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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:34 PM Original message |
Father Who Donated $40K to Jesuit Private School Sues When Son Gets Turned Down |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bwahahahaha!!!! nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Deleted message |
Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. It is obvious 40K was not enough |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. It wasn't. The article says the school asked for $100K |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. lol. n/t |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. No sympathy for the father and I hope the school suffers too. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I'm not sure donating money to a non-profit in the expectation that your |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. This isn't always the case, IMO, but for the wealthy/political class it sure is. +1 n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 03:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
58. Buying your kid entry into a private school is not bribery, |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. If the request was really made - we have only Bardwil's word for it, and he may have |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 04:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
64. No, we have his sworn statement. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
82. 'He wouldn't sue if he didn't have a case' is the same logic as 'the police wouldn't arrest someone |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. No sympathy for a parent desperate to improve his son's prospects for a future? k |
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texshelters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
79. No sympathy |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ha Ha! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. He Wrote the Checks in His Mother's Name |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Maybe he took financial advice from Senator Ensign. n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 03:39 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Good one! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sue because you're bribe didn't work, funny stuff, thanks for the laugh. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
70. Please see Reply 58. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. He should have been helping his son study more for the entrance exam |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. LMAO! |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Yeah, imagine that! A religious organization making a promise |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. ROFLMAO! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. He certainly should have been more upfront about asking what |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. BWAHAHAHA! |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ballsy move letting potential child rapists teach his kid |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Jesuit education is not exactly Catholic schools. Check out the differences. NT |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Eh--It's not so different. They like to pretend it is, |
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SoCalDemGrrl (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. The Jesuits are some of the finest educators in this country -my son |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 04:14 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Many secular schools now require public service and/or put a thumb on the admissions |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. I know of cases... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Kid Failed the Entrance Exam |
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savalez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sue your kid too. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't totally blame the father |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Well, this time, it was for something of material value. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. They'd get tuition, too |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
61. The U.S., if not the Western world, works like a vending machine. I do not blame the dad at all. |
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texshelters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #61 |
80. So what you are saying is the dad didn't give the $40,000 |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Suing your way into school |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Yep, big time. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. That may be but a good many schools do have legacy admissions |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 04:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
62. Not so great for the reputation of the school or its graduates, either. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 04:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
65. Tsk, tsk. Did not read the article, eh? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. He should have spent the money on private tutors |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
66. Please see Reply 65. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. Is there some point? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Interesting, amusing, and disgusting on a couple of levels. It's tough to give the father both... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
67. Please see Reply 65. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Do like Leland Stanford. Build your own school. nt |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. Isn't that how Scientology works? |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. NOW he's given until it hurts, if hadn't before. Heh. n/t |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. LOL the father isn't too bright and apparently the apple doesn't fall far from the tree |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. What do they say about fools and their money? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Your kid ain't all that... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
68. Why do you assume dad is rich? He started (ahem) donating when the kid was in 5th grade, spaced out |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #68 |
78. Yes, I read the article. |
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texshelters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
81. Giving $40,000 to a school means you have $40,000 more go give than most |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. Maybe the kid didn't get into the school, |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. "give until it hurts" |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. Maybe the kid just wasn't cute enough. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Oooohhhh you're bad! |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. This reminds me of the time when |
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Yogi (648 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
40. A bribe is just not what it used to be. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:18 AM Response to Reply #40 |
69. Please see Reply 58. |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. Ha ha ha ha ha! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. Yes, He Was Scammed |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
43. My sister broke up with her wealthy high school boyfriend |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:31 AM Response to Reply #43 |
71. Often, admission and grades are treated very differently vis a vis donations. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
45. ROFLMAO |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
47. so, it was a bribery and not really a donation... I see |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
72. Please see Reply 58. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. the son failed the entrance exam |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. The ABC "writer" needs to learn how to write: "where he himself graduated from in 1973." |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
73. From where was she graduated? |
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texshelters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. I wish they had rejected GW Bush from Yale |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
74. Maybe when the kid was in fifth grade, Daddy had no way of knowing either that |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
53. You mean you can't buy your way into a school? |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
55. For $40,000 the rich daddy should've bought the kid a brand new Camaro! (Mustang?) |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 03:33 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. He ain't that rich. He says he couldn't afford to pay the school a |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
75. Please see Reply 74. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
76. Amazing the amount of judgment in this thread for kid, who, as far as we know, did zero |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
77. Surely he has a case: This is America, where money buys anything. |
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