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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 8:49:45 PM |
wasn't she the radio talk show host who claimed to be a Dr. and was later exposed as a fraud???
I think maybe her opinions will reflect her dishonesty...
probably best to steer clear...
Few words. Well Spoken.
Spoiling my ex-husband made no difference to his nature so this book sounds like a waste of time to me. | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 8:58:09 PM | Gotta love it when people jump on the hate bandwagon without reading any of the previous posts. Fine hate her, hate Dr. Phil...is this a topic of discussion or a lynching?
Geez, they're just radio/TV personalities that are paid to give out their advice. Take it or leave it, but to spew hate...just seems a tad extreme.
And as I said, I haven't listened to either, but if I hear something I don't like I turn it off or switch to another channel. I have yet to have fostered such an extreme attitude towards someone on TV or radio. I don't like people who cut me off in traffic or pull in front of me and slow down. Do I hate them?? Hardly worth getting my blood pressure worked up over.
I think we need to coin a new term here "thread rage". If noone's coined the term yet, then you first heard it here!!   | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:00:56 PM | This Dr. Laura is just a loud mouth.... she is just another of a long list of TV and radio personalities of this era. In my eyes...... she is a low form of entertainment... the kind of thing people listen to and watch when they do not have sattelite TV, the internet and better choices. I'd like to stick her, Dr.Phil, Howard Stern, Rush Limbough all in a room together, lock the door and throw away the key.
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:10:04 PM |
Gotta love it when people jump on the hate bandwagon without reading any of the previous posts
My "favorite thing" in the forums, are those who argue "facts" with "I feel....therefore it is" mentality. Never mind that she has a Phd. listed on her resume that no journalist, even those who "hate" her, has ever questioned. If you "feel" she shouldn't be called doctor, then "my feelings are fact", according to some. So, they just ignore facts, and feel things instead, and call them facts. LOL | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:10:15 PM | IMO, Dr. Laura is a loud mouth entertainer who uses lambasting as a shtick to hock her wares. Any true value that could be gleaned from her works is lost and overshadowed by her cruelty and hypocrisy. If anybody is a hater, it would appear to be Dr. Laura, herself:
On May 10, 2000, The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) ruled that Schlessinger's "consistent characterization of the sexual behavior of gays and lesbians as 'abnormal,' 'aberrant,' 'deviant,' 'disordered,' 'dysfunctional' and 'an error' constituted abusive discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and as such, were in violation of the human rights provision of its Code of Ethics. The CBSC found similar fault with her generalized statements that pedophilia is more prevalent among members of the gay community.
And then there is the hypocrisy:
In 1998, former radio mentor Bill Ballance sold to a media outlet nude photos of Schlessinger for which she had posed when she and Ballance had an affair in the 70s. Schlessinger initially said the photos were not of her, but then claimed a copyright interest in them in court. Eventually she admitted the photos were authentic, and read a statement on her radio show addressing the issue. Once the nude photo scandal came to light, reports surfaced that Schlessinger cheated on her first husband, broke up the marriage of the man who became her second husband (he dumped his wife of 20 years and their children for the “good” doctor), lived with him while unmarried and intentionally bore a child with him out of wedlock -- all things she railed against on her show, but never mentioned were part of her personal life experience. | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:13:59 PM | You say:
I have never in my life, ever met a woman that thinks of men, like Dr Laura thinks women should be,,does she exist? Are there truly women that think men senstive,loving,sexy,caring,etc,,i am serious,,
clint
Of course there's women out there like her silly and you have probably met a few and didnt even know it !!!!!
She refers to herself as a shrienk but she is neither a medical doctor nor a psychologist. Her PhD is in physiology, which means she might have good advice to offer about the organs, tissues, cells, and chemical phenomena of biology. That degree, though, has nothing to do with human interpersonal relations.
We all give great advice......... Sound like any females you've met?
While still married to that dentist, Schlessinger later met and began an affair with Lewis G. Bishop, a professor of neuro-physiology and married father of three. They lived together for nine years after divorcing their spouses, and have been married since 1985.
hmmmmmmm I bet you have met a few of these?
she and her mother had been estranged for at least 14 years (wow)
Her mother's odd death in 2002. (Her partially decomposed corpse had been on the floor of her apartment for several weeks before being discovered, and police initially suspected foul play.) Schlessinger has also been estranged from her sister since the mid-1970s, and has reportedly told friends she is an only child.
dont tell me you've never met a female that has a disfunctional family and goes years without talking to them?
she switched to Judaism, then switched to Orthodox Judaism in 1998. She has said that her husband Lew, raised an Episcopalian, also converted, but he later admitted he had not completed the conversion. In 2003, Schlessinger announced on the air that she was no longer an Orthodox Jew, that she felt frustrated by the effort she had put into the religion, and complained that she felt little or no connection with God.
well have you met any that change their religions like they change their wardrobes? How bout a confused women?
Dr. Laura" disapproves of divorce and pornography, but as a divorcee she posed for a classic "beaver shot" with her legs spread. In October of 1998, this and other naked photos of Schlessinger appeared on the internet. The photographer was Schlessinger's ex-boyfriend Ballance, but the woman in the photos was so much younger and more attractive than the present-day Schlessinger, she simply lied at first, stating that it wasn't her. Then she sued for copyright infringement, making the unlikely claim that while the woman in the pictures wasn't her, she owned the copyright to the pictures. Eventually Schlessinger admitted that the pictures were of her.
And you want us to run and get her book?
Why? I dont need a booK to tell me how a female should love, I am one whos never been divorced or cheated on my spouse or posed in naked pictures or bashed people for their beliefs or lifestyles she would drive you f__ken bonkers if you were to find her!
just like doctor phil would drive me crazy!
but I have to love a guy who tries to tell me we're too much or not enough of something lol
how bout this ... why dont you start appreciating females ......and then you'll get it right back!!! | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:14:23 PM | Dr laura naked pictures.... ugh.. now that is something I do not think there would be a big market for !!!
I bet you its nothing more than an attempt at low cost publicity.
Monica Lewinsky made a million dollars off a drop of semen on a dress....
Dr. laura will be lucky to make anything posing butt naked... she looks like a dried up old witch.
she is her kids mom.... LOL....
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:21:56 PM | Dr. Laura....I've been listening to her since 1990.
She's on the RADIO....she's ENTERTAINMENT!!! If she REALLY wanted to cure people she'd get the appropriate education and credentials and go into/stay in clinical practice to CURE people (but that would be a huge PAY CUT for her). 30 seconds of advice based on 30 seconds of client history is insufficient and often wrong simply due to lack of time and information. But its FUNNY as hell!!! :-)
Personally I agree with a LOT of what she says, but I ALWAYS maintain my freedom of thought and use my critical thinking skills to determine when shes right and when shes full of SHYT (which happens often enough) .
She's jsut a lady with a big mouth, an in-your-face-opinion, and a unique niche (conservative radio and kids)...and she's writing books left and right and laughing alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way to the bank.
cant blame her for that!!!
whats scary to me is the people who agree with everything she says without every THINKING for themselves. then when they are put to the test, put on the spot and have to behave as Dr Laura would expect them to behave...well they are all confused and lost. Hypocrites. Blah.....thats sad. and annoying. THINK for yourselves people!!! its ok to sort though her opinions and come to your OWN conclusions of what you believe. Dont jsut follow her around like a little lost sheep. Sheep are cute on a FARM....NOT cute in this POND, or in the REAL world! hehehe | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:28:42 PM | Yes what Daisie said..........I happen to think that is the closest explaination to how I see her as anyone as typed on here yet.........EXACTLY.....
and yes, she's doing her thing all the way to the bank........
No I can't blame her either Daisie. She's got one helluva set of balls. | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:29:20 PM | Wow, the venom and bile that some visit on a radio talk show host is astonishing.
Naked pictures? Big deal. It's a sexual variation that a lot of people do. I have, with several different partners. It was fun for both of us, playing with a safe form of exhibtionism. If you're repressed and easily offended, ok, but it's not unusual. The "low life" in that story was the guy who hung onto them, after the relationship ended, and sold them to the media.
Divorced? OMG, horrors........guess what, most of the people on this board are divorced. People make mistakes in relationships, and move on, with greater wisdom.
I'm not advocating everything Dr. Laura says. I am advocating that she isn't the devil incarnate. She's on air, just like Dr. Phil. She's in show business. People like her show, or not. If enough people do, for whatever their reasons, then her show is a success. If not enough people do, then it fails. NO biggie.
People on this thread don't t know her, and she isn't in their personal lives. Her show does not make the lives of the posters here any better or worse. If you listen, as with any other advice, give some weight to her being a licensed marriage therapist, perhaps, but weigh it against your own life experience and wisdom. Her show is just a radio show. In every major market there are dozens of stations to choose from.
Anyone this upset by a radio talk show host, has serious issues. I could care less if some woman I were talking to liked Dr. Laura or not, but if she came unglued, and irrationally angry, I'd know she's a "whacko", and "get out of Dodge" in a hurry. | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:38:46 PM | I bet Dr. Laura is laughing all the way to the bank.. and in her heart she thinks:
wow, so many morons out there gobbling this pop psychology up !... I should see what I can sell these clueless people and make more money so I can get plastic surgery
she is laughing all the way to the bank.... thats for sure... people go out and pay 15 dollars or more for on of her books !
The problem those shock jocks make is when they start to believe their BS.... that is when they fall out of favor. | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:54:03 PM | I don't care who she is personally at all. I do learn from things I hear on her show, and I don't see a problem with people choosing not to listen.
I am not without a past. In my 47 years I have managed to do many things that people could billboard to throw dirt on my character... yet that past is not who I am, nor do I negate someone else for what they've overcome.
I doubt that any of you would honestly say different.
To imagine that ANYONE just because they are a public figure should be different?
Now who is really expecting these "personalities" to be Gods?
Hypocrites? Let's all raise our hands!
... ever take drugs? I did... tell your kids not to? I did...
Should I have not? After all, what right do I have to teach others what I know now to be wrong... | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 10:43:34 PM | When I lived in the States, almost 6 years ago, I listened to her almost every day. My reactions were either to laugh hysterically or to agree completely.
One thing she said that I remember to this day and I agree with is that women have lost all respect of themselves in general. A woman is geared for a monogamous relationship and picking a partner for life....we don't do that any more and subsequently society is breaking down. Divorces are easier, more kids growing up in single family homes....now, don't get me wrong. I'm all for being able to do what I want to do--many of the things she was talking about I've done. However, it doesn't change the truth. I often felt that the things she said were black or white, but we lived in the gray....but she always made me think.
As for the poster that ranted on about the right wing stations etc...may I bring your attention to ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, BBC....need I go on. The liberal viewpoint has a pretty powerful base as well...Do what I do--when I see the major networks being shown over here I turn to something with the conservative viewpoint and make up my own mind. Watch, balance and think. | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/8/2007 11:36:50 PM | | Kay, where did it get you?? he obviously didn't care you went to all the trouble your on pof now aren't you?? did he do the same for you?? i doubt it - if couples would learn 1 word recipocate life would be so much happier for both | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 2:19:00 AM | | Great book, Dr. Laura is the best. | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 3:37:46 AM |
(Msg 87) I don't care who she is personally at all. I do learn from things I hear on her show, and I don't see a problem with people choosing not to listen.
I am not without a past. In my 47 years I have managed to do many things that people could billboard to throw dirt on my character... yet that past is not who I am, nor do I negate someone else for what they've overcome.
I doubt that any of you would honestly say different.
But our past makes us who we are and that's where I think people have a problem with Laura. It's not the fact she had nude pictures taken. It's the fact she lied about it many years later, then tried to prevent their dissemination, attempted to sue the individual(s) involved, etc. Many years after doing what she advises against (usually things of a sexual nature) we find out many years later she is a liar, among other things.
Responsible adults own up to their past. She didn't and most likely wouldn't have unless those pictures surfaced. That is the definition of hypocrite and that is what Laura is, not was. Not when she was 20 years old but many years later.
As you mentioned you are not who you were in the past. No one is but the fact remains Laura is a liar "today", not 20 or 30 years ago. Laura is a hypocrite "today", not some time in the distant past. Yes, she has changed. She has changed from having nude pictures taken to lying and trying to suppress the truth.
Maybe it's because I'm a male but I find having nude pictures taken to a lot less offensive that being a liar and hypocrite.
She may occasionally have good advice but even the most vile, reprehensible individuals occasionally have good advice. If we know something is good advice we agree regardless of who states it. The "problem" is some people, the young and impressionable especially, are inclined to consider all the advice given is good because it comes from a "good" person, one who is respectable and honest and forthcoming, traits she sorely lacks "today". | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 5:01:16 AM | Wow, Dave...............have you ever lied?
Janet hit the nail on the head. I "preach" to my kids about a lot of SHYT I DID in my past (they don't know all my shyte) but I sure as hell make it clear it's unacceptable behavior. ........so I'm a hypocrite?.......I'll be whatever you say I am to YOU........however, to my kids, I am a great mom. I am real with them but I don't share all of my brokenness as it simply is NOT APPROPRIATE.....and I do know that although I've done some PHUCKED UP things.........it is NOT THE SUM OF WHO I AM! I don't owe an audience a full disclosure of my past......nor do they want it!.......Ask, and my reply might be......"if I told you, then you'll know as much as me...."......If the life I once lived is going to be ALL THAT I AM........then I'd slit my wrist with a Kentucky Fried Chicken knife NOW and get it over with.............but it isn't........The past does not equal the future unless I chose to live there..........
Have you ever done something you are ashamed of and hope no one ever finds out about it???
Is there something you did last year that you might not want public knowledge??
Maybe you haven't.......maybe you have................but I'll bet you'll certainly hope that one day people would not hold that against you for the REST OF YOUR LIFE........
...............and even with your ugly past...........does it negate the words you say today as being true or false??
and as it is with me so it is with you, your past does not equal your future unless you choose to live there!!!
Here's the deal.........you don't like that she has lied about her past. COOL! Don't listen.
I don't know that I would wants nude pics of me surfacng from my past.......
..........NO WAIT..........I sure had a MUCH BETTER BODY so on second thought...............BRING 'EM ON!
How are you regarding holding grudges and forgiveness? Just curious.
Also, sometimes you see traits in others that we project as HUGE because we ourselves hate that part of us. Maybe? again, just curious.......think about it! | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 5:03:56 AM |
Maybe it's because I'm a male but I find having nude pictures taken to a lot less offensive that being a liar and hypocrite.
I can't disagree with that. | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 7:06:47 AM | There are alot of songs I hear that I absolutely love. They move me on an emotional level because of the excellence of the sound...
I don't delve into the past of the person writing the lyrics, or the musicians performing the piece to decide if I want to listen.
To do so would be robbing myself of missing something beautiful.
Don't analyze the "message" based on anything other than the words and if it makes sense or is useful or practical in your life. | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 10:24:29 AM |
(Msg 92) Wow, Dave...............have you ever lied?
Janet hit the nail on the head. I "preach" to my kids about a lot of SHYT I DID in my past (they don't know all my shyte) but I sure as hell make it clear it's unacceptable behavior. ........so I'm a hypocrite?.......
You're missing the point, Diva64. It's not the fact she posed nude. It's the fact she lied about it many years later while publicly preaching honesty. It's the fact she tried to sue someone who righfully owned those pictures. That's the point.
I'm not judging her past of 25 years ago. I'm saying she has no credibility to be preaching a "Godly" way of life while lying. She preaches conservative sex while having posed for nude pictures a long time ago. That's one thing. Then she preached about honesty and decency while lying at the same time twenty years later or whatever amount of years it was.
It's called a "pattern". Her "pattern", against which she rails about on radio and how it is destructive, has continued for 25 years. First the nudity. Then the lying. Then the unjust legal action against her Ex.
Yes, we all make mistakes. We all do things that, on hindsight, we wish we didn't. That's not the point. The point is publicly lying about the pictures while at the same timepublicly condemning lying. She has no credibility. That's the point. She's a charlatan, a fraud. | |
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| Dr. Laura ? (melofelo?)
Posted: 7/9/2007 10:32:27 AM | are you her publicist by chance?
she's been deemed totally abusive by the canadian human right commission and a fraud for claiming to be a doctor when in fact she's not qualified as a medical receptionist.
probably a neo conservative to boot...
lol...
get a grip... | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 10:36:24 AM | "hypocrites?...Let us all raise our hands"
Im the first to admit when Ive made a mistake..Then I apologize, learn from it and move on...I or anyone else doesnt need a paid entertainer posing as a therapist, an imposter, to rub it in our faces on the airwaves so she can morgage her 3rd vacation home and fund the religious right causes....Thats the hypocrasy...Shes an insult to my profession, which consists of professionals who are licensed and credentialed and do follow the rules and practice ethically, for the most part...Too bad more Americans dont have more intelligence and class to reject that...Guess thats why I dont listen to talk radio or put much faith in people who do | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 10:42:42 AM | >>>
Thank you. That is absolutely hilarious. Irrelevant to the discussion but none the less hilarious. I'm p.i.*.*.i.n.g myself laughing. By the way, functional illiteracy is telling....and again...Thanks.... | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 11:19:35 AM |
she's been deemed totally abusive by the canadian human right commission and a fraud for claiming to be a doctor when in fact she's not qualified as a medical receptionist.
group acceptance or rejection doesn't necessarily lead my thinking or we would indeed be nothing more than sheep. The following list is an example of her group acceptances... so what? She's still an annoying woman who can be insensitive and rude -- but I often learn from what she has to say.
Woman of the Year Award (2006), 19th District - State of California, awarded by Senator Tom McClintock
Truth In Media Award 2006 from the Pacific Justice Institute
2004 International Women's Conference - Woman Extrardinaire Award
Recipient, 1997 first woman to win Marconi Award for Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year
Recipient, 1998 American Women in Radio & Television’s Genii Award for contributions to the industry
Recipient, 1998 Israel 50th Anniversary Tribute Award for contributions to humanity
Recipient, 1998 Crystal Cathedral Academy Award for promoting positive family values in the media
Recipient, 1998 Love of a Child award from Childhelp USA
Recipient, February 2000 first non-Christian to receive the Chairman’s Award from the National Religious Broadcasters
Recipient, March 2001 National Heritage Award from the National Council of Young Israel
Recipient, 2001 Conservative Leadership Award, Clare Booth Luce Institute, Washington, D.C
Recipient, 2002 Woman of the Year Award, Clare Booth Luce Institute, Washington, D.C | |
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| Dr. Laura ?
Posted: 7/9/2007 11:27:48 AM | Looks like... she is working close and closer to D.C.
she is maybe wanting to run for politics... I can see that as she is very egotistical. | |
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