We Hate Oprah!
Public Personalities December 4th, 2006Why we hate Oprah: You know, what bothers us the most is the poorly written e-mails we get from people calling us racist and haters. First off, we do not hate Oprah because she is a “rich black woman.” There are plenty of rich african american women that we love. Tyra Banks, Halle Berry and Beyonce, Jada Smith, to name a few, are just some of the African American women we love. So you people without a brain and a constructive argument, give up the race card already and read why we hate/dislike Oprah and respond with an educated opinion.
First off, someone who preaches about poverty and how bad things are in the world, and how poor we are, then goes and wastes their money so carelessly on things such as a golden toilet, come on. Oprah is just like that rich girl at school that buys her friends, just on a much larger scale. If she would use half the money she spends on the poor, she would still have plenty left over to buy other important items for herself, like a golden douche bag. Oprah does give to charity, which IS good, but it’s always a big televised event, as well, pay close attention to who she actually donates money to, and who she does’nt. Then you will see another reason added to the long list.
The number one reason thou why we hate Oprah is because she abuses to the max, her power and influence, to brainwash her viewers into buying expensive materialistic items that she promotes on her show for her own profit, and then preaching the next day on a new show topic about poverty, and how mentally unhealthy it is to get into debt because women are buying these expensive hyped clothes or some other useless product.
Oprah also uses her show for personal attacks. Just look at James Frey. She knew before his book did not add up. She was warned by her staff. When James Frey was exposed by someone else, she even defended him on CNN live. Then when her fan base, her audience, her pipeline of cash, was not in favor of defending Frey, she quickly did a 180, got Frey on the show, brought a group of people to tag team him, and attacked him to get revenge for making her look so stupid in front of so many people, but more importantly, making him rich, and her poorer at her own expense.
As well Oprah has been proven to be a liar. She use to declare on her shows she never did drugs (crack). Then one day when a newspaper was about to expose her drug use, she admitted it and came clean, but only because she was about to be exposed.
So to top it all off, here is the Top 10 reasons why we hate Oprah:
1. Power Abuse and Influence - Spiderman’s guardian said it best, “with great power, comes great responsibility”. Oprah abuses her power and influence over her audience to sell materialistic items, unhealthy foods, hollow weight loss diets, etc.. all for her own personal gain. These items in no way help people. What’s even worse is during the same week, Oprah usually has a show which completely contradicts her advice and promotion. She claims America is falling further in debt because of the expensive things we should not buy, ie. designer clothing, etc… that America is getting fatter (if you go to Oprah’s web site, you will see ads for Oreo cookies, and other fattening foods), bottom line, Oprah is a hypocrite, who wears expensive clothing, promotes it, then tells you not to wear it, all the while keeping her ratings and profits up. Stupid house wife stormtroopers rush out and buy whatever Oprah says. Poor husbands all over the globe have no choice but to succum to the dark side and give in to their the brainwashed wife.
2. Personal Attacks and Shallow Tactics - When Oprah is put in her own place, she uses her show and influence to attack way below the belt. Take the fashion clothing company Hermes. Oprah wanted in after hours to shop. The store was closed. So she called the store and company racist. She devoted a whole show on the subject and attacked the company. Of course because of her influence, sales suffered, so the CEO of the company had to come on and publicly apologize for something they never did wrong. THE STORE WAS CLOSED. Oprah is not better or special then anyone else. Using the race card to reduce a companies profits because of bitterness is PATHETIC and IMMORAL.
3. Arrogance - Just because Oprah’s show is popular, she thinks she is always right. Oprah does not have any degree(s) of education in psychology. She imposes her poor advice always on people, and what’s unfortunate is most people that watch her show believe it because, well it’s Oprah, and she is rich and famous, so she must be right. How pathetic.
4. Deception for Personal Gain - Do you remember that show were Oprah “gave” away all those cars?! People thought she was the best! So generous! After all, 276 cars is a lot of cash to give away! 8 million to be exact. Guess what. Oprah never paid for them, she just wanted it to appear that way. General Motors wanted to launch the new Pontiac G6 in a big way, so they stuck a deal with Oprah, yet another clever product placement deal, GM gets themselves a massive market, and in turn, Oprah’s image is better than even. Clever deception indeed. Watch her show closely, and you will see all the product placements and clever lines and tactics she used on her viewers to buy her promoters products.
5. Cultural Bullying - Oprah pushes her promoters culture and her guest’s products onto everyone else. She always displays someone’s new clothing line, or book, or some product, that rarely provides any relevant use or help to someone’s life. Oprah preaches how everyone wants in and that you need it this product, thus of course many brainwashed viewers rush out and buy whatever Oprah recommends, helping you once again thrust deeper into debt. But don’t worry, Oprah will soon have another show on American poverty, and debt diet plans!
6. Celebrity Worship - Actors and Singers are at the top of the American social ladder, despite the fact that they don’t actually do anything. Oprah’s show used to actually have relevant topics, now its just celebs appear to boost Oprah’s ratings, and interject commercial products.
7. Child Exploits - Usually once a week a child is brought on the show and tells their tales of physical or mental abuse, sexual abuse, etc… What never happens is no real professional help is given to this child. They come on the show, Oprah imposes her poor advice, her ratings are up at the expense of the child, because of such a shocking story, and in the end, Oprah wins in the ratings, and the child never receives any real help. Oprah has even brought on children that have received death threats, i.e. Web cam teen porn kid, where the child’s life was threatened if he went on the show, but that didn’t seem to stop Oprah from having him come on.
8. Oprah Morphing Ability - Oprah is so fake. When an African American women or man is on the show, Oprah talks like “Yo, what’s up girl”, or “Aight ya’ll” but when theirs a white guest, she morphs into Jackie Kennedy and is composed and talks so conservative. Just be yourself, and stop changing into different people to fit your demographic audience.
9. Oprah is a Proven Liar - Oprah said on her show she never did drugs. Then a media company finds out and is about to expose her. So Oprah does a 180 and confesses her drug (crack) use. Then blames it on her boyfriend. Talk about shallow.
10. Hypocrisy - Oprah is a total hypocrite. One show is about poverty, and how everyone is going into debt, or we’re all getting fatter, then the next show its the latest fashion, what to wear to make you look skinny and popular, and of course the $50 dollar brownies to buy, and all your favorite goodies that can be flown, yes by airplane, to your doorstep. Unbelievable!
Yeah, we hate Oprah!
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December 19th, 2006 at 11:49 am
Wow, I cant seem to wrap my head around the fact that there are actual poor souls out there that can dislike someone as wonderful and charitable as Oprah Winfrey.
You said that” Oprah abuses her power and influence over her audience” by doing what? Educating us? Exposing real life situations in other countries? In our own country? Showing us a great comfortable bra or a slimming pair of jeans? Telling us of wonderful books that we should read or a good movie to go out and see over the weekend?Yes, she does have the episodes that are not geared for the bitter, unwealthy people of the world but not everyone wants to see sadness and depression all the time….and if its an episode that youre not interested in…. then DONT WATCH IT! sounds pretty simple to me….
You said “reduce a companies profits” You realize what company you are talking about right? ..anyway….if you actually watched the show, she explained in detail that the tabloids & journalists of the world, got it wrong, yet, again and had him on the show to explain that a simple misunderstanding got blown way out of proportion
You said “Oprah pushes her promoters culture and her guest’s products onto everyone else”
Being that it is HER show, successful for over 20 years now, I might add, I would think that if she likes a product and wants to tell the world about it, she can….I try not to purchase things that I cannot afford but the last time I looked, clothing, and books were not irrelavent in my household. …I guarantee the entrepreneurs she has on her shows with innovative and new products that were given the opportunity to get their product on her show….who quickly make it big because of her influence are not complaining…
You said “She imposes her poor advice always on people, and what’s unfortunate is most people that watch her show believe it because, well it’s Oprah, and she is rich and famous, so she must be right. How pathetic.”
I have to say that youre right on one point, If someone is taking psycololgical advice of another based on the fact that they are rich or famous, that would be pretty pathetic, however, I give people a lot more credit than you seem too because I believe that they, like myself do not take the psycololgical advice of Oprah, but moreover her licensed phychologist Dr. Robin L Smith, that she has on her show regularly….
You say “Watch her show closely, and you will see all the product placements and clever lines and tactics she used on her viewers to buy her promoters products”
Hmmm, was I mistaken when I thought that tv shows were actually on the air to make a profit? If tv shows werent making any money, they would be cancelled…And who the hell cares who got credit for all the damn cars that were given away??? The car company got the publicity they needed, Oprah looked like a good guy(which isnt a crime nor a stretch considering the fact that she gives away millions of her own money to causes that are close to her heart via her Angel Network), and the people in the audience were GIVEN NEW CARS…..Can you explain why this is upsetting to you again???
You said “Usually once a week a child is brought on the show and tells their tales of physical or mental abuse, sexual abuse, etc… What never happens is no real professional help is given to this child.”
The webcam porn kid was in protective custody prior to the show as he was a huge star witness to one of the largest online child molestor rings ever busted… She always encourages counseling but she cannot make someone get help that doesnt want it and if someone wants to come on her show to tell their story so others can learn what to or not to do, then of course she is going to have them on…(all very legally) .As a victim of abuse herself, she is very sensitive to all abuse victims and wants the epidemic to be stopped by speaking out about it ……She just wants everyone to use their voice….
You said “Just be yourself, and stop changing into different people to fit your demographic audience”
On a personal level, I have lived in California all my life but when I go to visit friends in TN or SC, I seem to always come back with a little bit of a drawl or a new word in my vocabulary… You are crucifying her for being playful with her guests???? seriously?? Im pretty sure that most people I know make little adaptations like that….that one was pretty weak…
You said “Oprah is a Proven Liar”… I must have missed the day you were on the news walking on water…. Yep, Im pretty sure that she poops too… amazing isnt it???… that a being such as herself could be considered just like the rest of us…
You said “One show is about poverty, and how everyone is going into debt, or we’re all getting fatter, then the next show its the latest fashion, what to wear to make you look skinny and popular”
So shes a hypocrite because she has a DIVERSE audience of OVER 10 MILLION people??? I like watching all of them, and so does everyone else I know that is an avid Oprah watcher…. Sometimes they make me laugh, sometimes they make me cry, sometimes they make me write my local congressmen, sometimes they make me send donations but I walk away from every episode knowing something I never knew before…
There was also some talk of a golden toilet… I must have missed that memo but I must say that if Oprah Winfrey wants to buy a God damned golden toilet….that is her perogative….She spends (and donates) MILLIONS on others and has been passionately trying to educate us for over 20 years now about issues that most of the world would unfortunately NEVER hear of if it werent for her so I say if she wants to shit in a Golden toilet…Good for her, because as far as Im concerned, her ass deserves the best….
January 14th, 2007 at 8:20 am
That was a prime example of a brain-washed fan. I actually like oprah to an extent, but I enjoyed your entry because it is true. Oprah, although she does give a substantial amount of money, still splurges on personal indulgences. I hate how she acts so clueless about the middle and lower classes. She always seems so shocked when she talks with people. I like your style. I have no idea how I stumbled upon your writing, but I definitely like it.
February 21st, 2007 at 6:20 am
Just two quick questions for you:
Have you ever met Oprah?
If not how can you hate her?
March 29th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
I wanted to say that I see where you are coming from with this. If you aren’t clued in enough to realize that most of the things she does on her show are self-serving, then you could get sucked into thinking that she’s all goodness and light…not! She earns her money “shucking” goods and services and she stumbled upon a cash cow.
However, it’s her money, she earned it…whether it was deceptive or not…she managed to hook into something that worked. And, she will have to be the one who has to deal with the ramifications of her actions, right?
I have been watching the show for years and have as yet to buy anything that she has “suggested.” Incredible, isn’t it? That I could actually make up my own damn mind about what I want and need in my life…be it a book or a jogging suit..lol! I also knew that the cars were donated by GM and the the bras were donated by Nordstrom…she actually told the viewer these things…if you listed to the show, you would have heard those statements.
So, to be mad at her or claim that you hate her is such a powerless position for you to take. If you don’t like her program, then don’t watch it.
I am so very tired of all the cry babies in this world placing responsibilty on others for the path that their lives have taken. Oprah is not standing behind you with a gun forcing you to watch her show, buy those products or donate to her causes, is she?
Grow the hell up and take responsibility for YOUR life and quit bashing OPRAH.
June 7th, 2007 at 7:19 am
Um…
On one level, I agree with you.
But on another level I agree with RealisticViewer.
It IS her own money. Are you actually going to lie and say that if you had as much money as she did, that you would give away ALL OF IT to a charity? She did sort of work for it… (Kind of. I’m not quite sure how much work is involved in sitting on a couch and listening to people talk.)
…Ambiguous topic, my friend…
October 20th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I completly agree with you Oprah is a liar and a fake.
She says she cares so much about the starving children in Africa and all the poverty but she has 1.2 BILLION dollars!!! it would take 500 million to get Africa out of poverty if she cared that much she would donate that amount of money still leaving her with 3/4 of a billion dollars she is a selfish lying woman! unless she is actually willing to commit and go all the way to help these people out not just go over there every now and then and donate them a few thousand dollars then she should’nt pretend like she really cares cause obviously she does not and is just using it to give her a better reputation and good publicity.
October 31st, 2007 at 3:32 am
Dee i hear you loud and clear on this. I don’t know about the lying and deceiving etc, but Oprah is no better than Multilevel Marketing when it comes to money. She loves to flash her cash and sure as heck she doesn’t give a flying crap about the middle/lower classes or anyone who has a credit score lower than 500.
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:12 pm
kbenj - I’ve never met Hitler, Stalin, or Mao, but I hate them.
December 10th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
When Oprah started out she was on the same line as ’sally jessy’ and ‘maury”, cheap and low brow.Then suddenly, she comes out with the tired ass,’Pity, poor me. I was abused as a child”. Pure prostitution with a thorny crown.
Now she is some “self assigned messiah”. Doling out the do as I say, not as I do hypocracy.
BUt, know what, she is just making a buck, and everything she does that is the main goal. Yea for her…What really makes my ass crave buttermilk, is these bovine housefraus with the herd mentality. cant summon up an original thought to save theyre unthinking unoriginal lives.Thoes are the pathetic souls. Needing some golden calf to tell them what to read, buy, eat, etc. ad nauseum.
Ok now the race card. Oprah is supporting Obama just because he is black. Why is it racism if you dont vote for someone because of color, but not if you vote for because of color??? would you not be biased against the white guy? My favorite double standard.
Bottom line: Oprah wouldnt be anything without the minless masses that crave her feces to be annoited upon them.
December 14th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
that’s right. noprah - as in “just say no to oprah.” i can’t stand that woman. she’s a self-important windbag, and color has nothing to do with it. as far as i’m concerned, it’s fine if she supports O’Bama because he’s black - white folks have had that privilege for years. (if you disagree, you just don’t see it and this is not the time or place to break it down for you.) in this instance O’Bama is the real deal and would be even if he were plaid. Besides, re. “black on black” the big-O (not a compliment) didn’t support Sharpton when he ran. i just think it’s unfortunate that, rather than use her considerable (if dubious) influence to encourage people to become informed and join in the political process, she focuses on one individual. oops - sorry. i guess such political literacy would require genuine intellectual work of both Oprah and her loyal lemmings. my bad.
December 31st, 2007 at 7:01 am
I hate oprah + Gail! I remember a time when she was collecting money for the victims of hurricane katrina she was accepting the piggy banks off children! She’s a billionare for fucks sake! Or when her frend Gail went across America searhing for the best pizza when Gail caught up with her old friend from school she announced “you paying for dis” then she tried to get a free pizza! when she retuned to the studio and Oprah saw there was a 2 hour wait Oprah proclaimed:
“I’m gonna get me some of that pizza but I aint waitin 2 hours for it” I7d like to see her push in front of me fat slut I HATE OPRAH!!!!!!!!!!
January 6th, 2008 at 5:00 am
I dont watch Oprah and I can’t stand her. im sick of people praising her. I dont care that she earned her money or how much she gives away. My deal with her is, which most agree, that she is a self righteous cow. She is just a tv host and an actor to me. What credibility does she really have when it comes to giving advice. Someone that is honest and selfless doesn’t televise their charity. She comes off like she wants the world to worship her for all the good things she does. she wants people to view her as a saint. I have greater respect for the Gates foundation than that fat cow. You dont see the Gates telling the world, “look at me, i built a school and with out me these people would be nothing”. Oprah isnt humble. Her magazine covers are stupid. Nice photoshop work on what to me looks like the anti-Christ. The Obama show she put on was ridiculous. she looked like a fool. she is a raging idiot. when i do come across her show its sad to see all the brain washed people praising her. if you are looking for someone to look up to and get motivated by, she isnt it.
you could contribute to a cause far greater than she ever will. an honest giver doesnt seek praise. i am very shocked to see how many people are behind her and do not realize that she is the devil.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:10 am
I am a 45 year old Gay Latino Male. I have admired Oprah for many years-ever since she was just getting her start on Broadway with her one woman show. I rooted for her when she got the Color Purple role and all the way until she got famous and rich. I NO LONGER have respect & admiration for Oprah. She has decided to activly support OBAMA for president. Oprah is a closeted lesbian and we all know OBAMA DOES NOT feel Gays are EQUAL. This OPRAH/OBAMA lovefest seems to have started after one of Oprah’s fans publicly started a national campaign to have OPRAH run for president…even though OPRAH publicly turned it down - It seeems like she now feels she has the GOD GIVEN Right to decide (or dictate) who will be the next US President…OPRAH please stick to syndicated Television and let us choose our President…maybe you’re worried that another woman might win and then you won’t be the most powerful woman in America.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Can’t stand her. Used to work in a small television market that aired her show. Had to do her promotions. She strong armed us at every turn with her selfish campaigns. I don’t think she’s smart or cute. I hate how she has used her inability to say “no” to junk food as a way to parlay herself into the poster child for dieting.
I especially hate the fact that she can go all over the world to help black people but can’t help them in this country.
I live in a county where we are about to lose our credentials for the county education. It means that kids won’t be able to go to collge. I have three sons. Altar boys, musicians, never been to jail, don’t wear the “bling” and by the way they happen to be black. Why can’t she spend more time helping the kinds of children she went to school with in the south?
Nooooo. Oprah wants to be a “species” unto herself.She wants to be special! She is too selfish to even submit to a husband….(ooops that might not be right…lol)She may have money…but she doesn’t have my viewership…
I don’t watch her…and BTW did you hear???Ellen DeGeneres is now the number one
Daytime Talk Queen…er King…(ooooh just kidding can’t a girl have fun?) I guess this will call for Oprah to have to “admit” that she and Gayle really are more than “friends”(another number one rated show)*wink*
But we expect that from Oprah…out of the fridge…out on drugs(she was only doing it because of “love”) and maybe out of the closet if the ratings will go up. OOOH I really do hate Oprah.(tm)
January 25th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I totally Agree with 97% of what you guys say. now its true I’ve never met Oprah, but I see her everyday on TV and any person with any bit of moral character can see through the fakeness and total selfishness of everything she does. I dont hate her persay but I do hate that she uses her suffering for gain. I’m a white girl but I was poor too. I worked my way up. ON MY OWN! but I dont use it to make people buy things that are supposed to support africans but actually lost more money than it gained. (my family members each have a sponsor child and our trip to rwanda this summer is soley to teach them how to live healthy) why doesn’t she do a show on how they spent over 100 mill on advertising and MAYBE raised 18 Mill. wouldn’t it have been more worth while to use the original 100 Mill and Abolish Poverty all together? Tell me were the character in that is? If Oprah really cared about dying people she would have done a show on how she could have spent hundreds of millions on sending doctors over there or setting up watering holes. or teaching them to farm but instead she did a show on how the rest of the world can “buy more stuff” things we dont need and that essentially wont do crap for people dying of aids. Now I know I am oly one person but most people that Start from the ground up (Money-Wise)and make it, Are more often than not Very Generous people. Were did her heart go? Its hard at the bottom but apparently she has forgoten that.
February 1st, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I hate that had a typical black girl face, got a bunch of plastic surgery and expensive weight-loss remedies, makeup and clothes without which she would still look very average.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
I used to like Oprah, but I totally agree with your TOP 10. Have you considered the fact that she will GLADLY make her Millions off of White, Latino & Black Middle Class women, but when it comes to giving back will ONLY give to the POOR BLACK Communities ? Last time I checked there were POOR WHITES & LATINO in this country too !
Look at the KATRINA Victims ! Not ALL BLACK, but that’s all she sees. APURE RACIST. How about the SCHOOL in SO Africa that blew up in her face ? One token WHITE GIRL !
I’m sure she struggled with that decision. Now I fear this whole OBAMA/OPRAH thing will set off race riots which we dont need on top of everything else that needs tobe fixed in this country ! I grew up in a town in the 60’s that is 85% Black. I had NO PROBLEM w/ getting along at all ! Some of our countries Greatest Black Champions came frm my town including Malcom X & Denzel Washington. I think Oprah needs to drink a BIG CUP of SHUT THE F@#K UP !!
BTW , I met her Lover GAYLE at a party here in Hollywood (Yes word here is everyone knows the TRUTH). She was w/ Mariah Carey. Mariah was sweet as can be… GAYLE was a TOTAL BITCH. Acted TOTALLY ANNOYED.. I met Mariah when she was 16 ! We have a mutual friend… Miss GAYLE seems to forget she is NOBODY w/o OPRAH.
THANKS for stating the TRUTH !
February 20th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Don’t worry, she will burn in hell.
I hate her but if you are going to whine about something than make it something important, not bitchy bisexual women who ate live lizards.
The only thing I really hate about certain kinds of people is stupid idiots who hate rodents as much as I hate my evil posessed grandma.
March 24th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Lookie here,
It’s not good to spend a lot of time hating - it’s not good for you. But if you want to hate somebody for being a self-involved hypocrite, I suppose Oprah will work. Oh, ya, she’s rich as God - that’s another good reason!
Ostara
March 25th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I have to agree, I don’t like Oprah either. About twenty years ago, I wrote a quite unsuccessful book and appeared on the show in a segment about Christmas presents (it was December 1987). I was sitting in the “green room” and there were these models there. Oprah glides in, greets the models, and says nothing to anybody else! Then I was on the show sitting opposite her and when the cameras were off she said absolutely nothing to me! But when the cameras came on she asked some questions and was all smiles. I was really shocked because she puts on this persona of being so sweet and caring, when in reality she has no time for people who aren’t rich and famous. When I tell people I met her and said that she’s not very nice, they get indignant. Now, why would I lie about something like this? I can’t believe how people worship this woman, it’s scary.
I also hate the way she sensationalizes things — for example on one episode she had this story about teenage girls from affluent families who work as prostitutes. Uh, how many girls do this? Maybe one half of one percent!
I feel like asking Oprahbots “if Oprah told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?” but I’m afraid they would say “yes!”
April 7th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Oprah is the worst of the worst. She is a cynical dishonest hypocrite who uses her show to influence public opinion to serve the interests of the ruling elites (of which she is one of the most powerful) through clever deceptions. I study political science and I am familiar with the deceit she employs.
Due to the unfolding political and economic turmoil over the last few years Oprah has more and more aired shows attempting to diffuse issues that threaten the very existence of the political set-up in the US, especially with the continued polarization of wealth becoming a real issue. Currently the richest 10% of the population control 85% of the wealth, while the bottom 40% control 0.2%! So when Oprah suggests a little hard work is all you need to get ahead, it is a comment of pure cynicism and she knows it.
She did a live program on Hurricane Katrina (she turned up after the main event of course) and attempted to make it a racial issue when it was clearly an issue of the ruling classes treating the working classes with utter contempt. New Orleans is predominately black, and blacks are certainly the most impoverished of US citizens, but the issue was a class issue, race is always used to blur this distinction-and she was acutely aware of what she was doing when she wailed, “look what they have done to my people” Her people indeed!
She promotes that idiot Bono’s RED initiative as a real method of fighting aids in Africa, how bankrupt can she be? The answer to fighting aids is consumerism, buying Gucci and Gap accessories no less! About a month or so after the initiative was launched, Gap Industries were charged for using child slave labor in India. Of course Oprah wouldn’t know that these organizations exploit cheap labor in the third world.
The show she did with Michael Moore was gut wrenching. It was about Moore’s film “Sicko” and the health care system in the US. The answer to the problem according to these clowns, was to socialize medicine, you can’t run a for profit health system—on this point I agree—you cannot have an efficient health care system run by private enterprise, this also applies to education, welfare, electricity, gas and the banks—there was no way they were going to draw these obvious conclusions. (Moore has done some great work but politically he is a philistine, he even advocates Oprah for President, he has no idea. If its not the Dems or the Reps, he is lost)
The conclusion she came to regarding a program on homelessness was that education was the problem. The fact that the ranks of the poor are growing as education becomes more unaffordable seemed to escape her assessment of the situation
Oprah is acutely aware of the social powder keg that exists in the US and the associated historical implications that this represents. She uses her show to diffuse and channel public discontent within the current political framework (Obama in her case) that will only offer more war and hardship for US citizens, regardless of who wins the elections.
Obama, just like Clinton and McCain is bankrolled by big business to the tune of millions of dollars, these are the people they will represent when elected, not the American worker who will be asked to bare further hardship for the Star Spangled Banner, which has become soaked in blood
PS “Leadership school” is right wing political terminology for schools that function to turn out right wing conservative leaders of the future. Beware of any school that are aiming to turn out the “leaders of the future”, unless you subscribe to the misanthropic politics of the right.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Hooray! Thanks for having the cajones to say it! Oprah is beginning to present herself as the cure all for humanity. I don’t know who is worse her of Barak Obama! And NO it does not matter what color they are. They are only human and seem to think either and/or both are some type of new saviors. Can you say anti-christ?
May 1st, 2008 at 6:17 am
I like oprah, i think she is great, look at all the good she does, and i think that her being rich is brilliant, she came from nothing and made something of herself and now is trying to help people in bad situations, i cant believe you people who can sit here and say that she does no good, omg are you stupid or something, there is nothing wrong with oprah in my opinion. she is a great woman, she is always improving and trying to help other people, what is so bad about that!!
May 7th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Everyone talks about how much money Oprah gives away, but I would like to see it as a percentage of her wealth. If the average person makes 30,000/year and gives away 1% that would be $300. if they paid for the necessities of life and then gave away 1%, it would be considerably less. However, if Oprah gave away 1% of what she made in a year, it would be one heck of a pile of money. If she paid for necessities first, it would still be a heck of a pile of money. I guess what I am saying is I would like to see her percentage expressed as disposable income compared to a percentage of a normal persons disposable income. I don’t think it would seem so great then.
I also don’t like the stand that she has taken on global warming. It is all right for her to fly her dogs, HER DOGS, on a private jet to Hawaii because she misses them, but she expects us to not wash our laundry unless we have a full load. Give me a break.