On Oprah now. Living on minimum wage. WATCH

[Maraya1969]

[valerief]

1. And tomorrow, free SUVs! Yeah, Oprah really cares about the

plight of the poor and the state of our planet.

[catmother]

3. does everything have to be negative.? maybe you don't like

oprah, but she's doing a show that would probably of interest to all of us.:eyes:

[valerief]

6. Just keeping it in perspecitve. She's not the fairy godmother she's made

out to be. She's corporate America.

[Beaverhausen]

9. you are so wrong

she has helped raise millions of dollars for charties all over the world.

[lonestarnot]

12. Who keep all the charitable contributions for admin. costs.

Corporate America! I'd say so.

[Beaverhausen]

13. proof?

I'll be waiting...

[valerief]

17. In this world, you have to prove that a billionaire is innocent, not that

one is guilty. After all, there are just so many billionaires in this world, and it's the billionaires who are benefitting most from war. One could say, billionaires design wars for personal profit.

[Beaverhausen]

19. oh really?

In 1998, Winfrey began Oprah's Angel Network, a charity aimed at encouraging people around the world to make a difference in the lives of underprivileged others. Accordingly, Oprah's Angel Network supports charitable projects and provides grants to nonprofit organizations around the world that share this vision. To date, Oprah's Angel Network has raised more than (US)$51,000,000. (1 Million dollars donated by Jon Bon Jovi on 6/21/06) Winfrey personally covers all administrative costs associated with the charity, so 100% of all funds raised go to charity programs. <16>

Although Winfrey's show is known for raising money through her public charity and the cars and gifts she gives away on TV are often donated by corporations in exchange for publicity, behind the scenes Winfrey personally donates more of her own money to charity than any other show business celebrity in America. In 2005 she became the first black listed by Business Week as one of America's top 50 most generous philanthropists, having given an estimated $250 million. <17> Despite being the 235th richest American in 2005,<18> Winfrey was the 32nd most philanthropic.

Winfrey was the recipient of the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2002 Emmy Awards for services to television and film. In 2004, Winfrey and her team filmed an episode of her show entitled Oprah's Christmas Kindness, in which Winfrey, her best friend Gayle King, her partner Stedman Graham, and some crew members travelled to South Africa to bring attention to the plight of young children affected by poverty and AIDS. During the 21-day whirlwind trip, Winfrey and her crew visited schools and orphanages in poverty-stricken areas, and at different set-up points in the areas distributed Christmas presents to 50,000 children, with dolls for the girls and soccer balls for the boys. In addition, each child was given a backpack full of school supplies and received two sets of school uniforms for their sex, in addition to two sets of socks, two sets of underwear, and a pair of shoes. Throughout the show, Winfrey appealed to viewers to donate money to Oprah's Angel Network for poverty-stricken and AIDS-affected children in Africa, and pledged that she personally would oversee <19> where that money was spent. From that show alone, viewers around the world donated over (US)$7,000,000.

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

[valerief]

22. Is she still a billionaire and still making billions for multinationals?

[Beaverhausen]

25. what are you talking about?

what multinationals?

Why the hatin' for Oprah?

Does it not matter to you what she is doing with the money she makes?

Or is the fact that she is wealthy so repugnant to you that you hate her no matter what?

[pitohui]

23. oprah's one of the good guys

sheesh, some days the circular firing squad is out in full force

[lonestarnot]

26. Get your own fucking proof.

[Beaverhausen]

27. I did get my own fucking proof. Where's yours?

I posted information about what she does with her money, including information that she pays all the administrative costs of her charities from her own pocket. read and learn.

[lonestarnot]

29. Who is she? her?

I don't intend to look up financial statements. You do it if you want to REALLY know.

[catmother]

2. i don't have Oprah right now. but morgan sperlock (the guy

who did the documentary Supersize me) has a show called 30 days on FX. last year he and his girlfriend went to some town in the midwest. both took minimum wage jobs. it was really interesting especially when his girlfriend needed medical care.

[Reverend_Smitty]

5. That's who she is interviewing

this is a re-run of a show I watched a few months ago...she is showing clips from the 30 Days show

[catmother]

8. oh that's great. he just started his new season the other night.

he had a minuteman spend 30 days with a mexican family who were illegal. it was quite moving.

[Reverend_Smitty]

24. I saw that episode

it was really moving to see the plight of the illegal immigrant in this country. They really are stuck between a rock and a hard place. They basically have to live in poverty and like a criminal in this country but the crushing poverty in their own country makes it an impossible place to stay in

[catmother]

30. yes it was great. very moving.

:cry:

[Beaverhausen]

4. thanks. I'll tape the late night repeat

:hi:

[laststeamtrain]

7. Oprah's living on miniumum wage?!? The poor woman. My heart bleeds...

..."and on tomorrow's show: TOM CRUISE!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Beaverhausen]

10. well, no.

http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200604/tows_past_20060414.jhtml

[catmother]

11. hey -- i'm far from living on minimum wage and i'm nowhere

near oprah's wealth, but i care about the poor.

BTW. there was a time when my husband and i were first starting out that we barely got by. i remember those days well.

[devilgrrl]

18. and later this week Arnold Schwarzenegger!!!!!

with emaciated wife Maria Shriver.

[catnhatnh]

14. Anything that ups the profile of minimum wage workers....

...is a GOOD thing and I could care less if the spokesman is Oprah or Vlad the Impaler.No one who engages with the program will come away with a sense of "This is good." or "this is right".Minimum wage is a cesspool remaining from Dickensian, Victorian, England and must be destoyed....You GO Girl....

[catmother]

16. i totally agree with you.

:toast:

[Maraya1969]

15. Where is a conglomeration of election fraud links? I want to send it

to Oprah. I just heard some woman say to "write your congressman" and all I could do was sigh.

We need to turn her on to election fraud. She really does give away a lot of money and she might be helpful.

Link please?????? Thanks

Maraya

[renate]

20. what a great idea!

Boy, if election fraud made it onto Oprah's show, we'd get a whole new country!

:applause:

[Generic Other]

21. The Maria Shriver/RFK Jr. connection might help

if you could get Oprah's attention.

[Midlodemocrat]

28. Oprah's Angel Network gets high marks from the Charity

Navigator, the non profit watchdog.

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/10140.htm