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14th July 2011, 11:24 AM | #1 |
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Gage collects the plate
Read the bolded parts! Could this idiot be any more transparent? |
14th July 2011, 11:33 AM | #2 |
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Scamming the morons Gage:
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Even twoofers can't be so dim, as to not see this as a scam, right? |
14th July 2011, 11:46 AM | #3 |
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I had a cool $1,000 ready to send him if he could prove explosives would survive the impacts and fire.
Shocking as it may seem, he didn't take me up on the offer. |
14th July 2011, 11:53 AM | #4 |
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14th July 2011, 12:17 PM | #5 |
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14th July 2011, 12:29 PM | #6 |
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14th July 2011, 01:18 PM | #7 |
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What a worthy cause!
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14th July 2011, 01:19 PM | #8 |
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I find this part especially amusing:
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14th July 2011, 01:32 PM | #9 |
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14th July 2011, 01:40 PM | #10 |
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14th July 2011, 01:42 PM | #11 |
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Sucker!
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14th July 2011, 01:43 PM | #12 |
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14th July 2011, 07:59 PM | #13 |
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14th July 2011, 08:35 PM | #14 |
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He sells lies, he will gladly take you money. He is in Europe now, spreading more lies trying to make more money. Or is he back? The best part, he is making money off of people who can't figure out 911; self-critiquing. You must be joking, there are only about 0.01 percent of all people who fall for the moronic nonsense of Gage.
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15th July 2011, 07:26 AM | #15 |
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15th July 2011, 09:13 AM | #16 |
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hey! Gage has a lifestyle to maintain.....spending half A&E911 income on his Salary and air travel (not to mention some very dubious "operating expenses" jaunting around the world convincing foreigners that the US needs a new inquiry (wait, wouldn't convincing Americans be more useful???....oh well...) I'm sure he is spending the money wisely |
15th July 2011, 09:17 AM | #17 |
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In addition, our minimal required operating expenses, while slim by accounting standards,"
Really? your tax records say otherwise. |
15th July 2011, 10:57 AM | #18 |
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A truther I know IRL recently rescinded his AE911Truth membership, but he is still a truther. He said he still gets calls from them though for donations; most recently it was an automated message from Gage.
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15th July 2011, 11:05 AM | #19 |
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15th July 2011, 04:15 PM | #20 |
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15th July 2011, 04:37 PM | #21 |
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I am reminded of a standard cliche of video game RPGs: "You are the only one who can save the world, legendary hero...but I'm still going to charge you full price for that sword".
You too can learn the Truth necessary to defeat the evil NWO...but you gotta pay for it, pal. |
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15th July 2011, 09:07 PM | #23 |
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according to their website AE911Truth is a 501c3, and donations are tax deductible. I'd be curious to see the form they filled out to get that status.
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15th July 2011, 10:09 PM | #24 |
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16th July 2011, 04:03 AM | #25 |
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Some documents can be found at
http://www2.guidestar.org/organizati...-11-truth.aspx You need to register for free. Unfortunately, no formation documents listed there. |
16th July 2011, 10:04 AM | #26 |
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according to their Form 990, their 2009 revenue was $344K and their expenses were $338K, over $100K in which went to salaries, mostly to Gage.
http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocument...063bfbce-Z.pdf |
16th July 2011, 10:40 AM | #27 |
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does this seriously qualifiy them for tax exempt status...?
"IN 2009 OUR VARIOUS OUTREACH PROGRAMS AGAIN INCLUDED CONDUCTING 16 WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALLS WITH UP TO 30 VOLUNTEERS IN ATTENDANCE, ATTENDANCE AT SEVERAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING CONFERENCES WHERE WE HOSTED A DISPLAY BOOTH WITH THE SCIENCED-BASED FORENSIC EVIDENCE REGARDING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 3 WORLD TRADE CENTER HIGH-RISE TOWERS AND PROVIDED PRESENTATIONS, WEBSITE PROMOTION FOR WWW.AE911TRUTH.ORG WHERE .9M HITS WERE ACHIEVED DURING THE YEAR, ATTENDANCE AT STREET FAIR THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEERS, ISSUING 12 MONTHLY ENEWSLETTERS CALLED "THE BLUEPRINT", PROVIDING ABOUT 90 RADIO INTERVIEWS, TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND BEYOND TO PRESENT AT OVER 80 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - INCLUDING 7 MORE COUNTRIES, EDUCATING MANY THOUSANDS ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS AND ENCOURAGING AT LEAST 600 MORE TO SIGN OUR ONLINE PETITION AT WWW.AE911TRUTH.ORG., PROVIDING ABOUT 6,000 DVD'S TO INTERESTED PARTIES, ABOUT A HUNDRED T-SHIRTS TO ACTIVISTS, 35,000 BROCHURES AND EVIDENCE CARDS DISTRIBUTED ON THE STREET BY VOLUNTEERS, AND RESPOND TO HUNDREDS MORE INQUIRIES FROM THE INTERESTED PUBLIC." |
16th July 2011, 10:45 AM | #28 |
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Yep. These numbers are not out of the ordinary for such special interest non-profits. It's interesting, maybe revealing, but not s such a sign of dishonesty ar any other form of malice. Just something to be kept in the back of our minds.
By the way, the 2009 form was submitted in june 2010, so we are waiting for the 2010 form already. However, the 2007 and 2008 forms took much longer. I have not the slightest idea. |
16th July 2011, 10:53 AM | #29 |
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Aparently, yes.
It's not a bad thing that they have this status. Up until then there was no way to track the money. The USG still gets tax revenue from "salaries". Personally I think this hurts AE, now everyone ("truthers" too) are seeing how much money it costs to have Gage as a spokesperson. Now all they have to do is justify that with results. You know, "what have you done for us lately". |
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