On 1/6/05 1:29 PM, in article
1105036180.911115.235640 (AT) f14g20...oglegroups.com,
"ndooley (AT) blue (DOT) weeg.uiowa.edu" <ndooley (AT) blue (DOT) weeg.uiowa.edu> wrote:

Yes, I'm sure that is why Gordon has a highly publicized foundation, because
he wishes to keep his contributions quiet.

On 1/6/05 1:31 PM, in article
1105036266.440603.242380 (AT) f14g20...oglegroups.com,
"ndooley (AT) blue (DOT) weeg.uiowa.edu" <ndooley (AT) blue (DOT) weeg.uiowa.edu> wrote:

It was a comparison of race car drivers contributions, not politicians...
Your comments were no less trolling than Daniel's ~ at least his were racing
related.

Julia wrote:

I wonder if 3 Doors Down will contribute their fee for Daytona, to the
relief effort....

N.

Julia wrote:

Foundations, when set up, are legally bound with strict rules and
regulations - they have to be in order to maintain their charitable
status and answer to their contributors.

The Jeff Gordon Foundation is not the same as Jeff Gordon as a personal
benefactor. It's entirely possible that the Foundation was set up to
contribute to medical causes only. That's not to say that Jeff Gordon
personally couldn't contribute to (natural) disaster relief. I don't
know in JG's case if he publicizes all his personal contributions to
his foundation or not, but it's entirely possible that he doesn't,
along with a multitude of other "public" figures who don't make a big
deal of contributions.

N.

On 1/6/05 2:46 PM, in article
1105040814.487261.89800 (AT) z14g200...oglegroups.com,
"ndooley (AT) blue (DOT) weeg.uiowa.edu" <ndooley (AT) blue (DOT) weeg.uiowa.edu> wrote:


Check my original post ~ the question I raised was whether the "Jeff Gordon
Foundation" would match the donation of Michael Schumacher. Of course there
is no way to know what his private contributions are ~ but if his foundation
had made a contribution, surely it would have been mentioned in the NASCAR
news ~ stories of charitable works that drivers are doing almost always make
the racing news, particularly when it is detailed on their websites as his
are. From looking at the Foundations website, it's clear that they can
contribute based on their statement that although they have regular
charities, they also make contributions to different causes on a case by
case evaluation based on the "values and concerns of Jeff Gordon". It is
also clear from the press section of the site (which details who the
Foundation has given money to) that so far, tsunami relief has not been a
benefactor of that charity.

"Julia" <julia.dmbangel2004 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote


I know I have pledged more than princess jeffy AND fat tony combined.

Julia wrote:

We are carrying on, aren't we. ;-) Check my response - even though the
Foundation can contribute to "different causes on a case by case"
basis, that doesn't mean that the Foundation isn't limited to medical
issues. It may very well be limited to medical causes based on its
legal structure. That's all I'm sayin'. Or, it may not. We'll have to
watch and see, if we care, which I don't, because it doesn't make one
whit of difference in my life who in NASCAR does and who does not
contribute...which makes me wonder why I did these posts, even.

N.

"Julia" wrote...
SO FREAKIN' WHAT? You got a point? ANYWHERE? The list of people, prominent
and not/ rich and not, that have not donate publicly, and maybe not at all,
could fill volumes. So freakin' what?

On 1/6/05 3:42 PM, in article
fphDd.2558$W32.904 (AT) newsread3 (DOT) news.atl.earthlink.net, "Daniel"
<sabot120mm (AT) foad (DOT) com> wrote:

Well, that very well could be true... But our galloping moron friend seems
to have missed my point ~ he has contended to us that Gordon is a better
race car driver than Schumacher despite the fact that Schumi has won more
championships, more races, more poles and has earned far more money. He
rested his case on the case that Gordon was a true role model based on the
his family values and charitable works. Well, obviously the family values
argument was blown awhile back ~ but Schumi has also shown that he is also
philanthropic (not to be confused with being a philanderer)... I gotta
wonder what g-moron's talking points will be now...

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:35:26 -0500, Julia
<julia.dmbangel2004 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:


I'm confused...that article doesn't say a thing about Mario Andretti.

Cheers!