'Extreme Makeover' house faces foreclosure

[Shawnee123]

Well, yeah. All "reality" shows are about entertainment.

Regardless of all those things you say, this does not excuse what they did. The blatant consumerism, the keeping up with the joneses, the "we should have all nice things" approach is always something that bothers me, whether it's my cow orker across the hall, or some family on television. New car? New house? What does Bob have? I need better than Bob...gimme gimme gimme, entitlement, entitlement entitlement. Still, they were given a gift. Whether or not it was the right way to gift them is irrelevant.

They disrespected some people who were actually trying to help.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

They disrespected some people who were actually trying to help.

It's true. They did. But it's because they don't know anything about money management, and didn't have any pride or feeling of ownership in the house they were handed on a silver platter.

Those volunteers had the best of intentions, and I applaud them. But they were used by the producers of the show. They would have helped much more if they had volunteered for Habitat for Humanity.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by glatt

They would have helped much more if they had volunteered for Habitat for Humanity.

Yep. "If you give a mouse a cookie..."

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Griff

Yep. "If you give a mouse a cookie..."

...he sez: I can haz cookie?