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Clooney Gives Oscar Swag Bag to United Way
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| Mar. 15, 2006
Posted on 03/16/2006 5:50:51 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: RonF
But what are the rest of them doing with their bags? Who cares!
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:17:41 AM PST
by
Oratam
To: Oratam
Justthink... if you get get that Blackberry, you could drive around in Jon Voight's car while using Clooney's Blackberry!
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:20:44 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
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To: COUNTrecount
I DO think clooneeee has become looneeee. Not because he gave his bag to United Way...good for him. However, I really do think he is rebelious to the point now that he has gone over the top and lost it. Seriously. He's got something going on inside.
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:31:28 AM PST
by
cubreporter
(I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than we will ever know. Thanks, Rush!)
To: COUNTrecount
I can't believe he didn't keep the pearl necklace. That would look lovely on him.
To: Savage Beast
Since old time oscars now show up at auction houses the Academy some years ago instituted a policy of having winners sign declaration forms indicating they will not resell or I think even give away the statues to anyone.
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:39:02 AM PST
by
xp38
To: RonF
O.K., so this looks like a self-serving public gesture. But what are the rest of them doing with their bags? The bottom line is that he's getting money to hurricane relief. He deserves some credit.He'll also get a nice little tax deduction :)
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:40:05 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: McGavin999
He still received the gift, valued at $100,000. He should still owe the taxes. The auction should establish the value of his "gift" to the charity which will determine the basis of his deduciton.
But wouldn't you think (c)looney would be subjected to AMT and not be able to avail himself of such a generous deduction?
To: COUNTrecount
To: Sgt_Schultze
You would think so, but I know that Hollywood gets all kinds of tax dodges. That's one of the things the republican congress needs to address. It's become obvious that Hollywood is no longer an asset to this country. Most of those "incentives" were given when Hollywood was exporting a great view of America. Now the situation has changed and I see no reason to continue to give the tax breaks.
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:08:08 AM PST
by
McGavin999
(I suggest the UAE form a Joint Venture Partnership with Halliburton & Wal-Mart)
To: COUNTrecount
The way I hear it, he gives away his bag on a regular basis
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:09:29 AM PST
by
guitar4jesus
(Black Conservative . . . I think, I vote!)
To: COUNTrecount
F.A.G.
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:12:40 AM PST
by
isthisnickcool
(Jack Bauer: "By the time I'm finished with you you're going to wish you felt this good again".)
To: Rummyfan
"Not that there's anything wrong with that."
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:30:14 AM PST
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Oratam
To: Old Grumpy
I can't believe he didn't keep the pearl necklace. That would look lovely on him. I'm sure he gets pearl necklaces all the time.
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:37:34 AM PST
by
BlueMondaySkipper
(The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. - George Orwell)
To: COUNTrecount
I'm sorry but WTF is a swag bag?
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posted on
03/16/2006 8:02:40 AM PST
by
Xenophobic Alien
(At a higher altitude with flag unfurled We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world)
To: COUNTrecount
BTW we always paid less for swag bags because they were full of seeds and stems.
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posted on
03/16/2006 8:03:30 AM PST
by
Xenophobic Alien
(At a higher altitude with flag unfurled We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world)
To: Paloma_55
He is SOOOOOOOO generous and compassionate. Think of that... he gave away his swag bag! Man, what a generous and compassionate person. And he did it publically too. So that nobody might doubt just how generous and compassionate he is. He should run for governor of California. Wow. What a generous and compassionate guy. Did I mention how generous and compassionate he is?
He traded a bag full of shit that he already has for, maybe, $200,000 worth of non-taxable publicity.
These assholes make me sick.
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posted on
03/16/2006 8:09:58 AM PST
by
HIDEK6
To: COUNTrecount
Where is the RAT/lib/socialist outcry about the mega-rich "movie stars" receiving goodie bags worth $100,000???? Aren't they always crying about the "Rich Republicans" getting favors for this or tax breaks for that, whatever rant they are on.
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posted on
03/16/2006 8:12:32 AM PST
by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
To: Rummyfan
---- Justthink... if you get get that Blackberry, you could drive around in Jon Voight's car while using Clooney's Blackberry! ----
Is that John Voight's car??
How can you tell?? The B is gone but the O is there?
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posted on
03/16/2006 2:29:10 PM PST
by
Paloma_55
(Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
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