and I'm not happy about it.. well maybe a little.. I'm for radical changes in federal gov't to get back to ground zero.. It was not voluntary..
Most 'conservatives" don't know the meaning of conservative.. to be conservative Today is to be a leftist.. and they are oblivious like SHEEP.. Yes.. to be a conservative today is to be either oblivious or a stealth leftist.. whom are NOT oblivious.. They know exactly what they are doing, stealth leftists, like Arlen Spectre.. Snowe, Chaffee, mclaim and GEORGE BUSH.. and by the way, John Roberts..
It's been hours since I first read and laughed over this, and it hasn't gotten old yet.
If WE're the sheep, how come you guys all use the exact same talking points?
BAAAAAAAAA!
What you guys, are you talkin about.?.
Maybe I'm righter(correcter) than I thought I was..
This post does seem oblivious.. to any of my posts on this thread.. or EVER really.. d;-)~
Are you "radicals" one person with fifty FR names?
English, please, in English. I would have thought someone so conservative would be interested in English as at least a first language.
Yours BAAAAAAAA-ly...
480K transferred from public funds to Franken's Air America"
Isn't it interesting that articles like this don't seem to make it on the MSM?
You don't like my patois.?. I'm not conservative, I'm radical..
Yeah, radical, radical, whatever. If you want to be a marginal figure railing against all us socialists, go right ahead. But don't be surprised at the giggling when you try to be taken seriously.
"Most leftist protest groups get public support through one venue or another."
Oh you know it. So how come the government never gets smaller, no matter what party is in charge?
Isn't it obvious?
The nature of any government is to grow--period, end of story. Those who manage to become a part of that government want to remain in that position of power, and they're not going to appeal to voters raised to think that the job of government is to make like better for The People by NOT doing things, by NOT spending money, by NOT creating more programs, none of which have to actually accomplish anything as long as the person can say "Look at the effort I made!"
There was a book out a few years ago called It's My Party which examined this in the American system. At that time, the writer claimed with some justification that Republicans go to Washington to prevent government from getting bigger, while Democrats went to make government do more (making government get bigger). This has never been all that true since the sixties, when the activist $$$-spending attitude really took hold.
It's not a Democrat or Republican thing anymore, it's a Government thing. When election time comes around, people ask "So what did you do/will you do for me?" Gore's daughter explicitly said this in the 2000 election when she said something like "Vote for my dad because he'll give you more stuff."
When "our guys" get in they want to keep "our side" in, so they give away stuff. I want to say "If they trusted the people, they would cut and tell us 'Here's YOUR money, YOU deal with your life," but I don't know how pervasive that attitude is anymore. I think a Republican who got in and behaved as we wished he would would last one term, and the Republicans would be out on their butts for the forseeable future.
I think the chief culprit in this, btw, on our side is Nixon. He gets praised quite a bit around here, but if you look at what he actually did, he was as big a liberal spender as the Demlibs.
Actually I like giggles.. mother tender..
I like C.P. Snow.
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