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Charities Upset Over Chase Facebook Contest
ssv03 writes "The New York Times is reporting that Chase Community Giving of Chase Bank recently held a contest on Facebook in which users were encouraged to vote for their favorite charities. At the end of the contest, the 100 charities with the most votes would win $25,000 and advance to the next round to have a chance to win $1 million. Initially, the vote counts for each organization were made public, but two days before voting ended they were hidden, and the final totals have still not been released. While Chase had no official leader board during the voting, several organizations were keeping track of projected winners. Those projections were almost identical to the final results, yet several organizations including Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), Marijuana Policy Project and several anti-abortion groups were not finalists. They had been performing very well (some within the top 20) until the vote counters were removed. Chase Bank has so far refused to discuss the issue with the organizations. SSDP has spoken out in a press release (PDF) and is calling for a boycott."
I imagine they're in the business of getting you high as fuck, bro.
Silly rabbit. A charity is just a corporation with tax exempt status.
May the Maths Be with you!
Wow, a credit card company changing the rules in the middle of the game.
How Shocking!
As for the anti-abortion, they just *need* to be dragged screaming and kicking into the century of the fruitbat.
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You are 100% right. I think we should start with a comprehensive national program to provide free abortions for everyone who is not of the sinful white race. We would educate all the mothers of minorities that they have rights, provide for them, with a special tax on white people, perhaps, because of their sinful state, to pay for it.
In fact, knowing that our planet is so terribly overpopulated, we could even work to save our beseiged planet and creatively encourage pregnant mothers of minority children to make the correct choices through the use of govnerment aid for her existing children as an incentive.
This is my sig.
I don't know... is it really a good idea to fire a guy holding a sledgehammer?