http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fundingtheleft/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 11:00:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419889/posts Today's edition of LINK TV, vile Arab/leftist propaganda brought to you by the Annenberg Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wallace Global Fund, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Shei'rah Foundation, Open Society Institute (the notorious George Soros), John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Otto Haas Charitable Trust, and Park Foundation. In the war of ideas, these manure packaged as journalism is seen in 29 million homes in the US and 280 million people including 21 Arab countries all over the Middle East. Today's clip features "Is War on the Horizon?/Tension in Gaza/... Atlas Shrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419889/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 11:00:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419777/posts As you start to read all this, you'll laugh at how incestuous it all gets. Let's start with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which as I've noted in the past is tied in with the Soros foundation. Together, the two worked on something called The Project on Death in America.(PDIA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2341083/posts And speaking of Mr Soros, he himself(his foundations) have given directly to NPR. Compared to some of the other numbers I'm seeing, it's a small amount of $250,000. But it doesn't matter. Soros money is soros money in my book. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2396058/posts Additional information about RWJF can be found here.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419777/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 01:41:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419356/posts January 01, 2010 [Jim Geraghty] HILLARY CLINTON The Saudis Gave At Least $10 Million To the Clinton Foundation In recent years, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gave between $10 million and $25 million to the foundation run by the husband of our current Secretary of State. "Friends of Saudi Arabia" donated at least another million, perhaps another $5 million. So in short, since 1997, the Saudi Kingdom and its affiliated organizations have provided the Clinton Foundation at least $11 million, and perhaps as much as $35 million. But I'm sure our Secretary of State held a hard line against them.... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419356/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 05:53:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419612/posts It costs big time money to get close to the power elite. Foreign countries including Saudi Arabia and Norway gave millions of dollars to former President Bill Clinton's charity as Hillary Rodham Clinton served her first year as President Barack Obama's secretary of state. A donor list released on New Year's Day by the William J. Clinton Foundation shows that Saudi Arabia and Norway each donated somewhere between $10 million to $25 million to the former-president Bill Clinton's charity. Among those who gave over one million dollars: Sheikh Mohammed H. Al-Amoudi, Ethiopia's richest person. Al Amoudi's father is Yemeni and... Economic Policy Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419612/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:43:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414341/posts HELENA — Too bad everyone can’t work for Congress. Between 2007 and 2008, the average wage for Montana workers went up 3.4 percent, from $32,224 to $33,305, according to numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Not so for congressional staffers. In 2008, the House of Representatives voted to increase the money each member gets to pay their staffs by 9 percent, although it’s up to each representative to decide on the amount of raises for individual employees. That sum also includes expenses like office supplies and travel, but nonetheless it’s still almost three times higher than the rate... Billings Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414341/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:25:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406863/posts While it is not uncommon to see those who are climate change skeptics challenged in the media for having a pro-business financial interest in voicing their views, on Saturday's Fox News Watch, conservative columnist and regular panel member Cal Thomas made an observation that cuts in the opposite direction rarely given attention in the mainstream media -- that there are financial incentives that can also pressure scientists to voice agreement with the climate change theory that blames human activity for affecting climate patterns.After panel member Judith Miller argued that Climategate should have inspired more public debate among scientists -- which could then have... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406863/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:26:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406710/posts Hub-Bub has been awarded a grant for $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for the Hub-Bub Artists-in-Residence program. Only 30 other artists' communities in the U.S. will receive funding from the NEA during this grant cycle. Hub-Bub will also receive funding in 2010 from the Dedalus Foundation, which fosters public understanding of modern art by facilitating research, publications and exhibitions in the field. Funding from Dedalus will be used to bring six visiting artists to Spartanburg over the next year for community-based art projects. Spartenburg Herald Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406710/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:41:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406712/posts In his first year, President Obama has marshaled the largest infusion of cultural funding in decades -- despite a few stumbles. Though art advocates contend more support is needed, they have high hopes this president could transform cultural policy, funding and arts education for years to come. ``I think and feel he's very much in the John F. Kennedy tradition -- he embodies the humanities, essentially,'' said Jim Leach, a former Republican congressman from Iowa whom Obama named chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. ``That doesn't mean a conservative leader can't also. Abraham Lincoln was a great conservative... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406712/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:46:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405923/posts WASHINGTON — The federal government must continue to provide grant money to the national community organizing group Acorn, a federal court ruled Friday, saying that the House violated the Constitution when it passed a resolution barring the group from receiving federal dollars. A judge at the United States District Court in Brooklyn issued a preliminary injunction that nullifies the resolution and requires the government to honor existing contracts with the group and review its applications for new grants unless the Obama administration appeals the decision. The court ruled that the resolution amounted to a “bill of attainder,” a legislative determination... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405923/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:22:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404827/posts House Approves Bill That Funds Abortions in Nation's Capital Washington, DC -- The House of Representatives on Thursday approved an omnibus spending bill that would overturn a decades-long policy preventing taxpayer funding of abortions in the nation's capital. One pro-life group suggests overturning the policy could increase abortions by as much as 1,000 a year. The Senate will vote on this bill as soon as this weekend! Full story and action alert at: http://www.lifenews.com/nat5762.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404827/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:22:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405837/posts Gotta love this.....a Clinton appointed judge has ruled in favor (pdf) of ACORN in their suit to stop Congress from defunding them and in essence saying that once an organization gets payments from the federal government then Congress can no longer decide to stop those payments unless a court rules they are guilty of some law breaking. Rep. Darryl Issa: On the same day that ACORN’s violation of Delaware state lobbying laws was revealed, a liberal, Clinton-appointed activist Judge has ruled to usurp the prerogatives and authority of the United States Congress. This left-wing activist Judge is setting a dangerous... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405837/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:52:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405831/posts AP - link only. AP via Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405831/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:47:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405830/posts Judge stops ACORN funding ban By Eric Zimmermann - 12/11/09 06:21 PM ET A federal judge today issued an injunction preventing the implementation of a congressional ban on funding for ACORN. Judge Nina Gershon concluded that the ban amounted to a "bill of attainder" that unfairly singled out ACORN. "[The plaintiffs] have been singled out by Congress for punishment that directly and immediately affects their ability to continue to obtain federal funding, in the absence of any judicial, or even administrative, process of adjudicating guilt," Gershon wrote in her decision. Gershon said ACORN had demonstrated "irreperable harm" from the ban,... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405830/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:46:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405786/posts Senate Omnibus Funds Planned Parenthood, UNFPA, Ditches Abstinence Washington, DC -- The omnibus spending bill the Senate will consider this weekend could pave the way for funding abortions in the nation's capital for the first time in 13 years. There are other winners and losers in the legislation -- with Planned Parenthood and the UNFPA dining at the Congressional trough. http://www.lifenews.com/nat5768.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405786/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405138/posts The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLUOne man's annual donation apparently made up 25% of the operating budget of the American Civil Liberties Union. And that guy, David Gelbaum, had a bad year. So... hope you didn't need to sue the government in 2010. Gelbaum gave the ACLU $20 million, anonymously, every year. But he will be unable to make that donation this year, forcing the organization to scramble to solicit donations that they'll have to share with state chapters. Gelbaum is an ex-hedge funder who retired a couple years ago to become a reclusive investor in green technology and... Gawker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405138/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:52:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404959/posts Gelbaum said in a statement. "My investments in alternative, clean energy companies have placed me in a highly illiquid position as a result of the general credit crisis in the American and world financial systems." (Click link above for column) Oh goodness, I hope that someone else steps in and fills the gap because we desperately need someone to continue the desecration of everything we hold dear. We need more people to spit on the graves of our veterans by removing crosses that have served as war memorials for the past 75 years. We need someone to remove Christian symbols... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404959/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:22:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404537/posts NEW YORK (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union has lost a quarter of its yearly donations after a major donor cut off $19 million in annual donations because of economic difficulties. David Gelbaum, a wealthy California conservationist, said he was indefinitely stopping the donations that had made him the New York-based group's largest anonymous donor AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404537/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:20:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396058/posts This probably won't surprise anybody. I only took time to search for this because I was asked by someone if GS has his hands in public radio and I couldn't find a direct answer. Well, I found it. I'm not surprised Soros has given money to NPR, what does surprise me is that I didn't see any conservative blogs with this. I'm also surprised that I could find it directly on NPR's site, though it's not often mentioned. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5476317 -----Mr. Soros, thanks so much for being with us. Mr. GEORGE SOROS (Financier, Soros Fund Management): It's my pleasure. SIMON(speaking to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396058/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:32:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395828/posts A Housing and Urban Development Department lawyer asked the Justice Department whether the new law meant that pre-existing contracts with Acorn should be broken. And in a memorandum signed Oct. 23 and posted online this week, Mr. Barron said the government should continue to make payments to Acorn as required by such contracts. The new law “should not be read as directing or authorizing HUD to breach a pre-existing binding contractual obligation to make payments to Acorn or its affiliates, subsidiaries or allied organizations where doing so would give rise to contractual liability,” Mr. Barron wrote. The deputy director of... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395828/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:03:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395735/posts ACORN is the largest radical leftist group in America today. This radical group worked closely with the Obama camp during the election. But, the community organizing group was not open about this. The photo below was scrubbed from the ACORN website before the election: One of Barack Obama’s first big “community organizer” jobs involved ACORN in 1992. He has been working along side ACORN since before he became an elected official. Obama also trained ACORN employees. He represented ACORN in court. Obama worked with and protested with ACORN. His campaign donated $800,000 to ACORN in 2008 for voter registration efforts.... Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395735/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:05:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395568/posts Obama's Justice Department really knows how to take care of the President's buddies especially the criminal enterprise ACORN. According to the NY Times, the Justice department has directed the Administration to continue to pay ACORN for any services whose contracts were signed before congress cut off funds. Section 163 of Division B (“Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010”) of Public Law 111-68 does not direct or authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development to breach a pre-existing binding contractual obligation to make payments to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations where doing... NY TIMES/THE LID http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395568/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:11:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394324/posts The BBC has discovered that hundreds of millions of pounds promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for. bbc.co.u http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394324/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390959/posts ACORN and its affiliates received $200,000 in Justice Department grants between 2002 and 2009, according a report issued today by the department's Inspector General. No DOJ grants went directly to ACORN, but a handful of grants were awarded either to ACORN affiliates or to other organizations that sub-contracted with ACORN. The report, requested by House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), also found a few instances of ACORN mismanagement of federally contracted work. For example, ACORN received a $20,000 sub-contract to do community outreach on crime prevention in New York. The organization that contracted with ACORN has not... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390959/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380977/posts Billionaire gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman gave away just $125,000 of her charitable foundation's $46 million in assets in its first year of operation — and tax records show the bulk of the money went to a surprising place. The Griffith R. Harsh IV and Margaret C. Whitman Charitable Foundation in 2007 contributed $100,000 to the Environmental Defense Fund, which is now at odds with Whitman over water policy. The foundation also invested $3 million in hedge funds based in the Cayman Islands — a Caribbean tax haven that's been the subject of political controversy. ... But it's the $100,000 to... Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380977/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:40:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377147/posts Gore’s Dual Role in Spotlight: Advocate and Investor JOHN M. BRODER November 2, 2009 WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore thought he had spotted a winner last year when a small California firm sought financing for an energy-saving technology from the venture capital firm where Mr. Gore is a partner. The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient. It came to Mr. Gore’s firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital providers, looking for $75 million to expand its partnerships with utilities seeking to install millions... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377147/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 04:20:25 GMT