Went to a candle lite bowl 2 years ago... All of the T-shirts had that & "Don't let cancer steal 2nd base" amongst others...  I like it.

I'm going to say something that's most likely to be very unpopular, but I've done rather extensive research and have discovered several truths about the "cure cancer" movement.  They've already found a cure for ALL cancer, but we will either never see it, or it will take a long time to get here.  The bigger the foundation, the more money simply goes to the operational costs.  You know that Susan G. Komen only passes on 10% of your money for research?  The rest pays their salaries.  Cancer is HUGE business, if the cure were to be made available, thousands of people lose jobs, and the healthcare industry loses billions a year.  So when you give money to cancer research, all it's doing is going from your pocket to someone else's.  Raising awareness to get yourself checked and catch it early is all fine and good, but it's just like fast food, if it went away, the healthcare industry would lose money.  People don't really need all these drugs that get pushed either, but doctors make money for prescribing them.  The cancer industry is the closest thing to a perfect scam that you can get.  Sorry to rain on the parade, but that's the truth. 

And that's part of what's so bad about it . . my wife just had a very close aunt die of cancer . . and the idea that the industry just sees the disease as an easy stream of revenue pisses me off.  They take advantage of people's good nature AND of sick and dying people at the same time.  Makes you feel like a bad person not to donate or to talk badly about charities, but that's exactly what they prey on.  Just like people use praise of the military to make themselves look good.  Most people could honestly care less about the military, but they just use it for good PR.  My brother in law and TONS of friends are either in the military or are veterans, my father in law specifically was shot out of two planes in Vietnam and seeing the toll it takes is very real, so that's something else that pisses me off.  Lol, nothing but piss and vinegar, but I just don't like seeing people get taken advantage of or used by other people simply for their own gain. 

Gizmo, I simply cannot disagree with you.  You are correct factually.

I have an aunt fighting the fight right now but just b/c of that it doesn't make what you stated untrue.  I haven't really donated to Susan G but I tend to offer up something small when asked by most any charity, just for the sake of contributing something.  What is done with the money in particular I donated is beyond my control but it was given in good faith.

and the idea that the industry just sees the disease as an easy stream of revenue pisses me off.  They take advantage of people's good nature AND of sick and dying people at the same time.  Makes you feel like a bad person not to donate or to talk badly about charities, but that's exactly what they prey on.  Just like people use praise of the military to make themselves look good.

W/regards to charities....I tend to be of the persuasion that as long as comments are factual, they CANNOT be offensive.  Those who say otherwise simply have a problem with themselves. 

I never said I did research on the cure, if you would read exactly what I said: "but I've done rather extensive research and have discovered several truths about the "cure cancer" movement" then maybe you could check yourself before making accusations.  However, here are a few links to articles about the cure:

http://nypost.com/2013/03/27/one-drug-to-rule-them-all-researchers-find-treatment-that-kills-every-kind-of-cancer-tumor/

http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/28/a-single-antibody-to-treat-multiple-cancers/

These stories about a "potential" cure have been coming out for years(note both of these articles mention research on mice, not humans). But there still isn't a cure for "Cancer". Cancer is like the Common Cold in that there are many different ways it can manifest itself and we have yet to actually determine without a doubt what triggers it's start.

But this is off the topic, hopefully some of the proceeds of the ball will be used to further cancer research. I with you on the Komen group though, way too much money is wasted on salaries and marketing.

I never said I did research on the cure, if you would read exactly what I said: "but I've done rather extensive research and have discovered several truths about the "cure cancer" movement" then maybe you could check yourself before making accusations.  However, here are a few links to articles about the cure:

http://nypost.com/2013/03/27/one-drug-to-rule-them-all-researchers-find-treatment-that-kills-every-kind-of-cancer-tumor/

http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/28/a-single-antibody-to-treat-multiple-cancers/