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In reply to the discussion: Nobel Laureates Call for End to TV's "Stars Earn Stripes" [View all]VWolf
(3,944 posts)78. I find it funny that
it's on the same network that airs another reality show called "Love in the Wild"
Not sure WHY I find it funny. I just do.
FWIW, my kids really enjoyed American Ninja Warrior.
Of course, the show had nothing to do with ninjas.
Or warriors.
It was just a really cool obstacle course.
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At the show's conclusion, they should give the "stars" traumatic brain injuries. nt
Hissyspit
Aug 2012
#12
Would like to see Todd Palin take the old Vietnam era tradition of half a helicopter ride.
gordianot
Aug 2012
#4
No one knows what is sacred anymore. This is one of the worst symptoms of our dysfunction
patrice
Aug 2012
#42
That doesn't make it right. If I were one of thoe charities, I'd say, "No thanks!" Charity should
patrice
Aug 2012
#36
WTH doesn't KNOW this?? These are celebrities playing AT "war." Maybe they could also read "My Pet
WinkyDink
Aug 2012
#44
Desensitizing War for Profit. Commercialization of killing. It's over, all. What have we become?
patrice
Aug 2012
#31
No YOU have it wrong. Charity should not NEED this kind of sacrilege against the deaths of INNOCENT
patrice
Aug 2012
#39
This is whoring for what makes charity necessary in the first place, for what MAKES people POOR.
patrice
Aug 2012
#41
Is NBC keeping the advertising revenue or are they also "contributing to charities"?
Tom Ripley
Aug 2012
#49
This is just the latest push to make the military an acceptable element of civilian life; aka, mili-
WinkyDink
Aug 2012
#43
if Todd Palin and Nick Lachy are so into military training they ought to enlist instead of playing
Cass
Aug 2012
#47
If they want to make the public understand what soldiers go through, they should dispense with the
Lydia Leftcoast
Aug 2012
#65
It's part of the corporate media promoted police state, Big Brother, loving propaganda effort.
Uncle Joe
Aug 2012
#72