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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    I hope that this press-shy, unassuming charity-giving colossus happens along this blog article on him, and I hope that he understands how much he's appreciated and admired (from afar, since that's how he'd like it).
    And Pareene, a very uplifting story (well except for Mr Gelbaum's unfortunate year). Thanks!
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    And just for the record, no matter how you stand on immigration, the Sierra Club's neutral stance on it, which he brought about, is an extrememly positive thing for the organization. Just think of how many donations they would have lost. It's a victory for both morality and pragmatic self-interest. The Sierra Club shouldn't be mixing itself in the immigration debate, it needs to remain close to its mission.
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    Image of btipling btipling
    12/09/09

    @i'm a bottle: I think immigration has some kind of impact on the environment according to that LA Times article.
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    12/12/09

    @btipling: It's obvious that certain xenophobic factions in the Sierra Club are using the minor impact that illegal immigration might have on the environment as a rationale to increasing immigration controls. But, really, you can't seriously believe, can you, that it's a major problem. This controversy is nothing more than a smokescreen for injecting racist politics into the environmental debate. Also, in the other direction, a convenient pretext with the intent to exploit the clout of one of the most prominent environmental charities to make short term political gains in the broader political arena against loosening immigration controls.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    Finally, a news item that uplifts instead of angers, confounds or depresses me. I'm not sure this man ever wanted to be identified, though... the NY Times article says an ACLU board member identified him. Let's hope everyone leaves him to do his philanthropy in peace.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/09/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Let's at least take this chance to thank him for everything he's done.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/09/09

    @i'm a bottle: Hear, hear.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    12/09/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Oh yeah, yes. Very well said.
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    Image of jimstoic jimstoic
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    And ACLU donations are not tax-deductible.
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    Image of apollonia666 apollonia666
    12/09/09

    @jimstoic: This is only partially true. ACLU memberships are not tax-deductible because they fund the lobbying arm of the organization. But donations to the ACLU Foundation, which runs the litigation programs, ARE tax-deductible. You just have to make sure your check is made out to the ACLU Foundation.
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    Image of jimstoic jimstoic
    12/10/09

    @apollonia666: That's good to know!
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    A liberal math genuis from SoCal who in his spare time funds green technologies, nature conservation and civil liberties groups. He sounds salt of the earth, a real mensch. Probably the sort of unassuming guy you meet standing alone at a benefit and with whom you then have a fascinating two-hour-long, utterly down-to-earth conversation about the fight for water rights and its impact on religious conflict in Sudan, or something like that.
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    12/09/09

    @i'm a bottle: Stop it, you're getting me all hot and bothered.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    Not cool, anonymous ACLU sources, for giving the name of an anonymous donor to the press.
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    Image of JEMathews JEMathews
    12/09/09

    @iplaudius: According to the above article, it was probably the LA Times.
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    Wait, what? The ACLU runs on eighty dollars a year?

    If that's true, I just got back sixteen percent of their entire operating budget as change from my lunch at Panda Express.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    So, their annual budget is only $80? That's pretty impressive. Lemme check behind the couch cushions...
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    ...or $20 million?
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    Image of mass romantic mass romantic
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Man Who Quietly Bankrolled the ACLU
    20 bucks, eh?
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    12/09/09

    @mass romantic: I know, it is fixed now but I was about to give them $40 and ask that they name a case after me or something.
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    Image of SanFranLefty SanFranLefty
    11/24/09

    In reply to What the Hell's Wrong with Gavin Newsom?
    Publisher of our local fish wrap/Sharon Stone's ex piles on Mayor McDreamy and his demands to dictate all press interviews:

    [www.sfgate.com]
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    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    11/24/09

    In reply to Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes Unfunny Political Announcement on Jay Leno's Unfunny Show
    Hey Ahnold...please stop pretend blowing things up on Jay Leno and go answer some voicemails. Isn't your state like totally broke or something?
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/24/09

    In reply to Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes Unfunny Political Announcement on Jay Leno's Unfunny Show
    When I see Arnold speak in public, I just miss Phil Hartman more and more. The current Ahnold is a cross between his own self-parody and Hartman's Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer.

    RIP, Phil. Get a real job, Ahnold.
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    Image of lionel-mandrake lionel-mandrake
    11/24/09

    @unclevanya: I'm just a caveman...

    One of my all-time favorites. Phil Hartman was the best.
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    11/24/09

    @lionel-mandrake: I particularly loved his drunken Frank Sinatra impersonation...
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    In reply to Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes Unfunny Political Announcement on Jay Leno's Unfunny Show
    Why a mal-donado?
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/24/09

    In reply to Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes Unfunny Political Announcement on Jay Leno's Unfunny Show
    Jay Leno has now turned his National Broadcasting Company show into the west coast equivalent of Inside Albany.
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