Tuesday, August 8th, 2000
AVN's Leslie Glass Coverage
Larry writes: With all the print her passing has received on GeneRoss.com is it fair to say the Gene Ross/AVN connection to Vivid is the main reason why all the fuss was made? I can't see this type of reaction if one of the girls from Extreme Associates or Anabolic died, I'd hate to see what would happen if one of Max's or Rodney Moore's girls passed away. Its been proven you have to kiss ass to get in with AVN, is it possible you have to kiss ass to be remembered by them as well? With all the press he gave her you would think the world was coming to an end.
Gossip
Franco: Inside Edition is running a story on "Can a porno star be a good parent?"
I will be on the Bob Berkowitz Show on Eyada.com at 6PM PST Friday evening to discuss Jew porners views on the Lieberman nomination.
Brooke writes: Luke, Keri Windsor better think about what she is doing, once you start in with the b/g there is no going back. She was special, a one of a kind, but she lacks the self-esteem to realize this and she thinks doing guys will make her a big star, she is selling out. the girl next door is gone, do they even think about what they are doing to their kids? very selfish, selling your soul, future and kids for fame.
Mario: In regards to Keri Windsor now doing guys, instead of doing the standard pretty boys and high budget stuff, she should start with doing a bukkake, then she must be the next star in the White Trash Whore series, #18, then a scene in Gangland and Up Your Ass. The brothers are going to love this sweet, innocent, blond. Instead of waiting until she is wore out and old, she should do these things now.
Director Michael Raven writes: "I normally shy way from posting, but I can't resist this one. I fail to see how making a decision to perform in B/G scenes demonstrates a lack of self-esteem. Is Brooke suggesting that such performances are demeaning, but others (G/G) are not? Sex is sex. A sex performance on camera is a sex performance on camera. It doesn't matter whether it's with a male or female. Who or what might Brooke think she is selling out to? As for her (Keri Windsor) being very selfish, selling her soul, future and kids for fame, that's simply hogwash. Sex, contrary to what we are taught in this philosophically upside down world, is NOTHING to be ashamed of in any consensual context. Brooke is asserting that selfishness is an evil. I say your first concern must be for your own welfare and personal happiness, before you can even begin to worry about anyone else. Selling her soul? Newsflash Brooke, her soul, much like her body, is hers to sell to whomever or whatever she deems worthy. It's not yours or anyone elses place to pass judgment on this. Her future? Seems to me she is taking charge of her future and as far as her kids are concerned I would rather my son or daughter to growth up with a relaxed, educated and healthy view on sex than the twisted, repressive and guilt-ridden point of view that Brooke obviously struggles with."
FilthyCash.com Cleans Up
Greg Lasrado's Filthycash.com operation has a terrible reputation among webmasters for using stolen content, spamming etc... Lasrado's often named as part of the Australian porn mafia. He's gotten a hiding on this site and other places over the past few weeks and is appearing to clean up his act. Sweet Entertainment Group recently got paid over $50,000 for content Lasrado's operation had taken.
A check of Intergal's site, justwild.com, revealed much stolen content. But as soon as this was brought to Intergal's attention, this was resolved by a payment to Sweet Entertainment. The site justwild.com was outsourced by Intergal and when they discovered what happened, they resolved it.
Tera Patrick
I listened to her interview with Bob Berkowitz on Eyada.com and just read her interview with Roger Pipe and she's a smart, disciplined courteous person (just what you'd expect from someone who's half Asian and half Jewish) who gives porn a good name. Here are some highlights from her Rog Pipe interview.
Tera: I’ve noticed that the majority of my fans respect me as a woman. I’m the girl who came along that a lot of women were waiting for. They don’t have to be intimidated by me. They can relate to me because I’m not just some bimbo. I’m not implying that the majority of the women in the business are, I just think they see in me a woman who treats the business like a business yet can act slutty. A lot of the girls don’t respect their fans. I’ve had so many people say thank you for taking the extra time to talk to me. This is why I got into entertainment. I thrive on being in front of the camera and I love to give something to people. I have couples come up and say ‘we’re like you, we’re educated and have jobs, but we are into wild kinky sex.’ A lot of men will show my movies to their girlfriends because they think their girlfriends are going to like me because I’m not intimidating. I’m proud to be setting a good standard for this business.
Luke: Tera doubted she'd succeed in porno. Why not? "I’m tall, I have real boobs, I’m Asian and I have dark hair. I was different.
"I haven’t had anything negative happen [in porno]. Max Hardcore didn’t find me, Rodney didn’t find me. You’ll have to ask Ed about me. I turned him down. He was the first guy who was going to work with me. He came to me before any of the others."
Rog Pipe: What other advice would you offer to someone who might want to get into the business?
Tera: To always treat the business like a business and to remember that this will be with you forever. Know that before you get in. Do your homework, have fun and always have something to fall back on. I’ve seen so many people come and go. There are so many options for women these days and they should research this before they get in. Personally, I think women should probably be twenty three before they get in. I see so many young girls get into this at eighteen without a clue of what they want from it or how it might change their whole life. There is a lot to think about.
I don’t see anything wrong with a beautiful, intelligent girl being sexual and nasty. I can do a rough hard-core sex scene, then do a lecture on DNA.
I don’t advocate piercing, tattoos, plastic surgery or anything that alters who you are.
Rog Pipe: What about interracial scenes, specifically with black men?
Tera: I’m not opposed to them at all. It’s something that I haven’t really considered yet because I just don’t know the talent pool yet.
Rog Pipe: You’re doing a lot of mainstream work.
Tera: Yes. I just shot a movie for Indigo called “Fast Lane to Vegas” that is an interactive movie. You can choose the flow of the movie. It’s a take off on Men in Black. Miss USA Kelly McCarty and I play the Women in Black. I get to probe guys who don’t answer my questions. I basically come to earth looking for male seed to take back to my planet. It was great because I got to do some fun comedic stuff which I love. (From Rog Pipe)
Rog Pipe interviews Jon Dough
Jon: Monique has her whole R-Rated career going. Out of the blue, she saw the right agent and she’s getting a ton of work. The next thing she’s working on is the Emmanuelle series. We’re just so damn busy, it’s great.
Rog Pipe: Is the R-Rated stuff something you would be interested in as well?
Not really. That Cinemax stuff is good for the girls and younger guys, but I’m not really into it. She is really happy and I’m happy getting behind the camera for Anabolic, doing a straight on hard-core line.
Rog Pipe: You were the World’s Luckiest Man.
Jon: Yeah, I made that whole thing up. I went to Steve, he loved it and actually named it. I wanted to call it something like “A Hundred and One Girls”, but they re-worked that. Since Vivid is the Disney of porn, he cleaned up the title and it took off from there.
Luke: Roger interviewed the tall busty blonde Trinity at CES in Vegas in January.
Rog Pipe: So you came out here with Mike and shot a few scenes. Before we go on with that, let's talk a little bit about the atmosphere here at CES. You are getting a lot of attention on the floor. How do you feel about that?
Trinity: Sometimes I like it because it makes me feel very sexy and beautiful. With are all these absolutely gorgeous and well known people, for people to put me in that same category is a very good feeling. Other times, I just want to crawl behind a curtain and hide because there are people in your face with cameras and that can get very tiring after a while.
RP: The next scene you did was for Big Top?
T: For Stan Randall. This time it was more than just a blowjob. I was a little nervous about the acting part he had me do.
R: Was it a very fetishy thing?
T: It was a very breast oriented scene.
R: Were you more nervous about the acting or about actually f---ing?
T: I was nervous about the dialog because I didn't want it to sound like so many other cheesy porn movies.
R: Did you succeed?
T: I don't think so. I couldn't help it. I was getting ready to f--- a stranger and had to get through this made up dialog that was almost completely improvised.
R: I was also on that set, so I have a few notes here. The scene starts out and Stan pulls out a little surprise.
T: Little surprise? I'd call it a big surprise. He pulled out this massive cock. That thing is about as big around as a Coke can.
R: But you didn't run away.
T: Nope, I stuck around.
R: Again, while you were blowing him, he looked over and gave me the "Oh my God" thing. You must have some special skill or something. What were you doing?
T: I don't know, I just put his dick in the back of my mouth and wiggled the back of my tongue around. No big deal.
R: From the looks on their faces, it must have been quite a trick.
T: Are you doubting my skills?
R: No, I was just fishing for a demonstration. You'll have to move that notebook first review boy.
R: Stan was pretty big, did that cause any problems?
T: It was a little hard at first, because he was so big around. I'm not used to a cock like that.
R: You gave him a nick name as I recall, what was it? Mammoth Boy.
T: That's it.
R: So you did the vaginal fine, but then he wanted to try anal. You were a little unsure. Was that the first time you had tried anal?
T: No, but did you see the size of that thing? I was a little nervous about that.
R: I noticed that you do something strange when you get nervous.
T: Oh shut up. We are not going to talk about that.
R: Come on, we have to be honest with the readers. Tell them. No. Then I will.
T: All right. Sometimes when I get nervous I start singing. While we were getting ready for the anal, I started singing ‘A Few of my Favorite Things.”
R: So when you’re about to be anally skewered, you sing show tunes?
T: Oh f--- you. You didn’t seem to mind once the scene started.
R: You did quite well, took him all the way.
T: Yes I did, he is big and had to go slow, but it was good.
R: Better than your singing, that’s for sure.
The Big Jew Porner Weighs In On Lieberman
I emailed The Big Jew Porner, who singlehandedly dominates the sex industry, for his views on Al Gore's selection of Lieberman.
TBJP replied: Luke, I understand you are a republican for reasons unknown to me but from knowing your situation and stature in life, you might want to embrace the democrats, they are generally the party for the people. Don't go by the present administration and the president's indiscretion. Be warned, the republicans want to limit your personal freedoms, especially in what you are involved in everyday of your life, currently, which is writing a web site rife with sexual content.
With some of the Supreme Court justices retiring in the next few years, the party that wins the next election will have the opportunity to appoint these very important individuals which will certainly have to judge an internet, freedom of speech case put before them soon after. With republican appointees, we are guaranteed limits on your freedom to acquire porn via the web. The porn internet business will cease to exist as it is now and expect an exodus of biblical proportions to transpire with the big guys heading for the protected pastures of off shore havens.
As far as Gore appointing an orthodox jew as his vice president running mate, I think the democrats effectively shot themselves in their collective foot and how do I know this. The republicans applauded this decision. Why? Because they know what I do, this country is not ready to elect a jew in such a high office as the vice president. This, in effect, clinches the election for them. I don't care if the democratic choice is a jew, gentile, woman, black, or WASP, I just want them to choose a person that can pull in the votes and I think Lieberman will do just the opposite. I will vote Democratic as I always do and I urge you to do the same. By the way,do you know any good beaches in Belize?
Luke: Where the hell is Belize?
Fred: Belize is what used to be known as British Honduras--it is a Central American country on the Carribean.
Luke: If I am reading correctly the meta-message behind that remark, TBJP, a notoriously paranoid Jew who's been chased by the FBI and company for 30 years, may shift his operations overseas if the Party of God is elected to the Whitehouse and decides to stamp out sexual immorality masquerading as entertainment.
CzechJewishChick: Tell TBJP come to Praha where still it possible to open no name savings accounts. It is tru
Another Big Jew Porner who's been monitored by the FBI for over 20 years, Steve Hirsch, writes in Vivid Video's ad in the Free Speech Coalition Dinner Dance program:
This November, an election will decide much more than the presidency.
It will decide the next Supreme Court. The Supreme Court that will define the cultural landscape of America for the next twenty years.
Will abortion remain legal in all states? Will prescriptions for the elderly take a back seat to tax breaks for the rich? Will there be another free speech witch hunt like the one that put many of the people in this room in jail?
Will hate crime legislation die before it's born? Will the progress of minorities be halted in its tracks. Will gays be shunned again, as they were before Clinton?
Perhaps.
Unless people like us realize the importance of November. And start acting in August. Tell your employees to vote. Tell them what's at stake. Tell them to tell everyone they know.
Luke: Another Big Jew Porner is Toshi Gold of Astral Ocean. His office wall is decorated with pictures of Toshi with big Democrats like Ted Kennedy and Al Gore and Bill Clinton. Toshi gives tens of thousands of dollars to the Democratic Party and the ACLU.
Analyzing Kendra Jade
Ogman writes: Holy, living s---! After, what? -- 6 months? -- that Neitzche finally hit?: Ms. Jade s--- an emotionally-tethered, yet mentally-solid, brick of full-out-f---, just all into our laps. I mean, what IS success, after all? A question we all must answer at some point... But, noting my personal views on Nietzche (hack, 'tard) and all-out, total, f---ing cynicism (undoubtedly a clever ploy to emulate, identify with, and be accepted by my Gen-X peers), I simply HAD to write and say hi and attempt to answer a few of these excellent questions... in a bitter, 'tard, hack, sorta-Nieeitzchiesque-kinda way:
Kendra Jade: Do people really even love other people anymore?? Did they ever?? do friendships matter?
OGMD: I thought we already covered this? -- on this very site!
KJ: Is MONEY all that matters?Is being beautiful so important that nothing inside matters??
OGMD: Yes! Besides, what are you complaining about?: isn't being beautiful how you MAKE your money?
KJ: We arent [sic] Meryl Streep...
OGMD: I thought we already covered this? -- on this very site!
KJ: WHAT IS SUCCESS??
OGMD: A better cut of s--- that won't kill you. Or just about anything that makes all of the people you hate envious.
KJ: Who is SUCCESSFUL??
OGMD: Bill Gates.
KJ: Everyone in california is SOOOO fake.Status is SOOO important.people will live in a cardboard box if it means they can drive a ferrari and be seen in it.Its not glamourous.Its all a front...Talent means NOTHING. NOTHING AT ALL. And looks mean EVERYTHING... OGMD: Then what the hell are you sooooo mad about?
KJ: If i drove a beat up old car and lived in a shack , would anyone love me?
OGMD: Probably not. Unless it was a REALLY old car, then the carmaker would love you and maybe put you in a commercial. Then everyone would love you because you, like, at least got a solid gig.
KJ: if i weighed 200 lbs would anyone want me?
OGMD: Yes: hunters, cannibals, companies that test s--- like airbags and how far apart the armrests on chairs should be, man-eating animals, sleazy talkshow hosts...
KJ: an [sic] everyone saw , but no one stopped her.what mattered was that she was there, looking pretty to be in pictures!! At one point , a photographer told her to goi [sic] ahead and smoke her crack ..it gave her a nice , deathly look around her eyes!! THAT IS SICK!! why do women self destruct? [sick] what can push someone that far??Why is a womans [sic] self worth [sic] or success judged by her beauty , or by how many people "want her??
OGMD: Whoa! Kendra: Thats just the thing....I cant figure it out. I always end up trusting the wrong people , and excluding the right ones and never knowing who is really on my side and who just wants something from me.
Ogman: Is philosophy just a poor man's way of justifying his existence or is it, instead, a rich man's endeavor? Can the two be separated by money or by money, alone? Is an invitation to dinner an invitation to be eaten? If it is true that "everything that goes up must come down", then why don't I ejaculate feathers? Is an effort toward lightening a situation indicative of a heavyhand? If posing before a camera is an attempt to preserve a moment to be treasured, then why is lying considered wrong? If porn is so Goddamned lucrative, then why do I keep getting spammed?; If Spam is really meat, then why don't they have an advertising campaign like all those other guys ("Spam: You'll be eating it allll day!" or "Spam: The Original Other Meat.")? If Life is just a fleeting glimpse at Divinity, then why does Man pray? If "lifting, but one finger" can change the world, then why do I have to double-click?...
Cybererotica.com Presents Deep Porn
PR: In conjunction with the Seattle-based boutique label HardCorps Entertainment, CyberErotica.com -- one of the pioneers of adult entertainment on the Internet, has now expanded into the music business.
The long awaited compilation CyberErotica.com Presents Deep Porn represents a unique collaboration between today’s leading artists of hip hop and electronic music, coupled with today’s most prominent Adult film stars. Featured musicians include Platinum selling artists such as Kid Rock, Cypress Hill’s DJ Muggs, and George Clinton. Other artists contributing to the disc include Eli Janey of GvsB, AMG, Liquid Todd, and Brother Marquis from 2 Live Crew.
Participating Adult film stars include: Raylene, Midori, Heather Hunter, Rebecca Lord, Stacy Valentine, Rebecca Wild, Stephanie Swift, and Johnni Black.
Please keep in mind that this record is NOT an attempt to let porn stars show off their musical chops -- their work has been sampled, spliced and mixed into dance and hip-hop tracks by some of today’s hottest stars. The result, is a plethora of hot tracks that gives off the aura of sex and music that will make people dance, move, and groove.
"This marriage of music and porn could not have turned out better," said Cybererotica president Jonathan Silverstein. "The synergy between the two is undeniable!"
The album will be released on August 22nd in collaboration with DMAFT/Oglio Records. While the site is still under construction, you can still check out the playlist at http://www.deepporn.com/flash
Euro Chicks Blow
Mr Marcus writes: Euro chicks versus American girls. Euro would blow them out the water. Literally. I personally like European bitches way more than American girls. American girls are some prissy muthaf---as. I think Vivid and Wicked got some fine girls, no doubt. Alexa Rae is actually a favorite. It's those big ass lips, but I think Euro got that ablility and attitude to f--- the s--- out of someone. It's like their raised with that intent. And I've met some naturally beautiful European women. Very cool situation they have over there, very cool. Mr.Marcus What is it about Jenna that ya'll like so much? other girls would like to know, so they can borrow it
Jenna Jameson writes Luke: "Why don’t you ask marcus what he likes so much about me, since he jocks me so hard every time he sees me?"
Luke: "What does it mean to 'jock you'?"
Jenna: "Well, let’s put it this way… He seems to find me pretty sexy."
John: Luke, what the hell is with Jenna, first she bitches Mr. Marcus out for the rape rumor on his site, which maybe he did not start, but he did nothing to stop, remove, verify, the rumor at all. And he checks his site daily according to him. Now she is on your site kissing his ass, he really played her, what a dumb chick, I thought she was smarter than that. Heck, I need to start a rumor that I saw her doing coke or stabbing someone, maybe she will want to screw me a month after I deny it.
Juicy: There are plenty of american girls that would tear you up, you are just afraid to hire them. You always have to have the tiny, fraile girl. How about it Mr. Marcus lets see you with a WOMAN. Then you can make your comparision.
Mr Marcus replies: Well ya know you got it coming...yep I like them sorta tiny, but fraile well that I can do without. About me f---in' a real woman, hmmm done it, plenty of times. You makin' assumptions that aint true, I like women. All types of women.(midgets included...such nice people they are) Now you, Juicy what do you got to offer I aint already had?? what exactly is it you want me to handle? do you wanna be hired? Got a nice couch waiting for you.
Meni: Dude, hot Euro chick, Terri Summers of Sin City, holy f---, she was smokin' at Adult Expo. As for what does Jenna have? I like her eys, otherwise, I'm not sure. I think Tera Patrick may surpass her in popularity within 2 years.
On 8/07/100 12:39 Concerned psychologist wrote: > Psychological profile of Jaycee: Frustrated homosexual nigger who secretly harbors fantasies of sexual submission to members of the KKK. Subject is anguished because it wants to fullfill the sexual fantasies that drives it, but is ashamed and too frightened to live the life it desires. Subject knows it would become a pariah in the black community if it goes back to its roots serving the "white man." Subjects ultimate fantasy would be to become a "house nigger" for a grand wizard of the KKK. However this is impossible because of the illegallity of slavery in modern America. Over time the subject will become more and more frustrated and angry. Suggested course of treatment: Full frontal lobotomy and castration.
Jaycee replies: only nigger here is you.The only homo here is you.I can't be a homo.I f--- your mom last night.You can save psychology bulls--- semen mouth.Your on a blackman's site calling people nigger.Your probably some fat hillbilly motherf---er on the computer talking s---.Only thing we have in common is that we both f---ed your mother.So take your flaming ass to the bar in suck some dick gaybird.There's no way your A Doctor unless its a doctor of grabbing ankles.
Nignog writes: This total K bitch is pretty f---ed up. I think he got a taste of some black dick when he was in his "gear". Now he's jealous 'cause they find out he's got no pussy to give up so all he get's to do is suck a pole. When I was f---ing his Mom in her ass she smiled sweetly and told me what a darling little bitch he's turned out to be. Man what a night. Some friends and I ran a "gallon" train on her. She get pumped so full of jizz she looked like a big vanilla custard donut. Man I love this hot-assed KKK bitches.
Luke: I cruised over to The Vortex at www.mondofamilyfilms.com.
Aghast writes: Dear Ms. D'Aire, I have an embarassing problem that I hope you can advise me on. When at a public urinal, like in a stadium (those trough things), I find it exceeding difficult to urinate. I see at the Mondo BBQs you have no difficulty whizzing in public. How can I get my bladder to overcome its 'stage fright'?
Luke: I have that same problem. I can't pee in front of others.
Queer: I just want to anounce I'm throwing my panty gloves into the ring. I am running for President on the Queer ticket. Our slogan is... We will leave no child's behind alone. Well wadda ya think? Michael Jackson has already contributed 2 million dollars in soft money.
Pie Dog Savage returned from the Republican National Convention: Yeah, a great time was had by all at the elephant jamborie. The picture I was holding was a cardboard thin TV screen stolen from one of the delegates. Brother Terry supplied us with a lap top computer with a DVD player. George W. was so happy that we were able to distract the press from the apearence of Ralph Nader on the convention floor, that later he cut us some really big lines. Boy do them Texians know whats big. We were all flying so high that we went out to one of those protestor camps and f---ed us all a bunch of them dirty hippy chicks. Then we went back to the convention and f---ed a bunch of those hookers supplied by corporate bucks. We went to one of them closed door partys, hearing that a big orgy was going on, it was pretty f---ing sick- a gay orgy was going on with a bunch of them born again young boys and old fag congressmen. We got the hell out of there quick, but didn't find Rocketboy till the next morning. Anyway it was a real blast, we even got to wear police uniforms and kick some new-age tofu eating bastards in the teeth.
Dick Cheney writes: My fellow Americans: I never would have accepted the nomination, for Vice President, had I known I would have to shake all those niggers hands.
Porn With Retarded Actors
My E cup ex-girlfriend Twin Peaks writes me: "Did you know if I type in RETARD PORN in Yahoo.com... You are the 12th site to come up? Now THAT is scary. (No scarier than me typing in Retard Porn, of course)... How can I find that? I heard something about it. You should know, right? For a gag gift."
Luke: What do you want exactly?
Twin Peaks: Porn with retarded actors.
Luke: Most porn features retarded actors.
Twin Peaks: What is this now? You? YOU have a broken heart? Someone acctually HURT you? You actually cared about someone? How can that be?
And the retard porn...they arent there against their will - its not snuff...or anything... I heard it was funny.
Luke: Dear readers, Twin Peaks is a secular Jew. Thus it should be no surprise that she could find such gross exploitation of the mentally challenged "funny."
Rumdar: Jews only? I thought it was funny too. You don't have to be Jewish to [enjoy retarded porn]....
Ron Jeremy writes on MrMarcus.com:
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Will you accept the divine
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Ethical Monotheism?
The Whacky World Of Heather Barron
Amused writes: More musings from the wacky website of Heather Barron.
"SEXIEST MAN ALIVE: Danny Devito - I would love for him to read my feature film screenplay. I have been a fan of his for many years, both in acting, writing and production and I think that comedy writers are sex symbols because they know how to push people buttons. Words and setup are the ultimate in foreplay. I have a feeling Dr. D would know just how to push my buttons. His wife Rita sounds like a trip!"
Bad News For Porners
I've been talking to people about the nomination of Orthodox Jew Joseph Lieberman as Al Gore's running mate.
Chaim Amalek writes: "Listen up you porners! You are going to be seriously messed with by Washington no matter who wins come November. A great shift in the way Washington views Hollywood culture (which includes pornography) is coming, and you can't stop it."
Rumdar: No porn? Luke..I am going to stock up now.........
Adult industry lobbyist Mike Ross says...
Curious writes: So when (not if) Joseph Leiberman is sworn in as Vice-president will he be required to place his hand on a Hebrew Bible or one with the New Testament?
Jews Rejoice! First Orthodox running mate, now Roseanne to pose nude! Click here: Celebrity Sex News
Chosen Ones
Axle writes: "Luke What is the true meaning or implications of the term 'chosen ones'? Do most Jews really believe that by birth they are closer to god than non jews? If this is not believed so literally by secular Jews, are there some(ie. Orthodox Jews) who would never except you as a Jew because of the fact that you're a convert?"
Luke: Jews believe that they have been specially chosen by God to represent him on earth. We believe that God gave us a profound moral law (the Torah) that we should practice daily and be a "kingdom of priests and a holy nation." That we should be a light unto the nations, show others a better way to live. Jews should be Jehovah's Witnesses. We witness to the divine presence in history. We call humanity to a higher moral law.
Choseness doesn't mean special privileges. Judaism holds that it is easier for non-Jews to get to heaven than for Jews. Non-Jews only have to live by a basic ethical code (Seven Laws of the Sons of Noah) while Jews are accountable to hundreds of laws. I've only encountered one Jew who would not accept me as a Jew because I am a convert. Generally speaking, the Orthodox are the most accepting of converts because their Jewish lives are God and Torah based. Secular Jews are held together by only ethnic culture, a very thin bond which disappears rapidly over the generations. Most American Jews are secular but they are assimilating. They don't count for much Jewishly.
If Gore had chosen a secular Jew, it would've been bad news to me, because I would have no idea where that person got his values. Secular Jews, like secular non-Jews, are accountable to no higher moral standards than what is legal.
The book "Why the Jews?" discusses Choseness: "The Jews' choseness confers neither privilege nor superiority, only obligation and suffering - 'Since I have known only you of all the peoples of the earth, I will visit upon you all your sins" (Amos 3:2). The Jews are chosen only to complete a task. This people either chose itself, or as the believing Jew holds, were chosen by God, to make humanity aware of the Supreme Moral Being. This is in fact what the Jews, often despite themselves, have done. Louis Jacobs discusses this in A Jewish Theology: "It becomes obvious that [regarding Jewish chosenness] we are not discussing a dogma incapable of verification but the recognition of sober historical fact. The world owes Israel the idea of the one God of righteousness and holiness. This is how God became known to mankind."
Kid Vegas, Brandon Irons & the Girls Party
Shortly after midnight, in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, I got a phone call from Mad Jack. He was at a hotel in Chatsworth partying with Kid Vegas, Brandon Irons and a couple of porn girls. Listen here.
Mr Chris writes: My cameraman showed me that mp3 you posted of Mad Jack and the gang partying at the Chatsworth hotel. I wanted to send you a couple pics of "Cassie", the one introduced as Mad Jack's new girlfriend. She mentioned she was brand new, and had only done 3 scenes - anyway one of those scenes was with me for VIDEOSTARS.COM. Im also working on developing "freshoffthebus.com" since I am shooting so many newcummers nowadays......
Plot vs Gonzo
David Aaron Clark (dolorosax@aol.com) writes on RAME: To say that NO ONE tries to "make movies like the classics" is a generalization. Of course, that depends on what you mean by "like the classics." Certainly, the by-the-numbers, much-touted returns of Ginger Lynn and Marilyn Chambers were in vehicles that were slavish imitations of "the classics," though obviously to lesser effect.
If you're not checking out the few who dare try -- Robert Black for a short while before his Extreme days, Antonio Pasolini's first few solo features for VCA, before he hunkered down to journeyman status, John Leslie's stuff for VCA and the handful of features he's done for Evil Angel, Charlie Crow's brief career, and certainly -- though I'm sure they're probably too "modern" for you -- most of my features for Heatwave -- POISON CANDY, AURORA'S LAST SIN, SEX DRIVER -- then just keep rewinding those old Excalibur tapes until they go snowy and snap on you.
I suspect most of the stuff you remember fondly was maverick product in its day, in an industry that was overall a maverick industry. There certainly is quite a number of bland features with technically good chops (and bad sex!) being produced by the big boys which are nothing but updates of the crap of yesteryear. Paul Thomas, James Avalon, Michael Raven, Jonathan Morgan, et al are churning out comparable potboilers to the potboilers of yesteryear.
It may be time to get over it, Frank. Sure, there will never be another DEVIL IN MISS JONES. There will also never be another BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN, CASABLANCA, GONE WITH THE WIND, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, THE SEARCHERS, THE WILD BUNCH, APOCALYPSE NOW, TAXI DRIVER, etc etc etc. Art, particularly of the cinematic sort, is always very much a product of its era. What works in the context of one era often can't be reproduced in the context of another. Post-MTV, NYPD BLUE, BREAKING THE WAVES, static classical camera set-ups are never going to signify again like they once did, and in a post-20th century era the romance and innocence of the "decadent" '70s is never going to seem sophisticated or smart enough again.
Of course, you can argue that are less classic films being produced than ever, percentage-wise. To which I say, "maybe." But that's a byproduct of the natural human instinct of greed; once the Pandora's Box has been opened, and Hollywood sees that happy-ending flicks with only likable characters and no unresolved moral dilemmas make oodles more money than more ambitious work, can you expect people who care about nothing but money to act any differently?
That was what independent film was supposed to be about, and sometimes still is -- though, as has been well-documented, it's ended up as a compromised little mini-industry of its own. And to get back to one of my orignal points, that's the story of gonzo -- originally a reaction against the overwhelmingly cookie-cutter, mediocre porn product of the '80s, it has now been co-opted and institutionalized into the lowest common denominator -- which makes it the lowest of the low, since most serious critics consider pornography the lowest form of art (if they consider it at all).
Frank, I'm going to point out a couple big problems with your brilliant math, and then leave this topic -- if I were to get much deeper into it at all, I should be teaching this course at the Learning Annex or something. And getting paid for educating you.
As I said, NOBODY gets $15 a tape except for Evil Angel and Anabolic, and that's not from every distributor, or even on every single title. And as I've said (and you've quite handily ignored), nobody except the blessed very few move anywhere NEAR 5000 pieces out the door.
Besides which, obviously, you have never owned your own business, or you would be aware that there is much more to the cost of doing business than simply the production cost of the show. There is:
1. post-production. editing, music, etc. Can run anywhere from $500 for a mostly unedited bottom of the barrel amateur to $5 grand for a modestly ambitous feature.
2. box-cover packaging and design. Again, anywhere from a few hundred bucks to $2500.
3. The physical printing and duplication of the completed package, which costs anywhere from $1.75 to $3 per unit.
4. The shipping costs for the units in question -- and right now, the industry is plagued by something called "R.A."s, where a bookstore or small distributor will make an order over the phone, but then think better or be short on cashflow and refuse delivery -- leaving the manfacturer/distributor holding the bag over shipping costs.
5. Promotional costs. Again, from a few hundred to thousands, if slicks, mailings, taking distributors to dinner so they'll buy your lousy tape instead of the next guy's are involved. And let me tell you, I don't care how wonderful "INSATIABLE" is -- I loved it in my youth, as well -- it would sink like a f---ing stone today if it didn't have the proper hype behind it, and even if it did, it would NEVER -- NEVER, NEVER -- make the kind of money it once did. As Lou Reed said, "Those were different times." I wish I had bought stock in Bell Telephone back in the 1920s, too, but hey ...
6. Company overhead. Accountants. The girl who answers the phone. The guys who sweat in the back, packing boxes, running duplicating machines. The salesperson, who takes a bite out of every sale and a salary besides. The rent. The electricity. The insurance. The f---ing office furniture, computers, phones, professional equipment if the company is doing its own duping and/or editing. The $10gs it costs to have a booth at CES. The $10gs or more to put up a website, and then the monthly maintenance costs. The list goes on and on and on. Sure, a smaller guy avoids some of these costs, or reduces them. But they don't disappear. It's THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. And when and if that small guy does the next INSATIABLE, you won't even know about it, because he couldn't buy or finagle bookstore shelf space, AVN raves, what have you.
Add to that that the money TRICKLES back in, even on first week sales -- and give up a certain amount for debt that will NEVER be collected, and it doesn't look quite so rosy, does it?
I'm actually amused and a bit offended at how you say that "OBVIOUSLY" if the porn's good it'll make back its money forever, and the guy who put up the money will be collecting "residuals." Residuals? We're not talking about sitcoms or television commercials here, Frank! Not to mention that even by your initial reckoning, an eventual $10K profit on tying up $65K for six months or more is hardly what an investor is looking for, unless he's in it merely hoping for a blowjob or two, or needs a tax write-off (and yes, those two situations of course exist, though not as often anymore as would be convenient for those of us in need of capital).
It's very nice for you that you know some folk in the film industry, but the film industry is not the porn industry. If I may be blunt, I'm IN the porn industry. I've been in it over ten years. Immersed. I learn something new almost every day about it. I am well-acquainted, both personally and professionally, with representative models from both the millionaire and the pauper end of porn. Do you think I'm lying to you about all this? Or do you think that you are the super-genius who sees through all those pesky facts and figures to some higher truth that, if we all just grunted and groaned along with you to build that time machine, could take us back to the Good Old Days? Ah, it was fun jousting. But you're trolling too hard, my friend. I'll wait for the next topic that I can't help but start squawking about ...
ASIAN FEVER, Hustler's bi-monthly spin-off, reviews Typhoon stuff in every issue. But most of it gets ignored because most of it is carelessly repackaged, untranslated Japanese/Asian product that is even, in many cases, B-roll stuff -- bad angles, etc. Have you tried ASIAN STREET HOOKERS, or the current spate of LOVING SPOONFULS Ed Powers is putting out featuring All the Asian Girls He's Loved Before? There's also ASIAN DOLLS, not so great quality but it does tend to get all the new Asians as they come into the Valley.
Pat Riley: When you see the numbers laid out it sort of calls into question the BS about a multi-billion dollar industry.
Fortunately, Frank, people aren't rushing to repeat the "classics" of the past. I say "fortunately" because every time you mention an example I shudder in horror. No one except you wants to see an ugly old Georgina Spelvin in Devil In Miss Jones. Sheesh! And Marilyn Chambers was barely passable even in Behind The Green Door, let alone eight years and god only knows how many miles of white powder later.
But if you want to have a chance of doing a good movie, you have to
kill off Spaceman
You kill off the rental market by making the DVD purchase cost lower than the (rent + perceived transaction cost) and by increasing the availability. It costs me $2 to rent a tape for a night and for me the transaction cost is not very high (I go past the video store every day and any "stopping cost" is offset by a friendly atmosphere and a chat with the owner) so let's say 0.50 per tape. Total $2.50. Sell me the DVD for that at Tower Porno and goodbye rental store. Actually you can probably go even higher to say $3.00 presuming that Tower Porno, like it's record namesake, will have every common porno in stock at all times. I'll pay (a little) for that. So will most people, I'll bet.
If I'm really convinced that your (Frank's) modern classic is worth buying I'll pay more for that too. Maybe up to $20 for something with only good-looking women, no facials, only plot-related anals, no tattoos, no piercings, no mothers, no used up old biddies, a good male-exalting plot, reasonable acting, good production values, etc, just like I'd be willing to pay more for an arthouse mainstream movie. But for this to work, you have to kill off the rental market first.
And no, this is not the current concept of "sell-thru" where the mfg/retailer still charges an extortionate price and thus allows the rental store to still be a viable business. The price has to be competitive with a rental.
How can the mfg still make a profit, you might ask? Let's take an example. My video store had two copies of Barely Legal #1 which it rented at 100% for the first three months (it still rents but let's be conservative). That's $2.00 times 90 days times 2 = $360 of which the mfg and distributor received the princely sum of $18 times 2 or $36. Would all the renters buy the movie for $3 if that were the only choice? Not at the moment because most don't have DVD players but as soon as they find that can buy the movie the same day it comes out, they'll rectify that problem and then it won't be $36 going back to the distributor/mfg but $360, or ten times as much (presuming $1 for the store overhead/profit). Taking about mid-point on DAC's numbers of 2,500 sold under the current system, we have $45,000 versus 180 times 2,500 = $450,000. Think you could make a modern "classic" for that, DAC even after the overhead problems?
Confessions of a Blue Movie Star
Patrick Riley wrote: In a 1974 documentary, Confessions Of A Blue Movie Star, about the suicide of a German porn star called Claudia Fielers, there's an interview with the mother of a girl named Christine von Stratowa and the mother was complaining that the regulations had recently (presumably in 1974) changed to forbid the nude use of under 18 year olds in sex films. Apparently up until this time under-18's simply had to have the consent of a parent which mom in this case was quite happy to give even though Christine was only 12, a well-developed 12 however.
>There must be something wrong with this documentary. She couldn't >be a porn star, because our law changed on April 1st, 1974. Before >this date it was forbidden to act, produce, buy, sell or possess >pornographic material.
PR: 1) In 1974 and even today in some quarters, the word "pornographic" is used loosely to describe anything with a hint of sex. Weren't those "Schoolgirl Reports" movies from the late sixties supposedly porn, albeit without explicit sex?
2) They use the term "sex films" not "porno movies" nor "adult movies" nor any other term. Is it possible that like the nudie cuties and roughies of the sixties in the US, "sex films" were simply sliding under the prohibition?
3) "Films" is also a problem. In the interviews in the late sixties and early seventies the actresses would say they had appeared in 135 "films" but what they meant were not films as we would consider them today but smokers or even non-sex nudies of 10 or 15 minutes.
4) Was the prohibition against pornographic material a German Federal Law or did it vary by state?
5) I find it difficult to believe that the flourishing porno producers in Denmark (Color Climax etc) didn't try to enter the much larger German market right next door.
> Since this date only soft pornographic >material is allowed.
I think we have an English problem here. This would seem to say that since 1974 there have been no explicit porno movies in Germany, something that just can't be true.
> Another changing on April 1st, 1974 was that >the full age become lowered from 21 to 18. Before this date a 20 >year old was handled like a 14 or 15 year old. The nude use of >under-18's or 21's hadn't changed in films after 1974 because >we have no law or paragraph who regulate nudity in films, tv or >photos.
I'm only repeating what the documentary and Christine's mother said but I see no reason for her (or them) to lie. The mother was upset because apparently Christine was her meal ticket (talk about stage mothers!) and she had suffered a considerable drop in income because of this supposed change in the law.
An example are the films of Helmut Newton, where minors played nude. This films are from the 1980's. An actress I know of is Anja Schuete. She played nude in some films with the age of 15 / 16.
The documentary went on to say that Christine was the reason the law was changed. It appears that in her last movie Christine was having an affair with the director and he was convicted under something similar to the US statutory rape laws and sent to jail for two years.
You wrote that this girl was 12 years old. A sexual contact under 14 years is forbidden. It has nothing to do with rape. That's my interpretation. Screwing a 12 year old almost everywhere in the US is called statutory rape. I.e., it's rape because at that age it's deemed that she can't consent to sex. The panel code has an extra paragraph for this (§176 StGB). Now you're saying that under 18 but over 14 is OK which would appear to conflict, unless the age was downgraded after 1974, an unlikely occurrence I would think. Changes with sexual aspects were made in 1993 (forbid possession of child pornography, new regulations for homo and lesbian relationships) an 1997 (forbid produce, buy, sell and possession of virtual child pornography).
Interestingly they also interview Roman Polanski in the documentary, presumably before his own under-age problems.
Pat Riley - Most Caucasian Critic This Side Of Gene Siskel?
David Clark writes on RAME: Um, Superfreak. As in Rick James' 1980s #1 hit single, and in the parlance then and since. Patrick, you're a gem, but you're also the most Caucasian critic this side of Gene Siskel. And that bitch is dead.
Pat Riley: Sorry, not in my parlance. I didn't realize that there was an pre-requiste to watching porn movies of being familiar with low-life music and the low-lifes that inhabit that industry. (Low-life = not performed at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, or similar.)
Rick who? Was he someone important? Did he run for congress? Invent a new drug? Make some scientific breakthrough? Develop a new philosophical paradigm? Murder someone? Is there some reason why a normal person who's contact with popular culture is limited to Jay Lenno, 60 Minutes, the nightly news, etc should have ever heard of Rick James?
How can one be MOST Caucasian? You are either Caucasian or you're not or maybe you could be a mixed Caucasian/Negroid but I don't think that's what you're getting at. "Bitch?" Hmmm, female dog? Nope, doesn't fit. Prison inmate generally the bottom in a forced homosexual relationship? AFAIK Siskel was never in prison and I'm certainly not. Black female (dubiously pejorative)? Nope. I don't even know if I should be insulted.
I've struck this unwillingness to respond politely to questions along these lines before, most notably with the question of Voodoo Child where even voyager responded obliquely and others were downright rude (I must be a moron not to know about Voodoo Child and some low-life singer from Seattle).
I apologize if I sound testy but all I'm asking for is a simple, normal English definition of a word used as jargon, something that I would certainly supply for anything within my area of expertise. I expect the same from other posters. Since you seem to have difficulty configuring your newsreader to quote the original message and others fail to keep threads on their machines, I'll provide pertinent parts of post you replied to:
LuvBooty1@webtv.net wrote: >So!! Now slang is outlawed too?
PR: >If the audience doesn't understand it, yes. >The Elegant Angel series "Super Freaks" had me really puzzled. I >couldn't understand why there weren't any midgets, people with 12 >toes, women without arms, etc. and I still don't know. Santino asks >the girls if they're "super freaky". What the hell is that?
>Interpreting your sentence above in context "I wanna see the girl get >freaked!" translates as "I want to see the girl get f---ed" (clumsy >but acceptable English). So "freaked" = "f---ed". What about the >Elegant Angel series? Is that "Super f---s"? What is a "super f---"? >And what is the meaning of Santino's "super freaky"? "Super f---y"? >Makes no sense.
>While we're on the definition kick, you might consider "redbone", >another word I don't understand
Kevin Blatt Works Out
I called my friend Kevin Blatt, a former marketing director for YNOT, Tuesday morning. He said he was covered in sweat after working out. He just took on this cross two weeks ago.
Kevin's friend Houston appears on the Howard Stern Show Wednesday morning.
Kevin: "I've been appointed by the Free Speech Coalition to sit on a workshop panel with others...as a liason to the adult internet world. I will incorporate some of my contacts on the video side of the business as well as the internet side."
Luke: "I'm kvelling over Lieberman and all the discussions about what he can and can not do on the Sabbath. That he won't campaign on the Sabbath and on the High Holy days. All politicians should take a day off a week to commune with God."
Kevin: "Now is the most important time for their to be a lobby on behalf of our industry in Washington. If there's going to be a future for our industry. It's scarey. You've got Tipper Gore who's all for censorship...and now you've got an Orthodox Jew.
"I have relatives who are Orthodox and they don't have a problem with what I do for a living. And there are some Orthodox Jews in this business...
"Why is it we can't touch Australian companies?"
Luke: "Because Australia is a sovereign nation with its own laws. And to go after Australian webmasters who steal content, etc, you have to hire an Australian barrister and it is very expensive."
Kevin: "What do you know about Sydney Steele? She's so hot dude. I met her at the Playboy party in Las Vegas. She's so nice."
Luke: "She's the wife of director Michael Raven. They're from Texas."
Kevin: "Houston is going to be on Howard Stern Wednesday morning. You must listen. She's bringing her labia in in an ice-sculptured carving. She's coming in with two armed guards and a pink limosine. And Howard will see her new pussy for the first time. And hopefully she will mention OfficialHouston.com, our new paysite together.
"It will be full of behind the scenes stuff. She'll have BBQs with all her friends.
"Have you heard from JoeE [of CENcash.com]?"
Luke: "No, but I got my first check."
Kevin: "Once you get that, they just come rolling in every week."
Free Speech Coalition president Gloria Leonard writes Luke: "You're a goddamned Chatty Kathy with me today...In an effort to expand the goals of our industry and enlighten our constituency, the Free Speech Coalition believes it important to reach out to various adult community members in an effort to exchange critical information. It is not possible for only thirteen Board Members to accomplish all that needs to be done, learn all that needs to be learned and subsequently, share it with all those who need to know. I'm glad that Kevin has agreed to particpate in one of many new working groups we've established; the response from others has been equally positive, although there is a degree of certainty that YOU'LL find something negative in all of this! If that turns out to be the case, you may NEVER ask me a question again....."
Luke: "I can't find anything negative here, even though I've tried...because i really like kevin and i think he'll be a big asset to the FSC and the industry... And expanding to the internet for the FSC is one smart move..."
Mike South: Kevin Blatt is a good guy Im sorry to see that he wants
to bring internet porn down to the level of videoporn. he is allowing
the FSC to use him to pad their bank account. kevin should look at the
state of the video industry and ask himself if this is what he really
wants for internet porn
lukes site is honest
and then you have morons like glorioski who think that the FSC is the
reason porners havent had problems with the feds in awhile
so mike do you think tipper or bush will be harder on porn
I met Bill Lyon the new FSC guy in Vegas
Luke Wants A Job
I'm sick of writing this site and not making any money. I want a real job so I can be more socially acceptable and get married. Before I settled into this site, I did temp work as an "administrative assistant," a glorified term for secretary. I live in West Los Angeles. I need to make a minimum of $20 an hour. Email Luke.
Goddess writes: Ya know, just the other day when I was buying dinner for Mike South, it occurred to me that you should work with the Tragically Hip God of Gossip, and now I see you're looking for a new, more respectable position. Today is your lucky day!! Word is Gene needs someone to unload the truckloads of suntan lotion that arrives at his house daily....
Lou writes: Luke- In regards to your job search, as a long-time reader I'm wondering if you can follow up on a few threads from the history of Luke F-rd.com. Loyal readers are dying to know!
1) What happened with your offer to do a porn film? If you declined, why? Which female star were you to work with? Couldn't this be one means of supplimenting your income while providing valuable research?
2) When does your current employment contract run out from your sponsor?
3) Have you retained legal council for your numerous lawsuits? What about a barter payment with your lawyer whereby you receive representation in exchange for introducing the lawyer to Kendra Jade?
4) What about receiving an advance on your next book?
5) Would fluffing a gay porn be out of the question?
6) What about work for the Jewish organization who took you to Israel? Have you considered working in the Jewish community?
Yours, in Peter Luther good Christian, Chaim is a punk-ass, and Curious needs to get laid- -Lou Scorbick
Goddess writes: Luke, you are *so* never gonna get another job as easy as the one you have now. You just sit back and let everybody write your column. Take Lou Scorbick, for instance. He wrote you some thought provoking questions, and you don't even bother to answer them! You just slap them up and move onto something else. I'll bet you're sitting in front of the computer right now, wearing nothing but your underwear and scratching your ass:) Where are you *ever* gonna find another cake job like this???
Lou: What about writing for Gene Ross freelance for AVN? Might be some cash in that, I'd think... also, what about contacting nerve.com? You could be their adult correspondant.
The other, larger, question, is what segue can you make out of porn in the journalist world? Certainly internet communities that form, religion, and/or psyche issues that you've discussed on your site are open for articles. I freelance for a few large websites, writing articles for $200 a pop, maybe you can suppliment your income that way.
I understand your need to branch out, to truly be accepted by a legitimate community and by responsible people, you will have to leave porn. The two are irreconcilable. You know that, but the celebrity and fame you've received will be hard to turn your back on. I don't envy you that seperation, it's going to be hard. But once you're through it I believe you'll be much happier.
Greg: To make more money the bookie idea still applies. Porm star fans seem so crazy you could probably pull it off if you partnered with an on-line casino. You've got 1/2 of the underworld covered (porn), you might as well go all the way and add the other half (gambling). The on-line casinos may like it b/c they all offer sports, video poker, etc. It would distinguish one from the pack. It may just work, even if it just generates more traffic to the casino site.
Also: You don't think a line of Luke F-rd (think of a cool "LF" logo) hats, t-shirts, coffee mugs would sell? I think it would be pretty funny, almost like a secret society. People would nod approaval at each other in LA if they saw and recognized a fellow Luke F-rd fan.
Your .html skills must be marketable for a side job ... I suppose its hard to point this out on the resume, given the site material. Still, I've seen your site develop from the simple text hyper-links into a pretty nice design. Why don't try doing a little free-lance or volunteer site to build up a more main stream portfolio?
I'd keep up the work on your current site however. There are web developers who would love the readership and hits you apparently generate. There has got to be a better way to capitalize on this without looking like a sell-out, or losing its bizzare uniqueness. What do you think the readers want? What will they pay for/click through to? I'll do my part: Are you still selling signed copies of your book? I was going to order another for a friend of mine.
Luke: Yes, fans, you can get an autographed copy of A History of X for just $30 (you can buy it on Amazon.com for $20). Just send your money to 264 S. La Cienega Blvd. PMB1417, BH, CA, 90211.
WAGNBRNER@yahoo.com: I know these are ideas that you probably have already come up with, but just in case, here you go; Obviously you know how to build sites, and you are well conected in the industry, so why not build actual adult sites ? Or better yet, if that goes against your getting married and social acceptance, why not get a job as a web designer ? There are so many Flash jobs out there it's ridiculous. Why not start your own company, to host sites ?
I realize that costs money, which you say you don't make with l-keford.com, but it's a possibility, and you've already got the history and experience behind ya. If you totally want to be removed from the adult industry, and the internet, why not try learning some other software. I suggest learning 3D studio max. I'm working for a gaming company, for playstation 2 titles, and let me tell ya, Max experience equals money. having artistic know how is necessary, but looks like you've got a handle on design skills. Better yet, why not do some motion graphics or broadcast design, and learn Adobe After effects ?
Sorry, I confess that I don't know too much about your background, location, etc. To be honest, I was looking for news on Brooke Ashley, to find out how she is doing these days, and I came across your site. If you are in the Los Angeles area, maybe I can help you learn the afforementioned software packages. I usually tutor, etc, and if you don't have the money, I'm sure something can be arranged. I know a lot of people helped me when I was going to college, so not like I'm a mercenary or something. Oh yeah, speaking of Brooke, is there someway I can contact her, fan club or something, to see how she is doing ? I have an idea for her, for a job, that she might be interested in, and have been trying to contact her, but don't know where to look, as I am in the game industry, and have only worked sporadically in the adult industry ( making web sites, not in films ).
Lukey Whoppers
No, not the lies I publish...
Helpful writes: Luke, the only proven way for you to make more money in your industry is to get breast implants. Please do not go larger than a C cup as then they would look really fake. Good luck!
Breast Implants
> GCastic writes on CheyenneSilver.com: First > off, take it from someone who knows, Vivid did > NOT and does NOT force any of it's girls to > get boob jobs. The Vivid girls are free to > negotiate their contracts. Cheyenne had the > choice to get the implants or not to get them. > She chose to get them.
HK: Luke, this guy is a real piece of work. He could not have done a better job of playing industry apologist or shilling.
> Secondly, she did not go from an "A" to a > "DD." She's now a small "C," if that, and they > look fantastic!!! You'd never know she had > them done unless you look at them under a > microscope.
HK: Gotta get the superlatives in there ("fantastic!!!"...with three exclamation marks no less!!!) and the absurd, like not knowing she had them done unless using a microscope. That is the most ridiculously hilarious remark I've ever heard in this area. And I've heard plenty.
> And the last time I talked to her, she was > very pleased with them; especially since she > didn't have any scarring.
HK: There is *always* scarring. More bulls---.
> I agree that porn is moving away from fake > tits, but once you see pictures and movies of > Cheyenne with her new tits, you'll be jerking > off twice as much as before.
HK: The absolute mark of an industry shill. Someone is concerned, so he tells him he'll be "jerking off twice as much"...unbelievably contemptuous and shows where the industries minds still are...up their asses.
> To be boldly honest, her tits sagged a little > before the implants. Enough to gross you out > or make you think she's not beautiful??? No. > But they definitely needed a little filling > out. Vivid makes their money because of > how the girls look. Do you honestly think > that they would mame or scar the very people > who bring in the cashflow for them?? Of course > not.
Sagged!. 21 year olds don't *sag*. Of course so. Why the implants then?. Oh, that's right, they are "scarless". What a dweeb!. This guy is major league BS artisan and clearly an industry cluck. "Filling out", one of the most cliched responses from the industry types.
> Look at the current Vivid roster: Cassidey- > natural, Raylene- fake, Dasha- natural, Lori > Michaels-natural, Cheyenne Silver- fake, > Dayton-natural, Kira Kener- fake, Devon- fake. > Four natural girls, four fake; all gorgeous. > Everyone should be pleased.
Except it doesn't address the issue. Tap dance.
> Just because so many porn girls have been > butchered with lousey boob jobs doesn't mean > that there aren't doctors whose work borders > on perfection.
Another falsehood. Un-freakin-believable, but so typical. Still, I don't think I've ever seen anyone hit so many cliches in one passage. If Vivid doesn't require it and the girls are free to "negotiate" and he agrees that porn is moving away from fake tits...then why do they even offer it in a contract?. Why do they dangle that carrot unless they want someone to take it?. And obviously, they "shepherd" the ones they want to go that direction. Coercion can be subtle.
I'm trying to figure out whether it's Brian Gross or David Schlessinger. There's no way a "regular" person would have taken this approach and no way a "regular" person would have hit all the cliched, trite industry responses. Go pitch your BS to the morons at Channel 13 or VH1's Rebecca Skankin. Eventually it will all come back around to you and remember, the deeper you dig, the more you'll have to shovel it back.
Anything you do along this PR bulls---, you are going to HAVE to undo. Remember it. It will happen. The first guy got it right, that's why the response was so strong...and so wrong. And why they spend so much time peddling their "positive" fluff to the TV morons who won't ask any questions because they want some (fake)T&A. Pure industry propaganda...and it proves the opposite. Take it from someone who REALLY knows and will be honest about with no monetary gain from it.
Luke Gets Mail
John writes: Here's something I'd like to see done in a porno, which I've never seen done before. Have you heard that expression, "I'd drink her bath water?" Well I'd like to see a girl in the bathtub (no soap, of course) and a guy dipping up a cup of her dirty water and drinking it down. That'd be a nice way to open a film, wouldn't it? Porn directors out there, you're welcome to use my idea.
Lynne L-patin writes: Just three more days of school, and I shall return to terrorize the population of l-keford.comville. I am looking forward to it. I know I've missed a lot....rapes, beatings, more rapes at the very least....none of which would have happened if I hadn't turned my back, but beware -- there is no statute of limitations when it comes to crimes by so-called pornographers against women.
The tidbits which have filtered down to me through the grapevine have been interesting, but have only whetted my desire to return to work. Fortunately, my right thumb, which I sprained a couple weeks back through furious erasing after my algebra teacher made an inadvertent typo in our homework, is almost healed. It is hard to be a warrior of the keyboard with a stiff right thumb, not to mention that my right hand is my masturbation hand, dammit.
Celibacy continues to play an important part in my life, as does the Labrador bitch, Tobi, who celebrates her second birthday on August 18. In dog years that makes her the equivalent of a fourteen year old girl, but dammit, I can't convince her to sleep til noon like human adolescents.....
I've been in class from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. five days a week, going on three weeks now, and working out of town on weekends. I leave the house Saturday morning before 6 a.m. and return around 9 p.m. on Sunday night. Starting next week, though, I will be finishing up the month of August with two weeks left in only one class, from 10 a.m. to noon....and then have a month off until classes begin again on September 25.
Darling Luke, I know it has been hard for you to carry the responsibility of maintaining a strong moral fibre aboard l-keford.com without me, and I promise not to fault you on Friday when I finally have the chance to review the stories I've missed over the last three weeks. Think of it as playtime with your fellow mice while pussy's away.
Lynne is exceptionally fit, physically (I'm in the top ten percent of all the women of all ages according to my trainer, who also coaches football at a local college, for those who are impressed by such sports), mentally (thanks to new confidence inspired by a top notch math teacher who is also a drop dead gorgeous tall, long legged blonde, for those who are impressed by such sports), and emotionally, thanks to a good drama coach and an exciting, new relationship with a gorgeous man who is NOT in the porn business (but who has worshipped me from afar via my "celebrity" from the site, and who is fortunately NOT impressed by such sports).
Lynne L-patin, porn slut cum laude, ready to rock as of August 14. Take a deep collective breath, you perverted morons, and be very, very afraid.
Goddess writes: Tell the truth, Lynne!! You were furiously jacking somebody off when you hurt that thumb....hhhmm, I wonder *who* it was?!
Click here: Jenna on LATER (NBC) 8/08 Tues
Eyemag.com Reviews Luke's Book
Sam Gaines writes on Eyemag.com about my book "A HISTORY OF X":
Notorious for his kiss-and-tell porno gossip website, Luke F-rd has battled his demons even as he's courted them (and illusions of journalism). His vacillations between his orthodox Judaism (of a sort) and smut scene-hopping are strangely fascinating stuff, and Ford is often as quick to deride his own intentions and actions as anyone else's. For a guy who travels in porno circles, Luke F-rd has few friends in that self-contained industry.
Long anticipated, Ford's book is at once a thoroughly bibliographed history of porno moviemaking (long on footnotes, short on style) and a bizarre collection of snapshots of industry long-timers.
Ford does an excellent job of documenting (via secondary sources, which he marshals ably) the reputed organized crime ties to the porno industry, the drug problems that have plagued porn stars, and the extra-legal kinks that have spawned their own sub-genres of "erotica."
What's missing from A History of X is coherence; Ford bounces back and forth between performer profile and timeline development, rendering narrative flow nearly nonexistent in the process. In other words, what works well on Ford's website makes for a real mess on the printed page.
That said, Ford's history is actually worth the read, if only for the many resources he's gathered together in presenting his case. It's as if the moral train wreck that is the porno industry now has a document as confused as its ethics.
Luke Kvells Over Lieberman
I'm kvelling (overflowing with pride and joy) that Al Gore selected an Orthodox Jew (Senator Joseph Lieberman) as his Vice President nominee. Though of course I will still vote Republican.
Lieberman is a friend to the religious right (and Bill Bennett) and recently appeared on Pat Robertson's TV show. This selection will force secular liberals to reevalute their views of the religious right.
"It is wonderful for secular Jews who fear the religious right see as a VP candidate a member of the religious right," says commentator Dennis Prager.
I believe the polls that say that 92% of Americans are willing to vote for a Jew. I've never encountered anti-Semitism in my eight years as a Jew.
Marc: "luke, since you are on the way to becoming one of my better friends, it hurts me to take issue with you but, c'mon, don't you think that your lack of anti-semitic experience relates to the fact that you don't really look the part. see, i sort of do. which doesn't cause me much grief or anything--save for a recent slur from a bum begging for change on the street (would he have liked the jews better if i flipped him a coin?)--but it's out there. not so pervasive that we must all cower in fear, or really care about how that affects the democratic party's election chances, yet when a slur does get hurled your way, it can't help but sting, even just a little bit, no matter how thick skinned you are. being relatively observant, i think i feel less defensive, though."
Luke: I loved it that Robert Scheer, the left wing secular Jewish columnist for the LA Times, is livid over the selection of Lieberman.
From the WSJ.com on Lieberman: "He has teamed with conservative Republicans to campaign against violent and racy television programming, song lyrics and video games. He has crusaded for changes in the nation's school systems and voted for pilot school-voucher programs, risking the disapproval of the powerful teachers' unions. And he was the first Democrat to take to the Senate floor and call for rebuking Mr. Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky saga."
My rabbi pointed out last night that in the past, and frequently in the future, the Al Gore will be acting as Lieberman's shabbas goy (a non-Jew who will do things for a Jew such as turn on a light, that a Jew is not permitted to do on shabbos). Wouldn't that be something? The President of the United States working as a shabbos goy to serve a religious Jew.
I am sure that Lieberman, as a religious Jew, must absolutely detest the porn industry, and most of Hollywood too. I'd like to hear from Jewish pornographers on this selection.
Free Speech Coalition president Gloria Leonard writes: "I'm delighted that Gore has the foresight and intelligence to recognize the importance of a well-balanced ticket. Though Lieberman may not always be on the same page as more liberal Democrats, he is a thoughtful and ethical man, which, let's face it, Gore desperately needs to wash the Clinton taint away and is a perfect counterpoint to "Dubya's" choice of Cheney. In reality, the Vice President is rarely, if ever, in the loop of actual Presidential policy-making so the concerns that Lieberman will be imposing his sometime strident views on America, is typical over reaction. Ironically, many in the Christian Right like Lieberman 'cause he wears his religion on his sleeve, somehow suggesting a moral imperative that aligns with their own. Of course, there will always be a cadre of ignorant, dimwitted anti-semites in America - invariably they are the same assholes who are opposed to homosexuality, abortion, blacks, Asians - fortunately, most of these cretins haven't yet learned to pull the lever - they do, however, pull triggers, evidenced by last year's assault on the Jewish children's center here in the Valley, immediately followed by the assasination of a Filipino mail carrier. But let's face it - Cheney's got a lesbian daughter, Lieberman is on wife number two, so all God's chillun' got "tzuriss" (Yiddish for "troubles"). All in all, in my view, Lieberman is an excellent choice.
"Yes it's pretty historic to have the first Jew on a presidential ticket. My Dad is probably dancing the hora in his grave! And in truth, I am more excited about having a Jewish vice-president than I was about the prospect of having Geraldine Ferraro become the first woman vice-president, although I feel that stems from the fact that I honestly believe Lieberman is far more qualified for the job than was Geraldine. And to directly answer your question, I am not in the least bothered by his orthodoxy."
WSJ.com: "But in his 12 years as a senator, Mr. Lieberman has repeatedly challenged the entertainment industry's practices. He has blasted "cultural polluters" by offering up a Silver Sewer Award to the producers of controversial programming. He proposed legislation to push television networks toward adopting a uniform ratings system.
"He also backed legislation to require the so-called V-chip in all televisions to allow parents to filter what their children watch, and he has lobbied to have federal regulators investigate marketing of violent products to kids. In conjunction with conservative Republican activist William Bennett and Democratic activist C. Delores Tucker, he crusaded against "gangsta rap" records for glamorizing violence and sex. A particular focus of that campaign was Time Warner Inc., which eventually sold its share of a gangsta-rap label."
Freedom Lover writes on Netpond: Yeah, The more I look at the Lieberman VP situation, the more I realize it is brilliant. This candidate will draw out the REAL republican party (Not the masquarade party at their convention) Foe example: Hate Crimes Laws - Republicans say no a crime is a crime. This means painting a swastika on a synogouge is simple vandalism. Burning a cross on a black family's lawn is simple littering. As Jerry Falwell say's "Jews will go to hell unless they accept Christ as their saviour" And of course all kids should have to listen to Bible passages read to them every morning before class.
On another note, the problems between Jews and Blacks is waaaay overblown. That little "turf war" in New York was between 2 extreme groups of people. When there is an incident of racism against blacks, we can count on the good folks at the Simone Weisenthal Center stepping up to the plate to to condemn it. Most of us think of Jews as brothers in the struggle. They've always been there when we are under attack, as we are now motivated to get a "brother" in the Executive Branch.
Kevin Blatt writes on Netpond: I must say as a Jew it is a great day for America when a Jew can be appointed a running mate for VP.
Webfather: I agree with you that I have been all over this country and seen parts where people have neverseen Jews either. There is simply so much hate out there towards us that I feel Gore is in jeopardy.
I also hear Skitz when he says that Orthodox Jews are way different from the reformed Jews like myself. Orthodox is as far right in Judaism as Nova Scotia to a Californian. I do feel that Lieberman is a great candidate, probably the best available with no skeletons in his closet.
John IP: I must correct you on one point however, growing up in Cleveland Ohio, my brother and I were always around African Americans. Their sentiments were very similar to Jews in that there was tremendous empathy toward us for being discriminated against. While their people had been indentured servants, 6 million of our people were killed through genocide.
Most African Americans that I knew that hated Jews, hated them for the same reasons they hate white people, for the opportunities they were not granted or jealousy of us being more prosperous. I just hope when people cast their votes they truly think "this is the best candidate for the position", and not, "Holy s--- if Gore gets executed we'll have a Jew as President"
All that is truly important is that the candidate does believe in God, and observes his Holidays in worship.
Webslave: Is it me, or does Lieberman sound like a rabbi? Politics and Religion!? If he starts to say "oy vey", or any yiddish i will throw up.
Stefanie from Homegrownvideo.com: Globiz, I don't like white trash, but only because I'm completely rejecting my roots! :) We had a new model in here the other day, and while my boss Farrell was talking to her, I told him about an email I got from someone that asked me to ask Farrell if he was Jewish. Before he could respond, the model said "oh are you Jewish, I'm so sorry" and she grabbed her jacket and tossed it out of the room and said "you didn't see that, did you?" We were confused, so I looked at her coat and she had some nazi/white power pins on there. Then she proceeded to get undressed for her photo shoot. Doesn't that seem odd? Like if you have such strong hate beliefs that you actually purchase and wear a button proclaiming these beliefs, then you have reason to believe the type you hate is in the same room with you, wouldn't you leave? I guess in her case, the idea of getting paid was more important than her hate.
Skitz: I'm Jewish, and I'd NEVER want an orthodox Jew as VEEP. The orthodox jews are a rabid bunch of hypocritical egomaniacs.
AndyA: One line Lieberman used that was very scary.... "We will continue the fight that Tipper started. To bring in an era of PG to our kids in an X rated society" I know what he was talking about....
Serge Birbrair writes: I won't vote for him. Throughout history jews are not given credits for things good jews do (like Greenspan's guidance of USA economy ;-)) but blamed for EVERYTHING as soon as things go wrong and...they do sometimes regardless of who was there ;-))) What do YOU think?
Luke: I am not sure that it is good for the Jews. Jews in high places concern me instinctively.
Emotionally, I am kvelling that an Orthodox Jew has reached so high an office. A Torah observant, kosher keeping shabbas observant Jew... That is thrilling. I think it is very brave of Gore to choose him.
I think Lieberman is a mentch [a good person], but way too liberal for my tastes. I will vote for bush. But i love the discussion this generates, and the explanations about the Jewish sabbath, etc...
Chaim: Well, I hate to go on record agreeing with a porner (is that what he does for a living?), but he is correct. Sorry, but I do not think Lieberman's presence on the ticket is "good for the jews," which may itself be a symptom of selfish ghetto-think. I mean, the better question that we as Americans ought to ask is "Is this good for the United States?"
If the ticket wins, then we have a Jewish VP who will serve as the locus of anti-semitism throughout the planet. EVERYTHING that goes wrong anywhere will be blamed on him. Especially the economy, which, the law of regression to the mean being what it is, is not likely to be as strong in the next four years as it was in the previous four. On the other hand, if the ticket falls, people will blame that on the Jew too.
If I were an anti-semite, I would be rooting for the democrats to win. In fact, I understand that some of them (e.g., Matt Hale, the loon who runs the so-called "Church of the Creator") already are. But the one good thing that will come out of this is a cultural shift in power away from the (mostly) jewish cultural liberals who control Hollywood. Whether they realize it or not, history will mark the Clinton years as their high water mark.
Luke: There's a fascinating discussion on Beliefnet.com. Here's an excerpt from Rabbi Joseph Telushkin's column:
How will Lieberman's Orthodoxy affect his electability and his job performance should he become vice president or even president? It certainly is a legitimate question. If a man doesn't use electricity for a daylong period each week, from Friday night to Saturday night, and is indeed committed to doing no work on that day, is it safe to entrust such a man with national office? In truth, Lieberman's religiosity has not hindered him yet.
The Democratic convention in Connecticut that nominated him for the Senate was held on a Saturday, and he wasn't present for his own nomination. Instead, he sent the convention a video, in which he explained to the delegates that he did not work on his Sabbath (and seeking a nomination definitely qualities as work), but expressed his gratitude to the delegates for nominating him. After such a well-publicized incident, his religiosity was well known to Connecticut voters, and it didn't seem to alienate many of them. In the Senate, his religiosity has not hurt him either.
I've heard Lieberman tell the story of how a crucial Senate vote came up on a Friday night, and so he resolved to remain in the Senate while the matter was debated and voted upon. Since senators vote by pushing an electronic button, he arranged for his friend, Vice President Al Gore, to push the button at his request. Then he walked back to the room he had taken for the Sabbath (it was too far to walk to his house, and he doesn't drive on the Sabbath), trailed by a police car.
In truth, Judaism is an eminently practical religion. Strict as the Sabbath laws are, Jewish tradition has always held that all these laws are suspended in cases of pikuach nefesh--endangerment of life--and virtually any emergency matter that comes before the president can, and should, be classified in that category. If a matter is not an emergency, and it can be dealt with equally effectively Sunday or Monday, is it such a bad thing for a country to have a chief of state who for 24 hours each week is actually thinking about something other than politics, such as God?
I recall that when Lieberman emerged as a senatorial candidate, there was discussion among some whether it was an appropriate position for an Orthodox Jew. Then, during the Monica Lewinsky controversy, Lieberman spoke out, and it immediately became clear that not only had he been accepted as a mainstream Democrat, he was widely regarded as the conscience of the Democratic Party. Why? Specifically because he is a man who takes God and religion seriously.
Conservative Rabbi David Wolpe writes on Beliefnet.com: Sen. Joseph Lieberman is a modern Orthodox Jew. He keeps the Sabbath in a traditional Jewish manner: He will not travel, spend money, write, or work from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. His diet is restricted to meat that has been slaughtered in a particular way, and he will not eat foods deemed non-kosher by the Bible and subsequent Jewish writings (meat from a pig or various other animals, varieties of shellfish, etc.). His food must be prepared in a manner consistent with kosher principles--he will not eat meat and milk at the same meal, for example.
It is entertaining to speculate on how these restrictions might play on the world stage. What will he eat at the banquet in Beijing? Will he stop his meeting with the national security staff to davven mincha--that is, pray the afternoon service? Will he refuse to ride in a car on the Sabbath if there is a national emergency?
Senator Lieberman has made it clear that his religious observances will not interfere with his governing. He will have latitude in certain circumstances to violate traditional restrictions for the higher purposes of helping humanity. Nonetheless, he will be the first Jew to be in the White House, and the first observant Jew (that is, one who follows the laws of Judaism) to be in a position of such importance for centuries. Ritual restrictions are extraneous to the central matter, which is simply this--what can it mean for a Jew to be in the second most important position in the land?
There are loose precedents. Benjamin Disraeli was twice prime minister of England in the second half of the nineteenth century. Yet Disraeli's involvement with Judaism was complex. Despite a strong identification with the fate of the Jewish people, he was hardly a practicing Jew, and perhaps not even a self-identified Jew. The most recent example of a Jew who walked the corridors of power, Henry Kissinger, was never elected, and his Jewish identity was more of a nostalgic immigrant's memory than an active principle in his life.
Chaim Amalek writes: The more I read about Lieberman the more I am going to enjoy this election no matter who wins. The guy does not appear to be a Hollywood Jew, not by a long shot, yet the fact that he most certainly IS jewish makes him virtually untouchable by the Hollywood Jewish Establishment. If the Christian Right has any political savy, they would have picked a guy like that to be their public face years ago.
I just read the Scheer article in the LA Times. Uch, it was a most satisfying read for me - was it the same for you? Between the Republican ticket on the one side, and Al Gore, Tipper, and now Lieberman on the other, Hollywood liberals must be s---ting in their panties. The women too.
And listen up you porners! You are going to be seriously messed with by Washington no matter who wins come November. A great shift in the way Washington views Hollywood culture (which includes pornography) is coming, and you can't stop it.
Lou Scorbick: As to Joe Lieberman, I fear greatly that he will bring to the surface all the hidden anti-semitism in this country. Those who already fear Jews have too much power will rally against poor Mr. Lieberman, no matter his personal integrity or skills as a politician. I think he's a brilliant man, highly qualified for office, but I know he'll most likely cost Al Gore the election. There'll be a black president LONG before a Jewish one, for the primary reason that no one fears a behind-the-scenes power control movement in the black community, so a black president holds less fears. In the hate-filled views of so many Americans, Jews are not to be trusted and will ultimately sell out America for their own profit and/or group goals. This concept is ingrained in America. Jews are never considered a "minority" when up for Affirmative Action, or any form of Government support. Jews were not listed on the census as a group needing sub classification for federal aid.
In 1992 Republicans used the code-words well to try to win votes. "The Hollywood Elite are corrupting our good Christian children with gay characters, violence, single parent families, etc.." -- 'Hollywood Elite'.. What do you think that means? The general belief is Jews have too much power already in the banks and Hollywood. If by "too much" they mean "disproportionate", they're correct. Jews are disproportionately successful. But from where I stand, they deserve it. And they've made America better as a result. Or maybe Jonas Salk curing Polio and Albert Einstein's physics leading to revolutionary electricity breakthroughs didn't give enough to the world, according to them. I love Lieberman, but no way in hell Gore wins now. I know how deep rooted mistrust of Jews in America runs. And it's a shame, but typical. People often mistrust that which has given them so much. Rather then mistrust Jews, these people should thank them for all the gifts of their community.
Wit writes: Dear Lukey, What is with these paranoid lefties on yer site who say Georgie Porgy Dubya's inevitable election to the Oval Office will mean certain doom for the porn bizniz? Balls! The porn bizniz is a FIVE BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR enterprise! You seriously think an industry generating that much beautiful, juicy all American moolah is going to be snuffed out by a bunch of third rate Washington politicos? Dream on Klingon. When we have a Republican prez the Democrats almost always take control of the Senate. And when we have a Democrat prez the GOP almost always take control of the Senate. This keeps both sides from becoming two powerful. And keeps this a more or less centrist country that's portected from the evils of the Religious Right (Reich) and the Socialist Left. So kick back and look foward to choking yer proverbial chickens well into the twenty first century my fellow Americans! You can dig that, can't ya?
Yours, Witrack (AKA Clinton supporter in '92 and now a Bush supporter in '00)
Laura: After getting over my initial excitement about the prospect of having a Jewish vice-president I am starting to get second thoughts about whether I like this choice. I read that column by Robert Scheer online and he does have a valid argument. Lieberman did betray his friend Clinton at a time when he needed all the support he could get by giving that speech on the senate floor which gave aid and comfort and ammunition for the right wing zealots in their impeachment coup attempt. Instead he should have stood up and denounced these evil conspirators and their threat to our democratic rights. Also I'm deeply disturbed by the fact that Lieberman went on Pat Robertson's show and has aligned himself with the religious right, I wasn't aware of that. He's too conservative for me. Of course I certainly will vote for this ticket, after all it is Gore who will be in charge and appointing SC justices not Lieberman. So Hollywood has no reason to be quaking in its boots if Gore gets in.
Chaim: The more I think about it, the queasier I get about this Lieberman story. I really do not think that a self-proclaimed "orthodox" jew has any business being a heartbeat away from the presidency. Even if this country were totally jewish, I still would not feel comfortable with someone like that welding such power. I would rather Gore lose with a nutty leftwing liberal like Paul Wellstone or Barney Frank than win with a decent fellow like Lieberman. And part of me thinks that it is a shame that Al Gore, a decent enough fellow who fell in with a bad and fast crowd, likely will pay a penalty for that open-mindedness.
And to those who think the election of a Jew as VP would herald in a new age of tolerance and understanding, anyone remember Leon Blum of France? (Or, to be even darker and more paranoid about this, Walter Rathenau of Weimar Germany? I'll bet Henry Kissinger thought about Rathenau a lot during the last days of the Vietnam war.)
Chaim: If you really want to impress her, talk about Lieberman and his various beefs with the Hollywood Democrats (i.e., the gedolim). And to REALLY impress the folks, talk about Leon Blum of France and Walter Rathenau of Germany, two jews who attained great power in their respective nations just before the s--- began to hit the fan. I think that the Lieberman run may well mark the high water mark for the Juden - no place left to go but down, as the effect of declining numbers and the immigration of dark skinned folks totally alien to the jews continue to remake America into a less Western sort of place.
My fondest wish is that Lieberman's opposition to intermarriage between jews and gentiles makes it again respectable for a public figure to be equally adamant in his opposition to intermarriage between whites and blacks. God created the races separate - miscegenation undoes God's handiwork.
Fred: Actually, although Disraeli's parents were Jewish, his father had very sharp disagreements with the Jewish community and had him baptized. Nonetheless, he had to deal with English anti-semetism all his life.
During a Parliamentary debate, Gladstone sneered at him, "Fools and Jews have no business being in Parliament," to which Disreali replied, "then I guess we better both leave." I suppose if one considers Disraeli Jewish, then he was the highest ranking Jewish politician (in terms of power) in modern history--prime minister of what was then the world's leading power. (Alan Greenspan is probably number 2, and perhaps Henry Kissinger is number 3. Frankly, I think Greenspan and Disraeli were both vastly more competent than Kissinger.)
So, it will be interesting to see how Mr. Lieberman does.
A distant cousin of mine attained some degree of political power--Maxim Litvinov. Litvinov was Soviet foreign minister prior to being fired in 1939 by Stalin, who wanted to conclude a pact with Nazi foreign minister von Ribbontrop. So Litvinov became a non-person for two years, but was eventually rehabilitated when Hitler invaded Russia. He eventually became the Soviet ambassador to the U.S., served for about 2 years, and managed to die of old age without any assistance from his boss--a noteworthy achievement for a high ranking Jewish politician during that regime.
(Interestingly enough, Molotov's wife was also Jewish. She was arrested by the KGB and sent to the Gulag. Amazingly, Molotov continued on as foreign minister, even after Stalin had arrested his wife. So much for employee loyalty. That must have made one wierd work environment.)
Actually, I don't know that much about Lieberman, except that the media paints him as Mr. Morality, and generally considers him to be an inspired choice. (Apparently, Lieberman rags on the entertainment industry a lot for promoting sleaze.) When the media first broadcast his senate floor condemnation of Clinton, I was somewhat surprised by that. Other than that, I don't really know much about Lieberman's positions. I kinda thought that I'd prefer to see the first Jewish VP candidate paired with a stronger presidential candidate than Gore, but who knows. (BTW, were you aware that Barry Goldwater was 1/4 Jewish?)
I was also wondering whether we as a community would be better off without one of our number running on a presidential ticket, and whether he'd attract the attention of all the nut anti-semites. What does Pierce say about Lieberman on his web site (I'm afraid to ask)?
I also wonder whether it will impact America's ability to appear to be a neutral power broker in the Middle East.
I was also wondering whether he will abstain from campaigning on Saturdays. That will be a first for America. I wonder what impact he will have on the Executive branch as VP. Do you think he will be inclined to push to have the Justice Department chasing pornographers?
So the answer is I don't suppose I'd say that I was kvelling. It was more in the nature of pondering. I wonder whether the Hassidim will vote for him?
Net Gossip
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Lynne L-patin: Spent the weekend with a female sociopath in Seattle,
definitely Sleepless...and am now suffering the physical effects of
being in combat mode during the 150 mile drive back.
Lynne L-patin: I lost over four pounds from stress and dehydration alone...broke
down crying yesterday on stage (a safe place, at least) and will never
allow it to happen again
Lynne L-patin: It was a very strange experience....I thought the woman
was just a selfish bitch but she was a true sociopath....started when
I said, no, I do not like eating at Subway, she went on the attack...
Lynne L-patin: Cold cuts, Luke -- I hate cold cuts!
Lynne L-patin: Now I know why all the women say, "We usually eat at
Subway" because if they do not do exactly as this bitch says, she will
go about making trouble all weekend. No one ever called her bluff before,
and she lost it.
Lynne L-patin: I was taking a shower in the morning and she reached
into the bathroom and turned out the light, saying it disturbed her...commandeered
both washcloths in the motel room by laying her toothbrush on one and
using the other...tried to f--- with me and I let it slide until she
f---ed up my job....then she went ballistic, had to call the office
and say...either I get those keys from her or I am leaving your clinic
deposits in Seattle and quitting.
Lynne L-patin: The highlight of the weekend was at the shot clinic,
when the one-armed woman was having trouble with her beautiful, rambunctious
dog, and I started to ask her if she wanted a hand with him and caught
myself just in time, changed it to "Would you like some help with the
dog?"