Some people do their best to make the world a better place; some devote their lives to easing the pain of children and making sure their chances for a life are secure. Accomplishing this often involves enlisting the help of others by informing them of the most urgent particular needs. Clay Aiken and his fandom epitomize the "Cream Rising to the Top" and the CREAM is at its sweetest when it rises above the sour milk.
Some people do their best to show the world their asses. Leave it to all the cooties, the people in tin houses, and those from the Roach Motel to do just that. In the future when the children aided by UNICEF are old enough to appreciate others' humanitarian efforts do you think they will acknowledge all the help they got from the sour milk?
To think that people would use something like a UNICEF drive to shed a bad light on Clay not only proves they are sour milk but they end up with rotten egg on their faces. I just hope they don't eat any of it because we've noticed that their mouths and asses already stink badly enough.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
WTF? !!!!!!!
I have no words in response to the Cootie's blog except... Cue the music to "The Fricking Twilight Zone!" The man has exploded with the only thing left in tact being his asshole which is floating beyond the "Outer Limits".
DOO DOO DOO DOO....
DOO DOO DOO DOO
DOO DOO DOO DOO....
DOO DOO DOO DOO
Sunday, July 23, 2006
BREAKING NEWS!! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
This just in to the World Wide Web news room…
MEDICAL NEWS ALERT: After a three-year long investigation, a group of scientists and world-renown doctors conducting research in the lab of a well-known East Coast University, announced today at a news conference that they have isolated the c.L.a.Y gene, thought to be responsible for a new phenomenon sweeping the nation. It is considered to be a relatively new disease, primarily affecting females of all age groups. Doctors have scientifically named the disease Obsessive c.L.a.Ytonaikenitis Disorder, or OCD.
DIAGNOSIS: Symptoms of this relatively new disorder include sweaty palms, uncontrollable heart palpitations, light-headedness, thudding, the inability to concentrate, involuntary screaming and the irresistible urge to be a kid again; curiously enough, all symptoms of being in love. Other symptoms include unexplained sexual tension even in post-menopausal women. Although doctors are encouraged by their recent findings, they sadly regret there is no known cure at this time.
TREATMENT: The only known treatment doctors are currently able to recommend is continued doses of recording artist and singing sensation, Clay Aiken, generally administered through “Clack” (legal or illegal), and in the form of DVD’s, video clips, and thud-worthy pictures featuring Clay Aiken, which should be easily accessible 24 hours a day.
EXPOSURE: How does a potential victim recognize whether or not they are predisposed to the c.L.aYtonaikenitis gene or OCD? “If you have the latent gene, exposure to Clay Aiken will cause the gene and subsequently the disease to surface,” warns Dr. O. H. Crap, head of the Dept. of Research at Blog University. “If after being exposed you show no general symptoms,” Dr. Crap continues, “then the general consensus is you are not predisposed and should be relatively safe. However, for those who do have the gene, my fellow researchers and I warn that continued exposure may cause genes to mutate, only aggravating the symptoms and condition, but what a way to go!”
To remain safe and to protect yourself from further damage, doctors suggest you keep any and all genuine “Clack” handy at all times, and warn not to be fooled by imitations. I spoke with several patients after the news conference. One patient, who wishes to remain anonymous claims, “I confess I’m totally and completely addicted to my medication for this persistent disorder. I even have a stash of “Clack” safely stored in my safe deposit box...just for emergencies.” Seemingly unconcerned, another said, “In spite of being diagnosed with OCD, I have never felt better in my life!” Strange reactions…but it seems to be the most common among sufferers…they’re not looking for a cure!
But the strangest comment of all came from a young girl standing nearby. She said, “You want to talk about Global Warming? I’ll tell you about Global Warming! The closer we get to September, the hotter it’s gonna get, baby!” As I said, very strange comments, indeed.
FUTURE PROGNOSIS: Computer expert, lecturer, and blogger, Dr. Truth Rules, suggests you contact her office for further information and instructions in coping with this disease. Dr. Rules is working day and night for a cure, in spite of the fact that most women are not interested in a cure! Several clinics throughout the country are also offering assistance in learning how to live with this disease…providing courses in downloading “clack” from life-sustaining clinics, such as YouTube, open 24/7.
There is hope! Doctors expect fresh “Clack” due out sometime in the fall. If you would like further information, contact the lifeline at http://clays-equalizers.blogspot.com/ or http://truth-rules.blogspot.com/.
Written by: Polly Graf
MEDICAL NEWS ALERT: After a three-year long investigation, a group of scientists and world-renown doctors conducting research in the lab of a well-known East Coast University, announced today at a news conference that they have isolated the c.L.a.Y gene, thought to be responsible for a new phenomenon sweeping the nation. It is considered to be a relatively new disease, primarily affecting females of all age groups. Doctors have scientifically named the disease Obsessive c.L.a.Ytonaikenitis Disorder, or OCD.
DIAGNOSIS: Symptoms of this relatively new disorder include sweaty palms, uncontrollable heart palpitations, light-headedness, thudding, the inability to concentrate, involuntary screaming and the irresistible urge to be a kid again; curiously enough, all symptoms of being in love. Other symptoms include unexplained sexual tension even in post-menopausal women. Although doctors are encouraged by their recent findings, they sadly regret there is no known cure at this time.
TREATMENT: The only known treatment doctors are currently able to recommend is continued doses of recording artist and singing sensation, Clay Aiken, generally administered through “Clack” (legal or illegal), and in the form of DVD’s, video clips, and thud-worthy pictures featuring Clay Aiken, which should be easily accessible 24 hours a day.
EXPOSURE: How does a potential victim recognize whether or not they are predisposed to the c.L.aYtonaikenitis gene or OCD? “If you have the latent gene, exposure to Clay Aiken will cause the gene and subsequently the disease to surface,” warns Dr. O. H. Crap, head of the Dept. of Research at Blog University. “If after being exposed you show no general symptoms,” Dr. Crap continues, “then the general consensus is you are not predisposed and should be relatively safe. However, for those who do have the gene, my fellow researchers and I warn that continued exposure may cause genes to mutate, only aggravating the symptoms and condition, but what a way to go!”
To remain safe and to protect yourself from further damage, doctors suggest you keep any and all genuine “Clack” handy at all times, and warn not to be fooled by imitations. I spoke with several patients after the news conference. One patient, who wishes to remain anonymous claims, “I confess I’m totally and completely addicted to my medication for this persistent disorder. I even have a stash of “Clack” safely stored in my safe deposit box...just for emergencies.” Seemingly unconcerned, another said, “In spite of being diagnosed with OCD, I have never felt better in my life!” Strange reactions…but it seems to be the most common among sufferers…they’re not looking for a cure!
But the strangest comment of all came from a young girl standing nearby. She said, “You want to talk about Global Warming? I’ll tell you about Global Warming! The closer we get to September, the hotter it’s gonna get, baby!” As I said, very strange comments, indeed.
FUTURE PROGNOSIS: Computer expert, lecturer, and blogger, Dr. Truth Rules, suggests you contact her office for further information and instructions in coping with this disease. Dr. Rules is working day and night for a cure, in spite of the fact that most women are not interested in a cure! Several clinics throughout the country are also offering assistance in learning how to live with this disease…providing courses in downloading “clack” from life-sustaining clinics, such as YouTube, open 24/7.
There is hope! Doctors expect fresh “Clack” due out sometime in the fall. If you would like further information, contact the lifeline at http://clays-equalizers.blogspot.com/ or http://truth-rules.blogspot.com/.
Written by: Polly Graf
Friday, July 21, 2006
REAL POWER
There's been a major stirring of the Clay Nation in the last couple of days. Somebody leaked a rough cut studio version of "1000 Days" and our bodies "thudded" in flames. Yes, everyone is thrilled to be hearing that incomparable voice again but this time it has taken a back seat to something else. If you visit the message boards you'll find the topic du jour is "Breathy".
Holy Mary, Mother of God! Clay Aiken has left a pregnant studio mic behind again and his female fans are ovulating in unison, including those of us who have been spayed and/or paused by the meno. Claydawgs, Brudes (tm LBFCA) and tolerant husbands everywhere are silently in prayer giving thanks to whatever it was in that download that set their women on fire.
When a humble Southern Boy can melt my pants just by sucking air, that's Real POWER. When a faint throaty growl causes me to leave fingernail grooves in the arms of my chair, that's RAW POWER at its sexiest. I have a feeling that Clay and his new team are about to unleash our Raw Sexy Clay Aiken on the rest of the world. Up to now it's just been him and us sharing this side of him in concert. The International Scene is about to get a JOLT of REAL POWER and isn't it nice that this power is LOVE.
"Breathe for me, Honey!" You bet I will. What my reactions to a 4 minute demo prove to me is that those who have tried to stop Clay Aiken's rise to the stars are the ones without power... and they need to take a suck on that. A whisper and a slight groan in a mic from our guy are mightier than the forked tongue and poison pen. "Oh, Baby, That's a Fact!"
Holy Mary, Mother of God! Clay Aiken has left a pregnant studio mic behind again and his female fans are ovulating in unison, including those of us who have been spayed and/or paused by the meno. Claydawgs, Brudes (tm LBFCA) and tolerant husbands everywhere are silently in prayer giving thanks to whatever it was in that download that set their women on fire.
When a humble Southern Boy can melt my pants just by sucking air, that's Real POWER. When a faint throaty growl causes me to leave fingernail grooves in the arms of my chair, that's RAW POWER at its sexiest. I have a feeling that Clay and his new team are about to unleash our Raw Sexy Clay Aiken on the rest of the world. Up to now it's just been him and us sharing this side of him in concert. The International Scene is about to get a JOLT of REAL POWER and isn't it nice that this power is LOVE.
"Breathe for me, Honey!" You bet I will. What my reactions to a 4 minute demo prove to me is that those who have tried to stop Clay Aiken's rise to the stars are the ones without power... and they need to take a suck on that. A whisper and a slight groan in a mic from our guy are mightier than the forked tongue and poison pen. "Oh, Baby, That's a Fact!"
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Sleet, Nor Hail......
Nor Pickles, nor Cooties, nor scams, nor smear campaigns, nor a Cafe full of bad coffee and bad eggs can stop what's about to happen. We have a title to Clay's new CD and press releases should start flooding the media s**n.
The only thing that the Swamp's and Cootieville's "insider" has been inside of is a cesspool of lies and manure of his own making. He's in so deep that he has to eat his way out to get some air and the only obstacles in his way are his other 6 personalities trying to get back in his head to avoid the stench. Enjoy that last mouthful, Grouchy Boy!
The only thing that the Swamp's and Cootieville's "insider" has been inside of is a cesspool of lies and manure of his own making. He's in so deep that he has to eat his way out to get some air and the only obstacles in his way are his other 6 personalities trying to get back in his head to avoid the stench. Enjoy that last mouthful, Grouchy Boy!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Warning Sirens?
Wow! You just never know what you're going to find when you get home. I was dog and housesitting for my youngest son over the weekend while he was in Vegas. I got to his house, turned on his computer after a lengthy attack of love from his gorgeous German Short Hair Pointer who calls me MoMo (he CAN talk) and I couldn't get online. To my disappointment, I find Number 2 son has changed his settings and I needed his password to get things going. Oh well! A weekend without the MESS was certainly a welcome change but I couldn't get to the comments and couldn't let the other Equalizers know so they could go in and let comments through.
While I was out, Chexxy did us all proud so I wasn't missed toooo badly. I do regret not being able to post a comment right away on her blog telling her what a great job she did at putting more out there for people who want to know what REALLY happened over the last 3 years. She got the usual comments from those anonymice who use the tactic..."If you really wanted to blah blah blah blah blah, then you'd blah blah blah blah.."... and I'm sure that Chexxy did what Truth and I do a lot and that is to delete the posts from the same person who focuses on the same tired old insult and just keeps going and going and going like the Energizer Bunny on steroids wearing a Timex Watch. There were also the same posters telling her to let TC handle things and we should just keep quiet but we know these to be poser posters who don't want the truth out there.
Now! I did see some other interesting things when I got back ...like an alledged warning from someone that if we didn't stop bothering him HE would make up some more crap...scuse me... reveal more about our guy and his hookups and then Chexxy got a warning to delete her blog by a certain time or else. Then the very strange accusation that those of us wanting to make sure Googlers can find what REALLY happened think WE are trying to be heroes. It's the way that it came across that struck me funny. Since when is "Hero" something derogatory? I don't think any of us set out to become heroes; we're just people telling the truth at the shit stirrers' expense, of course. If we can tell the truth and make the asswipes look like the jokes they are..then, HEY!
I don't get what all these turds in a punch bowl don't understand. The Energizer Bunny doesn't understand that the only thing her constant psych games accomplish is making my ass wanna eat soda crackers. Those who threaten to expose more don't understand that we've proven their stories thus far to be false and we'll keep on keeping on. Those who believe in and enable the liars don't understand the logic of proof when it's in front of them. The "Gay Mafia" (thanks, Chexxy)and the Clay "Haters" don't understand that if Clay never gets radio play because of them, if he never makes another TV appearance because of them, we are still going to buy what he's selling; we will still go to his concerts and in large enough numbers to make sure he remains in the Millionaire category and we'll make sure he knows that he is loved beyond belief.
YOUR GAMES ARE MOOT! NOW...DO YOU GET IT?
While I was out, Chexxy did us all proud so I wasn't missed toooo badly. I do regret not being able to post a comment right away on her blog telling her what a great job she did at putting more out there for people who want to know what REALLY happened over the last 3 years. She got the usual comments from those anonymice who use the tactic..."If you really wanted to blah blah blah blah blah, then you'd blah blah blah blah.."... and I'm sure that Chexxy did what Truth and I do a lot and that is to delete the posts from the same person who focuses on the same tired old insult and just keeps going and going and going like the Energizer Bunny on steroids wearing a Timex Watch. There were also the same posters telling her to let TC handle things and we should just keep quiet but we know these to be poser posters who don't want the truth out there.
Now! I did see some other interesting things when I got back ...like an alledged warning from someone that if we didn't stop bothering him HE would make up some more crap...scuse me... reveal more about our guy and his hookups and then Chexxy got a warning to delete her blog by a certain time or else. Then the very strange accusation that those of us wanting to make sure Googlers can find what REALLY happened think WE are trying to be heroes. It's the way that it came across that struck me funny. Since when is "Hero" something derogatory? I don't think any of us set out to become heroes; we're just people telling the truth at the shit stirrers' expense, of course. If we can tell the truth and make the asswipes look like the jokes they are..then, HEY!
I don't get what all these turds in a punch bowl don't understand. The Energizer Bunny doesn't understand that the only thing her constant psych games accomplish is making my ass wanna eat soda crackers. Those who threaten to expose more don't understand that we've proven their stories thus far to be false and we'll keep on keeping on. Those who believe in and enable the liars don't understand the logic of proof when it's in front of them. The "Gay Mafia" (thanks, Chexxy)and the Clay "Haters" don't understand that if Clay never gets radio play because of them, if he never makes another TV appearance because of them, we are still going to buy what he's selling; we will still go to his concerts and in large enough numbers to make sure he remains in the Millionaire category and we'll make sure he knows that he is loved beyond belief.
YOUR GAMES ARE MOOT! NOW...DO YOU GET IT?
Sunday, July 16, 2006
ASSWIPES ANONYMOUS
Its seems the wench that has been plaguing this blog for days needs an intervention. I made an error and when someone brought it to my attention I corrected the mistake in one of my comments. She keeps goading and goading trying to start a fight and I keep ignoring her telling me how awful I am and that I must like to mislead people by not correcting things on my blog post. It's just a game and I don't want to play....it's boring and ranks right up their with all her other scams, trouble making and back stabbing.
Since she seems to be frothing at the mouth, is too lazy to have found the correction for herself to begin with (after being told by more than one person to keep looking), is subject to temper tantrums and has a severe case of Cooties, I think I will say Pfffffffffffffft just to piss her off even more.
Hey! Asswipe! Seek Help! Asswipes Anonymous has a great 5 step program.
1. Quit thinking of yourself as Judge and Jury of Clay Aiken, his fans, and me.
2. Quit thinking of yourself as Judge and Jury of Clay Aiken, his fans, and me.
3. Quit thinking of yourself as Judge and Jury of Clay Aiken, his fans, and me.
4. Stop being a liar and an instigator of trouble and scandal
5. Get a life doing something that will help you stop pining for a man you couldn't
have.
I repeat: Get a Life!
Since she seems to be frothing at the mouth, is too lazy to have found the correction for herself to begin with (after being told by more than one person to keep looking), is subject to temper tantrums and has a severe case of Cooties, I think I will say Pfffffffffffffft just to piss her off even more.
Hey! Asswipe! Seek Help! Asswipes Anonymous has a great 5 step program.
1. Quit thinking of yourself as Judge and Jury of Clay Aiken, his fans, and me.
2. Quit thinking of yourself as Judge and Jury of Clay Aiken, his fans, and me.
3. Quit thinking of yourself as Judge and Jury of Clay Aiken, his fans, and me.
4. Stop being a liar and an instigator of trouble and scandal
5. Get a life doing something that will help you stop pining for a man you couldn't
have.
I repeat: Get a Life!
Friday, July 14, 2006
Some People Can Kiss My Butt Right in the Groove
But don't light a match because I ate baked beans yesterday.
I posted a comment that came in at 9 AM my time and I'd like to answer it for all with the same agenda to see:
Anonymous said...
Perhaps if all you intend to do with this blog is recite platitudes about Clay, you might consider renaming it: Clay's Regurgitators, for it has become as boring, tedious and censored as the Clayboard.
9:00 AM
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Yeah! Right! The purpose of this blog was to expose the truth, NOT to lend credence to YOUR agenda and lies or anyone else's. We already know what those agendas are. There have been 5 different entities with their different reasons to accomplish the same end and that is to take down an innocent young man who works hard at keeping himself real.
The fact that Clay Aiken is such a good person and he is as upstanding as he's proven to be over and over again just sticks in your craw. One entity wanted him to be gay and when he disappointed them, they lied to get even. One entity grabbed that lie and tried to profit from it. Two entities were so freaking jealous of his success that they tried to demean him by using us. One entity (which is where I think you fall) wanted to be a part of him through his foundation thinking that being a part of it would bring some sort of entitlement... for what... getting in his pants? Four entities trying to get in his pants and one entity wishing he was wearing Clay's pants thinking it would get himself closer to Kelly's pants.
This brings us to another bottom line. You've ALL wanted in Clay Aiken's pants and it didn't happen, it's not happening and it ain't NEVER gonna happen. He's outsmarted all of you because you underestimated him. He's young and innocent but he can see right through you and your attempts. It's the age old story... "Well, if I can't have him, nobody can."
I try to put as much through on this blog as possible even if it means paraphrasing in order to exclude YOUR (Anon's) mindless insults and some of the foulest language I've ever seen from others who try to spam this blog.
Yep, we keep saying how great Clay is amid all this bullshit we've been going through for 3 years because he's freaking worth all these "platitudes".
So what's your point, Bitch!?
I posted a comment that came in at 9 AM my time and I'd like to answer it for all with the same agenda to see:
Anonymous said...
Perhaps if all you intend to do with this blog is recite platitudes about Clay, you might consider renaming it: Clay's Regurgitators, for it has become as boring, tedious and censored as the Clayboard.
9:00 AM
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Yeah! Right! The purpose of this blog was to expose the truth, NOT to lend credence to YOUR agenda and lies or anyone else's. We already know what those agendas are. There have been 5 different entities with their different reasons to accomplish the same end and that is to take down an innocent young man who works hard at keeping himself real.
The fact that Clay Aiken is such a good person and he is as upstanding as he's proven to be over and over again just sticks in your craw. One entity wanted him to be gay and when he disappointed them, they lied to get even. One entity grabbed that lie and tried to profit from it. Two entities were so freaking jealous of his success that they tried to demean him by using us. One entity (which is where I think you fall) wanted to be a part of him through his foundation thinking that being a part of it would bring some sort of entitlement... for what... getting in his pants? Four entities trying to get in his pants and one entity wishing he was wearing Clay's pants thinking it would get himself closer to Kelly's pants.
This brings us to another bottom line. You've ALL wanted in Clay Aiken's pants and it didn't happen, it's not happening and it ain't NEVER gonna happen. He's outsmarted all of you because you underestimated him. He's young and innocent but he can see right through you and your attempts. It's the age old story... "Well, if I can't have him, nobody can."
I try to put as much through on this blog as possible even if it means paraphrasing in order to exclude YOUR (Anon's) mindless insults and some of the foulest language I've ever seen from others who try to spam this blog.
Yep, we keep saying how great Clay is amid all this bullshit we've been going through for 3 years because he's freaking worth all these "platitudes".
So what's your point, Bitch!?
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
What's It All About for Clay and for the Fans
"Some people, who wish to only concentrate on hypocrisy, should be reminded that this is what it's all about." Polly Graf
Caregiving: Clay Aiken is about inclusionBy ALEX CUKANUPI Correspondent
When most celebrities talk about being a role model, they mean not getting arrested or driving drunk, but when Clay Aiken talks about being a role model, he demonstrates how to treat people with physical and intellectual challenges.
Aiken started a foundation, raised a lot of money for charity and became a UNICEF ambassador for education, but he also serves as unofficial caregiver spokesman and role model.
Inclusion is what Aiken is all about. Shortly after he placed second on Fox-TV's American Idol in 2003 and began his professional singing career, Aiken founded the Bubel/Aiken Foundation, which supports opportunities for children with developmental disabilities to have a full range of childhood experiences their peers enjoy.
Camp Gonzo, a summer camp program that brings the YMCA experience to children with disabilities, is one such program. Aiken, who worked with autistic children as a college student, thinks children with disabilities grow and develop better when they do things with other children because they model their behavior after the other children. In addition, he thinks it's unfair that not all children can participate in sports, parties, camp and other activities including service.
The foundation makes Able to Serve grants of up to $2,000 each to youth with disabilities for community service projects for National Youth Service Day.
"Conventional wisdom often looks upon youth with disabilities as a population to be served BY volunteers, instead of as a group that can serve AS volunteers," said Aiken last April, before he went off with children with intellectual disabilities to plant trees in a Hollywood, Fla., neighborhood. "We seek to change this misperception by engaging youth with disabilities to serve, create and lead others in service projects on National Youth Service Day and every day of the year."
For all I know, Mick Jagger's fans have been holding bake sales for charity for the last 50 years, but not only does Aiken raise a lot of money for charity, and donate to charity, so do his fans.
One Web site, the Clayboard, recently raised more than $10,000 for their Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF fundraiser, and in November they raised $10,427 for the Bubel/Aiken Foundation in honor of Aiken's birthday Nov. 30.
They raise money collecting spare change at concerts and they hold fundraisers and provide "acts of kindness" -- the members of the Mishawaka, Ind., Clay Aiken Meetup Group sent a small gift to each child in every hospital in Raleigh, N.C., Aiken's hometown, on his birthday.
In between recording and several U.S. tours, Aiken was the keynote speaker at the Fort Lauderdale Fearless Caregiver Conference in 2005 sponsored by the Caregiver Media Group, which emphasizes caring for the caregivers, and he has also been featured twice on the cover of Today's Caregiver magazine.
Aiken "gets" caregiving in a way that few do -- that it's all about caring -- and that those who need caregiving are often stigmatized and ostracized.
Among his fans, mostly women ages 2 to 92 with a growing male following, a lot are caregivers. A lot live though more challenges in a day than some people do in a year.
Many fans have formed their own community on the Internet where they share information on Aiken's tours and albums and non-Aiken related stories. Some have made a hobby of counting Aiken's eyelashes, but there have also been numerous stories of how Aiken's example has changed their own behavior.
One woman told how she had ignored a small child in her apartment complex who was clearly going through a hard time until she asked herself, "How would Clay treat that child?" He would befriend the child, she thought, and as a result she befriended him and his family, and marveled how little we know about our neighbors.
A man admitted that people with disabilities had made him uncomfortable, but while at a dinner that included some who were blind, he decided to "act like Clay" and he became his table's host, introducing people, including them all in the conversation, and as a result it became one of the best nights of his life.
There are a lot of stories like that -- too numerous to mention here, but, once all the records sales, tour dates and donations are tallied, Aiken's example to remove the stigma of disabilities may be his most notable accomplishment as an entertainer.
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Christian Music Planet - Jan/Feb. 05
Though the record industry and media have been extremely supportive in their relationships with Aiken and his ideals thus far, such sentiments have especially rubbed off on "Claymates," the fans who continuously congregate by his side. Not only have they swooped up CDs, concert tickets and the book, they always remind their hero to stand firm in his faith."They are, without doubt or question, the most passionate and dedicated fans I have ever heard of," he concedes. "I could not have been blessed with a more supportive group of fans. They not only support me, but also support the causes that are important to me. That, perhaps, has been the biggest blessing."
Caregiving: Clay Aiken is about inclusionBy ALEX CUKANUPI Correspondent
When most celebrities talk about being a role model, they mean not getting arrested or driving drunk, but when Clay Aiken talks about being a role model, he demonstrates how to treat people with physical and intellectual challenges.
Aiken started a foundation, raised a lot of money for charity and became a UNICEF ambassador for education, but he also serves as unofficial caregiver spokesman and role model.
Inclusion is what Aiken is all about. Shortly after he placed second on Fox-TV's American Idol in 2003 and began his professional singing career, Aiken founded the Bubel/Aiken Foundation, which supports opportunities for children with developmental disabilities to have a full range of childhood experiences their peers enjoy.
Camp Gonzo, a summer camp program that brings the YMCA experience to children with disabilities, is one such program. Aiken, who worked with autistic children as a college student, thinks children with disabilities grow and develop better when they do things with other children because they model their behavior after the other children. In addition, he thinks it's unfair that not all children can participate in sports, parties, camp and other activities including service.
The foundation makes Able to Serve grants of up to $2,000 each to youth with disabilities for community service projects for National Youth Service Day.
"Conventional wisdom often looks upon youth with disabilities as a population to be served BY volunteers, instead of as a group that can serve AS volunteers," said Aiken last April, before he went off with children with intellectual disabilities to plant trees in a Hollywood, Fla., neighborhood. "We seek to change this misperception by engaging youth with disabilities to serve, create and lead others in service projects on National Youth Service Day and every day of the year."
For all I know, Mick Jagger's fans have been holding bake sales for charity for the last 50 years, but not only does Aiken raise a lot of money for charity, and donate to charity, so do his fans.
One Web site, the Clayboard, recently raised more than $10,000 for their Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF fundraiser, and in November they raised $10,427 for the Bubel/Aiken Foundation in honor of Aiken's birthday Nov. 30.
They raise money collecting spare change at concerts and they hold fundraisers and provide "acts of kindness" -- the members of the Mishawaka, Ind., Clay Aiken Meetup Group sent a small gift to each child in every hospital in Raleigh, N.C., Aiken's hometown, on his birthday.
In between recording and several U.S. tours, Aiken was the keynote speaker at the Fort Lauderdale Fearless Caregiver Conference in 2005 sponsored by the Caregiver Media Group, which emphasizes caring for the caregivers, and he has also been featured twice on the cover of Today's Caregiver magazine.
Aiken "gets" caregiving in a way that few do -- that it's all about caring -- and that those who need caregiving are often stigmatized and ostracized.
Among his fans, mostly women ages 2 to 92 with a growing male following, a lot are caregivers. A lot live though more challenges in a day than some people do in a year.
Many fans have formed their own community on the Internet where they share information on Aiken's tours and albums and non-Aiken related stories. Some have made a hobby of counting Aiken's eyelashes, but there have also been numerous stories of how Aiken's example has changed their own behavior.
One woman told how she had ignored a small child in her apartment complex who was clearly going through a hard time until she asked herself, "How would Clay treat that child?" He would befriend the child, she thought, and as a result she befriended him and his family, and marveled how little we know about our neighbors.
A man admitted that people with disabilities had made him uncomfortable, but while at a dinner that included some who were blind, he decided to "act like Clay" and he became his table's host, introducing people, including them all in the conversation, and as a result it became one of the best nights of his life.
There are a lot of stories like that -- too numerous to mention here, but, once all the records sales, tour dates and donations are tallied, Aiken's example to remove the stigma of disabilities may be his most notable accomplishment as an entertainer.
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Christian Music Planet - Jan/Feb. 05
Though the record industry and media have been extremely supportive in their relationships with Aiken and his ideals thus far, such sentiments have especially rubbed off on "Claymates," the fans who continuously congregate by his side. Not only have they swooped up CDs, concert tickets and the book, they always remind their hero to stand firm in his faith."They are, without doubt or question, the most passionate and dedicated fans I have ever heard of," he concedes. "I could not have been blessed with a more supportive group of fans. They not only support me, but also support the causes that are important to me. That, perhaps, has been the biggest blessing."
The Melting Pot vs Pot Meets Kettle
Has there ever been such ridiculousness as the fan wars that were started by American Idol? I think not!
What American Idol did for me was bring back the music sung by REAL singers. Mind you, I hate the games they play for ratings but the fact is that AI is indirectly responsible for putting the REAL lip synch artists, cookie cutters, booty bouncers, and crotch grabbing yappers on alert. They'd better have a little more depth than just their gimmicks because real entertainers are back in style and they're handing out pink slips.
It's the AI game playing that is largely responsible for the fan wars and we fell for it. We played into their hands by trying to "one up" the other fanbases.. but whose pockets were lined? Not the artists!
Instead of ALL of us being Freaking Happy that real singers are gradually taking back the air waves, some of us have to take pot shots at other Idol Alumni. Yeah! Some fans were cocky in their bragging about being "a force to reckon with" but it didn't warrant roaches and loons going on the attack and keeping it up for 3 years. It didn't warrant the character assassination of young Mr. Clay Aiken. It didn't warrant the nasty calls and emails to DJs, Radio Program Managers and Star Jones by those people pretending to be over the top Clay Fans who are really Ruben and Kelly fans.
Well, guess what? All those tricks earned you both bragging rights. You can now lay claim to being the most disgusting Cooties and Roaches in the Universe. Your efforts to convince termites, leeches and other parasites that the Clay Nation is a melting pot of racists and bigots may have worked for a while but I hope you don't mind if my blog keeps the truth out there.
Here is the REAL TRUTH for any onlookers. Clay's fanbase is diverse in race, religion (including those who aren't religious), age, gender, preference, philosophy, parenting, musical tastes, etc. Oh...and clothing styles...... duh! Clay and his fanbase are about inclusion no matter what the cooties and roaches try to make you think. Some people are famous for borrowing our screen names and posting racist remarks as well as homophobic remarks and sometimes they will post as "anonymous" on certain blogs. WE know who they are but neutral onlookers do not. One such person believed and accused of us being racist (among other things) until he compared IPs and found that it was, indeed, one of his early supporters.
Believe what you want; there are 2 sides to everything. When you make a decision as to who to believe I hope it's based on educating yourself. Look at the record over the last few months. People were hell bent on destroying one innocent young man while the fans of that young man kept to themselves for a long time and then decided to come out fighting. Their mode of fighting was not the weaponry the foe would have liked us to use; we fought by exposing the truth which you'll find in my earlier blogs.
Stay tuned for a great find by Polly Graf which I will put up late this evening.
What American Idol did for me was bring back the music sung by REAL singers. Mind you, I hate the games they play for ratings but the fact is that AI is indirectly responsible for putting the REAL lip synch artists, cookie cutters, booty bouncers, and crotch grabbing yappers on alert. They'd better have a little more depth than just their gimmicks because real entertainers are back in style and they're handing out pink slips.
It's the AI game playing that is largely responsible for the fan wars and we fell for it. We played into their hands by trying to "one up" the other fanbases.. but whose pockets were lined? Not the artists!
Instead of ALL of us being Freaking Happy that real singers are gradually taking back the air waves, some of us have to take pot shots at other Idol Alumni. Yeah! Some fans were cocky in their bragging about being "a force to reckon with" but it didn't warrant roaches and loons going on the attack and keeping it up for 3 years. It didn't warrant the character assassination of young Mr. Clay Aiken. It didn't warrant the nasty calls and emails to DJs, Radio Program Managers and Star Jones by those people pretending to be over the top Clay Fans who are really Ruben and Kelly fans.
Well, guess what? All those tricks earned you both bragging rights. You can now lay claim to being the most disgusting Cooties and Roaches in the Universe. Your efforts to convince termites, leeches and other parasites that the Clay Nation is a melting pot of racists and bigots may have worked for a while but I hope you don't mind if my blog keeps the truth out there.
Here is the REAL TRUTH for any onlookers. Clay's fanbase is diverse in race, religion (including those who aren't religious), age, gender, preference, philosophy, parenting, musical tastes, etc. Oh...and clothing styles...... duh! Clay and his fanbase are about inclusion no matter what the cooties and roaches try to make you think. Some people are famous for borrowing our screen names and posting racist remarks as well as homophobic remarks and sometimes they will post as "anonymous" on certain blogs. WE know who they are but neutral onlookers do not. One such person believed and accused of us being racist (among other things) until he compared IPs and found that it was, indeed, one of his early supporters.
Believe what you want; there are 2 sides to everything. When you make a decision as to who to believe I hope it's based on educating yourself. Look at the record over the last few months. People were hell bent on destroying one innocent young man while the fans of that young man kept to themselves for a long time and then decided to come out fighting. Their mode of fighting was not the weaponry the foe would have liked us to use; we fought by exposing the truth which you'll find in my earlier blogs.
Stay tuned for a great find by Polly Graf which I will put up late this evening.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Weebletown Cooties
Straight from Wikipedia so they must exist.
"The Commonwealth/British English equivalent is "the lurgy".
Originally, the term implied body lice, but over time this became generalised first to any sort of lice, including headlice, then later to purely imaginary stand-ins for just about anything that is considered repulsive. Although the origin is not explicitly known, it can be speculated that the imaginary disease was conceived from reference to how cooties(meaning body lice) can be spread through physical contact with the infested body region.
Certain situations call for the "cootie shot", which can be administered in a variety of ways. The most common is to draw two circles and two dots with a finger on one's arm, while saying the rhyme "circle, circle/dot, dot/now I've got my cootie shot." This can be used as a vaccine against future cooties, or as an antidote to make up for cooties one might have already acquired. "Circle/circle square/square, now I've got it everywhere" protects the person's entire body.
The other variation of the cootie shot is for the infectee to quickly grab the nearest pen or pencil in their immediate vicinity and to apply the tip of said pen or pencil to their arm as if using a hypodermic needle (though, obviously, with no actual penetration of the skin). The infectee then heaves a sigh of relief."
"The Commonwealth/British English equivalent is "the lurgy".
Originally, the term implied body lice, but over time this became generalised first to any sort of lice, including headlice, then later to purely imaginary stand-ins for just about anything that is considered repulsive. Although the origin is not explicitly known, it can be speculated that the imaginary disease was conceived from reference to how cooties(meaning body lice) can be spread through physical contact with the infested body region.
Certain situations call for the "cootie shot", which can be administered in a variety of ways. The most common is to draw two circles and two dots with a finger on one's arm, while saying the rhyme "circle, circle/dot, dot/now I've got my cootie shot." This can be used as a vaccine against future cooties, or as an antidote to make up for cooties one might have already acquired. "Circle/circle square/square, now I've got it everywhere" protects the person's entire body.
The other variation of the cootie shot is for the infectee to quickly grab the nearest pen or pencil in their immediate vicinity and to apply the tip of said pen or pencil to their arm as if using a hypodermic needle (though, obviously, with no actual penetration of the skin). The infectee then heaves a sigh of relief."
Enablers with Their Agendas
We've said our Good-byes to John Paulus and, keeping his word, he has removed his blog. He was allowed to do so in peace. The hate blog is gone and we thank him.
How could this whole 6 month fiasco have started to begin with? Simple: There are "enablers" on the internet who think they are entitled to say what they want about anyone, especially celebrities, under the guise of a blog "for entertainment purposes", of course. Perez Hilton has such a blog in which he gets money for hits. Like so many gossip media flunkies have learned, mentioning Clay Aiken brings him hits and he doesn't even have to do his homework; he can just make up shezznits and say it's true then other gossip and tabloid sites will pick it up and say it's true. So now we have a "faction" of the Gay Community believing that what a jerk prints is true. This "faction" by no means represents the entire Gay Community, just the few who believe it's their duty to "out" anyone they choose, whether they are straight or gay, because of some perceived slight or because they simply have the hots for someone.
There are people like Simon Cowel who thinks of himself as an expert on talent and who thought he was the alpha male on a TV show called American Idol. What happened was that another Alpha Male made his way into the final 12 on AI-2 and as each week went by it was apparent as to which of the men was the stronger ALPHA MALE. It was the tall skinny dude who exuded intelligence and a wisdom beyond his age. As weeks went by the AI hair, make up and fashion gurus experimented with different styles and we were awestruck at the gorgeous Monarch Butterfly that emerged. Simon Cowel went into his territory protection mode and started including subtle barbs to get the viewing audience to think Clay was perhaps... "too Broadway" which in the entertainment industry means..yep! "Gay". Unfortunately for Simon, Clay took over the spotlight and right before the Halfway Home segment Clay took over the Show. Naturally the barbs kept coming amid the kudos. So now we have a nice sized segment of the TV viewing audience, night time talk show hosts, and bad comedians jumping on the bandwagon.
It only takes a handfull of asswipes who want to be viewed as important to enable someone to appear out of nowhere and take advantage of the rumors. This statement is not directed at John Paulus; he pulled the thorn from the Clay Nation's side and left us as he said he would. We wished him the best in his new start. Contrary to what the Perezes, the Masterseseses and the Grouchos of the world would have you believe we can suck it up and turn the other cheek when we'd really prefer to drop trou and show those cheeks. Sadly some would think it to be an invitation so we kept our trou up.
A valuable lesson that we've learned in 6 months is ... you CANNOT trust most of what you read or hear in any media format. A sizeable portion of the media has turned to tabloidism with total disregard for the truth. Some Reporters/Journalists have become lazy using copy and paste; last year we saw the gossip beeyotch as MSNBC online do a hatchet job on the WRAL article about BAF where she used the first half of the article only. She wanted the dirt so she didn't include the 2nd half of the article that cleared Clay Aiken and BAF of any conceived errors in bookkeeping. This year it's basically all we've seen. Hardly any news folk wanted to do their homework and find the truth; it was easier to use rumors from the likes of you know who, you know who and you know who. There were a couple like Brogan at SF Chronicle online who actually reported the truth when it was spelled out at WSCA.
In ending this post: Piss on tabloids, piss on sensationalism, piss on stupid comedians and piss on Perez, et al.
How could this whole 6 month fiasco have started to begin with? Simple: There are "enablers" on the internet who think they are entitled to say what they want about anyone, especially celebrities, under the guise of a blog "for entertainment purposes", of course. Perez Hilton has such a blog in which he gets money for hits. Like so many gossip media flunkies have learned, mentioning Clay Aiken brings him hits and he doesn't even have to do his homework; he can just make up shezznits and say it's true then other gossip and tabloid sites will pick it up and say it's true. So now we have a "faction" of the Gay Community believing that what a jerk prints is true. This "faction" by no means represents the entire Gay Community, just the few who believe it's their duty to "out" anyone they choose, whether they are straight or gay, because of some perceived slight or because they simply have the hots for someone.
There are people like Simon Cowel who thinks of himself as an expert on talent and who thought he was the alpha male on a TV show called American Idol. What happened was that another Alpha Male made his way into the final 12 on AI-2 and as each week went by it was apparent as to which of the men was the stronger ALPHA MALE. It was the tall skinny dude who exuded intelligence and a wisdom beyond his age. As weeks went by the AI hair, make up and fashion gurus experimented with different styles and we were awestruck at the gorgeous Monarch Butterfly that emerged. Simon Cowel went into his territory protection mode and started including subtle barbs to get the viewing audience to think Clay was perhaps... "too Broadway" which in the entertainment industry means..yep! "Gay". Unfortunately for Simon, Clay took over the spotlight and right before the Halfway Home segment Clay took over the Show. Naturally the barbs kept coming amid the kudos. So now we have a nice sized segment of the TV viewing audience, night time talk show hosts, and bad comedians jumping on the bandwagon.
It only takes a handfull of asswipes who want to be viewed as important to enable someone to appear out of nowhere and take advantage of the rumors. This statement is not directed at John Paulus; he pulled the thorn from the Clay Nation's side and left us as he said he would. We wished him the best in his new start. Contrary to what the Perezes, the Masterseseses and the Grouchos of the world would have you believe we can suck it up and turn the other cheek when we'd really prefer to drop trou and show those cheeks. Sadly some would think it to be an invitation so we kept our trou up.
A valuable lesson that we've learned in 6 months is ... you CANNOT trust most of what you read or hear in any media format. A sizeable portion of the media has turned to tabloidism with total disregard for the truth. Some Reporters/Journalists have become lazy using copy and paste; last year we saw the gossip beeyotch as MSNBC online do a hatchet job on the WRAL article about BAF where she used the first half of the article only. She wanted the dirt so she didn't include the 2nd half of the article that cleared Clay Aiken and BAF of any conceived errors in bookkeeping. This year it's basically all we've seen. Hardly any news folk wanted to do their homework and find the truth; it was easier to use rumors from the likes of you know who, you know who and you know who. There were a couple like Brogan at SF Chronicle online who actually reported the truth when it was spelled out at WSCA.
In ending this post: Piss on tabloids, piss on sensationalism, piss on stupid comedians and piss on Perez, et al.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Say Good-Bye
John Paulus has expressed a desire to close his blogs and go on with his life. Let us take the high road and let him go in peace. With all due respect to the fans who would have wished for a better farewell we must take what we can get and move on with our lives as well. It is the wish of Clay's Equalizers that the only celebration be for the upcoming new CD and the release of Clay's first single.
I have already received news that there is some nasty posting going on at JP's blog so it appears to me that Emach and Groucho and their crews are up to their old tricks. There is nothing we can do about that other than to say... It Ain't Us!
The only comments I will put through are those of a neutral nature or a simple "Good-Bye".
Thank you for understanding.
I have already received news that there is some nasty posting going on at JP's blog so it appears to me that Emach and Groucho and their crews are up to their old tricks. There is nothing we can do about that other than to say... It Ain't Us!
The only comments I will put through are those of a neutral nature or a simple "Good-Bye".
Thank you for understanding.
Thank YOU, Buddy Jean
Well now, an interesting development we've been waiting for. Our Lil' Buddy also known as the "Purple Gherkin" (nicknamed that because he photoshopped an African American's appendage on his photo to attract "Johns" on all the gay hookup sites) has posted a new blog about another tryst of HIS and made it sound like OUR MAN was doing the hooking. Just one more of those impossibilities. For those who weren't around to catch it, JP left a few threats on my blog a while back to go to the tabloids with this story if we didn't stop exposing his lies. When I said I'd been in the legal field for 15 years and I work on harassment cases he couldn't get in here fast enough to delete his posts...I still have them JP.
It seems our best blogs on Clay's Equalizers are those we couldn't plan for if we tried. In answer to Buddy's new blog I offer the following which you'll find in our comments section of the previous blog:
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Anonymous said...
Well, I looked and that latest blog is so damn stupid!
He claims Clay met up with someone after his Bull Durham National Anthem performance in May 2003.
How stupid is this fool! Yeah, Clay was there and sang at the game. It was all documented on one of the AI shows. Clay sang at the game, did TV and radio interviews, visited his old high school, had a Bar-B-Que at his Mom's house - all the while with press filming him every minute.
How in the hell could he have found the time to do what Paulus is claiming! What an idiot!!!!!!!!!
12:55 AM
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Just an "insider" said...
Wow, the degenerate just blogged about the guy HE hooked up with, and instead turned it to be someone Clay hooked up with. It's the old "Tim" story.
The blog he just posted is based on the night that John himself met Tim, not Clay. PaulASS has been and STILL IS into Crystal Meth and that is one reason that Tim wanted nothing more to do with him. PaulASS is a drug user and Tim is no longer one.
The problem is that PaulASS just changed the dates to make it look like it would be with Clay way back in 2003. PaulASS really needs to do his homework. He's even been given help on that particular timeframe and yet he can't figure it out. LOL
1) Clay doesn't know Tim so the rest is totally irrelevant but I'll continue.
2) EVERY moment of Clay's time when he was home during that AI 'home visit' was followed with media. EVERY moment. There was a reporter and camera crew with him from the minute he stepped off the plane until he got back to the AI studio. But PaulASS knows that, yet he says there was an arrangement made to meet Tim. Ok, there little BUDDY. Wrong again, but in your drug filled, lying mind, I can see where you would think that - *snort, snort*
3) PaulASS does know Tim. ;) But Tim wanted nothing more to do with PaulASS because of his drug problem. PaulASS wanted so badly to be close to Tim that he said he would stop doing drugs, and even went to join Gold's Gym. (he later left that gym because he couldn't pay his bill). PaulASS was like a shadow to Tim. Tim and his friends used to laugh behind PaulASS's back because he was like a leech. (I wonder if Tim knows that PaulASS is STILL a leech? I think Tim deserves a phone call to let him know this one.)
PaulASS - you are clueless. Why don't you check Tim's REAL address again. You say Hillsborough St? Good guess Buddy, but WRONG. You know that though don't you?
Face it degenerate. You were after Tim. You spent ONE night with Tim and he told you to take a hike because of YOUR METH problem. You know it, and so doesn't Greg know it. Remember Greg? I do.
I usually go to another Gold's Gym in the Raleigh area, but since North Hills is down the street from where I'll be today, maybe I'll just go to that particular gym to work out. Hopefully I'll run into Tim again (it's been over a month since the last time I saw him at Sullivan's), and if not I will leave a note for him at the desk. I think he would find your morning blog very interesting. ;)
6:37 AM
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*Note 1: A4C, now is the time to contact you know who, you know where.
*Note 2: JP, perhaps a couple of your "fernids in high places" should be copied on this.
*Note 3: Just an "Insider", you are our new best friend.
Hangman, Hangman slack your rope.
Hangman, Hangman slack your rope.
Slack it for Old Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk....
It seems our best blogs on Clay's Equalizers are those we couldn't plan for if we tried. In answer to Buddy's new blog I offer the following which you'll find in our comments section of the previous blog:
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Anonymous said...
Well, I looked and that latest blog is so damn stupid!
He claims Clay met up with someone after his Bull Durham National Anthem performance in May 2003.
How stupid is this fool! Yeah, Clay was there and sang at the game. It was all documented on one of the AI shows. Clay sang at the game, did TV and radio interviews, visited his old high school, had a Bar-B-Que at his Mom's house - all the while with press filming him every minute.
How in the hell could he have found the time to do what Paulus is claiming! What an idiot!!!!!!!!!
12:55 AM
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Just an "insider" said...
Wow, the degenerate just blogged about the guy HE hooked up with, and instead turned it to be someone Clay hooked up with. It's the old "Tim" story.
The blog he just posted is based on the night that John himself met Tim, not Clay. PaulASS has been and STILL IS into Crystal Meth and that is one reason that Tim wanted nothing more to do with him. PaulASS is a drug user and Tim is no longer one.
The problem is that PaulASS just changed the dates to make it look like it would be with Clay way back in 2003. PaulASS really needs to do his homework. He's even been given help on that particular timeframe and yet he can't figure it out. LOL
1) Clay doesn't know Tim so the rest is totally irrelevant but I'll continue.
2) EVERY moment of Clay's time when he was home during that AI 'home visit' was followed with media. EVERY moment. There was a reporter and camera crew with him from the minute he stepped off the plane until he got back to the AI studio. But PaulASS knows that, yet he says there was an arrangement made to meet Tim. Ok, there little BUDDY. Wrong again, but in your drug filled, lying mind, I can see where you would think that - *snort, snort*
3) PaulASS does know Tim. ;) But Tim wanted nothing more to do with PaulASS because of his drug problem. PaulASS wanted so badly to be close to Tim that he said he would stop doing drugs, and even went to join Gold's Gym. (he later left that gym because he couldn't pay his bill). PaulASS was like a shadow to Tim. Tim and his friends used to laugh behind PaulASS's back because he was like a leech. (I wonder if Tim knows that PaulASS is STILL a leech? I think Tim deserves a phone call to let him know this one.)
PaulASS - you are clueless. Why don't you check Tim's REAL address again. You say Hillsborough St? Good guess Buddy, but WRONG. You know that though don't you?
Face it degenerate. You were after Tim. You spent ONE night with Tim and he told you to take a hike because of YOUR METH problem. You know it, and so doesn't Greg know it. Remember Greg? I do.
I usually go to another Gold's Gym in the Raleigh area, but since North Hills is down the street from where I'll be today, maybe I'll just go to that particular gym to work out. Hopefully I'll run into Tim again (it's been over a month since the last time I saw him at Sullivan's), and if not I will leave a note for him at the desk. I think he would find your morning blog very interesting. ;)
6:37 AM
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*Note 1: A4C, now is the time to contact you know who, you know where.
*Note 2: JP, perhaps a couple of your "fernids in high places" should be copied on this.
*Note 3: Just an "Insider", you are our new best friend.
Hangman, Hangman slack your rope.
Hangman, Hangman slack your rope.
Slack it for Old Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk....
Friday, July 07, 2006
Oh! She's Good!
RE: Terry Goldman's MySpace post -
"I had a pretty interesting conversation with him on Yahoo; however, I was stupid and didn't save the conversation." [Well, I do agree with "stupid," but would you like kudos for not fabricating a convo, unlike others we know?]
"He spoke nicely of everyone involved with Idol and would not "out" anyone else involved with the show." [And this surprises you? Why should he "out" anyone? Did you ask him to? It's been my experience that it's the gays who "out" one another, which should tell you something.]
"My encounter with him occurred before the military guy that outed him to become a porn star (I thought you had to be ATTRACTIVE to be in gay porn?!)." [Yeah, nice slam, but a little contradictory. Are you judging another for "outing" when you were doing the same thing? Even as a joke?]
"At the time he was more worried about his family finding out because of how religous they are." [You do realize you just narrowed down the time frame, don't you? How long ago was this alleged convo? The one thing you gay boys seem to have a problem with is consistency!]
"In a way, I feel sorry for the guy." [Don't! He is loved and supported by thousands, who take him at his word!] "...it makes me mad that someone in his position is not being more proactive in trying to be a role model for gay youth around the world." [In what way was he NOT doing this? Being a good role model is not enough? Or was it his lack of promiscuity that shattered your dream of "gay" role model? Why don't you round up the Boston school teacher, Corey, John Paulus, yourself and others and do something for your community; why expect others to do what you could do yourself?]
"He has an opportunity to show that it doesn't matter if you're straight or gay." [It doesn't matter, huh? Could've fooled me. So, his statement that he is straight was, what? Oh, I get it. The wrong answer; therefore it must be a lie! Right?]
"No, instead he would rather coward being the religous right wing for fear of loosing cd sales." [Interesting that you would bring up the right wing. It sounds very similar to the "red states" that M. Lucas was targeting. What were his words? "Critics might say 'Well, Clay Aiken is just taking advantage of business opportunities, the same way you are.' What is the principle difference? By cultivating a 'bigoted, right-wing' audience, Clay is contributing to the empowerment of 'a socially repressive force'." And that so-called hate targeted, 'bigoted, right-wing' audience would be red-state Christians, whom you perceive to be 'a socially repressive' force because of their assumed homophobic, anti-gay agenda. Correct?]
"You can still make your dreams come true and be successful regardless of your orientation." [Oh, really? I believe that's exactly what Mr. Aiken was doing until others came along and tried to destroy it all! In the meantime, you might inform us as to why others, such as Rosie, Elton and Ellen, waited until their careers were established before coming "out." Or is the only difference because they were not professing Christians?]
~~~~I suppose what Mr. Goldman did was commendable on some level, but do not consider him a hero in this charade. His post was only up for a day and a half, but long enough for PH to blog it, and he only recanted when he realized his butt and career were on the line, since Mr. Aiken is indirectly a client of his company, Electric Artists, whose direct client is SONY/RCA/BMG."Insider" just reported that Clay considered doing a cover of Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean," for his forthcoming CD, with a few minor word changes."Buddy Jean's NOT my lover...He's just a gay who says that I am the one,But the war has just begun..."
By Polly Graf
Photoshop by Calico: http://calicosky.blogspot.com/ Coming Soon
"I had a pretty interesting conversation with him on Yahoo; however, I was stupid and didn't save the conversation." [Well, I do agree with "stupid," but would you like kudos for not fabricating a convo, unlike others we know?]
"He spoke nicely of everyone involved with Idol and would not "out" anyone else involved with the show." [And this surprises you? Why should he "out" anyone? Did you ask him to? It's been my experience that it's the gays who "out" one another, which should tell you something.]
"My encounter with him occurred before the military guy that outed him to become a porn star (I thought you had to be ATTRACTIVE to be in gay porn?!)." [Yeah, nice slam, but a little contradictory. Are you judging another for "outing" when you were doing the same thing? Even as a joke?]
"At the time he was more worried about his family finding out because of how religous they are." [You do realize you just narrowed down the time frame, don't you? How long ago was this alleged convo? The one thing you gay boys seem to have a problem with is consistency!]
"In a way, I feel sorry for the guy." [Don't! He is loved and supported by thousands, who take him at his word!] "...it makes me mad that someone in his position is not being more proactive in trying to be a role model for gay youth around the world." [In what way was he NOT doing this? Being a good role model is not enough? Or was it his lack of promiscuity that shattered your dream of "gay" role model? Why don't you round up the Boston school teacher, Corey, John Paulus, yourself and others and do something for your community; why expect others to do what you could do yourself?]
"He has an opportunity to show that it doesn't matter if you're straight or gay." [It doesn't matter, huh? Could've fooled me. So, his statement that he is straight was, what? Oh, I get it. The wrong answer; therefore it must be a lie! Right?]
"No, instead he would rather coward being the religous right wing for fear of loosing cd sales." [Interesting that you would bring up the right wing. It sounds very similar to the "red states" that M. Lucas was targeting. What were his words? "Critics might say 'Well, Clay Aiken is just taking advantage of business opportunities, the same way you are.' What is the principle difference? By cultivating a 'bigoted, right-wing' audience, Clay is contributing to the empowerment of 'a socially repressive force'." And that so-called hate targeted, 'bigoted, right-wing' audience would be red-state Christians, whom you perceive to be 'a socially repressive' force because of their assumed homophobic, anti-gay agenda. Correct?]
"You can still make your dreams come true and be successful regardless of your orientation." [Oh, really? I believe that's exactly what Mr. Aiken was doing until others came along and tried to destroy it all! In the meantime, you might inform us as to why others, such as Rosie, Elton and Ellen, waited until their careers were established before coming "out." Or is the only difference because they were not professing Christians?]
~~~~I suppose what Mr. Goldman did was commendable on some level, but do not consider him a hero in this charade. His post was only up for a day and a half, but long enough for PH to blog it, and he only recanted when he realized his butt and career were on the line, since Mr. Aiken is indirectly a client of his company, Electric Artists, whose direct client is SONY/RCA/BMG."Insider" just reported that Clay considered doing a cover of Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean," for his forthcoming CD, with a few minor word changes."Buddy Jean's NOT my lover...He's just a gay who says that I am the one,But the war has just begun..."
By Polly Graf
Photoshop by Calico: http://calicosky.blogspot.com/ Coming Soon
As WSCA Once Said...."DING DING...
WE HAVE A LIAR!!!!!" Never try to put something over on a Clay Aiken Fan. BUSTED!!!
Polly Graf said...
Clay was in Sweden in June and attended Michael Buble's concert.Here's what Michael said:"It's funny, because Clay Aiken came to my show in Sweden," Buble says. "He's a nice kid, and we were talking about the press beating up on us. He said, 'You think you get beaten up, I get beaten up every single day.'" While he's not the punching bag that Aiken has become, Buble says it still hurts to read bad press.
http://www.al.com/entertainment/birminghamnews/index
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Anonymous said...
Polly Graf said... Not to change the subject, but I just had to share this.Clay was in Sweden in June and attended Michael Buble's concert.
Here's what Michael said:"It's funny, because Clay Aiken came to my show in Sweden," Buble says. "He's a nice kid, and we were talking about the press beating up on us. He said, 'You think you get beaten up, I get beaten up every single day.'" While he's not the punching bag that Aiken has become, Buble says it still hurts to read bad
press.http://www.al.com/entertainment/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/115226413526570.xml&coll=2#continue
9:39 AM
Oh, please, please do a blog on this. It just so happens that JP blogged that Clay was in NY at a pool party at that time!! And we all know that the pickle doesn't lie.....
10:58 AM
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Truth Rules said...
Well well well. The truth just continues to surface.
Pickles blog of 6/6 has Aiken at a pool party in NYC. And a 6/6 post by the grouchy "insider" says:" RCA flatly refuses to invest anymore money in this CD so Foster won't be a featured writer or producer on any of its original tracks unless Foster lowers his price - a possibility if he really wants Aikens contract. There are no public facts to support another scandal but the reluctance of Fosters backers and RCAs own wariness with regard to it are obviously worrying them enough to keep them from committing to a deal. RCA, with few other options, is now leaning toward releasing the album in it's current form with little or no promotion as it's most profitable scenario."
*So where was Clay...in Sweden at the Michael Buble concert. Taking time off recording his new RCA CD to catch a fellow artist.
11:10 AM
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Polly Graf said...
Clay was in Sweden in June and attended Michael Buble's concert.Here's what Michael said:"It's funny, because Clay Aiken came to my show in Sweden," Buble says. "He's a nice kid, and we were talking about the press beating up on us. He said, 'You think you get beaten up, I get beaten up every single day.'" While he's not the punching bag that Aiken has become, Buble says it still hurts to read bad press.
http://www.al.com/entertainment/birminghamnews/index
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Anonymous said...
Polly Graf said... Not to change the subject, but I just had to share this.Clay was in Sweden in June and attended Michael Buble's concert.
Here's what Michael said:"It's funny, because Clay Aiken came to my show in Sweden," Buble says. "He's a nice kid, and we were talking about the press beating up on us. He said, 'You think you get beaten up, I get beaten up every single day.'" While he's not the punching bag that Aiken has become, Buble says it still hurts to read bad
press.http://www.al.com/entertainment/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/115226413526570.xml&coll=2#continue
9:39 AM
Oh, please, please do a blog on this. It just so happens that JP blogged that Clay was in NY at a pool party at that time!! And we all know that the pickle doesn't lie.....
10:58 AM
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Truth Rules said...
Well well well. The truth just continues to surface.
Pickles blog of 6/6 has Aiken at a pool party in NYC. And a 6/6 post by the grouchy "insider" says:" RCA flatly refuses to invest anymore money in this CD so Foster won't be a featured writer or producer on any of its original tracks unless Foster lowers his price - a possibility if he really wants Aikens contract. There are no public facts to support another scandal but the reluctance of Fosters backers and RCAs own wariness with regard to it are obviously worrying them enough to keep them from committing to a deal. RCA, with few other options, is now leaning toward releasing the album in it's current form with little or no promotion as it's most profitable scenario."
*So where was Clay...in Sweden at the Michael Buble concert. Taking time off recording his new RCA CD to catch a fellow artist.
11:10 AM
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How to Perform a Tabloidectomy!
While we're waiting for another lesson in Photoshop Busting I thought that we, Clay's Fans, might share how we perform a certain operation. It's called a Tabloidectomy.
Most people around the world have heard that Clay has a super huge fanbase comprised of some of the most intelligent and creative people who spring into action at a moment's notice. We are willing to share the details of how to perform the Tabloidectomy with other fanbases whose favorite performer has been falsely accused or will be accused of doing things totally out of the celebrity's character.
When you know that a tabloid is coming out with a fabricated story that puts your favorite star in a bad light you simply hit the stores in your area and rearrange their stock for them. People are always looking for bird cage liners so you simply pick up a few copies from their regular location and transport them to the pet department. Others have expressed the feeling that anything with the beautemuses, Oprah, Angelina and Halle Berry, need to stand out. What better way to accomplish this than with a little "padding" behind their magazine covers?
I am quite sure that the tabloids expected to make a mint off anything with Clay's name in it but we just HAD to disappoint them. For the fun of it, we are inviting the fans that frequent this blog to please share their favorite relocation spots and unique related adventures with YOU.
Most people around the world have heard that Clay has a super huge fanbase comprised of some of the most intelligent and creative people who spring into action at a moment's notice. We are willing to share the details of how to perform the Tabloidectomy with other fanbases whose favorite performer has been falsely accused or will be accused of doing things totally out of the celebrity's character.
When you know that a tabloid is coming out with a fabricated story that puts your favorite star in a bad light you simply hit the stores in your area and rearrange their stock for them. People are always looking for bird cage liners so you simply pick up a few copies from their regular location and transport them to the pet department. Others have expressed the feeling that anything with the beautemuses, Oprah, Angelina and Halle Berry, need to stand out. What better way to accomplish this than with a little "padding" behind their magazine covers?
I am quite sure that the tabloids expected to make a mint off anything with Clay's name in it but we just HAD to disappoint them. For the fun of it, we are inviting the fans that frequent this blog to please share their favorite relocation spots and unique related adventures with YOU.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Karma, Karma, Karma Revisited
Taking these posts off gay websites in order we kind of get a feel for how a faction of the Gay Community thinks; unfortunately, it's a large faction judging from what I've seen. Somehow they feel it's their duty to "out" someone if that someone doesn't play into their hands. In our guy's case he disappointed them because he ISN'T Gay so they decided to MAKE him gay by pulling some of the dirtiest tricks I've ever seen just because they wanted someone to "be a role model for gay youth."
Why sure...try to ruin him first and then ask him to be an advocate for your causes? Are you ALL CRAZY? That includes the OC in which at least one of the members has allegedly been very helpful in setting Clay up. Follow along and you'll see a progression of blatant attempts at doing harm, then backpeddaling, then denouncing one's involvement.
Posted by Terry Goldman on MySpace March 6, 2006: Supposedly this was a joke for his friends on MySpace, complete with a photoshopped pic of Yorke with Clay features, until the fans busted his chops and he removed it all. Here's what he had to say:
"My Encounter with Clay Aiken Online
Just like the phrase goes "Eventually everyone will be on a reality TV show"; I think the same is true about gay guys encountering Clay Aiken online. I had a pretty interesting conversation with him on Yahoo; however, I was stupid and didn't save the conversation. He spoke nicely of everyone involved with Idol and would not "out" anyone else involved with the show. He talked about how the Idols make hardly ANY money from the sale of their CD's; however, they make money on the tour, appearances, items that are created with their images (concert tshirts, other swag), etc. I had heard from someone else in the industry that the idols make as little as 25 cents per cd sold! My encounter with him occurred before the military guy that outed him to become a porn star (I thought you had to be ATTRACTIVE to be in gay porn?!). At the time he was more worried about his family finding out because of how religous they are.
In a way, I feel sorry for the guy. In another way, it makes me mad that someone in his position is not being more proactive in trying to be a role model for gay youth around the world. He has an opportunity to show that it doesn't matter if you're straight or gay. You can still make your dreams come true and be successful regardless of your orientation. No, instead he would rather coward being the religous right wing for fear of loosing cd sales.
Well, karma's a bitch."
Posted by: Terry July 4, 2006 08:47 PM as found on the PH site.
*** YEP! and she's Clay's bitch.
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Here is TG post on a seperate blog from JP's blog. I assume he's addressing this to JP.
"Terry said...
Are you completely insane?So months later you decide to drudge this back up? For someone that wants this to go away, you sure are milking your 15 mins for all its worth and now dragging others down into the mud with you. Removing my blog posting about Clay wasn't about being a coward. It wasn't ever meant to be seen by the mass public but only for my friends on MySpace. It was not to get attention or recognition. When I saw I was upsetting fans and that it was spreading around the net, I immediately removed it. My conversation with him was actually quite nice and completely non-sexual but it wasn't meant for mass consumption. I don't quite understand what you're hoping to accomplish with this but I'm sure my lawyer will enjoy a conversation with you.
-Terry
9:53 PM"
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Now the piece de resistance... in other words... Karma jumps from PH's blog and lands in our laps!
"All the gays posting on here belong to an organization for Gay-OPs (Out and Proud)that doesn't believe in staying in the closet. This is a test run to see how it would work to choose a celebrity that everyone believes to be gay anyway. A new one with a large internet presence but not enough resources or big backers as a Clooney, McConaughy, or a Tom Cruise.
The internet is a great place to out someone. It's impossible to prove the source of who wrote what and the internet is virtually lawless. So anyone can say anything.
Perez knows how that works..that's why he can make a living off of saying things about celebrities. Has anyone noticed he doesn't push it with the more powerful ones.
I told you not to be using my name anymore as I didn't want to be involved in this.
Posted by: Terry Goldman July 4, 2006 09:25 PM"
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Don't you just love Karma? Don't you just love when the truth finally shows up?
Why sure...try to ruin him first and then ask him to be an advocate for your causes? Are you ALL CRAZY? That includes the OC in which at least one of the members has allegedly been very helpful in setting Clay up. Follow along and you'll see a progression of blatant attempts at doing harm, then backpeddaling, then denouncing one's involvement.
Posted by Terry Goldman on MySpace March 6, 2006: Supposedly this was a joke for his friends on MySpace, complete with a photoshopped pic of Yorke with Clay features, until the fans busted his chops and he removed it all. Here's what he had to say:
"My Encounter with Clay Aiken Online
Just like the phrase goes "Eventually everyone will be on a reality TV show"; I think the same is true about gay guys encountering Clay Aiken online. I had a pretty interesting conversation with him on Yahoo; however, I was stupid and didn't save the conversation. He spoke nicely of everyone involved with Idol and would not "out" anyone else involved with the show. He talked about how the Idols make hardly ANY money from the sale of their CD's; however, they make money on the tour, appearances, items that are created with their images (concert tshirts, other swag), etc. I had heard from someone else in the industry that the idols make as little as 25 cents per cd sold! My encounter with him occurred before the military guy that outed him to become a porn star (I thought you had to be ATTRACTIVE to be in gay porn?!). At the time he was more worried about his family finding out because of how religous they are.
In a way, I feel sorry for the guy. In another way, it makes me mad that someone in his position is not being more proactive in trying to be a role model for gay youth around the world. He has an opportunity to show that it doesn't matter if you're straight or gay. You can still make your dreams come true and be successful regardless of your orientation. No, instead he would rather coward being the religous right wing for fear of loosing cd sales.
Well, karma's a bitch."
Posted by: Terry July 4, 2006 08:47 PM as found on the PH site.
*** YEP! and she's Clay's bitch.
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Here is TG post on a seperate blog from JP's blog. I assume he's addressing this to JP.
"Terry said...
Are you completely insane?So months later you decide to drudge this back up? For someone that wants this to go away, you sure are milking your 15 mins for all its worth and now dragging others down into the mud with you. Removing my blog posting about Clay wasn't about being a coward. It wasn't ever meant to be seen by the mass public but only for my friends on MySpace. It was not to get attention or recognition. When I saw I was upsetting fans and that it was spreading around the net, I immediately removed it. My conversation with him was actually quite nice and completely non-sexual but it wasn't meant for mass consumption. I don't quite understand what you're hoping to accomplish with this but I'm sure my lawyer will enjoy a conversation with you.
-Terry
9:53 PM"
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Now the piece de resistance... in other words... Karma jumps from PH's blog and lands in our laps!
"All the gays posting on here belong to an organization for Gay-OPs (Out and Proud)that doesn't believe in staying in the closet. This is a test run to see how it would work to choose a celebrity that everyone believes to be gay anyway. A new one with a large internet presence but not enough resources or big backers as a Clooney, McConaughy, or a Tom Cruise.
The internet is a great place to out someone. It's impossible to prove the source of who wrote what and the internet is virtually lawless. So anyone can say anything.
Perez knows how that works..that's why he can make a living off of saying things about celebrities. Has anyone noticed he doesn't push it with the more powerful ones.
I told you not to be using my name anymore as I didn't want to be involved in this.
Posted by: Terry Goldman July 4, 2006 09:25 PM"
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Don't you just love Karma? Don't you just love when the truth finally shows up?
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
HYPOCRISY
Many individuals have too often bantered about the word hypocrite, myself included, without a comprehensive understanding of the definition of the word or act.
Hypocrisy is the act of pretending to have beliefs, virtues and feelings that one does not truly possess. The word is derived from the late Latin: hypocrisis and Greek: hupokrisis both meaning play-acting or pretence. A classic example of a hypocritical act is to denounce another for carrying out some action while carrying out the same action oneself. As fallible human beings prone to making mistakes and errors in judgment, I respectfully submit that no one can truly know what beliefs, virtues or feelings another consciously possesses, regardless of their public actions. It’s the old adage, “Don’t do as I do; do as I say.” The truth exists on either side of that equation somewhere; therefore, it is impossible to determine a true hypocritical state of pretending versus truly believing and pointing fingers becomes meaningless.
Within the current situation in which we find ourselves involved, Clay Aiken has been accused of being a hypocrite, and because of the nature of the accusation, I will cloak it in that vein. There is no evidence to back up the claim of hypocrite. There is no evidence that Clay Aiken has ever condemned, nor denounced, the gay lifestyle. In fact, there is evidence to the contrary that he has embraced those of the gay community as friends, colleagues and employees, and generously aided them through his charity work. The act of inclusion does not and should not imply anything to the contrary. Since when are straight guys not allowed to socially interact with gays?
The refusal to answer a repetitive question from an annoying reporter is not a slam against an entire minority group; especially when you feel it is insulting. By the same token, a refusal from one’s PR person to not conduct an interview with one particular rabid magazine, which does not have your best interests at heart, is also not a slam against a minority group. It is his career that we’re talking about and I think he pays enough people to advise him on how it should be handled.
The term hypocrisy is commonly used in a way, which should be more specifically termed a double standard, bias, or inconsistency. An example would be when one honestly believes that one group of individuals should be held to a different set of morals or standards than another group. Or in other words, you who accuse another doeth the same thing! It just all boils down to which side of the issue you happen to embrace.
The Right to Privacy
By definition, the Right to Privacy is as follows: n. “The possible right to be left alone, in absence of some “reasonable” public interest in a person’s activities, like those of celebrities or participants in newsworthy events. Invasion of the right to privacy can be the basis for a lawsuit for damages against the person or entity (such as a magazine or television show) violating the right. However, the right to privacy does not extend to prohibiting someone from taking another person’s picture on the street.”
Based on the law, it becomes evident why the mainstream media have chosen not to participate in the current smear campaign. Whereas a defendant like John Paulus in a possible lawsuit may be guilty of an alleged hate crime, harassment, or the invasion of privacy, not to mention defamation and character assassination, for the plaintiff in such a lawsuit the benefits do not outweigh the negative or financial ramifications. If the media, which have much deeper pockets, were to involve themselves, the situation would be entirely different. They know it and therefore have chosen to stay out of it.
A Smear Campaign
At the core of finding any alleged “truth” to this smear campaign, the fact remains the story was and is John’s to tell, such as it is, regardless of how he came in possession of it. As Billy Masters said, “As to Paulus and his motives, I think the bottom line for me is that this incident happened to him and he can make whatever decisions he wants on how to use it. He might do things that you or I might not do, but we’re not in his shoes.” Feb. 10, 06
Let’s follow this premise and assume you have a potentially damaging story to tell. And it is agreed that as a participant you also have the right to tell it. An honorable person might ask themselves, “Does my right to tell my story justify the potential damage I may cause for all concerned and will I feel vindicated if such damages occur?”
So, then you’re given the opportunity to tell your story a hundred different times and in a hundred different ways. Shouldn’t it end there? If not, why not? Did the telling of the story not create enough damage? Is that it? At what time does the “participant” have the right to branch off into unknown territory, of which he knows nothing about and was NOT a participant, and use it to further smear, defame, malign, humiliate, embarrass and assassinate another’s career, reputation and character? When does the right to tell a story become an obsession, which turns into an agenda? How obvious and absurd is that?
And what about those who support the storyteller? What is their excuse? They were not participants in the original story. No one was! For some, they do not even know the other side of the story and have disregarded the fact that one might exist. Supporting someone is one thing, but they have taken the word of a virtual stranger; someone they admittedly have never met before and have joined ranks in the smear campaign against an innocent person for their own purposes; be it revenge, hatred or retaliation. Of course, this would be vehemently denied, but the facts prove otherwise. Bottom line, all the evidence points to the fact that there is an agenda!
*By Polly Graf
Hypocrisy is the act of pretending to have beliefs, virtues and feelings that one does not truly possess. The word is derived from the late Latin: hypocrisis and Greek: hupokrisis both meaning play-acting or pretence. A classic example of a hypocritical act is to denounce another for carrying out some action while carrying out the same action oneself. As fallible human beings prone to making mistakes and errors in judgment, I respectfully submit that no one can truly know what beliefs, virtues or feelings another consciously possesses, regardless of their public actions. It’s the old adage, “Don’t do as I do; do as I say.” The truth exists on either side of that equation somewhere; therefore, it is impossible to determine a true hypocritical state of pretending versus truly believing and pointing fingers becomes meaningless.
Within the current situation in which we find ourselves involved, Clay Aiken has been accused of being a hypocrite, and because of the nature of the accusation, I will cloak it in that vein. There is no evidence to back up the claim of hypocrite. There is no evidence that Clay Aiken has ever condemned, nor denounced, the gay lifestyle. In fact, there is evidence to the contrary that he has embraced those of the gay community as friends, colleagues and employees, and generously aided them through his charity work. The act of inclusion does not and should not imply anything to the contrary. Since when are straight guys not allowed to socially interact with gays?
The refusal to answer a repetitive question from an annoying reporter is not a slam against an entire minority group; especially when you feel it is insulting. By the same token, a refusal from one’s PR person to not conduct an interview with one particular rabid magazine, which does not have your best interests at heart, is also not a slam against a minority group. It is his career that we’re talking about and I think he pays enough people to advise him on how it should be handled.
The term hypocrisy is commonly used in a way, which should be more specifically termed a double standard, bias, or inconsistency. An example would be when one honestly believes that one group of individuals should be held to a different set of morals or standards than another group. Or in other words, you who accuse another doeth the same thing! It just all boils down to which side of the issue you happen to embrace.
The Right to Privacy
By definition, the Right to Privacy is as follows: n. “The possible right to be left alone, in absence of some “reasonable” public interest in a person’s activities, like those of celebrities or participants in newsworthy events. Invasion of the right to privacy can be the basis for a lawsuit for damages against the person or entity (such as a magazine or television show) violating the right. However, the right to privacy does not extend to prohibiting someone from taking another person’s picture on the street.”
Based on the law, it becomes evident why the mainstream media have chosen not to participate in the current smear campaign. Whereas a defendant like John Paulus in a possible lawsuit may be guilty of an alleged hate crime, harassment, or the invasion of privacy, not to mention defamation and character assassination, for the plaintiff in such a lawsuit the benefits do not outweigh the negative or financial ramifications. If the media, which have much deeper pockets, were to involve themselves, the situation would be entirely different. They know it and therefore have chosen to stay out of it.
A Smear Campaign
At the core of finding any alleged “truth” to this smear campaign, the fact remains the story was and is John’s to tell, such as it is, regardless of how he came in possession of it. As Billy Masters said, “As to Paulus and his motives, I think the bottom line for me is that this incident happened to him and he can make whatever decisions he wants on how to use it. He might do things that you or I might not do, but we’re not in his shoes.” Feb. 10, 06
Let’s follow this premise and assume you have a potentially damaging story to tell. And it is agreed that as a participant you also have the right to tell it. An honorable person might ask themselves, “Does my right to tell my story justify the potential damage I may cause for all concerned and will I feel vindicated if such damages occur?”
So, then you’re given the opportunity to tell your story a hundred different times and in a hundred different ways. Shouldn’t it end there? If not, why not? Did the telling of the story not create enough damage? Is that it? At what time does the “participant” have the right to branch off into unknown territory, of which he knows nothing about and was NOT a participant, and use it to further smear, defame, malign, humiliate, embarrass and assassinate another’s career, reputation and character? When does the right to tell a story become an obsession, which turns into an agenda? How obvious and absurd is that?
And what about those who support the storyteller? What is their excuse? They were not participants in the original story. No one was! For some, they do not even know the other side of the story and have disregarded the fact that one might exist. Supporting someone is one thing, but they have taken the word of a virtual stranger; someone they admittedly have never met before and have joined ranks in the smear campaign against an innocent person for their own purposes; be it revenge, hatred or retaliation. Of course, this would be vehemently denied, but the facts prove otherwise. Bottom line, all the evidence points to the fact that there is an agenda!
*By Polly Graf
Enjoy the Holiday
We hope everyone has a chance to celebrate the 4th of July and in honor of the holiday we'll just relax. If you miss out on seeing a fireworks display in your area then, by all means, we have some planned for the next couple of days ..... especially after hearing about the display that JP put up on his blog.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
When Opportunity Knocks
No! No! John, we weren't talking about the possibility of you actually getting a job. In hopes that WSCA will hear the power of my voice through telepathy (not to be confused with the voices inside JP's head) and reopen their blog to post the fabulous comparisons of real pics vs webcam fakes.
Remember this one? There was once an imaginary Boston school teacher who had imaginary webcam shots of Clay Aiken so he sent his story to the Star (which should only exist in one's imagination) ...but not before making contact with JP. Seems all imaginary beings want to use JP as their Medium to out someone who isn't gay (or gay only in John's imagination). I would have used Jeanne Dixon who is far more credible, well established and hits her mark at least 50% of the time. JP is still batting ZERO.
Since my telepathy skills are as good as my technical skills (Bwahahahaha!) Calico has come through for us to help show just how low some people will stoop in an effort to drag someone decent (and sane) through the mire in order to make themselves seem important. This is on her blog and we thank her from our very bottoms. Please read and enjoy.
We couldn't let you get away until we had a chance to thank JP for being so ding dang dingeeee to post, on HIS blog, the one photo that could bust those fake webcam shots.
Special Thanks goes to CASEY who was the first that I know of to bust JP's ass on this one by noticing the Yorke features that had us stumped for months. We knew the features weren't Clay's but Casey's intuition sent us scrambling for all the Yorke pics we could find on the internet and we found a boatload.
Please view Thom/clay photoshopped fakes here:
http://calicosky.blogspot.com/
Then enjoy these Thom Yorke photos where I think you'll find other "borrowed" bits and pieces used in the infamous and imaginary webcams (pic 6, page 5 is especially eye opening):
http://www.treefingers.com/gallery/gallery.php?gallery=Thom&page=5
Then go to the link below to do the same comparisons with the Terry Goldman photoshopped webcam that he had up on his site. Since he took it down, this is the only source I know of to see it but the source provides some good reading material. You'll also note that the same template of Thom Yorke was used (note hairstyle on right side of the face) and then bits from other photos were pasted in. Note the shadow of a mustache coming from the middle of Clay's nose and then go back to the photos that Calico uses for comparisons and you'll see where it came from.
http://www.beaversonidol.com/articles/anatomyofasmearcampaign.html
Remember this one? There was once an imaginary Boston school teacher who had imaginary webcam shots of Clay Aiken so he sent his story to the Star (which should only exist in one's imagination) ...but not before making contact with JP. Seems all imaginary beings want to use JP as their Medium to out someone who isn't gay (or gay only in John's imagination). I would have used Jeanne Dixon who is far more credible, well established and hits her mark at least 50% of the time. JP is still batting ZERO.
Since my telepathy skills are as good as my technical skills (Bwahahahaha!) Calico has come through for us to help show just how low some people will stoop in an effort to drag someone decent (and sane) through the mire in order to make themselves seem important. This is on her blog and we thank her from our very bottoms. Please read and enjoy.
We couldn't let you get away until we had a chance to thank JP for being so ding dang dingeeee to post, on HIS blog, the one photo that could bust those fake webcam shots.
Special Thanks goes to CASEY who was the first that I know of to bust JP's ass on this one by noticing the Yorke features that had us stumped for months. We knew the features weren't Clay's but Casey's intuition sent us scrambling for all the Yorke pics we could find on the internet and we found a boatload.
Please view Thom/clay photoshopped fakes here:
http://calicosky.blogspot.com/
Then enjoy these Thom Yorke photos where I think you'll find other "borrowed" bits and pieces used in the infamous and imaginary webcams (pic 6, page 5 is especially eye opening):
http://www.treefingers.com/gallery/gallery.php?gallery=Thom&page=5
Then go to the link below to do the same comparisons with the Terry Goldman photoshopped webcam that he had up on his site. Since he took it down, this is the only source I know of to see it but the source provides some good reading material. You'll also note that the same template of Thom Yorke was used (note hairstyle on right side of the face) and then bits from other photos were pasted in. Note the shadow of a mustache coming from the middle of Clay's nose and then go back to the photos that Calico uses for comparisons and you'll see where it came from.
http://www.beaversonidol.com/articles/anatomyofasmearcampaign.html
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