Who would have thought that the gentlemen at left and Sean Hannity would be accused of being frauds…yet again?
A potentially damaging scandal erupted today that implicates Fox News Channel personalities Sean Hannity and Oliver North in the worst kind of charitable fraud. According to complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission and the IRS, the two right-wing icons have exploited American veterans for personal and partisan gain.
Is Iran involved? Is Hal Turner?
In its IRS complaint against Freedom Alliance, CREW says that the group’s charitable tax status should be voided because it has engaged in “prohibited political activities” such as its annual “Freedom Cruise” with Republican politicians, including Newt Gingrich and Michael Steele.
Michael Steele “makes it rain” and Newt then leaves his last wife for the one who collects the most bills. It’s quite a system.
This sure sounds like the ultimate summation of how conservatives have exploited the armed forces over the last ten years. And who better as representatives than Hannity and North?



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The thing to remember about Ollie North is that while he may no longer be a CONVICTED felon (gee thanks Judge Silberman!!), he remains a CONFESSED felon through his Iran/Contra congressional testimony. And he should be reminded of that at every turn.
Ollie North is locked and loaded and dangerous – but kicking him out of Costa Rica got Oscar Arias a Nobel prize. Making him good for something, anyway.
He was only doing what poppy told him to although poppy was out of the loop.
Excuse me. Do you know what Republicans are doing with waffles and coffee even as we post?
Does it have to do with bondage strip clubs?
and it looks like we have a shill for shoe sales using this as a freebie ad place.
Sadly, yes. It’s the Rule 34 early bird breakfast special.
Waiter… there’s Spam in my soup.
Once they get their foot in the door…….
Posting ads on some one else’s nickle just doesn’t appeal to me, I guess.
nomolos; a foot in the door, cute.
There goes the WH again. This time using the IRS, the other day the FBI. Jeeze the goopers would never, ever do that. Imagine politicizing a gummint agency, never happen if the whites were in charge.
I does seem like a bloody waste of time and space.
If this proves true then Fox looses both Hannity and Oliver will Fox make up what they stole from the Vets?
Why would Faux lose both bozos, or even one bozo, surely they are just doing what any good patriot would do to advance the fascist agenda according to Murdoch and if people donate to that cause why shouldn’t the hard working beneficiaries of that largesse go on a cruise?
Taxes maybe jail and lots of bad publicity Fox would be smart to fire…er convince them both to get sick, take a leave of absence before this gets to court.
Can Fox afford to lose the Militia audience now? Any sane PR person would say Fox needs to get in front of this now even if it means losing Sean and Ollie.
Maybe they’re going to offer them a make-up trip to a bondage strip club?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30strip.html
The IRS is an anathema to these militia/RWNFs so surely being investigated by the IRS is a feather in the cap rather than a bad PR move.
This investigation needs to add Ed Schultz and the Hawaiian Coffee Co.That walks on Veterans to sell coffee.
O’Reily settled a sexual harassment case, Huckabee set free a convict who killed a bunch of Cops, Sean and Ollie ripped off Vets, Malkin sent her flying monkey fans after somebody who committed suicide after they got her home address.
http://michellemalkin.com/2006/07/06/newsflash-i-didnt-kill-denice-denton/
Is Glen the only person at Fox who has clean hands?
I heard they had waitresses doing Lesbian Sex scenes they were tied up or was Steele tied up?
I read on another blog a joke about a Gay Nite is that real did the GOPers ever go there on Gay Nite?
Time for Hannity to ask his viewers to contribute for GOLD for the war widows.
Another win for Beck News Channel.
CREW is a liberal group targeting conservatives, right? Thank god they exist. So Ollie and Hannity have been stealing from veterans and pocketing the money from this scam. No wonder they’re so rich. Outrageous. Good job CREW.
Ripping off Vets might balance out IRS hate with Fox viewers but among moderate Voters this scandal is poison.
What does USA Coffee Company and donations to veterans with a purchase have to do with charitable donations being used for a fascist booze cruise?
Can’t imagine, but just wait to see what ads will pop up at my site after googling ‘bondage strip club’
Got http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30strip.html
Good point. On the other hand “moderate” voters are not your usual Faux watchers.
Apparently it was only “simulated” sex. Of course I am not sure that the holier than thou goopers would be able to tell the difference. On the other hand they do have a particular affinity for missionary sex followed by a prayer.
My Sister and her Boyfriend got there money back from that flick worse porn she ever saw she said… TMI was my reply.
Fox needs to convince people that the GOP is moderate before the election the GOP is still polling less than the Dems cheating Vets hurts any chance of winning Moderates.
Nice try, troll. Thanks for showin up.
Good morning all. Uncle Pat on morning drek says the whole RNC bondage strip club thing “is a book keeping issue”. Sweet. It of course goes unchallenged.
I thought that movie was about a Scientology Mass.
That is where their accountant was working, WOW. They should pay the bookeeper more so she wouldn’t need to work at a strip club for extra income. Cheap bastards.
Good morning, pups. It’s Brooks, Cohen and Herbert today. When Bobo says he’s not sermonizing you can be damn sure he is. In “The Sandra Bullock Trade” he asks a question: Would you exchange a professional triumph for a personal blow? He gurgles that research suggests the gap between success and happiness boils down to personal bonds. And if only them wimmens would stay home and be good wives maybe their men would keep it in their pants… Cripes. Mr. Cohen, in “Lo, The Mideast Moves,” says Barack Obama scored a major foreign policy victory with the health care bill. It demonstrated that he can deliver on his promises, and nowhere is that more important than in the Middle East. Mr. Herbert, in “The Magic Potion,” says it is time for the Obama administration to move quickly and powerfully to the monumental task of putting Americans back to work.
Here they are.
The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got bagels with cream cheese. Here’s hoping that pups farther up the coast don’t get inundated from that storm. I looks like New York is getting it now… Have a great day.
I heard strip club, topless, kissing and Lesbian given the GOP’s stand on Gay Marriage Steele should be out of a job soon.
Pat hates gays has Pat sold out?
Bobo types with one hand as the other is busy…..elsewhere.
Why do people join that church then?
I thought they were only against gay men since cheney’s daughter came out.
Everyone to their own fantasy I guess.
Our thanks, Marion, but you forgot ‘submissive’.
And Keith Olberman also mentioned that bookkeeping issue… as in how dumb are you to put down where you spent big bucks donated to republican politics when it’s a club for edgey sex?
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
Bobo needs more research women who get a college education are less likely to get divorced than say Bristol Palin who had a kid in highschool.
just what Times Editor let Bobo make this claim without research?
well put
What is the sound of one hand fapping?
was palin out of a job when her daughter had premarital sex?…stole from the gop?
it’s all in the family to them, so long as you’re a republican you are forgiven, nay encouraged your transgressions
yay!!!
thanx for the links info and continental breakfast marion
priceless :-)
We’re being swamped with this rain. Think we’ll be floating out to the Sound pretty soon. It’s all good.
Uncle Pat on morning drek says the whole RNC bondage strip club thing “is a book keeping issue.
That’s what the kids are calling it these days?
Well stop sending it up here to NH we have had enough already. I have had to buy the cats life vests.
http://www.divorcestatistics.org/
http://ezinearticles.com/?Statistics-of-Divorce&id=1468444
Education Level and Economic Factors
Couples with higher education and higher income are less likely to have marriage problems. (People everywhere must be wondering what genius came up with the research grant to study this.) But, let’s look at some of the stats related to divorce within the first 10 years of marriage:
Any amount of college decreases the chance of divorce by 13 percent
An income over $50,000 decreases the chance of divorce by 30 percent
Couples with an income under $25,000 have a 50 percent chance of ending up getting divorced. [divorce360.com]
http://divorce.suite101.com/article.cfm/divorce_rates_are_falling_as_couples_marry_later
My Bold so education and money lower your chances at divorce Bobo your entire premise about a choice between success and money never mind some college which Sandra has actually all lower the odds of divorce.
I don’t see it, fox lost money in the billions till hannity got on the air, they owe him big and I think they are going to protect him just like bush
this is not worse then bush’s presidency yet they danced with the date that brung them…same thing is my prediction
Nope she was Governor.
Bobo is an evidence free zone. No point in trying.
Good morning all.
I see more, not the same, since the audience has showed that it lurvs hate messaging.
Can they afford to protect him with an election coming up quick? Do we have photos of Sean standing next to any GOPers or Joe Lieberman?
He is an easy target to start the day.
Whats with edit I tried to add block quotes I couldn’t then all my spaces at my 49 disappeared?
Diebold will have the “Hannity Factor” taken care of.
Refresh and you will be rewarded.
Fair enough. Just getting your fingers warmed up.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
Finally someone in the Media who gets it:)
Cool are you the mod on this thread?
They couldn’t save McCain.
You’re very welcome. Hope your hip is mending well.
they have found a way to circle around their liabilities and use them as assets
look to palin for proof, look to reagan for proof, look to north for proof, look to cheney for proof, look to bush rove krystol and rush as well
It is a brilliant approach and it does work
Brooks is implying if Sandra Bullock had spent more time at home cooking, her husband would not have been out screwing other women. David just seems like an old fashioned pig.
Hardly. CREW is firmly in the Veal Pen. Creepy lobbyist Mark Penn is a co-founder. CREW keeps its donations secret while criticizing others for the same things. CREW is racist, falsely accusing 5 African Americans of 8 D’s being”Corrupt”.
CREW has improved slightly since I began exposing their hypocrisy, but I am not taking credit.
Yes its called Lying.
Thats Karl’s strength isn’t it to bad the Blogs are around to expose the lies.
Now if only the Dems had record of real accomplishment to run on.
I feel sorry for his wife. I’m sure that her friends read Davids piece out loud on days like this.
Good Catch Mark Penn has plenty of GOP connections the Righty Blogs can’t blame us for this.
This is their sides doing.
The Burson Marsteller Mark Penn? That’s interesting.
Not so sure they wanted to. They figured out pretty quickly that this guy is a shill for the corporate interest and he could help to energize the right wing base whereas McCain/Palin could well be a disaster.
Charitable tax status of corporations which violate rules of inurement should be a mantra! Subsection F of the IRS Code regulates tax exempt corporations such as Blue Cross Blue Shield. The exempt tax status afforded these corporations is a “determination” made by the IRS. The question is how can corporations which bankrupt Americans and America, as insurers and providers, really be lessening the burdens of government? It is a joke when a state based corporation’s due process rights obliterates rights, takes property under the color law, decimating life and liberty, for a health insurance product?
Hannity’s tax exempt 501 corporate enterprise is a sham. It is the tip of the Iceberg, just like state based tax exempt health insurers, extracting copious amounts of liberty from the governed, predicate on fear! Fear of illness. The ghost of Dred Scott lives when corporate bean insurers by law and place a premium on life, just as Scott was considered property!
DO a Diary about them. Most firedogs have too scandals to investigate. It appears Penn was secretly catapulting war propaganda, and paid by taxpayers.
CREW is a tax exempt corporation. Corporations lobby like incoming high tides to influence the tax law. The original intent of exempt tax status has been perverted by corporate interests and the devil is always in the details.
Lets see… the 13th Amendment abolished Slavery and Involuntary Servitude while the 14th Amendment settled the question of Mr. Scotts, citizenship. However embodied in the 14th Amendment was a fear of both Madison and Jefferson. Fear of “corporate identity.” A fear realized by both founders having dealt with the monopolistic imperialistic corporate interests of the King! The 14th Amendment’s concept of “incorporation” and the granting of federal due process rights to state based corporations, was a great checkmate to the rights “attained” by Mr. Scott, via the 14th Amendment. It set the seeds of state based racial segregation’s ultimate design, the continue political and economic disenfranchisement of Americans.
Today….. Corporate Servitude resulting in economic and political disenfranchisement strikes Americans with equal opportunity……
OH NO! We don’t want to lose our Steele of Buns. Watch him squirm in the exercise video.
Harry Harrison wrote a series of funny SF novels about the Stainless Steel Rat, but he was a good (though very bent) guy.
Read the Santa Clara decision. Nowhere does any justice mention that corporations are people. That was a bit of inserted text by the clerk who was a former railroad employee.
The Fourteenth amendment also nowhere mentions corporate entities. That connotation was given to the amendment by the afore-mentioned Santa Clara decision. It’s been downhill ever since.