Susan G. Komen Blinks — Page 6

For a little (probably needed) comic relief, Stephen Colbert responds to Mikey's lies:


Watch Stephen Colbert’s Defense of Planned Parenthood

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Colbert and Stewart have been particularly brilliant lately.

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"Stephen Colbert responds to Mikey's lies:"

Please specify which of my "lies" comedian Colbert was responding to.
Thanks.

Does that mean any hospital that also provides abortion services should not receive federal funds? How about institutions that covered up years of child rape?

What about Federal funds going to faith-based groups (which I believe to be unconstitutional), some of which have been involved in child rape scandals - even though it was only a "few bad apples" I guess by your standards, all funds should be withheld.

Plenty of my tax dollars go to support program and services I find unconstitutional or unsavory. But, government serves all of us, and that means that sometimes, I don't like some of the programs I subsidize, but that is the cost of living in a society made up of millions of individuals. We all don't always get what we want.

You seriously sound like Veruca Salt stamping her feet and demanding an Oompa Loompa.

Amen and ditto.

"What about Federal funds going to faith-based groups (which I believe to be unconstitutional)"

Why do you believe it is unconstitutional??
Just curious.

I would imagine because it's the state funding something that is explicitly religious/religious-based.


Why put health in quotes? "Health"? As if the myriad of other services PP provides AREN'T health-based?

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Wow.The outright ignorance is amazing!

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Someone had better answer the questions about these pink hand guns. The article says:

"Update #2: Komen now tells HuffPo that the foundation "does not have partnerships with any firearms manufacturer," and a rep from the Puget Sound affiliate maintains that Discount Gun Sales' "fundraising scheme is not sanctioned by" their office. We called and emailed the Komen Foundation earlier this afternoon and have not yet heard back from them."

But this is what is posted on the gun manufactures web site:

***Due to overwhelming popularity, we are no longer taking backorders on this item. We thank everyone for the support. ***
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Discount Gun Sales is proud to team up with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to offer the Walther P-22 Hope Edition. A portion of the proceeds for every P-22 Hope Edition sold will be donated to the Seattle Branch of the Susan G. Komen Foundation."

So, what is actually going on with this?!

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It was always political. It was never NOT political.
EXCLUSIVE: Ari Fleischer Secretly Involved In Komen Strategy On Planned Parenthood

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"As someone who is strongly opposed to abortions, my tax dollars should not be going to fund PP.

In America, you don't get to choose where your tax dollars go. You get to elect legislators who pass laws and levy taxes. "


I get to elect legislators who are supposed to defend and support the law of the land, which is the US Constitution. Sending my tax dollars to PP is unconstitutional, unless you can find the article and section of the Constitution where using tax dollars to fund an organization like PP is allowed. I can't find it in my Constitution.

"I am strongly opposed to so-called farm subsidies that are given to large corporations and bailouts for large banks. My tax dollars should not be going to fund them. BUT THEY DO."

If the legislators you elected supported and defended the US Constitution, then they would not be able to fund farm subsidies or large corporations and bailout banks (or car manufacturing companies --I assume you are against the Chrysler GM bailouts as well, RIGHT???). It is not a provision of the Constitution, therefore the federal government has no authority to do it.

"I respect your personal views on abortion but I have absolutely no respect for your desire to impose your views on me.
Imposing those views on others is un-American.
If you don't believe in abortion, DON'T HAVE ONE."

Sort of like saying, if you don't like murder or having sex with kids, then don't do it. But those folks shouldn't impose their views on YOU.


"If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, DON'T MARRY SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX."

Well, let's look to the Constitution again; where in the Constitution does the federal government get the power to legislate and regulate marriage?


"But stop trying to use the government to control people's private lives. "

I don't want the government to control people's private lives. I want the government to do that which it is authorized to do vie the US Constitution. THe difference between you and I is, you want to pick and choose the things about the Constitution you like or don't like. I don't pick and choose.

The federal government has the Constitutional authority to tax the American citizenry in order to support the military and for national defense.

"Nonsense. That limitation appears nowhere in the Constitution, neither in Article One nor in the 16th Amendment."

So. let me make sure I understand you here. You are saying that, unless the Constitution says the federal government can't do it, then federal government CAN do it?? So, the federal government can do anything it wants, as long as it is not prohibited in the Constitution?
REALLY??????