????? so who were the dummies that bought Rush's ebay auction?

[greenbriar]

or was it all a scam?

I suspect it was all a scam...that is why the auction was "approved" bidders only. So we can not know there was no bidding history or that rushy's snerdly was padding the price.

then they could make a big deal and "donate" to charity money that never came through Rush's fat fingers

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Google is your friend.

Google news for "limbaugh charity"

Limbaugh Sells Critical Letter for $2.1 Million

Limbaugh Sells Critical Letter for $2.1 Million

By STEPHANIE STROM
Published: October 20, 2007

....
The letter was purchased by the Eugene B. Casey Foundation, a $294 million foundation in Gaithersburg, Md., that has given money to a wide range of organizations, including the Washington Opera and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. In a statement, the foundation said its purchase was intended to demonstrate its belief in freedom of speech and “to support Rush Limbaugh, his views and his continuing education of us.”
....

Marcus S. Owens, a lawyer who until 2000 headed the division of the Internal Revenue Service that oversees charities and foundations, said the Casey foundation might be liable for taxes because it would have difficulty demonstrating that the purchase of the letter furthered a charitable purpose. “They’d have to establish the link between the transfer of money for that letter and promoting free speech, and that’s going to be tough,” Mr. Owens said.

[Botany]

2. WTF?

The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund

Sounds like a group paid for w/ Dept. of Defense contract money that
has been laundered.

[rurallib]

3. Agreed. Some kind of put up deal.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Give me a "G."

It does sound as if they've paid $2 million for something to hang in their lobby, doesn't it?

Google for "Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund"

Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund

[Botany]

5. Something here really stinks

How the hell did "they" know in 2000 the need for a fund to take care of
wounded vets?

<The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is a leader in supporting the men and women of the Armed Forces and their families.
Begun in 2000 under the auspices of the Intrepid Museum Foundation, and established as an independent not-for-profit
organization in 2003, the Fund has provided close to $60 million in support for the families of military personnel lost in
service to our nation, and for severely wounded military personnel and veterans.>

http://www.fallenheroesfund.org/fallenheroes/about/

This is a front group for the military / industry complex that was going to make a bundle when "W" was
put in power and they got "their war on."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Maybe they were founded

to respond to the needs of military personnel and veterans injured in Kosovo and Somalia and their family members.

[Botany]

7. Can't be

Somalia is the early 90s and we did not loose person in Kosovo.