Tag Archives: Oprah

Inspired by Lance Armstrong confession, dope George W. Bush comes clean on Iraq WMDs

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Eric Verlo

Lance Armstrong appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s Confessional TV franchise to admit he doped and lied. If Oprah polled her television audience for who should be next episode’s guest star, it might have to be Manti Te’o explaining that his dead … Continue reading →

Posted in Info Virus | Tagged Bear, Bush, Cheney, Confessions, criminal conspiracy, Dick Cheney, George, George Bush, George W, George W Bush, Inspire, internet, IRA, Iraq, Lance Armstrong, Levis, Manti Te'o, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, poll, Television, Weapons of Mass Destruction | 1 Comment

This American Life caves to Apple Corp, swaps Mike Daisey Chinese factory horror story for Marketplace puff spin

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Eric Verlo

This American Life host Ira Glass tried to pull an Oprah on playwright Mike Daisey, to dress him down on creative license Daisey took with an excerpt of a monolog aired on TAL titled Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory. … Continue reading →

Posted in That's Rich | Tagged Abuse, activists, America, American, Apple, artist, Assassination, Banking, Borat, Buck, character, Child Labor, China, Chinese, Christ, Christmas, CIA, Condi, Conference, Corporation, coup, Cult, Culture, David, DIA, EPA, Foxconn, Fun, GM, HIV, Hong Kong, Horror, IRA, Ira Glass, IRS, James Frey, Journalist, laborers, Marketplace, Media, Mike Daisey, Neglect, NPR, NRA, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, Oprah, PLO, Pot, Protest, protests, Research, spin, This American Life, tracking, Trading, Transcript, Truth, Wall Street, Wall Street Protest, Working, World Bank | 3 Comments

Two years ago they said the dude was murdered

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Brother Jonah

To silence him, of course. Now the Murdoch-owned (maybe just affiliated) tabloid The Globe reports that “Obama’s gay lover tries to commit suicide”. Call the Pope! it’s a Miracle! Man dead for two years tries to commit suicide! Other headlines … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged AIG, AntiChrist, Axe, Barack Obama, Christ, Dictator, Gay, Globe, Headlines, Health, health care, Hetero, IRA, Iraq, Libya, Love, Michelle Obama, Murder, Murdoch, Obama, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, Pakistan, Pope, Propaganda, Religious Wrong, Stupid bastards, Target, Tax, Taxes, Tea-party, Teabag, The Pope, troops, War, wife | Leave a comment

Gender Respect in Tabloids & Wrestling

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Brother Jonah

So I figured a way to tie a few concepts into one on the subject of two headlines on Gossip Tabloids in the supermarket check-out lane. National Enquirer headline “Roy, of Siegfried and Roy caught on video soliciting GAY sex!” … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Perspective | Tagged ARN, Beck, closet, Disease, Enquirer, Far Right, Free Speech, freedom, Gay, gay sex, Gender, Gender Respect, Glenn Beck, Globe, God, Gossip, hate speech, Hatred, Headlines, Headlines, Hetero, Homoerotic, Homophobic, Identity, Industry, Latin, Left, liberal, liberals, Love, Mad Cow, Marriage, McDonalds, Meat, Morons, Muslim, Myth, Obama, Oprah, Orientation, PLO, Pornography, publishing, Rap, RAW, Ray Kroc, Respect, sex, Spongebob, SpongeBob Squarepants, Tabloids, Teletubbies, The Left, Video, Vlad the Impaler, War, Working, Wrestling, WWE, WWF | Leave a comment

Case of curious cellphone, bandana and Greyson Chance’s perfect microphone

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Eric Verlo

PT Barnum would have been a terror on Youtube –I’m certainly sobered to see what fools America every time. Is sudden-tween-throb Greyson Chance’s talent for real? Too soon to say. But the 6th grade sound man at Cheyenne School of … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged AIG, America, arks, ARN, Art, Black Eyed Peas, BOA, Bret Michaels, Bush, Celebrity, Cheyenne, Chicago, CIA, Crow, Dance, DIA, doctor, doctors, Downtown, Euro, Europe, Evidence, Greyson Chance, Hospital, Interest, internet, IRA, KLA, Lady Gaga, Levis, MAGA, Media, Music, Nature, nothing, Oklahoma, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, PLO, Popular Culture, President, President Bush, Rap, RAW, Rove, School, Scouts, SNL, soldier, Television, terror, Twitter, Video, Viral, youtube | 1 Comment

Avatar: novel push for noble savage

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Eric Verlo

I’d like to contrast the high-profile critical receptions being given two Hollywood films about darker-skinned-ness. Precious is about an African-American girl so dark she absorbs the light, without being about race at all. The movie tells a story of poverty, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Abuse, Africa, African-Americans, America, American, Americans, Art, artist, Avatar, Cameron, Capital, character, children, Christ, Christian, CIA, climate, Contractors, Contras, Corn, Crime, Crow, Cult, DIA, DIME, Diversion, diversity, Empire, Environment, Equality, Evil, Evolution, Film, Flag, flag wavers, freedom, Freedom Fighters, Germans, Gold, Golden, heroes, Hollywood, IAM, Imperial, Imperialism, incest, Indigenous, IRA, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Japan, Japanese, Justice, Levis, Media, Mercenaries, Military, military contractors, Mines, Morality, Muhammad Ali, Native American, NBA, novel, Oprah, Pagan, Pathetic, PLO, Poverty, Precious, Propaganda, Race, Rally, Rap, Revolution, Rock, Roman Empire, Savage, School, Science, Science Fiction, sex, soldier, Sovereignty, spirituality, Subversive, Support Our Troops, Television, Tribe, troops, US soldier, War, welfare, White, Whites | 2 Comments

Sarah Palin dons lipstick for Dog Dinner

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Eric Verlo

She’s got a book tour, so what? But Oprah is willing to suffer her for two couch sessions, now Hillary Clinton wants to grant her a beer summit. Foreign leaders can’t get an audience without preconditions. Why is Sarah Palin … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged 2008, 2012, AIG, America, American, Art, Assassins, Beer, Beer Summit, Cain, Campaign, Celebrities, character, circus, Clinton, Condi, Constitution, coup, David, David Letterman, Democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, DIA, Education, Election, GOP, Greed, Headlines, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Hockey, IRA, John McCain, Kings, Las Vegas, Levi Johnston, Levis, lipstick, McCain, Media, Money, NFL, Obama, Obama Administration, Odds, Oprah, Palin, pandering, Parade, Politics, Pot, POW, power, Protest, Race, RAW, reality, Reality TV, Rove, Sarah Palin, School, Sessions, sex, shoe, Television, Tribe, Two Party System, Vote | Leave a comment

The Famous Oprah Video punks who?

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Eric Verlo

You find it by searching for FAMOUS + OPRAH + VIDEO. Because hyperbole arcs the hyperlink. Allegedly, the viral clip is being removed as fast as websites are putting it up. I’ll bet the reason would have more to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged Alleged, America, American, Americans, ARN, Art, Augusten Burroughs, Balloon Boy, Black Eyed Peas, Chicago, Christ, CIA, CNN, Community, Corporate, corporate media, Crow, Dance, DIA, Disney, Downtown, Epidemic, High School, Hyperbole, Inauguration, IRA, IRS, James Frey, Levis, Love, Media, Music, nothing, Oprah, Origin, Politics, pool, POW, power, Rap, reality, Reality TV, reason, School, T-Mobile, Television, Tribute, USA, Video, Viral, War, weather, Website, youth, youtube | 1 Comment

Michael Moore CAPITALISM postscript

Posted on October 22, 2009 by NMT

From Michael Moore: “15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now:” > Friends, It’s the #1 question I’m constantly asked after people see my movie: “OK — so NOW what can I DO?!” You want something to do? Well, you’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged AIG, Alaska, America, American, Americans, anarchy, Arizona, Art, Assembly, Bailout, bankrupt, Banks, Barack Obama, Bling, Bonds, Borders, Business, California, Campaign, Capital, Capitalism, Capitalism a Love Story, Cars, CIA, Cialis, City Council, Civil Disobedience, climate, Climate Change, Community, Congress, Corn, Corporate, coup, courage, Credit Cards, Dance, Democracy, Democratic Party, Deregulation, DIA, Election, elections, email, Energy, energy resources, evictions, Evolution, Facebook, Family, FERA, Finance, Food, food industry, Ford, Fossil Fuels, Fruit, Fun, General Motors, GIs, google, Government, Grass Roots, Headlines, Health, health care, Health Care System, here's M, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Industry, Infrastructure, Insurance, Interest, Investment, IRS, JFK, Left, Lobbyists, Local News, Love, Mail, March, Media, Medical, Medicare, Michael Moore, Michael Pollan, Michigan, Money, Moon, Mortgage, Natural, North Dakota, nothing, NPR, NSA, Obama, Opera, Oprah, Palin, Peace, Photo, Politics, poll, President, President Obama, Prohibition, Reagan, regulations, Respect, Revolution, Sarah Palin, Savage, School, Schools, Sport, Stock market, Subversive, Subway, Sugar, The Nation, Trains, Transit, transportation, Tribute, Truth, U.S., Union, Universal Health Care, Vote, Voting, Washington, Wealth, Wealthy, Website, White, Wisconsin, Workers, Working | 1 Comment

Woe to the lowly in Rio

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Marie Walden

Despite the efforts of Oprah and the Obamas, it didn’t take the International Olympic Committee long to eliminate Chicago from the competition to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Expected to be one of the final two candidates, the city … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged 2016, America, American, Art, Assembly, BOA, Capital, Chicago, Competition, Crack, criminal, evictions, freedom, Games, Gentrification, GIs, Greed, human rights, Imperial, IRS, legislation, NFL, Obama, Olympics, Oprah, Petition, Poverty, Privatization, Rights, Rio de Janeiro, War, warmonger | 1 Comment

Was Aught Eight an inauspicious omen?

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Eric Verlo

I remember the discussion in the nineties of what to name the coming decade. In a previous century yrs 1900-09 were aught years, but “the aughts” is an archaic term. Aught means: no thing; not anything: nil, nothing, null, zero, … Continue reading →

Posted in Semantics, Sight-Bites | Tagged 2008, 2008 elections, Arrest, Art, banker, Bankers, Barack Obama, Bush, CIA, Corporate, corporate media, Corporation, corporations, DIA, Earth, Election, Environment, EPA, George, George Bush, George W, George W Bush, George W. Bush, GIs, Health, health care, Iago, IRS, mayor, Media, nothing, Obama, Oprah, Optimism, POW, power, President, Racism, Rap, RAW, reform, Republic, Republican, Republicans, Rights, Rove, shoe, Sonia Sotomayor, United States, War, Washington | 1 Comment

Boy in the Striped Propaganda-jamas

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Eric Verlo

What’s wrong with imagining that a German youngster could traverse a maximum security perimeter to charm readers with his innocent observations, for example, mistaking dirty excrement- encrusted forced-laborer uniforms for striped pajamas? And more, sneak under the wire, to suffer … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged Auschwitz, Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Bread, BSE, camps, Concentration Camps, Dachau, Fraud, Herman Rosenblat, Hoax, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance, Jew, Jewish, John Boyne, Love, memorial, Oprah, Pagan, Photo, prison, Prisoner, Prisoners, Propaganda, Rap, RAW, Regression, Remembrance, Rove, Savage, Security, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Tribute, uniforms, War, wife | 2 Comments

Ted Haggard is less shifty than New Life Church

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Eric Verlo

COLORADO SPRINGS- Ted Haggard’s inconvenient sex life surfaces again! And this time the scandal is all New Life’s. Ted Haggard’s PR talk show onslaught to remake his image has prompted an altar boy to go public. But it seems this … Continue reading →

Posted in Local News | Tagged Aftermath, agreement, Art, Brady Boyd, CIA, College, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Gazette, Compassion, Condi, Denver, EPA, Evidence, Gazette, IRS, Larry King, Math, Money, New Life Church, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, Passion, pool, Rap, Revelation, Scandal, sex, Ted Haggard, tuition | 1 Comment

Grant Park speech aimed beneath you

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Eric Verlo

The more they replay it, the more Barack Obama’s Grant Park speech comes off like bad theater. From Obama’s lips, I’m not sure the faithful have the skepticism to critique it. But his election night address may be the surest … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged actions, America, ARN, Art, Barack Obama, BSE, Camelot, Centrist, Chicago, China, CIA, comedy, Corporate, Democracy, Election, faith, Grant Park, Headlines, High School, Hyperbole, IRA, JFK, Left, MLK, Obama, Oprah, Painting, pandering, Pies, PLO, President, Puppies, RAW, Regime Change, School, Spelling, Water, White, White House, youth | Leave a comment

Military fiction, publishing as product takes us further downhill to total cultural illiteracy

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Tony Logan

When Americans step inside the big chain publishers’ bookstores, Barnes and Noble and Borders, they are almost always under the delusion that they are inside real bookstores containing real books. Nothing could be farther from the truth though. We instead … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged ALF, America, American, Americans, ARN, Art, Barnes and Noble, Beck, Books, bookstores, Borat, Borders, Business, Censorship, Christ, Christian, CIA, Commentary, Cooking, Corporate, courage, cover up, Crow, Cult, Culture, Department, Education, EPA, Evolution, Fascist, Feminism, Food, food warehouses, French, Gay, Gender, Genes, GM, Great War, Guatemala, Hollywood, Identity, illiteracy, John Wayne, Language, Latin, Latin America, Leisure, Lindsay McKenna, Literature, Love, market research, Military, military fiction, Native American, nothing, novel, Oprah, Pagan, Pentagon, Peru, Photo, Politics, population, Propaganda, publishing, Rally, Rap, Research, Romance, Sales, Science, Security, spam, trial, Truth, US military, War, Waste, Website, Working | Leave a comment

Obama Madonna Sanjaya Brangelina

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Eric Verlo

John McCain might be confusing his rival Barack Obama for a Britney- type celebrity for an obvious reason, his solo moniker. Obama’s name recognition is not just a sound-byte, it’s a single bite. Electoral product Obama makes a spiffy commercial … Continue reading →

Posted in Semantics | Tagged actions, America, American, Americans, Barack Obama, Cain, Celebrity, CIA, Corporate, coup, DIA, Eisenhower, Hitler, Identity, John McCain, Maradona, McCain, Media, Nike, Nixon, Obama, Oprah, Popular Culture, reason, White, White House | Leave a comment

Which will make the prettiest Barbie Doll?

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Tony Logan

Michelle versus Cindy! Which will make the prettiest Barbie Doll? That’s a tough one, if simply because neither one is standing next to a Ken. May be that they are standing next to an aging Ken on Cialis, or next … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged alternet, Art, Barbie, Bush, Bush Family, candy, CIA, Cialis, Cindy McCain, Cult, DIA, Election, Family, Fashion, FEMA, Fun, God, Hillary, Love, Media, Michelle Obama, Mormon, Oprah, Pornography, Rap, sex, sexism, War | Leave a comment

Neo-pregnant women

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Tony Logan

Controversy across the internet reigns, as Americans discuss whether it was a man or woman who got pregnant recently? As we know, the media has an incredible power to confuse us, and we have been titillated with the story of … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged America, American, Americans, Bear, Books, DIA, doctor, Dr. Phil, Interest, internet, IRS, Literature, Media, Oprah, POW, power, pregnant man, Rove | Leave a comment

Greg Mortenson’s own cup of tea

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Eric Verlo

Greg Mortenson finds himself on the vanguard of Pax Americana the same way he stumbled into the mountain village beneath K2. He has no idea the enormity of the power behind his continued fortune. Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged Accomplices, Afghanistan, Alcohol, Amazon, America, American, Americana, arks, ARN, Art, Asia, Books, bookstores, Borders, C-Span, Capital, Capitalism, children, China, CIA, College, Colorado, Colorado College, Community, coup, Cult, Culture, DIA, Education, email, Emperor Penguins, faith, Family, Fashion, Finance, Fun, GIs, Greg Mortenson, Headlines, India, Indoctrination, Interest, Invasion, Islam, JFK, Legislators, MAGA, Mail, Map, Muslim, Muslims, Nature, NeoCon, New Life Church, Newspapers, Oprah, Origin, Pakistan, Pax Americana, Peace, POW, power, Propaganda, Radio, Religion, Representatives, Rove, School, Schools, Smoking, Sunni, Surge, Taliban, TB, teachers, terror, Terrorism, Three Cups of Tea, Trolls, War, Wealth, Website, Western | 69 Comments

Oprah’s doc busted!

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Tony Logan

Sometimes US fantasy world just gets too funny and it’s worthy for a good laugh. Such is the case with Doctor Who… I mean ‘Doctor Phil’ and his intervention to supposedly save Britney Spears from herself. He showed up at … Continue reading →

Posted in Philanthropy | Tagged Britney Spears, BSE, Bush, Bush Administration, Catholic, Charity, Cheney, Dick Cheney, doctor, Dr. Phil, Federal Government, Fun, Government, GPS, Headlines, Intervention, Language, Mexican, Mexico, Opera, Oprah, police, Soa, Spanish, Spears, Texas, troops, Truth, vacation | Leave a comment

The Early Warriors in the Fight for Racial Equality

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Tony Logan

Since Martin Luther King Day is coming up shortly, it behooves us to post some material about who really got the Civil Rights Movement moving in the beginning. It wasn’t just tie wearing preachers spouting something vaguely connected to Jesus’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio | Tagged America, Art, Barack Obama, Black Face, Christ, Christian, CIA, Civil Rights, Colin Powell, Condi, Condi Rice, Congress, Corporate, corporate media, Democratic Party, DIA, Dixie, Equality, Establishment, Gazette, heroes, Inspire, Jesus, Joe Hill, Left, Martin Luther King, Media, MLK, Muslim, New York, New York Times, Obama, Oprah, Photo, POW, power, radicals, reality, Reds, Rights, The Gazette, Thomas Sowell, War, White | Leave a comment

Laura Bush’s ‘Take a Child to the Libary to Read’ program

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Tony Logan

The corporate media does such a snow job on us, that most Americans actually seem to buy deep into the image making that is pushed off onto us. Dubya the Clown sez, No Child Left Behind’ and we take that … Continue reading →

Tagged America, American, Americans, ARN, Bush, Corporate, corporate media, DIA, Education, Headlines, Laura Bush, Left, Literature, Media, No Child Left Behind, Oprah, Pepper Spray, Pies, Rap, Salt Lake City, Snow, War | Leave a comment

The new book club at the Colorado Springs Justice and Peace Center

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Tony Logan

I did a quick google and came across probably a good 15 book clubs in the Colorado Springs area. That is a surprise to me, since I, like many, only think book clubs when I think Oprah Winfrey Show. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Culture | Tagged Apartheid, Art, Axe, Books, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Contras, Education, Eid, Election, Film, google, Interest, IRS, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Justice, Middle East, Money, Movies, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, Palestine, Peace, Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission, PPJPC, Vote, Waste, Working, Writing | Leave a comment

Princess Diana and the end of civility

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Eric Verlo

In his effort to humanize Elizabeth in THE QUEEN, Director Stephen Frears has provided the behind the scenes on Tony Blair, inadvertently glorifying his ascent to power. Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged 9/11, Africa, agreement, AIDS, ALF, America, American, American People, Americans, ARN, Art, Banks, Blair, Britain, British, brutality, Buck, Celebrities, character, children, civility, Corporate, Crash, Crisis, Death, decline, delay, DIA, Economy, Empire, Endless War, England, Epidemic, Epidemics, Evolution, Fahrenheit 911, Family, Famine, Film, Flooding, French, Gates, genocide, genocides, Giuliani, Globalization, Government, Great War, Headlines, History, IAM, Interest, IRS, ISIS, jail, Lady Di, land mines, leadership, Levis, Love, Massacre, Massacres, mayor, Media, Michael Moore, Mines, Monarchy, Murdoch, Music, NeoCon, Neocons, Newspapers, nothing, Occupation, Oprah, Popular Culture, Poverty, POW, power, Prime Minister, Prince, Prince Charles, Princess Di, Princess Diana, Public Relations, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, Race, Rap, Revolution, Rights, Rove, Royal Family, Royals, Rudy Giuliani, Rule of Law, Rupert Murdoch, Slavery, Strike, Television, terror, terrorist, Third World, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, USA, Usury, War, World Trade Center | 12 Comments

James Frey wrong guy

Posted on January 11, 2006 by Eric Verlo

I’m crossing my fingers that this James Frey guy gets what’s coming to him. James Frey has written a best-selling memoir called A MILLION LITTLE PIECES and thanks entirely to Oprah’s shrewd endorsement, has become an inspiration for a suburban … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged AA, Addiction, Alcohol, America, American, Americans, Anonymous, ARN, Art, artist, cops, criminal, Drug, Drugs, endorsement, EPA, Epidemic, IRA, jail, James Frey, Left, Lottery, Media, Michigan, nothing, novel, Odds, Oprah, police, Popular Culture, POW, power, reality, Scandal, Smoking, Water | 1 Comment