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Whoopi Goldberg | 10/13/2008 12:00 am

Whoopi Goldberg and the Great Unknown

Whoopi Goldberg
How would I know? I haven’t been there yet.

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Chris Broersma
Each day is uncharted waters for all of us!
By Chris Broersma on 10/13/2008 12:18 am
Michael Salling
AT LAST, A PLACE TO VENT ABOUT MY FAVORITE EXAMPLE OF MSM illiteracy / sloppiness!!!!!!! Whoopi, have you noticed how many supposedly educated people confuse the word “unchartered” with uncharted? Uncharted is a wonderful adjective and should be getting even more play than it is. Thank you for helping us learn how to use it correctly. Unfortunately, even PBS’s sponsor of Lehrer’s News Hour has been allowed to misuse the word for months (if not years) in the opening blurb where the golden throated spokesperson waxes on and on about how wonderful (Chevron or Exxon or whomever) is for using “environmentally friendly” methods to search for new sources of energy in “unchartered” waters. The latter word simply means what is says, “lacking a charter”. In everyday conversation we should find far fewer instances where the longer word will be used.
By Michael Salling on 10/18/2008 2:45 pm
Maggi D
Whoopi - I am smiling because that was my thought when I read the question. At sixty two I still haven’t arrived. But have always been told that it is the journey that is most interesting. Just hope we both end up where we are suppose to be LOL.
By Maggi D on 10/13/2008 2:58 am
Thomas Teamoh
Whoopie…why does America continue to accept a myth, Columbus did not land on American soil…he landed on an island in the Caribbean. The Chinese landed in California to resupply their great fleet during their global tour and left, way before Columbus was conceived. The Vikings are the truth first settlers here, and they too left after hardships. No wonder our students never know the truth about history. I never accept Columbus day…..TT
By Thomas Teamoh on 10/13/2008 4:21 am
RoseMerry Hoffman
I believe Columbus Day should be a day of mourning for the beginning of one of the great invasions and mass murders and oppression in human history. The European were a scourge of Great Evil who destroyed nations one after another and butchering millions and provided mass diseases to kill 100’s of millions. What is happening in Iraq is a picnic compare to this horror. The entire human species should mourn this time.
By RoseMerry Hoffman on 10/18/2008 7:11 pm
RoseMerry Hoffman
I believe Columbus Day should be a day of mourning for the beginning of one of the great invasions and mass murders and oppression in human history. The European were a scourge of Great Evil who destroyed nations one after another and butchering millions and provided mass diseases to kill 100’s of millions. What is happening in Iraq is a picnic compare to this horror. The entire human species should mourn this time.
By RoseMerry Hoffman on 10/18/2008 7:16 pm
rocky rocky
Happy Guy-from-some-of-the-great-European-empires-landing-close-to-these-shores Day! And kudos to all his PR people over the centuries.
By rocky rocky on 10/13/2008 8:22 am
Eliza Dodd
Mine is going places if I had the money & then I would need courage .First place would be Poland all over then Rome to the Vatican .Then I would love to go to Iran .So much “History” there…There is something inside of me that say’s go to Iran …for a long time before 1979 and the Hostage stuff .And I would stay for as long as my visa would allow me .Then I would like to go to France all over and Spain .I always wanted to go to Tibet also before the Pitt Movie .But there I know those Chinese would put me into jail because I would protest .The only way I could ever go to those places if my rich uncle died and left me all his money or I win the lottery . And to Thomas…I had a very hard time in school ,I am 1/2 Native American and I knew before I went to first grade that Columbus didnt discovery America .Both my parents knew and told us the Political truth .Some Northern Natives have Reddish Brown Hair and are very tall 6’7 some ..And my mothers family are tall .Then we know about the Celtic faces in the Colorado River Valley painted onto the rock dating 400 B.C. And then there is Bat Cave Tennessee with Hebrew writing dating back 400B.C. I always got into arguments in school with teachers .And they did not like me at all .First grade my mother told me not to tell anyone she was Indian ..Well I went to school and told everyone and they came 2 by 2 or in 3’s to look at my mom .I used to live in the MOST Whitest Suburb in America …was on 60 minutes in the early 1970’s ….as being such …They were burning people out ….I was afraid of white people after that …to me that sealed the deal …Never trust a white man …And I have been told jokes all my life about white men and all seem to be true …To this day white man has Broken all promises to the Native People even the Code Talkers ….with out them we would all be talking Japanese @! I belong to AIM ..some people are proud to be a ARP member I am Proud to be a AIM member ….Yes people we are still here and we feel sorry for the Palestinian people …They are being Occupied just like Native Americans and treated the same ..Yes I am catholic but I pray for Palestine and the return of the land to the rightful owners …They are oppressed and we feel thier pain . I am very Thankful Barack Obama will be our President …its way OVER DUE for a Man of Color to be in the White House !@ ! I will Rock This Vote !
By Eliza Dodd on 10/13/2008 8:37 am
S M
Columbus proved to europeans that the earth wasn’t flat. Looks like the rest of the world knew something they did not. Most of my ancestry is european but the part that I am most in tune with is Cherokee. I can’t prove this on paper because those ancestors couldn’t legally live on land outside what the europeans would allow. Maybe, a DNA test will be my uncharted waters.
By S M on 10/13/2008 9:15 am
Frank Marks
Please stop making excuses for Barack Obama. William Ayers was a terroist, but today he’s not. Thats like saying a child molester was a child molester, but today he’s not. Have you ever heard the phrase, once a thief, always a thief? Or, If you lie once, you’ll lie again? William Ayers has several people from his own radical group die while making a bomb. You won’t find this on factcheck.org because that website is run by the Annenberg Foundation. They’re in the pockets of Ayers, and Obama. Ayers founded the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Obama served as board chairman. Giving out the name factcheck.org on your show was out of line. You should think before giving out a website that will tease you with a bit of Obamas dirty laundry, but will never give you the full picture. I would’ve voted for Colin Powell yesterday, I’m sure you would’ve made the same choice. Don’t confuse Obama with Powell.
By Frank Marks on 10/13/2008 1:22 pm
Kryssi K
Don’t confuse Obama with Powell.” THEN DON’T CONFUSE OBAMA WITH AYERS; last I checked, Bill Ayers is NOT the one running for president. You naysayers act as though they were BFFs back in the day that their paths briefly crossed…I guess because you’re desperate in knowing you’ve got nothin’ else on Obama.
By Kryssi K on 10/13/2008 3:02 pm
Frank Marks
I’m not desperate, McCain is up 4 points, the markets up, ordinary Americans are taking a second look at this so called godsend. Obama has $500 million to buy his way into the Whitehouse. $500 million. With that kind of money and his unbelievable charisma, he should’ve put this away weeks ago. Heres a list of his associates. Remember our parents told us to choose our friends wisely. Bill Ayers, he bombed the Pentagon. A couple members of his group died while making bombs. Members of his Weather Underground were imprisoned for a Brinks robbery on Chicago. Remember, Ayers was the leader of that group. Bernardine Dohrn, also a leader of the Weather Underground, and Bill Ayers wife. She made a comment about the Manson murders in a speech, in which she said. “Dig it, first they killed those pigs, then put a fork in her belly, wild”. Louis Farrakhn, the Obamas live on the same street as Farrakhn. Obama quickly denounces whatever Farrakhn says about him. He has called Obama the messiah. Rev. Wright, you know him for saying God Damn America. Whoopi says its because he’s pissed. Have you seen his house, whats he pissed about. He takes from the blacks, then tells them they’re being oppressed by the white man. Sounds like a great scam to me. Tony Rezko, a convicted felon. Frank marshall Davis, a mentor of Obamas, and a known communist. Rashid Khalidi, he’s been accused of being a spokeman for the PLO. Khalidi denies this. Obama has some type of friendship with his family. Acorn, Obama served as their attorney while in Chicago, and also one their community organizers. If you’re watching any news channel now, you know they’re under investigation for voter registration fraud. Felony charges have been filed against many of their workers al-Monsour, he is a radical muslim and advisor to the richest man in the world, a Saudi prince and member of OPEC. al-Monsour helped Obama get into Harvard, and the tuition. OPEC? Ever wonder why Obama was against drilling for oil? Obamas campaign said he got into Harvard with hardwork and student loans. Harvard Law accepts 12% of applicants. If the richest man in the world says Obamas getting into Harvard Law, he’s getting into Harvard Law. Michelle Obama has said her husband paid off his student loans. When Obama had to release his financial statements, no student loans were found. Uh-oh. Obamas campaign will not release the names of his college friends, some were from Pakistan. Instead of going to a spring break location, Obama went to Pakistan. His excuse was he went to visit his mother in India. Does any of this make Obama a bad guy, I don’t know. My all time favorite talk show host used to say, it makes you go hmmmm??? I
By Frank Marks on 10/13/2008 4:46 pm
Victoria J
Frank, you’re talking to a bunch of women way smarter than you. You are gonna have to come up with something more than this wimpy party line about Senator Obama. You have read so much crap…you can no longer tell the difference…Obama is going to win…so stock up your bomb shelter…isn’t that where you guys go to hide when things don’t go your way?
By Victoria J on 10/18/2008 12:16 pm
Frank Marks
Victoria: Your right, you’re so much smarter than me. You mentioned I read too much crap. Is the crap you read any better than mine, or don’t you read at all? I hope Obama wins, plenty of unemployed bomb makers out there. The day Obama is elected every country will start mass producing bombs, and directing them towards us. Whats Obama going to do? Talk to them. Here is something you should know. All of this is true and cannot be refuted. Bernadine Dohrn is again being investigated for the unsolved murders of two San Francisco police officers has which has lanquished for 30 years as a cold case. A federal grand jury has been looking into the murders. And now, sources tell us, those investigators have identified potential suspects: former members of two militant groups in the ’60s and ’70s — the Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army, people who’ve been out of the spotlight for decades. The most prominent among them is Bernadine Dohrn, a former leader of the Weather Underground and now a law professor at Northwestern University in Illinois. In the early ’70s, some of of the group led by Bernadine Dorhn escaped to the west coast. Bill Ayers wife, Bernadine Dohrn who was a leader of the weather undergound and a domestic terrorist that advocated violence against innocent Americans, worked with Michelle Obama at The Law Firm of Sidley Austin in the 1980’s it has been reported by various sources. Dohrn was on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list. J. Edgar Hoover called her “the most dangerous woman in America.” These are the people Barack and Michelle associate with. Not terroists, murderers. Kathy Bodine, also a member of the Weather undergrond was in prison for 22 years for an armored car robbery which killed three people. Her then 14 month old Chesa was raised by Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. While in prison she designed an Aids support program. I wonder if this is the same type of Aids program, child molester James V. Flosi used to start Aidscare in Chicago. In case you didn’t know, Flosi is the founder and CEO of Aidscare. He is also a former Chicago priest and accused child molester. His child molestation has been substantiated by the Chcago Archdiocese. Obama earmarked millions of taxpayer money to his organization. You can read about this anywhere except, dailykos.com factcheck.org huffingtinpost.com mediamatters.com These are all run by Obama supporters. They’ll tease you with a little dirt about Obama, but you’ll receive the whole picture. If Michelle and Barack Obama can sleep well at night knowing they not only gave money to a child molester, but assocaite with suspected murderers, so should you. If your conscience starts to get the best of you, take a sleeping pill.
By Frank Marks on 10/18/2008 12:49 pm
Bobbys Gurl
Powell, unlike Obama, is complicit in taking us to Iraq. Did you know that Lennore Annenberg has endorsed McBush? If you didn’t you can read about it here: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2008/10/strange_bedfellows_…
By Bobbys Gurl on 10/13/2008 4:21 pm