Loon takes over Komen Foundation, cuts off Planned Parenthood funding

poindexter · Feb 2, 2012

LongTimeListener said:

Bringing it to everyone's house -- say a very good friend of yours is doing the 3-Day this year and comes to your door for a fund-raising pitch. (Not a mass email, those are easy enough to avoid, but an actual person-to-person encounter.) Do you take a political stance and tell the person no way? Or do you grit your teeth and, in the interest of friendship, give the $25 as you would for a lot of "causes" you may not agree with?
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I've supported my last susan komen three day among all the mommies I know.

"No thanks, there are better causes for me to support. Good luck."

YankeeFan · Feb 2, 2012

When I was at Continental Airlines, our CEO Gordon Bethune, was the chairman of the Gulf Coast region's fundraising efforts one year. (Ken Lay had been the chairman the year before, and unsurprisingly, raised a shit ton of money.)

It was made very clear that you should donate to the United Way if you valued your career and wanted to advance within the company.

Personally, I think the United Way rivals the NCAA as an institution with few redeeming values. I chose not to donate. And, I was not afraid to express my issues with them.

It can be a pain in the ass, but I would not expect anyone to support a charity they did not agree with. How to spend your charitable dollars is a very personal decision.

TheSportsPredictor · Feb 2, 2012

The Komen liars have no problem donating to Child Molestation U, which is also under investigation:

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/02/komen-foundation-gave-75-million-grant-penn-state

Magic In The Night · Feb 2, 2012

I know it's Kos but he makes a good point about if the "given" reason for the pullout is being "under investigation," then why not sever ties with Bank of America, which is under multiple investigations.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/01/1060848/-Why-doesnt-the-Komen-Foundation-sever-ties-with-Bank-of-America

TheSportsPredictor · Feb 2, 2012

Magic In The Night said:

I know it's Kos but he makes a good point about if the "given" reason for the pullout is being "under investigation," then why not sever ties with Bank of America, which is under multiple investigations.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/01/1060848/-Why-doesnt-the-Komen-Foundation-sever-ties-with-Bank-of-America
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Because the Komen decision makers are liars.

Dyno · Feb 2, 2012

LongTimeListener said:

Bringing it to everyone's house -- say a very good friend of yours is doing the 3-Day this year and comes to your door for a fund-raising pitch. (Not a mass email, those are easy enough to avoid, but an actual person-to-person encounter.) Do you take a political stance and tell the person no way? Or do you grit your teeth and, in the interest of friendship, give the $25 as you would for a lot of "causes" you may not agree with?
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I haven't decided yet. One friend has switched over and is doing the Avon walk now. But another friend is doing the SGK in three cities, so she needs to raise a lot of money. She's posted a few obnoxious comments about this whole situation, so I'm pretty annoyed with her, as are several of her other friends, based on what people have posted on Facebook. I'll wait and see how things shake out before I decide what to do.

Beaker · Feb 2, 2012

CT branch of Komen gives the national foundation a big FU and says funding for Planned Parenthood won't be pulled in state:

http://nhregister.com/articles/2012/02/02/news/doc4f2b21ecd7ca4333847903.txt

Guy_Incognito · Feb 2, 2012

outofplace said:

YankeeFan said:

LongTimeListener said:

Story also suggests that Catholic and other religious groups may look more kindly on Komen now. I don't see it, to be honest, at least not nearly to a degree that will make up for lost donations.

--Will be interesting to see if MLB continues with the pink bats on Mother's Day. Probably the biggest corporate event for the Komen Foundation, but leagues don't typically like to court controversy in their charity work.
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It looks like they handled this poorly, but I would think they were trying to avoid political controversy, not court it.

Planned Parenthood is a lighting rod for 50% of the country. The probably should have avoided it from the start.

But, once having been involved with it, they really did need to handle this better.
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Horse shit. The motivation here is clear. Handel got the power to push her agenda and used it, not caring how much damage it does to the Komen Foundation.
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How is this on her? A simple Google search will tell you what she thinks. She's doing what her bosses hired her to do.

playthrough · Feb 2, 2012

Bob Cook said:

The book (and now movie) Pink Ribbons Inc. lambasted the whole world of Komen-like fundraising, and how it turned into a corporate marketing opportunity more than a meaningful effort to end breast cancer. The book and movie don't impugn the motives of everything doing a pink ribbon walk -- it's about the people who collect the money.

http://www.thestar.com/article/1124845--pink-ribbons-inc-review-not-so-pretty-in-pink

I'll say this as the son of a 35-year breast cancer survivor. The whole pink-ribbon thing drives me nuts. My mom, who has beds and yarn to make whatever thing you want in your personal cancer color (did you know all cancers have their official colors?), even has her limits, like rolling her eyes the pink-ribbon-sporting Santa she got from her nieces. I especially can't believe people still talk about raising breast cancer awareness. Are we not aware this exists?
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+1,000. "Awareness" is such an incorrect word and drives me nuts.

My last newspaper did a special section -- printed in pink, no less -- about breast cancer for two straight years (maybe they're still doing it; it was an advertising slam-dunk with medical folks). Everyone including the sports staff had to write stories about local survivors.

I interviewed a former h.s. principal who just shredded the breast cancer culture similar to that book/movie. She absolutely hated all the pink, the ribbons, walks, all of it, and that hatred kind of fueled her recovery in an odd way. She refused to be part of a movement. I wrote her story just as she would have wanted me to. The editors spiked it.

Guy_Incognito · Feb 2, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/magazine/14FOB-wwln-t.html

playthrough · Feb 2, 2012

I remember that story. Good stuff.

And yeah, once the NFL embraces your cause -- and for a month, no less -- it's really time to retire the word "awareness."

LongTimeListener · Feb 2, 2012

Beaker said:

CT branch of Komen gives the national foundation a big FU and says funding for Planned Parenthood won't be pulled in state:

http://nhregister.com/articles/2012/02/02/news/doc4f2b21ecd7ca4333847903.txt
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Just saw FB note from a Bay Area person on their mailing list who says all California branches oppose the move and are discussing their options.

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