On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm not the one doing the redefining: > > > > 1.generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless: to > > devote one's life to charity. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services >
>From the top of the page at the link above: " This article *relies on references<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability>to primary sources<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary.2C_secondary_and_tertiary_sources>or sources affiliated with the subject *. Please add citations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources>from reliable and independent sources<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable_sources> ." In other words, the claims on that page are from the LDS PR machine, and therefore, questionable. > Tyler Charitable Foundation > > http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2012/01/24/romney-foundation-gives-210k-in-boston.html > Some contributions to MS research. Good thing. But barely 1% of Romney's donations and less than the contributions to the anti-gay organizations and GWB library. Again, priorities. And the Romney's control the Tyler Foundation...so they are determining where the money goes. > > Brigham Young University: > Could count as helping the needy, depends on what they did with the money > Maybe. Health Research or student aid. More likely goes to the football team. > Right to Play: > Yeah > Nope. Not charity. A non-profit that supports a child's right to play. How about supporting one that allows children to eat? or have medical care? > > Operation Kids: > Yeah > Nope. An organization that provides administrative support to other non-profits so they can raise more money. Most contributions go to administrative costs or salaries. None goes to feed the hungry or care for the sick. A business, not a charity. > > Center For Treatment of Pediatric MS: > Yeah > Medical research, if it exists. Searches for that organization fail to locate it. (from your document) > > Harvard Business School: > Probably not > Maybe scholarships, although those aren't charity. > > City Year: > Yeah > Questionable. They seem to do good work in education but it is still more of a non-profit with paid employees than a charity. > > Deseret International: $50,000 > Yeah > Eh, maybe. Although I question whether an "entrepreneurial approach" to medical care is charity. > > Mitt Romney: > > "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no > > matter what. > > Sadly, the the man is right. > No, he is not. Considerable more than 47% voted for President Obama and a substantial number of those who voted are working, tax-paying citizens. Those who aren't include veterans, the elderly, the sick, any one who receives any kind of government aid. . . . . feeding the line monster...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357364 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
