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Heinz Foundation Bankrolled Group Protesting Bush 9/11 Ads [FR Mentioned]
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| 3/6/04
| Limbacher
Posted on 03/06/2004 9:20:03 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
The group Peaceful Tomorrows, which bills itself as an independent group of 9/11 victim families and whose members have led the charge to force the Bush reelection campaign to yank ads citing the Twin Tower attacks, has direct financial ties to the Heinz Foundation, the charitable trust administered by the wife of likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. On its Web site, Peaceful Tomorrows identifies itself as "a project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization."
A Dec. 2003 report in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review detailed the financial relationship between the Tides Center and the charitable foundation controlled by Mrs. Heinz Kerry:
"Known as the Tides Center for Pennsylvania, formerly the Tides Center for Western Pennsylvania, it is a creation of the Tides Foundation and Center, headquartered in San Francisco, and two Pennsylvania-based foundations -- the Vira Heinz Endowment and the Howard Heinz Endowment-- chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry."
According to the Tribune-Review, Mrs. Heinz Kerry funneled millions of dollars into the parent group of Peaceful Tomorrows:
"Between 1995 and 2001, $4.3 million of that money came from the Howard Heinz Endowment. In 2002, it and the Vira Heinz Endowment blessed The Tides Center, a San Francisco spin-off of the Tides Foundation, with another $190,000 while the two endowments gave $1.6 million to the new Tides Center for Western Pennsylvania," the paper revealed.
Though the Tribune-Review report was first unearthed by researchers on FreeRepublic.com within 36 hours of the inception of the Bush ad controversy, the mainstream press has been slow to pick up on Peaceful Tomorrows' anti-Bush pedigree. The group, for instance, has long been active in opposing U.S. involvement in Iraq.
Still, PT's political portfolio escaped the notice of the Washington Post, which described the group as "nonpartisan" on Thursday.
Other mainstream outlets repeatedly quoted PT members without revealing their anti-Bush agenda.
Comments by PT's leader, Colleen Kelly, have been prominently covered by the Associated Press, the Boston Globe and in dozens of other press reports complaining about the Bush ads. None of the reports mentioned PT's money ties to Heinz Kerry.
Andrew Rice, another prominent member of PT, has been quoted in the New York Times and has appeared on MSNBC, again without a single reference to his group's Heinz Foundation funding.
Besides Peaceful Tomorrows, other Tides grant recipients include the Iraq Peace Fund, which has helped bankroll anti-war marches, and MoveOn.org, which featured a campaign ad in November comparing President Bush to Hitler.
TOPICS: Free Republic; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; 911families; cfr; fundingtheleft; kerry; limbacher; moveon; peacefultomorrows; phonyoutrage; teresaheinz; tidesfoundation
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To: MurryMom
Your people can never do anything on the level, can they?
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posted on
03/06/2004 9:59:38 AM PST
by
jla
To: anniegetyourgun
You have it right.
22
posted on
03/06/2004 10:04:35 AM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: raptor29
Problem is, our side rarely does anything about this type of stuff.
I don't know about you...my email goes out as far as six iterations.
23
posted on
03/06/2004 10:05:35 AM PST
by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Paging the IRS....
24
posted on
03/06/2004 10:06:18 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Why don't we all send it to O'Reilly? He loves this kind of stuff and if he's bombarded with information about it in several e-mails, he may pay attention and actually cover it.
25
posted on
03/06/2004 10:08:21 AM PST
by
BonnieJ
To: Wolverine
"I don't know about you...my email goes out as far as six iterations."
Well, whew!, now I can rest easy that this issue will be properly covered and understood by the American people, and that the Kerry campaign and his candidacy will experience significant negative impact for this transgression. Thank goodness.
26
posted on
03/06/2004 10:09:00 AM PST
by
raptor29
To: raptor29
Exactly. Why does the GOP never state the obvious?
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Well, so much for Terri Kerry actually loving her first husband. All these years I thought she actually love the guy, but this proves she probably couldn't wait for the guy to kick off so she could get her hands on his money and use it against everything he ever stood for.
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posted on
03/06/2004 10:16:09 AM PST
by
McGavin999
(Evil thrives when good men do nothing!)
To: Rudder
Time or Newsweek or USNR might have a reporter want to look into it to make a reputaion. Something more obscure lowers the odds.
29
posted on
03/06/2004 10:21:26 AM PST
by
Owen
To: CasearianDaoist
"Exactly. Why does the GOP never state the obvious?"
Your guess is as good as mine. Whether discussing the war, the economy, social issues, immigration, the rule of law, religion, second amendment, you name it, the conservative position and argument has the logic and historical evidence on its side. And so rarely does anyone of our most visible 'representatives' clearly articulate the obvious.
30
posted on
03/06/2004 10:22:20 AM PST
by
raptor29
To: TomGuy
That dang Internet!!!! Al - "Crap! I never expected this to happen."
31
posted on
03/06/2004 10:26:57 AM PST
by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection; All
32
posted on
03/06/2004 10:28:32 AM PST
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the TrackBall into the Sunset...)
To: raptor29
I'm doing my part...What about you?
33
posted on
03/06/2004 10:29:56 AM PST
by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: mrtysmm
I did my part sent it to the two major TN talk radio host. And posted it on one blog...so far. Besides sending it out in emails.
I bet Prince al the bore is wishing he never invented the internet.
34
posted on
03/06/2004 10:57:40 AM PST
by
GailA
(Millington Rally for America after action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872519/posts)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection; Carl/NewsMax
Thanks Carl!
35
posted on
03/06/2004 11:00:42 AM PST
by
StriperSniper
(Manuel Miranda - Whistleblower)
To: international american
You forgot the best part = within the first 36 hours!
36
posted on
03/06/2004 11:11:39 AM PST
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
To: anniegetyourgun
But I can't help but wonder if those DEMOCRAT families who have sons and daughters, wives and husbands in the military are aware that the man they are about to vote for to be the Commander in Chief - has a WIFE WHO SUPPORTS ANTI-WAR MARCHES.
That surely would be great information to inform the military families about.
37
posted on
03/06/2004 11:13:50 AM PST
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
To: CyberAnt
God Bless!
To: All
BUMP!
39
posted on
03/06/2004 11:16:56 AM PST
by
jmstein7
(Real Men Don't Need Chunks of Government Metal on Their Chests to be Heroes)
To: memaw
Can somebody go to the Heinz website and find a listing of all their products - and post them here.
I would do that but I'm working on another issue right now.
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posted on
03/06/2004 11:17:20 AM PST
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
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