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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:16 PM Original message |
Well this is depressing: Mortenson's "Three Cups of Tea" inaccurate |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope 60 Minutes is dead-ass wrong. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agreed |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. yeah, I hope so too. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. same here |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Because nobody else in the world is doing good? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. +1 |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. His books are one of the few "progressive" books left being sold at Costco... |
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emsimon33 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I agree |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. if true, it doesn't surprise me. his exhorbitant fees (about $30K/appearance), |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. Read and enjoyed but didn't believe his book, I was suspicious that he was CIA |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. interesting placement of his schools... if they exist |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. Link to BBC investigation on this... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. God that book was horrible. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. The bigger problem: It's not the lying, it's the cheating. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. LATEST Interview: Mortenson blames his CO-AUTHOR... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. This came out what, late 2006, so nearly 5 years ago, and only NOW he's fessing up to discrepancies? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wish that being cynical wasn't so rewarding. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. When I saw who wrote the foreword on his second book, I just had a feeling... |
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Redford (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. My book club sent him $600 |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I know. It's really hard when stuff like this comes out and it looks like your money |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. I still support him though. There is so much shit going on, so much waste of my tax money |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. "inaccurate"? How about fraudulent. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. One of my charities--crap |
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