Comments on: Cancer, Politics, and Religion

By: Skippy

Skippy — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:54:09 +0000

THOSE FROM CNF who can read visit and comment here:

http://skippyaus.blogspot.com/2011/01/saint-or-sinner.html

Preaching your version of the “truth according to CNF” is not wanted in Fatty’s comment section !

People come here to enjoy a little light relief whilst at the Office or at home , they most certainly do not wish to be treated like Geese being force fed “BS” to produce “Foie Gras”!

DISCUSSION CLOSED HERE, i for one will not revisit this blog entry ! UNDERSTOOD?CAPICE ?

By: Dim

Dim — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:30:42 +0000

Colin, its not about attempting to educate, its about entering conversation.
But rather than try and deny the facts (because deap down you know they are true) you just play the go away card.
Im not attempting anything, Im putting up facts, asking questions, and getting no answers.
The SI article makes interesting reading anyway. Nice to see someone finally touching on the doping in the olympic team. Maybe now the mainstream press will now explain how Armstrong got cancer in the first place. Shame the meatier stuff about the livestrong fraud got canned after Lances Lawyers got on the case. Que Sera.

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:05:13 +0000

Dim, RaceRadio, Roland, etc. please just go back to your mutual admiration society (aka Cycling News Forum). You are the reason I no longer read CN. Thanks for your attempts to “educate” everyone here but please just go away.

By: Scott Joy

Scott Joy — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:08:47 +0000

How should I respond to such wrong and hurtful comments directed at me on someone else’s blog? I could look the other way. I could dispute each point and offer a very different perspective. I could call out the person I suspect posted it or try responding by private e-mail. Nothing seems quite right.

CancerSurvivingCyclist, I hope you find a way to “keep moving forward.”

By: CancerSurvivingCyclist

CancerSurvivingCyclist — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:12:42 +0000

And now, one of the group of ultimate fanboys chimes in as Scott Joy leads the cheers for the ever shrinking crowd of believers in the frauds that are Armstrong and his “Foundation”. (How many free trips HAVE you gotten to Austin from the this ‘NPO” Scott by continually badgering people for donations to LieStrong?)

It’s easy to support an organization that continually showers you with attention and perks. Let’s see what happens when the SI ‘truth bomb’ is released next week.

By: Scott Joy

Scott Joy — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:50:57 +0000

“…my experience with every single person I’ve dealt with at LIVESTRONG has been not just positive but extremely positive. These are smart, ethical people with a sense of purpose and a keen awareness that the money they spend is money someone else gave up. And they do good things, both on macro and micro levels.”

Fatty, your experience matches mine as though one of us used tracing paper. I’m in for the long haul. And attitude really is everything.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:24:12 +0000

Tell you what Dim I’ll donate so you don’t have to and you can stop letting it bother you so much. Fair enough?

By: bob

bob — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:20:26 +0000

I see you’re working the same line of baloney on Twitter as well Dim, you seem to be spending a lot of time on this when it’s not really a “good investment.” If it bothers you so much just don’t donate and stop wasting your time. If Oxfam had a profit making arm I’m pretty they would be putting money back into the nonprofit just like Lance does. You may have missed the stat above that notes Lance is the biggest donator to livestrong.org with $6+ million dollars so far.

And c’mon you REALLY can’t figure out why *.com gets so many more hits?? Take a look at the top 20 list of referral sites for both livestrong.org and .com. Take out the obvious scam links and what’s left? The same referring sites!

The simple answer to your question is human nature on the web, when people aren’t sure what a sites’ correct name is they will put “.com” on the url by default when they start typing it.

As I said if it bothers you so much stop wasting time on it like I have with cycling news.

By: becky

becky — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:10:28 +0000

Sorry to hijack a little here-I need some input on how to ask people for money. I want to raise the necessary funds in order to participate in the Susan G. Komen ride for the cure. I think I will have some challenges with that. In order to get my significant husband to ride with me I will have to raise his money too. Seems daunting. Help!

By: Dim

Dim — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:33:41 +0000

I will point out I have no issue with the work livestrong does in helping the families/survivors of cancer. None at all. I think the carers etc do a great job.

I just have issues with the fact that demand media/lance are making massive amounts of money indirectly from the laf, and issues with the sky high amounts laf spend on legal and salaries.