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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Do not be astonished; further investigation will doubtless lead to more of the same. The organization is, after all, based in AZ.
Report: Arizona-based website took nearly $500,000 in donations but didn't turn out support for tea party or candidates
A website run out of Arizona, ostensibly to support the so-called tea party movement, is under scrutiny after a local news organization dug into their finances and ownership, only to find what some may characterize as a remarkable scam.
According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) disclosure forms, JoinTheTeaParty.us took in approximately $469,000 in donations this year and spent roughly half its budget on marketing, with the rest going to distinctly non-political avenues.
In fact, according to CBS 5 in Phoenix, there's no evidence the group spent so much as a dime to promote tea party candidates or related events.
FEC forms pulled by CBS affiliate show the group spent nearly $200,000 on search engine optimization and Google sponsorship, along with Facebook ads promoting their website. Submitting a Google search for "tea party" returned with the site atop the list of results
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A scam is it? who'da thunk? Oh, wait a minute; these scoundrels, who are preying on their own party, are connected with Free Republic, so all is now made clear.
Confronted by a reporter with the Phoenix CBS affiliate, Cefaratti refused to answer questions, driving away in a black SUV with a custom license plate that read, "TPARTY1".
The CBS investigation, which credited an unnamed east coast activist who hit the telephones with concerns about the group, appears to owe its origins to the conservative political forum Free Republic
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The Freepers, who, about 10 years or so ago, banned me from their forum after a couple of posts,  , are a noisy, rather vicious gaggle of conservative knuckle-draggers fit only to serve as butts for liberal jokes -- thus my banning . Here's the Wiki link to these idiots.
Freeper, n.:
One who glories in bone-ignorance; is chronically in violation of good taste and decency rules; who's integerty went over the cliff with the lemmings; does not know what Godwin's Law means, and is overly sensitive to being called on any of it. It is said that if a Freeper were to be given a soup sandwich, he'd eat it off the floor and then complain about the seasoning.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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The Rat
SFN Regular
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Posted - 10/30/2010 : 05:56:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
The Freepers, who, about 10 years or so ago, banned me from their forum after a couple of posts, , are a noisy, rather vicious gaggle of conservative knuckle-draggers fit only to serve as butts for liberal jokes -- thus my banning . Here's the Wiki link to these idiots.
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Fixed your link. |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/30/2010 : 06:52:13 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
Originally posted by filthy
The Freepers, who, about 10 years or so ago, banned me from their forum after a couple of posts, , are a noisy, rather vicious gaggle of conservative knuckle-draggers fit only to serve as butts for liberal jokes -- thus my banning . Here's the Wiki link to these idiots.
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Fixed your link.
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Hmm. Didn't know it was broke.... Thanks!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Dave W.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 10/30/2010 : 08:07:08 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
filthy, the link in your OP goes to an SFN new-topic page. Rat's correction goes to the Freeper's site itself. This is the link to the Wikipedia article on the Free Republic.
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Dunno what the hell happened. I must remember to check the links before I post, rather than suffer all that embarrassment afterward. 
Everybody, use Dave's link rather than mine. That way, you might actually get somewhere....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 10/30/2010 : 12:48:45 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
filthy, the link in your OP goes to an SFN new-topic page. Rat's correction goes to the Freeper's site itself. This is the link to the Wikipedia article on the Free Republic.
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Wouldn't be the first time a fix of mine has gone wrong. That's why I'm not an airplane mechanic.  |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 10/30/2010 : 15:38:51 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
Originally posted by Dave W.
Rat's correction goes to the Freeper's site itself. This is the link to the Wikipedia article on the Free Republic.
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Wouldn't be the first time a fix of mine has gone wrong. That's why I'm not an airplane mechanic.
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Well, we wouldn't want too many links to the Freeper's own website. It would bump them in Google searches. Better to link to Wikipedia directly. 
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 10/30/2010 : 19:25:02 [Permalink]
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Wouldn't be the first time tea party politics was used for profit:
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Teabagging for fun & profit
