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	<title>Comments on: Carlson supporters, donors urge county attorney to investigate</title>
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		<title>By: Siobhan McCair</title>
		<link>http://minnesotaindependent.com/28196/carlson-supporters-donors-urge-county-attorney-to-investigate/comment-page-1#comment-36174</link>
		<dc:creator>Siobhan McCair</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My brother met Charles through friends of his.  My brother is very innocent, and believed EVERY word that Charles said to him.  Charles even became angry with him, and posing as a Brit, said some very nasty and inhumane things about the Irish people.  When I spoke with my brother last, he said something seemed a-miss with Charles.  My brother, has always been kind to Charles, and has not taken to opportunity to return any ill feelings.  I just recently showed him these articles I found, and his response was, &quot;that&#039;s too bad, he seems like such a nice guy...&quot;  Even after Charles called our family terrorists and war criminals.  Charles is a liar and manipulative.  I am sorry so many people suffered abuse at his hand, and pray that he received just punishment.

-Siobhan McCair</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My brother met Charles through friends of his.  My brother is very innocent, and believed EVERY word that Charles said to him.  Charles even became angry with him, and posing as a Brit, said some very nasty and inhumane things about the Irish people.  When I spoke with my brother last, he said something seemed a-miss with Charles.  My brother, has always been kind to Charles, and has not taken to opportunity to return any ill feelings.  I just recently showed him these articles I found, and his response was, &#8220;that&#8217;s too bad, he seems like such a nice guy&#8230;&#8221;  Even after Charles called our family terrorists and war criminals.  Charles is a liar and manipulative.  I am sorry so many people suffered abuse at his hand, and pray that he received just punishment.</p>
<p>-Siobhan McCair</p>
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		<title>By: Sophia</title>
		<link>http://minnesotaindependent.com/28196/carlson-supporters-donors-urge-county-attorney-to-investigate/comment-page-1#comment-26519</link>
		<dc:creator>Sophia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Justin and had similar contact with Charles. He made such a big deal about his elite education, I knew he was full of it. No one needs to talk about theircollege prepatory education so much. I called my Exeter friends that actually graduated the same year he claimed to have graduated -- none of them heard of the guy.  His tall tales seemed to accumulate by a magnitude.  I&#039;d love to hear more from donors as to why they didn&#039;t suspect a fraud sooner.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Justin and had similar contact with Charles. He made such a big deal about his elite education, I knew he was full of it. No one needs to talk about theircollege prepatory education so much. I called my Exeter friends that actually graduated the same year he claimed to have graduated &#8212; none of them heard of the guy.  His tall tales seemed to accumulate by a magnitude.  I&#8217;d love to hear more from donors as to why they didn&#8217;t suspect a fraud sooner.</p>
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		<title>By: Adam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whatever, you are either Charles himself or Judy Grundstrom, his cut-throat and enabling mother-figure, and neither of you can be reasoned with.  I am done getting into this with you two.

-Adam</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whatever, you are either Charles himself or Judy Grundstrom, his cut-throat and enabling mother-figure, and neither of you can be reasoned with.  I am done getting into this with you two.</p>
<p>-Adam</p>
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		<title>By: jka</title>
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		<dc:creator>jka</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Adam

What I meant about this being a smear campaign is that in my view,  it truly is - Why so much fuss over a candidate for City Council?  Even if some or all of this is true about Charles, why so much publicity over it?  From what I&#039;ve read, he raised $1700!  That can&#039;t have impacted that many donors and from what Charles has said, he is doing everything he can to get money back to those who have asked for it which, by the way,  I think is ludicrous.  Many candidates have had to drop out of campaigns for various reasons and have not had to give money back to donors and there have been many who have lied in worse ways than this.

I also assure you that I am of sound mind and believe it or not, there are others whose opinions differ from yours. I just happen to have compassion for Charles especially if he is suffering from some kind of mental illness.  I don&#039;t know what your deal is with Charles.  Maybe I should assume that &quot;LaTaya=Adam&quot; because you both happen to have that view of Charles.  I&#039;m giving you the benefit of the doubt.  Rest assured that &quot;jka DOES NOT =Charles&quot; and neither does Esmeralda.  We are real people who know Charles and even if he&#039;s made some mistakes, it doesnt alter our opinion of him.

I recommend trying a little compassion.  It truly is life altering when you view others from a compassionate point of view instead of a judgmental point!

As I said to LaTaya, whatever your deal is with Charles, get over it and move on!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adam</p>
<p>What I meant about this being a smear campaign is that in my view,  it truly is &#8211; Why so much fuss over a candidate for City Council?  Even if some or all of this is true about Charles, why so much publicity over it?  From what I&#8217;ve read, he raised $1700!  That can&#8217;t have impacted that many donors and from what Charles has said, he is doing everything he can to get money back to those who have asked for it which, by the way,  I think is ludicrous.  Many candidates have had to drop out of campaigns for various reasons and have not had to give money back to donors and there have been many who have lied in worse ways than this.</p>
<p>I also assure you that I am of sound mind and believe it or not, there are others whose opinions differ from yours. I just happen to have compassion for Charles especially if he is suffering from some kind of mental illness.  I don&#8217;t know what your deal is with Charles.  Maybe I should assume that &#8220;LaTaya=Adam&#8221; because you both happen to have that view of Charles.  I&#8217;m giving you the benefit of the doubt.  Rest assured that &#8220;jka DOES NOT =Charles&#8221; and neither does Esmeralda.  We are real people who know Charles and even if he&#8217;s made some mistakes, it doesnt alter our opinion of him.</p>
<p>I recommend trying a little compassion.  It truly is life altering when you view others from a compassionate point of view instead of a judgmental point!</p>
<p>As I said to LaTaya, whatever your deal is with Charles, get over it and move on!</p>
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		<title>By: Adam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>jka aka Esmeralda aka Charles Carlson -

This is just getting laughable.  Charles, just stop already.  Please.  Just stop commenting on articles and go seek help or something already.  You are obsessed with defending yourself, when really, you should be apologizing and giving people their money back.

Quit lavishing yourself with praise, quit bringing up Obama disparagingly in your comments (he is more of a man than you will ever be), quit manufacturing outrage against those who exposed you (the only outrage is from those you&#039;ve manipulated) and for the love of God, quit calling this a smear campaign.  People are doing nothing but telling the truth, which, to anyone of at least sound mind, does not equate to smearing.

It seems you&#039;ve learned nothing, which is quite sad.  You are just setting yourself up for more failure.

-Adam</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>jka aka Esmeralda aka Charles Carlson -</p>
<p>This is just getting laughable.  Charles, just stop already.  Please.  Just stop commenting on articles and go seek help or something already.  You are obsessed with defending yourself, when really, you should be apologizing and giving people their money back.</p>
<p>Quit lavishing yourself with praise, quit bringing up Obama disparagingly in your comments (he is more of a man than you will ever be), quit manufacturing outrage against those who exposed you (the only outrage is from those you&#8217;ve manipulated) and for the love of God, quit calling this a smear campaign.  People are doing nothing but telling the truth, which, to anyone of at least sound mind, does not equate to smearing.</p>
<p>It seems you&#8217;ve learned nothing, which is quite sad.  You are just setting yourself up for more failure.</p>
<p>-Adam</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Tyme</title>
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		<dc:creator>Justin Tyme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I first met Mr. Carlson at a GLBT event last year and instantly knew he was a fraud--there was something just not quite right.
Yet he weasled his way into the &quot;A-List&quot; of the Twin Cities gay community and everyone fawned over him. Maybe it was the accent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I first met Mr. Carlson at a GLBT event last year and instantly knew he was a fraud&#8211;there was something just not quite right.<br />
Yet he weasled his way into the &#8220;A-List&#8221; of the Twin Cities gay community and everyone fawned over him. Maybe it was the accent.</p>
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		<title>By: La'Taya</title>
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		<dc:creator>La'Taya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Esmeralda&quot; = Charles Carlson.

He has a history of comment on articles about him that put in a negative light.

Read the comments left on this blog post for proof:

http://blog.johnschrom.com/archives/1362#comments</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Esmeralda&#8221; = Charles Carlson.</p>
<p>He has a history of comment on articles about him that put in a negative light.</p>
<p>Read the comments left on this blog post for proof:</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.johnschrom.com/archives/1362#comments" rel="nofollow">http://blog.johnschrom.com/archives/1362#comments</a></p>
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		<title>By: Esmeralda</title>
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		<dc:creator>Esmeralda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe we should investigate barak obama with such enthusiasm.  I feel there is more to the Charles Carlson story than meets the eye.  I would not put it past the Democratic Party to be running a smear campaign behind the scene.  They ceased to be my Party after this last election year.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe we should investigate barak obama with such enthusiasm.  I feel there is more to the Charles Carlson story than meets the eye.  I would not put it past the Democratic Party to be running a smear campaign behind the scene.  They ceased to be my Party after this last election year.</p>
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		<title>By: Campaign Finance Lawyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Campaign Finance Lawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I believe the law Mr. Berglund is referring to is MN Stat. 309.55, Subd. 5 which states: 

&quot;No charitable organization and no person acting on behalf of a charitable organization shall use or employ any fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, misleading statement, misleading name, mark or identification, or deceptive practice, method or device, with the intent that others should rely thereon in connection with any charitable solicitation, including any such actions or omissions designed to confuse or mislead a person to believe that such organization is another organization having the same or like purposes; or to believe that the funds being solicited are or will be used for purposes and programs conducted within or for persons located within the state of Minnesota when such is not the case; or to otherwise present purposes and uses of the funds which are not as provided within the purposes and uses filed upon registration of said organization under this chapter, or if no such registration has been filed, then as provided under the exemption of said organization from federal and state income taxes as an organization formed and operating for charitable purposes as defined herein.&quot;

However, this statute correlates with charitable organizations, Section 501c(3) organizations.  A political fund is not considered a charitable organization by any means.  It is actually a Section 527 organization.  

To explain, when people get on TV and claim that Barack Obama is a muslim terrorist cocaine dealer, and people donate money to that organization, it is entirely legal.  So while Carlson was ethically wrong, mentally ill, whatever, he did not break any laws.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe the law Mr. Berglund is referring to is MN Stat. 309.55, Subd. 5 which states: </p>
<p>&#8220;No charitable organization and no person acting on behalf of a charitable organization shall use or employ any fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, misleading statement, misleading name, mark or identification, or deceptive practice, method or device, with the intent that others should rely thereon in connection with any charitable solicitation, including any such actions or omissions designed to confuse or mislead a person to believe that such organization is another organization having the same or like purposes; or to believe that the funds being solicited are or will be used for purposes and programs conducted within or for persons located within the state of Minnesota when such is not the case; or to otherwise present purposes and uses of the funds which are not as provided within the purposes and uses filed upon registration of said organization under this chapter, or if no such registration has been filed, then as provided under the exemption of said organization from federal and state income taxes as an organization formed and operating for charitable purposes as defined herein.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, this statute correlates with charitable organizations, Section 501c(3) organizations.  A political fund is not considered a charitable organization by any means.  It is actually a Section 527 organization.  </p>
<p>To explain, when people get on TV and claim that Barack Obama is a muslim terrorist cocaine dealer, and people donate money to that organization, it is entirely legal.  So while Carlson was ethically wrong, mentally ill, whatever, he did not break any laws.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill Murray</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill Murray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The whole point of campaigning is fraud.  This kid is cutting edge!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The whole point of campaigning is fraud.  This kid is cutting edge!</p>
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