tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post114071125431738621..comments2023-11-05T04:04:45.052-05:00Comments on More to Life: The Pontius Pilate SyndromeMimmzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990902967409420434noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post-1142977695427086062006-03-21T16:48:00.000-05:002006-03-21T16:48:00.000-05:00I love Oprah,and on the same breath i am so disapp...I love Oprah,and on the same breath i am so disappointed by just know that she does gain "monetary gains from the publishers of the books" while i guess it is in all of us to make a quick back if it is possibleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post-1142629542045924602006-03-17T16:05:00.000-05:002006-03-17T16:05:00.000-05:00Allow me to make you madder about this Oprah story...Allow me to make you madder about this Oprah story. In my rants and raves about this issue, it has come to my attention that Oprah actually gets monetary gains from the publishers of the books she picks for her book club. Makes good business sense since she increases the sales significantly. However, it means that there's no basic charity or good guidance to a good read without her making a penny. Hypocritical, not so?Mimmzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990902967409420434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post-1142585622985871762006-03-17T03:53:00.000-05:002006-03-17T03:53:00.000-05:00Hmm. Ego is a terrible thing. Going by the point o...Hmm. Ego is a terrible thing. Going by the point of view in this post, if Oprah had only had the good grace to call in a new audience and publicly, sincerely apologise for the mistakes she made concerning the matter, perhaps more people would have been happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post-1141288942273390652006-03-02T03:42:00.000-05:002006-03-02T03:42:00.000-05:00I noticed that we do not have Jesus in the kenyan ...I noticed that we do not have Jesus in the kenyan scenario or do we?<BR/>I like the way you have looked at it. <BR/>I will put it this way.<BR/>If you left someone in charge of your house to take care of and when you come back in the evening you find a whole wall which divided the rooms missing. On questioning them they insist you are wrong, that the wall is there, but you can all see a gaping hole. You ask your neighbor to confirm and he says yes the wall is down. Yet the one you left in charge is adamant that you are both wrong. The next day you wake up he has put back the wall and says it never was down. What do you do?Prousettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04367325529770099956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post-1141196020802142982006-03-01T01:53:00.000-05:002006-03-01T01:53:00.000-05:00inasmuch as the crowd is baying for blood, due pro...inasmuch as the crowd is baying for blood, due process must be followed. but in a situation as this, the jury is out as to whether due process will indeed result to convictions and reparations. <BR/>what was looted must be reclaimed and the culprits apprehended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post-1141175545577625802006-02-28T20:12:00.000-05:002006-02-28T20:12:00.000-05:00Hi Shiroh. Thanks for your comment. About the news...Hi Shiroh. Thanks for your comment. About the newspapers, I definitely wanted to give them a pseudonym. It was more appropriate to fit it into some other issues and leave Raila and his crew on the Anglo leasing scandal. The newspapers, I have tons of examples that I could use. Most fitting was the recent 'uproar' they caused over government vehicles purchased in 2002 and equating these to the drought or was it blaming the drought on it? I was livid. Left that part out in the interest of keeping the post short enough to be effective. Maybe I'll post something on that and other newspaper started issues later.Mimmzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990902967409420434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post-1141107717016854932006-02-28T01:21:00.000-05:002006-02-28T01:21:00.000-05:00I can't just say i was challenged, i must admit th...I can't just say i was challenged, i must admit that is a good post. <BR/><BR/>When sometimes it seems just good to be euphoric,<BR/>I wish you could have given the newspapers a pseudonym because they are not not to blame. Many times they make us euphoric without a reasonable causeGirl in the Meadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515812698922455315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post-1140796958442353732006-02-24T11:02:00.000-05:002006-02-24T11:02:00.000-05:00Well, Msanii_XL. Everything you say is true and va...Well, Msanii_XL. Everything you say is true and valid. And Oprah did not have to give James Frey a free pass. But she certainly did not have to dance to the tune of the smoking gun and other media outlets. She was manipulated by them and she let them. And James Frey, the nobody, had to take the hit. That's the point of the post. Oprah can be mad, offended, whatever. But she needs to be it, not told she needs to feel a certain way and then feel that way. Especially just so as to preserve the 'Oprah'. That was Pontius Pilate. He needed to still be liked, maintain his power and position and so he gave the crowds an innocent Jesus to crucify.<BR/><BR/>My point is, where does integrity fall into all this? And sure, our justice system fails us all the time. But is choosing not to adhere to it while we find solid ways to fix it the solution that will see us through? And honestly tell me, if you were being accused of something, wouldn't you expect and deserve due process? And quite honestly, I think there are a lot of people chanting after blood, that have no idea what the real issue is. Just following the hype, and not informing themselves at all. That I have a problem with. <BR/><BR/>Glad you were challenged. It is what I was hoping to achieve.Mimmzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990902967409420434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12822214.post-1140793243116569832006-02-24T10:00:00.000-05:002006-02-24T10:00:00.000-05:00So oprah should have given dude a pass, because 'i...So oprah should have given dude a pass, because 'its just book club', Her reputation would have taken a beating, maybe it was little bit shrill but still. when you start co-signing some questionable things then problems arise...if your name is your revenue then you have to distance yourself..remember the Carmelo anthony and the stop snitching campaign. why was the gentleman threatning legal action anyway?<BR/><BR/>About process in Kenya? really? the same country that has let some high profile 'murders' go unsolved? you gotta cut pple some slack the justice system/structure is a joke. i mean i think it has gotten to a point that the pple just wanna see some head roll, regardless of the Some of the resignations are cosmetic...<BR/><BR/>Lets hope this is A 'Complex'...<BR/><BR/>Challenging post!Msanii_XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949801282173527770noreply@blogger.com