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xfundy

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9. Asinine.

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 09:29 PM

Nov 2012

The group was started in Gilda's memory, no doubt funded by her family, friends and fans.

The "branding" craze is everywhere. Even the repigs talked openly about their "brand," which is now shit.

Educate those who were born after Gilda died. It's not that hard, and as far as I know, no one's tried to make money off the "brand" as the Komen grifters have done.

Everything became political in the last few years. Enough! Dammit, this is about life vs death, not trying to score points off dead women's legacies to promote some asshole who wants to get into office to steal more from those who can least afford it.

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screw the dead woman our organization is named for, the kid's don't know who she is..... [View all] TeamPooka Nov 2012 OP

Bieber's Club Enrique Nov 2012 #1

Meet Gilda Radner kids... TeamPooka Nov 2012 #2

Thank you for these! liberalhistorian Nov 2012 #6

those are fantastic liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #41

And yet, there's the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #3

money changes everything. and the support of the power elite, of course. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #22

+1000. nt DeschutesRiver Nov 2012 #40

so why don't they tell them who she was ? JI7 Nov 2012 #4

I don't think it's an insult to Gilda at all fishwax Nov 2012 #5

it's an admission they need better marketing people TeamPooka Nov 2012 #7

This name change has been going on for about three years now -- while the fishwax Nov 2012 #14

wellness community sounds like a website TeamPooka Nov 2012 #17

it predates the web--and it's what helped Gilda deal w/ her own diagnosis and inspired Gilda's Club fishwax Nov 2012 #23

That's what I thought, too deutsey Nov 2012 #47

Nevermind. bluedigger Nov 2012 #8

Asinine. xfundy Nov 2012 #9

they may not have yet, but the restructuring plans looks like they're going to. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #24

I wonder what Gene thinks about all of this. Panasonic Nov 2012 #10

He's still listed as an honorary board member, along with the other founders fishwax Nov 2012 #25

Cancer Support Community Southwest Wisconsin x2 vancouverite Nov 2012 #11

That title is too cold and clinical liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #39

One correction: Gilda's Club is not just for women. Jim Lane Nov 2012 #44

What a fucky thing to do to her surviving spouse! Didn't he start a foundation also? lonestarnot Nov 2012 #12

Simple enough ... EDUCATE them on who she is, DUH! nt Raine Nov 2012 #13

+1. Yeah...duh! The answer is obvious. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #15

Yeah, and let's rename Washington DC "Kanye West". Gotta move with the times (nt) Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #16

amd March of Dimes...who f**king uses a dime anymore? TeamPooka Nov 2012 #18

I still use dimes...... Miss Marmelstein Nov 2012 #46

Meet Generation Twitter: History is the Last 140 Characters. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #19

Wow. It's been 23 years since she passed away. madinmaryland Nov 2012 #20

that's capitalism,. baby! HiPointDem Nov 2012 #21

It is? Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #27

and, if I'm not mistaken, all of their services are free to all fishwax Nov 2012 #32

i doubt you're that confused. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #33

Agree 100%. Very sad. nt. OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #26

Do you really think Gilda would care more about her billing than about fighting cancer? (nt) Recursion Nov 2012 #28

I want both because changing because the kids don't know her is a stupid reason TeamPooka Nov 2012 #37

Her name was used because "the kids" knew her 30 years ago. Was that stupid? Recursion Nov 2012 #45

I'm sorry, but that is simply wrong. Stinky The Clown Nov 2012 #29

Washington has been dead for a long time. Let's rename the capital Spongebob so the kids get it. Squinch Nov 2012 #30

thank you! TeamPooka Nov 2012 #35

Bingo! deutsey Nov 2012 #48

I think Gilda Radner is the funniest woman that ever lived. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #31

How is young people not hearing of Gilda Radner "a tragic sign of the times"? Matariki Nov 2012 #34

young people not knowing who she is one could expect but the "tragic" part is that no one can Raine Nov 2012 #43

One way or the other, I will always remember Gilda. nm rhett o rick Nov 2012 #36

"Well, Jane, it just goes to show you, it's always something--if it ain't one thing, it's another." pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #38

Lannia, you ignorant slut. (Google it, kids.) Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #42

Kids don't know shit anymore ... Myrina Nov 2012 #49