RE: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Eric Roberts
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Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Sam
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Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
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Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
Oh and by the way there are very open public calls for food and other donations being made, I've linked stories on my FB and have personal ties to the area. Food, fuel, blankets and medical supplies are being sought out. Why is it that we see the same thing over and over again? Under reporting

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Didn't Bloomberg outlaw donations to soup kitchens for that asinine reason?" No. He outlawed soup kitchens. It's because the salt content might have been too high in what was served. That is not a joke. "They had the number to text donations to the red cross all over the place. Just because

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Jerry Barnes
"How on earth can you justify attacking a man for helping out?" Desperate times call for desperate measures. J - We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. - Ronald Reagan ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
With current ROEs even armed and not presenting a threat I'd probably go to jail. This was a big problem in Iraq where the right to have an AK is firm, and one that I support and was needed when you consider the killings and rapes and thefts that were and are going on all the time. RPGs, crew se

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
Unarmed, lack of threat or uniform? I'd have gone to prison for killing someone like that as a soldier. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > OK a bit more of a clarification then, people getting bombed, 3 miles > behind the front line. They are not carrying side arms or ri

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Larry C. Lyons
OK a bit more of a clarification then, people getting bombed, 3 miles behind the front line. They are not carrying side arms or rifles. One of them happens to be an American citizen serving with them. What is the difference? On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > His dad made that

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
His dad made that clear, not the kid. I would have the same problem if this were done through direct fire. The kid was targeted based on "patterns" in a "profile" attack. Not evidence. There is no evidence that he himself had been active as a bad guy. The kid didn't say he was at war with th

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Larry C. Lyons
At the same time in all honesty what is the difference between taking the kid out with a missile and having a sniper do the same in a conflict zone? They had already made it clear they were at war with the United States, the US was just returning the favour. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:45 PM, LRS S

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
I'm complaining about the general state of the republic. Things are generally pretty fucked up man. The first email provided the complaints, granted without sources, but easily verifiable. I've stayed away from the more farfetched conspiracy theory ideas. If you don't see the republic is in di

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Scott Stroz
I stand by what I said, Your initial bulleted list was, for the most part, very general. The links you provided do, indeed, speak to specific items in the list, but the fact still remains, the list you posted is still chock full of generalities. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:45 PM, LRS Scout wrote

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
::crickets:: On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:45 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > I'm pretty generally against the idea that the government can just whack > you without due process, can search you without a warrant, detain you > without a trial, and take your shit without a conviction. > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 a

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
I'm pretty generally against the idea that the government can just whack you without due process, can search you without a warrant, detain you without a trial, and take your shit without a conviction. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I saw a list of general accusations, wi

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
I haven't let any ground go. The last couple of statements were provocative, intentionally so. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Sam wrote: > > He insults you and you apologize? Stand your ground man. > > . > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:44 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > > > You are correct. > > > >

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread LRS Scout
Very few specifics? Ok let's try this then: - The murder of a 16 year old American citizen without due process- http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/abdulrahman-al-awlaki-death-10470891 - Gen. Ham - (still a "rumor" but it's got legs) http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/10/has_general_ham_

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Vivec
I'm with you on the copyright police state. The figures and statistics don't prove the claim of copyright holders at all and justifications for these draconian measures. In fact they show the opposite. On 2 November 2012 09:43, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > I wasn't offended, I was disappointe

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
And, btw, I wasn't calling YOUR email "bat-shit crazy rantings". I was comparing you to the guy who lives downstairs in my building, who no one let their kids visit on Halloween the other night for trick-or-treat. Don't become that guy. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I s

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
I wasn't offended, I was disappointed. You had a 120 line email going, with great jabs on each one. Pow. Pow. Pow. I was feeling it. Literally nodding my head. It was a great list. And then I get to those last 2 lines, and *scrch*. I lost that loving feeling. But, for what it is worth,

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Sam
He insults you and you apologize? Stand your ground man. . On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:44 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > You are correct. > > I'm just very frustrated. I know the sky isn't falling. I know that the > world isn't going to end tomorrow. > > I also know that things are far worse in many

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-02 Thread Scott Stroz
I saw a list of general accusations, with very few specifics. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:16 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson > wrote: > > > > > bat-shit crazy rantings > > > > And there we have it. > > Bat shit crazy rantings. You see a list of those

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread LRS Scout
You are correct. I'm just very frustrated. I know the sky isn't falling. I know that the world isn't going to end tomorrow. I also know that things are far worse in many ways than they have ever been in our country before. I'm sorry Jerry if I offended you that is truly not my intent, and I'm

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Maureen
I do not question that your complaints are true. However, I question your assumption that none of us are aware, that we do not care, and that we have taken no action. You alienate those who would be your allies by labeling them without knowledge of what they know or do. I have been at war with

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread LRS Scout
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > bat-shit crazy rantings > And there we have it. Bat shit crazy rantings. You see a list of those abuses and you don't rightly say, wow, things are messed up, we need to fix them. We need to have a line in the sand and say this far

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread LRS Scout
Do you have any idea what I was paraphrasing there? On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > Unfortunately for me it is statements like this that move us from reasoned > discourse towards bat-shit crazy rantings of the guy in that house no one > will let their kids trick-or

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Unfortunately for me it is statements like this that move us from reasoned discourse towards bat-shit crazy rantings of the guy in that house no one will let their kids trick-or-treat at. On Friday, November 2, 2012, LRS Scout wrote: > > ... > I just hope we can avoid being enemies in war

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread LRS Scout
Yes it's a photo op, but a ton more people are going to show up with good to donate just to see him, and say they did it with him. It's a trade off. Both sides are guilty of similar tactics and in this election the complaints I'm seeing all of you making are astonishing to me. While 16 year old

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Dana
yeah god knows there was a screaming need for toilet paper in Arlington ::eyeroll:: He did it some more after that, someplace else in Virginia. The visuals were good, you know. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Maureen wrote: > > If he had written a check, those people in Arlington, VA wouldn't h

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Maureen
If he had written a check, those people in Arlington, VA wouldn't have had their 18 rolls of toilet paper. Oh, the humanity. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Dana wrote: > > ok... if he was actually trying to help why not just write a check? Collect > cash donations? Becuause it wouldn't provid

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Dana
ok... if he was actually trying to help why not just write a check? Collect cash donations? Becuause it wouldn't provide the visuals of the candidate stacking Campbell's soup is why. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:57 AM, GMoney wrote: > > im with sam on this one. Yeah, it's a facade and done for publ

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Dana
I'd like to see that. On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:29 AM, GMoney wrote: > > All candidates do this kind of thing. Do you really think Candidate Obama > didn't do this same stuff in 2008?? I'm sure if we combed the 2008 > campaign, we'd find all sort of similar superficiality from both McCain and >

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Erika L. Rich
Ignore me. Didn't realize there was 378 responses after the one I replied to ... my eyes got blurry. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > A lot of churches of different denominations (Baptist, Methodist, > Catholic, Presbyterian) ask that you donate 10% of your earnings ... a

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Erika L. Rich
A lot of churches of different denominations (Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Presbyterian) ask that you donate 10% of your earnings ... a tithe they call it ... I hear it from many around me, down here in good olde Georgia. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I think its grea

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Maureen wrote: > > In other words, the claims on that page are from the LDS PR machine, and > therefore, questionable. Questionable is your retort? Really? You don't have anything but questionable? So Roneys a coldhearted cheap bastard because you find another chu

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Maureen
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Sam wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Maureen wrote: > > > > > > I'm not the one doing the redefining: > > > > 1.generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless: to > > devote one's life to charity. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_H

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Maureen wrote: > > > I'm not the one doing the redefining: > > 1.generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless: to > devote one's life to charity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services Tyler Charitable Foundation http://www.biz

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Maureen
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Sam wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Maureen wrote: > > > > And of the organizations listed on that page, how many, other than United > > Way, are charities? > > Now you want to redefine charity to fit your need to hate? > I'm not the one doing the red

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Maureen wrote: > > And of the organizations listed on that page, how many, other than United > Way, are charities? Now you want to redefine charity to fit your need to hate? >> And this: >> But the release of these tax records leaves no doubt about one thing: >>

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Maureen
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Sam wrote: > > Try here > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/edwindurgy/2012/05/17/an-inside-look-at-the-millions-mitt-romney-has-given-away/ > And of the organizations listed on that page, how many, other than United Way, are charities? > > > And this: > But the rel

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread William Bowen
Ah, I see. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Sam wrote: > > They are not in Staten Island > > . > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:32 PM, William Bowen wrote: >> >> The red cross isn't where? >> >> > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
Try here http://www.forbes.com/sites/edwindurgy/2012/05/17/an-inside-look-at-the-millions-mitt-romney-has-given-away/ And this: But the release of these tax records leaves no doubt about one thing: Mitt Romney is an extraordinarily, remarkably, astonishingly generous man. A good man. Maybe even

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Maureen
Last year, in the middle of a presidential campaign. If you average his giving over 10 years, it averages to approximate 13%, with some of that going to the Romney controlled Tyler Foundation, and at a minimum 10% paying his titles to the Mormon Church. And I reiterate, the donations were to the

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread William Bowen
Is that an "E" ticket ride? On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Maureen wrote: > > It's called Tithes, and the Bible states you will be sent to hell if you > don't pay them. So more like buying your Heaven ticket. > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > >> >> I think its great he

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Maureen
It's called Tithes, and the Bible states you will be sent to hell if you don't pay them. So more like buying your Heaven ticket. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I think its great he has donated as much as he has to charity. One thing I > think that gets overlooked, thoug

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
They are not in Staten Island . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:32 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > The red cross isn't where? > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/143027215

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread William Bowen
The red cross isn't where? On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Sam wrote: > > I've worked a lot of soup kitchens, that really is a non issue. I can > see it with loaves of bread or something easily tampered with but not > canned items and most non-perishables. > > The fact that the Red Cross isn't

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
I've worked a lot of soup kitchens, that really is a non issue. I can see it with loaves of bread or something easily tampered with but not canned items and most non-perishables. The fact that the Red Cross isn't even there makes the point moot. . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:22 PM, William Bowen

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread William Bowen
Heh, according to the articles I found it has to do with the city not being able to verify the salt, fat and fiber content of the foods that are donated. That's a fairly asinine reason... As for the food tampering issue with regards specifically to the red cross (the original point of my post),

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
Because restaurants that serve food and are certified by the health department are now forced to throw away extra food and the homeless can get it from the dumpster. Since there are no cases of food tampering cans of food that are donated to charity I think it's asinine. . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread GMoney
Ughthat's awful. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > We had friends who lived down the street from us who were Mormon. They were > required to meet with the bishop for a 'tithing settlement' (I think that > is what it was called). Cannot say for certain, but I think I re

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread William Bowen
dunno. Why would it be necessarily "asinine" if he did? Are the reasons I gave below for /not/ accepting certain types of donations somehow illogical? On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Sam wrote: > > Didn't Bloomberg outlaw donations to soup kitchens for that asinine reason? > > . > > On Thu, No

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
Didn't Bloomberg outlaw donations to soup kitchens for that asinine reason? . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:43 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > Not to mention the logistics of getting that donated can of corn to a > distribution center, vetting whether or not it has been tampered > with/expired, etc. >

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread William Bowen
..@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:11 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as > storm relief > > > They do, they just prefer cash, who doesn't. > > . > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:13 PM

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
And get larger salaries. Wasn't Elizabeth Dole making a cool $million a year back in the day? . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > They can better manages the resources that way. They have vendors they buy > from that are equipped to package items in a more usable manner t

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services Not from what I just read . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:27 PM, J.J. Merrick wrote: > > Actually if you are in "bad" standing you are excommunicated from the > LDS church. Needless to say they do help people but it is usually > people inside t

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Scott Stroz
If you are hungry enough, anyone can open a can of corn without a can opener. Can, meet rock. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > They can better manages the resources that way. They have vendors they buy > from that are equipped to packa

RE: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Eric Roberts
ammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 2:11 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief They do, they just prefer cash, who doesn't. . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > No...the red cross

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Scott Stroz
We had friends who lived down the street from us who were Mormon. They were required to meet with the bishop for a 'tithing settlement' (I think that is what it was called). Cannot say for certain, but I think I recall him telling me that they used to bring their tax documents with them as 'proof'

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Scott Stroz
Did he give all of that to the church? I thought the 30% was the total of all his donations. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:27 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > I'd like to point out he gave roughly 30%, 3 times the requirement. > On Nov 1, 2012 4:21 PM, "Scott Stroz" wrote: > > > > > I cannot speak to wher

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread LRS Scout
I'd like to point out he gave roughly 30%, 3 times the requirement. On Nov 1, 2012 4:21 PM, "Scott Stroz" wrote: > > I cannot speak to where the money goes, I only know that in order to be a > member in good standing of the Mormon Church, you are required to make a > tithe. Required. When you ar

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Scott Stroz
Most Churches do ask for a tithe, Mormon Church, as far as I know, requires it. No tithe, no soul saving. Yes, it is a choice, but, again, how is it a 'donation' when you are required to pay it? Doesn't that seem more like a 'membership fee'? On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Sam wrote: > > Yes

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread J.J. Merrick
Actually if you are in "bad" standing you are excommunicated from the LDS church. Needless to say they do help people but it is usually people inside the church walls first. Very little of their money goes to what we would say is honest helping the poor charitable work. -J.J. On Thu, Nov 1, 201

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread GMoney
Wellwait a second here10% is the recommended threshold for tithing in many churches...but if you don't give that much, you aren't booted out of the church. In fact, I don't think there is any retribution. So when you say "to be a member of the Mormon Church in good standing"what happe

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
Yes but I thought all Churches asked for a tithe and not everybody pays up. Don't forget it's choice to be a part of that group that requires a charitable donation. . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I cannot speak to where the money goes, I only know that in order to be

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Scott Stroz
I cannot speak to where the money goes, I only know that in order to be a member in good standing of the Mormon Church, you are required to make a tithe. Required. When you are required to do give something, regardless of what it is used for, its no longer a 'donation'. BTW - I feel the same way

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
It goes to helping people, that's what churches do. He also gives a lot more than 10% and spreads it out over many worthy causes. . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I think its great he has donated as much as he has to charity. One thing I > think that gets overlooked, tho

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Scott Stroz
I think its great he has donated as much as he has to charity. One thing I think that gets overlooked, though, is that to be a member of the Mormon church you are required to give the church 10% (at least) of your earnings every year. To me, that is not 'charity', its more like 'membership dues'

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
Wasn't there a huge scandal with donations to the Clinton Library before he left office? Romney donated millions to charity, only a true hater can pick that a part to a few donations and find a way to make in dishonorable. Big picture please. Are you saying he didn't donate to charities that help

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
Because they need to drive nice cars? http://politicker.com/2012/11/staten-island-borough-president-dont-give-money-to-the-red-cross/ . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > No...the red cross does not ask for non-perishables. They specifically have > stated that they want m

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Maureen
Charitable giving is fine from either side. Donating to political causes and claiming it is charity is not. If Obama donated 100K to the Bill Clinton library and called it a charitable donation, you'd be wailing like a banshee. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Sam wrote: > > Ha > Obviously cha

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
Ha Obviously charitable giving from an R is never good enough for you lot. . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Maureen wrote: > > Yeah, and a couple of other really needy organizations. Becket Fund for > Religious Liberty which touts the "pray away the gay" therapy, and the The > George W. Bush

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
He probably did. They're not saying how much of a personal donation her made . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > He could have donated that 5,000 he spent at Walmart to the Red Cross and > made a photo op of it that would have at least seemed less contrived and > fake. >

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
They do, they just prefer cash, who doesn't. . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > No...the red cross does not ask for non-perishables. They specifically have > stated that they want money or blood donations. > ~~

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2012-11-01 Thread Maureen
Yeah, and a couple of other really needy organizations. Becket Fund for Religious Liberty which touts the "pray away the gay" therapy, and the The George W. Bush Library. He gave a lot of money to non-profits, but very little to organizations that could legitimately be referred to as charities.

RE: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Eric Roberts
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2012-11-01 Thread Eric Roberts
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RE: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Eric Roberts
://www.threeravensconsulting.com -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 8:45 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief That's just

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
This went by on a Cleveland genealogy list http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/opinion/grover-clevelands-hurricane.html There is nothing new under the sun. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > In both the Ryan case and the more recent Romney case, they were > politicizing s

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > In both the Ryan case and the more recent Romney case, they were > politicizing something that should not have been politicized in the > first place. Actually, you're the one guilty of that. > BTW about the food donations, the Red Cross

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
If you ever volunteered you wouldn't think it's a facade. Especially knowing Romney has always donated way more to charity than Obama and Biden combined. It's sad to think you can't even offer to help without it becoming a character attack. . On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:57 AM, GMoney wrote: > > i

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
In both the Ryan case and the more recent Romney case, they were politicizing something that should not have been politicized in the first place. BTW about the food donations, the Red Cross had already asked that no food be donated, only cash. But speaking of ironies, Michael Brown (of Katrina f

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread GMoney
im with sam on this one. Yeah, it's a facade and done for public sentiment as much as public service, but so the F what? I can guarantee that your favorite politician has done the same thing at one time or another. Romney knew this storm put him at a disadvantage politically, since Obama was the

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-11-01 Thread Sam
That's just f'n stupid. You've never seen food drives? The Red Cross does need non-perishable food donations. They ask for it. Also, Romney also asked people to text money to the Red Cross. The left's politics of hate is getting exhausting. How on earth can you justify attacking a man for helping

RE: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread Eric Roberts
] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:01 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief Seems to me that would be a good thing. How can you interpret that as a bad thing? . On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Larry C. Lyons

RE: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread Eric Roberts
-Original Message- From: GMoney [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:18 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief Nothing too surprising in there. Politics is about perception. To that end, f

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread Sam
Ooops. He might have overplayed it: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/u-president-obama-receives-ongoing-response-hurricane-sandy-photo-191257871.html . On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:17 AM, GMoney wrote: > > Nothing too surprising in there. Politics is about perception. > > To that end, from a purely

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread Sam
Seems to me that would be a good thing. How can you interpret that as a bad thing? . On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/the-making-of-romneys-storm-relief-event > > ~~~

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:29 AM, GMoney wrote: > All candidates do this kind of thing. Do you really think Candidate Obama > didn't do this same stuff in 2008?? I'm sure if we combed the 2008 > campaign, we'd find all sort of similar superficiality from both McCain and > Obama. > > Totally...

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread GMoney
All candidates do this kind of thing. Do you really think Candidate Obama didn't do this same stuff in 2008?? I'm sure if we combed the 2008 campaign, we'd find all sort of similar superficiality from both McCain and Obama. On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > I guess its

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > Its makes me wonder if this is how they act during the campaign, can > we in any way trust these people in office? > When have we ever been able to truly trust our elected officials? Hatton ~

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I guess its the superficiality that gets me, the going through the motions for appearances sake. Same with the Ryan photo-op that purportedly showed him and his wife washing dishes in a homeless shelter: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/13/reporters-barred-from-coverin

Re: Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread GMoney
Nothing too surprising in there. Politics is about perception. To that end, from a purely political standpoint, I think this storm is a big boost to President Obama. It's a great chance for him to show leadership, and remind everyone that he already IS the President. Plus, the country rallies aro

Interesting piece on Romney's Campaign event masquerading as storm relief

2012-10-31 Thread Larry C. Lyons
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