Now that Sharpton has been exposed as nothing more than a two bit extortionist, http://www.nypost.com/seven/06152008...cks_115554.htm , one can only hope that next time he tries to pass himself off as a racial crusader, he will be dismissed as the bum that he really is.

When was that every unclear?

So Busch paid $499,000 in contributions, not to mention how many other compaines donated "thousands" yet NAN only reports 1.1 million in contributions? Why is only the attorney General from Brooklyn investigating and not the Feds?

It is scum like Sharpton that dishonor the work of Martin Luther King. Hopefully this will be his downfall.

Because the good ol Rev would threaten to boycott the Feds....and then they would have to kowtow to him also.

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“Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through." Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)

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The Obama File

THE REV'$ RACI$M CURE


June 17, 2008 -- Hey, that Al Sharpton is a regular War ren Buffett, isn't he?
Fortune 500 companies can't wait to hear what he has to tell them. And they're falling all over themselves for the privilege of paying for his sage advice.
That's Sharpton's story, anyway.
But could there be another reason?
As The Post's Isabel Vincent and Susan Edelman reported Sunday, nearly 50 of the nation's biggest corporate names have been paying Sharpton and/or his National Action Network for years - some into the serious six figures.
Now, maybe some of those corporate giants actually agree with New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein that Sharpton is a major "civil-rights champion."
But a lot of those payments seem to follow right on the heels of Sharpton's threats to boycott the companies in question over allegations of "racism."
Like General Motors, which acknowledged that Sharpton had been demanding financial tribute from the auto giant for six years, starting in 2000.
In 2006, the rev suddenly threatened a boycott because a black-owned GM dealership in the Bronx had been closed. Sure enough, once General Motors began cutting checks, no more boycott.
Or DaimlerChrysler, which Sharpton publicly accused of "institutional racism" in 2003. After it started "sponsoring" NAN's conferences, Sharpton bestowed an award on the company for "corporate excellence."
Actually, Sharpton is pretty up front about what he expects. As Vincent and Edelman report, he wrote American Honda - which he also targeted for a boycott - that "we support those that support us."
Sure enough, once Honda started supporting Sharpton, he started supporting them.
Extortion?
Heaven forbid, says Sharpton. It's just corporate America being responsive to legitimate concerns.
(And it's a whole lot less deadly than what happened at Freddy's Fashion Mart - where eight people died in a murderous firebombing inspired by one of Sharpton's boycotts.)
But isn't it funny how all those corporate racism problems can be resolved when money starts changing hands?

Ah, yup.

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Allied Forces Headquarters
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SHARPTON'S 'SHAKEDOWN': GETTING RICH OFF 'RACISM'


June 18, 2008 -- THE ISSUE: Corporate donations made to Rev. Al Sharpton after his threats to boycott.

When the Mafia shakes down people for money, it's called extortion, and they get arrested and go to jail. But when Jesse Jackson or the Rev. Al Sharpton do it, it's called activism ("The Rev'$ Raci$m Cure," Editorial, June 17).
Let's not forget that when Sharpton is audited by the IRS, his tax records are usually destroyed in a convenient fire at one of his offices.
I think it's time that this man be held accountable.
Kevin Snyder
Allentown, Pa.
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Sharpton could have been on one of the episodes of The Sopranos - he seems to play the part of a gangster very well when major corporations pay a "tribute" to him.
Of course, nothing will come of it. After all, he is the Teflon Reverend.

Jack Espinosa
Brooklyn
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The Post should list all of the corporations that paid shakedown money to Sharpton so that we can boycott them.
We should not reward cowardice.

Phil Goodman
Teaneck, NJ
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I can't believe that these large companies are sending Sharpton money for his organization. How stupid are these idiots?
Sharpton is nothing but a crybaby who expects free money and wants only his people to benefit from it.
Anyone who sends this man money needs to have his or her head examined. Racism is Sharpton.
Ted Kletzka
Dearborn Heights, Mich.
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It is totally amazing that powerful companies will pay thousands and thousands of dollars to Sharpton, just to keep this street punk off their backs and not attract negative publicity.
Threatening to protest and boycott a certain product unless a sum of money is exchanged is extortion, and there's no other way to look around this fact.
Sharpton for years has disguised himself as some kind of civil-rights leader who represents the African-American community, but time and time again he's proven only to represent his true love - himself.
Christopher Bisignano
Staten Island
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At least when Mafia members demanded "protection money," they were honest about being gangsters and didn't masquerade as "ministers."

Ann Rychlenski
Ozone Park
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Sharpton is nothing but an extortionist, and it's time that corporations stood up to his threats of race rallies and stop giving him money.
Where are all the high-priced lawyers who are employed by these corporations?
Sharpton should be arrested for disturbing the peace and extortion.
I do not want to invest in any corporation that caves in to his demands, and I will purge them from my portfolio.
John W. Fox
Galloway, NJ
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Sharpton does not care a hoot about anyone but himself. He is a charlatan who plays the race card to fatten his pocketbook.
Why can't people see this? He is not the "savior" for his people; he is just taking advantage.
His record proves this many times.
Sydney Johnson
Hazleton, Iowa
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Sharpton's "fund raising" is deemed cultural diversification and political correctness. Sure!
Where have all the ethical American businessmen gone?
Where have all the fearless prosecutors gone?
Shareholders need to write to these companies and tell them to stop wasting financial assets.
John A. Astorina
Manhattan
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The shakedowns by Sharpton may have been an "exclusive" story for The Post, but he was shaking down people and businesses from the day he went public.
As an "earner," he does better than La Cosa Nostra.
Will the Justice Department indict him for RICO violations or will they let him slide in the interest of political expedience? Vincent DiPippo
Yonkers

Terrorism. That's all this is.

The New York Post

THE REV COPS A PLEA

Posted: 4:02 amJuly 23, 2008
Looks like Rev. Slick has copped a plea. So to speak.
The US Attorney's Office has called off a criminal probe of Al Sharpton's mysterious personal and professional finances, accepting instead the reverend's promise to make good on up to $9 million in unpaid back taxes, interest and penalties.
Sharpton's word being what it is, the G-men better have it in writing - with multiple copies.
Even so, New York authorities - who have stood aside as the feds proceeded - will now be stepping up to the plate.
Criminal charges are said to be unlikely - but The Rev owes Albany gazillions, too, so there's more to come on this story.
As it is, Sharpton's been cut a big break.
His National Action Network has for years failed to file proper tax returns and other required reports - and his personal taxes are a shambles.
Two fires - six years apart - conveniently destroyed Sharpton's financial records just as he was about to turn them over to government officials.
Clearly, the Rev. Al was feeling a different sort of heat - which is why last month he tried to enlist House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers to investigate his "harassment" at the hands of the IRS.
We're sorry the feds have decided that no criminal charges were warranted. (That's our right, of course - Sharpton isn't the only one allowed to object to the outcome of criminal proceedings.)
As to why the feds decided to settle things civilly, who knows?
Maybe Sharpton's efforts to pull strings on Capitol Hill actually worked.
Or maybe those corporations recently reported by the The Post to have been paying Sharpton handsomely - right on the heels of his threats to target them with "racism" demonstrations - decided not to cooperate.
Or maybe the feds simply decided that poor, naive Al Sharpton really did find himself way over his head financially and really was victimized by incompetent bookkeepers.
That last trope was his lawyer's line yesterday: "Things had not been managed in the past as competently as you would like."
"This was not a failure of will, in terms of paying taxes," said attorney Zachary Carter. "There was a good faith intention to meet these obligations." (And perhaps the moon really is made of green cheese.)
Then again, maybe the feds simply held the threat of an indictment over Sharpton's head until he agreed to a figure the IRS thought adequate.
Now, where might they have come up with that idea?