Posted on 10/14/2010 1:01:19 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Now those are issues that need much more attention.
Figures. I followed the link to the site which is called the Center for Media and Democracy a lefty front group whose companion headline article to this one was a piece bashing the US Chamber of Commerce.
If you go to their About Us page, you'll see a link to some endorsements of the group from none other than Bill Moyers, Eric Schlosser, Amy Goodman, and the late Molly Ivins. Oh boy!! Where can I make a donation!
Well, boycotting watching football won’t hurt much during the midseason.
You two are boycotting the NFL because they're sponsoring a Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
Jeez, I guess if if you hang around FR long enough you'll see just about anything, no matter how moronic.
What people need to be aware of is what causes breast cancer, namely birth control pills and abortion, but they’ll never touch that, until they are willing to talk about that, the whole things is a huge sham.
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You got that right.
You'll get no argument from me on that!
Also, most women are generally more prudent about health matters than most men. However, people (men or women) need to get the straight facts, if they are going to make good decisions. My point was just that the breast cancer awareness campaigns have been so effective, and pervasive, that they seem to be crowding out awareness of other serious health issues. Perhaps, other campaigns should be taking pointers from the breast cancer awareness organizers — or perhaps, as the article says, the other issues are just not “sexy” enough to compete.
Reading your posts and others around here who are somehow finding something egregiously wrong with the NFL's campaign reinforces my belief that some people can find something to gripe about with anything.
Maybe I'm just an optimist, but I've tried very hard to understand why people are bitching about a few pink ribbons and shoe soles, and cannot make myself get upset about it.
The NFL takes one month on the schedule and makes monetary donations to a cause. These include player autographed pink merchandise worn on the field that is auctioned off, to a portion of the referees salary going to screening, to individuals like Larry Fitzgerald who are making a personal donation for every catch and touchdown they make.
That this is sparking outrage in some people is truly a mystery to me.
Maybe so. My beef with them is that they don’t share their money with ovarian cancer which is rarer but the most deadly of the gyn cancers. And my personal cancer. Most of us with OVCA get mad and jealous of the pink girls. THey should share with other cancers.
He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Well said, Rita, and oft forgotten.
Where did you see “outrage” in any of my posts? That’s just outrageous.
Maybe pessimism would have been a better word.
Simply a personal preference, I find the pink accessories of football players rather irritating.
I mean, one week, fine, or even a halftime segment on the next SuperBowl - get that huge audience, y’know, but for the entire month....fughedaboutit.
Not that my boycott will make any difference to them.
And, in this case the weather is going to be sparkling - 65, sunny, crisp, why stay inside.
And from an intensity of games perspective, midseason is prolly the best time, if you can and want to, a few games.
I can’t wait for ColoRectal Cancer Month.
>>The NFL takes one month on the schedule and makes monetary donations to a cause. These include player autographed pink merchandise worn on the field that is auctioned off, to a portion of the referees salary going to screening, to individuals like Larry Fitzgerald who are making a personal donation for every catch and touchdown they make.
Pshaw, it’s piddlydiddly poopoo.
If the owners wanted, they could put a boatload of money into the charity and spare us the spectacle of that shocking pink considering the amount of the revenue stream their teams and tv deals generate.
At least it’s good to hear, not you, but others agree with me.
Now, what other worthy cause will we be subjected to by the NFL, or even the MLB, NBA, or NHL.
And with all that pink on the field, I keep looking for Medea Benjamin on the sidelines. Reminds me of CodePink too.
I own a small business and what I call (in my opinion) the pink mafia showed up demanding I advertise for their Breast Cancer Fund.
I told the woman, "What about pancreatic cancer that killed my mother? What about prostate cancer that killed my grandfather, what about testicular cancer? My brother in law has almost died 10 times and been hospitalized 20 times since he was diagnosed.
The woman was as rude as you can possibly imagine. Basically told me some cancers are more equal than others.
Long story short, bad day, and it ended up with me crying at the graveyard.
Some cancers are more equal than others...
Yes.
And the breast cancer campaign ignores men that get it. Like the late Rod Roddy.
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