About
(Long overdue update on 11/9/09) Well, this blog was originally titled “The Crooked Dope” – a play on “The Straight Dope”. Originally, I thought I’d be covering the talk radio beat and creating a record of the misinformation and outright lies that are standard fare constituent to the medium. Well… It didn’t work out that way.
Since I live in the suburbs of Washington DC, I decided it would be more productive for me to cover the Hill. So, as you’ve noticed by now, I talk to the folks that matter – the people that make the laws. Hopefully every now and then you’ll find my work informative, entertaining or otherwise useful.
I hope I can keep your attention.
PS. Interested in my previous work? Here’s a time capsule.
Would you be interested in looking at all the info I have dug up since Aug of ‘07 on Sean Hannity’s so-called Freedom Concerts and his alignment with Ollie North’s Freedom Alliance?
Since he held his first concert in ‘03 there has never been a public accounting of how much money he’s raised, how much he’s donated to Freedom Alliance,in otherwords no one knows how much he’s brought in, how much he’s donated, or how much is sitting where ever the rest of the money is!
I haven’t been able to find a 501c3 charity linked to his Freedom Concerts, however his Freedom Concerts is listed in the menu at the Freedom Alliance site.
I have Freedom Alliance’s IRS Tax Form 990’s for 2003-2007.
Hannity boasted at:
premierespeakers.com/sean-hannity/ that he had donated $10 million to Freedom Alliance from his 5 concerts held that year.However in Freedom Alliance’s 990 for 2007, there is no mention of any $10 million donation.The highest priced ticket for the concerts year was $125. The total attendance at the 5 concerts was 60,000, meaning everyone had to donate at least $166.66…!
The only questions that need to be asked of Hannity, in public venue is:
How much have you’ve raised, how much have you donated in otherwords, an public accounting of all monies raised and donated,a balance sheet for Freedom Concerts? Finally, where is the picture of you holding a life sized check for Freedom Concerts donation of $10 million presenting it to Ollie North of Freedom Alliance?
For the record, I am a 100% disabled Marine Corps Corporal, Medically Retired (Vietnam ‘67-’68) that has no use for Hannity or North!
Thanks,
Cpl. Frank J. Kaner USMC-Retired
chickenbonewill@gmail.com
Frank
15 Oct 09 at 8:29 am
Mike, please confirm that my Paypal contribution got through to you. I made it two days ago ($1000) and I want to make sure it didn’t get lost in the Tubes somewhere.
James Protzman
22 Oct 09 at 11:11 am
Although you do a really good job, the sound on your videos can be improved by using a faux fur microphone windscreen (or a better camera with a directional boom-mic). Also, I’ll suggest that you try to get a habit of always using a spell-checker, (to spell “teh” instead of “the”, etc., looks a bit amateurish).
Just some friendly suggestions ;^)
– peer
Peer
24 Oct 09 at 4:33 am
I did not see any contact information so I am putting in a comment hoping for a reply.
I met you in Chicago briefly at the last YearlyKos and I know you are fearless and now I know you have a family to take care of.
What if you could do something to make money that would not interfere with your interest in politics and blogging and be doing the world a green favor as well? This is not a scam or a trick.
Please contact me at my email address if you are interested in finding out more information.
JLMG
JLMG
24 Oct 09 at 9:39 am
actually, zoom has a new flip-cam out that is specifically designed for better sound. the video quality is not as good as a lot of the other flip-cams, but I agree with you – for my purposes, the sound is the important thing. After all, who wants to see these ugly dudes in hi-def?
and yeah, spell checking should be a habit. Just isn’t yet.
Mike Stark
24 Oct 09 at 12:45 pm
I appreciate your work and you help our collective good names. I’ve gotten pings on twitter/facebook and random gmails. You should put up a contact email or something.
Side note? It’s creepy to watch the rachel maddow show and hear ‘my’ name being referenced.
mike stark
7 Dec 09 at 8:01 pm
Did you take down the video “Republican faux outrage?” I left a comment on that post and published on my blog. Did I just see it on Youtube? I just wanted to see if my comments are getting posted. That’s all.
Russell Smtih
17 Dec 09 at 4:41 pm