Is a $1,000 a lot of money to you?

Um, "some churches" dont impose 10% of a poor mans wages, the Bible RECOMMENDS we should tithe 10%

Laglen, we actually had a church here in Ohio that required you to provide them with W2's to make sure you were giving exactly 10%.

Sorry you do not agree with me but speak of experience as I do know quite a few of them and do know some very faithful people who do contribute this amount. My church for instance has a percentage scale not based on our earnings but a set amount as we have the children in the same Catholic School system. If we do not contribute the set amount yearly, the child does not get his report card during quarters and at the end of the year you get a bill with the amount. This is a requirement at our Catholic Church and I believe many others as well. I have two children which I raised in their system and have done so for years. I certainly understand the recommendation but this ruling is not optional. I have heard my baptist friend who is very faithful to her religion say 10% is a must at their church and heaven forbid someone not contributing people get singled out in front of others. Absolutely I do not like that but I do not make the rules and well my thought is that I would not be a member if I absolutely could not fulfill this and be embarrassed by such actions. But my friend as poor as she is is very faithful and well I respect her.

yeh, I know. I can't stand Ingraham anyways, no matter what she says she comes off as an elitist snob.

X, I have no problem with people donating money, but if you watch the video you will see how Ingraham comes off as a complete elitist saying that they do work for FOX not CNN. Watch the video and you will see what I am saying

I have to agree with you on that one. I don't mind Bill to much, but he has his moments.

Taskr, I am not offended by him giving money to charity, more the way that Laura Ingraham put it. We all know that both of them have made millions off of right wing hate radio. But, do they really have to throw it your face? We all know that FOX News pays O'Reilly a lot of money, but does Ingraham really know how much CNN would pay him? It is all just very grade school to me.

Ok I just read through all the other responses which is I guess what we are supposed to do before responding. oops! As I said, I missed this comment and I also did not catch the part where they were donating this money to charity. Sorry...worked late and up early...brain not quite yet working. Well, at least they are donating it to a good cause. Could be a loved one that they are helping out. I seriously misunderstood what this was all about. If 1000.00 is pocket change to these people and they are using it to help out others then who am I to complain?

I agree with you 100%

Gew, if you watch the video you will probably feel the same way I do. I don't have $1,000 to donate to charity, but if I did I wouldn't act the way that Bill and Laura did.

not it isn't. laglen was talking about politicians who specialise in dams. or beavers.

The original poster asked your thoughts - I don't think he said he had a problem with it. It was very tacky, though, on air, in front of millions of people who need that kind of money. Even if it is for charity, it could have been tailored a little. Odd - I didn't know you had two billion dollars. And, I really would not call being a gossip "hard work".

Oh, and you corrected me on my idiom misquote the other day. I'll lend a helping hand here. Damn is spelled with an "n".

Rollo, it has more to do with the way that Ingraham comes off commenting about the amount of money. She may be joking, but regular Americans think that $1,000 is a lot of money (even if they work for FOX, and not CNN). http://www.breitbart.tv/its-on-ingraham-bets-oreilly-on-outcome-of-de-senate-race/ "The "elitists" we don't like are the know-it-alls who want to run our lives for us" Isn't that what happened during the Bush administration?

I wish I had that as well

LIL, should people who cry all the time about ELITIST, act like ELITIST themselves? I am sure that $1,000 isn't pocket change to you, but it is to O'Reilly and Laura. They still don't need to throw it in all of our faces.

If it would have been a $20 bet to give to charity people would be complaining that it was too little and that they were being stingy. Everyone knows they are rich so either way it went it would have been bad. Personally I think they should have left the betting out of it completely.

You and I agree here, lil.

I thought it was very tacky, but it was Laura that was tacky not Bill.

It as very sad I must say

Wow - I just listened to it. It was particularly gauche after they had been talking about how the public wants more people in touch with them, and that those who have a lot of money tend to think poorly of the general public. I the squealy laughter was pretty obnoxious. I thought they may have done it in such a way like when a telethon offers a match or something, and they try to raise the donation by saying, "you know you can do more." But this was kind of snooty. And really dimsissive of those struggling, especially when she said, "We work for Fox." I guess you chuck your empathy at the door when you are a conservative.

Thanks for your response. I also felt they were flaunting their money, and being very unsympathetic to all of those out here struggling.

Thanks for your response. $1,000 is a lot of money for all of us.