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| Merry Christmas: ACLU Gets Bern-ed in Ponzi Scam |
| 2008-12-25 |
| And they keep trying to tell me there is no Gawd. From TFA: The American Civil Liberties Union sent out an emergency appeal to card-carrying members and donors this week after realizing it is a victim of Bernard Madoff's self-confessed Ponzi scheme. "We've been hit hard in a way that no one could forecast," Alma Montcla, director of administration and finance for the left-leaning advocacy group, wrote this week. "Two foundations that have been incredibly generous and longstanding supporters of our national security and reproductive freedom work have been victimized by the Madoff scandal - forced to close their doors and terminate their grants," the plea said. "That means that $850,000 in support we were counting on from these foundations in 2009 simply won't exist." The ACLU reported $80 million in income in 2007. It sux to be liberal these days... |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #12 "I believe Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have been hit even worse." A three-fer! And they say that Santa Claus doesn't exist. Just as an aside - there once was a time, when I used to respect the ALCU, AI, and HRW, back when they used to be - or at least appear to be - fairly even-handed, and politically neutral. AI and HRW used to have some respect, some shreds of standing. But all that seems to have been pissed away. Now I hold them in indifferent contempt. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2008-12-25 22:34 |
| #11 "I believe Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have been hit even worse." Don't tease us, CP. Hope it's true. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-25 22:30 |
| #10 I believe Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have been hit even worse. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-12-25 22:24 |
| #9 Oh the universe has a profound sense of irony. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-12-25 20:11 |
| #8 Besides, this one isn't my post. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-12-25 19:44 |
| #7 Sorry JM (#4) I haven't figured out how to insert the pics. Someday perhaps.... |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-12-25 19:42 |
| #6 What Jolutch and P2k said. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-25 19:23 |
| #5 Such a nice present on Christmas and here I thought they didn't believe in the spirit of the holiday :) |
| Posted by: P2k on holiday 2008-12-25 18:27 |
| #4 Of ALL the possible places in Rantburg where the Sympathy Meter icon should have been displayed, this is arguably number one. ACLU got scammed by crooks? I thought that was barred by professional courtesy, but since it's not, BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And on top of that, the lefty scumball Harold Pinter just died. Christmas is arriving later than expected! |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-25 18:04 |
| #3 "That means that $850,000 in support we were counting on from these foundations in 2009 simply won't exist." The ACLU reported $80 million in income in 2007. Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet set the standard for disappointed investors. Just sayin. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-12-25 17:28 |
| #2 Any excuse for a fund-raiser ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-12-25 17:06 |
| #1 Since this is only about 1% of the income for 2007 I don't feel for them. A half notch on the fiscal belt should take care of it. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-12-25 16:45 |