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Sally Struthers reveals terrifying reason she stopped working with Save the Children
Yahoo News! ^ | Mon, April 12, 2021 | Raechal Shewfelt

Posted on 04/14/2021 2:53:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway

For years, Sally Struthers's commercials for Save the Children, with their heartbreaking images of children in need, were all over TV.

Struthers revealed Monday on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast that she stopped working as an ambassador for the organization and another, similar one after 35 years because of a terrifying experience. It happened once when she had flown into Uganda on a small plane to meet one of the kids she was sponsoring.

"They brought [the child] from his village, which was quite a few hours away. He had traveled to come meet his sponsor, to meet me, and I made some commercials with him, and I played with him and I brought him toys and balloons," Struthers said. "Well, a roving band of guerrilla warfare guys came out of the bushes and asked [him] where he was from, and he named his village, which was far away, and they decided that we had kidnapped him, and they were going to shoot all of us."

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To: Organic Panic
"Africans live how they want to live. I was once idealistic and thought they just needed help. There is not a damned thing the rest of the world can do for them."

There may be some truth in that... With the worldwide invasion of muslims I think we'll all be back in mud huts after a while..

41 posted on 04/14/2021 6:47:27 AM PDT by unread
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To: Joe 6-pack

Well, USMC photos are hard to find with children. You want to take a shot?


42 posted on 04/14/2021 6:48:32 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: nickcarraway

The Trump part was the real purpose of Yahoo making the article. They must follow the unwritten orders that “no Trump” must be a drum beat 24/7/365 by every arm of the media.


43 posted on 04/14/2021 6:54:26 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Candor7
"Well, USMC photos are hard to find with children."

Seems odd for an organization that runs Toys for Tots. Maybe they just have trouble figuring out how to use a camera.

44 posted on 04/14/2021 7:04:39 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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"Well, a roving band of guerrilla warfare guys came out of the bushes and asked [him] where he was from, and he named his village, which was far away, and they decided that we had kidnapped him, and they were going to shoot all of us."
I thought it was due to years of guerrllas making "you, mama so fat" jokes.

45 posted on 04/14/2021 7:07:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Maybe they just have trouble figuring out how to use a camera.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

No need to be jealous now, LOL!


46 posted on 04/14/2021 7:12:37 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: Candor7

Good thing they found an Army photographer home on leave for the holidays ;-)


47 posted on 04/14/2021 7:14:45 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Mr. K

That was a pretty horrible comment... Did you think that was funny?

no im thinking it was probably very close to the truth,every time I saw her in those commercials i had the deep seated feeling that if she would just go on a diet,her daily meals would probably feed 100 children.


48 posted on 04/14/2021 7:41:58 AM PDT by Craftmore
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To: dfwgator

Give a man a fish....


49 posted on 04/14/2021 8:01:40 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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Proving she wasn’t the ONLY “meat head” on All In The Family....


50 posted on 04/14/2021 8:17:52 AM PDT by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah, its one of those sh-thole continents.


51 posted on 04/14/2021 8:32:10 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: nickcarraway

Sally Struthers is a nutjob. Seriously, not right in the head.


52 posted on 04/14/2021 8:35:14 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: nickcarraway

Africa can’t be helped. Helping implies that they can do something for themselves, for the most part they can’t.

The birthplace of man has not advanced much at all since man began his journey out of Africa. It is a place and people ruled by backward customs and cruelty to one another that are fed by increasing poverty and over population.

Colonialism was the best thing to ever happen to them. The end of colonialism was one of the worst things to ever happen to them.


53 posted on 04/14/2021 9:16:51 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Excellent post.


54 posted on 04/14/2021 10:17:35 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("One steps out with actresses, one doesn't marry them."—Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
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To: MercyFlush

Preach it, MercyFlush! Totally agree.


55 posted on 04/14/2021 10:19:10 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("One steps out with actresses, one doesn't marry them."—Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

56 posted on 04/14/2021 11:47:20 AM PDT by MAAG (Thank Him for His patience, it’s a measure of His love.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Thanks.


57 posted on 04/14/2021 2:13:04 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("if I perish, I perish." Esther 4:16)
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To: dfwgator

#36 Remember to donate to BLM and Antifa!


58 posted on 04/15/2021 11:11:33 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: MAAG

#56 Mark Twain: ‘Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.’
“Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”


59 posted on 04/15/2021 11:23:07 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Which is to say: socialism is a bad idea. Does she agree? Probably not.”

My dad lived in Africa for a while. He said foreign money, food, supplies, clothing - even health care - no matter how well intended - totally destroyed the local economies year after year, village after village. Foreign aid puts the local farms, factories and service providers right out of business.

He said a farmer would plant crops, then foreign aid would get dumped into the local economy and the price of food would plummet. The farmer would have to drop prices, lose his shirt, and be unable to pay workers. Same with all other goods and services. We ran their hard working local businesses into the ground with free stuff.

Whatever business you are in, think what it would do to your livelihood if the government or some foreigners just provided that good or service it to your customers for free.

That’s what happens. Sorry leftist meatheads, but hard work, open competition, and free enterprise is the ONLY way to prosperity - there is no shortcut.


60 posted on 04/15/2021 11:20:26 PM PDT by enumerated
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