FreedomWorks Board of Directors -- Cancer Treatment Centers of America??

[quiet.american]

Damn -- I thought I was truly past being this gullible -- but I actually fell for those soul-soothing Cancer Treatment of America commercials -- and here they are represented front and center at (anti-)FreedomWorks :grr:

The rest of the board:
http://www.freedomworks.org/about/board-of-directors

FREEDOMWORKS
Dick Armey (Chairman)
Former House Majority Leader

James H. Burnley
Venable
A partner at Venable LLP, James H. Burnley previously served as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 1987 to 1989 and is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on transportation law and policy. He also served as Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 1983 to 1987 and was General Counsel of the Department in 1983. Prior to his years with the USDOT, Mr. Burnley served as Associate Deputy Attorney General for the Justice Department and as Director of the VISTA Program in the early 1980s.

Matt Kibbe
FreedomWorks

Thomas Knudsen
Thomas Publishing Company
Thomas Knudsen is president of Thomas Publishers located in New York City. He graduated from Yale University and received an MBA from the Uris School of Business.

Richard J Stephenson
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Richard Stephenson heads the Cancer Treatment Centers of America as well as several other health care, finance, and real estate companies. He received his bachelor’s degree from Wabash in Crawfordsville, Ind. and his J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law.

CTCA CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

1336 Basswood Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173

PR Manager:
Chris Hamrick
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

PR Manager:
Kristin Schaner
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]



FreedomWorks Emeritus Board
Bill Jaeger
Jaeger Vineyards

[HowHasItComeToThis]

1. DON'T MISS STEVIE.... FORBES, THAT IS

About FreedomWorks: Board of Directors
The valued members of our Board of Directors help chart the course for FreedomWorks.
FreedomWorks
The Honorable Dick Armey (Chairman)

Former House Majority Leader
The Honorable James H. Burnley

Venable

A partner at Venable LLP, James H. Burnley previously served as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 1987 to 1989 and is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on transportation law and policy. He also served as Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 1983 to 1987 and was General Counsel of the Department in 1983. Prior to his years with the USDOT, Mr. Burnley served as Associate Deputy Attorney General for the Justice Department and as Director of the VISTA Program in the early 1980s.
Matt Kibbe

FreedomWorks
Thomas Knudsen

Thomas Publishing Company

Thomas Knudsen is president of Thomas Publishers located in New York City. He graduated from Yale University and received an MBA from the Uris School of Business.
Richard J Stephenson

Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Richard Stephenson heads the Cancer Treatment Centers of America as well as several other health care, finance, and real estate companies. He received his bachelor’s degree from Wabash in Crawfordsville, Ind. and his J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law.


FreedomWorks Emeritus Board
Bill Jaeger

Jaeger Vineyards
FreedomWorks Foundation
The Honorable Dick Armey (Chairman)

Former House Majority Leader
Steve Forbes (Full Bio)

Forbes Magazine

Steve Forbes is President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine. The company’s flagship publication, Forbes, is the nation’s leading business magazine, with a circulation of 900,000. In both 1996 and 2000, Mr. Forbes campaigned vigorously for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense. Mr. Forbes is the author of Flat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS (Regnery, 2005) and A New Birth of Freedom (Regnery, 1999).
Ted Abram

American Institute for Full Employment

Ted Abram is executive director of the Klamath Falls, Oregon-based American Institute for Full Employment. Prior, Abram served 16 years as a Circuit Court Judge for the State of Oregon. He spent ten years as Presiding Circuit Judge for Klamath and Lake Counties and served on the Commission for Judicial Fitness for six years.
Matt Kibbe

FreedomWorks
Robert Lansing

Litchfield Advisors, a Chicago real estate advisory company
Frank M. Sands, Sr.

Sands Capital Management

Frank M. Sands, Sr., is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Sands Capital Management. Sands Capital Management began operations in February of 1992. It was founded with the belief that a small, dedicated, professional investment group, committed to and focused on a high quality growth investment strategy, could create wealth for its clients over time and in a prudent fashion. The investment strategy has been developed and refined by Frank over his 37-year career in investment management. Since 1992, assets under management have increased from approximately $60 million to approximately $19 billion. In addition to his successful business, Mr. Sands has been involved as a board member of a number of different volunteer boards and community organizations. He and his wife, Marjorie, reside in Virginia.

[quiet.american]

2. That's right -- thanks. Thought my list looked a little shorter when I posted! nt

[elehhhhna]

10. American Institute for Full Employment ...wants to "privatise" ("steal") Social Security -- an thus

is the only aptly named Reep Front Group, ever. Once they steal our SS$, we'l be fully employed (or else!) until death.


American Institute for Full Employment | Labor & Employment ...Supports privatization of social security. Works towards the goal of full employment through research and development of public assistance, employment and ...
www.allbusiness.com/membership.../3868988-1.html - Cached - Similar -

[BirminghamExaminer]

3. Everytime I saw those commercials I thought to myself,

"Right, Cancer treatment centers of America treat the whole person..." as long as they have a kajillion dollars. Now I know I'm right. Sadly, it also tells me just how cynical I am.

[EFerrari]

Or how grounded you are in reality.

That just means you have good instincts for bulleria.

[tridim]

4. Just saw that commercial tonight, during Rachel Maddow

I kind of fell for it too.

There are tons of extremely manipulative commercials all over TV these days. It's really sickening.

[Hannah Bell]

5. I can't believe they let people sell penis extenders on TV now.

you used to only see that kind of stuff in low-rent dirty magazines.

[quiet.american]

7. Oh? You did? :) nt

[tridim]

9. The two that really bother me are Lifelock with the crying victim..

and those damn security alarm commercials. "My ex-boyfriend tried to break in" :mad:

[quiet.american]

6. More Board Contact Info: Thomas Knudsen, Thomas Publishing Company

Thomas Publishing Company LLC
Five Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]
website: www.thomaspublishing.com


And check out one of their corporate credos:

"Straight Shooters:
As a rule, the people of Thomas say what they mean and mean what they say.
While truth and integrity characterize our dealings with one another, we think all outsiders deserve the same from us."
http://www.thomaspublishing.com/careers/culture.php


"Outsiders" -- that's kind of creepy. And boy is that rich -- straight shooters whose chief executive sits on the board of a lobbying firm that's proudly sending out astroturf unwashed with instructions to use verbal violence to destroy any real, straightforward discussion about healthcare reform. My, how Republican of him!

[dgibby]

12. Hee's a site you may find interesting.

http://www.corpwatch.org/index.php

[quiet.american]

13. Thanks for the link, dgibby! nt

[lonestarnot]

8. Let us squeeze every penny we can squeeze out of you while we watch you die guys.

Is that in the commercial?

[PA Democrat]

11. Wonder why Cancer Treatment Centers are fighting "government interference"?

They don't like being unable to dupe desperate people without the FTC getting involved.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America was the subject of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint in 1993. The FTC alleged that CTCA made false claims regarding the success rates of certain cancer treatments in their promotional materials. This claim was settled in March 1996, requiring CTCA to discontinue use of any unsubstantiated claims in their advertising<10>. CTCA is also required to have proven, scientific evidence for all statements regarding the safety, success rates, endorsements, and benefits of their cancer treatments. CTCA was also required to follow various steps in order to report compliance to the FTC per the settlement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Treatment_Centers_of_America

[nosmokes]

14. My personal experience w/ CTCA is akin to being booked into jail.

I arrived for my appointment and was directed to a woman that was vaquely reminescient of the matron in a '50's b movie about juvie hall for bad girls. No, 'hello, how are ya, welcome, how's the weather or even a geeze, you are one ugly motherfucker. Instead I was given the third degree about my finnances as if I was there to mortgage my house or something, had my thumbprint taken and my photograph. After a halfhour or so of this I was cleared to see a nurse. Oh, lucky me, in this land of the * best medical care in the world.* After a bit of humiliation and being treated almost like a criminal I could see a medical person! All hail! the capitalist gods of the free market! All hail! the Rich that allow a a lowly vassal such as myself to survive another year.