DS, how does Elias’ “Red Ventures” qualify as a tax-exempt Section 501(c)(3)? It sure isn’t involved in anything religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition, or preventing cruelty to children or animals?

Perhaps it claims to be “charitable.” But how does aiding and abetting illegal immigrants qualify as a charitable, as the IRS defines that term?

According to the IRS:

The exempt purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3) are charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition, and preventing cruelty to children or animals. The term charitable is used in its generally accepted legal sense and includes relief of the poor, the distressed, or the underprivileged; advancement of religion; advancement of education or science; erecting or maintaining public buildings, monuments, or works; lessening the burdens of government; lessening neighborhood tensions; eliminating prejudice and discrimination; defending human and civil rights secured by law; and combating community deterioration and juvenile delinquency.

Illegal immigrants are not “underprivileged” because they are not legally entitled to the same fundamental rights that lawful citizens are entitled to.

Please ‘splain.

Ralph Adamo on September 21, 2016 at 5:46 pm

You learn something new every day. All the Elias’ I have known were Greek. Guess there’s a connection there? Hmmmmmmm. Not good.

Alfredo from Puerto Rico on September 21, 2016 at 6:51 pm

If only Clint Eastwood and others involved in the making of the “Sully” movie had waited another year or so before making and releasing the movie, they could have included this actual story about how among the survivors included an idiot named Ric Elias and how he has moronically helped the illegal alien youth as discussed here, and thus shaved off at least a few minutes or more of the bulk of part of the movie that smeared the NTSB.

JeffE on September 21, 2016 at 10:31 pm

Interesting. This guy comes out of the woodwork to sully the reputation of a humble, down to earth, decent working stiff who became a hero because of his quick wit and airplane handling skills. He does this by parading his anti-Americanism for the whole world to see, brags about it and making money doing it?

Do I have it right?

It surely is a circus, the whole world, but America is the act in The Center Ring. Anyone remember the three ring circus? Annnnnnnddddd nowwwwww, in the centahhh ring, stahhhhring Ric Elias, is anti-Americanism on displayyyyyyyy. And it IS.

Americans, betraying Americans, from the top to the bottom, every day. Why not, right? The president does it. And if the fish stinks, it stinks from the head down, right?

I am horrified and terrified to know that what I was hearing in the 60s is coming true before my eyes, and affecting my own life, yours, Debbie’s, all of ours, negatively. And it’s our own people, from top to bottom, doing it to us.

Now I’m old, and although in great shape, able to outwork many men one third to half my age, I’m old. I have aches and pains, with neurological damage that makes me vulnerable. You might not think it to look at me on a subway platform, trimming trees or walking down the street carrying tote bags weighing 40 lbs. or more. But I know I’m vulnerable. I feel it, and I see the civil society collapsing all around me, and the subversion of our culture.

I’m terrified, but I have no choice, just like all of us, but to live with it. How do you reverse the collapse of the society you live in, when the people that affect society the most are bent on causing that collapse?

Thank God there is a God. He can’t come soon enough for me.

Alfredo from Puerto Rico on September 22, 2016 at 12:32 am

Debbie, as a former Detroiter, as a teen I used to work weekends, Summers and any time off from school at the North Park Apartments complexes in Southfield. I remember seeing one of the Elias’ (Big Boy)coming and going from the complex when he was living there. We always thought they (the Brothers) were Jewish. Me wrong?

Muzzcrusher on September 22, 2016 at 10:45 am

So, Ric is importing drug mules?

Worry on September 22, 2016 at 9:13 pm

Debbie don’t be so hard on Ricky. A near death experience makes people have epiphanies. I liken him to Rey in “Star Wars The Force Awakens. He could star in a self titled movie Ric Elias The Stupid Awakens. It could be a box office smash don’t you think. Speaking of traitorous schmucks how about the idiot Kaepernick. This moronic bench warmer has his goofy looking mug on that leftist puppy house training rag Time Magazine. Of course this is the same crappy magazine that sucks up to Obola and his offensive lineman of a wife so it’s no surprise.

Ken B on September 23, 2016 at 11:41 am

Elias is a very Mexican name. Considering what he is bragging about, I would not be surprised if he was not one.

Commander Stansfield on September 23, 2016 at 6:12 pm

… So you openly admit you wish someone would die.

You’re a sick fucking piece of shit, you know that?

Xerxes on September 24, 2016 at 12:53 pm

Who me? I’m a POS because I want scumbags (like you) to follow the law?

Commander Stansfield on September 24, 2016 at 1:19 pm

By the way my ugly Iranian friend, your hero, Xerxes was the POS. He tried and failed to conquer the founders of Western Civilization you Iranian dog.

Commander Stansfield on September 24, 2016 at 1:24 pm

By the way little boy. Don’t post crap when you don’t know don’t know history. A relative of your disglorious Xeres ran for the hills after a man from Western civilization defeated him. That Persian coward was Darius 3. Defeated by a man you might have heard of. His name was Alexander you ignorant ass.

Commander Stansfield on September 24, 2016 at 1:48 pm