September 22nd is the Orange County Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure” event. I’m sure they will rake in lots of money from good intentioned people who think their “hard earned” dollars are going to help a well known charity. I will not give them a single dime and here is why:
1. The charity founder, Nancy Brinker, according to her 2012 tax records, “raked in” over $600,00 of your donation money. Exactly why does she think she is entitled to that kind of salary? The donations given, are done so to help patients, not fund her wardrobe!
2. Brinker decided to give herself a 64% raise while defunding Planned Parenthood, setting off a (temporary) firestorm — she has since earned the “most trusted” title award — Americans sure do have a short memory! I won’t go in to the details but if you like, you can read more here.
3. Dr. Judith Salerno, Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s new CEO and President told media that her salary will be less than Brinker’s, but stopped short of saying how much she will be paid. Brinker will step down to a management position, but also wouldn’t disclose what her new “adjusted” salary will be. I guess we have to wait for their IRS returns to find out.
4. In 2011, the Komen Foundation was accused of “over selling” mammograms. Dr. Steven Woloshin and Dr. Lisa Schwartz, two researchers with the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, argue that the breast cancer charity has oversold the potential benefits of mammograms and underrepresented the possible risks.
5. What money does go to research, a total of 15%, goes to the PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, who patent their drugs to sell back to the patient at outrageous prices! Believe me Big Pharma does not need our charity!
6. Do you listen to their ads? “A cure is just around the corner” — they have been just around that corner for years! News Flash! There is no corner because Big Pharma needs your money to keep their CEOs living the lavish lifestyle they have grown accustomed to. The price of cancer drugs in the U.S. compared to other countries is beyond belief! It’s outright thievery! And to have the nerve to ask for donations on top of it??? Komen and other big name charities funnel money to pharmaceutical companies; its as plain and simple as that.
7. The same pharmaceutical companies who make the drugs to supposedly cure cancer, are the ones who give us cancer in the first place! They have us coming and going! This is a HUGE money maker for them and their stock holders, and they have no intention of giving it up — like finding a cure. The only cancers that have improved over the last 50 years, are the blood cancers and maybe, testicular. The rest, as far as five year survival rate, are unchanged.
8. Do you know who thought up the idea of a “National Breast Cancer Awareness Month”? It’s the British chemical conglomerate called Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), which became Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, and today is known as AstraZeneca. I’m sure you have heard their commercials lately. AstraZeneca was the manufacturer of one of the largest selling breast cancer drugs in the world: Nolvadex (tamoxifen citrate) for twenty years. It stopped being manufactured or sold in the U.S. in 2006 because side effects included, uterine cancer and BREAST cancer and that’s the short list! They do, however, continue to sell a generic version.
9. Last year Kentucky Fried Chicken was one of Komen’s biggest sponsors. There’s nothing that says “fight cancer” like eating a big bucket of fried chicken that were fed genetically modified corn!
So before you feel guilt tripped into giving money to “race for the cure,” ask just where is the money going, better yet do your own research.
Is there someone to present an opposing view to this article?
Bueller …?
The Bueller-calling club just these past two weeks – Cunningham, Demagogue, BigBox, and now Skally. Odd group.
I’ll only join if there are free T-shirts. If I’m being too derivative, try this instead-
Hope I picked the right ’embed’ code this time – they have 10-hour and 12-hour versions, too!
I don’t see an embed,or is it administrated and not automatic? This was the link-http://youtu.be/nBmkor9WF0U
And “Yeah, here’s a free T shirt” is NOT a way to get rid of old laundry!
It’s there, you gotta click share first, THEN embed comes up….
This is perfect – believe it or not, i was about to start looking for the sound of crickets chirping for a little section of my next CD, “Twenty-Four Prunes or Galaxies.”
I like the first comment on this YouTube: “This #64 Sound of Crickets Chirping is a total ripoff of #59 Sound of Crickets Chirping.”
I don’t have oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) !
I don’t ! I don’t !
And, I don’t want to be in that group.
Big Box is pretty cool.
True, but, I don’t want to be in any group that will have me as a member.
Nyah, lucky to keep room temperature in sight, Google/YouTube is being really generous tonite. You want cool, check out Youtube for Vsauce and minutephysics- these guys explain stuff I can just about understand, not only in english, but make FUNNY animations, I can’t even get the &%$#@ embed links right! (Hope you’re still in a good mood, Vern!)
I am stuck at the Fullerton transportation center protest-sleeping, as all attentive Juice readers know. I have only this phone that’s gonna die soon, no laptop. Ill check on all your youtubes manana. Did you get my e-mail?
Hope your nite went well. I tried a re-send this AM. Cheers-
Nahh, Inge’s right.
THANK YOU so much Inge for saying what needed to be said!
Stop the Cancer Industrial Complex. The US allows only 3 cancer treatments, while outlawing alternative methods, including Gershon, Hemp Oil (recently skyrocketing in popularity, despite it’s being illegal – ftp), and other methods. Meanwhile, groups like Komen line their pockets while new methods and proven alternative methods remain illegal. Not even mentioning Big Pharm et. al. who profit from the limited choices.
P.S. Do we REALLY need opposing views? We get THAT propaganda all our lives.
It’s spelled Gerson therapy for those interested.
Their site is Gerson.org
There are many ways to beat cancer beyond chemo and radiation.
I was Googling the famous “Save the__” bumper sticker before making a crack, and instead found this
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-s-holmes/breast-cancer-awareness_b_1988050.html
in a Huffpost-Women blog by Jessica S. Holmes-
“The National Cancer Institute spent $631.2 million in taxpayer money on breast cancer research in 2010 compared to $281.9 million for lung cancer. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation raised over $470 million from HQ and affiliate programs that year. By comparison, the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign to increase awareness of heart disease in women raised just about $30 million last year through fundraising efforts. By these numbers, the number three killer of women generates 15 times more funding than the number one killer of women.”
Not really opposing, but…….
Because Americans love breastesses.
hey, for a guy like me, its a great place to meet desperate, needy women….
Don’t be a tool. Read how we’ve all been duped by the Rockefellers.
http://educate-yourself.org/fc/drugstory.shtml
The cancer treatments offered today are just a way to drain you of any money that you might have. You’re better off doing nothing. Radiation and chemo have no peer reviewed advantage over doing absolutely nothing.
That’s quite a statement demagogue. Comments on that from Inge – Carl ..?
Good question this time, skally.
Did you read the link?
No – too long.
I need the Cliff Notes version.
I chose chemo, radiation and surgery… if you are interested, I have a personal blog
http://rectalcancermyass.wordpress.com/
for those who don’t feel like reading it, here is my story in brief:
Dec. 26, 2010 I woke up short of breath and my legs felt so heavy I could barely walk. I knew that something was very wrong with me. I never get seriously sick. Hubby took me to emergency and I thought I had asthma, even though I never had symptoms before. Doctors were about to send me home, my vitals were normal, but they ran blood test. Diagnosis… I lost over 50% of my blood. I needed emergency blood transfusion. I could have stroked out any minute. Doctor asked if I was bleeding and I said yes… 4 months worth, but only drips.
I was under private doctors care for that time, who said I had hemorrhoids. Turns out he was very wrong. I was admitted to UCI right away. 2 days later, I received cancer diagnosis after colonoscopy. Stage 4, rectal cancer. It spread to my liver. I had immediate liver surgery to remove tumors that were (luckily0 on the tip of the liver), then chemo and radiation, then colostomy bag because cancer destroyed my sphincter muscles.
Friends told me about Gerson. I know 2 who went that route, both died. I chose conventional treatment, alternative meds;cannabis to get appetite going and stop nausea; changed my diet (juiced veggies, then added green smoothies). Plus lots of pain drugs.
I am not against conventional, but I am against the outrageous money they charge for meds (average treatment chemo cost = 19,000 each). I have reservations about Gerson, they do not offer info about survivor rates, are crazy expensive, and giving several enemas a day will leave patient dehydrated. I need more real stats before I mention them on my blog.
I do know there are many survivors who changed they diets with the help of Naturopaths. Chris Beat Cancer and Kris Carr are 2 survivors whom I trust with science based alternative methods.
Big Pharma does not want us to know there are alternatives BUT none offer a 100% guarantee either. I chose my treatments because #1. I was healthy enough to endure the massive radiation and chemo. I had no pre-existing conditions. I was literally brought to the brink of death and pulled back. (2011 was a real challenge to get through)
I use a walker these days to get around outdoors. I have the pelvic bone of an 80 year old. If I fall, I can easily break my hip. I have trouble with balance. I knew the risks but I did it anyway. I decided when I would take that “bitch” out, not cancer.
I won! I’m still here. BUT I still eat differently. It is up to me now to do everything I can to stay cancer free.
That wasn’t very brief, but I think you get my point.
** footnote: No one really knows what method they will choose until they are faced with the decisions. I was against Western Medicine until I got sick. As you may know…I do not like Kaiser. I was told many times, if I went there for treatment, they would have put me in hospice without even trying. I just lost a friend who died, after going to Kaiser for treatment, their attitude is appalling. I was lucky to end up at UCI. Doctors there are open to new ideas. They all know what I did, even the cannabis. They even write scripts for cancer patients to buy from dispensaries. I don’t like throwing all western medical doctors into the same pool, there are too many progressive thinking ones.
My opinion is for each person to do their own homework and make up their own mind. But my opinion about these charities (like S. G. Komen) stands firm… they funnel money to big pharma which doesn’t care about our health (only their bottom line), while spending the majority of your donations on management salaries.
I think I remember this story being debunked. but if Junior is too lazy to read it, I am too lazy to research. BUT…….
Supposing it is true and accurate, is it really any different than Richard Blum “Mr. Feinstein” ‘s war profiteering or his sell out of UC resources to Pfizer Inc. or Abbott Labs. This is what happens. “Oilmen and Dairymen” as my mentor used to say (this was the same old fool who had me drop $10K into GOLD in 2000!).
At any rate, don’t run, run, I don’t really care. They have done a lot to raise awareness and hopefully that’s good. I suspect for the cost of a dozen or so GE powered missiles into Syria we could make HUGE inroads to treating/curing this horrible illness.
Tamoxifen (chemotherapy medicine) prescribed to treat breast cancer, causes uterine cancer, as it says clearly on the warning label.
Every school kid knows that radiation causes cancer.
So we use cancer causing treatments to treat cancer, at a great profit to the medical industry. The oncologist can’t give you accurate numbers showing that it helps survival in the patients.
Why would anybody sign up for that?
Because the patient thinks that they have no other choice. Fear can cloud one’s judgement.
Fruits and veggies do not cure cancer. You know NOTHING!
I am 37 years old and I am a breast cancer survivor. I did chemo, had a double mastectomy in August and now I am doing a bit more chemo to make sure nothing else is in my system.
Why would anyone sign up for that you ask? Because I am a wife and a mother of a 3 1/2 year old who I happen to want to see grow up.
If you do not know what you are talking about maybe you should shut the hell up.
I’m glad that your way worked for you.
Your way is not the only way.
I wish you luck in your recovery.
Inge, can you briefly describe the process/methods by which you were Stage 4 and are now cancer-free? (I’m assuming by survivor you mean cancer-free, or in remission).
Skally, not from me on this one. I think I sort of kicked this one on to the pages with a discussion behind the scenes with Inge about this subject earlier yesterday.
I am in agreement with Inge on this subject when it comes to pink ribbons and the SGK foundation.
Even IF they have good intentions they don’t meet the gold standards of charity work. They spend way too much on things not related to their stated causes.
Congratulations Inge, you are a survivor. I admire your tenacity and determination.
Valerie Harper says cancer conspiracy theories are ‘beyond stupid’
On top of that, she said the “crazy” person is even “talking about conspiracy theories,” with the biggest one being that “doctors are holding back a cure for cancer so they can make money with pharma.”
“It’s so stupid,” she declares. “It’s beyond stupid, and it’s ugly.”
http://www.today.com/entertainment/exclusive-valerie-harper-says-cancer-conspiracy-theories-are-beyond-stupid-4B11187607
It’s “beyond stupid” to take medical advice from Rhoda.
I for one do not believe that the drug companies are trying to make us sick or give us cancer. As with almost anything we take there are risks and side effects, you weigh your own options and decide if it is “Worth it” for you. I personally know a breast cancer survivor who has taken Tamoxifen for 17 years and no uterine cancer, seems to have worked out well for her.
If you were in the position that you actually had breast cancer maybe you wouldn’t say you wouldn’t take it. I mean if you have a form of breast cancer such as triple negative where taking a drug like Tamoxifen is not an option. I know I many not have breast cancer but know several lovely women who do and some take Tamoxifen and some can not but I know that they wish there was something they could take like that for the extra insurance.
Fear should not cloud judgement, but it does. The worst fear comes from the internet haha seriously the worst place a cancer patient can get info is from the internet. Foolish and uninformed things are changing constantly and every single persons experience is different. I find that the people that you surround yourself with, the strength, support system, your team of providers every little aspect of care matters.
Mixing western and eastern medicine can make a great balance as well. You have to do what is best for you.
Ignorance is bliss I suppose.
We’re on the same page with blending Western and Naturopathic protocols. They both have something to offer..
Our traditional doctors in the US have no intention of giving up part of their profits to include holistic types of treatment, because they are egomaniacs and greedy. I wish that we’re not true.
Treatments like Gerson’s are helpful, but I wouldn’t solely depend on it for a cure. If you combine that with other modalities you might have a better chance.
you might find this video interesting. The author is a medical doctor
Inge, you’re an oj blogger, you should know how to post these videos. SHARE. EMBED. Check off the OLD, long code, and paste it here. It’s hard for me to do it from my phone, and I shouldn’t have to do it for everyone.
Yeah, but you shouldn’t have to defend me to Diamond/Dan C. either.
That’s just the thankless job of a good editor!
I hope the concert went well and bus bench wasn’t too uncomfortable.
Just for info, (and not for rebuttal!), I followed that procedure for the first of 3 ‘crickets’ posting above, and only posted the link (2nd post)when I saw a blank line where I expected to see (something) on the first post. I DID scroll down @ youTube to click where it said ‘old style’and copied that, but, as above, no(?) results. Should I just keep trying, and hope I see what(?) I’m missing, or does WordPress(?) have any help screens I need to read? Or maybe can readers just call me an idiot as THEY follow the link without an embed? (I’m used to hearing it by now! lol.)
I never said I was a tech nerd
Good job Juice Sister!
I’ve seen this guy before. Good video!
This would make RC’s head explode.
The good doctor in the video is dissing vaccines-flu shots.
Always looking out for you.
Kris Carr’s story…one of my mentors
Chris Beat Cancer’s story
I don’t know much about Chris, but I like to see him standing in front of a Champion juicer. Providing one’s body with large amounts of nutrition in an easily digestible form makes sense to me, if you are trying to get your body to fight off a disease.
Another great juicer is the Norwalk. Pricey but very efficient in that you get a good yield from your greens.
drinking your veggies is good for anyone…healthy or sick… the key to good health? Prevention. Like I mentioned in previous posts… we also have to take responsibility for our own health care. Americans eat too much junk and think just because they don’t drop dead after one bite…they are ok. They aren’t, it took me 8 years of eating GMO foods before I got sick. Doctors told me I was probably sick 2 years before my (correct) diagnosis.
Lately, we are seeing lots of kids under the age of 10 with stage 4 cancers… kids immune systems are still developing, so feeding them carcinogenic foods are especially bad. They can’t fight off the cancer cells, like a healthy adult.