On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:27:58 -0400, Harryk
wrote:

Gene wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:21:46 -0400, John
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:34:00 -0400,
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:48:24 -0400, John
wrote:

Last night I heard Oprah saying the war in Afghanistan had very little impact on
her because there was little to remind her it was going on.

Anyone?
Anybody that watches (or can STAND to watch) Oprah has problems.......
I keep telling my wife that, but she doesn't listen to me.

Besides, that wasn't the point. (As you well know.)

My guess:

News sells.... bad news sells good. When the troop casualties were
increasing, it was salable news. Now that they have dropped
significantly, it isn't the moneymaker it was... and the supply has
diminished...

..... yes, it is macabre and disgusting... but that is what keeps a
news corporation in the black....

http://icasualties.org/oef/ByYear.aspx






Getting back to the other issue here, which is more interesting...

...and that is the expressions of disdain and even disgust some
have posted here about Oprah.

I've been a fan of Oprah since she won the libel suit brought against
her in the late 1990's by those Texas cattlemen. I don't watch her show,
but I am aware of her presence and many of the good deeds she does with
her money and influence. She publishes a classy magazine, too. I know
that because my wife subscribes and I look through it every month.

My gut tells me Oprah is not liked by a certain element here because:

A. She's black and, even worse, a black woman.
B. She's very influential in many areas, perhaps the most influential
woman in the world.
C. She's a self-made billionaire.
D. She's pretty much dedicated to liberal causes.
E. She helped Obama get elected.

These, to me, are all reasons to admire her, and reasons for the
wigged-out righties to hate her.

Live long and prosper, Oprah.

Hear, hear! Most who don't like her do so because she's a black,
woman, with grace, style and class, rich beyond belief, of her own
making.

Drives the jealous whites insane and does my heart good.