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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 04:52 PM Original message |
Oprah tells all why she avoided America's poor |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Can't you leave the bashing for the rethugs, just for today? Pleeze? nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Huh?! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I didn't mean you were a rethug so sorry if it came out that way. |
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keta11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. She is being foolish spending all that |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Quite. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. If you are a poor inner city kid and Oprah comes to your school |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. My first thought, also, "Kids all over want what they are deprived of" |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. I'm curious about one thing: Advertising |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. And don't forget how our culture has portrayed school as a chore |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
177. And Oprah's responsible for the media and culture and it's impact |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #177 |
189. Never said she "should" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. It's not hard to avoid a LOT of advertising. |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
171. She didn't claim there's nothing wrong with America's educational system |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #171 |
227. I suppose it depends on what one means by getting an education |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 03:16 AM Response to Reply #227 |
271. She also qualified that statement with "say what you will..." |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #171 |
299. Not really - as she herself proved on a very compelling show she did last year. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Well, let me know when you have yours up and running. |
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keta11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
297. Fallacy, if I ever read one!!! |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
127. It's her money, she gets to decide how to spend it |
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MattSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 05:46 AM Response to Reply #127 |
280. 6 yrs ago, it was OUR money. Bush's tax cuts made it HER money. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #280 |
293. Oh, utter bullshit |
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MattSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #293 |
295. You could go on and on? Please do..... n/t |
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keta11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #127 |
298. If you read about the school it sounds very shi shi, |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #127 |
307. Plus, |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
212. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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keta11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #212 |
296. I give to Salvation Army every year. Why are you |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #296 |
311. You shouldn't have given money to the Salvation Army. You should contribute to education. nt |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. True... but with parents working x number of jobs to stay afloat... |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. As I said in another thread about this issue |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
81. I have a friend who teaches in a city public school |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
133. Oprah's saying was that every child gets to go to school |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. Actually, Oprah Did Give Birth To A Child |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Interesting. This didn't stop her from bettering herself. |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. She Uses The Kids' Apparent Interest In Material Possessions |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I read it as her feeling there is not the same need or interest for education in the |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #72 |
109. And Her Interests Was In Things Other Than Education |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. I don't know what her interests were then - how do you? |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. She's admitted that she was a troubled teen. n/t |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #115 |
125. Plenty of teens are "troubled". |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #125 |
136. Exactly. She was always pretty keen on education herself, frankly |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 03:36 AM Response to Reply #136 |
275. No, She Found Her Interest In Education After Her Baby Died |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #275 |
289. Not true |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 04:01 AM Response to Reply #125 |
279. She Never Asked Herself If These Inner City Youths Are Troubled |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #279 |
285. So now it;s not enough to provide for education for those who WANT it, but |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #285 |
310. She Never Had To Spend A Thin Dime |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #125 |
303. Nothing. n/t |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #71 |
135. I find your judgmentalism, based on lies, unconscionable |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 03:26 AM Response to Reply #135 |
273. If I Given To Charity, It's Not A Fucking Lot |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #273 |
291. You sound bitter about your lot in life |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
153. Yeah she is helping poor kids in Africa |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 03:33 AM Response to Reply #153 |
274. Okay, I Was Wrong To Say She Should Be Thrown In Jail |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
134. Who's JUDGING??? Sheesh. I want documentation for what I believe |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #134 |
163. She did have a child. She said so on her show once. EOM. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #163 |
188. No, I don't think you can find documentation. I was just looking |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #188 |
259. It was on *1* show. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #259 |
287. No, I didn't look very hard -- |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 03:59 AM Response to Reply #134 |
278. Yeah, You Soccer Moms Can't Have Oprah's Name Said In Vain, Can You? |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
183. Where do you see her judging? She chose to donate money |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 03:42 AM Response to Reply #183 |
276. Fine, Who's Against Her Spending Money In South Africa? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. maybe not enough of a... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Wow. Produce your evidence of a tax break for building African schools. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Of course there's a tax break ... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
304. wow...no viciousness intended... |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. why cant she spend it here? |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
140. Because a trip to Africa changed her life; because it was her |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-06-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #140 |
312. keep drinking the oprah kool aid |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
182. She has given very lg. sums to the whole Katrina mess |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. What incredible hogwash. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. i think she has a lot of merit in what she says. i dont think our educational |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm sorry... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Why am I agreeing with you so much lately? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Got that right. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
151. Very well said |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. I would say that South Africa's poor are much worse off than our own |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
290. It is HER MONEY. God I swear that complaining is the national pastime. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. Cuz she earned everything she has |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Black Kids who get into bling/gangsta culture have higher self esteem. They acutally VALUE |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. riiiiiiiiiight. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. False bravado is not self-esteem |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:31 AM Response to Reply #45 |
213. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #213 |
215. Nobody is talking about money |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #215 |
223. Yes this IS about money. Oprah's money and how she chooses to spend it. nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #223 |
228. Only to you |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #228 |
229. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:03 AM Original message |
That really isn't clever |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
239. "Lots of people contribute to lots of things" is a copout. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #239 |
241. You're conversing with yourself |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:23 AM Response to Reply #241 |
244. You don't know what you are talking about. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:41 AM Response to Reply #244 |
252. It's her own story |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:26 AM Response to Reply #252 |
261. Maybe it's because you don't have a fucking clue what being poor means that you keep building |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:35 AM Response to Reply #261 |
266. Ignore |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #266 |
268. Reason and logic will ALWAYS win over stupidity and blind hatred. Good riddance. nt |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #215 |
226. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #226 |
286. You earned a second ignore here |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. She has the right to build schools for kids who won't have to *sold* on the idea of education. n/t |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #48 |
282. She also has the right to freely and openly express |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. "A lot of black kids WANT that fucked up, ignorant lifestyle" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I think the explanation is rather self explanatory. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. If I don't get an answer soon I'm gonna get ugly |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. This has got to be the most racist and ignorant post I have ever seen on DU. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. Please, here read this- from someone who cares about and works with black children |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. A review of this says: |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. "don't study for the SATs." |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
93. Just started a thread citing another piece re: black youth. Kids aren't stupid |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #93 |
122. That's not what I meant |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. You can also read this- A Poverty Of the Mind |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
84. I can't let you take all the heat, CS |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. So YOU should have been abandoned |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Catwoman wasn't ABANDONED - she used the options available to her. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #90 |
114. No she wasn't abandoned |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #114 |
126. She didn't say to hell with them. She observes that they have options. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #126 |
137. That's right |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #126 |
141. Joe tell us their options. Tell us the accessibility to good education. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. That's BS, and I know it for fact. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #142 |
148. And lots of people do |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #148 |
158. They're working in retail shops? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #158 |
167. That's an out??? lol |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #167 |
173. Gotta start somewhere. I had retail jobs. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #173 |
202. $150 a week? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #202 |
205. And when it was the 80's there were people who chose not to do it. NT |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #205 |
209. And there were people who did |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #142 |
166. That is such simplistic, racist bullshit. Have you lived it Mondo? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #166 |
169. Like I said, yes, I have. |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #169 |
193. I'm actively protesting this bullshit war so no more kids get sent to their deaths. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #193 |
196. Wow - what were you doing before the war? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #142 |
174. Community college? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #174 |
178. More bullshit. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #178 |
184. Oh ok |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #184 |
187. Yale? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #187 |
192. San Jacinto Community College may as well have been Yale |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #192 |
194. Of course there are kids who fall through the cracks. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #194 |
201. Thankfully wealthy people like Oprah and Agassi |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #201 |
204. Because of course her scholarship program, her housing for Katrina victims |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:22 AM Response to Reply #204 |
207. Ok, you win |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #207 |
283. Please put away your straw men. NT |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #114 |
144. Who died and put Oprah in charge of public education in the US? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. when and where was "I" abandoned? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. I was a poor kid too, and in a poor city. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #94 |
108. Exactly, you had an out |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. And I was gay and didn't have that out. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #110 |
116. It's the advocation of abandonment |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #108 |
121. thanks for the analysis, Dr. Fraud |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #121 |
131. Oy, everybody take a deep breath and call down. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #121 |
139. See #137 |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #139 |
147. Boy, I'm sure glad you know so fucking much about other people's |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. I've done it |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #150 |
180. Yes, and I'm so sure that YOU were his savior, and YOU were the |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #180 |
197. Did you even read both posts?? |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #197 |
200. "I've done it." |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #200 |
206. I did not criticize her |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #206 |
220. No? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #220 |
224. Some people react badly to truth |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:52 AM Response to Reply #224 |
269. and some people need to keep their preachy bs to themselves |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 03:22 AM Response to Reply #269 |
272. It's a discussion board |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #224 |
288. Right |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #139 |
216. "People are very rarely helped out of bad situations by family." Proof? n/t |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:37 AM Response to Reply #139 |
267. the more you spew |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:54 AM Response to Reply #267 |
270. Who said you should? |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #94 |
208. These are real morans. You're fighting a losing battle. SerIEslY. nt |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
102. Oh boy. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #102 |
120. I agree |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's HER money |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Here here |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. F.Y.I., she's already building another school that will be co-ed. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
306. Actually she believes that girls will grow up to be nuturing mothers |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. That's just pathetic |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
149. And why is it she's somehow responsible for U.S. education |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #149 |
165. Well, that's the real problem |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #165 |
191. What school do you fundraise or volunteer at? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #191 |
195. You're asking a student |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #195 |
199. Just wondering about all the kids you're turning your back on |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #199 |
203. Are you sure you're reading my posts? |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
217. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #217 |
219. See the next post I made |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #219 |
225. So you didn't contribute any money to American kids' education but |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #225 |
230. Did you read the next post? |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #230 |
231. Every little bit helps. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #231 |
232. To what organizations? |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #232 |
236. You stated that Oprah is pathetic and hates kids yet she donated $40 million to a school for kids |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:08 AM Response to Reply #236 |
238. Are you trying to be thick? |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #238 |
240. She "turned her back on a bunch of kids" while giving $40 million to a bunch of kids |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #240 |
243. You're clueless |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #243 |
245. So now Oprah just "doesn't like" kids but at first you said she hated them? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:34 AM Response to Reply #245 |
247. I never said that |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #247 |
249. You have edited your posts above to fit your lame "argument." |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:41 AM Response to Reply #249 |
250. Try to find an edit on my original post |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #250 |
253. Your original post is not all that I have addresed here. nt |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #253 |
255. I honestly have no idea what you're addressing |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Without meaning to appear flippant |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. i saw a report on this last night and it was said that in So. Africa and many |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. Of all the rich people in the world... |
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partylessinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oprah has become downright sickening. She is way overpaid as is |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. She's OVERPAID? She's not exactly on salary - she makes her money |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
218. Why should Oprah quietly do her work in Africa without camera crews? nt |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. My mother who was an elementary school teacher would agree with Oprah |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
83. Anti-intellectualism is something that plagues all of America |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
130. anti-intellectualism is the problem |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. "If you are a child in the United States, you can get an education." |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. It's Not Invalid At All |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You're not very logical, are you? Who is blaming Oprah? nt |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I'm Just Logical Enough To Tell |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
251. I don't understand your responses at all. I was making a simple |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
155. I understand it perfectly -- let me explain it to you |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #155 |
258. Thanks, but see #256 where I illustrate my point. nt |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
248. You don't understand that any child in America can get an education? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #248 |
256. Many inner-city children don't know why they need an education. |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #256 |
257. Isn't that what Oprah was talking about? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:25 AM Response to Reply #257 |
260. "Say what you will about the American education system—it does work," she told Newsweek. "If you are |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:29 AM Response to Reply #260 |
262. "Many inner city children don't know why they need an education" has what to do with Oprah? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:32 AM Response to Reply #262 |
263. Ciao forever. nt |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #263 |
265. Thank GOD. n/t |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's her money and she has every right to spend it on whomever she wishes. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. Actually, her next planned project is a coed school in Africa. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. People who are bitching about this school are being big babies. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Suckers, more like it. |
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Contrite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. How convenient for Oprah |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. And how great do you think the opportunities in Africa are? |
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Contrite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Not good at all, of course... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. You want me to imagine what her hypothetical kids would be like? |
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Contrite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
103. Yes, I do, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. ZOMG! |
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Contrite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. Ugh, no. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. Oh, come'on! |
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selfdestructive (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #103 |
305. yup |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
138. Thank you Contrite. Oprah lives in a totally different world than those in poverty |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #138 |
264. So Oprah gives to the poorest on earth but you say she's prejudiced? How so? nt |
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ziggy_luv (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. OPRAH SUCKS |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Hopefully your youngster will pick up manners and a logical mind |
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ziggy_luv (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
146. she doesnt need to.. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
63. Whatever |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
157. Um ... ok. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
170. You're an inner city parent? nt |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. What Oprah's doing is a good thing. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. I suppose she could |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. She chose to ignore African American women |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
66. Maybe if she did it without insulting the poor kids in america. |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #66 |
123. Her slap at American kids in inner city schools was |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. I think what she is doing is trying to grow leaders. |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. FWIW |
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ziggy_luv (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. hey o, keep wearin those diamonds |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
64. blame the media she is part of, not the poor. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. She was looking to make a mark where it was most NEEDED. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
67. Marketing worked, and she blames poor American kids for it? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
73. Hmmmm. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
78. this thread is a disgrace |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Where? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. in my left tit |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #87 |
132. CW, I love you. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #132 |
145. LOL |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Bravo! DU is filled with posts about how rich Americans are compared to the rest |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #78 |
89. I'm not telling her how to spend her money, I'm calling bullshit on her stated reason... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Por, Oprah donates millions to poor American children. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. In order to have |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Meh. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. I understand. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. No, there's nothing rational at all about this criticism. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #91 |
119. I'm calling bullshit on your call of bullshit. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. "Abandoning"? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #96 |
118. The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. Today, money is power. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #118 |
124. And she's using her power to benefit some of the most impoverished and |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:43 AM Response to Reply #89 |
221. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 06:03 AM Response to Reply #221 |
281. Ooo, the Oprah defenders crawl out of the woodwork. - n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #78 |
92. She can spend her money how she wants |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #78 |
129. I thought I was alone |
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ziggy_luv (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #129 |
156. she talks too much $&!+ |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #78 |
294. I hear you... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #78 |
301. You rock, CW... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
79. Bravo for Oprah! She did a good thing for the needy and forgotten. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
154. My sentiments exactly!nt |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
82. For several years |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
85. She stopped visiting poor children because it was frustrating? |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
95. When you start building schools, then you can criticize Oprah's philanthropy choices. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. fucking "A" |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-06-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #95 |
313. what crap |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
98. I don't fault her. |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
113. She needs to visit some schools in my area! Back several years ago |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. I'd like to hear more |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #117 |
164. Sandnsea: |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #164 |
175. Your post reminds me of my son's school... |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
128. When women take charge in countries like Africa, the world will change. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
143. "If you are a child in the United States, you can get an education." |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
152. Good on her for that then |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
159. Reading these kinds of threads |
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ziggy_luv (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. helping less fortunate isn't the problem... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #160 |
162. If she has all A's she obviously doesn't need Oprah's money. |
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ziggy_luv (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #162 |
172. actually ... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #172 |
176. Wow, all those crappy teachers and she managed all A's. |
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ziggy_luv (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. hey mondo joe... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #179 |
181. And there IS help in this country. |
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ziggy_luv (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #181 |
185. hellooooo |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
161. Oprah should have asked Andre Agassi for advice |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #161 |
210. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #210 |
235. Spamming the thread with this post is really unnecessary |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
168. I am glad she opened that school |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
186. I think helping an African school is perfectly legitimate and |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #186 |
190. We ARE the culture. |
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ziggy_luv (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #190 |
198. same here |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:02 AM Response to Reply #190 |
234. Don't bother, |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
211. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:31 AM Response to Reply #211 |
214. lol |
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Contrite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
222. This is interesting |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
233. I could not agree more. |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:04 AM Response to Reply #233 |
237. What charitable contributions have you made and how much? n/t |
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Capn Amerika (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
242. Oprah better learn where her bread is buttered. |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #242 |
246. Oprah haters unite. |
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Capn Amerika (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #246 |
254. I'm more of an all around celebrity hater. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #254 |
284. If people are that weak and stupid that might be the best use for them. |
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selfdestructive (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
277. DOperah lol |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #277 |
309. "dr phil should be shot. please get his hee-haw attitude off my tv screen already." |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
292. Dang I should have gotten the popcorn early for this one!! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
300. Oprah is very, very wealthy. |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
302. God forbid she decide where in the hell to contribute her own money |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
308. The same people who would be pissed that Oprah is doing this in South Africa |
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