Special Report's Grapevine #5: Group to Pay One-Way Airfare for Disillusioned Americans
Reported by Marie Therese - November 16, 2004 -
BRIAN WILSON (11/12/04): Some disappointed Americans [are] threatening to leave the country rather than live four more years under President Bush. One organization is offering to give them a way out. HelpThemLeave.com offers free, one-way transportation for disgruntled citizens in return for "irrevocable renunciation of your U. S. citizenship and a sworn statement that you will never return." The group will even match destinations to political preferences. Leftists are offered a choice of France or Germany. Socialists can choose between Canada and Denmark. And Communists can pick either Cuba or North Korea.
COMMENT
THIS is NEWS??!! Doesn't the Special Report research team have anything better to do? Iraq is falling apart. Tony Blair made a visit to try to save his bacon in England. Large chunks of the Bush cabinet and the CIA are resigning.
If this is a joke, Brian Wilson should have stated that in his reportage. However, he treated it as if it were a genuine news story! FOX seems to have a penchant these days for reporting jokes as news!
Wilson neglected to mention that the HelpThemLeave.com website also offers "anti-Americans" the opportunity to go to Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen. I guess he thought this would be too inflammatory, so he simply omitted it from this oh-so-important story.
HelpThemLeave.com is the brainchild of James B. Davis, a name we Hounds have encountered before. He is the man who released a free online copy of John Kerry's 1971 book "The New Soldier," as his contribution to the re-election of George W. Bush.
Mr. Davis was a delegate to the 2004 Republican Convention. This was posted to their website:
James B. Davis, founder of the organization stated, "It is so sad to see people and organizations like George Soros, Michael Moore, Dan Rather, CBS, CNN, the New York Times plus ordinary citizens in such pain. As a compassionate conservative, I couldn't stand by and watch without doing something to help these poor people. I only hope that they find happiness in the new country that we send them to."
He describes himself on Amazon.com, where he is a frequent reviewer, as follows:
Name: James B. Davis
Nickname: pmic_online
Reviewer rank: 26458
Real Name: James B. Davis "Concerned Citizen"
About me: James B. Davis is the founder and President of Practice Management Information Corporation (PMIC), the nation's leading publisher of medical coding, reimbursement and practice management books. He is the author, co-author or editor of over 20 best-selling texts in this field.
He is also the founder and CEO of Kid Care Los Angeles, a non-profit organization which raises and disburses funds for hungry children.
He was a 'bleeding heart liberal' and Democratic activist during his 20s and now considers himself a Republican and conservative at the ripe old age of 52. Born and raised in Tennessee, he is proud of his Southern heritage and has a collection of over 200 volumes of books regarding the War for Southern Independence (aka Civil War) published between 1860-1895." (The War for Southern Independence??!! Time to face the facts, Mr. Davis. Your side LOST that war. My great-great-grandaddy whupped your great-great grandaddy. Live with it! )
Here is his company information, obtained from their website:
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CORPORATION (PMIC) was founded in 1986 to publish a single book, Medical Fees in Southern California. The book had only 60 pages and was printed at the local print shop. By 1989, from that humble one-book beginning, PMIC became the nation's leading independent publisher and value-added reseller of medical coding, reimbursement and practice management books with a reputation for quality, service and value.
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