Thursday, March 1st, 2001

Jeremy Steele Interview

A Louisiana college student wrote Jeremy Steele: Hello Mr. Steele, Sorry for the delay in this message, I hope that you aren't too pissed at me. Porno 101 definately sounds cool, that would never be allowed in Louisiana, we are too christian and way too republican. Perhaps you could teach one of those courses, I think you would be able to provide some insite, both negative and positive. Just a thought, also I had an incredibly strange dream about you last night. I dreamed we had a game show together. I was the host, and you sounded like MR. T. You were sent on ten blind dates and four studio contestants had to guess if you were going to score. They each won $100 everytime you did and they guessed it right. Basicially a profile of the girl would come up, like tiffany, 23, stripper in las vegas etc, and the contestants would have to decide if she would put out or not. Then we would see the date with you and her, and if you did indeed "nail" her the show aired it, like the whole scene. It was like a XXX gameshow. If they guessed right they won $100, who ever had the most money at the end of the show won a chance to be in a porno movie with you (the women) and the men got a chance to star in their own scene. Like I said it was strange, and I usually don't dream about people I don't know. Perhaps that's why I think you sounded like Mr. T because I have never actually heard you speak without singing before.

Questions: 1. Where does your musical inspiration come from. Other artists or from some sort of spiritual guide, a muse if you will?

2. At what age did you start your music lessons, or are you a self taught musician? Was it always your aspiration to become a rock star?

3. What was made pornography appealing to you, why did you choose to take that road instead of mainstream acting? What makes it appealing to you now, especially after the way the industry has treated you?

4. I went into the video store to rent one of your videos. It was one of the most embarrassing incidents. I felt ashamed to be seen renting such a video. How do you deal with such hypocricy? Most people won't be truthful about watching porno, but that industry makes millions a year, someone has to be watching it. How do you feel about that?

5. Religious aspects. Most major religions look down upon porno. In fact, the christian coalition is trying to get porn banned. They say you are going to hell. How does that effect you? Also a church that my aunt goes to, The House Of Faith (yes they sound and act like a cult) preaches about soul ties. They say that when you have carnal knowledge with someone ya'lls soul will connect, and won't break. therefore the more people you sleep with, the more turmoil you will have spiritually and subcontiously. I don't believe in this personally, but that is one way of explaining the guilt often assiciated with sex. Your thoughts go here____________.

6. On the man cow show, they not only dissed your song but didn't even listen to it. They said to stick with your porno job. On the str8malepornstars e-group the fans you have there didn't seem too interested in your musical endeavors. How do you intend to reach more listeners? Do you have any plans to start touring the club circuit? How do you feel about not being taken seriously by those who should support you (by the way your new songs are excellent if you want specific feed back let me know.)

7. I was intrigued when you told me that your family doesn't know what you do for a living, what do they believe you do? Do you ever feel guilty about the charade you put on? When I have a problem in life, I usually turn to my family ( I suppose it may be a southern thing ), but who do you turn to when you need to discuss life?

8. It's quite evident that Jeremy Steele is a character you play. I know personally that you have a strict line between the him and the real you. How do you keep Jeremy Steele from invading your personal life, and do you find it harder to distinguish him from you as time goes on?

9. Last one, if you ever have children will you be truthful about what you did before they were born. Will you encourage them if they too decide to go into pornography?

That's all, I hope they aren't too superficial, or too long. I truly appreiciate you reading over them. Thank you sincerely Jes.

Jeremy Steele writes: Hello Mr Golightly, I still remember you asking me my real name, yet you are still going about as Jes Golightly.. Ok, whatever. Is this how you introduce yourself to everyone.. Can I find you listed in the University? Very amusing dream. Mr T?! LOL I had a dream too. Forgot what it was, though. It had something to do with having sex. Go figure. But don't get me wrong, there's much more to me than that. Well, I guess you know that.. That's why we are here at this point. I thought I was gonna be rescued in the "real" world by a Tiffany, age 24, at the time, who was very rich and beautiful.. We spoke alot, etc, she discovered me at an internet site and her cousin and her are related to a former senator. But then she met someone else, perhaps more suited for her, although she had once said she thought we were "soul mates". She would never be a vegas stripper, but I could've talked her into it, if she was with me.. She'd do it just for the sexual liberation. Anyway, let's commence (But let me say, I'd like a copy of the graded report when it's done):

1. Life is my muse, some of the insane things I've gone through, like my ex, also the world, in general. I have issues with "love" and authority, people that have faith without reason. I don't like greed, arrogance or ignorance via indifference, either. When I create songs, most of the time, it's completely spontaneous, unrehearsed, at first. If I discover I like it, I'll mentally work on it, and tie up the loose ends. I feel that I am channeling my subconscious, perhaps the universe, as well. Some beautiful and profound stuff has come out sometimes. I enjoy creating music, and have lots of it. Currently I'm gradually putting more of my demo songs on at www.mp3.com/jeremysteele. As we speak, I have 13 songs on there. My musical influences are varied, but center around the classic rock period: The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc. I also like The Cure, Depeche Mode (especially remixes), Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Primus and many others. My favorite classical music artists are Chopin, Liszt, Mozart and Beethoven (But I'm very critical about the composer.. It has to be, in my opinion, done the right way, regarding timing, pitch, feeling, etc). My favorite Jazz artists are Miles Davis and Stan Getz. I'm always in a continual search for good music and expanding my horizons when I'm not working on my own.

2. I was a little league baseball all-star between the ages of 9-12. Our team won state championships, as well. I loved it. But at home, my Step-Dad had a guitar sitting around, and I gravitated strongly towards it. My uncle, also, is a fantastic guitarist. Then at age 12, I recieved my first guitar lessons by a classical guitarist. He taught me to play with my finger nails. To this day, I still have longer finger nails on my right hand (But I have this damn nail fungus my ex's nail salon gave me that I've been suffering through for a couple of years). I also had another classical teacher at age 14. I learned how to play "Dust In The Wind" and "Stairway To Heaven". By the time I was 15, I was forgetting about how to read the music sheets I was taught because I had too much restless, creative energy. I learned a good rhythm hand and to play lead guitar with one finger; no pics. I always had the dream/desire to be a "rock star", so to speak.. For years, I had put it on the shelf, but continued playing, singing songs that come from nowhere. Early on, at age 15, I bought a book called "The Platinum Rainbow", by James Riordon, and it sort of dissuaded me to pursue the "business of music" because it seemed like such a near-impossible dream. Plus, I couldn't get buddies to show up to jam, let alone to think I could get an assemble committed and not clashing with each other, seemed analogous to having 4 wives and making it work and not losing your mind.

3. It beats telemarketing, which is what I used to do, for 14 months prior to getting into porn. I choose the lesser of two evils. I was at my wits end with that job.. And one morning, I'm walking to work, around 5:45 am, and sitting on the sidewalk in front of me, like a welcome matt is a clean, perfectly centered local adult newspaper.. Without thinking, I picked it up, put it in my napsack and continued on. After another gruelling day at work, I spontaneously decided to start calling ads in there that were by "porn star/escort" women. Using my skills of sales and manipulation, which I had well ingrained, after all those months (I used to sound sexy over the phone to get what I wanted from receptionists), I improvised the story of how I'm a young, attractive male trying to get into the adult entertainment industry so to support a young child (the latter part I lied about, felt it was necessary to do so, so to get the attention off me just being another guy who wants to get paid to get laid).. You can say my child was my own creative muse.

Anyway, one woman offered me $75 to come f--- her in front of some regular old client. So I did it. She was a semi-haggard mother with two kids. Her client, she told me was, a lottery winner, an older man with erectile dysfunction who would pay her to watch her f---. It turns out he liked guys. She told me I could get $250 per time to get my dick sucked, once per week. At the end of the f---ing session, he asked me how much I'd charge to get blown by him, and I said $1000.00, just to see what his reaction would be. He just shrugged. Of course, it never happened. If he had said yes, I, honestly, don't think I would've done it.

The woman I f---ed also gave me a number of some guy called Regan. I called him and his voice was loud and seemed bothered asking "Who are YOU?? What DO you want?" Eventually, I called him back and he said I had to bring a girl into the business in order to get into the business, myself. I found out later, after I got into the business, that he has all his female talent have sex with him on camera for several minutes as a "demo" tape. Another woman I spoke to in the paper, referred me to a so-called agency; a man who calls himself Mr. South. To this day, I've never met this woman, but I told them that this woman personally referred me to their agency. I came in, even though they almost never take new guys. There was a female working there as an assitant/talent coordinator. I went into the backroom with her, where God knows what has gone on, at times, and I had no problem getting my dick hard for her polaroid shot. And to make a long story short, I hung out at the office and two weeks later, got my first job, and that's how it all began.

I actually have been in the actor's unions: Screen Actor's Guild and American Federation of Theatre and Radio Arts since 1992, and had pursued the whole movie star dream, took extensive acting training classes for over a year. But, I wasn't going anywhere. I came to feel, as time went on, that I had to something extreme to get out there and be recognized. I feel the xxx newspaper on the sidewalk was my calling, perhaps my denigrated destiny. Porn still appeals more to me than telemarketing, or being a slave in some corporate scheme or anything else I find as morally reprehensible, despite the occupational hazards. The male and female performers who are on top of the s--- pile live a good life..

I have a considerably larger shadow of my self called "Lexington Steele", and he makes 6 figures a year. Although, it takes it's toll on you and can be a lonely and hollow existence, one can build their future on it. The problem is if you're not on the top of the pile, the rest are fighting their way up and knocking each other down along the way. It's a very cut-throat, ruthless rip-off business, and the most innoucous part of it, at times, is that we're having sex with people we just met.

4. I used to feel the same way, before I got into the business, and even a little after I got into the business. That's the sociological, religious phantom hanging above you saying, about sexual desire, that "It's wrong. It's shameful. It's weak." Then again, you go into a video store and look at some of things some girls are put through and you say to yourself "It's wrong. It's shameful. It's weak." There's nothing wrong with sex. God or nature gave us the inherant need to f---.. As spiritual beings, we have to keep things in perspective to keep from getting inundated and lost. And sex on film is nice, and can be great in many ways, even transcendental (ok, I'm speaking "Advanced Sex Theology", for most of you, here) but the business is still run mostly by the same people who were around when making porn was illegal, so the same mentality pervades.

Now that porn has become more accepted and less taboo (as well as legal), their churning brain wheels say that it is necessary to push the envelope even further. They've been outlaws, and, by golly, they are going to remain outlaws. Instead of considering doing things that people would really dig, like a great mainstream Indiana Jones movie with a f--- scene in it, they now piss on the girls, spit on them, call them whores, choke them, spread their mouths out with their fingers like a maniac, slap them around, tell them their sister sucks dick better than them. But now, a new sheriff has rode into town who supposedly prefers white powder over poon-tang (even though his name is "bush" and the vp's name is "dick"), and the industry is s---ting bricks. I, personally, think there's way too much money in the biz, and republicans are ruled by money. I think they're just gonna shave off the rough edges. The monster is too big to kill.. The monster has slept in the white house already, so to speak, anyways.

Porn has been embraced many times by Howard Stern, VH1, public news, etc. Porn is waiting to leap into the world, but the porn biz itself thinks it's necessary to get more extreme. The latter will not endure. I feel things are coming to a head, but it's a far cry from the end of porn. It will carry on, just more viewer-friendly, and less insulting to one's intelligence and aescetic tastes. More people than ever admit watching porn and feel no embarrasment, like in the past. It's almost the new fad and fashion in the bigger cities. As long as the biz doesn't shoot itself in the foot, it should be able to walk into the grand stage of mainstream entertainment.

5. You said "your thoughts go here_________." Sorry, but I need more room than that. Just with the little snippit of religious reference you just gave, you really conveyed how disturbed and intense the "in the name of God" convictions people have. What makes it so intense, is that it is sexual tension shaken up and repressed, like a carbonated soda can. And the intense, repressed energy goes into the head and the emotional body and just as much as the sexual areas, is ready to explode upon everyone. It IS disturbing, even frightening, to contemplate. The truth is that all energy is the same, it is just a matter of where you focus it. The same energy that is generated in the sexual organs can be channeled into the heart and then that is love. It can go higher into the chakras, to the head and one can even reach enlightenment or nirvana or something like that. If I'm going to Hell, that is my business. I personally think we are already in Hell, but we don't realize it. It could be a heaven, but we are not so evolved, yet. And it is not so eternal because God, I guess is not as much of a sadistic, merciless f--- as ManUnkind is.

We are searching for the next world instead of looking at this one. We are waiting for God to come and row our boat instead of rowing it ourselves. But religious people don't know about God, or at best, they know "about" God, but they don't know God, otherwise, they wouldn't be so mentally and emotionally disturbed. One can't find God in a church, only in one's heart or soul. If your heart and soul happen to be in a church when you find God, then more power to you. Especially with all those strangers surrounding you who think they are part of you, who, like pushers on the street, try to convey that they know what is what because of where they stand or kneel. People f--- and f--- with each other all the time, in many ways. If there is the karma of inheriting their turmoil, why would it only be limited to when they are having sexual intercourse?

6. Regarding the Chicago Mancow show I was on, what can one expect from an asshole, but s---? His whole persona is some sick hybrid of Howard Stern (who he, ironically, tries to put down instead of giving homage to)and Rush Limbaugh. He's into interviewing porn stars but he's more into putting them down and making fun of them, to make Himself Seem funny and entertaining. I sat there, nicely, and just listened to him talk and laugh at his own stupid jokes.. Like the one about gay midgit porno.. It took him about 20 seconds to get over his own stupid joke. Like Limbaugh, he likes to listen to himself talk and thinks he's so enlightened. He doesn't notice that man is born with two ears and one mouth, which means you're supposed to listen more than speak, but this guy gave me very little opportunity to speak..

During the time I was interviewed he spoke much more than me. I'm sure his audience was about as satisfied as pigs in s---. I'm continuing to work on my music, rehearse, record in the near future, and put up demos of songs I've already recorded (I have many).. I love what I do (re:music), I've received enough positive feedback to know that people do enjoy and that there is potential in it. Hopefully, as planned, I will also have a website, and I'll have all my music linked to that, as well. You asked how it feels to not be supported by those who should.. Are you referring to the porno biz, itself? You can't expect the porn biz to acknowledge a great artist, can you? That would be like a homeless man, in an alley, acknowledging Van Gogh or Monet while he's taking a short cut with a portrait, he just sketched, in his hand. Even if he cares to notice or is so inclined, I'm not gonna stop and ask for the greasy homeless man's oily hand print stamp of approval.. I'm gonna keep walking. Thankyou for your praise of my works in progress, by the way.

7. My parents thought I was doing telemarketing for much longer than I was.. Now I tell them I do courier driving, which I have done, once, before. My parents are very liberal minded, but they also would expect more of me, and would be very disappointed and concerned that I'm risking my life f---ing a bunch of whores and becoming one, as well. But I've never told them what I've done behind doors of bedrooms and bathrooms, anyway. Besides that I'm honest with them, and I also turn to them when I want or need to talk. I also have a good friend or two, somewhere.

8. Jeremy Steele is Not a character I play. I consider it as who I am. I just changed my last name, anyway. In the early days, I thought I was becoming the new Jeremy Steele.. I was more sexually adventuresome and wild.. I'd whip out my dick out in a crowd of other porno people.. I was constantly trying to get laid, in all sorts of places.. It was fun, at times. Eventually, I came to discover, this business is about getting f---ed, in more ways than one, and between the meager pay and the falling out with certain people, who precipitated nasty rumours which costed me alot of work and peace of mind and castigated me into a mythical world of carnal lore, I became less of a wild guy, most of the time. Now, who I am, in my personal life, and who I am on camera, besides deliberate character attempts, are no different.

9. I will never bring children into this world.. Maybe, I would adopt one day, if I ever was so inclined, but one should clean the house before they invite more people in, so to speak. This world is over-crowded, poisoned, we are a pestilence upon this earth. We are like infants with machine guns; with more power than we deserve or know how to deal with. The gap between technological and mental and spiritual evolution is ever-widening.. Eventually, it will all come to a head, in some way.

I love children too much to bring them into a world of cops, and judges and businessmen looking for green and red; money and blood. But, if I were ever to have kids, I'd tell them what I did, if they ever asked. I'd say "Daddy did bad things, in a bad world.. When you grow up, I hope you are wise, that is all I can say.. Learn from life.. Ride the bike and fall down and get up and ride it again until you know how, and hopefully by then there will not be a severe law against falling down. Of course, if I'm there to run with you and catch you when you fall, I will".

Janine On Howard Stern Show

From Marksfriggin.com:

Janine Lindemulder Comes In. 3/1/01. 7:15am

Porn star Janine Lindemulder came in this morning to talk to How3ard. Howard said the last time she was on she told him that she was going to tattoo her body so she could get out of the porn business. She said the more tattoos she had the less chance there would be for movie offers. She said the offers are very tempting and she didn't want so many. Janine now says that was a private conversation and it wasn't quite true the way Howard was talking about it. Howard wanted to see how many she had. She told him that she has a ''sleeve'' of tattoos on one arm and a few others spread out over her body. Howard couldn't believe she'd do that to her body. Janine tried to explain that the tattoos are symbolic to her and when she feels the need she looks at them to keep her spirits up. She eventually took her shirt off and showed Howard the sleeve. He didn't sound impressed but he didn't make too big of a deal about it either.

Howard spent the rest of the interview asking Janine about which lesbian scenes have been her favorites. Janine said that Jenna Jameson and Jill Kelly are a couple of her favorites. She said that it's hard to pick just one as her favorite though.

Howard also asked her about her boyfriend Ricky Rachtman. Howard wondered if she ever brings in other women to their bedroom to have a 3 way. Janine said they do that once in a while but she's the one that wants it more than he does. She said they'll sometimes go to Las Vegas and invite one of her friends to come along and share a room with them. After drinking a lot of alcohol they'll eventually go ahead and do their thing. Janine said she and her friend will usually go at it while Ricky watches.

Jeff writes: janine on howard stern? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, wake me when its over..........hes probably the only one i can think of that still drools like a 5 year old over those BORING lesbian scenes......why hasnt she retired yet?

Eddie Wedelstedt's Goalie Party

Eddie Wedelstedt's hosting a big party in Denver this weekend.

Samantha Sterlyng Responds To Her Critics

Samantha Sterlyng writes: Me again Luke. Just reading your site and wanted to say HI to thank Mandingo (and don't worry Obsession is the only beautiful lady for you ) for the mention of my name in his rant and also to clear DR Fisher's name. I needed a breast lift and implants. WHEN you qualify for a lift and GET a lift then you can get silicone.

I wanted saline until I found out that I qualified for a lift which meant that I qualified for silicone. They look more natural and feel more natural and settle better for the body. I think it is hysterical that people really want to take things that they read on this site to a different level. Getting a doctor in trouble for doing his job? I was just in to his office today for my check up and I am glad that he opted for silicone for me. With my skin type and my body size if I would have gotten saline then I would be like all of these other girls with saline that ripples and is hard, etc. If you want to talk s--- about him for knowing and doing his job so well that's fine but make sure that you have facts for facts. ALL implants need massaging, saline or silicone and that is a fact too. Sadness is that is not 100% ILLEGAL. SINCE I got a lift I can get silicone. Women that have implants before, they can get silicone too. Silicone has advantages as does saline. Everything in my chart is legal and if you would like maybe I can even get a copy to show you the legality. You probably have never even been in his office to meet him or see his certifications or his qualifications. I sat with him for hours before making the decision. Many women have gone to him, in our business and women in mainstream. He wouldn't be the best at what he does if he was illegal in any way.

Oh yeah and by the way MISHA please spell my name right when you refer to me..Mrs. Sterlyng... I defend the ones that I love and can only control the things that they do to an extent. As you should already know MISHA Luke's questions are just that QUESTIONS!!!!!!!! I was answering them as a joke and with a sense of humor. I see that not everyone has one of those.

Sergio writes: Hey Miss Sterlyng, the problems with silicone implants appears in the long run. You better make annual check-ups to keep your new bionic gonzagas in shape.

Luke Gets Mail

James West writes: Dear Luke, I have noticed in the past that you have more than a little experience with WORLD LEGAL matters. (In other words everyone but Santa Claus has sued you at one point or another) LOL I was wondering if you would mind publishing the particulars regarding the proper legal procedures involved in filing a slander/libel suit. Specifically, damage due to unsupported allegations of drug use and or intent to sell drugs. Purely in the interest of my ongoing education:-)

Come Under My Spell

Arrow writes: Arrow Productions new movie "Come Under My Spell" will be featured on Howard Stern's Radio Show (today/tomorrow FRIDAY, March 2nd). As you Stern types already know; Howard's show is first on radio and then edited for television and aired two weeks later on TV. America's newest, and as far as we know, only triple-x hypnotist (Rob Seven) will cast his "magic" spell on Howard's show.

Lori Michaels Gets Mail

Eddie writes: Dear Lori, I just read the note you sent to l-keford today about the sales tax, and my immediate response was "ALL RIGHT!!!" That was GREAT! I have also read all the junk about Bush and Ashcroft that seem to be coming from some from Southern California and it is great to hear from some one (you) who does seem to engage thier brain. After your note, I took a look at your bio. Amazing! What a story! I am impressed that you have been able to overcome so much. And despite (or maybe because of) your lack of schooling I do believe that you have more sense and intelligence then many college graduates. By the way, does it seem that people who are self - sufficient and get most of thier strength from within themselves are Republicans?

Logan Update

New porn star Logan writes: I've been getting busy in the industry! Finished a couple of projects with Hustler, and my first boy/girl with Sin City! Getting ready to do a couple of new films upcoming as well! Still marketing myself, and preparing to relocate to LA sometime this summer hopefully! Once again, Luke, thanks for posting my original pics,etc, If anyone on you're site, or you know, wants to work with me, please still let me know. Take care!!!Logan. skylar2000@earthlink.net

Will Lynne L-patin Return To Porno?

Lynne L-patin: Why don't they understand why we do it?
Lynne L-patin: If we are young and beautiful, we attract so much evil, unwanted attention, and we receive so much sex pressure...some of us, if we need the money, we decide to sell it instead of giving it away.
Lynne L-patin: What do ugly young women with problems do? Commit suicide?
Lynne L-patin: What do women who are no longer young and beautiful do?
Lynne L-patin: A year ago, my love of you kept me from making videos. Now it's my weight -- pounds I've gained through lack of self-esteem...because I took some idiot's rejection of me last September far too hard, much too personally.
Lynne L-patin: Now, if the only way I can get sex is to allow myself to be videotaped, exploited and PAID, why the hell not? Luzdedos1: don't do it anymore
Lynne L-patin: Tell me why? I still love you, but we aren't married, you aren't paying my bills, and we've made no promises to one another.

Luzdedos1: Because it degrades you and society, and holds you down, reduces everyone concerned
Lynne L-patin: What is degrading about selling something worthless for a good price? As to reducing everyone concerned, am I my brother's keeper when he is not mine? How does being able to pay my rent hold me down? I should think just the opposite. By the way, I checked out two books from the library: Seventh-day Adventists Believe and Prophetess of Health: Ellen G. White. I want to understand you.
Lynne L-patin: I work hard all month to earn $600 legitimately. I could earn that or more by having sex once with a stranger. And I crave being touched.
Lynne L-patin: When I was at the library today, trying to get my breath back enough to walk to my car, I looked at the religious books...and I said...studying this is far more interesting than studying porn... Porn is easy to understand. Religion is an endless complication.
Lynne L-patin: Then my love for you will know no earthly limitation, because it will never be bound by the carnal...
Lynne L-patin: What degrades me is society's opinion of me...not limited to whether I do porn or not, but as to whether I am beautiful, or rich, or whatever is valued at any particular moment
Lynne L-patin: To be ethical means not to drag others down out of spite or for any reason....even when one HAS NO SELF-ESTEEM...to continue to respect others, even when one cares not for one's self
Lynne L-patin: That's hard for you to remember, my darling gossip queen (but you've gotten so much better since you've known me)
Lynne L-patin: And having sex with me ON MY TERMS is an incandescent experience that most men will never know
Lynne L-patin: It is not the sharing of myself that is evil...it is the exploitation of it, for all the wrong reasons....and the degradation and humiliation attached Lynne L-patin: I should be loved for it, not degraded, not humilated...therefore it must be saved for those few who appreciate it, and treasure it and honor me for sharing it...?

I don't know why it so offends people (especially those types who participate in chatrooms under pseudonyms) that I, a non-gorgeous woman in her mid-forties, could be so presumptious as to consider herself your friend, and to purport to understand you. It makes me feel like compost. Worse, yet -- compost has a use. I obviously have none. Be that as it may...

Luke says: "The vibe that I get when I meet a porn star is a feeling in my head that I would really really love to have this female fellate me."

Using the words "feeling in my head" is a really really interesting choice, Luke. Most people separate thoughts as being in their heads, and feelings as being in their hearts, or in their guts. Granted, both thoughts and feelings originate in one's consciousness, which actually IS located in the head i.e., the brain... But if what you are saying is that you are "thinking" you want this, rather than "feeling" you want this, you've made "lust" something potentially rational, which I don't think it is.

I notice you also say that you want the "female to fellate" you. Not that you want to be the actor, not that you want to stick your dick in her mouth and come on her face. You want to degrade these women by polluting them with your animal fluid?

Sometimes I just want to lie naked on her breasts and cry.

Yes, I know how desperately you need and want your mother back....your honesty is so painful to me sometimes....

Sometimes I want to penetrate them through different orifices.

Good, normal reaction. As you should.

Sometimes I want to marry them and take them away from porno. Others I want to convert to Judaism.

This to me was the most interesting part of your statement, particularly in your ordering of the two sentences. Since you constantly tell us that you must marry a Jewess, that you would "want to marry them and take them away from porno" has a very funny sound to it. I could understand that you would want to persuade them to leave porno, but why would marrying you take them away from it? They'd have to continue working, if only to support the two of you! "Others" (the ones you DON'T want to marry?)...you "want to convert to Judaism." Why? Not to marry, per your own admittedly garbled syntax. Because a Jew wouldn't do porn? Does that sound silly or what?

Anyway, the book I want you to write is the story of your travels through Seventh Day Adventism to Judaism and the retention of your belief in God. How you came to write porn is only the final chapter, and one you are not yet ready to write.

My friend DLR came over and we had a few beers. His new daughter was born six weeks ago. We sat in the hot tub for an hour. He thinks my tits look incredible with the extra ten pounds. I tell him I think I should drop twenty lbs. and return to L.A. to do porn this summer because I desperately need the money. My asthma is totally incapacitating...I feel for "Mandingo" and his daughter....it feels like a cement weight on my chest...not fun. I told DLR...I'm sorry I can't offer to blow you but I can't breathe. I wanted him to penetrate me, though, so went down on him a bit to slick it up (we were in the shower by that time). He touched my pussy, so I told him to put his fingers inside me. I came, and he came IN MY HAND. As he left, he said, "I love you more than you know." I said, "I believe you. I like you very, very much." I refuse to "fall in love" with a "married" man with two kids. Funny how my ethics will permit f---ing for money but not allow me to love a married man, even if he is the only man who has shown me any honest affection for the last year and a half...

I know that making porn is one of the worst of all possible options, right up there with lying, stealing....When I believed in God, and when I rejected Judaism because I craved the love and community Christianity promised, I decided to begin my studies with Catholicism (as the oldest continual Christian faith.)

Now that I wish to understand you, I need to start with SDA, the belief of your parents, and once yours. Because that is our intellectual schism, our chasm: how can you believe in God? How can I not? I wonder how a smart man like you can believe? (And I presume you wonder how an insightful woman like me cannot.)

Obviously one of us is right, and the other one is not, and it is not for us to EVER find out who that is. Hence the challenge is to love each other as best as we imperfect humans can.

This upcoming weekend is the first weekend I have not gone to work in Seattle in months....my employers were "punishing" me.... perhaps they, themselves, were being punished? There has been too much sun up here since I came...for which I am grateful...I need it to keep sane....creating a serious drought. All for me...because I am trying so hard and I am so alone. Something watches out for me.

When I first decided that there was a God, back in 1979, it was BECAUSE I felt that something was watching out for me, despite all the continually stupid things I was doing...drinking, promiscuity...that I had come through (not to mention abuse and neglect from my parents....) When I decided there could be no God, it was with my head, not my heart... Rationally it doesn't make sense to me that there is anything outside the material.

Stephen Michael Cohen On The Lam?

I hear that Stephen Michael Cohen has supposedly flown out of Mexico City with his sham wife Rosa Montano.

I hear that Rosa's connected to a Mexican drug cartel and that their three year marriage is a sham.

The judge in San Jose overseeing the Sex.com dispute is expected to issue an arrest warrent Friday for Cohen.

Cohen's lawyer told the judge Wednesday that Cohen was available on his cell phone but the judge was not interested.

Give Me Your Soul

This Paul Cowan directed documentary on the porn industry, in the documentary slot where it was shown twice last Nov. -- Sunday evening, prime time -- got more than twice the audience of anything shown all Fall for each showing. They're broadcasting it nationally again in April throughout Canada. No word on any American distribution yet.

Whatever Happened To?

Journalist Matt Labash (mattlabash@yahoo.com) has been commissioned by one of those lads magazine to write a story on what happens to porn stars after they retire. He seeks sources and suggestions.

Chris English Update

chrisenglish1: In Brussels shooting scenes for the next Toucus, I mean Assquest at the show here
chrisenglish1: I'm gonna see if I can get this girl to wink with her arse hole and say "Hi Luke" in one of the scenes..
chrisenglish1: You'd like that huh? I'll get her to say I accept the oral law as she as she gets a wollop of spunk in her kisser

Bring 'Em Young 2

Mohican Mark writes: Hey Luke... I would like to comment on something that is both intriguing and sad at the same time. I have recently rented an Anabolic Video which quite possibly is the hottest movie I have ever seen, and yet at the same time very discouraging for the future of America's young women.

The name of the video is Bring Em Young 2. I saw it on the shelf took one look at the girls on the boxcover and immediately grabbed it. All the girls in the movie are no older than 19, all are gorgeous... save for one waifish mullato girl that Mr. Marcus shtoops in the third scene, and she is at worst very cute. Two of the girls- Aurora Snow and a girl named Kasey stood out to me.

These girls are completely angelic looking. Sweet voices... seem to be otherwise intelligent.... flash their licenses for the camera to prove their age, and bang are doing things with total strangers that are right out of a pervert's wet dream... I suppose I can count myself among those masses now... because I have never been so turned on in my life.

What I would like to know... and probably I am not alone in my thoughts... is what in God's good name would bring these girls to the level where they feel at such a young age the need to be turned out like this for a few thousand dollars...

I mean these girls are ADORABLE... could have anything they wanted with hard work... I mean it's headshaking stuff... a video interview with these girls would be incredible... were they sexually abused? Were they just very sexual creatures at a young age? Do they need the money that bad? Do they really like to swallow loads or are they just doing it? I mean everyone has a jaded side... and I am no exception... but I would be heartbroken if someone I cared about was to resort to the porn business at such a young age...

I like to think of xxx starlets as troubled people who are beautiful.... not beautiful people without problems.... it is easier to place women in that category and feel sorry for them in those senses and takes away the guilt of watching them perform, because you know they almost "need" you to watch... it keeps their esteem at a healthy level and keeps them with money in their pockets and whatever drug of choice they choose available to them. It is a win/'win sorta...

But to see these incredibly angelic creatures perform for what seems to be pure pleasure... it is sad almost... perhaps I give them too much credit... I don't know. This particular video was one of those where you find yourself thinking... "No way is this girl going to do that... no way" .... and then you find yourself swallowing really hard when they start doing what they do and the way they do it... reality hurts... but you cannot help being aroused by it.... it's almost more intriguing then erotic, but the girls are sooo amazing looking.... wow.

So now the dilemma for me. Rent more of the Bring Em Young series... or turn my back on this for moral reasons... I only rent porn because I am currently single and sometimes bored... I am a good looking guy who has been promiscuous in the past but still... for these girls to sell their souls like that at their age.... just very very disappointing...

My brother in Baltimore has already alerted me to a girl named Gauge who was in Bring Em Young 1... I must say I am interested in seeing what she brings to the table. I suppose I have to count myself as part of the problem... if I see these girls in other videos I will probably rent them- who the hell am I kidding...

Luke, if you could get these particular girls to comment for you on why they started in the business, I would be interested in an honest explanation... If I had advice to Kasey and Aurora... save a little for your future husbands and careers in another field... get out while you can, acknowledge a problem you have, get therapy, and leave the f---ing and sucking to the other women that know no other way... you are not at an age to decide that this is for you.... believe me.

Scott writes: Kasey appears in a few videos. In all, she blames her boyfriend for the decision, while smiling. Hmm.

Mr Marcus writes: Mohican Mark...it's just like a car crash, you know it's sad to look, but you look anyways. These girls are willing and able you would be surprised to know that in some cases they even have their parents support. Ask Aurora Snow or even a new girl in the business Sunrise (Sunset Thomas niece). They can have a stable career if the support is in the right places.

Satyric writes: Hey Mohican Mark it sounds to me that you are the one with the "problem".If you are so conflicted about it why don't YOU get "therapy"?Are you concerned about the ladies in porn who don't come up to your standards in the looks department?Or are you concerned only fresh faced cute babes like Kasey and Aurora Snow and not those "who know no other way"?No know other way according to who?Yeah who the hell are you kidding...

And as far as Kasey goes I have 3 of her vids and I have to say that in my close to 20 years of watching porn she might be the freshest,hottest,most stunning babe I've ever seen,she's in my top 5 of ALL TIME.A totally awesome sex standout.In the first video I saw with her when she first took her top off a female voice in the background says "Oh my God..."Yeah I said it too.I've never contacted a porn company before but I actually got in touch with Anabolic to ask if they planned to have her in more videos,they told me that she has "left the business".Well it's certainly the businesses loss...If you see this Kasey and you decide to stay out that's fine,have a terrific life,but know that you got fans out here that will never forget what you brought to the porn world.

Jack Chick Addresses Sin City

It is a glorious day as Brother Jack T. Chick releases his newest tract today. The story of "Sin City" is a timely one for the sinners of the Porn Valley. Many sexually lawless denizens of the porn industry hold that homosexuality is not a sin. Indeed many male pornographic performers believe their receiving oral sex from a man or a, so called, "she-male" is not a homosexual act. HA! That is precisely what Satan wants you to think! Read and be saved! Amen. Click here: Sin City

Porn Pro writes Luke: Why in the world do you, a Jew, continue to post the ramblings of this fundamentalist Christian Jack Chick? In Chick's mind, you, as well as every other Jew, are going to Hell for eternity because you don't accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior. Why would you want to aide in the destruction of your own people? Surely you know one of the top priorities of every fundamentalist Christian is to convert the Jews. Get a f---ing clue Luke!

And Chuck: instead of focusing on the so-called evils of the porn industry, why don't you focus on the evils of Christianity, namely the millions of persons throughout history who have been murdered in the name of Jesus by misguided Christian hypocrites like yourself?

Australia Storms To Its 16th Successive Cricket Test Victory

From News.com.au: MUMBAI: Australia stormed to its 16th successive Test win yesterday when it ploughed through a whirlpool of controversy and pressure to nail India by 10 wickets at Wankhede Stadium.

Set 47 to win after bowling India out for 219, Australia claimed victory without loss midway through the final session with Matthew Hayden pumping like Brett Lee when he swept the single that secured it.

This must be rated with the Hobart Test win against Pakistan as one of the great wins of Australia's streak, featuring patience, precision, thoughtfulness and the sheer relentlessness of pressure only great teams can conjure. It was also only one of those rare occasions when each member of the team had a hand in the win, confirming the greatness of a tight unit.

Luke says: Come on Aussie, come on!

What's Gauge Doing In Porn?

Ridley99 writes on RAME.net: Been following the career of new robo-slut Guage. she looks like she is about 12 but thats not what i find tradgic, this chick has a sweet voice and a natural chemistry with the camera. how does a sweet girl like this wind up in porn. if life had broke a different way for her she would be enrolling in college, taking acting classes moving on to TV or the movies, probably wind up in some soap opera. why do some people have the luck and others don't.

i wonder why pretty girls like this go into porn when the dangers of aids and other things are so prevalent. is the desire to be in front opf the camera that strong, or do they feel they can follow Traci Lords or Jenna Jameson into legitimate work, or is it somebody talked them into it and they found themselves in so deep there was no easy way out. i mean Guage is adorable. so what does her future hold, looks pretty bleak to me, right now she is making all the rounds, Gag Factor, blowjob videos, Ed Powers and Randy West can't be too far behind, then a couple of gang bangs, a Bukkake and finally Max Hardcore. if she hasn't caught the eye of vivid or Playboy TV within a year shes doomed to DPs and ass to mouth action and rougher stuff, filming scenes for every asshole with a video-camera. new cute girls will be arriving in southern California pushing her further and further down the food chain, most girls last about 2 years, then head back from whence they came, some like Aspen Brock will be drug addicts, others will have memories of being tossed from one guy to the next , used and abused.

others will have abortions or catch STDs, all will look back on thier days in the porn biz and shake their heads as they wonder just what the f--- were they thinking when they first got in. porn is a biz dominated by men and only men can eke out a comfortable living and if they don't catch aids look back on thier porn years with pleasure, 85% of the women in porn are used for whatever sex appeal can be squeezed out of them, they are alot like New Cars all shiny and pretty in the Showroom but they begin to depreciate like crazy with ever mile put on them. this is the way the pirates of silicone valley look at the pretty young girls who show up at their door, the girls may have hopes and dreams of being the next Ginger Lynn, but the talent agent has only one thought : f--- her for all she's worth.

A Ron Jeremy or Peter North can survive in the male dominated industry for 20 years, the girls like that new car begin to lose value with the first f---. Guage if you were smart you'd get on the first bus back to whatever town you came from, then enroll in college and begin to take acting classes, chase your dreams, leave the nightmares behind. i mean you really are too cute for porn.

Blow Bang # 4 is a pretty good flick its like a cross between American Blowjob championship and the gag factor movies. a sweet thing kneels and is surrounded by 6 ex-cons and thier hard-ons. the scene with Guage is very good, and she pukes at least twice. There is also a good scene with the lovely Dynamite. all in all there are about 7 scenes, very good vid it gets the ridley99 good housekeeping seal of approval.

The Real Mandingo Propounds The Final Solution

I presume this is the real black male performer Mandingo.

Email reads: I really do wonder if this email will be posted LUKE.

I really didn't want to break the code of Omerta, but I'm really getting tired of this s---. This is BDF, Big Dick Fred, otherwise known as the sophomore level Black male adult performer Mandingo.

Up until a few weeks ago, I never knew the names such as Gene Ross, Steve Hirsch, Alan Miles, or Luke F-rd. A little bird told me that I need to check the Luke F-rd site, because the posting I put just might ruin my name and future work?

What f---in' posting I stated? Who the f--- is Luke F-rd? After taking time to review the Internet political side of the adult industry, I turned off my computer, went straight to toilet, and vomited off an on for about an hour. I damn near woke my daughter. I will address that in a moment.

You people who go around with this political race card s--- need to get a life. For number 1, Mr. Marcus and I don't talk on a regular basis.... we're too busy with our own damn lives and problem. For that matter, I rarely talk to any other Black male talent. WHICH IS SAD. I will address that in a moment, also.

Number 2, I've never been called for a Vivid scene in my 2 year span in the adult industry. So if Ax+By=Cxy, then an EDUCATED person would now that the "Vivid" issue has nothing to due with me, or have an effect on me, so why am I protesting for someone else? Common f---in' sense people.

MandingoX, you bitch. If you were a real man you'd use your own f---ing name, and not use mine as some plot to discredit my name and my "light" in the adult industry.

Ever since I got into this business, people have been trying to equate my name with some type of militant. Or a problem. I really don't give a f---, people who know me, love me. Whether their Black, White, Yellow, Brown, or Red.

ManDingo is not some reference to the f---in' movie either. Keep in mind, I just turned 26. I also had to read this crap during my birthday weekend. Thanks LUKE ha ha ha. Real funny.

ManDingo the movie, as we all now, and I know now, was released in 1975. The year of my birth. So obviously, I knew nothing of the crap when I got in the business. Females I used to have relations with in college called me "ManDingo". Our generation took "ManDingo" as a reference to phallus prowess and excellence.

ManDingo if some don't know, was one of the first African tribes to be enslaved. For obvious reasons, they were one of the strongest tribes controlling the West coast of Africa. So to dominate, get them first. Makes perfect sense to me.

I chose to get into this business for one reason, and one reason only. MONEY, COLD HARD CASH. At the end of my college career, I was lucky enough to graduate, not accomplish everything I wanted, and ended getting a girl pregnant who had no goals in life.

She, to make a long story short, lied about other "children" she had, and couldn't take care of one more. So I took my child, with no money bills up the ass, working a waiter job. My life started to look bleak. Girls stopped calling because they knew of my new situation and didn't want to be bothered. I saw myself becoming broke and broker and broker. So I knew I couldn't catch a ball for s---. I've got no handles on the basketball court. WHAT CAN I DO TO PUT MONEY IN MY POCKET?????

WELL, HERE I am. I hope it makes you feel good to discredit a full time father trying to make ends meet.

HA HA HA LUKE, VERY FUNNY. HA HA HA LUKE, Its funny how I have to bust my ass to buy all the asthma medicine for my daughter, who has chronic asthma.

HA HA HA LUKE, Its funny discrediting someone while they sit there and watch their daughter cough, and choke in their sleep, trying to catch their breath. Luke, you're starting to make me sick again.

HA HA HA LUKE, people use this "monopoly" money to survive: pay bills, feed their children, support their families. I know numerous good parents in this industry.

I'm starting to get a bad taste in my mouth for you LUKE. When I got into this business I needed a name. What the f--- can I call myself? I wanted the cool first name, last name. But I just couldn't think of s---. f--- it, just use ManDingo.

I know it's hard for some people to say. Yea, I know it's long. Doesn't look good for some "type" of companies, but who cares. I wanted to be the international lover boy, the ManDingo prince. Also when I first got in this business, I was hated like most do. Funny thing Luke, I was hated by other Blacks in the industry.

So, f--- your MandingoX because he has now been negated. A lot of the Black performers didn't like my appearance, and felt I was too clean cut. Not "Black" enough. What the f--- is that. If you've seen me, the first thing you'll notice is how Black I am. Competition is tough, staying on top is hard. And staying in the game is hard. No one wants to loose what they put their all into the "business". So I understood that.

That's not to say I wasn't hated by Whites as well. It's called competition. In America, the American Free Enterprise system deals with competition. And that's whether your Black, White, Yellow, Brown, or Red. People need to face that and stop bitching.

I remember one of my boys in this industry, who remain nameless (remember Omerta?, or you don't know the definition) took me to Vivid one day for the obvious. WORK as we call it. I hate that f---ing word now. I go in there, and they want the whole polaroid thing. Not my thing, but f--- it. One guy recognized me from a gangbang. "Your BDF right? Changed your name to ManDingo?"

I say, that's right you spotted me. I'm spotted already....in the corner I hear someone say, "LOCK AND LOAD FELLAS!" I'm no f---in fool. But I'm no troublemaker. I'm a moneymaker. Anyone who makes money doesn't need bulls--- ignorant trouble. WHY? It's stops the flow of their money.

In America, all races depend on each other, whether they realize it or not. I'm not going to go into the whole historical bulls---. Do you're own damn research. I don't need to prove my intelligence, I got a degree remember? BA IN BITCH. (now what am I going to do with it!!!!!)

Like Dirk Diggler, I grew up in the South Bay. In the South Bay, you've got a mixture of all races. Everyone has his or her prejudices and bigotries. We all do. But out there people get respect by doing. Not sitting back complaining about s---. There's a lot of successful people out their because they're doers, regardless of color. I grew up around Whites, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Samoans, Philippinos, American Indians, and Eastern Indians.

I never knew that all of there races we all massed in porn either. However, there are a lot of White people I don't like, and there are a lot OF BLACK PEOPLE I SURELY DON'T LIKE. I don't get hired by a number of Black companies, due to my rate. SO HOW THE f--- AM I A BLACK MILITANT FOR SOME CAUSE??????????????

MandingoX you are now dead. ManDingo has killed you you bitch. I like White people. I have alot of White people who I admire and respect very highly, and they in turn respect me as well.

1.Mark Wood! You my man dogg!

2.Samantha Sterlyng, no disrespect to the hubby, and Obsession's going to kill me, but I LOVE YOU GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! You made me the star I am.

3.Bridgett Kerkove, I don't know what my problem was both scenes (shhhhh), maybe I was scared of you girl. Skeeter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What up dogg!!!!!!! You my man. LUKE you dick. Skeeter was one of the cats who taught me to "just call down dog, it'll be ok" I've used some of his coooool azzzz personality to add to my own.

4.Steve Austin! My man, and secret fan. (ooops)

5.Sophie Evans thank you so much for overcoming my mental block with condoms.

6.Lauryl Canyon you treated me like a little baby, but I guess I was at the time.

7.Jack Hammer! Thanks for taking the slack on my first scene, boy did I need it.

8.Bruno! You craaaaaaazy dogg.

9.Kaylyn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You give Obsession competition, and you know where. Just kiddin boo

10.Dale Jordan! You took care of me, and showed me the ropes.

11.Scott Young, that's for the love man.

12.Johnny Thrust......I saw Johnny with his family in AIM one day. Nice people. I got nuthin but love man. Even if I don't ever work for you again. You know what's up.

13YANI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YANI!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know if you want to be called White, but anyway. YANI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY NUMBER ONE CAMERA MAN.

14. Last but certainly not least, the King of Cream, the big pimp, Rodney Moore.

To all I didn't mention, I love you too. I'm just tired of writing now. Finally my daughter's sound asleep. Truth Guardian, thank you for coming to my defense. MandingoX's response was more than amusing. I DON'T f---IN' TALK LIKE THAT.

Diana, we agree and disagree on certain things. I do believe Black should pull their resources, we've spoke. But REALITY is a muther f---er. People got to survive. How many Black adult actors/actresses will do it? Especially with new people tripping and falling into the business doing anything for money. It's damn near to hard to regulate.

Only thing you do, is make good quality s---. From there sparks ambition, attention, attraction, MAKETABLITY and onto other levels. Everyone, Black , White, Yellow, Brown, and Red think on different levels within their own race. There's money grubbin' broke people of all ethnicities in this business. There are times where I'm one.

A lot of Blacks don't like other Blacks, a lot of Whites don't like other Whites. NO ONE f---IN LIKES ANYBODY, LUKE, AND THAT'S' THE WORLD. They're certain levels of morality in Black porn, as well as White porn, and Latin porn, etc.

The only solution is for the people who are cool with each other, whether Black, White, Yellow, Brown, or Red to do their own thing. All the racist f---s: Black, White, Yellow, Brown, Red can just kiss the cool peoples ass. And that's the bottom line.

Sincerely, BDF, the real ManDingo from West Coast Productions. March 1, 2001 fin

Marina Pacifica

Anyone know anything about Marina Pacifica? I hear they're a video distribution company owned by Nick and Uri. Nick's Greek and Uri's Israeli. Nick's been around a long time. They're located in the San Fernando Valley. They produce videos. They're looking to go online.

Lynne L-patin: Bruce and I worked for Marina Pacific, not Pacifica, for a year and a half, Luke
Lynne L-patin: I didn't know an Israeli named Uri, just Avi Raccah and Motti (Mordecai) Green, who had left the company by the time I met you
Lynne L-patin: They ARE on-line, under twistedvideo.com, as a mailorder business, through their extremely successful retail store, Twisted Video, in North Hollywood. The store is gay, but Marina Pacific Distributors sells both gay and straight videos and DVD's, as does the website. Nick, a basically nice man, prefers the loud, boastful, yet ultimately incompetent over the quiet and competent. Bruce and I loved working there, even though we were never allowed to get into the production end. We only left because one of the gay producers made our lives miserable and ultimately got us fired when, in the course of my job, I realized that his overspending was jeopardizing the production budgets and the release schedules for the upcoming year.

Samantha Sterlyng's Doctor

LT writes: Luke, Dr. Fisher strikes again!. Samantha Sterlyng said "So they did a crescent lift so that I would qualify for silicone. He just went in under the nipple and gave me 300ccs of silicone and tucked me in and firmed me up and now they look like 15-year old boobies again" This is exactly what Fisher does and it is 100% illegal. He circumvents the allowable process and reflects it on his records. Part of it is a loophole allowed by the FDA, but he takes that inch and pushes it a yard. Silicone implants have been banned since 1992. Obviously he's committing fraud on his records and it's got to catch up with him. It wouldn't surprise me in the least that there is a formal complaint filed against him tomorrow morning. Oh, and even the saline implants need massaging.

Misha writes: Dear Mr. Ford, You asked me about what I thought "about the fascinating religious discussion I had with Samantha Sterlyng." Well, I cannot say I found the interview either "fascinating" nor particularly "religious." Yes, you did bring up questions about religion and even questions about ethics but there was one element missing. The element of being redeemed. Otherwise, religion can devolve into a game of trivial pursuit just like many other things in life. When I ask people questions, I go somewhat further (I am speaking of face-to-face conversations) and ask them "Why?" after they make a statement about ethics. So, if your interlocutor says, "I think multiple sex parters are okay if that's what one wants" I then follow up with another "Why?" Often you can see that either their reasoning is merely circular or they really haven't given much thought to the issue. They are sometimes parroting something someone has told them and that's about it. I call the it the "Law of the Five Whys?." It's strange, but asking "Why?" about five times seems to reveal lots about the baselessness of many folks ideas about ethics and other decision processes if one keeps to the same line of questioning. Of course, "Why?" said five times in a row can also sound like a small child simply repeating themselves too so I wouldn't think that it makes for good interview technique in every interview situation.

What I found somewhat interesting was how Ms. Sterling takes the usual contemporary line of Moral Relativism and. I also found it interesting to note how one the one hand she is very protective of her sister and then on the other hand would actually cheer her mother on if her mother engaged in a massive -- so sad -- porn orgy. Her compassion for her sister doesn't extend in the same way to her mother. Too bad that her compassion toward her sister doesn't extend in the same way in terms of participation in porn. Of course, Moral Relativism allows this kind of interruption of an integrated ethical life.

Porno Downunder

Teal writes: Luke, First what's that Aussie cricket stuff doing on your site?? Huh?? Not that I mind at all. Are you a cricket watcher?

Since your copy and paste from other boards like BigDoggie.net, you have introduced me to this aspect of Internet life as well. As you prob know, escorting is all legal in Australia, but all agencies are licensed by the state governments. Even QLD has allowed recently, boutique brothels in red light districts (industrial areas) though anyone can complain. I work with a woman whose husband is on the board that approves or disapproves brothel applications. The Health Departments are all involved and do regular health checks. This is said in context of your (sighing) statement that do any escort agency have integrity.

I believe legalisation would add integrity because the government could take away the license. It's aim (the legality) to is to rid the neighbourhoods of streetwalkers (get out of public view) but making other premises legal to conduct this type of business (out of public view). It has worked mostly. You still the get the few druggie desperates but that is not really an issue I've seen in the newspaper in the last few years since legalisation.

I have no problems with escorts in a legalised structure that cares for them like in Australia and I believe US states should look to Australia for guidance. We already have the best Health Care Govt funded System in the world (acknowledged by the US) called Medicare. Why waste money on police resources when you could have legal agency's that have FBI background checks on the owners of such operations. You could even have a State Escort Agency Licensing Board that could also take complaints from customers (like if does bait and switch). Gee, you could even successfully tax the employees. That'll put up the fees.

Would that bring on integrity Luke? The idea of a PSE (you learn a new abbreviation on the Net everyday!) is enticing since we all fantasize about being the guy f---ing in the porno without the film crew ya know. I think it'll only become more exclusive and expensive. That's supply and demand.

If the Bush troops try to crack down then you take a boat out into International waters or just avoid the stings like staying in a 6 star penthouse level hotel room in another city or flying around like to Australia. I don't think they would stretch the police funding buck that far and it wouldn't be illegal down under if that was your interest. I guess it is a client tip also. It would raise client costs though, but for safety it makes sense. Hundreds of clients requiring hundreds of police and millions of dollars to capture evidence (just a booking on the agency books would mean nothing). I don't think so!

I don't know really. Maybe a state like CA or NV should have someone or a group of people put a petition together for a referendum on the issue. I don't know the political process very well in the US. Or bankroll a Supreme Court petition to legalise the age old business. Best Oz escort agency I found online is http://www.monalisamodels.com.au/portfolios.html Mona Lisa Models.

Maybe I should give them a try and tell you if the picture actually matches the woman you meet? At least it would be legal! Elle looks great! Never done it before. I'll just blame Luke and feel good about it ;)!

Why did I write this. I think Luke posed some issues, some questions and it's my nature to think, dissect and issue an opinion. I'm pretty much neutral on most issues but lean slightly, only slightly to the conservative side of politics. That then doesn't make sense with what I wrote. I guess I have a foot on both sides of the political fence. There is good and bad about each side.

Where Is Cheyenne Silver?

Duckweed writes: Hey Luke: Whats up with Cheyenne Silver??? Her website was s--- with that letter saying Vivid forced her to get her tits done; she sounds stoned. And all the guys writing into her on the forum talked about her smelly pussy calling her Stinkpot Silver. Who is her webmaster??? He needed to get a clue. Now I go to jack off to the pictures of her getting nailed by some old black guy and I can't find her site. Any ideas??? Does she have a new website up??? I want to see her new tits! Anyone who knows her new site; write in to Luke.

I think shes hot, fake tits or not, but where is she??? I heard she is a contract girl for that that Homo Steve Hirsch at Vivid: are they f---ing her over like they do with all their girls? Maybe Steve has her cleaning the bathrooms. Have you ever taken a s--- there? DONT!!!!

I haven't seen any of her movies by Vivid and would love to see some decent work by her. Shes got a great face but I hear she doesn't like to take facials. Damn if I wouldn't love to see her get nailed buy a few guys in the mouth-(hint hint to STEVE HIRSCH). That I would like to see!!! jizz city all over her face! Maybe by Mr. Marcus!!

I did see her on Nici's girls website-the whorehouse for porn chicks....is she sucking cock on the side as an escort? I would love to book the beauty for a f---fest when I'm in town. Drop me a line cause I want a piece of that ass. How much does Nici charge for a night with that vixen??? Does she do anal? Nici, can you post how I can set something up with her. Give me some information on her so I can stop jacking off to her old movies or at least tell me if she has a fanclub, SOMETHING!

Aurora Snow

JG writes: Has anyone got the lowdown on beautiful Aurora Snow from Up and Cummers 87 or 88. During the interview, she mentioned she was a drama student at UC Irvine.

Jeremy Steele Sings Song Of Religous Encouragement

Porn star Jeremy Steele writes: Hey Luke, Since you are a religious person, I'd like to let you know that I've got a couple of more demo songs at www.mp3.com/jeremysteele They are titled "There is a God(Satan is his name)" and "God of your Domain", plus I have several more songs, and will continue to put more past demo songs up in the meantime, while I continue to rehearsh before recording for real this time. Maybe these songs will uplift you. Did anyone catch Tuesday's KNBC 11PM segment about my friend Christine Maggiore? Go to www.aliveandwell.org for more info.

Has Luke Ruined The Way For All Porn Journalists?

Lewis Purdue is a real journalist who's writing a book on how porn shaped the internet.

Jack writes: He asked good question, why nobody is helping him, you big boys? I'm just a small boy....

Kimmy Kim writes on PornCity: his questions didn't excite me. I'm, full of internet gossip, not internet nuts and bolts.

Lewis Purdue (lew@eroticabiz.com) writes: Gossip doesn't make for the sort of books I write. Facts do. Luke F-rd covers gossip and more than a few facts. Indeed, in the absence of any substantial help from the industry, I find that I get a lot more information by starting with l-keford.Com and then finding additional sources to confirm things (or not).

I come from a journalism tradition where you don't take just one person's word for things (_that_ is gossip and has its place...just ask Matt Drudge or Luke F-rd). I have to confirm things with multiple sources. SOOOOOOO ... what this means is that, lacking credible sources, I can't write about things ... ... which means that I've pretty well abandoned doing the piece about how an assault on the adult industry would have serious implications for the rest of technology and the stock market.

Yeah, you guys keep talking to yourselves about how much you've innovated, how much you spend on routers and servers, but when the time comes to back that up with facts, nobody comes up with the goods. All hat and no horse! I can certainly say that I came into this book with a far more positive attitude toward the industry than I have now. I'm lucky that a couple of the _very_ big players have talked to me, but I am still concerned about writing a book just from their viewpoints.

So folks, if you don't like the book when it comes out next year; if you think I should have included things or that I didn't include your viewpoint or I didn't give credit to this person or that, it AIN'T because I didn't ask ... and ask and ask and ask. Yah, I am frustrated.

On the other hand, I am grateful to the few people who did respond. And a year from now if you think the book is flawed because I relied on their judgments and facts, well then who's to blame for that?

So go ahead, you've got a whole year to figure how how to write all those clever creative flames about how the book sucks. That's a whole lot easier than making a contribution.

Luke Gets Mail

Mark writes: Luke, Have you ever seen Nicole Moore in person? This girl is the antithesis of porn. She looks like she is pushing 60, her skin is leathery and marked and her face . . .I don't even know where to begin. I couldn't believe people pay this old hag to take her clothes off. Some people know when to quit and some people don't. Honestly how old is she? Will someone get a copy of her ID!! I'm willing to bet she is pushing 50 maybe even 55.

(Lynne wishes to point out that the concept of a 50-year-old "girl" is oxymoronic; that there may be a place for 50-year-old WOMEN in porn, but to expect them to perform as "girls" speaks more to the prejudices of the potential viewer who refuses to accept that "girls" grow up. Too much sun and tanning bed time will give one that leathery look; I firmly expect Luke to acquire the appearance of rich cordovan leather by the time he, too, grows up, [sometime in the distant future, of course] based on his current sunbathing habits.)

Lynne adds: I had the privilege to have been on the set of Backstage Sluts 2, and met Lynn and Daisy several times through Matt Zane. Both of them were really sweet people, and I'm glad to hear that she's moved on after losing him which, I can attest, is hard to do.

I really like her revelation as to her monogamy with males vs. promiscuity with females, because sharing our feelings on loaded issues like fidelity is our key to understanding why people make the choices they do. Not being gay, when Daisy has a female partner, that does not become "her woman," thus she feels free to take another. In my case, when a man chooses to be "my man," I leave it up to him as to whether I can take other partners or not, assuming I want to, which I may or may not.

For the first eight years of my marriage, I had two affairs (while he had none). At one point, about four years in, Bruce became more focused on the needs of his ex-wife, and during this time I met a very powerful, charismatic figure in the porn business with whom I carried on a brief fling. Bruce and I separated for about six months, during which time I spent one night with a nice Jewish porn industry management type, who ultimately did not appeal to me, and ultimately got back together with my husband a few months afterwards. Only later, when treatment for his prostate cancer left him impotent for most of the last two-and-a-half years of his life, did we actually encourage my sexual relations with other men.

Unfortunately, the man BRUCE decided should "care" for me after his death turned out not to be the friend we thought we had... It's hard for me to believe that I've gone from sex twice a day throughout most of my ten-year marriage to three one-night-stands in eighteen months without having gone completely insane, though surely the celibacy-induced depression encourages many of my poor food choices. Hugs, not hamburgers, make for much better mental health.

Lynne notes: Ultimately, my getting into porn comes down to being out of work one month back in 1974, when I was eighteen, unable to pay the rent, and didn't have the option of borrowing a hundred bucks from my upper middle class but abusive parents. Thus I learned how easy it was to earn a hundred bucks by posing naked. Three months later, when offered a second shoot, I quit my job in the candy store (which paid eighty bucks a week) and got into porn full-time. Do the math -- you're young, on your own, and have the choice of working a full week for the current minimum wage (right now that's about $240) or spending three hours having sex with some guy you don't know for $500. You're in the age group where you're being hit on by strangers constantly, all the guys you date expect sex from you -- why not make a living from it? And if you really want to go to college or invest in the stock market or real estate, use the money to pay for it. Making porn videos is just the world's oldest profession with a technological twist: it's always been distasteful, it's always been an option for a certain group of women without financial support or family ties, and as long as men's sexual preference is for young attractive women with no strings attached, there's gonna be a living to be made in the sex business.

CIA Seeks To Penetrate Fred's Mind With Mind Control Beam

MrHollywoodJew writes: Gee, I wonder what words of profound scriptural wisdom Misha has to impart to us today? I haven't had a chance to check as I've been too busy viewing and promulgating porn.

Fred writes: I doubt that Misha would not do anything violent or criminal. Regarding sexual hang-ups, I think I disagree with you. He sorta reminds me of Jimmy Swaggart. Believe it or not, one of my favorite things to do would be to grab a glass of wine and watch Swaggart rant, rave, pace around the podium, etc. etc. It was clear to me from the way Swaggart was haranguing about women who wore shorts or short skirts that he was battling his own demons, primarily of a sexual nature. This, of course, was born out by his subsequent arrest. Misha strongly reminds me of what I perceived about Swaggart.

(By the way--on another subject, my favorite TV minister of all time was Dr. Gene Scott, who I considered to be a) pretty smart; b) pretty funny; c) probably reasonably forthright and honest, and d) a four-star lunatic. The funniest thing about Dr. Scott was that he was, in fact, a doctor. In particular, he had a PhD from Stanford. Every once in a while, he would stop his sermon, mention that fact, laugh a few times, and say "every time I mention that on television, my thesis advisor turns three shades of purple.")

But back to Misha and Pierce. I actually find fanaticism, and other mental maladies to be very interesting. I think delusional people are the most interesting. Paranoids are pretty interesting. As a general rule, I find people I consider to be mentally unhinged to be the most interesting of all. I actually waded through Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Frued, and a couple of textbooks on psychiatry. Really interesting stuff.

Well, gotta run. The CIA is trying to penetrate my thoughts with their mind control beam. My only hope is that the space aliens stop them in time.

Misha writes: Dear Mr. Ford, Oh no, "Mr. Hollywood Jew" is back. Okay, I suppose dealing with him -- again -- will my contribution to charity. MHJ this one's for you. The spelling I gave was "effete" not, as you spelled it, "effette." I know, in the Internet world typographical errors abound so you can slide by on that. I appreciate your allowing the same. So far as the definition goes, effete means (as the word is frequently used): "Marked by self-indulgence, triviality, or decadence." You may recall the famous quote by former Vice President Spiro Agnew in which he said, "...effete, decadent snobs" to describe a certain segment of society.

No, Misha is not Chaim nor, for that matter is Chaim signing as Metanoia. So, stop wasting your time guessing. Then again, I think it IS better that you waste your time guessing if it will keep you away from viewing or promulgating porn. Why am I not out in the Amazon preaching? Huh? I thought I was in the "jungle" of Internet porn preaching to porn "tribesmen" like, well, yourself. By the way, MHJ, have you read your Torah or New Testament today? Spend your time there. It will be time well spent.

Misha writes: Mr. Ford, Now an E-mail from Michael Raven of Sin City Films? Okay, Michael, I will respond: Michael, go back and read my E-mail. You claim," Misha incorrectly states that "f---" originates from the Puritanical acronym "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". Show me where the word "Puritanical" exists in the the column previously on l-keford.com. So far as one word being not more offensive than another, well, then the meaning and use of words just doesn't mean much to you then.

No wonder you don't know what you mean. But then again, you are not writing -- in your scripts -- literary masterpieces now are you? For given your understanding of the meaning and power of words, Shakespeare's sonnets are the same as a monologue found in your porn films. So far as Solomon goes, if you notice, The Bible is filled with people who are sinners and do many things that are awful. What do you expect? The main point to remember is the redemptive acts of God that save the men and women therein from sin (Greek: "hamartia" or "missing the mark" or goal of life). I wonder if you could claim the same for your films or is your goal to simply fill your pockets and those of our employees?

When Michael Raven (You indicate that it is indeed the pornographer himself who wrote the E-mail.) -- one of those sad men who make a living off "directing" prostitution on film (porn) -- indicates that the "F" word cannot be considered offensive when used in a grammatically correct manner he shows what I call the "Lie of Contemporary Life." If pornography promulgators can just get the public to think that any kind of sex is as "valid" as any other kind of sexual expression then they have overcome the first defense against their particular evil "gift" to the world. How do they do so? Begin with altering the language so that "F" is the same as any other word so long as it is used in a grammatically correct way. It's the same kind of thinking displayed in Orwell's book _1984_. The same kind of thinking of the militarists who equate "killing" with "termination." Language is a poweful tool. With it you can reveal a lie. Abuse it and make it impotent and you can hide the most heinous of sins. Such is the slippery slope that Raven and others like him would have readers imbibe. And it is simply, like Raven's lifework, poison for the mind -- and poison for the soul.

By the way, Mr. Raven, since you like to engagage in psychological musings about my motives I hope you won't mind if I do the same. Is your working in porn a direct reaction of you having been involved as a child in a "religious cult" as the SinCity Video biography on you indicates. Why not try mainstream Christianity instead now as an adult? And you asked when was the last time I read Song of Solomon?

Tell me, when was the last time you read Song of Solomon -- and understood it? The Song of Solomon (or "Song of Songs") requires more hermeneutical skill than a porn director seems to muster. When you understand that Scripture has many different levels within it (historical, anagogical, analogical, and ethical) then you may have something to say worth hearing about the Scripture for otherwise you abuse it. It's kind of like your life work. You don't really understand the highest and best possibilities of human life so you simply bring human life down to its lowest common denominator. If you think Song of Solomon is little more than a rendition of Solomon's lust then you have been watching your own films far too long. Michael, what would it take for you to give up directing porn?

Michael Raven replies: Thank you for responding to my post, I enjoy discussions of this nature and it is evident from your writings that you are educated and well versed in your belief system. I do admire anyone that has the courage to take a stand for something they believe in. My posting was not a direct attack on your beliefs, but merely a series of questions (I don't believe you answered any of them).

"Lie of Contemporary Life" ??? I have altered nothing. I merely stated that most linguists do not agree with your meaning of the word "f---". I agree that language is a powerful tool and should be used with the level of accuracy and specificity it was intended to provide. You are the one who assigned the "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" meaning to the word. I simply pointed out that it's actual meaning may be found in it's Old Germanic roots meaning "to strike, poke or penetrate". A slang word to be true, but a valid expression of a concept or idea.

You ask, "Is your working in porn a direct reaction of you having been involved as a child in a "religious cult". I am quite sure that the religious influences of my childhood have a great deal to do with the way I think and feel, but is that the reason I work in Adult Entertainment? No. I enjoy what I do. I believe that humans should not be ashamed of sexuality or consensual depictions thereof. I find my films a way to express my beliefs and to entertain.

You also asked, "Tell me, when was the last time you read Song of Solomon -- and understood it?" I have read the Holy Bible many times over and I have a firm understanding both as a whole and of it's specific concepts. As to my "seeming" lack of hermeneutical (or expository) skills that you reference, I will gladly debate you on a biblical topic of your choice at anytime (you pick, Original Sin?, Atonement?, Dispensation?, the "rapture" myth?, etc).

Nowhere in my post did I say that Song of Solomon was a mere rendition of Soloman's lust. You missed my point, but if you wish to engage me on the subject, let's get to it.

Your final query, "Michael, what would it take for you to give up directing porn?" Is that an offer? If so, what are you offering in exchange. I think I know your answer. Your name "metanoia"(to turn away, repent) says it all. I too studied New Testament Greek. Why would I turn away from something I enjoy? Earlier in your post you suggested I give "mainstream Christianity" a try. That's the very cult I left 12 years ago. What would it take for you to leave such a psychologically destructive belief system? regards, michael raven p.s. Just curious, are you a fan of Edgar Allen Poe or was the reference merely convenient?

I couldn't help but notice in your postings the disdain and hatred you feel or perhaps it was the spiritual pride? Nonetheless, why are you so condescending? Do you treat everyone that disagrees with you that way or where you just having a bad day? Use your own example of Jesus and how he dealt with the adulteress. He didn't waste energy taking personal shots at her choice of lifestyle, but simply told her to "go thou and sin no more" (there is that "metanoio" principle again). Do you not practice the same courtesy and civility as your master or are you to much of a Pharisee, blinded by spiritual pride?

Fred, Mind of the Zombie: The Living Dead

Misha writes:

There once was a man named Fred,
Whose body appeared living,
But his mind was well dead,
See, he snorted too much Freud
And overdosed too much porn,
That thus while so doing,
His strange notions were born!

"Annoying Metanoia,
He's done messed with my head,
So now I feel poorly,
Indeed, I feel dread,
'For now there's aliens,
Bugging hollows o' my head!"

Poor Fred's in a quandry,
So what does Fred do?
He still rants about Freud,
Mocks defrocked pastors,
Yep, poor Fred,
He has bats in his rafters!

So sing a durge for Fred,
The man with the mind,
That's been declared dead,
He prowls on the Net like a zombie,
While "The Company" listens to the echo in his head!

Fred writes: Dear Luke-- I have changed my analysis. I have decided that Misha is not all that intelligent after all. The more I think about it, Misha's debating style, changing definitions of words, backtracking and back pedaling, and capping everything off with a completely idiotic poem leads me to believe a) he is, in fact, pulling our leg, or b) he is, in fact, quite mentally disturbed.

I wager that the odds are 80% mentally disturbed, 20% pulling our leg. I don't think he was mimmicking anger in his posts. Rather, I believe he is incapable of dealing with counterarguments, and he responds quite angrily when caught making up facts or being unable to substantiate his points.

Second, if he was pulling our leg, I cannot believe he would have cranked out so much text. I certainly would not spend that much time on a prank unless I thought it was really amusing.

Third, there is such a dearth of wit in the poems he sent to you, I have to assume that they were drafted in anger rather than humor. I think Misha really is mentally disturbed. This is not merely a man adhering to different but valid values. This is a man with serious issues to work out. I would be interested in knowing more about his psychiatric history.

By the way--during his debate with Mr. Raven, he cited the old urban legend that f--- means "for unlawful carnal knowledge". I really don't think a bright person would have done that. Also, I strongly suspect that Misha is a lot more biblically illiterate than he pretends to be. It would be most interesting seeing him trying to hold his own vis-a-vis Mr. Raven (or you, for that matter). So that is my current analysis.

I don't think I will comment further on the subject. However, if I do, in keeping with the debating style now established by Misha, all future posts will be in verse. Perhaps iambic pentameter. Or maybe a little hexameter.

MrHollywoodJew writes: Incidentally, I've noted several times people have spelled Poe's middle name with an "e" on this site. It is Edgar Allan Poe, not Allen. Not a criticism, just trying to be helpful.

As to Misha, well, unless he's an apostate Jew (he seems to know a bit about Jewish cultural ethnicity, but not much about the religion; though he seems unbalanced enough to maybe be an adherent of the "Jews for Jesus" cult), he will never understand that the concept of "sin" and that of "hell" simply are not valid in our faith. In other words, both are foreign to Judaism. They are false doctrine, if you will (to use a fave fundamentalist catch phrase). There is simply no such thing as sin. There are wrongs and there are evils, but what the Christians call sin is merely human nature, not an offense against G-d. There is no sin in sex, lust, or fornication. Evils and wrongs would include rape, coercion, or anything that intentionally causes pain (either emotional or physical). Pleasure is never a sin. G-d gave us sex and the instinct known as lust and made it pleasurable. It is a gift, a joyous thing to be celebrated and indulged in. Of course, any overindulgence can be dangerous and there are always nuances and exceptions to every rule that must be considered and weighed.

In any case, there are no sinners, no "unsaved," no hell. These are myths. People make their own hell right here (and people foisting their views on others -- as Misha is wont to do -- make life hell for those they encounter). Fundamentalist Christinaity is, as H. L. Menken described Puritanism, "The awful fear that someone, somewhere, might be having a good time."

Misha and those of his ilk need to mind their own business. They need to follow the teachings of their own savior who said "Physician, heal thyself" and admonished the hypocrites to go into the closet and say their prayers in private. I do not get on fundamentalist or charismaniac websites and argue against their erroneous beliefs so why do they feel the need to fight mine, which they consider erroneous? Fundamentalists cannot allow for any other point of view because if other points of view exist, that very existance serves (in their twisted minds) to challenge the validity of theirs. In reality, however, the rest of us simply don't give a flip what they think -- and they can't stand that.

There is no point arguing with a simple mind becasue you can never win. They will always claim moral superiority and belittle your point of view -- no matter how well grounded in fact you may be -- as being groundless. Yet their end of the argument is always emotional, always on the attack, always trying to bait, but never really on firm ground. For them, the bible is sufficiant ground to stand on. They are too myopic to realize that the big book of myths is not substantial ground at all. They cannot be bothered with facts or truth. Their arguments are always on a special diet -- 100% fact-free.

In any case, Misha can ramble all he wants. You can post his tirades and crappy poems if you want, and other readers can spar with him if they want. I have said my piece. Now I'll sit back and watch Misha make a fool of himself while trying to rip to shreds what I've said (and what Fred, Raven, and everyone else with any mental stability and common sense who writes to you says). But the fact is, if Misha and his type weren't given the fora in which to babble their psychotic ramblings, they would, indeed, finally just fade away.

Praise For Patrick Riley

Learned Hand writes on RAME.net: In his review of Booty Talk #21, Patrick gives the following description of a girl:

"Purl's butt IS as big as the photo implies, in fact it's bigger and riddled with cellulite and she has what are commonly referred to as "thunder thighs". However facially she's very pretty, her waist is tight, and her belly flat, and she has a really nice bubbly personality. Skin wise she's white."

This is a much better description than those you have given in the past. Those extra details and a few more sentances and the use of a variety of adjectives really help. I hope you continue in this vein.

California Power

Andy writes: Luke, JRob is a clueless socialist despite the denial of political affiliation. Airlines used to charge thousands of dollars for a flight, now a ticket to S.F. will cost under $100 and $200 to go to NYC. In the regulation days, the majors did their damndest to kill Southwest Airlines, which is the best airline flying.

Deregulation in this state was done in a totally f---ed up, idiotic fashion. They deregulated the power producers but not the sellers, so as Waye pointed out, the utilities (PG&E, SoCal Edison) were limited in how much they could charge consumers, but the people who generate power and sell it to PG&E, etc, could raise their rates all they want. Do you THINK PG&E wants to go bankrupt? Then where would that leave people?

Deregulation in California seemed designed to fail, because now that moron Gray Davis, who totally ignored warnings this was coming in 1999 because he was out fundraising, is basically telling power providers he's going to take over their companies. They do that s--- in China.

And yes, Lori is right about the tree huggers. This state has not built a new power plant in 20 years, in fact has shut down several, and the state population has gone through the roof, between the Silicon Valley importing more and more help and the border being totall pourous. But because this state is held hostage by the leftists in L.A. and S.F. the Dummycrats will continue to run this state and let public policy be made by dumb kids with no family, no real job, who have no responsibility and can live in trees. Take a look at http://www.saveourpower.com

The government-is-good crowd like JRob have ruined this state, turning the schools into such a pathetic joke that some Silicon Valley companies openly admit they have to import talent from overseas because this state can't produce a useable workforce. My friend's wife is a teacher and she tells me 80% of LA school kids who go into the U.C. system need remedial English. Not Mexican kids, but American citizens. Mind you, the UC system is actively recruiting non-white students, too, in violation of Prop 209, and that useless attorney general Lockyer refuses to do anything about it. There was a professor on Larry Elder's show yesterday who said he made plans to send his kid to college out of state because he knew UC would never admit him, because he's a white male. Now the comrades in S.F. are gonna make all the city employees pay a higher insurance premium so they can pay for a few freaks to get a sex change.

They get away with this crap for two reasons: one, the communists in S.F. and West L.A. who hold this state hostage and the knowledge that they can continue to charge the highest taxes in the state, run the schools into the ground and pass obscene laws and people will still want to be here. Lori is correct about Texas' appeals, but I also know there's nothing like Venice Beach there, so for now, I grin and bear this mess of a state.

XXX writes: I have been facinated by California energy mess and put up a website on it http://electricdude.com Overall, I have been impressed with how the newspapers have been handling it. I presume your hovel is safely inside the LA Power and Water service area.

Bestiality Angles In Dog Attack?

The warrant also says prosecutors were investigating whether the couple was having sex with dogs. Prosecutors declined comment on whether bestiality is relevant to the Whipple investigation. However, sex acts with animals are misdemeanors in California. The search warrant seeks ``any materials or correspondence describing sexual acts by Noel or Knoller that involve dogs.''