This is just more evidence that Fox News preys upon patriots and conservatives.

They play up the, "we are conservative!" and in reality they are not. Fox news doesn't give a crap about real conservatives or patriots.

All they care about is profit margins and advertising revenue.

Good story - but no info from you and no S&F from me.

Here's a bit of what SHOULD be repeated:

"According to its 2006 tax returns, Freedom Alliance reported revenue of $10,822,785 - but only $397,900 of that was given to the children of fallen troops as scholarships or as aid to severely injured soldiers."

Out of almost $11 million revenue, only $397,900 went to the intended beneficiaries !!!

Now that's a story.

According to its 2006 tax returns, Freedom Alliance reported revenue of $10, 822, 785, but only $397,900–or a beyond-measly 3.68%–of that was given to the children of fallen troops as scholarships or as aid to severely injured soldiers.

On the other hand, 62% of the money went to “expenses,” including $979,485 for “consultants” and an “advisor.” Yes, consultant/advisors got more than double what injured troops and the kids of fallen troops got. The tax forms show that “New World Aviation” got paid $60,601 for “air travel.” Was that for Hannity’s G5? Like I said, neither the charity nor Hannity is talking. And finally, that year, Freedom Alliance spent $1,730,816 on postage and shipping and $1,414,215 on printing, for a total of $3,145,031, nearly half the revenue the charity spent that year and about eight times what the injured troops and the children of fallen ones received.

...That year, while fat-cat consultants and expenses took millions of Freedom Alliance’s money, seriously wounded troops to whom Freedom Alliance donated received a pathetic average of $785 each and the college student kids of the fallen got a paltry average of $2,943 toward tuition. Yes, out of millions raised that year by Sean Hannity at his Freedom Concerts, only $309,000 was given out in scholarships to 105 students, and only $110,703.82 was given to the wounded soldiers.

Anyone who goes to a Sean Hannity "Freedom Concert" deserves to have their money stolen anyway, call it the tard-tax.

Some Americans actually believe the corporate shills at Fox have their best interests in mind? Yes, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly don't do it for the tens of millions of dollars /year, they do it for you and for America.

This is why you should always be careful with celebrity charities. It doesn't matter how fast they wave their American flags or how many times they say patriot, more often than not they are doing it to enrich themselves or their buddies.

Frankly, I don't care what their political leanings are, whoever does this is the worst type of criminal. Ripping off people who are trying to help others in need is simply horrible.

I never realized the concerts were billed as charity events. I thought they were just concerts. The fact that any money from it went to charity is good, in my opinion.

Would it be better if they'd given nothing?

Originally posted by EsSeeEye
I never realized the concerts were billed as charity events. I thought they were just concerts. The fact that any money from it went to charity is good, in my opinion.

Would it be better if they'd given nothing?

Sure if they didn't claim to be a charity. If you claim your a charity that will give aid to people in need and then it's not ok. If the Redcross did this, Hannity would be screaming his head off. We are talking about a around a 96% overhead for a charity. No legitimate charity has an overhead that high.

Originally posted by soficrow
Here's a bit of what SHOULD be repeated:

"According to its 2006 tax returns, Freedom Alliance reported revenue of $10,822,785 - but only $397,900 of that was given to the children of fallen troops as scholarships or as aid to severely injured soldiers."

Out of almost $11 million revenue, only $397,900 went to the intended beneficiaries !!!

Good point, but if the OP hadn't posted this story, you wouldn't have dug up the good info.

S&F all around from me.

How despicable.

And this is legal? I mean, if Amazon.com sends me a paperclip when I ordered a cd player, do I just shrug and let it be?

I'm no lawyer, but isn't this just a class action lawsuit waiting to happen?
I sure hope so, and I hope him and his entourage will suffer greatly as a result of their greed and lies. What a bunch of serious lowlifes, to use not just children, BUT CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR MOMMY/DADDY in privatized corporate wars...

Sadly, I suspect what they did is all fine and legal, since their 'consultants' probably include lawyers and accountants...

Scum of the earth... sigh. When will we wipe the streets clean of these people?

Edit to add: Major S+F from me... if there's anything We The People can still do effectively, it is spreading info like wildfire. I sure hope this goes viral, I'm posting it to other networks now.

[edit on 19-3-2010 by Conspiracy Pianist]

Originally posted by Kaploink
This is why you should always be careful with celebrity charities.

Not just celebrity charities, but ANY charity. A lot of them collect a metric ton of phat cash, and 99% of it goes to their CEO or whoever their talking head is.

Originally posted by David9176
Although I am anti-war, I support our troops 100000 percent and I want them home with their families.

You do? Gimme twenty bucks.

There are some good charities out there that help out the troops (I posted links to two of them). You just have to be careful.

It's ironic that I was just listening to Hannity on the radio promoting some big
thing he's involved with on the weekend of March 27th and 28th. I've always
been suspicious of Sean Hannity because he reminds me of a certain Evangelical
Pastor who uses his "sheep" to finance his luxury cars, home, etc..

Everyone, do the world a favor by posting a link to this ATS thread in forums
where other caring human beings hang out. That's what I'll be doing for the
next couple of hours.

-cwm

All I can really say is...

Duh.


What do you expect from an entertainer who cares only about profit and ratings?