The Center for Public Integrity

lists the swift boat liars' donors, including:

31. U.S. Air Force $17,150
37. U.S. Department of Transportation $10,400


http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/profile.aspx?act=dir&sub=2&cycle=2004&id=707

That has to be a mistake.

What next? @#$#%@&%#% <==== fill in your favorite vulgarity and blasphemy.

I think maybe those are the employers of the donors? Regardless, I will write to the Center for Public Integrity and ask them to check it out. If it's an error, they should correct it. If not, WTF!!!
There's also the IRS website for 527s, but it's really tough to find anything. I'll give it a quick look-see, though.
If one dime of my tax dollars went to fund the liars, I'm going to be pissed.
Here's the IRS site, in case you have time to check it out.
http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/000706.html

contributions from individuals.

From opensecrets.org:

Swift Vets
Top Contributors, 2004 Cycle
http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtedetail.asp?cycle=2004&ein=201041228&format=&type=c&tname=Swift%20Vets%20&%20POWs%20for%20Truth

Swift Vets
Itemized contributions from Usaf, 2004 data
http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtedetail2.asp?cycle=2004&ein=201041228&format=&name=Usaf&type=c&tname=Swift+Vets


Here is what the IRS site reveals:

Organization Name Change History
Name Last Updated
SWIFT BOAT VETERANS AND POWS FOR TRUTH 05/25/2006 12:00 AM
Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth 05/09/2006 09:20 AM
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth 07/15/2004 06:32 PM


Form Description Period End Date Status Date Posted Submission Type
(select to view)
Second Quarter Report - 8872 06/30/2004 Initial 07/15/2004 06:32 PM Electronic
8871 N/A Initial 04/30/2004 05:41 PM Electronic

http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/gotoSearchDrillDown.action?pacId='22453'&criteriaName='Swift+Boat+Veterans+for+Truth'


Political Organization Report of Contributions and Expenditures
http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/Print.action?formId=13244&formType=E72

Political Organization Notice of Section 527 Status
http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/Print.action?formId=12386&formType=E71

It comes out that way for corporations as well.

I sure as hell hope these are the employers of donors but I don't know though. A quick look at who who donated and it's obvious that this is not merely a bunch of pissed off Vietnam vets.

Among others you've got oil & natural gas represented here, as well as big real estate, chemical/petrochemical manufacturing, the Yancey Brothers Co. which sells heavy road machinery (think Caterpillar), the Gulf Coast Asphalt Co. and the US Dept. of Transportation which both no doubt use heavy road machinery and the Daniels Manufacturing Corp. which develops "tool systems & technology for Aerospace, Military & telecommunications industries" and the US Airforce which more than likely does business with the Daniels Manufacturing Corp. Most of these donors probably didn't give two shits about what John Kerry did or did not do in Vietnam - they only cared about what */Cheney could do for them.

I pisses me off that the media couldn't take two seconds to investigate any of this or if they did, they didn't bother to inform us about it.

And you're right GV, not one dime of my tax dollars better have gone to help fund the liars via either the AF or DOT.

to investigate and correct if there's an error. Let's see what happens.
No federal agency should be listed as a donor to this group.