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.

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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.

Your good heart is based on fantasy.. Most hate her because she is an
asshole who uses her race as a crutch...

I_am_Tosk wrote:
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says...
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:27:58 -0400,
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.

Your good heart is based on fantasy.. Most hate her because she is an
asshole who uses her race as a crutch...


That's just more of your uninformed nonsense and ignorance-based bias.

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:01:00 -0400, wrote:

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

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

My only problem with Oprah is how easily she grabs onto and pushes
junk science and conspiracy theories. I am surprised she isn't a 9-11
"truther". (but honestly I am not sure she isn't)

You have a point but it's far outweighed by what she does well and her
positive influence.

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

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

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

OH for **** sake Gene.. The pictures stopped in the news on Jan 21,
2008... Why keep acting like you don't see it?

On Mar 21, 4:09*pm, Gene wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:21:46 -0400, John H
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:34:00 -0400, Gene
wrote:

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

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The weren't really doing much about Dover in 2010 and that was our
worst year.

2007 was by far the worst year of the current wars.
But GW Bush was President then.
You working to keep his legacy good?
Sound like a PR man for GWB.

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:15:41 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:42:35 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

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says...


The weren't really doing much about Dover in 2010 and that was our
worst year.

2007 was by far the worst year of the current wars.
But GW Bush was President then.
You working to keep his legacy good?
Sound like a PR man for GWB.

We were talking about Afghanistan. That was the link Gene posted.

Bush can worry about his own legacy, I didn't support his war. I don't
know why that is so hard for you people to figure out.
Read this again.
I think we should have packed up and came home in 1991.
Let Israel take care of their own defense. Iraq never threatened us.

We weren't there because Iraq threatened us. We were trying to
project ourselves (well, certain of us) into the region. PNAC.

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:09:49 -0400, Gene
wrote:

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

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

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

Herring's wife doesn't listen to him. Who'd a thunk. Thank goodness
one of 'em has a brain, otherwise I'd have to pitty the kids.