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Sandusky Scandal: Kenneth Frazier a serious conflict of interest (Free Republic exclusive)
Outspot | 13 Sept. 20011 | Outspot

Posted on 11/13/2011 12:05:38 PM PST by OutSpot

In the ongoing saga of Penn State University failures and misguided moral compass, there is unfortunately one more insult to injury to the Sandusky child rape victims and their families. Penn State’s board of trustees last Friday appointed Kenneth Frazier, the chief executive of Merck & Co. as well as Penn State alumni, to lead a special committee to investigate the Sandusky sordid matter. As a Penn State alum myself, it turns my stomach knowing that Mr. Frazier volunteered himself and has serious conflicts of interest in the scandal. Anyone is able to review the Annual reports of Sandusky’s “Second Mile” organization and see that Merck & Co was one of Second Mile’s largest repeat donors for the past several years 2006 (> $50,000), 2007 ($5,000-$9,999), 2008 ($5,000-$9,999), and 2009 ($2,000-4,999). The annual reports can easily be downloaded from the Second Mile website.

If this is not enough grounds already to immediately fire Mr. Frazier, with allegations in the media prior to Friday that Second Mile might have been “pimping” underage boys for large donations to the Second Mile organization (À la “Franklin Scandal”), makes the decision by Mr. Frazier and Penn State even more odd.

Instead of volunteering yourself Mr. Frazier you should have immediately recused yourself from committee participation due to your company’s direct monetary ties to the scandalous Second Mile criminal enterprise. Penn State, with its damaged brand, has a choice to make now, to further cleanse itself from this incredible scandal or continuing down the path of covering-up the matter.

Regrettably yours,

Outspot

PSU Alumni '96 Sci

Second Mile Annual reports Sources:

2006 - http://www.thesecondmile.org/pdf/AnnualReport2006.pdf

2007 - http://www.thesecondmile.org/pdf/2007%20Annual%20Report.pdf

2008 - http://www.thesecondmile.org/pdf/2008%20Annual%20Report.pdf

2009 - http://www.thesecondmile.org/pdf/AnnualReport2009.pdf


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bigpharma; chat; kennethfrazier; merck; moralabsolutes; paterno; pedstate; pennstate; psu; sandusky; vanity
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To: Jumper

Good point.

There was in England I believe a Chrisitian fired from his job or demoted because he posted on his private (Friends only) account that he opposed “gay marriage.”

Leftists want anything opposing the homosexual or, ironically, pro-Islamization (Muzzies kill gays) to be “hate speech” which is “non speech.”


41 posted on 11/13/2011 1:34:48 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Third Person

Doesn’t fit the political agenda of the left to show the obvious dangers posed by sodomite men raising a young boy - not to mention the boy’s friends and neighbors.


42 posted on 11/13/2011 1:38:48 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: WPaCon

I´d say he failed Character 101. Miserably. Repeatedly.


43 posted on 11/13/2011 1:39:22 PM PST by onedoug (lf)
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To: Scotswife

A related question is: Does Dick’s Hardware have a gun/ammo counter?


44 posted on 11/13/2011 1:39:32 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: SpaceBar

now that I think about....yes it does!


45 posted on 11/13/2011 1:41:19 PM PST by Scotswife
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To: TigerClaws

Wasn’t the neighborhood some sort of leftist “utopian” experiment?


46 posted on 11/13/2011 1:43:23 PM PST by Third Person
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To: OutSpot

Might want to consider that the Penn State General Counsel in 2002, who was briefed in on both the 1998 and the 2002 investigation into Sandusky was also the General Counsel to The Second Mile.

The Second Mile President/CEO has stated that he did not know of the Sandusky reports until 2008.

That information is in the Grand Jury Indictment.

IMO, that is the first true indicator of a concerted coverup.


47 posted on 11/13/2011 1:47:06 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: Third Person

“Eno Commons” commune... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282975/posts


48 posted on 11/13/2011 1:48:45 PM PST by Third Person
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To: onedoug
Though Paterno had to go down too, and should, in fact, be prosecuted as an accomplice.

Joe is small potatoes. He serves more as a scapegoat to deflect scrutiny of the homo NAMBLA types embedded in many important organizations in America. This is where investigation needs to be focused to root out these bastards who organize the NAMBLA clubs.

49 posted on 11/13/2011 1:50:00 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: onedoug

I’d say you don’t have enough information to make that judgment.


50 posted on 11/13/2011 2:01:09 PM PST by WPaCon
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To: Bryan24

Good point.

If the attorney knew .. he wouldn’t report to the CEO at the very least and more likely the Board??


51 posted on 11/13/2011 2:02:13 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Jumper

Spanier is a sexual deviant, and most people with ties to Happy Valley recognize that.

If the Mark Madden rumors were true, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was involved. In fact, because Spanier was the president, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Madden rumors were true.


52 posted on 11/13/2011 2:04:29 PM PST by WPaCon
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To: OutSpot

BTT!


53 posted on 11/13/2011 2:05:27 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: Travis McGee

>> “Big Pharma involvement.” <<

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Big Pharma is a big drag on this world.


54 posted on 11/13/2011 2:06:53 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: OutSpot
Just a couple suggested items to check out:

1. Could these be matching donations that Merck made in an employee's name? My employer will match charitable donations dollar-for-dollar if I request it.

2. Who at Merck has oversight responsibility for charitable donations? Frazier is relatively new in the CEO role; what was his previous role and how does that relate to donations, if at all?

55 posted on 11/13/2011 2:08:41 PM PST by NittanyLion
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Great find, Abner.

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56 posted on 11/13/2011 2:53:19 PM PST by Tribune7 (If you demand perfection you will wind up with leftist Democrats)
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To: NittanyLion
You know NL, there is absolutely nothing to check out.

This stinks.

Why would they appoint a corporate CEO to investigate this?

A retired judge or DA or FBI agent or police chief with a good rep & no ties to PSU would make sense.

OTOH, maybe the PSU Board of Trustees learned something from the Catholic bishops' experience with Frank Keating.

Don't appoint an honest man that you can't control.

57 posted on 11/13/2011 3:02:38 PM PST by Tribune7 (If you demand perfection you will wind up with leftist Democrats)
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To: Tribune7
You know NL, there is absolutely nothing to check out. This stinks. Why would they appoint a corporate CEO to investigate this? A retired judge or DA or FBI agent or police chief with a good rep & no ties to PSU would make sense.

Fully agree, actually. Regardless of how the donations came about.

I think the first thing that should have happened (on Day 1) was to announce the appointment of a special investigator, and ideally that person would have been a nationally-known, nonpartisan person. The second point of order should have been to immediately place all named parties on administration leave pending an emergency BoT meeting to be held later that week. Had they done that, they might have quelled some of the media frenzy and given themselves time to execute tasks properly. Instead they bungled the crisis mgmt aspects right out of the gate and never recovered.

58 posted on 11/13/2011 3:34:17 PM PST by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion
yup, to all your points.

I hate to sound suspicious but I think this thing might go a lot deeper.

59 posted on 11/13/2011 4:10:37 PM PST by Tribune7 (If you demand perfection you will wind up with leftist Democrats)
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To: Tribune7
I hate to sound suspicious but I think this thing might go a lot deeper.

I agree. Given the fact that Sandusky is still claiming innocence, I have to wonder what info he has that will become a bargaining chip. And I'm inclined to think it will be along the lines of what Madden is suggesting. If so, there are some very nervous high-profile people out there right now...

60 posted on 11/13/2011 4:40:15 PM PST by NittanyLion
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