This video, "Straight Talk from Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, Founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen," appeared on Komen for the Cure's Youtube channel yesterday, and it's worth a gander (as are the outraged Youtube comments, one of which I appropriated for the title of this post).

What strikes me most about Brinker's speech—other than the fact that she never mentions Planned Parenthood by name—was that she (and other Komen officials) keep repeating the talking point that these changes to introduce "more stringent eligibility and performance criteria... will affect any number of long-standing partners."

But I haven't been able to find evidence of any other long-standing Komen partners stepping forward and claiming that their grants are in jeopardy. And like many of my colleagues here at The Stranger, I've tried to contact Komen for the Cure Puget Sound repeatedly over the past few days to find out if any other local organizations are at risk of having their funding cut "phased out." But no one from our local Komen affiliate—not Communications Manager Jim Clune, Advocacy Director Elisa Del Rosario, Director of Development Gail Lapasin, or Executive Director Cheryl Shaw—have been answering their phones or email (not even the office's receptionist).

In fact, it appears that everyone from Komen for the Cure Puget Sound has been rendered either spineless or speechless.

UPDATE: mr. herriman points out that the new Komen policies also prohibit funding to be used on stem cell research. So, uh, there.