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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 1:54 am
Raen, I am traveling in Vietnam at the moment and had a spare couple of minutes, so I happened upon this thread. Thanks a brazillion! 
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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 2:16 am
I loved it when the mother of the Paolo family learned their next destination and said: "Arizona? Why Arizona...I wanted to go to New Zealand!" So I guess the mainly USA Amazing Race tour was a surprise to all concerned! Found it very sad that when one of the Goldewski sisters felt badly for the Weaver kids re the race track scenario, and she went over and genuinely reached out to touch and offer support to one of the daughters...after she left, the daughter reacted with "I hate liers." By the way, along with the begging scenario which I hate and which has really GOT to go, Amazing Race producers, I also really hate that they included TWO race track scenarios for the family that lost their father at a race track...really now! The first one was kind of okay because it turned out to be those funny bicycles, but this one was TOTALLY unnecessary.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 2:16 am
I thought it was so odd that when the Desperate Housewives tried to comfort the Weaver children during the go cart race that the children said later they hated them. I thought it was particularly odd that so much time was spent with Phil on the mat talking about how everyone hates them, and Phil encouraging them on. I think we are starting to see little glimpes of why they are so unanimously disliked by the other teams..throwing food out the window, becoming irrate when another team pulls ahead of them and then calling them bad sports. They seem to think that it's ok for them to be competitors but not everyone else. Something just isn't ringing true to me with them.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 3:39 am
ITA Texannie..that part kinda made me really dislike the Weavers. They were being comforted as the desperate housewives knew it was a hard task for them to be at and the daughter turns from them and calls them liars and rude. Now that was very rude. I wonder why the other teams don't like them.
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Chalupa
Member
09-21-2005
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 5:50 am
I have never posted in this thread before but watching the Weavers last night made me so angy I just had to come out of lurkdom. Personally, I dislike the Weavers for the same reason I disliked the Friendship. The comments to or about the other teams don't particularly bother me as it is a competition and that behavior is going to come out of everyone(except for the garbageman one, that was a bit low). However I do have a problem with people who 10 minutes after bashing another team act as if they are above that and have never done it. If you are going to bash thats fine, but don't deny it. Thats what bothers me.
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Justfun
Member
11-08-2005
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 5:57 am
Loooong time lurker here - but no more! I have always tried to keep an open mind about teams or individuals that participate in a reality (game) show. However, as we have gotten to "know" the teams this year it is difficult not to form opinions on each of them. I agree with most in that I believe the Weavers are hypocrites. They claim to be Christians, yet they do not seem to be following through with that as they play the game....and this is a GAME. Everyone is there to win a million bucks - at least that is why they should be there. The Weavers also do not seem to be enjoying themselves as much as other teams. Listening to the Weaver kids call the other teams stupid and making fun of Dad Paolo's job is not Chrisian behavior. The mom should be leading by example, not joining in. All I can hope for is that either the Linz or Bransen family wins. I think that they have displayed the most respect for each other (not saying 100% of the time) and continue to have fun throughout. I hope that after this is over that we will get to hear more about the behind the scenes "stuff" that led to all of the team's dislike for the Weavers. We see such a small portion. I also hope that as the Weavers watch that they are horrified by their own behavior. Whew - I feel much better now!
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Chalupa
Member
09-21-2005
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 6:00 am
I totally agree with everything you just said JustFun... and it also took this AR to get me out of lurkdom...lol
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Marej
Member
09-20-2002
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 6:22 am
I was on the fence about the Weavers, but after the sisters or Bransen girls spoke to them and seemed to be concerned and how the Weavers reacted to that, I won't be sad if they get eliminated.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 7:03 am
Well, I'm finally outing myself as a Weaver "disliker"! Plain and simple, they just don't seem very like able!! I couldn't believe how nasty the girls were when the "Desperate Housewives" tried to comfort them at the track. I totally can't stand elitism either. Don't even get me going on being hypocrites! One of my biggest pet peeves is people who TALK the talk A LOT and then don't WALK IT! Don't hold yourselves up as "holier than thou" and then turn around and act just as bad or worse than the people you criticize. I'm all into that "judge not......." As much as I couldn't stand the Paolos bickering and bantering and wanted them gone from the beginning, I find the Weavers became much less fun to watch or care about how they did. They can leave anytime now.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 7:08 am
Even after tonight I still can't see why the others dislike the Weaver's so much. I didn't think there was really anything wrong with them at the Grand Canyon telling the park guy to give the team behind a history lesson. All the Linz's would have to do is say no. The team that irritates me the most are the Linz family. It's like watching a bunch of frat boys. And along with that watching the Weaver girls is like watching teenage girls. I have always noted that most people when they feel disliked by someone tend to lash out even if they say it is beneath them or they don't care because they don't like them. Perhaps because of past behaviour between the teams the Weaver girl at the race track did not take the Godlewski sister seriously and thought it was put on. We only see what is edited and don't really know where all this started, but on all these teams I have not seen any truly nasty behaviour compared to what we have seen in past seasons. I imagine for drama they have latched on to one of the only conflicts to magnify the issue. I felt bad for the one Weaver girl crying at the pit stop, she seems hurt by the behaviour of the other teams and we really don't know where it all started. They're tired, they're away from home and they are young, I'm sure mom's exasperated too. As for making fun of the others, I only recall them laughing that the Paolos were in front of a garbage truck not what he did. Frankly if I felt ganged up and then yielded I might in the heat of the moment due to anger make remarks about the others. Should mom have stopped it yes, but maybe at that moment she felt drained, unsupported and really didn't care. As well they may have gotten in the race because of their tragedy, it may have given them an edge, but there is nothing special about the rest of the families that qualifies them any more than any other team. As for the Weaver's not enjoying the race, of the teams that remained last night the only people that I ever noted to be enjoying themselves were mom and dad Paolo, she always seemed to have a genuine appreciation of where they were and dad just seemed like a happy guy.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 7:15 am
Devil's advocate stepping in here. "The Weavers gave the Godlewskis money but then, if you watch the insider videos on CBS, you can see they wanted help and a map later." I don't understand this statement. Was there something wrong with the Weavers asking for help? And did they get that help? The Weaver daughter's comments about the Godlewskis being rude could stem from a couple of things. Like the fact that they did give them money and the women turned around and couldn't wait to have the Weavers yielded. I would have issue with any of the other teams treating me like a leper the whole game, regardless of the reasons, and then trying to comfort me on a very personal issue. Yeah, I know, they've made that personal issue very public, but in that situation it was still very personal. Most of the snarky comments from the Weavers have been from the two immature teenage girls. I watch the youth at my church and see them struggle on a daily basis with trying to be a good Christian teenager. Sometimes they fall flat on their face, but that doesn't make them "hypocrites." As for the mom's behavior last night, maybe she's just sick and tired of seeing her kids hurt by the behavior of others. I am a Christian, but I will be the first to admit that there have been occasions where my behavior was anything but Christian-like when it came to someone hurting my child. And how do we know that the mom hasn't talked to her kids about their behavior? Again, just my
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Marej
Member
09-20-2002
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 7:26 am
Maybe the final 3 will be Weaver, Linz and Godlewski and we find out what the heck is going on.
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Stopjustwatchin
Member
08-19-2005
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 7:44 am
The team that irritates me the most are the Linz family. It's like watching a bunch of frat boys That's because they are a bunch a frat boys (even Megan). That's what makes this team the most fun to watch IMO. As far as the Weavers making fun of the Paolos - there was another example of that last night when they passed a garbage truck. I stand by my point (and the point most everyone is making)..the Weavers are hypocrites, the Weavers have a holier-than-thou attitude, the Weavers are elitists, the Weavers can dish it out but they can't take it, etc. OK, I know that's multiple points, but they all fall under the same category: "Why I want the Weavers gone"
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 7:48 am
The Weavers are just irritating to me....and they seem to be getting the "Guido type" of editing...the team everyone hates, and likely gets their cumuppance in the end...But they won't be eliminated for 3 weeks at least if not more....(no show next week, the week after is likely a non-elimination, and then they'res supposed to be a "surprise at the mat" the week after that-which leads me to believe it's going to be a 2-week leg...)
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Tripgirls
Member
07-13-2005
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 7:59 am
I like the weavers and I hope they win in the end. I know the girl shouldn't have reacted that way when the desperate housewife tried to comfort her. But hey they have been outcast for so long that it would be hard for them to take that as a sincere caring moment. The throwing food out the car window was immature but hey they are only children after all and the other teams are adults that have not been nice to them either. I am crossing my fingers for them to win. I wanted the desperate housewives to go last night. I prefered the Paolos over them. lol
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:07 am
NT, once again your eloquent words put things into a perspective that can't be overlooked. My question for the day: When the Godlewski gals tried to "comfort" the Weaver girl, why is no one saying that was hypocritical? It seems that it is alright for the other teams to "hate" the Weavers (a very un Christian-like behavior, by the way) yet people seem to think that is justified. Come on, hating others is never very pretty nor pleasant. I find that there are objectionable characteristics and behaviors from all the families. Why are we obsessing so much on the Weavers?
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Chalupa
Member
09-21-2005
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:12 am
"The throwing food out the car window was immature but hey they are only children after all..." They are 19,16, and 14. Hardly children where I come from. And I never saw that sort of behavior from the Gaghan or Black children. But my issue is the fact that the Weavers don't seem to realize they are behaving the same way the majority of teams are behaving. While the Linz and Paolo families may say "mean" things about the Weaver family and other families, they don't talk throughout the show about how they aren't playing that kind of game, and are above all that. The only family that is doing that is the Weavers.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:14 am
Oh, by the way, all of us who are Christians are hypocrites - we are just in recovery! Kind of like a 10-step program...LOL!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:20 am
"Why are we obsessing so much on the Weavers?" Auntie, that's an easy question - because they had the (insert sarcasm) audacity to proclaim to be Christians. If they had not done that, their behavior would have been as acceptable as it has been for the other teams who could also be [whatever their religious or nonreligious beliefs dictate] but were smart enough not to go public with it.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:24 am
"While the Linz and Paolo families may say "mean" things about the Weaver family and other families, they don't talk throughout the show about how they aren't playing that kind of game, and are above all that." Since we have not been with any of these teams 24/7, how can we know that?
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:26 am
It's so easy to jump on a bandwagon! I guess I just don't see them as all that deserving of all the hate. For pete's sake, they are human beings with faults; who isn't? If you want to make things Biblical, then who can cast the first stone? Hmmmm.
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Chalupa
Member
09-21-2005
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:34 am
You are right. We are not with these teams 24/7 and therefore I try to base my opinions on what I see in the hour long show. And from what I have seen, the Weavers do not act any better than any other team, and therefore my problem lies in the fact that they say they are above that behavior, when what we are being shown is in fact the opposite. Maybe the other teams all say they are above it too and we are not shown that, but from what we are shown, I do not like the Weavers because of that reason.
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Tigerfan
Member
11-06-2003
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:40 am
In an effort to switch the discussion to the actual race... I thought it was so cool to see them all driving on a freeway I drive everyday! When the Bransen family stopped at a hotel to ask directions to Fort McDowell, it wasn't a Marriot (that was editing) it was an Amerisuites...I know this because Cindori and I stayed there and had our picture taken in front of it. That hotel is less than a mile from where we live! The race track is less than 10 miles from our place as well, we thought it was kinda cool to see it on TV! 
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Mistysmoke
Member
08-10-2001
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:47 am
"The throwing food out the car window was immature but hey they are only children after all..." If you were driving on the same road near these vehicles when it happened, would that be what you would be thinking when the items hit your car, or when you had to try and avoid the items? I know I wouldnt. I would be pretty pissed off. I think the reason I dislike the family is partly them, and partly editing. It seems like any time there is a homeschool family on one of these shows, they are portrayed as classless idiots. It irritates me, because for three years I homeschooled my child and as I said, he would know better than to behave how these kids behave. No, he isnt perfect, but, at least he has a little common sense. I know they arent there to represent all homeschoolers, but, it seems that many people base thier opinions on ALL homeschoolers based on what they see on tv or people they come across in thier lives. I also tend to believe that if you have to constantly tell the same people over and over that you are a Christian, I start to wonder who it is you are reminding. I dont think you have to be vocal about being Christian (or whatever) in order to try to be a good Christian. It just seems that the Weaver family assumes that others arent Christian because they arent vocal about it... doesnt make sense to me. Just my opinions on the subject.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 8:50 am
The thing about the Weavers that annoys me, is the way they act like they are the only Christians in the whole race. It's almost as if they think the others are all Pagans.
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