I think I've said this before, but Planned Parenthood does a tremendous amount of primary care for Medicaid and sliding-scale patients, so I am glad the Komen woke up. If they did.
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Scott Raley <[email protected]> wrote: > > You're not because we do the same thing.. but then again you have called me > worse... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Rich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:47 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: FW: Susan G. Komen backs down on Planned Parenthood > > > And they use a HUGE amount of those donations to pay their legal fees, > business fees, salaries, etc. All in the name of the "cause". Not that they > don't do any good, but I wonder how much MORE good they could do if they > didn't waste resources. > > Which is why I'd always rather donate directly to a particular cause than > to > a foundation that was formed for a cause. > > Call me silly. > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I've been uneasy about the Komen foundation for awhile. I know they > > are trying to do something worthwhile but it's gotten a real big > > business feel to it as it has grown. They sue people for using "for > > the cure" in any way, they seem to have a veritable monopoly on the > > color pink...just because something is a charity doesn't mean it won't > > act like a huge bully. > > > > Judah > > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > If the social issue can't sway em, then Money always talks doesn't > > > it. :) Good for them! Hope they keep it that way. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Judah McAuley > > > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> The Decemberists (whose keyboardist, Jennie Conley has recently > > >> undergone chemo for breast cancer) announced yesterday that they > > >> are redirecting all the money from their breast cancer fundraising > > >> efforts to Planned Parenthood. Probably lots more that we don't > > >> know about and it all adds up. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346287 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
