United Way attacked for donation [donors' $ pay for legal aid to terrorists!]

AP via Star-Ledger ^ | 11/8/01 | SHANNON McCAFFREY

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A conservative legal group said Thursday that the United Way should take back a $171,000 donation to an organization that is representing several detainees in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks.

Officials from the Legal Aid Society and the United Way's Sept. 11 Fund said none of the restricted grant is paying for work on the detainees cases, and is going entirely to help victims of the World Trade Center attacks.

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The URL listed for National Legal and Policy Center in article is incorrect. It should be http://www.nlpc.org

No, I have nothing to do with them. Was just checking out their website to see who they are.

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Heard on WABC radio that the "Legal Aid Society," which is funding representation of these eight terror suspects, REFUSES TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK.

Never donate to the United Way. Their forte is funding left-wing groups like the Legal Aid Society, and punishing worthy groups like the Boy Scouts.

[Cold Heat]

I stopped donating to the way in the mid 90s during the scandles involving the leadership. Now after the Boy Scout fiasco they should wither on the vine and blow away!

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I stopped donating to the way in the mid 90s during the scandles involving the leadership

Right, I remember the UW head honcho, William Aramony. Had to resign after it was discovered he was living REAL high on the hog, charging all kinds of expenses to the charity etc.

[Cicero]

Anyone who gives money to United Way needs to have his head examined. There's only one reason to donate to them--if your boss is a tyrant and will fire you for not giving.

[mapleleafrag]

time to get another job!

[Psalm 73]

Just give us you're damned money and don't worry about what we do with it.
Now shut up and get back in your pen!
Baaaa

[mlocher]

thanks for the posting.

i can find little value that the united way brings to the charity industry. they do not honor people's wishes, they give to those that are our enemies and the skim a healthy sum of the charitable gifts off the top to support themselves.
in short, they are a beaurocratic layer that makes decisions about where money goes and they get in the way of people helping people. reminds me of the majority party that controls the senate.

[mlocher]

thanks for the posting.

i can find little value that the united way brings to the charity industry. they do not honor people's wishes, they give to those that are our enemies and the skim a healthy sum of the charitable gifts off the top to support themselves.
in short, they are a beaurocratic layer that makes decisions about where money goes and they get in the way of people helping people. reminds me of the majority party that controls the senate.

[packrat01]

I've never given to the UW; they're too divisive. Their name conjures mental images of the two ducks who fly united...

Ain't this criminal misrepresentation? False advertising?

Freepmail me if you want off this ping list; no offense taken. Even if you mean it...

[onyx]

ping answered. I do not donate to charities that employ mega-buck CEO's.

[VA Advogado]

Wow. Another public 'interest' law firm beat Larry Klayman to the punch.

[GROUCHOTWO]

It appears that we are looking at the tip of the iceberg. Many major charities need to be dismantled or completely overhauled.

[RightRules]

I don't care which group... this money does NOT belong in the hands of lawyers! This stinks!

The more I think about it
ol' Billy was right
Let's kill all the lawyers,
kill 'em tonight...."

--- Don Henley

[Mudboy Slim]

"Never donate to the United Way. Their forte is funding left-wing groups like the Legal Aid Society, and punishing worthy groups like the Boy Scouts."

Yep...anybody stooopid enuff to give their hard-earned bucks to a generic money-grubbing charity like the United Way deserves to be fleeced. It's much more rewarding to give to particular causes that you can track their money-spending efficiency and their effectiveness in achieving their stated mission. I particularly favor giving to St. Jude's Hospital and other organizations that help sick and needy children, but there are a lot of wonderful charities out there worthy of yer donations. IMHO, the United Way ain't one of them!! But I do like their commercials with the NFL...LOL!!

FReegards...MUD

BTW...same way in donating to Generic Political Funds, I don't give to the Republican Senate Committee (or whatever it's called) anymore, because my money might go to re-elect a Senator--like John Warner--whom I abhor. Best bet is to contribute directly to a particualr candidate or to a group like Stephen Moore's Club for Growth.

[Bernard]

Large charities are like other public service groups - well entrenched in the tax code and more concerned about their own well-being than the people they are supposed to serve.

As long as we (the people) continue to accept the existing tax code and the infrastructure it brings, we will continue to have scandals like this. It's only when the money piles up so high that the problems come to light. The next step is to do something about it, but appointing a federal commission to oversee a special-interest group is not the answer.

[GROUCHOTWO]

The people hate the existing tax code. For decades we have been promised an overhaul. Each congressional revision has worsened the quagmire.

[MeekOneGOP]

I've never given to the UW; they're too divisive. Their name conjures mental images of the two ducks who fly united...

Ain't this criminal misrepresentation? False advertising?

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A conservative legal group said Thursday that the United Way should take back a $171,000 donation to an organization that is representing several detainees in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks. . .

"They did not contribute to help the terrorists, their supporters or people arrested or detained because they violated immigration laws," the group wrote the United Way of New York.

I don't know if you've seen this, but Bill O'Reilly has been beating this issue on "The Factor" on FOX News Channel too. I have thought about what he's saying and IMHO, I consider this the Charity equivalent of "bait and switch." Ya ain't gettin' what you're buyin' (BEING SOLD). If you are solicited to help WTC folks, THAT is EXACTLY where that money should go. If you contact a charity organization and tell them you want to help the WTC victims, then THAT is EXACTLY where that money should go. IMHO, any organization that doesn't do that, is criminally liable.

Thanks for the ping, friend!

[ConservativeLibrarian]

Anyone who gives money to United Way needs to have his head examined. There's only one reason to donate to them--if your boss is a tyrant and will fire you for not giving.

That is why I donated. We all received an e-mail message "strongly encouraging" us to donate to the United Way. I gave at the office, muttering all the way.