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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:40 PM Original message |
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"... a model for America. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I passionately hate that show |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. it's on cable here...I didn't know it was a network show. |
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Kipepeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Because reality shows |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. "American Dreams" is/was good but WAY to predictable |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. US should be about tiny amounts of self-congradulatory charity |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "The media is the message". |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 10:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. No, they think "Oh good I'm glad someone is doing this stuff.." |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Interesting... |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 11:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Here's a datapoint for you |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 11:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That's quite a streatch paring reality TV and food bank donations |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. If I may ask, in all due respect, |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 11:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. You could start with my tagline. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. who thinks that? |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. very sad commentary about the tsunami |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 06:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. That only covers donations into mid-janurary 2005 |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. So you're saying the figures are inaccurate. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
44. My church did large-scale drives for the tsunami victims. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Actually, that is untrue. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. so spreading a message of doing good deeds |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The message is evil when you reconcile it with Disneys behavior as a whole |
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Kipepeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. No I think the original post |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 01:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I just wish people had watched American Dreams instead on Sunday nights |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 07:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I watched American Dreams from Day One, and LOVED it. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-05 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. I liked the one where they gave a family of 11 |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 07:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. But can they afford the property taxes on that place? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. The builders paid off their mortgage |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. Tear up rather at the increased tax and utility bills |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. When their property taxes go up |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Are you serious?? |
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Kipepeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. This part: |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 09:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Two good articles on the tax implications |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. I think Californians will not be subjected to brutal tax |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yes, that is the gist of both of these articles |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. Oh for F****'s sakes people!! |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I never said "thats just the way things are" |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. I agree with you completely it is a great model for America |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
31. I do not agree |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. It reminds me of Queen for a Day |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
34. That show always makes me cry. |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
36. Sorry I'm late-but I brought popcorn! |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. not to mention they dupe ordinary laborers to work for free on the project |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
39. It makes me cry. I like that they run ads for Habitat for Humanity. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
40. Call me a cynic, |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Bingo. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
43. The "problem" with this type if show (as I see it) is this.... |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's a really nice concept |
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