Elisabeth Hasslebeck says that noted Indian Scholar should go "light a bowl of incense".

[ErinBerin84]

God, I fucking hate her so much. Besides the racist implications of what she says, she sees everything in such black and white terms. "Who do they turn to when they need help??! US!" Fuck off. Deepak Chopra was supposedly on her boyfriend Hannity's show last night, so I guess that also explains why she flipped a lid. I wrote to ABC about this, though I doubt it will do any good.

http://defamer.com/5101093/peeved-elisabeth-hasselbeck-tells-noted-indian-scholar-to-go-light-a-bowl-of-incense


Elizabeth Hasslebeck tells noted Indian Scholar to go "light a bowl of incense".

"Though Elisabeth Hasselbeck has offended many during her tenure on The View, she's never quite had what could be called, in the show parlance, a "Ching Chong" moment. So named for Rosie O'Donnell's Asian language impression in which she shrieked, "Ching Chong Ching Chong!" and stopped just shy of declaring, "That was me, Rosie, playing an Oriental!" the gaffe is the type that incurs the wrath of an entire race, and Hasselbeck may have had her own in this morning's episode.


While attempting to reference Deepak Chopra's recent remarks on the Mumbai massacre (he implied the terrorists had an eye on America), a frustrated Hasselbeck first called him "Glitter Glasses Whatshisface," and then, dismissing his comments as beneath her recognition, muttered, "Go light a bowl of incense." Why stop there, Elisabeth? Tell those minorities how you really feel using the most stereotype-laden kiss-offs you can muster! If your stylist tries to dress you in another pirate shirt? "Oh, go take your AIDS pills!" Joy Behar got you down? Just say, "Whatsa matta, you-a? Something land in your spaghetti? Oh, what-a spicy meatball!" It's fun, easy, and guaranteed to get the letters pouring in!"

[Metta]

1. She represents the uneducated, prejudiced, impatient and narrow minded of us.

I think she's a disgrace, personally, and shouldn't have any venue.

[SoCalDem]

2. But but but.. she's cute

that's all that matters to republicans..and to many TV producers:)

The View must be quite a show.. never watched it:)

[MarkInCA]

5. Every now and then I watch when I'm home sick....

...it makes me worse.

[ihavenobias]

11. I *used* to think she was cute

Sure, what comes out of her mouth is a huge turn-off, but that's obvious.

What about the fact that she fell into the hollywood trap of exercising too much and not eating enough (subjective and seemingly I know) along with excessive tanning?

At any rate, I wish the other hosts on The View had a better knowledge base to shoot down her fake Fox News fueled factoids she spits out every 10 seconds. Sometimes they do ok, but often times they don't know how to specifically call her out on her BS.

[Missy Vixen]

34. That was her husband's defense

I posted on a Seahawks fan board a few months ago that I don't care for Ms. Hasselbeck. He wrote to say that I was just "jealous" because she's a "stunning blonde".

I wrote back and said that I'm a stunning blonde, too, and I don't need a RNC blastfax to tell me what to think. He vanished. Color me shocked.

Julie

[Diane R]

42. She's not married to the Seahawk quarterback. She's married to the unemployed former benchwarmer.

[Missy Vixen]

45. The unemployed former benchwarmer

answered me.

Believe me, I know the difference between Matt and Tim Hasselbeck. He must read Seahawks fan sites for fun. It would seem that he has a lot of time to be doing so as well.

Julie

[Diane R]

47. Then someone needs to tell her husband that she isn't really blonde. And she isn't 'stunning'!!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

68. Must have a lot of time on his hands......

.....I guess that's what a Boston College education does for you......bwaaahahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

[MadMaddie]

93. Ha..ha.. That was great!

[rhett o rick]

37. agree

[earth mom]

49. Exactly, and meanwhile Barbara pretends to be all cultured and sophisticated while she employs

and gives a voice to one of the most vile creatures this country has ever spawned.

Which makes Barbara NO better than Elisabeth. :puke:

[Chulanowa]

74. If she weren't a sparkly-eyed blonde who looks like she's 19

Baba would have tossed her vile ass out long ago. Hesselblech plays to a key demographic, though - the latent conservative male, who wants to hear butch, aggressive single-mindedness coming from a perky little thing with nice hair. The same group that buys Ann Coulter books and thinks Sarah Palin and Michelle Malkin are stunning examples of genius.

If Elizabeth looked like Whoopi, she'd be out of a job faster than you could blink - and I mean no offense to Whoopi there, just that Elizabeth has nothing going for her beyond looks.

[marshall]

64. Isn't that a key demographic for the View?

It's a gabfest, not rocket science. I realize many of us hope to glean pearls of wisdom out of every opportunity, but sometimes it is what it is and that's all it is.

[jimmybama]

70. The smartest

thing to ever come out of her mouth was her teachers penis.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

78. Hahahaaaaaaaa..............

That's a good one. Hope it didn't rot off.

[WCGreen]

80. She's Joe McCarthy with a Skirt...

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

3. I agree totally with Metta's take on Liz.

That's why I never watch the View.

[Deja Q]

4. She otherwise loves offshoring, like that ex-governor from Georgia with his "macaca" line.

Lizzie Heckleback is just another freak.

[NikolaC]

30. It Was Virginia

Senator George "Macaca" Allen. Yes, she does seem to be an ignorant, annoying hack.

[KitchenWitch]

6. She is touched.

x(

[Odin2005]

7. Chopra is no "scholar", he is a Nw Age woo-woo snake-oil salesman.

I have no respect for him, none whatsoever. He is a charlatan who spews pseudoscientific gobbly-gok.

[ErinBerin84]

13. fair enough, just using defamer's headline

and the incense dig might have been more about the new age stuff, but I still think that it was a really inappropriate and shallow argument for her to use. Why even go there, especially at this time? But, I'm sure just like how she implied that Cindy McCain was so "fresh" and had "nothing to hide unlike another candidate's wife" , she will get away with it. And she refuses to see anything outside of her "America is awesome and freedom isn't free!" prism. But yes, all of the women on the View are idiots, so it's not like she's really battling some heavy weights on the air.

[Crunchy Frog]

15. Maybe, but that doesn't make Elisabeth Hasslebeck's behavior

any more acceptable.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. That depends.

Depending on whether or not her incense comment refers to Chopra's race, or his woowooism.

Not enough information to tell.

[ErinBerin84]

23. true

I may have overreacted at first (in terms of whether it was referring to race or new agey stuff...just didn't really seem like a good time to make a comment like that), but she was also spouting a lot of Iraq myths too that set me off. I'm not even really a Chopra fan, but Elizabeth's immaturity about America really infuriates me.

[RaleighNCDUer]

31. Consider the source. nt

[ErinBerin84]

36. yeah

looking at Elisabeth as someone who has compared gay marriage to a straight person marrying a TOASTER, I tend to assume the worst of her statements.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

40. I agree. I take it as more a reference to his woowooism. nt

[Crunchy Frog]

43. However bad Chopra may be, Hasselbeck is way, way worse.

[Freddie Stubbs]

56. Even a blind squirrel find a nut every now and then

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

22. But he's also an Indian,

and what she was talking about wasn't his philosophy but his take on what was happening in Mumbai from an Indian perspective. And remember HE was asked on BECAUSE of his nationality, not his ideas. I have a feeling Elizabeth would have said the same thing to another Indian if they had come on and said the same thing.

[blondeatlast]

52. I think so too. My husband is Indian and can't stand incense--but she would have

said it to him; I bet you dollars to donuts.

[instantkarma]

26. So I take it you agree with Mrs. Hasselbeck?

You seem to share a mutual disdain for Mr. Chopra.

I didn't realize yoga and meditation were considered "new-age."

[Crunchy Frog]

44. It's considered to be "woo wooism" by the forces of enlightenment on this board.

[Odin2005]

61. I have no problem with yoga and meditation, I do both. His "quanting healing" and related BS...

...however, is 100% pseudoscientific crap.

[BuddhaGirl]

67. he's more enlightened than you

so don't feel so bad! :hi: j/k I find his ideas interesting - mind-body connection, quantum phsyics etc.

These are ideas that are not going away, thankfully!

[Odin2005]

77. Thankfully? Unfortunately is more like it.

Those woo-woos spew that nonsense and yet don't really understand quantum mechanics, and are instead basing their thinking on popular notions and misconceptions derived from philosophical interpretations of QM, and the Copenhagen Interpretation, from which notions about observers collapsing the wave function and whatever came from, is often attacked as BS by an increasing number of physicists. Physicist David Deutsch, in his book The Fabric of Reality, just eviscerates the Copenhagen Interpretation and supports the "Many-Words" (AKA "parallel universes") interpretation, which is 100% deterministic and incompatible with Chopra's woo.

[varkam]

79. You say enlightened, I say full of shit. Tomato, Tomato.

And yes, he's much more full of shit than anyone here. Present company excluded, of course.
























j/k (cause that makes it all better)

[BuddhaGirl]

83. that's right!

you're entitled to opinion, as I'm to mine.

I have enjoyed some of his books - he has many fans. I am glad that he has many avenues to put forth his ideas - they are not going away. :-)

[varkam]

85. Neither are STDs, cancer, or mental retardation.

Not that I'm comparing Chopra's ideas to STDs, cancer, or mental retardation or anything. Just sayin'. ;)

[BuddhaGirl]

86. LOL

I didn't think you were...I think you're more enlightened than that ;-)

[ContinentalOp]

90. Hahaha, what? I'm OK with yoga and meditation but they certainly are new age.

In what way aren't they new age?

[rtassi]

27. Hey Biology Student ... You've accomplished what?

Chopra taught at Tufts University and Boston University Schools of Medicine, and became the Chief of Staff at the New England Memorial Hospital (later the Boston Regional Medical Center) in Stoneham, Massachusetts<4>. Chopra also established a large private practice.

Inspired after meeting New Delhi Ayurvedic physician Dr. Vaidya Brihaspati Dev Triguna<2><5> in 1981, Chopra became a leader in the Transcendental Meditation movement. Later, Chopra branched off on his own to pursue broader aims in mind-body treatment including, in 1993, the position of executive director of the Sharp Institute for Human Potential and Mind–Body Medicine, affiliated with Sharp Healthcare, in San Diego<6>.

Chopra is the co-founder of the Chopra Center, which he founded in 1996 in La Jolla, California with Dr. David Simon. In 2002 the Center moved its official headquarters to La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California with a branch in New York City. He has plans for other centers.

In 2004, Chopra was recruited to co-write a script with Indian film director Shekhar Kapur on a proposed film to be made about the life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, but the plans were later dropped for unstated reasons.

In 2006, Chopra launched Virgin Comics LLC alongside his son, Gotham Chopra, and Richard Branson, famed entrepreneur and thrill-seeker. The aim of the company is to promote and examine South Asian themes and culture through comic books<7>. Deepak co-authored 'Ask the Kabala' with Mike 'Zappy' Zapolin and Alys Yablon in 2006, which is a set of 22 cards, each one representing a story or character from the Old Testament and a life lesson based on that story from a Kabalistic perspective.<8>

Principal themesMany of Chopra's themes and beliefs are stated in his first book Creating Health, in 1986. He launched himself as a staunch advocate of the interconnection between mind and body, advocating meditation and self-awareness as primary factors in both illness and healing. He deepened these themes in Quantum Healing (1989), where he examined the mysterious phenomenon of spontaneous healing of cancer. Here he introduced quantum physics as a means of understanding the mind-body connection, arguing — as he would in many other books — that consciousness is the basic foundation of nature and the universe.

In Perfect Health (1991) Chopra authored the first widely read book on Ayurveda, the traditional system of Indian medicine. Besides outlining the Ayurvedic concept of body types (Prakriti), Chopra emphasizes that the roots of Indian healing lie in changing the holistic balance of mind and body.

Subsequent books have turned toward larger spiritual questions. In How to Know God (2000) and The Book of Secrets (2004) an argument is made for an all-pervasive intelligence that unites every living thing, rather than the traditional Western concept of God as a person, "a venerable white male sitting on a throne in the sky." Chopra sees God as a projection of human awareness, who becomes more expansive and universal as individual consciousness expands.

In his book Life After Death: The Burden of Proof (2006) he extends personal consciousness beyond the "artificial boundary that separates the living from the departed." Assessing the seven varieties of the afterlife described by various world religious traditions, Chopra offered the proposal that a person's awareness in the present shapes existence after death; that is, the afterlife is created uniquely for each of us by our present level of consciousness.

In 2005 Chopra became a staunch advocate for disarmament and international peace in Peace Is the Way, where he argues that a "critical mass" of people of like mind can defeat the global "addiction to war". In the same regard he became president of a broad-based organization, Alliance of a New Humanity, that seeks to form "peace cells" around the world and to foster such related goals as environmental healing and sustainable economies in developing nations.

Intelligent design and religion

In August 2005, Chopra posted a series of articles in the blog The Huffington Post, to which he is a frequent contributor, offering his solution to the creation-evolution controversy. In doing so he expressed support for Intelligent design without the Bible, or the politics of religion. According to Chopra, Nature itself displays intelligence.<9>

In the article, Chopra states:

"To say that Nature displays intelligence doesn't make you a Christian fundamentalist. Einstein said as much, and a fascinating theory called the anthropic principle has been seriously considered by Stephen Hawking, among others."
"It’s time to rescue "intelligent design" from the politics of religion. There are too many riddles not yet answered by either biology or the Bible, and by asking them honestly, without foregone conclusions, science could take a huge leap forward."

Chopra also offers a series of questions about evolution that he believes cannot be answered by science alone.<9><10> Science writer Michael Shermer, founder of The Skeptics Society and long-time critic of Chopra, posted a response.<11>

Chopra also believes Jesus was possessed of esoteric wisdom and may have studied Kabbalah.<12> In March of 2008 Deepak and his daughter Mallika Chopra did their very first Christian radio interview with host Drew Marshall were they discussed his book The Third Jesus<13>

Reception

Chopra has been criticized for his frequent references to the relationship of quantum mechanics to healing processes, a connection that has drawn skepticism from physicists who say it can be considered as possibly contributing to the general confusion in the popular press regarding quantum measurement, decoherence and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.<14>

In 1998, Chopra was awarded the satirical Ig Nobel Prize in physics for "his unique interpretation of quantum physics as it applies to life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic happiness."<15>

In its May 22/29, 1991 issue, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article by Sharma, Triguna and Chopra: Letter from New Delhi: Maharishi Ayur-Veda: Modern Insights Into Ancient Medicine.<16> This article was represented as discussing traditional Indian medicine (Ayurveda). Upon investigation, JAMA editors found that the coauthors had financial interests in "Maharishi Vedic Medicine" products and services. In the August 14, 1991 edition of JAMA, the editors published a financial disclosure correction<17> and followed up in October 2, 1991 with a six-page Medical News and Perspectives exposé.<18> The series of events was reviewed by Skolnick in the Newsletter of the National Association of Science Writers.<19> In response to the JAMA exposé, two Transcendental Meditation groups and Chopra sued the author, Andrew Skolnick, JAMA's editor Dr. George Lundberg, and the AMA for $194 million in July 1992. Pursuant to a settlement agreement, in 1993 the suit was dismissed by the judge at the request of the plaintiffs, with the option of reinstating pending completion of the settlement.<20>

In 2008, following the November attacks in Mumbai, Chopra created some controversy by claiming that the attacks were the product of the American War on Terror and reaction to the potential policies of US president-elect Barack Obama.<21><22> He suggested that the United States should address the education gap and other issues in the Middle East by way of a Marshall Plan for the Muslim world.<21> Wall Street Journal columnist Dorothy Rabinowitz criticized this position, saying that Chopra is too quick to blame problems on America and that he fails to mention the "fanaticism and sheer mindless gullibility" that she believes to be the root cause of Islamic Fundamentalism.<21>

Professional teaching

Chopra has cast himself as a critic but not an enemy of conventional medicine. He teaches an annual update in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, where his younger brother, Sanjiv, is Professor of Medicine and Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education.<23><24><25> Physicians' continuing medical education through the Chopra Center has been certified by the American Medical Association.



Chopra has written more than 40 books. They range broadly across spiritual and health topics; including bestsellers on aging, the "Seven Spiritual Laws of Success," the existence of God, arguments for the afterlife and world peace. He has also written novels and edited collections of spiritual poetry from India and Persia.

Media

Books

* 1987 Creating Health ISBN 0-395-75515-8
* 1988 Return of the Rishi ISBN 0-395-57420-X
* 1989 Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine ISBN 0-553-34869-8
* 1991 Unconditional Life: Mastering the Forces That Shape Personal Reality
* 1991 Perfect Health: The Complete Mind/Body Guide ISBN 0-517-58421-2
* 1993 Ageless Body, Timeless Mind : The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old ISBN 0-517-59257-6
* 1993 Creating Affluence: Wealth Consciousness in the Field of All Possibilities
* 1994 The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfilment of Your Dreams
* 1995 The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons in Creating the Life You Want ISBN 0-517-70434-X
* 1995 The Return of Merlin: A Novel ISBN 0-449-91074-1
* 1995 The Path to Love: Spiritual Strategies for Healing
* 1997 The Path to Love: Renewing the Power of Spirit in Your Life ISBN 0-517-70622-9
* 1997 The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment
* 1999 Everyday Immortality: A Concise Course in Spiritual Transformation ISBN 0-609-60484-8
* 1999 Lords of Light: A Novel ISBN 0-312-96892-2
* 2000 The Angel is Near: A Novel ISBN 0-312-97024-2
* 2000 How to Know God : The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries ISBN 0-609-60078-8
* 2001 The Deeper Wound: Recovering the Soul from Fear and Suffering, 100 Days of Healing
* 2001 Grow Younger, Live Longer: 10 Steps to Reverse Aging ISBN 0-609-60079-6
* 2002 Manifesting Good Luck Cards: Growth and Enlightenment
* 2003 Golf for Enlightenment: The Seven Lessons for the Game of Life
* 2003 The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence ISBN 0-609-60042-7
* 2003 Synchrodestiny: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence to Create Miracles ISBN 1-84413-221-8
* 2003 Manifesting Good Luck: Love and Relationships, 50 Card Deck
* 2004 The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life ISBN 0-517-70624-5
* 2004 Fire in the Heart: A Spiritual Guide for Teens ISBN 0-689-86216-4
* 2005 Peace Is the Way : Bringing War and Violence to an End ISBN 0-307-23607-2
* 2005 The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga: A Practical Guide to Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit
* 2006 Ask The Kabala: Oracle Cards/Kabala Guidebook ISBN 978-1401910396
* 2006 Power Freedom and Grace: Living from the Source of Lasting Happiness ISBN 978-1-878424-81-5
* 2006 Life After Death: The Burden of Proof ISBN 0-307-34578-5
* 2006 Kama Sutra: Including the Seven Spiritual Laws of Love ISBN 978-1-852273-85-9
* 2007 Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment ISBN 978-0-06-087880-1
* 2008 The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore ISBN 978-0-307-33831-0
* 2008 Why Is God Laughing? The Path to Joy and Spiritual Optimism
* 2008 Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment ISBN 978-0061448737

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

28. Titanic made record amounts of money.

Therefore, it is the best movie.

[go west young man]

38. I think you may want to look up the word "scholar".

If Deepak Chopra isn't one I don't know who is. When it comes to understanding human consciousness he is at the front of the field. He is for consciousness what Chomsky is for linguistics and U.S. foreign policy, what Gore vidal is for world history, what Joseph Campbell is for myth. Here's a link for ya. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scholar Someone else here has already posted Chopra's credentials so I won't harp on them but I will so that to understand Chopra is to understand consciousness. I can see why your not a fan.

[varkam]

53. "When it comes to understanding human consciousness he is at the front of the field."

Duality is dead, my friend. I'm not sure how one who subscribes to ancient ideas on consciousness can be correctly be described as being on the cutting edge.

[Odin2005]

60. It's impossible to argue with Chopra-adoring woos.

They just accuse you of "outdated reductionist thinking" when their BS is challenged.

[blondeatlast]

66. I don't LIKE the guy (even though I share his surname), but he is

undeniably a scholar and a very intelligent man.

[go west young man]

72. Do you just make this stuff up?

We all welcome intelligent debate. That's what DU is about. What "reductionist thinking" you are talking about I don't know. I don't recall writing that here. Everything you've posted thus far is a touch insensible and quite random.

[anigbrowl]

94. Well, he certainly sold you

But then if you think Noam Chomsky is a leading thinker on foreign policy, I can see how you'd go for Deepak Chopra. Interesting thinkers all (Campbell probably the best among them, within limits) but Chopra on consciousness...no. Here's Chopra on intelligent design:

"To say that Nature displays intelligence doesn't make you a Christian fundamentalist. Einstein said as much, and a fascinating theory called the anthropic principle has been seriously considered by Stephen Hawking, among others."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/intelligent-design-withou_b_6105.html

This sums exactly what's wrong with Deepak Chopra. "Stephen Hawking is cool, right? Everyone likes him! And the anthropic principle is a real scientific idea, right? So even uber-scientist Stephen Hawking thinks these ideas are important! Deepak Chopra probably hangs out with him."

No, no and no. Stephen Hawking wrote about the Anthropic Principle in 1973, and even the abstract of the paper points out that it's basically tautological - that is, it depends on circular reasoning. http://ucp.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/151965

I have nothing against Chopra, he clearly makes people happy, he's made a lot of money and he hasn't started any wars. But when he starts talking about science, it's mostly just technobabble for the impressionable...and at times he's downright misleading.

[timtom]

46. Not a scholar?

Regardless of what you think of his "woo-woo" stuff (I personally agree with you on New Age stuff), he apparently is a scholar:

Deepak Chopra...has written extensively on spirituality and diverse topics in mind-body medicine. Chopra says that he has been influenced by the teachings of Vedanta and the Bhagavad Gita, as well as by Jiddu Krishnamurti<1> and by the field of quantum physics. Deepak Chopra has had a profound influence on the New Thought Movement that has embraced him in the United States.

Chopra taught at Tufts University and Boston University Schools of Medicine, and became the Chief of Staff at the New England Memorial Hospital (later the Boston Regional Medical Center) in Stoneham, Massachusetts...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Chopra

[timtom]

50. Crap!

I pasted the wrong paragraph into my post and, except for the last paragraph and the link, have totally embarrassed myself. Several posts in this thread express what I couldn't at 2 something in the morning.

Anyway, whatever Deepak Chopra is or is not, he most definitely is a scholar.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

58. and Christian leaders aren't snake oil salesmen? n/t

[Odin2005]

59. I'm an Atheist, all religion is snake oil to me.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

63. Agreed n/t

[ContinentalOp]

91. That threw me for a loop too. Ooh, a respected scholar, let's see who it is. Click on thread...

uh... Deepak Chopra!? :wtf:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Battle of the Douchebags, Round 2

Geez.

I haven't been so confused about who to side with since whathername called Rachel Ray a terrorist.

[NOW tense]

9. I just read his new book Jesus

I thought it was dead on. It made me see Christianity in a whole new light. May Elizabeth should give Christ consciousness a try.

[tannybogus]

10. When I saw him talking about the horror in Mumbai,

I don't think I have ever seen a more distressed and saddened person.

I believe he really was suffering.

I hope there is as much noise about this as when Rosie did her accent.

[saracat]

12. Why , oh why, is this freeper moron allowed on the air? There are many

intelligent conservative women who, while I don't agree with them are not insulting twits. Elizabeth is a waste of space.

[bemildred]

14. LOL

Barney the Purple Dinosaur VS Barbie the Sexist Doll.
And both with way the heck more money than they have any idea what to do with.
:popcorn::popcorn:

[rvablue]

18. While I abhor EH,

I agree with you.

I do believe this massacre has deeply saddened Deepak.

I'm just not sure what he does besides sell over-priced hard cover self help books and hang out with really rich, rich people.....

:shrug:

[Critters2]

21. He used to be a doctor. He was chief of staff at the hospital where I did my clinical. nt

[woo me with science]

69. There are way too many woos in medicine.

Look at the crackpot physicians who tolerate or even push homeopathy, recovered memories of abuse, much of chiropractics.

Just because he was a doctor does not mean he isn't a nut.

[ErinBerin84]

20. maybe I am just extra reactive

when Elisabeth is involved. A lot of other things she said pissed me off today too.

[bemildred]

39. No, no, you're fine.

Although getting mad at idiots will ruin your life eventually, there are far too many of them. But she is totally a worthy target, and so is Deepak Chopra, a con-man if I ever saw one.

[hlthe2b]

16. Stick your hand in the bowl, Lizzie

and I'm sure you'll get many offers to "light it." :evilgrin:

[foxfeet]

29. Smells like asafoetida burning. Even before it's lit.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

17. That is disgusting!

The Indians I have met have been very gracious and know how to show respect of others. Hasselbeck is a disgrace to our nation to act the way she did.

[Laelth]

24. She needs to smoke a bowl. n/t

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.

:dem:

-Laelth

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. LOL

[HillWilliam]

32. What a waste of perfectly good bud n/t

[mudesi]

33. Worse is the way she defends the Iraq war

Hey, Hasselbeck, last I checked you and your husband are of age and physically capable. Enlist if you're so bent on "victory" in Iraq.

Chickenhawk.

[np33]

35. I get that the view

was trying to find a "cute Conservative" and I wouldn't have a huge issue with her if she provided well thought out insightful commentary. But all she offers is her usual narrow-minded, prejudiced, and ignorant statements. She has turned me off to the view. And she is truly a disgrace particularly since she replaced Lisa Ling as the "young" perspective on the show.

[JonLP24]

41. Glitter glasses

I know who she is talking about, I have seen him before. He seems very peaceful and promotes it in his book. I hope she gets canned.

[mymessageboardid]

48. Elisabeth Hasslebeck?

You mean the same Elisabeth Hasslebeck that only became "famous" because she stripped naked for some fucking peanut butter on Survivor?? That Elisabeth Hasslebeck?

[walldude]

84. Yup.. Crazy huh...

What's really crazy is people here let her get to them. She's a freakin reality show twit that landed a gig on some stupid morning TV show. Yet she is in the news almost daily.

[Le Taz Hot]

51. Incense comes in a bowl?

Who knew? :shrug:

[Freddie Stubbs]

57. No, but people often burn inscence when they smoke a bowl

At least they did when I was in college. It didn't fool the RA's.

[a kennedy]

54. Is that what she said......whenever she's talking I just mute her.

so I never know what she's saying, and I'm starting to do it more with Whoopie too, and actually I've been watching the Bonnie Hunt show more often then The View anyway.

[terrya]

55. I'm sure she'll be apologizing for that inexcusible remark on today's "The View".

Right?

[DesertRat]

87. She did apologize today

But it was very hurried and didn't sound sincere at all.

http://defamer.com/5102039/elisabeth-hasselbeck-attempts-to-sneak-in-rare-apology-before-commercial

[kskiska]

62. Would she have said it to Bobby Jindal?

[AngryOldDem]

71. Probably not.

Most likely she doesn't know who he is.

I'm so amazed why these airheads gain such a following, and why people seem to hang on their every word. I guess it's the same mentality as what's behind gawking at a wreck on the highway.

[arcadian]

65. Hasselbeck is mixing her drug culture metaphors.

Hypocrite

[MilesColtrane]

73. Wotta douchebag.

[noonwitch]

75. I don't like either one, but Deepak spoke at my church recently and brought some money in

so I'll cut him a little slack. He's not an indian scholar, though, he's a new age speaker and teacher. I'm not a huge fan, but if people want to pay to hear him and my church makes a little money off it, it's fine by me.

[BuddhaGirl]

76. see upthread for his credentials as a scholar

n/t

[JI7]

81. what kind of church do you attend ?

[Cleita]

89. Actually, he is a medical doctor in the western tradition and

also a practitioner of Ayurveda which is the traditional Indian medical practice. Some people think this makes him New Age, but actually it's very Old Age.

[ContinentalOp]

92. Uh, yeah, that's kind of the definition of New Age. -nt-

[Cleita]

95. Okay what is New Age to you? I don't think you know.

Just because certain teachings have been incorporated into New Age thinking, doesn't mean that the originators are New Age themselves.

[KamaAina]

82. The twit is Insannity's girlfriend?!

And now we don't even have Colmes around to slip saltpeter into his water... :scared:

[Cleita]

88. Why do waspy people like to make fun of other peoples' cultures?

How would she like it if Chopra told her to go get another bottle of peroxide for her hair?