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Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2767
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 3 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 01:54 pm: | 
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I know that there are currently five other threads regarding this very topic
but I'm starting a separate thread because some of what is said in the video
IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT OPRAH ALL ALONG!!!
See the video of Linda Stasi:
http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/showbiz/200 7/01/05/hammer.linda.stasi.about.oprah.cnn
OPRAH, LOOK OVER HERE!
By LINDA STASI
January 4, 2007 -- OPRAH Winfrey needs an education and needs one badly.
So, please, let me be the first to offer her a big course in basic common sense.
Right off: How in hell do you think it's OK to spend $40 million to build a school in another country when one third of the kids in your country will likely drop out of school this year?
And on what planet is it a good idea to build a school 9,000 miles from your own hometown - before you build one in Chicago where nearly 50 percent of public school kids don't graduate? Do I have to spell it out in one of the 11 official South African languages for you to get it?
I mean, seriously, does it make sense to go to South Africa with 200 of your celebrity pals who wore cleavage-baring outfits to publicize the opening of a school for disadvantaged girls when something like 86 percent of the kids in public schools in your hometown are poor?
That is not to say that you haven't offered millions in scholarship money to Morehouse College, and millions more for underprivileged gifted minority students - and God bless you for it - but really . . .
Ever think about building a new school to replace, say, the Carver Middle School in Chicago that's on "academic watch status" because only about 158 out of 500 students meet basic educational standards? Dear God. That's like a Third World country statistic!
Yeah, I've about had it with you and anyone else who relates more to the country of their ancestors than with the USA where we were all were raised, fed and educated well enough to earn enough dough to run back "home" to lend these helping hands.
And, yes, I do come to this opinion honestly.
My own grandfather was orphaned at 6 years old in Calabria, Italy and as a little kid lived in a barn, and carried rocks on his back to construction sites to earn enough money so he and his younger brother, who was a dwarf, wouldn't starve to death.
When they finally walked out of Calabria as teenagers and made it to the U.S., trust me, they never looked back. Instead my grandfather worked construction and helped build - yes - schools and roads in Brooklyn, USA.
Honest, I understand how you feel about going to Africa and giving back.
But in reality, none of our ancestors came here voluntarily - whether they were stolen and viciously brought here packed together on slave ships or managed passage in the filthy hold of a ship because they were down to eating dirt in their own countries.
And as much as I love the Italy of my ancestors, I love it like a tourist, never forgetting that I the only reason I can afford to travel there is because my ancestors were helped by the kindness of strangers. In Brooklyn.
Sorry not to join the fawning crowd, but to me, charity begins at home.
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 2769
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 02:00 pm: |
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Link to the above article (I forgot to post it sorry)
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01042007/tv/oprah__look_over_here__tv_linda_stasi.ht m |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6469
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 02:11 pm: |
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I agree with this article! I'm back on the bash Oprah bandwagon. As I previously opined, this school is a monument to herself. It will be the only one of its kind in its location and will become the 8th wonder of the world, a temple where awe-struck pilgrims will come and pay homage to the great Oprah, goddess of self-aggrandizement! I can't wait for this tell-all book about her to come out. Meoooow. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 3312
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 02:28 pm: |
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Cynique:
My faith in Cyniquism has been restored. |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6475
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 02:56 pm: |
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yawn. |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Username: Lola_ogunnaike
Post Number: 377
Registered: 10-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 06:52 pm: |
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Oprah. |
Tropical_storm
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Username: Tropical_storm
Post Number: 72
Registered: 10-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 02:45 am: |
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What an idiot!
I loved Oprah's response to her critics. "Critics be damned!" |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6503
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 01:23 pm: |
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What else could Oprah say, imbecile? Her response to her critics just reinforced the impression that this school is all about Oprah; these school children are just pawns to be used in her desire to elevate herself to idol status by spending a little of her large fortune to impress the world. |
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