Air America -- Did I hear pigboy correctly?

[AngryAmish]

I was in a clients car a few hours ago and she listens to assbough. He said Air America has stolen a bunch of money from a charity in New York or something like that. What is the real story?

[noonwitch]

1. I don't know, but the freepers have been all over it

They seem to think Al Franken was personally involved.
What appears to have happened is that someone involved in Air America took money in donations from someone who had pilfered the money from the Boys and Girls Club. I'm not clear as to whether the Air America guy knew it was pilfered money.

[mrdmk]

2. There was a hit piece in the Washington Times

take it for what it is worth.

link
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050728-081354-1414r.htm

[Ian David]

15. FYI: Washington (Moonie) Times is a right-wing fundamentalist rag.

I'm assuming you know that and it's why you said, "for what it's worth."

I just want to make sure others reading this realize what it's worth.


Moonies

[mrdmk]

16. Yes, Thank You n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. There was a thread here about that

I will see if I can find it.

The story was in some NY gossip rag. From what I could tell, one of the executives at AAR was loosely connected to a charity caught up in a scandal.

[flamin lib]

4. scroll down to 4th article

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/News2005/aug05/aug1/2_tues/news7tuesday.html

[mrdmk]

6. That is better than the hit piece that I have posted

Of course the Washington "Bull Biscuits" Times does not mention that the money is being payed back.:wtf:

[Ian David]

5. Self-delete

[Cassandra]

9. No

One of the founders of Air America, the one who has left the company because he is scum, is involved with funds from the boy's and girl's club. Air America is not directly involved and I don't know if they are tangentially involved.

[Ian David]

12. Thanks. I self-deleted and posted the correct info. n/t

[Doctor_J]

7. Limpballs is a pathological liar

I hope the AAR brass sue him into a homeless shelter.

[AngryAmish]

8. Air America took a loan from a charity?

Why would any corporation do that? Anyway, they are paying the money back so it will all be cool.

[NYCGirl]

18. Delete dupe.

[NYCGirl]

19. No, Air America DIDN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/30/124315/828

[Ian David]

10. OK, here's what Air America says (by way of Daily Kos)

Air America Radio Statement RE: Boys & Girls Club
by Mordecai
Thu Jul 28th, 2005 at 17:02:07 PDT

Hey folks, I'm the webmaster over at Air America and there has been some discussion in the right wing blogosphere, basically accusing AAR of stealing from poor kids. BlatherWatch has the rundown.
http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2005/07/public_airwaves.html


* Mordecai's diary :: ::
http://mordecai.dailykos.com/

*

For a full explanation of what REALLY happened, here is Air America Radio's official statement.
http://www.airamericaradio.com/press/gloriawise

If the allegations of mismanagement and corruption at Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club are true, it is absolutely disgraceful.

As reported in the Wall Street Journal and the HBO Documentary, Left of the Dial‚ the company that the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club officials gave money to, Progress Media, has been defunct since May 2004. That company was run at the time by Evan Cohen who has not had any involvement in Air America Radio since May 2004.

The current owners of Air America Radio have no obligation to Progress Media's business activities. We are very disturbed that Air America Radio's good name could be associated with a reduction in services for young people, which is why we agreed months ago to fully compensate the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club as a result of this transaction.

We at Air America Radio strongly believe in the mission of Boys and Girls Clubs to provide a safe and nurturing place for young people to learn and grow. As a result, we recently allowed the same club, Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club, to use our name in a fundraising effort for a summer camp for children in their community.

The funding for Camp Air America was raised and collected entirely by the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club, and Air America promoted the camp on air and urged support for it. A link on our web site sent those interested in contributing to the camp to the Gloria Wise web site. Regrettably, the camp did not survive the closure of the Gloria Wise organization. We have offered any individuals who contributed to the camp as a result of Air America's promotion the option of a refund paid for by Air America Radio and the Club offered the alternative option of having their donation redirected to Kip's Bay Boys and Girls Club.

So there it is. Spread the word, far and wide. Also, please stop by the Boys and Girls club and show them a little love. They are a important organization, truly deserving our attention.

More:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/28/2028/90537

[AngryAmish]

11. AA is paying the money back, right?

[NYCGirl]

20. Yes, even though they were NOT implicated in any wrongdoing. NT

[tishaLA]

21. Progress Media, not AAR, owes the money

Progress Media, if you saw Left of the Dial, was full of shit from the inception of its involvement with AAR and AAR has had nothing to do with Progress Media for almost a year and a half.

[Catherine Vincent]

13. Even Jeff Gannon mentions it in his blog.

Anytime there's some talk from conservative right wing rags about liberal organizations, I take it with a grain of salt. They want so much for AA to go away. If you open up FR and you notice their top topics for links, they have one for "oil for food". I was like wtf?

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Oh brother

Why do you trust them? Why don't you go to the people of AAR and call Rhandi or Malloy or something and ask? Or someone who can call in.

[NYCGirl]

17. MUCH MORE INFORMATION HERE:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/30/124315/828

[DaveJ]

22. Camp Air America

Camp Air America is a summer camp for impoverished rural teens run by Gloria Wise Center. (Sorry but I don't know of any "Camp Rush Limbaugh.") If Air America was ripping off the Gloria Wise Center, I doubt they would name their sumer camp after them. This is just the lastest round of decpetion for the immoral repugs.

They keep the lie machine going even in the off election year cycle, to keep the lie machine in tune.

[Syncronaut Seven]

23. Oh Well... This clearly trumps "COINGATE"

Call Ken Star, I bet he can ferret out the truth.