Hamas gets an A- rating from the Los Angeles Better Business Bureau, via Mother Jones:
On Monday, after ABC aired a story about a new investigation into Glenn Beck’s favorite gold company, Goldline International, for fleecing its customers, the company responded by posting a long letter to ABC on its website defending its corporate practices. To prove that it is not a scummy company preying on people’s economic fears, Goldline repeatedly touts its A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau in Los Angeles. It writes, "Goldline has an A+ rating from perhaps the most trusted consumer organization, the Better Business Bureau. In contrast, there are several precious metals companies throughout the United States, including competitors in New York and California, which have F ratings."
As we’ve noted here before, the BBB rating doesn’t mean much. But just to drive that point home, the author of the website BBBRoundup went a step further to illustrate just how easy it is for an entity to earn the BBB’s seal of approval. He registered the terrorist group Hamas with the LA BBB, paying the $425 for it to become an "accredited business" with the venerable consumer bureau. The BBB’s Hamas listing states that the business is devoted to "providing educational services to troubled youth," and that it has received an "excellent rating" from the BBB.
Here’s the BBBRoundup website.
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