{"id":21263,"date":"2010-11-18T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T18:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21263"},"modified":"2010-11-18T14:34:34","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T18:34:34","slug":"vanity-fair-author-beclowns-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21263","title":{"rendered":"Vanity Fair author beclowns himself."},"content":{"rendered":"

Vanity Fair’s apparently not much on research.<\/a> A woman called up Glenn Beck, and according to VF, the convo went like this:<\/p>\n

Yesterday, an Iraq veteran named Denise called in to The Glenn Beck Program to complain about the fun she had on Veterans Day. Denise, who returned from Iraq two years ago, walked with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for America (I.A.V.A.) in last Thursday\u2019s parade in New York City and then attended a soiree at The Providence, in Midtown Manhattan, where she encountered \u201ca spread like you wouldn\u2019t believe.\u201d …<\/p>\n

But Denise found herself questioning I.A.V.A.\u2019s motives. \u201cWhere did they get the money for all this? It was unbelievable how they treated us that day,\u201d she said. So she took to the Internet, where she claims she found out that the I.A.V.A.\u2014America\u2019s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for veterans of the wars of the past decade\u2014is supported by George Soros and MoveOn.org. \u201cGeorge Soros has his hand in the military,\u201d Denise told Beck, who was only too happy for the opportunity to take a few whacks at one of his favorite punching bags.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK, so rather than fact check the statement, he went to Paul:<\/p>\n

I called up I.A.V.A.\u2019s executive director and founder, Paul Rieckhoff\u2014who served as a first lieutenant in Iraq from 2003-2004\u2014to see if the supporters of I.A.V.A. are really as Communist as Glenn Beck says they are. \u201cThe I.A.V.A. receives no money from MoveOn.org,\u201d he told me. \u201cWe\u2019re happy to take MoveOn\u2019s money if they\u2019ll send it, and we\u2019re happy to take Fox News\u2019s money if they\u2019ll send it, too. Veterans affairs shouldn\u2019t be a partisan issue. It\u2019s all about Americans uniting behind our veterans.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, we’ve got a subtle shifting here, neither of which exonerates the author. First off, with regard to Soros himself, guess who is a sponsor of their Gala each year?
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Yep, that would be his son<\/a>, who gets his money where I wonder?<\/p>\n

Not good enough for you? OK, well, at least when I was nominally a member, IAVA sent out their emails using Democracy in Action, as I have discussed before.<\/p>\n

And I maintained that position right up until today when I got this absolutely absurd, biased and factually inaccurate \u201cCongressional Report Card\u201d email. My BS detector got off to a rip roaring start when I hovered over the link and found that it went to IAVA through \u201cDemocracy in Action.\u201d For those not aware of this craptastic organization:<\/p>\n

DemocracyInAction.org believes technology can be a decisive force for social change. We exist to empower those who share our values of ecological and social justice to advance the progressive agenda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Great. So, while I paid no dues, as a Member in good standing of IAVA, I apparently support ecological and social justice initiatives in line with my progressive agenda. That sounds like me, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, where does DIA get their money do you suppose? <\/p>\n

Yep, Open Society and George Soros<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, I think they are being too cute by half here. Just because Soros might not cut a direct check to them doesn’t mean he isn’t help fund them. His son gives to them, and Soros himself gives to DIA which gives reduced charges to like minded left leaning organizations.<\/p>\n

Now, I have stopped bashing IAVA, but this Vanity Fair article using them to bash this woman, and to bash Beck is just plain innaccurate. I’m going to hold my breath now and wait for a correction. Or, more likely, my passing out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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