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No, I don't. I don't believe I said that? nossy Send a noteboard - 02/02/2012 07:53:50 PM
It could be much simpler (probably isn't, but could be). I'm sure there's a smarter way to say this, but I think they made the right choice because they're removing a link that prevents people who don't want their money supporting PP from donating to them. In the absence of this link, people who want to support Komen but not PP can donate to Komen where they couldn't before, and people who want to support Komen and PP can donate to both. Based on that they have only increased the number of potential donors. The unknown is the number of people who have supported Komen in the past but will choose not to continue to do so because of the politics of this decision.

Both you and ray have good points on that score. I don't know which is true, but my own personal take on it is that I might consider changing my breast cancer charity (or moving to another that gives money to stem cell research, even if it were for lung cancer or any other). However, you may be right that the pro-choice crowd may still feel it's worth it.
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Susan G. Komen cuts funds to Planned Parenthood. (with updated edit) - 02/02/2012 04:32:27 PM 2186 Views
The most annoying part is in the sixth paragraph- abortions are only a small part of their thing - 02/02/2012 05:08:07 PM 1073 Views
I agree. - 02/02/2012 05:20:17 PM 990 Views
I can understand it though. - 02/02/2012 05:45:55 PM 1045 Views
I can too, it just isn't for me. - 02/02/2012 05:58:33 PM 961 Views
Actually, there are longer-acting forms of birth control than the pill. - 03/02/2012 12:37:42 AM 972 Views
I do think that preventing abortions is their primary goal. - 03/02/2012 01:08:05 AM 937 Views
If they don't see that link, it's because they haven't looked. - 03/02/2012 02:42:42 AM 1016 Views
That is a little unfair. - 03/02/2012 12:48:46 PM 1226 Views
Won't someone please think of the children?! - 04/02/2012 05:03:27 AM 1016 Views
I think you're leaving out some important points. - 04/02/2012 03:40:48 PM 962 Views
Ah, the good ol' silent majority. - 04/02/2012 07:32:29 PM 929 Views
So which moron is feeding you this crap? - 04/02/2012 10:27:15 PM 956 Views
A zygote isn't a person, because it doesn't have a brain. - 05/02/2012 12:33:29 AM 955 Views
It worries me when we think alike.... - 05/02/2012 01:22:35 PM 991 Views
Brain waves at 8 weeks are a myth. - 05/02/2012 08:46:06 PM 1097 Views
"brain function... appears to be reliably present in the fetus at about eight weeks' gestation." - 05/02/2012 10:42:35 PM 1009 Views
Oh please. - 05/02/2012 11:13:50 PM 975 Views
Re: Oh please yourself. - 06/02/2012 09:15:26 PM 850 Views
Quite a telling reply. - 07/02/2012 04:38:20 AM 912 Views
Re: I quite agree. - 08/02/2012 06:03:23 PM 1121 Views
You're taking an issue of objective facts and treating it like a day of playground gossip. - 09/02/2012 03:47:06 AM 961 Views
No, your source, in which there is very little that is objective, did that for me. - 11/02/2012 02:59:45 AM 981 Views
I see you have continued to provide no factual arguments. - 14/02/2012 04:53:28 AM 1217 Views
I presented factual rebuttals. - 19/02/2012 01:56:45 AM 1009 Views
You continue to miss the point. - 23/02/2012 10:22:24 PM 1102 Views
Well, yes. - 04/02/2012 11:14:47 PM 1020 Views
A silent majority may as well not exist, if it has no tangible effects. - 05/02/2012 12:54:34 AM 962 Views
You ignoring it is not the same thing as it having no tangible effect. - 05/02/2012 02:11:36 AM 1060 Views
Ignoring what? You haven't shown me anything solid. - 05/02/2012 05:25:23 AM 956 Views
It's ok, we're done. *NM* - 05/02/2012 09:29:05 AM 584 Views
Since few people oppose ADULT contraception access, that might be wise in this case. - 04/02/2012 08:25:49 PM 1047 Views
Re: Since few people oppose ADULT contraception access, that might be wise in this case. - 05/02/2012 02:11:28 AM 954 Views
If you are arguing most sex ed opponents are naïve/ignorant, I agree. - 05/02/2012 08:42:17 AM 792 Views
Re: If you are arguing most sex ed opponents are naïve/ignorant, I agree. - 05/02/2012 10:04:59 PM 962 Views
Re: If you are arguing most sex ed opponents are naïve/ignorant, I agree. - 06/02/2012 08:57:38 PM 938 Views
I'm done discussing my use of the term "oppression." The Tim Ryan stuff is interesting, though. - 07/02/2012 05:37:05 AM 1037 Views
Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 08/02/2012 06:01:32 PM 1128 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 09/02/2012 05:30:58 AM 996 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 11/02/2012 02:58:00 AM 1026 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 14/02/2012 04:29:08 AM 1092 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 19/02/2012 01:54:30 AM 1006 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 23/02/2012 10:59:32 PM 1305 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 07/03/2012 01:47:44 AM 962 Views
Re: Yet, regrettably, not done misusing it. - 15/03/2012 10:27:23 PM 1219 Views
There are problems with the implants - 03/02/2012 01:42:55 AM 984 Views
You have a talent for understatement. - 03/02/2012 01:08:40 PM 971 Views
I agree that they have made Beast Cancer a cult but splitting with PP is just smart - 02/02/2012 05:39:49 PM 1113 Views
I agree. - 02/02/2012 06:00:17 PM 900 Views
yes she is going to have to piss off one group or the other - 02/02/2012 06:12:31 PM 969 Views
Right - 02/02/2012 06:24:14 PM 1017 Views
Do you see a way Komen could have avoided pissing off one side? - 02/02/2012 06:55:36 PM 970 Views
No, I don't. I don't believe I said that? - 02/02/2012 07:53:50 PM 875 Views
You didn't; I inferred it from the way you phrased that ("if she HAS to..."). Sorry. - 02/02/2012 08:06:11 PM 957 Views
I know I'm not always clear. - 02/02/2012 08:32:47 PM 961 Views
Just curious... - 02/02/2012 10:07:49 PM 939 Views
Not at all. - 02/02/2012 10:24:19 PM 1004 Views
Not at all? - 02/02/2012 10:32:31 PM 898 Views
No. - 02/02/2012 10:47:04 PM 856 Views
My argument is based on my belief that the pro-choice women are more dedicated to women's causes - 02/02/2012 11:17:24 PM 950 Views
Re: My argument is based on my belief that the pro-choice women are more dedicated to women's causes - 03/02/2012 12:08:01 AM 950 Views
wow that may be the worst advice I had in weeks - 03/02/2012 12:13:18 AM 911 Views
Ooor, the best. - 03/02/2012 12:25:56 AM 895 Views
ok now you are just being mean *NM* - 03/02/2012 12:46:12 AM 585 Views
The thread was going too well - I thought we needed the meanness. *NM* - 03/02/2012 11:30:39 AM 532 Views
rabble rouser *NM* - 04/02/2012 04:24:01 AM 548 Views
I misread this at first - 03/02/2012 12:51:44 AM 952 Views
not to mention codeine seems to make me double post - 02/02/2012 11:17:26 PM 1994 Views
I'm not so sure I agree. Or not completely. - 02/02/2012 06:14:11 PM 883 Views
I don't diagree with the way you see it - 02/02/2012 06:39:41 PM 957 Views
More inevitable than anything, considering who started Komen. - 02/02/2012 10:19:34 PM 903 Views
Never having heard of any of those except PP, my opinion may not be the most relevant... - 02/02/2012 08:32:48 PM 1027 Views
You don't know stuff. - 02/02/2012 08:43:38 PM 989 Views
I know the stuff that matters. - 02/02/2012 09:55:08 PM 891 Views
That's true. - 02/02/2012 10:34:32 PM 983 Views
they may also be a afraid that PP will go the way of ACORN - 02/02/2012 11:04:16 PM 1035 Views
"Accused" of = unfounded slander. - 03/02/2012 12:13:30 AM 1044 Views
This is so foreign a debate for me - 02/02/2012 10:16:15 PM 1007 Views
Must be nice. *NM* - 03/02/2012 12:26:49 AM 637 Views
Re: stuff - 03/02/2012 09:18:53 AM 905 Views
I'm sorry, but what're we talking about when we're talking about "cancer" - 03/02/2012 12:49:34 PM 937 Views
Obviously not adenocarcinoma, no. - 04/02/2012 07:36:06 AM 952 Views
I"m not that fussed. I'm just generally leary of research that has results like that - 04/02/2012 08:35:04 PM 900 Views
Fair enough. - 04/02/2012 10:17:31 PM 966 Views
They restored funding incidentally - 03/02/2012 05:43:47 PM 883 Views
Unless I've missed it - 03/02/2012 05:56:15 PM 973 Views
You must have missed it then - 03/02/2012 07:07:13 PM 889 Views
If you're referring to Cannoli - 03/02/2012 07:19:25 PM 1037 Views
Multiple was not an accidental choice of words - 03/02/2012 11:46:30 PM 919 Views
Then I agree that maybe this is not the thread for you. - 04/02/2012 12:41:42 AM 948 Views
Re: Then I agree that maybe this is not the thread for you. - 04/02/2012 01:53:25 AM 1142 Views
Well, I'll try again for both of us. - 04/02/2012 02:56:42 PM 972 Views
Re: Well, I'll try again for both of us. - 04/02/2012 07:40:25 PM 937 Views
well at least there will not be any doubt about this being a political decision - 03/02/2012 06:24:14 PM 1085 Views
I think that ship sailed long ago. - 03/02/2012 08:45:13 PM 891 Views
Truth - 04/02/2012 02:07:20 AM 995 Views
I do wonder a bit which lawmakers Fox thinks "pressured" Komen. - 03/02/2012 08:29:50 PM 888 Views
are you trying to disprove the study you posted? - 03/02/2012 09:20:12 PM 1015 Views
To me, it depends on the nature of the contact, which I have not dug enough to discover. - 03/02/2012 10:43:45 PM 916 Views
you admit you have no incite into what happened - 04/02/2012 04:27:17 AM 937 Views
Actually, it looks like Komens new VP (and former GOP GA gubernatorial candidate) had the incite. - 04/02/2012 04:24:14 PM 981 Views
educated guess don't work when you are tinfoil hat wearing kool-aid drinker - 04/02/2012 09:33:49 PM 883 Views
Dude. - 04/02/2012 11:20:49 PM 827 Views
Yo mama? - 05/02/2012 05:32:11 AM 982 Views
whhhhhhyyyyyy - 04/02/2012 11:23:58 PM 954 Views
Why would I not think that? - 05/02/2012 05:46:15 AM 857 Views

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