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09/13/2004 06:37:48 PM · #1 |
Gave away about $8 Million dollars today on her Seasons Premier Show
Including 276 new cars G6 A scollarship and 100,000 for a new house fully renovated to a foster parent ... |
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09/13/2004 06:50:56 PM · #2 |
| SC should put spoiler on the title just in case someone hasn't watched it yet. |
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09/13/2004 06:54:35 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by drz01:
Gave away about $8 Million dollars today on her Seasons Premier Show
Including 276 new cars G6 A scollarship and 100,000 for a new house fully renovated to a foster parent ... |
Awww...she must really have a social conscience and such care in her heart...I wonder how much it cost her to be so kind to all those folks.
Oh, wait. There must be a reason for all of this...aahhh, yes. Capitalism.
This kind of altruism would even make Ayn Rand smile.
Message edited by author 2004-09-13 18:55:12. |
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09/13/2004 07:00:57 PM · #4 |
| Yeah, I read about that in the news earlier today. How nice to see a story like that for a change! |
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09/13/2004 07:26:42 PM · #5 |
I heard she pressures companies to donate the items for her, allowing her to keep her spoils.
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09/13/2004 07:30:54 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by jadin:
I heard she pressures companies to donate the items for her, allowing her to keep her spoils. |
Well, I'm sure that Pontiac isn't too upset by the exposure. Veiled marketing of this type makes me sick. |
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09/13/2004 07:38:30 PM · #7 |
It's not hard to do when you make over $200 mil a year.
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09/13/2004 08:06:37 PM · #8 |
Man talking about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
She did a nice thing, who the hell cares how and why she did it... |
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09/13/2004 08:08:09 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Russell2566:
Man talking about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
She did a nice thing, who the hell cares how and why she did it... |
I completely agree. These people are alot better off now because of her and Pontiac and so are thousands of others over the years. I think she is a great lady. text |
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09/13/2004 08:38:39 PM · #10 |
I do.
Why should she be grouped with true philanthropists who don't worry about giving away such a small amount of your gross income?
There are plenty of people worthy of praise for being selfless in their gift-giving. Oprah is nothing more than frugal looking for praise.
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09/13/2004 08:59:57 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by jadin:
I do.
Why should she be grouped with true philanthropists who don't worry about giving away such a small amount of your gross income?
There are plenty of people worthy of praise for being selfless in their gift-giving. Oprah is nothing more than frugal looking for praise. |
I agree. Let's talk about people who deserve praise and recognition, not pop culture stars with great PR people.
Oprah did not "do a nice thing". She advertised and she did it well by disguising it as a "nice thing". |
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09/13/2004 10:00:26 PM · #12 |
Wow, this is really sad. Someone does some good and you all burn them. No wonder it's hard to get along with anyone in this world.
So what, so she let's everyone know what she is doing. What have you done lately to help out our fellow man? At least she is doing something unlike alot of wealthy folks out there.
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09/13/2004 10:02:37 PM · #13 |
This was probably one of the few ways she could pull this off (worth 200 million doesn't mean cash-on-hand). She got the sponsors and did it on tv - it's fantastic. Each of those people is better off today because of something Oprah (and her PR people) did. How many people are better off because of the Monday you lived?
M
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09/13/2004 10:09:04 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Sonifo:
Wow, this is really sad. Someone does some good and you all burn them. No wonder it's hard to get along with anyone in this world.
So what, so she let's everyone know what she is doing. What have you done lately to help out our fellow man? At least she is doing something unlike alot of wealthy folks out there. |
When I started this thread I was aming for this! I wanted to see what was peoples take on Oprah's show was. I see that people who do good things if they are rich are always met with suspicion and cynicism. Some people think it is suspicious that they can do this not for gain. If you dont know someone how can you think that way. All you may see is the Oprah on TV but you may not know how she go to be where she is today. You may want to look up her history and you my get what she did today.
Message edited by author 2004-09-13 22:10:09. |
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09/13/2004 10:11:43 PM · #15 |
Hey, I am on your side. I love Oprah and the things she does!
Originally posted by drz01:
When I started this thread I was aming for this! I wanted to see what was peoples take on Oprah's show was. I see that people who do good things if they are rich are always met with suspicion and cynicism. Some people think it is suspicious that they can do this not for gain. If you dont know someone how can you think that way. All you may see is the Oprah on TV but you may not know how she go to be where she is today. You may want to look up her history and you my get what she did today. |
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09/13/2004 10:12:33 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by mavrik:
This was probably one of the few ways she could pull this off (worth 200 million doesn't mean cash-on-hand). She got the sponsors and did it on tv - it's fantastic. Each of those people is better off today because of something Oprah (and her PR people) did. How many people are better off because of the Monday you lived?
M |
I ask myself that every day...I honestly do.
I should probably be more gracious but Oprah is a product and she is endorsed everywhere I go...this constant self-endorsement makes me cynical about her latest exploits.
To me, it's comparable to saying that television networks are so wonderful because the winner of the latest reality-tv show received a million dollars. The winners (and most of the contestants) are better off because of it, so why not celebrate the generosity of NBC, Time-Warner, etc.?
There are real people who truly give their lives to good causes. They are never celebrated because they rarely self-promote.
I'm truly sorry...I don't mean to offend, but this glittery generosity brings out the cynicism in me. Yuck.
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09/13/2004 10:21:22 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
I ask myself that every day...I honestly do.
I should probably be more gracious but Oprah is a product and she is endorsed everywhere I go...this constant self-endorsement makes me cynical about her latest exploits.
To me, it's comparable to saying that television networks are so wonderful because the winner of the latest reality-tv show received a million dollars. The winners (and most of the contestants) are better off because of it, so why not celebrate the generosity of NBC, Time-Warner, etc.?
There are real people who truly give their lives to good causes. They are never celebrated because they rarely self-promote.
I'm truly sorry...I don't mean to offend, but this glittery generosity brings out the cynicism in me. Yuck. |
Do you know what she does off the screen? How do you know she doesn't do this all the time without the tv crew there to film it. It is just a good excuse for you to make someone like her look bad because you didn't receive any. :-P
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09/13/2004 10:23:46 PM · #18 |
I don't watch Oprah. I think that she's a patronizing, self important, smug, arrogant, meddling person that I wouldn't like to know... Oh and I hear she's friends with Martha Stewart...
Message edited by author 2004-09-13 22:25:20.
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09/13/2004 10:26:57 PM · #19 |
You're right, Sonifo...I don't know her true character. I don't want to pass judgement, it's certainly not my job to do so.
I think I may be swinging the pendulum too far the other way because I'm so sick and tired of this Western culture and how we just gobble up anything that a superstar will spoon-feed us.
Anyhow, I want to be marked by grace, not judgement...I apologize for the nature of my comments.
Edited: to ensure it was clear I was responding to Sonifo.
Message edited by author 2004-09-13 22:28:02. |
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09/13/2004 10:27:18 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Oh and I hear she's friends with Martha Stewart... |
NO WAY!!!! I am so not her friend anymore.
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09/13/2004 10:35:50 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
I ask myself that every day...I honestly do.
I should probably be more gracious but Oprah is a product and she is endorsed everywhere I go...this constant self-endorsement makes me cynical about her latest exploits.
To me, it's comparable to saying that television networks are so wonderful because the winner of the latest reality-tv show received a million dollars. The winners (and most of the contestants) are better off because of it, so why not celebrate the generosity of NBC, Time-Warner, etc.?
There are real people who truly give their lives to good causes. They are never celebrated because they rarely self-promote.
I'm truly sorry...I don't mean to offend, but this glittery generosity brings out the cynicism in me. Yuck. |
Well said.
What do I do to help people everyday? What I can earning what I do (very, VERY little).
To continue what thatcloudthere said, I guarantee you 100% this was a tax right-off nothing more.
A good excuse to make her look bad because I didn't receive any? That's a very poor attempt at an insult. She has companies donate the products because she's too cheap to do it herself. Someone that frugal won't suddenly start handing out donations off camera. It's on camera for a reason, and if she ever donated from her own funds (doubtful) it'd be for tax purposes.
Message edited by author 2004-09-13 22:38:32.
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09/13/2004 10:36:05 PM · #22 |
| I don't watch TV (don't even have one) and don't know exactly what was given away, but it sounds like a lot of big ticket items. I"m sure that's great for the people getting these things, but how many people are really effected for the better with this kind of philanthropy? There are so many adults and CHILDREN so needy in this country and around the world, and giving away big material things such as these may not really be making a dent, but, this plays up to her sponsors, public relations companies, her fans and I guess she can use it as a tax right off. Sorry, but I"m cycnical as well. |
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09/13/2004 10:39:55 PM · #23 |
She should have given the money paid for those cars to people who really needed it, not to a bunch of middle class/upper middle-class ladies who were able to take the afternoon off to go see Oprah.
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09/13/2004 10:43:26 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
She should have given the money paid for those cars to people who really needed it, not to a bunch of middle class/upper middle-class ladies who were able to take the afternoon off to go see Oprah. |
Beagleboy hit the nail right on the head. Oprah and her 'audience' makes me vant to vomit. Besides, Chrysler paid for those cars, not Oprah. And now I am going to put this thead to ignoration...
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09/13/2004 10:44:31 PM · #25 |
It costs what? 50 cents a day to give a child food, schooling, and healthcare in undeveloped countries. How many children could she feed with 8 million dollars? She could feed 45,000 children for an entire year.
I would respect her for doing that. Crikey I'd even be willing to call them Oprah's Children! But at least those 276 people can drive a new car now.
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