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SALMAN RUSHDIE ATTACKED by NYC FAME MONSTER

Dangerous Beauty in Faux Feminist Jihad vs. 'Satanic Verses' Author

Ate my heart
He a-a-ate my heart out
He ate my heart
He a-a-ate my heart out

Look at him
Look at me
That boy is bad
And honestly
He’s a wolf in disguise
But I can’t stop staring in those evil eyes

-Monster by Lady Gaga

Devorah Rose  like Bud Fox in Wall Street may literally have 'bagged the elephant' in gaining media attention from her fleeting association with author Salman Rushdie. The Upstart Jewish Socialite from Newton, Massachusetts otherwise known as Deborah Denise Trachtenberg, who is a 'Celebrity of Her Own Making' appeared on the front page of Rupert Murdoch's New York Post twice in one week, including yesterday's Sunday edition. 

The enlightened among us have questioned why this absurdity is even news. The woman posing in the Sunday's New York Post as a victim of abuse by Mr. Rushdie, Ms. Rose is a rather notorious Social Parasite of the highest order. There are numerous profiles in the public domain of the reality obsessed aspiring actress and wannabe socialite documenting her incessant and shameless social climbing and ongoing efforts to manipulate media coverage. In the present instance, she tweeted a picture of herself with author Salman Rushdie having dinner at the uber trendy Manhattan eatery Indochine with a rather suggestive message. She then fired off snippets of her Facebook dialogue with the former spouse of beauty Padma Lakshmi to blog Scallywag & Vagabond. The media madness ensued, with questions about the depth and extent of their rather brief flirtation, only to be followed by the abuse allegation by the nervy parasite.

Miss Devorah Rose whined:  

“What he did was verbally abusive,” said Rose. “He knew the best way to hurt me.”

“He’s a hurtful person. His was sadistic, violating behavior. I’m never again going to look up to someone I’m not close to. It doesn’t matter if a man is your idol, if a man makes you feel bad, you need to stand up for yourself. Women need to have a no-jerk policy. Women can’t let men play games with them. I just want girls to know they need to speak out and this type of behavior is not OK.”

NY Post quotes Rushdie’s ‘abuse’ of the Crazed Reality Star as follows: 

“I’m sorry to say that I don’t feel able to pursue what we only just began. I think you are a dynamic, passionate, extraordinary person, and I apologize for backing away so suddenly.”

Rose's pseudo feminist mishegas directed towards womankind in a rant to the NY Post reeks with all the sincerity of a grifter fleecing her prey and her call to protection of other similarly afflicted female victims, with all the coherence of a drunkard saying "I love you man."  Somehow, I highly doubt that Gloria Allred even wants to jump into the mix on this one. Yes, it is that ridiculous. Women who scream abuse or 'cry wolf' to promote their famegame but who have suffered no damages undermine women who are real victims.

The photo ilustrates nothing.....

As a photographer and a lawyer and one who has seen up close and personal Ms. Rose's antics, in my opinion, the image tweeted by Ms. Rose illustrates nothing. It hardly looks like that representative or indicative of some massive romance, deeply formed alliance or any kind of significant intimate relationship between her and the world famous author of the Satanic Verses. It instead looks like that of one taken by a fan or brazen fame ball/stalker for her scrapbook or tool in her ongoing social climb.

 In his research and in forced exile/hiding after the issuance of a fatwa against him by Ayatollah Khomeni and the violent Muslim reaction that followed publication of  The Satanic Verses I still do not think that Mr. Rushdie ever encountered anyone so deeply committed to completion of their mission as that of a crazed ‘fame monster’ like  Miss Devorah Rose.

 As stated to me by an acquaintance who has withdrawn from New York Social circles because she has moved on to a more important segment of her life called adulthood: “It never ceases to amaze me the lengths these people will go for ’status’ in the make-believe construct of their social microcosm.”

 Men of means and accomplishment are on notice that this type of Dangerous Beauty with a narcissistic personality disorder worships only at the alter of fame. She will sell you out at hello.  Devorah tweeted that picture of her and Rushdie because in her mind, it made her 'relevant'.  And by relevant I mean that a man of means, intellect and literary accomplishment chose to have this charlatan in his company, however briefly.

Tweeting that photo was a marketing and publicity maneuver and not indicative of behavior becoming a lady or a woman sincerely interested in a meaningful involvement with a man of substance. Emily Post would certainly not approve of this course of conduct.  Given that she is a woman of literally no meaningful accomplishment but a semi nude spread of her surgically sculpted and lipo-suctioned frame having appeared in the pages of Maxim in a spread that seems more appealing to necrophiliacs, pedophile and fans of Anorexia, one should not be surprised that Mr. Rushdie had little interest in an 'intellectual relationship' with someone whose apparent social currency was fame for no reason and nude profile resembling a concentration camp victim. It shocks me that she could have even briefly made him horny. But that  is besides the point.

Devorah Rose: Another Cog in the Wheel of the Culture of Distraction

Whether this is yet another case of 'Men Behaving Badly' or a pervy old man misreading the intent of a woman who flaunts her nudity online with the brazen hustle of a street walker is not so relevant. That he chose to walk away from her is not abusive to Ms. Rose as much as it was likely motivated to preserve whatever remained of his integrity as well as coming to the realization that he was being used. Hence,  if he was looking for 'The Girlfriend Experience' he should have paid by the hour rather than tangled with an unrelenting fame monster who simply would not stop trading off the one photo of them together.

While some may commend the upstart Jewish socialite for her persistence or perseverance in continuing to garner time in the spotlight without any noteworthy accomplishments, the endless pursuit of reality fame to place yourself in the right place at the right time, like a scheming Forrest Gump, is hardly a heady or noble life pursuit.  Folks like Devorah are oblivious to the entire REAL world around them while the dutifully serve as cogs in the wheel of the culture of distraction.  America is being extracted, the middle class eroding with a painful and growing income inequality due to the efforts of inept and corrupt politicians and financial oligarchs that have created  a destabilized financial system which may bring about the economic collapse of America. But the Frankenstein Fame Monster known as Devorah Rose sat next to Salman Rusdie and exchanged texts and simply had to insure that her brief and fleeting association went viral.

Back on January 1, 2009 Page Six in a piece entitled PARTIES, PRADA GO INTO HIDING quoted this writer stating the following:

 "As the economy unravels further and we head into a global worldwide 'Depression,' the relative significance of who and what is important on New York's party circuit will matter far less. As far more folks find themselves living less glamorous lives, our willingness to celebrate the petulant indulgences of others will dissipate. Perhaps then fame will become based more on some substantive and real set of values and accomplishments rather than doing coke at Bungalow 8 or merely staying out too late at parties at high-end boutiques."

 That Miss Rose continues to be given a platform proves only that the culture of distraction continues to call upon its loyal servants for more tomfoolery at the expense of enlightenment of our citizenry.

A Social Disease

Most who met her between 2005 -2010 do not recognize her in these images on Maxim. Upon closer examination of the images of Devorah Rose in Maxim, Facebook and Twitter, what I see is not an attractive, sexually desirable woman but something that is disturbing. The images are a cross between a concentration camp victim and a vampire who is but one procedure away from looking like Jocelyn Wildenstein. What was not removed with a plastic surgeon’s scalpel or sucked out via liposuction, enhanced via breast implants or collagen injections was photo shopped or air brushed to reveal a feminine creature that is a turn on only for necrophiliacs or pedophiles. 

Scallywag & Vagabond asked whether Ms. Rose is a “Shameless Social Climber or Misunderstood Cover Model.”  Maybe perhaps a social disease which is a symptom of the times? Arguably, anyone who has gone through the level of personal reconstruction, including cosmetic surgical makeovers and revisionist history of her lineage, in the pursuit of fame and notoriety as has Ms. Rose has serious self esteem issues or suffers from narcissistic personality disorder.

As for Ms. Rose I recommend that she adds to her reading list "He's Just Not That Into You" or if you can't read, rent the movie.

Perhaps the rest of us can simply  'Keep Calm and Carry On'.

The [Occupy Wall Street] Revolution Is So Inconvenient

Disturbs Cocktails at Nello's Restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan
America is waking up and some folks don't like it

By Chris Lodon, Esq.

This evening on Facebook I had to witness the online dialogue of a Manhattan couple, one of whom is an adorable twentyish All American model like female by the name of Samantha Nicholson and her beau Douglas Dechert, a  middle aged Casanova and a gentleman otherwise notoriously in the know in New York gossip circles. Mr. Dechert is not just a life long Upper East Side of Manhattan resident but also a regular who enjoys afternoon cocktails at Nello’s on Madison Avenue, the iconic home of the $40 plate of Spaghetti Marinara. 

Today, however, he was at a local Community Board meeting ironically enough in an effort to block the Board from denying renewal of Nello’s sidewalk  café license.    That was not clear, however, when he expressed his  dismay at how inconvenient it was that 'the usual lefty suspects', some Occupy Wall Street movement types or those sympathetic to it were within reach or within earshot. Ask Naomi Wolf who was arrested on a New York City sidewalk about why title issues related to sidewalks in New York City are all the rage these days.  Dechert seemed "hassled" -- for even having to notice the existence of a contrary perspective to his own. As he stated between swigs of his proverbial cocktail, "nothing like a little civic activism to get the blood boiling."

Almost on cue, Mr. Dechert's love interest, the otherwise adorable Samantha Nicholson who was famously picked out by Fox News the day before to disparage the uprising on camera, hence making the 20 year old an expert in economic affairs and the solutions to America’s economic crisis, chimed in: “Whether the protesters are right or not, you can't annoy people into submission. They haven't accomplished anything in an entire month.”  

My reply (distilled to the following):

Samantha, if it is such a bother then go have a cocktail and tune out the revolution. Nobody says you have to pay attention to the economic collapse going on around you. Get at a table in the rear of Nello Balan's famously celebrified and over priced eatery. But according to who have they not accomplished anything? 

You and your beau? America is waking up and some folks don't like it. Efforts to frame this movement in narrow terms are falling on deaf ears. According to Reuters: “Anti-Wall Street protests have won broad support among New York City voters, who would overwhelmingly favor tougher regulations on the financial industry, new poll results showed on Monday.” There is broad support for Occupy Wall Street and it crosses party affiliation among voters. Occupy Wall Street is even starting to alter the media narrative, according to the Huffington Post.

Some folks are in a rush to form a caricature of that which they do not understand.

The problem with certain folks is that they are in a rush to form a caricature of that which they do not understand, have no basis to comprehend or which simply inconveniences them at Happy Hour. They do not mention the Glass Steagall Act, its repeal with the Gramm Leach Bliley, the Wall Street Casino or the rampant fraud on Wall Street that led to the economic crisis which was well profiled in the documentaries  'Inside Job' and Client 9.

 American media has been putting forth false narratives via those that continue to serve as 'fluffers' for the Plutocracy, that (a) Socialism is on the rise in America, even as wide swaths of this nation slide into poverty without a safety net and (b) that any critique of the existing de-regulated environment on Wall Street is some how un-American, anti-business and anti-Capitalist and (c) that the unemployed are all lazy and have nobody to blame but themselves for their situation. Nothing can be further from the truth.

 I understand that this may be a little heady for you to distill while you are drinking in the afternoon. It is far easier to digest the southern Pizza King’s economic mythology hatched from the Americans For Prosperity think tank funded by the 'Covert Operations' of the dubious and highly philanthropic Koch brothers, as the solution to save America. I find myself ironically in agreement with Michele Bachmann, that “when you take [Herman Cain’s] 9-9-9 plan, and turn it upside down, the devil's in the details.”

 So, getting back to my Facebook friends, if you have a nice trust fund and sufficient time and capital to regularly enjoy cocktails before 5 pm during the work week at tony watering holes on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, god bless you. I will not hate on that. I might actually come join you for a drink but skip the C note for a plate of pasta and some bottled water at Nello on Madison.  But let us hope that your trust also does not vanish into thin air in the Madoff Economy, because that mentality persists on the street today, even as Bernie Madoff's progeny wander the streets of the Upper East Side, Tribeca, Palm Beach and Greenwich. It is hard not to take seriously prophecy that the Economic Collapse is coming.  

You should know that this uprising or an uprising was forecast by economists and commentators who had been warning of the growing inequality in America, the death of manufacturing and the exportation of all that we used to do in America, overseas would in fact ultimately undermine our economic stability.

The system is broken.
The social contract has been breached. Revolution is simply the only alternative.

 As Dylan Rattigan pointed out in a rant this summer which has gone viral, American wealth is being extracted. If yours has not yet been extracted yet, feel free to keep drinking. But recognize and accept that Washington, DC and your leaders no longer have any means of controlling or reigning in the Financial Oligarchs. Their power has grown exponentially as that of everyone else has diminished. The system is broken. The social contract has been breached. Revolution is simply the only alternative.

A society which is efficient for a few but grossly inequitable for many is simply not sustainable forever, unless the powerful intend to rule over the rest of us by brute force. Even Navy Veterans are upset by the present condition. You simply cannot have a country were over 15-20% are living in Poverty, nearly 20% in certain pockets of America are underemployed or unemployed and a whole generation finds little to do but prostitute itself to Wall Street guys in “the half hooker economy.” While I am sympathetic to the argument that Government is too big, the current financial system is simply too corrupt and needs to be reformed and regulated. It cannot stand in its present form. It can't and it won't. Some believe that there will be blood in the streets before too long.  Maybe it is inevitable. So consider yourself on notice. I hope that the onslaught of humanity won't ruin your Jimmy Choo's or cause you to drop your Gin & Tonic at Nellos Restaurant and that you are otherwise able to enjoy your cocktails in solitude during this time.

Sadly, some where along the way  “fair and balanced” became a marketing tag line, representing exactly the opposite thing. A fair society, one that represents quintessential American values, is one which does not penalize success but it is also one that does not impede the progress and undermine the security of a majority of it’s citizens to fortify the extreme gluttony of a few. Regardless of whether the gluttonous have their flag lapel pins prominently on display, are members of America’s aristocratic class and are highly philanthropic giving away thousands while they steal millions or giving away millions while they steal billions, that mindset is actually what truly and certainly is un-American. Unfortunately, far too many do not understand how we are all connected in “this thing of ours - America” and the system we live in hereunder, until one of the links on the fence breaks in their own front yard. Until that time many of our citizens, including the couple referenced herein unwittingly serve as the shield between the pitchforks and the criminal class and thereby only further weaken a democracy.

Epilogue: On an aside to Nello Balan who is not part of this discussion directly, I would only advise that sidewalks in New York City are actually public property. And since your tony eatery has only had the license for the parcel in frong of your restaurant for 20 years, you can hardly claim title to that property by Adverse Possession. If the Community Board makes an exception for the alleged descendant of Vlad the Impaler then it is likely that the community would like be impaled by every other business owner in the community who may decide to lay claim to the city streets.  While it is nice that some ‘Society types’ enjoy the shrine to over priced Italian fare and celebrity magnet, unfortunately neither they or Nello Balan, can claim title to New York City sidewalks. Hence the local community board did the right thing in denying your license renewal.

NEW: DC Reality Show

The Real Congress From Washington
"Kabuki Theater" over raising the debt ceiling

We are being manipulated into believing that our government has been excessively generous to the average man hence the reason for our dire financial straits.

The "Kabuki Theater" in Washington, DC over raising the debt ceiling in my estimation was orchestrated and well scripted reality show to persuade the average American who will see their security, benefits and support structure cut from underneath them, that the reason therefore is that government debt is due entirely to overly burdensome entitlement spending and not to do with a diversion of the national treasury to never ending War Games and protection of the financial interests of the uber elite who seem to have found a government willing to provide them with what amounts to "Capitalism Insurance" under too big to fail theories.

We are being manipulated into believing that our government has been excessively generous to the average man hence the reason for our dire financial straits. Yup, President Barack Obama that "socialist" has been doling out funds to all the fat and happy poor people that we use to call the "middle class".   Yet, the  only check most of us have seen is our own pay check shrinking or being eliminated.  Some of our political leaders, seem more concerned with whether our billionaires have sufficient capital in their hedge funds and off shore accounts and investments than whether the average working man has enough food in his refrigerator to make it through the week.

The Tax Code remains rigged against the middle class and small business owners.

The Tax Code is rigged against the interests of the middle class and small business owners. We have a revenue problem largely because some folks don't pay taxes at all and it has become unacceptable to consider that simple reality.   Let's be frank about that. It is in essence the very reason for the downgrade in America's credit rating. The rush to defend the un-taxed and uber elite has resulted in it being an unacceptable dialogue and dangerous to one's security in the GOP to even contemplate whether the uber elite should have to come to the table and pay more.   And yet even so,  I do not believe that soaking the rich is the answer either. The FairTax.org or some form of it just might be the answer, although it might also put alot of accountants out of work.  Simplification of the tax system has been discussed at varying points over the last 3o years. We have tried to balance equity and efficiency for so long with the pendulum swinging back and forth. Now it has largely swung to the benefit of the super rich who now control the greatest portion of this nation's wealth in American history. Make no mistake, a country will collapse without a vibrant middle class and in this country the middle class is eroding.

The social contract is broken between American business and labor.

A further problem is that the social contract is broken between American business and labor. The robber barons of yesteryear at least built enterprises and industries that put America to work and then Labor & Management could argue over who was entitled to what relative share of the economic pie. Today, there is no pie to divide.   Our political and business leaders are ok with letting wide swaths of this country fall into economic decay while the average American is too damn busy watching Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives Series on Bravo.  Workers see CEO's making $100 million or more per year while they cut benefits, call for belt tightening and then move production off shore. People are drowning and looking for support and instead of a life raft we are tossing them an anchor.

Real Capitalists vs. Satanic Shapeshifting Mormon Sonofabitch

As stated by commentator David Walsh:

"The roll call of the wealthiest Americans a half-century ago included famous names—Rockefeller, Harriman, Mellon, duPont, Astor, Whitney and Ford, along with a quartet associated with General Motors, Alfred P. Sloan Jr., Charles F. Kettering, John L. Pratt and Charles S. Mott. These were all ruthless capitalists, but their fortunes were based, directly or indirectly, on the growth of the productive forces."

Henry Ford was a Capitalist Builder.  The man who famously claims ties to the great state of Michigan is one who may no longer be considered a favorite son because of his opposition to automaker bailouts.  Mitt Romney called for an orchestrated collapse of the industry via ‘managed bankruptcy’.  Henry Ford was a capitalist, a builder, a titan of industry and commerce. Romney, the most famous Mormon in America since Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, the man who many perceive on the right as a savior because of his arch capitalist credentials is simply a man who profited handsomely selling off the remnants of America’s economic carcass.  His piece in the NY Times was appropriately  titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt."

 Mitt Romney is no Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon et al etc. Compared to those guys he is a shape shifting used car salesman whose policy ideas seem largely and pragmatically based on shielding the kleptocrats who have moved all their funds into off shore accounts, foreign investments or into Hedge Funds.  Romney's only interest is in safeguarding the liberty of those Americans who already have too much damn liberty at the expense of the rest of us.  While his countrymen, those of us not wearing 'magic underpants',  are suffering he has aligned with protecting and solidifying the interests of the already over secure.  Satan is thus alive and well in America. He goes by  the name Mitt Romney.  It is clear to me that this is one duplicitous, phony, fraudulent, Satanic shapeshifting, Mormon sonofabitch who should not be allowed anywhere near the White House. The kleptocracy does not need another assistant.

The Common Good -- Restoration of the Economic Frontier & an Honest Social Contract.

We are losing touch with The Common Good --yours and mine, ours. On the heels of the nation's elites cleaning out our national treasury, that there is anger in urban centers to the heartland should surprise no one.  Sure we have growing economic inequality but a primary concern should be to pursue economic policies which expand the middle class rather than a tax system which penalizes success.  Class warfare to exact retribution via ridiculously high tax rates in an effort to soak the rich is NOT the answer.  I wish it could be so easy. And as I am not one of them it would have little or no impact on me. We can argue about equity but in the end it may only make us a more inefficient nation unable to compete, dividing up smaller and smaller slices of the economic pie.  

Economic Structural Change: America's Position Requires Reduction of Fixed Costs.

We are in the midst of a massive economic structural change. Economic band-aids based on out dated or ill proven economic theories are not what we need now. First and foremost we need a political leadership undaunted with putting forth the truth to a dumbed down and divided citizenry. Educate, enlighten and elevate should be the goal.

What is need is a comprehensive solution; an economic policy which targets the current crisis, economic stagnation, high levels of unemployment,  significant under-employment and an eroded manufacturing base. Unless the goal is to give every unemployed individual a job in government, it's hard to find a rational basis to argue that our government should be any larger. High fixed costs in unprofitable enterprises are a sure route to economic ruin. We must obviously balance this need for low fixed costs with the need to maintain the nation's safety net, humanity and a basic human dignity. After all basic food and housing may be cheaper than jail care.

Restore The American Frontier: Liberty For ALL not just A Few

The solution? America must once again become the world's economic frontier; the incubator for reviving the engines of commerce and production. From building what the world needs to developing that which cures what ails civilization; a modern day Athens with the greatest hearts, minds and spirits working in concert. How do we get there?

LIBERTY --restoration of our society around the principal of liberty along with greater individual responsibility.

• Pass the FairTax (www.fairtax.org)
• Student Loan Forgiveness: a wide swath of the nation's population that is not unemployed is underemployed working less than their desired capacity, often in work that is eroding in significance and demand. Many workers live as debt servants to the U.S. Department of Education and its lenders and collection agents. We need to consider further an education policy which diverts fewer students into career pursuits for which there may no longer be a legitimate career. Our education policy has failed us and created indentured debt servants in the professional classes. LIBERATE them from this beast and allow our workforce to return to more productive pursuits and watch economic consumption once again take off. We bailed out Detroit and Wall Street. Time to bail out Main Street.
• Economic Development: Provide tax incentives to lure high end manufacturing in the United States, especially in pockets of Appalachia and the rust belt.
• Immigration: The new economic social means that America's immigration policy must progress beyond inviting all the world's tired, weary and hungry coming here as much for our entitlement system as for the illusion of greater economic opportunity. To position America for a leadership role, immigration must be controlled with a focus on luring  the world's best and brightest to do their education, research, and pursue their entrepreneurial dreams here. We need more of the worlds builders and dreamers here.
• Reform Entitlements: Grandfather those that have paid into the system already. But we must repair the broken social contract between management and labor and reconsider  restructuring the basic payroll and benefit system that must be maintained in the employer-employee relationship. A dialogue with mutual respect on the principals of individual liberty and responsibility is a good start.

Absent the foregoing I feel the danger for America is what I see now, a rush to the bottom between a less competitive corporate America offering less and less to fewer and fewer underemployed Americans willing to take whatever wages they can stand to survive until we both corporation and employee slip into the economic abyss.

America may not be a 3rd world nation or a developing economy, but we might consider a restoration of the values of the American frontier before we find ourselves resembling Vienna --the aphrodisiac for necrophiliacs or France even. And since we don't have Sachre Torte or the Eiffel Tower, there probably won't be as good a reason to come here either.

The future is ours, if we want it and if we fight for it, the Common Good rather than each other.

 Chris London, Esq. is a New York City based lawyer, activist, writer and founder of ManhattanSociety.com, a 501 (c) (3) conduit; a free press vehicle for essential New York Charity and Culture. Sheepshead Bay High School 1980. Boston University, B.A., Economics with High Honors, 1984. University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1987.

London's the Man

London's the Man
The one you can't stand
He writes in a way you don't understand
You equate much of it to what you do alone with your own hand
You accuse him of so many things impolite, irreverent and impure
You would gladly stab him with your barbecue skewer
In a politically incorrect way, you even attempt to insult him with the slur that he is gay without even acknowledging first it seems so much more likely that your hero Scott Brown is more likely that way... and even so its down right ok

Rest assured, however, that the Bridge and Tunnel Kid from Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan
Will live to write yet another day on this wonderful newssite called Cape Cod Today

Mormonism = CULT Founded on FRAUD of Joe Smith

It's tradition for Romney to be a 'shape-shifter'

Two of the GOP's Leading Presidential Candidates, Mitt Romney and John Huntsman are Mormon. Coincidence or well timed deception by societal elites embrace of the 'shape-shifters'?

Available in a Morman bookstore near you.

In the election of 2008 then Presidental candidate Barack Obama had to answer questions and deal with unrelenting inuendo that he was a Muslim and perhaps a sleeper cell or Manchurian Candidate for foreign interests.

On the eve of 2011, the financially well heeled Republican Mormon candidates Romney and Huntsman have thus far been spared a critical inquiry into their membership in the CULT of MORMON. Mormonism according to wikipedia is 'the predominant religious tradition of the  Latter Day Saint movement.'  The CULT founded by convicted  fraudster and 'murdering polygamist pedophile' - Joseph Smith is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

All ideologies, political, religious and spiritual are NOT created equal. Let's get that out of the way.   Private citizens are free to belong to whatever CULT they wish even those which have a rather bizzare belief system that resembles something out of Stephen King's 'Children of the Corn'. But should that 'Private Citizen' seek high national office, the highest in our land, it is fair to ask whether and how the peculiar tenets of his CULT membership will impact his leadership.

Mitt reminds some of Rod Serling's TV series.

Mormons have been referred to as "shape-shifters" and their 'faith' is widely regarded as a CULT. Given the evidence of Romney's continuing conflicts with himself and his ability to literally OUTRIGHT LIE ON CUE, many joke that the most fascinating Republican debate would be Romney vs. Romney. Others have theorized that his shape-shifting ways actually might be good for the country. I do not  share that sentiment. Ironically, if you have read John Heilman & Mark Halperin's book 'Game Change' you will realize that the man seeking to stamp himself as the rightful heir of the Reagan mantle is one who is viewed by many in his own party as a man who lacks a soul and a set of guiding principles that the Gipper had.  Even his "Gipper" pose is contrived. Or as stated by one Conservative writer, 'The flipper is no Gipper'.

 As stated on the pages 294-295 of Game Change:

Romney has no reticence about slashing at his rivals. But the perception of him as a man without convictions made him a less-than-effective delivery system for policy contrasts. The combination of the vitriol of his attacks and his apparent carelessness explained the antipathy the other candidates had toward him. McCain routinely called Romney an “asshole” and a “fucking phony.” Giuliani opined, “That guy will say anything.” Huckabee complained, “I don’t think Romney has a soul.”

 Romney found his failure to break through frustrating. “It’s not fair,” he said to his aides. He was being defined as a flip-flopping Mormon—or a Mormon flip-flopper. He couldn’t fathom why the caricature of him was sticking, had no ability to see himself as others might. When Romney’s staff showed him the devastating YouTube video [showing his flip-flopping over the years], his first reaction was, “Boy, look how young I was back then.”

Romney is thus not Reaganesque but actually truly more SATANesque.  Romney is no Reagan. Many feel Obama was one kind of deception. The evidence suggests that the Latter Day Saints are yet another more profound and disturbing deception in disguise. Despite his "spin" that they share Christian beliefs, Romney is no Christian. Christopher Hitchens was right, when in the last presidential campaign cycle he opined on Slate that Romney must come clean about his membership and leadership role in the CULT of Mormon. Why should we trust Romney (or Huntsman), when even those closest to him have been astonished with his shape shifting wizardry and ability to be all things to all people.

The Republicans find a Black Man

Herman "who am I" Cain Announces Presidential Candidacy

As W might say, "He's all hat and no cattle."

The GOP's barren ploys are amusing. Obama becomes President, they elevate Michael Steele to Chairman of the Republican National Committee. So far none of their Presidential candidates have really gained any significant traction. So, what do they do? They throw out another black man who has never held elective office as their potential standard bearer for President. President of the United States of America in effect makes one leader of the free world. A pretty significant job no?  So yes, unless you have crawled under a rock or been elevated to heaven already during this rapturous Saturday, Herman Cain has announced his candidacy for President.

The man has never been elected to anything. And even within his own party many folks would not vote for him in significant enough numbers so I suspect I will be mirred in a snowball fight in hell with Satan before I witness his inauguration. But Herman Cain is black. Did I tell you that Herman Cain is black? Yes siree, we have us here a genuine black candidate from the Republican party. He is so darn good that Republicans never got around to electing him to anything, but he looks fine in a suit and worked at some pretty impressive corporations.

Yes siree, what we have us here a genuine black candidate from the Republican party.

We just saw no damn reason to elect him down in Georgia before. Senator? No. Governor? No Mayor? No. City Council? No. County Sheriff? No. Head of the PTA? No. Ok but did I tell you he is black? And that he smoked some white stiff's in the first Republican debate in 2011? And he runs a hell of a good pizza restaurant?

And Republican pollster Frank Luntz thinks that he saw something at that debate he never saw before. I would argue that what he saw was simply a black man in a suit standing on stage with a bunch of white men running for President. And maybe in the end that is an accomplishment in and of itself for the GOP. They are looking for black men down in Georgia, only they are doing so without a posse and without any rope. Thank the good lord for that.

My friends, Herman Cain may in fact be a decent man, but the truth is, Herman Cain is all sound bites and hyperbole. Have no doubts, this is yet another bad joke coming out of Georgia, the first one was a Newt. I am waiting next for Al Jolson in black face to appear on stage next when Herman Cain's poll numbers begin their inevitable plunge. As Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Journal Constitution stated "Herman Cain Isn't legitimate Presidential candidate".

• Herman Cain.
• Wikipedia entry.

GINGRICH ON HANNITY: The Devil Came Up From Georgia

Wrapped in the Confederate Flag

The devil [came up] from Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal.
He was in a bind 'cos he was way behind: he was willin' to make a deal.

"Hey, you, Ben Laden and Trump all had three wives !"

The anticipation has been building over 13 years since this pillar of hyprocrisy resigned from Congress in a cloud of ethics violations.  The "Indispensable Republican", the GOP's so called "man of ideas" a truly polarizing figure who makes Hugo Chavez seem like the Pillsbury Doughboy, who has launched a multitude of for profit and advocacy groups and raised more money than all the other Republican candidates to date combined, as part of what the Wall Street Journal has referred to as "Newt, Inc."  came to New York City to be interviewed by Fox News' Anchor Sean Hannity on The Hannity Show to explain the raison d'etre -- his presidential candidacy which he announced earlier that same day on Twitter.

 The GOP's great white hope was given a platform to pontificate on what truly ails America, without looking in the mirror,  and presented himself as the man with those solutions, live from the Hannity Show in the heart of Manhattan.  The Grinch or Ging-Grinch like character did not disappoint the faithful.  He's a mean one, Mr. Ging-Grinch.  He dropped bombs, the type of disingenuous bombs that Chris Matthews of MSNBC believes are doing bad things to this country.  According to Mediaite:

 After video played of Newt suggesting there is a reason for the "collapse of Detroit and the rise of Texas," Matthews asked his panel "tell me you don't know what he's saying?" At first not all were convinced that it was Newt hinting at race, rather than simply praising the benefits of conservatism over liberalism. Yet Josh Marshall from Talking Points Memo agreed with Matthews and argued Detroit is a "very black city" and Newt regularly uses race-related language.

Matthews concluded:

"I think that's a racist charge. I don't know what Newt's heart says, I know he's willing to play this game. . . . Anybody who plays racial politics is doing bad things for this country."

Esquire Magazine chimed in to expose the bullsh*t behind the 'Snake Charmer's' sunny appearance on the Hannity Show.  I have to agree with Chris Matthews. For  Newt to suggest that Obama a black man whose policies have only barely been in place for less than 2 years are responsible for the decline of what many consider a more racially ethnic, non-white industrial city in the heart of the rust belt, one that is facing unique challenges in a global economy and contrast it with the rise of Texas, generally considered or perceived to be by a white Republican strong hold, is in my estimation absolutely playing a race game. There is nothing new but totally "Newt" about this kind of southern strategy.

Arrogrance of the Newt Ging-Grinch

The Ging-Grinch went on to explain the reasons for why he now offers America his service as our President: "Well, my dad served 27 years in the infantry and really believed in duty, honor, country."

In answer to Newt I would say:  Newt, you have divorced two women while they were stricken with potentially  terminal or at least life altering diseases, including one on Mother's Day while you were cavorting with a house staffer, Callista Bisek, nearly half your age and wagging a finger at Bill Clinton in a debate about the "values" and "character­" of our nation's leaders. You used campaign funds like they were your personal piggy bank and resigned from Congress and your leadership post  in a cloud of ethics violations­. Now you want a promotion to the highest office in the land? Are you kidding me? Seriously, are you f_king kidding me?  Character, honor, integrity? You quote your father's, not your own lack of, service and belief in "duty, honor, country" like you are Jack Nicholson in "A Few Good Men" but you dear sir cannot handle the truth, that, you are a dirty, corrupt, morally and ethically bankrupt scoundrel of human being who has no place in the highest office in the land, your conversion to Catholicism not withstanding.

This is not a simple case where there are merely some outstandin­g or lingering questions about a man's character or integrity but rather about one who evidences a total lack of both and has routinely operated with a blatant disregard for basic human dignity. We do not promote to CEO of the United States of America, those who are expelled from the lower chambers of our nation's government­.

You may want to consider that Newt's Presidential candidacy is sort of like you or me getting drunk and molesting a secretary on the first week of an entry level job, putting in fraudulent business expenses for reimbursement, stealing your boss' golf clubs,  being forced to tender your resignation, submitting to alcohol rehab, serving time in a federal penitentiary and then a few weeks or months later upon gaining release, waging a campaign to remove your boss for unfair treatment and discrimination. Then once successful in your pursuit of defaming him you submit your resume for the open CEO spot of that same company vowing to install more fair working conditions. When asked why, you shrug your shoulders and say you were going through a phase but that while you were in the joint you read a few passages in the bible and gained some devine insight;  and besides which upon your release you married  and made an honest woman of the young girl you molested. 

If you think there is nothing wrong with that scenario then you likely find nothing wrong with this man's candidacy for President. I simply do not know how America can ever 'win the future' with a tired, old relic from the past.

You're a mean one, Mr. Ging-Grinch,
You really are a heel,
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Ging-Grinch.
You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel!

You're a monster, Mr. Ging-Grinch,
Your heart's an empty hole,
Your brain is full of spiders,
You've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Ging-Grinch.
I wouldn't touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!

You're a foul one, Mr. Ging-Grinch,
You have termites in your smile.
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Ging-Grinch.
Given the choice between the two of you
I'd take the seasick crocodile!

You're a foul one, Mr. Ging-Grinch,
You're a nasty wasty skunk,
Your heart is full of unwashed socks,
Your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Ging-Grinch.
The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote,
"Stink, stank, stunk!"

 Goodnight Mr. Ging-Grinch.

GINGRICH: Family Values for our next president

An American Pillar of Hyprocrisy To Launch Presidential Bid

by Christopher London

The Gingrich that Stole Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Unlike many of my fellow citizens, I never took the threat of his candidacy seriously. It seemed incredulous to me that a man with his record would put himself in line for a promotion by the American people, given that he behaved so irresponsibly  in his former, lower level post and was forced to resign in an "ethics cloud."  As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the American Family Values Association, which is not backing his candidacy has stated "he isn't what we need in the oval office."  Surprising that despite the fact that in the minds of most reasonable people his resignation from the Speakership of the House of Representatives as well his  congressional seat back in 1998 has essentially disqualified this man from higher office, but it has not served to sufficiently shame this man from pursuit of his greater ambition.   This is a man who used campaign funds as his personal piggy bank, extorted divorce from his first wife while she was hospitalized with uterine cancer and terminated his second marriage while his second wife was stricken with Multiple Sclerosis over Mother's Day weekend while  he was cavorting with a house staffer known as Calista Bisek, a woman half his age, who later became his third wife. All this and his other affairs did not preclude him from waving his finger in Bill Clinton's face during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. So appropriately the day after Mothers Day weekend has passed, a weekend notably that Calista Gingrich survived without a visit to her doctor as far as we know it or being served with papers, the American people have been notified that we will be stricken with his candidacy for President. I do not see how any woman in America will vote for a man who celebrates "motherf$%!ers day" instead of Mother's Day.

 From "Newt's a Beaut" by Mickey Porter published in the July 25, 2000 edition of the Akron Beacon Journal:

"Gingrich's most recent ex-wife says he ditched her eight months after finding out she had multiple sclerosis. Marianne Gingrich, 48, shopping a book proposal "both personal and political" about how women are treated in D.C., says the ex-speaker of the House told her on Mother's Day 1999 that he wanted a divorce, after learning she had a neurological condition that could lead to MS. In 1981, the former congressman told his other ex-wife, Jackie Battley, that he was dumping her, after she had been hospitalized with cancer. Newt, 57, will wed ex-congressional aide Callista Bisek, 34 -- with whom he had an affair while still married to Marianne -- on Aug. 18. "

 This is not a case where a candidate has made a few personal mistakes along the way early in his life, mistakes which should not otherwise preclude a judgment as to a man's essential character or nature. This is instead a case of one who has time and again illustrated that he operates in a vacuum with a complete, total and blatant disregard for human indignity while voicing in a rather out spoken fashion his condemnation of those who are guilty of lesser indiscretions. Simply put, Newt Gingrich is a man whose character is not a question mark but rather a huge black mark. Fact is that Gingrich is hypocrite who's relevance should have jumped the shark a long time long ago.

Regardless of his political bent it is beyond disturbing to me that a party which promotes itself as the party of family values would even consider embracing a man whose character is so clearly and obviously lacking, by anyone's standards.

The extent and depth of Gingrich's hypocrisy and the never ending questions about his character and integrity or lack thereof should have disqualified him from serious consideration for any high office in America a long time ago. This is not a case where there are merely some outstanding questions about a man's character or integrity but rather about one who evidences a total lack of both.    This is true no matter how many for profit and advocacy groups (see American Solutions) he has or will launch as part of what the Wall Street Journal has referred to as Newt, Inc.  A veritable Dr. Seuss character like the Grinch, perhaps Newt Gingrich might at least try to figure out how to be a less vile or repugnant member of the human race before pontificating how we can become a better society.  

 The Republican Party can do better. America can do better.  Most of us know that. It is time for Gingrich to figure that out.

Newt Gingrich Links

-Gingrich, The Dark Side: http://www.realchange.org/gingrich.htm

-Newt Gingrich (wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich

I know my abuser. I know Osama Bin Laden's Dead.

SCOTT BROWN: Take My Word for it AGAIN
Cosmosboy decides what to show us and what not
Unfortunately he was fooled by a fake photo

By Christopher London, Esq.

"I have seen the pictures, I've received the briefings, I've spoken to the operational leaders, and I can tell you for a fact that he is dead." - Brown.

President Barack Obama on the heels of the successful mission which culminated with the death/assassination of Osama Bin Laden stated on 60 Minutes that he does not intend to release the images of Bin Laden out of a desire not to inflame radicals.

Scott Brown told WBZ-TV's John Keller on Wednesday: "I have seen the pictures, I've received the briefings, I've spoken to the operational leaders, and I can tell you for a fact that he is dead," Brown told WBZ-TV's Jon Keller Wednesday. He was bold and matter of fact. The trouble is, he was also wrong. He'd seen a fake, and his press secretary later called to confirm that. So where did Scott Brown see this picture that he thought was the real deal? His office won't say.

If you want to interpret that, here is my take: Scott Brown: "I have seen the evidence and now that am all elite and tight with the White House and our National Security apparatus, you don't need to. Just take my word for it. It is like a Tom Clancy novel, actually much like my life, there are many details which you will never actually know and you don't need to see anything. I will just give you reports from time to time. Take my word.

The trouble is, he didn't see any photo of OBL dead corpse. He saw a fake as Fox News in Boston reported today.

Republocrat Brown stated further:

"Our military and the president and his team should be commended for a job well done under tremendous, tremendously difficult circumstances. It's like a novel, like an action-packed novel. They did a remarkable job."

Scott Brown has decided once again that while he has seen the evidence, you really don't need to.

Republocrat Scott Brown has decided once again that while he has seen the evidence, you really don't need to. Trust him when he says Osama Bin Laden is dead. Unlike some of his contemporaries, give the man credit, at least he knows that it was Osama that was killed not Obama. Turns out his sexual abuser who was Osama Bin Laden's lover, apparently died heroically in the mission. Release of the photos would once again put the identity of Scott Brown's abuser in the headlines. And that is too much for Americans to bear.

When Scott Brown has seen it, you can be sure that you don't need to. The elitist poseur has decided once again what is suitable for public consumption and what is not.

Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't this barncoat wearing, pick up truck driving Chai Tea Latte swilling member of the Tea Party movement once just a regular bloke like you and me?

Brown has once again gone all American Gigolo on us.

Now that he is an all powerful elite Senator the once bronze tanning, waxed hairless chest posing Cosmo Centerfold with Julian Kaye like swagger has once again gone all American Gigolo on us again deciding what his fellow citizens have a right to know, what members of the journalistic press, guardians of our liberty have a right to know.

Listen, Scott we are not asking for an escort's client list or what you did behind closed doors at Studio 54 or offsite with your john's or what your pimp's cut was. We are asking for evidence of who was actually killed in Pakistan.

Now Scott, about those photos of you bare chested at Studio 54 which bear a striking resemblance to my cabin mate at Camp Good News... candidly, before you Struck a Pose. Vogue - Did you wax your chest and use a special sort of bronzing agent to get that Julian Kaye like swagger? Was it all for Calvin? Inquiring minds want to know. I think if you disclose that the Beauty Channel might give you and the selling of your book some more free air time.

But candidly, at this point, I do not give a rat's ass about inflaming radicals. If they get get inflamed we should give them a one way ticket to hell and send them packing in flames! How's that for ya Scott? If we are so concerned about radicals, let us extinguish them all now. Let us see who and where they are and give them a seat at Satan's dinner table with Osama.

Perhaps that is one thing that liberals and conservatives can agree upon.

THE ROYAL WEDDING: Perspective From A Fan of The Food Network

Today in Londontown.

Walking down the aisle with dad.

The Westminster Abbey.

Taking the vows.

The ride to Buckingham Palace.

The kiss.

Today's Royal Wedding of the eldest son of Princess Diana, the distinguished gentleman, Prince William to the stupendously endowed with feminine beauty Kate Middleton got me thinking, first about her photos in a bathing suit and what a lucky chap is Prince William and then I got around to the food.