[derllak]

Who uses toilet paper?

That’s what newspaper is for!

[Da Coyote]

I don’t understand why any corporation would contribute to anything that even approaches controversial. And...why isn’t that corporation contributing excess monies back to their stockholders?

That abortion outfit is only contributing to a lack of future paper consumers.

[ilovesarah2012]

Now we have to use politically correct toilet paper? God save America.

[El Sordo]

Good on ya’, mate.

[almost done by half]

"Susan G Komen Foundation funds Planned Parenthood"

I never heard this, do you have a source?

[An American in Turkiye]

I hear you on that. My wife is doing a 60 mile walk-a-thon for something and has to raise 1500 bucks for her and her teammates to participate. I donated 300 to the entry website (as a good husband should), and then it happened. I received an email from the Susan G Komen Foundation, thanking me for my donation. I told my wife, and she didn't know they contributed to PP. She is still signed up for it, but is not happy. Won't do it again...

[Da Bilge Troll]

Normally I am not outspoken

Maybe you should change that! ;-)

[Nat Turner]

I have to keep questioning why an organization which is purportedly against breast cancer supports a group whose policy of abortion might be a significant factor in breast cancer...so much for rationality and logic...

[I cannot think of a name]

The unfortunate part of this story is that you just about have to live in the woods and be entirely cut-off from civilization NOT to spend money with companies that support some of these causes. The liberals have been entirely successful in hiding their true intentions and extorting money from just about every company out there.

And before I'm bombarded with, “Oh yea, well so and so doesn't” - yes, there are still a few decent companies around. But if you think of the hundreds of products the average American buys every year, it is virtually impossible not to spend money with stinkers.

[classified]

Thanks I will remember and pass this information along!

[Talisker]

She looked at me in disbelief.

This is the foundation of liberalism - rock-solid denial of the very existence of any other way of thinking.

A liberals position on anything doesn't matter to them at all, and they laugh at anyone who actually cares about anything personally.

The only thing that matters to a liberal is group loyalty.

Positions come, positions go, but group loyalty is, literally, reality to them.

So when you rejected Georgia Pacific on abortion grounds to the liberal woman, she didn't look at you in disbelief because she disagreed with you.

No.

She looked at you in disbelief because, in a matter of seconds...

...you ceased to exist to her.

Literally.

[arrogantsob]

Most of these corporations fund all kind of stupid crap. Chances are few of their shareholders would approve of 99% of it. Wonder what kind of contributions GP makes to religious establishments?

[SnakeDoctor]

I thought it was the other way around ...

I don’t think Komen supports Planned Parenthood, I think Planned Parenthood supports Komen.

But, I’ve been wrong before.

SnakeDoc

[HiTech RedNeck]

I believe a number of similarly purposed organizations use pink ribbons or other pink emblems, and not all are in the abortion game. Komen is a known baddie, but other pink ribbon organizations may not be.

Why the heck would a breast cancer benefit organization want to get mixed up with Planned Parent/Barrenhood anyhow? Do they hope to catch breast cancer in utero and abort the potential sufferers?

[Gene Eric]

Thank you for that insight and also reacting from your heart on such an important issue. GP needs to hear from the public on this.

[NWFLConservative]

I have not eaten in a McDonalds in over two years since I found out that corporately they support gay marriage and gay rights and have donated money to that cause. I would rather than go hungry than ever step foot in another McDonalds.

People stare at me like I am from Mars when I tell them that is why I will not patronize that restaurant. Apparently eating greasy fast food transcends their principles, but certainly not mine.

[NormsRevenge]

sorry to hear of your experience.. we usually buy the generic brand.

it could be worse, just think of all the corn cobs going to waste with the rush to use corn to make more ethanol.

[kcvl]

Komen: Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Do Mammograms With Grants

In new emails Susan G. Komen for the Cure is sending to people complaining about their grants to the Planned Parenthood abortion business, officials claim the grants are given to help women obtain breast cancer screenings. Yet, Komen also admits Planned Parenthood doesn’t do mammograms.

Last year, Komen spokesman John Hammarley confirmed 20 of Komen’s 122 affiliates have made donations to Planned Parenthood and, in 2009, those contributions totaled $731,303. He also confirmed Komen affiliates contributed about $3.3 million to the abortion business from 2004-2009.

In a new form letter to one pro-life person who complained about the grants, obtained by LifeNews.com, Komen explains the donations, but says 19 affiliates have donated.

“Thanks very much for writing to share your concern with us. Recent questions have arisen regarding a limited number of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® community grants to Planned Parenthood breast health programs, specifically those designed to provide screening mammograms for vulnerable populations, e.g., low-income and uninsured women,” Komen says. “Currently, 19 Komen for the Cure Affiliates award 19 local grants specifically to Planned Parenthood-sponsored programs in their communities to pay for breast cancer education and breast screenings.”

However, a late March expose’ from Live Action revealed no Planned Parenthood centers nationally provide mammograms.

Live Action released videotaped footage of calls to 30 Planned Parenthood centers nationwide in 27 different states where abortion facility staff were asked whether or not mammograms could be performed on site. Every one of the Planned Parenthood centers admitted they could not do mammograms. Every Planned Parenthood, without exception, tells the women calling that they will have to go elsewhere for a mammogram, and many clinics admit that no Planned Parenthood clinics provide this breast cancer screening procedure.

“We don’t provide those services whatsoever,” admits a staffer at Planned Parenthood of Arizona while a staffer at Planned Parenthood’s Comprehensive Health Center clinic in Overland Park, Kansas tells a caller, “We actually don’t have a, um, mammogram machine, at our clinics.”

In its email to people concerned about the Komen-Planned Parenthood connection, a Komen official admits Planned Parenthood doesn’t provide mammograms for women with its grant money. Komen makes it clear the money is merely funneled through the abortion business to legitimate medical centers that actually perform mammograms.

“When a mammogram is indicated, a patient is often referred to a local program, such as the state’s breast and cervical cancer program. In other cases, the Komen Affiliate’s grant to Planned Parenthood may include funds to pay for mammograms outright. When this happens, a local provider performs the mammogram, and is then reimbursed by Planned Parenthood using the Komen grant funds,” Komen admits.

David Schmidt of Live Action responded to the comments in the new letter from Komen.

“It appears that Komen is getting more inquiries about their affiliation with top US abortion provider Planned Parenthood,” he said. “Notice how Komen plays down their donations to Planned Parenthood by saying a “limited number” of Komen grants have gone to Planned Parenthood.”

He wondered why Komen would give grants to Planned Parenthood rather than legitimate medical centers when the abortion business doesn’t actually help women with mammograms.

“Planned Parenthood doesn’t do mammograms themselves. Why then is Komen giving grants to Planned Parenthood to then in turn pay non-Planned Parenthood health centers to provide mammograms? Why not grant funds directly to the centers performing mammograms?” he asked.

Scmidt also said the grants fail to help the large percentage of women who would never go to the abortion business for legitimate health care.

“Why is Komen’s giving to the largest abortion provider in the United States. Millions of pro-life women do not feel comfortable going to an abortion clinic to get non-abortion services,” he concludes. “Why not give the funds to a non-controversial community health center that all women in the community feel comfortable visiting?”

ACTION: Contact Komen for the Cure to complain about its Planned Parenthood grants at http://ww5.komen.org/Contact.aspx

See the letter below:

Dear Xxxx ,

Thanks very much for writing to share your concern with us. Recent questions have arisen regarding a limited number of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® community grants to Planned Parenthood breast health programs, specifically those designed to provide screening mammograms for vulnerable populations, e.g., low-income and uninsured women.

Currently, 19 Komen for the Cure Affiliates award 19 local grants specifically to Planned Parenthood-sponsored programs in their communities to pay for breast cancer education and breast screenings.

When a mammogram is indicated, a patient is often referred to a local program, such as the state’s breast and cervical cancer program. In other cases, the Komen Affiliate’s grant to Planned Parenthood may include funds to pay for mammograms outright. When this happens, a local provider performs the mammogram, and is then reimbursed by Planned Parenthood using the Komen grant funds.

During the past five years, these grants have paid for the following education and screenings:

· Breast cancer and breast health education for nearly 160,000 women

· Clinical breast exams for more than 139,000 women

· 4,866 mammograms

· Detection of 177 breast cancers

Overall, Komen Affiliates provide funding for 2,000 community programs that provide screenings, education and financial and social support to women and their families. This funding is based on a thorough assessment of the breast health and support programs available in an Affiliate’s service area.

The limited number of Komen Affiliates that fund Planned Parenthood breast programs do so after this same thorough assessment; the funds are then reviewed twice-yearly to ensure that they are being used only for their intended breast health programs.

We know breast health education and early detection programs, particularly among vulnerable populations, are essential to reduce mortality from breast cancer. Indeed, today’s five-year survival rate is 98 percent for breast cancers caught early, before they’ve spread from the breast.

We hope this information helps to clear up any misinformation that you may have heard.

Thank you, again.

Sincerely,
Susan G. Komen for the Cure

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/04/18/komen-admits-planned-parenthood-grants-dont-get-women-mammograms/

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[Jean S]

Interesting, now Georgia Pacific (Koch brothers) is being boycotted by the left and the right. This is one of the companies that the WI union thugs are going after.

[tiki]

What is so sad is that connection between abortion and breast cancer that they conveniently ignore. They donate to an organization that supports and defends something that actually causes the breast cancer that they supposedly fight against.