Freepers going ballistic over Sean Hannity's wounded soldier scam

[johncoby2]

Looks like the freepers are not very happy with the story about Sean Hannity's so called charity concerts which raises money for wounded veterans. Turns out that he is paying just a small percent to the soldiers and spending millions on overhead.

Debbie Schlussel story on Sean:

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/6938/sean-hannitys-freedom-concert-scam-only-7-of-charitys-money-went-to-injured-troops-kids-of-fallen-troops-g5s-g6s-for-vannity/

Freepers thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2474033/posts

p.s. does that freeper site suck or what?

[Hello_Kitty]

1. Free Republic is an embarrassment of a website, never mind their atrocious politics.

Both they and Drudge are straight out of 1995 with their outdated layouts.

[LynneSin]

65. Someone needs to investigate how freeper fundraising money is spent because...

it's definately not on website improvements.

That site is impossible to follow or find stuff. The look has not changed since I first wandered there back in 2001 to see what all the fuss is.

[era veteran]

2. Sean is a hypocritical POS

Freeper site sucks so bad it makes my hair hurt. Evil lives there.

[brettdale]

3. Has any major media outlet in the world

Picked up this story???

[sufrommich]

11. Huffington Post Has....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/19/hannitys-freedom-concerts_n_505294.html

[Name removed]

52. Deleted message

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[Stephanie]

15. Gawker picked it up

They link to Media Matters

[Old and In the Way]

4. The Grifter King skinning the rubes?

Oh my goodness....this will leave some scars.

I love this comment: "Oliver North is also involved heavily in the Freedom Alliance, he is also a man of great honor and love for the service people his organization serves."

Righto...a convicted felon who bilked money from the USG would never be associated with another fleecing operation skinning the sheep.

[karynnj]

14. It has always bothered me that the right was able to more than rehabilitate North -

they turned him into a hero. It was galling in 2004, to see North, a convicted felon - out of jail due to a technicality, sit in judgment of the patriotism of the man who had the courage to investigate North's crimes. It was lying to John Kerry at a Congressional hearing, that led to North's perjury charge.

With Hannity, we don't have the echo chamber that the Republicans do. Only if he is indicted will this get much steam. There are, unfortunately many "charities" that give very low percents to the people they say they are raising money for. Here, it is clear that the main purpose is Hannity's own self gratification and a political agenda.

[nightgaunt]

57. The have the money, contacts and sources to do it for anyone

Just like with G.Gordon Liddy too. North dealt with terrorists like Abu Nidal, dealt as in making illegal arms sales to them. Against our own gov't laws by a cabal that kept our hostages in Iran till Reagan was being inaugurated and Iran, our sworn enemy, got what it wanted. Both apartied S. Africa and Israel were in on it too in the arms deals concerning the USA interfering with Nicaragua!

Iran is the way it is because of what our gov't did to their democratically elected gov't in 1953. We are good at making our own enemies. It helps to garner more power for the oligarchs here and suppress us.

Why isn't Hannity & Co. being investigated for fraud? Maybe the Bush/Obama State Dept. aren't interested? I expect MSNBC to report on it soon enough after they do their own investigations.

[girl gone mad]

5. Oh my goodness..

this one's right up there with casting asparagus..

"This is a LIE!!! My sister works for Freedom Alliance and I can assure all here that it is an incredibly good group. I donate every year. They exist to do good. What a horrible bunch of distorted dribble."

[mwb970]

6. The dribble post is answered by this one.

To: Wpin
They exist to do good. What a horrible bunch of distorted dribble.

Doesn't look like dribble to me.

Looks like a bunch of facts.

Hopefully, it's not true and Hannity can rebut it with facts.
13 posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:01:20 PM by SoConPubbie

I love the idea that Hannity would use "facts" to make a point. That would be a first!

[Lautremont]

25. Of all words, "drivel" is one they should have an intimate familiarity with.

That's all they produce.

[Syrinx]

7. Our whole economy is now based on who can trick other people out of their money

EDIT: I meant this as an original post. But messed up and posted it here first. Big wup. :)

Have you noticed how many of the ads that are run on most of the channels, are either promising to improve you sex life in some way, or to make you rich?

They are playing a game. They can't tell you how to get rich, though if money is all that matters to you, you could do worse than emulating them.

They can help your sex life, I guess. For $25 a month in recurring credit-card charges, until you ask them to stop, or more likely until you call the cops, they send you a box of capsules containing various substances that may or may not help you sexually, that you could have bought much cheaper from the health store at the mall. Or if you want to spend a lot of people's idea of a week's salary on a dildo, you can turn to shop erotic.

Late-night infomercials are all about cheating people out of their money.

And that's what America has become, writ large, too.

Our economy is about people trying to cheat other people out of their money.

That's what our economy is based on now.

Whether it's the insurance companies and their policies, or the telemarketers, or the infomercials, or the bankers, or the ceo's of Enron and Aetna.

It's all about cheating people. That's what our economy is now.

Manufacturing, for a large part, has left the country. And where we do have manufacturing, the unions tend to be pretty weak.

Financial. I guess New York is still the king of Finance, though I don't know anything about that stuff. But Wall Street has been completely exposed as the cesspool of greed that it is. Still, that sector will continue over the years to grow and thrive. Unfortunately, all that growth will be centralized. That will just mean continued concentration of wealth.

Our system, not originally, but now, is set up to provide complete ownership of ourselves to the most brutal and heartless, those that have a killer instinct, but no moral compass. The class bully. The guy that tore wings off a fly, just because it was "fun." The guy who blew frogs up with firecrackers.

Those are the people we must resist.

[MUAD_DIB]

13. On telemarketers...

There are several groups that promote either Cancer research, police and or fire fighter unions (for the fallen or injured) that ask for donations. What they don't tell you is that their bottom line cuts into your donation in upwards of 90%. 90%!

Just ask one of these telemarketers the next time the call.

I have either gotten the honest answer posted above, or they inadvertently don't have that info and transfer you to another person that does; which turns out to be an empty line that soon cuts you off.


These guys are trash.

[gmoney]

43. +1

[havocmom]

67. When we have con men, hucksters, corporate thiefs paying pols to write the 'laws' they want...

hustling becomes legal and regulating them becomes a relic.

You should post your piece as an OP. You make the point very well.

[mwb970]

8. One post gives us a new name for Freepers: they're Freeps!

To: Tamar1973
I've never heard him insult FReepers before.

That was a few years ago. He expected FReepers to line up behind him and follow in lock step, and threw a tantrum when we wouldn't. FReepers are not herd animals. He also called us "FReeps", a serious violation of protocol.

Hannity knows not to mention FR any more.
295 posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:28:27 PM by Fresh Wind ("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)

That's enough for me. I'm calling them "Freeps" from now on.

[OneGrassRoot]

17. LOL!

:spray:

Me, too. ;)

[tanyev]

18. *gasp* You realize you will be committing a Serious Violation of Protocol?

:rofl:

[peekaloo]

They misspelled proctology.

[Richardo]

24. !!

:rofl:

[Cirque du So-What]

27. Good to know

Henceforth, this pack of assholes shall be referred to individually and collectively as FREEPS (rhymes with CREEPS).

[Gold Metal Flake]

38. I'm calling them "Freeps" from now on.

Freeps for me, too. Sounds like creeps. The freep creeps.

[Old and In the Way]

50. Quick! Someone call Jack Bauer!

We've had a serious breach of protocol!!!! I'm series!!!111!!!

[caraher]

59. And they think we're uptight about references to the "Democrat Party"

What a bunch of Freeps!

"Serious breach of protocol"

Is the protocol enshrined in a document somewhere?

[The Genealogist]

66. "FReepers are not herd animals"

I nearly broke my computer laughing so hard at a herd animal denying it is a herd animal! PLEASE! Can't stop laughing!

:rofl:

[SpiralHawk]

9. Suckered Freeps luv them their Republicon chickenhawks

Hell, the Freeps elected Commander AWOL Bush and Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney twice, and virtually EVERY OTHER FRIKKING Republicon 'leader' and media propagandist is a chickenhawk - Boehner, Gingrich, Lott, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Beck, etc. etc. ad nauseum.

So they can just shut their whiney pieholes about being suckered by another republicon chickenhawk Pretend Patriot: Hannity. The record is clear: Freeps luv & obediently follow chickenhawks who feed their need for fear & hate.

They need to abandon their freaking vizarre totalitarian Republicon Homeland and move back to the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave -- that would be the USA.

Ptooey....
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[tosh]

10. +1.

Words right out of my mouth.

[formercia]

12. Hannity did better than Poppy Bush

Bush's Thousand Points of Light Foundation only gave out 3% with 97% going to expenses.

The boys have this scam down to a science.

[spanone]

16. he's a blowhard asshole

[itsrobert]

19. The irony of Freepers being outraged when the head freeper Jim Robinson

Scams them out of donations for his personal salary and "overhead" such as his house and RV.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

30. I thought these teabagging freeps had no money to pay for health care....

....oh, that's right......because Rimjob and Hannity take it all!

[kanrok]

20. Fascinating stuff

Doesn't surprise me in the least that Hannity is scum.

I hope this gets wider play and he is called to account.

[tsuki]

21. From the freedom alliance site:

Freedom Alliance , a 501(c)3 educational and charitable foundation, was founded in 1990 by LtCol Oliver L. North, who now serves as the organization's honorary chairman. We will work to "keep America strong, keep America prosperous, and keep America free," said North upon the founding of Freedom Alliance. And so we have.

From the IRS.gov site

Exemption Requirements - Section 501(c)(3) Organizations

To be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, an organization must be organized and operated exclusively for exempt purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3), and none of its earnings may inure to any private shareholder or individual. In addition, it may not be an action organization, i.e., it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates.

Organizations described in section 501(c)(3) are commonly referred to as charitable organizations. Organizations described in section 501(c)(3), other than testing for public safety organizations, are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions in accordance with Code section 170.

The organization must not be organized or operated for the benefit of private interests, and no part of a section 501(c)(3) organization's net earnings may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. If the organization engages in an excess benefit transaction with a person having substantial influence over the organization, an excise tax may be imposed on the person and any organization managers agreeing to the transaction.

Section 501(c)(3) organizations are restricted in how much political and legislative (lobbying) activities they may conduct. For a detailed discussion, see Political and Lobbying Activities. For more information about lobbying activities by charities, see the article Lobbying Issues; for more information about political activities of charities, see the FY-2002 CPE topic Election Year Issues.

http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=96099,00.html



The IRS needs to look into this.

[Douglas Carpenter]

22. my favorite freeper post:

To: TRY ONE

Sean at times is very left-wing RINO’ish, with his support of McCain and Romney.

IF true he should be toast.

28 posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:06:39 PM by stockpirate (Hey Beck, Thomas Jefferson was a birther!)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2474033/posts

[tallahasseedem]

33. Thank you for going there...

so I don't have to. That was a great one! :D

[malaise]

23. I love this thread

:rofl:

[lunatica]

26. Hannity actually represents American values today

That just occurred to me because I really try to dodge the subject of Hannity. But this story just clinched it in my mind. He not only represents the American of today who has brought us to where we are economically and in many cases emotionally and mentally, but he's screaming at the top decibels of his lungs because he's so fucking scared he thinks he can keep reality at bay if he just screams loud enough.

There's a definite ugly desperation in how over the top the conservative pundits are. For example, the fact that people would throw money and jeer at a paraplegic shows how terrified they are. Rush's attack on a ten year old boy who has lost his mother because she was refused medical care by an insurance company shows he's reached a level so low that there's no redemption for him. Other humans would have turned back and tried to become better human beings because they would have understood their debauchery and hatred were wrong. Not Rush. Not Hannity. Not O'Reilly. Not Malkin. Not Ann Coulter. They've long since broken the bonds of decency. They know no limits to the depths of disgusting rot within themselves.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. +1 !!!!

What you said!

A young fundy convert I used to run into sometimes once nearly genuflected at the altar of Shammity. He had no idea, was completely blind to what was obvious to me: that Shammity is a lying snake oil salesman and hate monger. Yeesh, looks ike they need to read this a little more often in their bible studies, "by their fruits shall ye know them".

To my Buddhist mind, that is an ambiguous way of saying, "keep your focus on reality". (Also note Buddhist corollary: look at reality without the prism of fear, and respond appropriately.)

More like the christofascists gladly submit to their fear-training in how to be ignorant and misjudge people.

[Old and In the Way]

56. Point well taken.

There are conservative ideas and principles that I can agree with...but the mindset of supposed conservatives today is toxic. I could never associate with such closed minded, mean spirited, anti-socialist, hypocritical, and hateful people who identify with the Hannity's, Palins, and Limbaughs of this country. Leaders that divide this country by inciting the worst instincts and validating this bigotry. Leaders who profit by exploiting this 'us vs. them' mentality while this country slowly rots away...

It's interesting to see how we differ in our anger. The Left generally hated the Bush adminstration just as they hate the Obama administration. But our reasons are based in the reality of their actions - asleep up to 9/11 on terror, cleaning out the Treasury with unwarranted taxcuts to the top 3%, starting an illegal/immoral war, outing CIA NOCs, illegal wiretapping US citizens, spending a Trillion off budget for the Iraq folly, losing $8Billion in $100 bills in Iraq (in the Spring of 2004....to a CPA totally staffed with Republicans)...the list goes on. None of those issues concerned the Republican activists. Why do the hate Obama? Because he had to deal with the mess left by the Bush administration? The administration that these so-called Conservatives elected? Well that and the 'fact' that he's a Muslim born in Kenyan. And because he's a black Democrat/socialist/commie/nazi/fascist.

Our activists fight on principles - the Iraqi War, HCR, political corruption - issues that benefit all Americans. They fight with 11 year olds they disagree with. What a sad, deluded collection of people.

[uponit7771]

61. +1

[MineralMan]

28. At Freeperland, lies are truth and truth doesn't matter.

Those are the rules.

[tsstranger]

31. FreakRepublican link

I read three of the pages of comments before I had to stop. I was getting sick.

These assholes sure do give high praise to Oliver North ( R- Liar, Traitor, Felon ).

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

29. That damn librul media lying again!

LOL! Fuck you, freeps!

[Blue Owl]

34. That's what happens when you pull the curtain back

and see the GOP for the liars, cheaters, and thieves they really are.

[Dappleganger]

35. All I can say is...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:rofl:

[Joanne98]

36. They're calling him a RINO! LOL

[Dappleganger]

37. They're comparing him to Jim Bakker now, LOL! nt

[old mark]

39. "Hannity is a left-winger who supports McCain and Romney...."

Wow! How leftist can you get!!!


Practically Stalin!


mark

[alfredo]

40. Is Charity Navigator a reliable source?

[tammywammy]

45. It doesn't look like they show how much money a charity actually disburses

Maybe I'm reading the site wrong, but I think the percentage of overhead to disbursements is what matters. I usually only give to local charities (local women's shelter and homeless shelter).

[alfredo]

51. Same here. I'm also a big PBS and NPR supporter.

[area51]

41. Sean Insanity's a scammer?

Color me not surprised.

[gmoney]

42. not to excuse Hannity, but I think a lot of celebrity "charity" is suspect

Isn't Wyclef Jean on the hot seat for giving his girlfriend a hefty salary out of his Haiti relief organization?

And a lot of star-studded fundraisers, the celebrities only "donate" their time, but are given the red carpet treatment as part of the overhead.

I was just reading about a "celebrity poker tournament" at NAB in Vegas that promises "to donate a portion of the funds raised to the 'American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund' " -- clearly "a portion" could be 10% or $10. They're soliciting "sponsors" which means more income, or goodie bag stuff, or whatever, with no real indication of what will go to the Red Cross. (And of course, the Red Cross has their own overhead, further reducing the effective donation amount.)

Hannity and North's "Freedom Concert" scam is terrible, bilking families who buy tickets thinking ALL the proceeds are going to actually help people, instead of providing Sean with Gulfstream V's and luxury hotel suites. My guess is Hannity & Co. also gets some sort of stipend from Fox or Heritage or some RW slush fund to appear at and promote these jingoistic propaganda and hate festivals.

I think in the future, if a "celebrity" is asking me to donate money, I'll step around them and find a direct way to donate, thank you very much.

[Urban Prairie]

44. Hee...Heeee!!

"You guys better stop biting the heads off of people that are on the Conservative side. Man oh man.... you’re not going to agree with 100% of what anyone says as that is a fact of life. Gosh, as Ben Franklin said “We need to hang together or we will surely hang alone”. Sound like a bunch of three year old kids that did not get their ice cream. We need ALL the damn support we can get especially in the media... Is he perfect? NO! Is he on our side... yes! You want Sean to go, Then Beck, The levin.... man oh man we’ll be left with NOTHING."

Have to have "SOMETHING" first to begin with..to end up with "NOTHING"
cuz "hot air" is all you evar had from Hannity..LOL!!

[Old and In the Way]

58. Love the quote

too bad it's expropriated to a totally non-equivalent situation. Way to trivialize the importance of what Franklin said.

[rufus dog]

46. Looks like the moderators over at ASSHATs site are going to be busy

They are scrubbing any posts related to the topic.

[marshall]

47. He needs to pair up with Dionne Warwick

Remember the "Dionne and Friends" scandal over "That's What Friends are For"--money was supposed to go to AIDS research. Turns out a small percentage was. Most of the proceeds went to "overhead", which included limos and other luxuries "friends" such as Gladys Knight, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, etc. Maybe they'll hook up with Hannity's gig when they see what a gravy train it can be.

[Sheepshank]

48. Freeperville has spoken....

This person who is slandering them obviously distorts facts to make them appear worse than what they are. For instance, taking private planes for some of the celebrities is common practice all over the country. I can tell you my niece who also works with Freedom Alliance and travels with the show each year does not fly private jets, but takes commercial. That is a fact...This is an article to divide Americans (once again)....

I seem to remember the right blasting Gore and even Obama for taking private jets...now this is justifiable? And a negative article about Hannity is designed to divide Americans? Hannity is *that* inportant in the nation cycle of things? holy guacamole!

[prolesunited]

49. Only Republicans deserve that

If you are a Dem, you should be forced to walk

[4lbs]

53. Hannity's not doing much different than those televangelists you see on TV asking you for your money

Only right-wing freeper teabaggers actually believe that they will actually use your money to give to the needy.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

54. Please please PLEASE let Billy Ray Cyrus be involved in this! -nt

[Biker13]

55. I Don't Even Know...

why I clicked on this thread! Just the THOUGHT of Hannity gets my blood boiling! Of all the Faux News stooges, he has to be the worst, for me beating out even Beck!

I mean really, he even LOOKS oily!

Biker13 just walk by and asked what I was posting about. I told him Hannity, and he said "What a dick!"

Biker's Old Lady

[Arugula Latte]

60. I'm disappointed. "RaceBannon" made these spelling errors,

calling Hannity's scam "HUGE AND SERIOUS!!!" Doesn't he know in Freeperspell that's "HUGH AND SERIES!!1!1!11!"?

:P

[whathehell]

62. HA!...check this out: "I hope it's not true..the Libs will have a field day with this one"!

So VERY true...Bwhahahha.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

63. I don't know. This reply sounds pretty damn communistic: "Sean definitely needs to make a detailed

Sean definitely needs to make a detailed response. What doesn’t make sense, at least my initial impression, is that Hannity sure doesn’t need the $$$.."

What does he mean by that? Is he trying to stifle Hamitty's freedom to make as much dough as he wants?

:rofl:

[butterfly77]

64. Kick &Recommended!!!

[Lifelong Protester]

68. Sort of related, but I was interested to see that SPLC lists

free republic as a 'hate site' they monitor. I guess I'm grateful for those ou you who have the stomach to go there and bring back tidbits for some of us here.

[Mimosa]

69. How big is "free republic"

I don't know much about 'freepers'. I would imagine the site is not large. I think it is graphically atrocious. The several times I'd clicked from here to there I just didn't want to read it. Bad design seems to go along with the morons?

[Urban Prairie]

72. Yep, the graphic and design layout is horrible, IMO.

Everything on the forum page looks crammed together in little sections, with keyword tags on one side, topics with default blocks of text previews on the other, bleak-looking threads with little color and eye straining small, tiny and tinier monochrome-like blue, black and red text.

[gateley]

70. He succumbed to the power/ego/$$$ drug. The saddest part of this is that

those who could have been helped weren't. :(

[DearAbby]

71. :::falls back in amazement:::

:::drops twinkie::: Say it isn't so, Ollie North, Lee Greenwood, Charlie Daniels, Sainted Sean Hannity? It's Dribble I tell ya, absolute dribble!

this is hugh, if true, ::picks up twinkie::

[Marr]

73. I wonder what motivated Schlussel to write that piece?

Anyone who can side with GW Bush, Dick Cheney, George Abramoff, Ralph Reid, Pat Robertson, etc. cannot be all that troubled by lies, theft, or exploiting people.

I'd bet you cash money he refused to have her on his show to promote something. Lost money is about the only thing that can convince one right-wing con-artist to attack another right-wing con artist.

[gmoney]

75. well, maybe she has a shred of decency regard scams involving troops and kids

[gmoney]

76. oops, double post

[gmoney]

74. Hannity-Scam, Hannity-Scam, Hannity-Scam

Let's keep this at the top of awareness... bring this crook to his knees!