Apparently the folks at Liberty University/Liberty Counsel were not happy with this post on my 
personal blog and a similar version cross-posted here at the Bilerico Project because one Amber S. Haskew, communications director at Liberty Counsel, contacted the editors at Bilerico.
She argued that there were no ties between Liberty Counsel or Liberty University and Philip Zodhaites - the far-right Christianist who has been alleged to be harboring the fugitive Lisa Miller and her kidnapped daughter at a home he owns in Nicaragua. Zodhaites owns Waynesboro, Virginia, based Response Unlimited which describes itself as a purveyor of "mailing lists and creative services for evangelical and conservative mailers."
Waynesboro is a hop and a skip from Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of Liberty University. The funny thing is that despite Ms. Haskew's protests, Response Unlimited is peddling lists that can only have been derived from Liberty University.
My thanks to the reader who sent me the links. First, there is this one:
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY STUDENT RESPONDERS List No: 4748
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285,976 Actives...............$115/M
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Liberty University is a Christian academic community in the tradition of Evangelical institutions of higher education. These prospects are young men and women who are focused on a well-rounded, productive future. Age range is 25-45.
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A sample mail piece is required for approval.
SOURCE: Direct Response
ADDRESSING: Cartridge $25/F
E-Mail $75/F
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SELECTIONS:
Age
Gender
Geography
Income
Interest
FTP
$10/M
$10/M
$5/M
$10/M
$10/M
$75/F
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MAINTENANCE: Updates 2-3 times per year.
MINIMUM: 5,000
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This list is not a managed property of Response Unlimited, Contact for details
Response Unlimited
Phone: (540) 943-6721
Fax: (540) 943-0841
Email Us
I cannot imagine who could have provided this list to Zodhaites' company, can you? And then there is this one:
JERRY FALWELL BIBLICAL STUDIES BUYERS
Usage is available for this list Here List No: 1697
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38,321 Former Buyers ..........$80/M
24,969 Expires.................$65/M
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Buyers of a Bible Study course offered on VHS cassette tapes produced by "The Institute of Biblical Studies," a Jerry Falwell organization. These dedicated Christians have paid at least $155.00 for the convenience to study the bible at home on videocassette. Some parents also use this course as an aid to help teach their children. The course offers a personalized "Graduate of Biblical Studies" certificate upon completion, along with a invitation to go to Liberty University for a graduation ceremony in cap and gown.
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The list owner reserves the right to exchange.
A sample mailpiece required for approval.
Cancellation Charges: $50.00 Flat Fee, $10/M Running Charges, Select Charges, and the Tape/Shipping or E-mail Fee.
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Net Name Policy: Computer Verification Required
25,000-99,999 80% Min. + $10/M R/C
100,000-299,999 65% Min. + $10/M R/C
300,000 or more 50% Min. + $10/M R/C
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SOURCE: Direct Mail & Television
AVG UNIT SALE: $155.00+
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ADDRESSING: Cartridge $50/F
CD-ROM $75/F
FTP $75/F
E-Mail $50/F
Mag Tape $50/F
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SELECTIONS: State/SCF, ZipGender
$3/M
$5/M
$5/M
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MAINTENANCE:
Updated & Cleaned Fall 2003 - no longer updating
MINIMUM: 5,000
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This list is not a managed property of Response Unlimited, Contact for details
Response Unlimited
Phone: (540) 943-6721
Fax: (540) 943-0841
Email Us
personal blog and a similar version cross-posted here at the Bilerico Project because one Amber S. Haskew, communications director at Liberty Counsel, contacted the editors at Bilerico. 
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Damage control. LU wants to keep its Pell Grant money.
In all my years of living in the Bible Belt, not a single one of these uber-bigoted Baptists has ever approached me seeking a rational conversation. They don't have the balls to venture outside of their group-think.
That they went out of their way to contact Bilerico, one of those icky homa-sekshul groups, to distance themselves from Zodhiates, infers desperation in my book.
Ya done good, Michael. Keep'em on the run.
Good job, Michael; follow the money--it ties conspirators together. It appears that Liberty nees to be a bit more discriminating about just what right wing extremists it befriends--with careful attention those about to break international law..
There is some irony in that there was an ad link for Liberty "University" online in this piece. I've clicked on it (remove another nickel or whatever from the scamsters and get it to the Projectors) and was startled and horrified to see that these people offer an ON-LINE Master of Science degree in acute care nursing! (Maybe that's where Bill Frist got his remote diagnostic skills.)
Follow the money is the way to go, or one of them.
I personally feel that we need to stop ALL tax breaks and Federal/State funding for any "faith-based" group. Organized religion is not spirituality, it's my personal view that organized religion is a head-trip power play that serves no one but the leaders of the religion. The sooner people know that true spirituality comes from within not from some outside influence the faster organized religion will lose it's power to mess up people's lives. Spirituality is a search for meaning in our lives. Religion is a search for order and control and submission. Every Sunday I hear the same things. It's all about submission. A free society is not by nature a submissive one.
So what does the note mean at the bottom of the Response Unlimited add: "This list is not a managed property of Response Unlimited, Contact for details."
It looks like they don't actually have the lists. What's the truth here?