David Mamet (friend of Huffman and Macy) has commented to the effect that he sees no difference between bribing universities by donating a building, and bribing third parties to perpetrate fraud on said universities. David Mamet is a moron.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 1:34 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Another target is a wealthy winery operator here in Napa Valley (though it > looks like he lives in the City). Looks like most of these parents are > general entitled wealthy people (though I have always enjoyed Huffman’s > work, but pissed media is tagging her with Housewives label instead of > Sports Night, which obviously has priority). > > I checked in with my late 20s daughter and her BF, both Ivy grads who were > not smart enough to choose wealthy parents to buy their way in, to find out > what they and their friends thought. As I suspected, they lacked the > extreme moralized indignation that we have seen from so many of the upper > middle class (but not actually upper class) media types have been indulging > in. They and their friends mostly shaking their heads, but see this as a > minor example of the much more pervasive practice of children of the elite > classes getting into Ivy League level schools though legacy, donations and > influence rather than ability or hard work. > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 7:58 AM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Also note: If there were more celebrities ensnared by this operation, >> we'd have heard about them by now. So, mostly wealthy, but not Hollywood, >> people. >> >> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 10:37 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> He just said "Hollywood," as if that meant everything. Besides, I >>> thought Lori Laughlin was a Republican--or am I getting her mixed up with >>> Candace Cameron Bure, since they were both on the same show? >>> >>> Besides, seems to me that the Tim Allen show that the Trumpies love so >>> much is filmed in Hollywood, not in Atlanta or at Pat Robertson's place in >>> Virginia Beach. >>> >>> Mark Jeffries >>> Saints Spotlight Editor >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 4:50 AM 'bermuda999' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 1:58:41 PM UTC-4, Doug Fields wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Children of the rich can get preferential treatment in admissions to >>>>> upper-echelon schools if the parents grease the wheels with a little >>>>> financial "donation"? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'm shocked. Shocked, I say! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Doug Fields >>>>> >>>>> Tampa, FL >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> And thankfully it didn't take long for the President's oldest son Jr to >>>> chime in, brimming with his usual amount of self-awareness >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
