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About that charity you run, Professor Gates
American Thinker ^ | July 25, 2009 | Clarice Feldman

Posted on 07/25/2009 2:11:23 PM PDT by jazusamo

Dan Riehl explores  a charity headed by Professor "Skip" Gates which takes in a lot of money, pays out very little, mostly to his colleagues and assistants at Harvard, was late filing the necessary papers and lists as its office the house Gates rents from Harvard.

Perhaps as Ann Althouse suggested yesterday on her blog there was something in his home that Gates did not want the police to see.

Crowley says that Gates's "tone" was "peculiar." And I'm wondering why the question "Is there anybody in the home with you?" would have upset him so much. It could have been just that it was an invasion of his privacy, but think about this along with the fact that Gates didn't seem to want to report the damage to his door that made him need to force it open when he got home. Did Gates already somehow know who had broken the door while he was away, so that he wanted to protect that person? Was that person in the house, such that the question "Is there anybody in the home with you?" felt threatening to Gates?


Inkwell, the Gates charity is designed to help blacks trace their genealogy through their DNA. The stated purpose for Gates' trip to China which preceded this incident was to study Yoyo Ma's genealogy. Is Inkwell Gates' honeypot to pay for whatever trips he wants to make? 


Does the president have yet another close associate with tax problems?


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: gates; henrygates; massachusetts; mrskippy; niallofthe9hostages; obama; taxes; yoyoma
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To: jazusamo
A Gatesgate At Henry Gates' "Bogus" Charity?

Henry Louis Gates, Jr controls a tax-exempt, non-profit charity, Inkwell Foundation, Inc, that managed to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct support in one year, yet only gave out $27,500 in grants, the bulk of which went to Gates' employees and Harvard colleagues.

Also, as recently as September 2008, the Boston Globe reported that Gates' charity was not in compliance with the law for failing to register the proper paperwork, despite the charity existing since 2005. The charge at the time was that it was "bogus," as you'll see below. In fact, the state Attorney General's office told the Globe the charity was likely either inactive, or dissolved. Yet, documents below show the charity is healthy, wealthy and active.

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41 posted on 07/25/2009 3:03:50 PM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: LucyJo

Thanks, I should have put that in the #1 comment.


42 posted on 07/25/2009 3:04:10 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Thank you jazusamo, this is brilliant. This is precisely what conservatives are great at doing; exposing fraud. I’ve always thought that reality-based TV/movies should have been a slam-dunk for conservatives. Documentaries, serious and lighthearted, are a natural for conservatives. This kind of “expose” will make a great short. Thanks again for posting it.


43 posted on 07/25/2009 3:07:58 PM PDT by Leonard210 (Tagline? We don't need no stinkin' tagline.)
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To: hoosiermama

Why am I not surprised? This is going to be too funny when it blows up in his face. He better think about MA Highway Patrol launching an investigation which I am sure is already underway if they have seen this one.

Don’t Mess with COPS!


44 posted on 07/25/2009 3:08:22 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn/Rubio - Senate 2010 !)
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To: cbkaty

Thanks, that’s better yet.


45 posted on 07/25/2009 3:08:46 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Calm_Cool_and_Elected

FOXNews just did an interview w/ a Gates colleague, Orlando Patterson, who says it might not only have been race, but class issues that caused this...the “town vs gown tension” that exists in Cambridge. He admitted that, if what officers say is true, Gates could be guilty of elitist behavior, but ended by saying the officers should apologize to Skip because they obviously lied on their report. These telling interviews are doing wonders for Harvard’s rep. Hope they continue until football season starts.


46 posted on 07/25/2009 3:09:27 PM PDT by WestTexasWend
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To: jazusamo
Gates says it's time to 'move on' from his arrest

GATES WANTS YOU GUYS TO JUST MOVE ALONG!!! NOTHING TO SEE HERE!

47 posted on 07/25/2009 3:09:42 PM PDT by MrDem (From Morning in America to Mourning in America...)
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To: Daniel II

He owns a house in Vineyard Haven, too.


48 posted on 07/25/2009 3:10:36 PM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: jazusamo
Found this story last night about Gates' lawyer, Charles Ogletree, Jr., who also happens to be a professor at Harvard. He's a radical, believes in reparations, represented Anita Hill at Thomas' confirmation hearings, is associated with the Black Panthers, and claims he was Obama's mentor at Harvard:

Gates lawyer was young Obama's mentor

49 posted on 07/25/2009 3:11:00 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: cbkaty

How come is says “non-profit” and “For profit YES”?
____________________________________________________________

Business Information
Filing Number: 000908494
Name: INKWELL FOUNDATION, INC.
Name Type: LEGAL
principal corporate address: 17 WARE ST
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138-4004
Business Type: NONPROFIT CORPORATION
Reference Number: 000908494
Status: ACTIVE
Place Incorporated: MASSACHUSETTS
Date Incorporated: 10/27/2005
For Profit: YES
Additional Information: Annual Report Required: YES

Officers - As Of - 07/14/2009
Name Standardized Address Original Address
GATES JR, HENRY LOUIS
Title: PRESIDENT
12 QUINCY ST
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138-3804 12 QUINCY ST.
CAMBRIDGE MA


50 posted on 07/25/2009 3:11:39 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Andy'smom

$4,000 may seem like a lot of rent for that house but by Cambridge standards it is not. There are a lot of apartments that rent for more than 4k. We’re assuming Gates pays the rent. Maybe his foundation pays most of it.

There’s probably not a house in Cambridge to be bought for less than 1million. The assessed value of Gates’ house is $1,283,100. On the open market it probably would sell for more but it is owned by Harvard. Gates has a deal.


51 posted on 07/25/2009 3:12:22 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: mass55th

After their annual fishing trip with charter captain Buddy Vanderhoop, Skip Gates and his friends John Payton, Harry Edwards, and Charles Ogletree pose with their striped bass

52 posted on 07/25/2009 3:19:57 PM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: jazusamo

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and James Crowley

Harvard prof Gates is half-Irish, related to cop who arrested him
Two men at center of controversy linked by Irish heritage
By NIALL O'DOWD
IrishCentral.com Publisher, July 24, 2009

Professor Henry Louis Gates learns of his Irish ancestry and that he is indeed a descendant of warlord king Niall of the Nine Hostages.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., the black professor at the center of the racial story involving his arrest outside his Harvard house, has spoken proudly of his Irish roots.... [snip]

He went to Trinity College in Dublin to have his DNA analyzed. There he found that he shared 10 of the 11 DNA matches with offspring of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the 4th century warlord who created one of the dominant strains  of Irish genealogy because he had so many offspring.

Ironically, James Crowley, whose name in Gaelic means "hardy warrior," is also descended from the same line as Gates, having very close links to Niall of the Nine Hostages.

So the two men who took part in what is now an infamous confrontation outside the Gates home near Harvard this month are actually related through common Irish lineage.... 


For the full, fascinating story and more links, click the title above.

53 posted on 07/25/2009 3:20:11 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ( Jim Thompson for President.)
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To: mass55th
Excellent article. It's almost unbelievable the way radical people keep surfacing that are friends and associates of Obama. He managed to keep the bulk of them under the radar, I'm sure because of the enemedia being in the tank for him but they're popping up now.
54 posted on 07/25/2009 3:20:36 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
Well, actually it was linked under Dan Riehl explores in the excellent Feldman piece you've posted, but I wanted to save it so I would have it on my ping list.

This is excellent information. I wasn't aware of it. Thanks for posting the thread.

55 posted on 07/25/2009 3:21:03 PM PDT by LucyJo ("...guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism...". George Washington)
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To: ladyjane

With your explanation it’s easy to see why it rents for that and like you say, this foundation probably pays for much of it.


57 posted on 07/25/2009 3:23:32 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Albion Wilde
If at first you ...


58 posted on 07/25/2009 3:24:10 PM PDT by WVKayaker (God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.-D.Webster)
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To: WVKayaker

Your post isn’t working ... try reposting the image on tinypic.com


59 posted on 07/25/2009 3:25:34 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ( Jim Thompson for President.)
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To: WVKayaker

Oh, thanks, your post beat mine to it.


60 posted on 07/25/2009 3:26:15 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ( Jim Thompson for President.)
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