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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 03:06 AM
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Oprah Welcomes the Deformers
Edited on Mon Sep-20-10 03:09 AM by Hannah Bell
Imagine my surprise when I learned that Oprah will have Bill Gates, Michelle Rhee and filmmaker Davis Guggenheim of "Waiting for Superman" on her show tomorrow. Having these folks on her show tells me that she hasn't done her research even in her own backyard.

~How does she not know that charters do not educate our neediest students?

~How does she not know that closing down schools has a detrimental effect on the community?

~And finally how does she not know that charters and the running the schools like a business has mostly hurt minority students?

http://queensteacher2.blogspot.com/2010/09/oprah-welcomes-deformers.html


I think this blogger is naive. Oprah is part of the Chicago "mafia". Of course she's "done the homework" & she knows what she's supporting.

Have you ever wondered why there's *one* major black talk show host, & it's Oprah?

Chicago & the neolib agenda.


As one of the commenters wrote:

Michael Fiorillo said...

You shouldn't be disappointed in Oprah; you should have expected it of her.

From the first, her show has had a hyper individualistic bent, in which all problems and solutions are personal.

Remember back in the old days, before teachers were public enemy number, and that scapegoat role was played by "welfare queens?" I'll never forget coming upon an Oprah episode where she was viciously humiliating a young mother receiving AFDC. This happened in the lead up to the elimination of "welfare as we know it," (also done by the Democrats), which is one major reaaon why poverty levels have risen, since welfare provided and income floor that people could not fall beneath. Now there's no limit to how far you can fall, all in the name of "personal responsibility."

http://queensteacher2.blogspot.com/2010/09/oprah-welcomes-deformers.html

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billlll Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 03:48 AM
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1. $50 million for her home
Edited on Mon Sep-20-10 03:54 AM by billlll
Tells me she's not a clear thinking person of kindness.

The homeless are dying from exposure to the elements. Waste on luxurious houses is outrageous.
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 03:49 AM
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2. lol. well, now that you tell me that....
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Cid_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 05:26 AM
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5. What is the...
... max number one is allowed to spend again before making the transition from shelter to "outrageous?"

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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 04:26 AM
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3. She needs to be protested over this. (nt)
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Orlandodem Donating Member (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 05:13 AM
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4. Go to her Facebook page and ask that she bring on Diane Ravitch to counter these people
or present the REAL facts. TODAY!

Or Call:

312-633-1000
312-591-9222

DO THIS TODAY. We need to get an alternative point of view out there and Diane Ravitch is the best person for this.
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 05:34 AM
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6. Oprah and Gates are buds--and connected
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 06:14 AM
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7. Oprah is a multi-millionaire. She has lived in a bubble for years.
It takes a great effort if you are excessively wealthy, to stay in touch with the common people. It's not something most rich people bother with. Very few try and even fewer succeed.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 06:22 AM
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9. billionaire, actually
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey

billionaires can afford even more opulent bubbles.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 06:18 AM
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8. Well she is an expert on education you know
since she started that school for girls in Africa. And starting a school makes you more of an expert than merely attending one, as is the case with most of our other current experts.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 06:35 AM
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10. but stedman graham is
oprah's partner for 20 years

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stedman_Graham

he's a corporate bigwig in the education "market" -- sounds like he has an interest in charter schools, if only as clients.

http://www.brandnewz.com/?p=206
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Fire1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 09:38 AM
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14. Oh, she's an expert on every damn thing!!! n/t
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pretzel4gore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 06:37 AM
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11. we bin had
mister pig is very real. he has interests- and go back to cecil roads to summarise them. oprah, and michael jackson, and oj, and tiger and even obama are all part of the vast defrauding of humanity by mister pig. The pig's trick is to have the fraud carried out by the big tough guys who SHOULD be the defenders of the earth (hahaha)
Since the 1970's, the pig has doctored the public perception of what's going on. For example, the PORN INDUSTRY movies are 5 times what hollywood is, and would be bigger if not for worldwide censorship. Mister pig hates this, so keeps it quiet. He also directs vast sums towards bucking up profits of rightwing entertainment/news etc....if the 'market' truly reflected the world, then TV have hundreds of leftwing news programs, but...there are none. 911 was inside job, but...instead you get oprah. She's safe (pc)and mister pig loves it....
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 09:37 AM
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13. what are you smoking? nt
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pretzel4gore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-10 05:50 AM
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22. don't smoke..
nt
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 01:52 PM
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17. Could you repeat that in a recognizable language I can put into Google Translate?
If it's in Spanish, I can translate it myself!

Thanks! :hi:
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pretzel4gore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-10 05:59 AM
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23. humanity is a beast...
to be ridden, used and broken by trickery...ultimately, the ruling elite's worldview (that mankind is stupid) lead to destruction, the apocalypse. oprah is a nobody, but the pig makes her big deal, cuz the pig thinkz you're stupid, and in order to fight the pig, you must recognise oprah's tokenism. If humanity was free, you no recognise the planet (we have colonies on Mars already, no pollution, no poverty etc) ...iow, humanity is still enslaved.
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TheUnspeakable Donating Member (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 09:31 AM
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12. Is anyone watching this now?
Rhee just told a horror story re a teacher who kept falling asleep-really, it reminded me of the Reagan Welfare Queen. And Oprah's all like "why can't they fire her?" This show is truly nauseating
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 01:42 PM
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16. Well if the teacher was falling asleep while Michelle was talking,
that would be unbelievable because she has such an annoying voice and message.

Seriously though, I wonder if this teacher has a health problem? A caring employer would want her to get medical help. That would be what's best for the kids - versus going on Oprah and gossiping about her.
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 02:34 PM
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18. or maybe it never happened. rheeeee *has* been know to lie. as when she said the teachers
Edited on Mon Sep-20-10 02:34 PM by Hannah Bell
she fired were mostly sex criminals.

turned out there was *one* of hundreds with such an issue.

funny since she covered up for her fiancee, the pedophile.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 05:10 PM
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21. That too
She's either a liar or a heartless bitch.

Either works for me.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 10:35 AM
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15. Oprah has a lot to answer for -Dr Phil, Rachel ray, and now this crap...KNR
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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 02:50 PM
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19. Oprah, queen of brain dead vacuity.
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 04:37 PM
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20. Great. Now I'm going to have to deprogram my mom.
She thinks Oprah is gospel.
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