This past Friday evening, ABC’s Nightline aired part two of their Inside Scientologyseries with anchor Martin Bashir. If you missed it, the videos are posted on ABC’s website. It is a MUST see.
 Part One is  here,  and Part Two is here.

Friday’s show was a continuation from Thursday night’s interview with ex-Scientology top executives Marty Rathbun, and Amy Scobee, as well as ex member Bruce Hines. They were all former members of Scientology’s Sea Organization.

Bashir also continued his interview with Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis who ended ripping off his microphone, and storming off the set. We will get to that juicy part later.

ABC Anchor Martin Bashir

Friday evening’s coverage focused on the celebrities in Scientology. Tom Cruise was the main focus.  Tommy Davis claimed that Scientology does not given special treatment to celebrities, but I beg to differ. Cruise considers cult leader David Miscavige one of his closest friends and Miscavige not only attended Cruise’s wedding, but he also tagged along on Tom and Katie’s honeymoon. Doesn’t everyone bring their “church” leader on their honeymoon with them?

Cruise is not only BFF’s with David Miscavige, but he was also a huge advocate for Scientology. I say “was” because Cruise has really simmered down since his couch jumping days. His leaked Scientology video, his insults against Brooke Shields for taking medication for her postpartum depression, and his famous “glib” interview with Matt Lauer has put a serious damper on his career and his popularity. 

Matt You Are So Glib!

If you ask just about anyone on the street these days of their opinion of Tom Cruise, most will say he is a kook.

Cruise is trying to re-boost his career, by not speaking publicly about Scientology and trying to show the world how “normal” his life is with his family. But are people buying it? I doubt it. Cruise is DEEP into Scientology. He co-founded the NY Rescue Workers and Firefighters Detoxification Program after 911. Again, this program is EXACTLY the same as Scientology’s Purification Rundown and their Narconon program.

Cruise also lobbied in Washington with a quest to have every school in the US teaching Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s “tech.” Applied Scholastics is the front name used in the schools, but it is without a doubt Scientology. Applied Scholastics has already infiltrated some of the schools in the US. I am not talking about Scientology schools like Delphi Academy and Will Smith’s New Village Academy, but rather regular public schools in our towns that are teaching children Scientology tech.

In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, they started teaching Scientology tech in Prescott Middle School in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Applied Scholastics representatives assured them that the program was secular.  A couple of quotes from that story posted on the Scientology V. Education website:

The Baton Rouge school district agreed to pay $20, 000 a year to Applied Scholastics for a licensing fee and to hire a teacher from the nonprofit to help teach the course. Costs were offset by seed money that Travolta contributed and by donations from local businesses. Parents were enlisted to volunteer as tutors.

Dave Touretsky, a research professor at Carnegie Mellon University, that’s only because the academic experts don’t know the intricacies of Scientology.Study tech is “covert religious instruction” and therefore unconstitutional to teach in public schools, said Touretsky, who has studied Scientology and written extensively about Hubbard’s study skills curriculum.

Scientologists will use the program at Prescott to sell the program to other struggling communities, Touretsky said, and to promote the image of Scientology.

Rest assured, the teachers and the people in that town have NO idea what they are teaching these kids, nor understand how dangerous the tech can be for their children. Former Scientology member Monica Pignotti can tell you just exactly how dangerous the study tech is. Click here to read up on it yourself. I am not sure if Prescott Middle School has continued teaching this tech or not. I hope town officials and teachers have done their homework by now.

So a word of caution people, if your child’s school is approached with Applied Scholastics or any anti-drug pamphlets that contain the initials “CCHR” written anywhere on the pamphlet, please stay clear! The CCHR is another Scientology front group. Also stay away from the names Way To Happiness, or The Drug Free Marshals, just to name a few.

Scientology Can Use Some Body Language Courses!

These names are are ALL Scientology front groups. Sorry to sway away from  ABC’s interview, but any chance I have to make people aware that Scientology is trying to infiltrate our children’s schools, I feel compelled to make mention of it.

So back to the interview…

Former Scientology Sea Org member, Amy Scobee who was one of Scientology’s top execs and also one of the people who spoke out in the St. Petersburg Times articles, spoke with Bashir about the Purification Rundown.

Amy Scobee, Blonde On Bottom Right Hand Corner

She tells Bashir a horrifying story about when she was MADE to go on the Purification Rundown as part of a punishment within the Sea Org. Amy explains how daily she was ingesting 5,000 milligrams of niacin, exercising (usually a treadmill), and sitting in a sauna for five hours, for EIGHT MONTHS. She said she had“grey stuff ” coming out of her pores. I would imagine she was also ingesting oil, as this is another part of the Purification Rundown. As horrible as it was for Amy to be on this whacko science regimen, (which does not have any scientific data to back up its claims of actually detoxing the body at all) it was one of the things that woke Amy up and forced her decision to leave Scientology. And we are sure glad she is out. Bravo Amy!

Of course Scientology denies Amy’s story and says that the Purification Rundown is used for “religious reasons” by members. Hmmm.
Scientology is pretty crafty. They use different names for the Purification Rundown, like the NY Firefighters Detox Program, Narconon, and Criminon, and offer this program to the public and ask towns for funding using the town’s tax payer’s dollars. Exactly what they do with Applied Scholastics,  and The Drug Free Marshals etc…

They say that the program is secular and has NOTHING to do with Scientology. But yet when Scientology is pushed up against the wall, (as they were with Amy’s claims) they claim that the Purification Rundown is for “religious reasons.”

So how can they possibly claim that their front group programs are secular and have nothing to do with Scientology, when they are IDENTICAL to the same programs they are calling ”religious”?
Confusing? That is their intention.

Back to Rathbun…
Marty Rathbun continued his interview with Bashir and said that he himself has “audited” both Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Boy… I would love to know what is in their files! Of course everything contained within a Scientology member’s file is supposed to be confidential. That is…confidential until you cross Scientology. After the St. Petersburg Times articles came out with ex member’s stories, Scientology published personal information on Amy Scobee, Tom DeVocht, Mike Rinder and Marty Rathbun in a 80 page issue of their Freedom Magazine.

Scientology even gave the “defectors” nicknames like the King Pin, The Adulteress, and so on. It was not only the MOST childish thing that I have ever read by an organization, it was rife with lies about the ex-members and Scientology’s spin. Proving once again that Scientology’s Fair Game policy is alive and well.

Although it was not brought up in the interview, Rathbun is known as an independent Scientologist. And there are also Freezoners. Freezoners are members who have left the organized “church,” but still want to practice Scientology. There are groups of Freezoners here and there world wide. Scientology now considers these people who have previously dedicated years of their lives and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on trying to climb up the Scientology’s Bridge their evil enemies. They are considered as SP’s, or suppressive persons.

Freezoners left the church as they felt that L. Ron Hubbard’s Tech was being “squirreled” by cult leader David Miscavige. To ”squirrel the tech” means to change the writings of L. Ron Hubbard in any way. Miscavige has changed the tech many times. He has changed it, repackaged it, and told the members that the old books were now incorrect, and that they had to buy the “newer” version. This was done to keep more money coming into Scientology. Sadly, members actually fell for it.

Changing any of L. Ron Hubbard’s tech is considered a big no-no in Scientology and many current members consider David Miscavige to be a suppressive person. Why they continue to stay in the “church” is a mystery. But slowly, that seems to be changing.

People who are Freezoners, also did not agree with the way the “church” was being run and could no longer stand all the abuses and illegal activities that were going on, so they decided to leave the “church” and set up business elsewhere, and yes it is in fact a business. People who want to practice Scientology outside the cult still have to pay for auditing and courses to whomever is offering them. What they charge is nowhere near the hundreds of thousands of dollars that organized Scientology charges. Which is where Rathbun comes in. He was one of Scientology’s top auditors before he left, and he continues to audit people today.

If today’s organized Scientology continues to crumble, Rathbun can end up with more “disciples” to audit. Perhaps he is hopeful for Travolta and Cruise to leave the cult and audit with him once again. Not likely though, especially not for Cruise. Cruise considers Rathbun an enemy of the cult and and a huge SP. Cruise does not appreciate what Rathbun is saying about David Miscavige and the abuses of the cult.

Tom Cruise’s lawyer sent a statement to ABC Nightline and stated that even though Cruise is aware of the things being said about David Miscavige, Cruise does not believe it.

BFF’s For Ever!

Really Tom? Miscavige is ruining your career in case you didn’t notice. How many people is it going to take for you to wake up and understand that David Miscavige is an abusive tyrant who only wanted you for PR purposes to promote the cult and oh yeah…take your money?

And as Bashir pointed out to Davis in the interview…these stories of abuse from ex-members were from randomized people. And of course Davis quipped back to Bashir with “Well that’s how it is made to look.” Sure it is Tommy.

Rathbun was in Scientology for 27 years, and his brain is totally immersed in the tech. He still believes that con man L. Ron Hubbard is the best thing since sliced bread and that his writings are still WORD.

Giddy Up L. Ron!

Rathbun never completely left Scientology, and he probably never will. But we are awful glad he came forward to speak out, as well as the others. Many more are likely to follow.

After 27 years, and being one of Miscavige’s top lieutenants, 
Rathbun is still programmed to live, eat and breathe Scientology. Rathbun also thinks David Miscavige should be made “to pay the piper” for all the people he has abused. Of course Rathbun himself admitted to being an abuser, but he never mentioned that he should pay the piper as well. Hmmm.

Freezoners who continue to practice Scientology, still mean they are being brainwashed, no matter how you cut it.  It’s the way the courses, the auditing and the drills were set up by Hubbard, at least there isn’t a Sea Org and David Miscavige is out of the picture. But hey, people can believe in what they want, as long as it doesn’t hurt and abuse others and as long as it doesn’t end up being another 
abusive cult off-shoot.

So getting back to Scientology spokesman Mr.Tommy Davis.
As I mentioned in the last article on this series, Tommy Davis’ body language was VERY telling. Again, I noticed he sat with tightly clenched hands, laughed nervously, and at one point was sitting with his arms and legs totally crossed. He looked like he was wrapped so tight, that you couldn’t pull a pin out if his butt with a tractor.
Bashir proceeds to ask Tommy about the e-meter and HIS own personal beliefs. Tommy was not very convincing when it came to the e-meter. The conversation went as follows:

Bashir: Has the e-meter ever been subjected to randomized clinical trials to assess it’s efficacy?

Davis: I have no idea. I don’t know why it would be. It works in Scientology and that’s what people use it. I don’t know why it would be subjected to random clinical trials.

Bashir: Because it’s a… mechanism for therapeutic care you just said…

Davis: In a religion.

Bashir: But has it ever been tested objectively is what I’m asking?

Davis: I mean it gets used every day by Scientology counselors.

Bashir: I’m not asking that. I’m asking…

Davis: To my knowledge, no. … And as far as evidence of the e-meter and its efficacy, the evidence of that is in those Scientologists who have used it to great benefit. And as far as the Church of Scientology is concerned, it’s the only evidence that matters, is the people and the results.

“In a religion?” Then why is the e-meter used for Scientology “Stress Tests” on the general public?

But wait, there’s more…

The word is out.
Michelle Dugger of the reality show 18 Kids and Counting will be giving birth to her 19th child this March. The new baby will be joining Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer,and Jordyn.

The Duggers have been married since 1984. That means with number 19 on the way, she will have given birth to 19 kids in 25 years.

Ok, I’m sorry when does it start to get gross? Michelle, the human pinata has already had three C sections. Her belly must be like a ziploc bag.

MSNBC reported that she was surprised when she found out she was pregnant. After all, she had just given birth to a baby girl only eight months prior. She sure is quite the Fertile Myrtle. I wonder what is in the water out there in Arkansas?
Hey Michelle! You must have been absent from school the day the girls had the talk about their changing bodies.

Of course there is a reason behind Michelle’s disregard for her body and her poor kids who have to take care of all the other kids. It’s called Quiverfull. Not too many people are familiar with this Christian movement. They believe that one should be fruitful and multiply and believe that every child is a gift from Providence.
And from Wiki:

“The Christian quiverfull movement derives its name from Psalm 127:3-5, where many children are metaphorically referred to as a quiver full of arrows.”

Yeah ok… having that many children is from way back when parents needed children to work on the farms. This is 2009 Duggers.

People have the right to believe in what they want as long as it doesn’t  harm anyone, and I know they also has the right to have as many children as they want as long as they can care for them, but sorry, having 19 children is utterly ridiculous in this day and age.

It also reminds me of something…

Are the Duggers yet another family that will be exploiting their kids for the fame and fortune of reality TV? Jon and Kate Plus 8 comes to mind.
Although Michelle Dugger is not at all like Kate Gosselin as far as being materialistic or having Kate’s cheery disposition *snicker* but she isn’t any brighter either.

Gee, I wonder if Kate is a tad worried that The Duggers will be taking over the lime light in child exploitation. Well you know Kate, you can always have a few more! Cha-ching!

I happen to catch a bit of one of the Duggger shows and I couldn’t watch it. They were preparing to go on some sort of bus trip, and between the packing, the bathroom stops and everything else in between, it just made me cringe and shake my head. Although the kids seem surprisingly very well behaved compared to some reality show kids, *ahem*
It seemed like a total hardship on the Dugger kids who have to use the “buddy system” and constantly care for the rest of the Dugger brood. When do these kids get to be kids instead of being instant parents? They are all home schooled on top of it. Talk about sibling rivalry and wanting to get the hell out of the house!

Although some will argue that home schooling is the only way to go, I think kids miss out on a lot of social interaction and activities that you don’t get with home schooling. Yes I know they are on a show, and probably see lots of other people, and they mosey into town and do play with some other kids, but what about having BFFs? I cherish my childhood friends, and some of  my fondest memories are of school. I still keep in touch with many people I went to school with. You would think that the Duggers would want their children to have these precious memories too. Obviously not.
Perhaps Jim Bob is forming his own little cult?
 
And what about Michelle?

Doesn’t she want a break? Yeah I know it takes two to tango, and it is ultimately her final say as to whether or not she wants to go through with any more pregnancies. But is she being prodded? (ok, I know what you were thinking there, snicker) 
Is Jim Bob or anyone else putting dollar signs in her eyes? Well I guess either way, if she come out with a tell-all book, she will be raking in the dough. 

She already maintains a blog on TLC’s website. I guess having a bevy of built in baby sitters does have its advantages? I did check out her blog. She says she is exhausted and she had this to say about her current pregnancy:

“I thought we might be done. I was a little sad about it, but I just accepted it was a stage of my life and perhaps God felt my family was complete.I told Jim Bob right away, and he was so excited, he couldn’t hold it in. We told the children right then, and they were excited, too.”

A LITTLE  sad? I would have ripped my freakin’ hair out. And Jim Bob (yes that’s his real name, honest) was excited was he? If it was Jim Bob that had to go through labor, I think the Dugger family member count would have been about four, and would have stayed at four, including himself and Michelle.

On a more serious note. What about the dangers associated with having this many pregnancies?
According to CafeMom, getting pregnant repeatedly can have some huge and nasty repercussions.
Not to mention that the possibility of having a child with mental or physical problems greatly increases.

They asked three nurses and this is part of what they said:

Medically speaking, with each pregnancy, you have an increased risk for postpartum bleeding because your uterus doesn’t want to contract down to normal size. It’s been stretched for so long and so often, it tries to be stubborn. Another risk is for the bladder to prolapse, meaning it drops downward and can come out of the vaginal canal. To fix it, they have a new procedure that’s fairly easy, but a lot of GYNs don’t like to do it until  you are done having babies.

Just lovely.
Well let’s just hope Michelle’s bladder doesn’t fall out of her “hoo ha” on the show. But I am sure the ratings would be killer, won’t they?
I can just hear the preview for the upcoming show… Tune in next week  when all “h”-”e” double hockey sticks breaks out when Michelle’s bladder falls in the batch of homemade soap! Oh the hilarity!

Michelle, you can be done now. Honest you can. I doubt your kids feel that they need another child to care for. Don’t start thinking that 20 is a nice round number, I think your quiver is quite full. God won’t be mad if you stop now. *snicker*

Really, when is Michelle and Sir Hump-a-lot, Jim Bob going to put a cork in it? Or when will Jim Bob have a couple of snips? Which seems MORE than fair to Michelle, wouldn’t you say?

The Duggers are not only on TLC, they have a book under their belts called The Duggers: 20 And Counting and I am sure there will be more to follow. Jim Bob is a former state legislator, and is involved in a number of businesses, including commercial real estate. So even though having a huge family like the Duggers would be financially devastating for most, they supposedly make ends meet. I am sure TLC is making it a lot easier for them financially, if not helping them to survive. Of course the Duggers plan on going forward with yet another season. But what happens when their audience goes away, and TLC no longer finds them bankable? Will their quiver be finally full then?

Speaking of TLC, you have to love TLC, huh?
They have some real quality shows. *snicker* From Toddlers & Tiaras to I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant. Hey Michelle maybe you can be on that show too!

TLC is known as the “Learning Channel.”
I am sorry, what are we learning here again? How to have a litter of children? Or how to put a pair of flippers (fake teeth) on your child and dress them up in a hooker outfit with big hair and caked on make up and watch them bump and grind to I’m A Little Teacup?
People pa-lease!

I guess TLC is always on the look out for more children and families to exploit.Yeah I know, it’s the parents that choose to do the shows. But how many of these yahoos are being tantalized by the reality show dream of getting their little ones on TV and banking in on them?

Of course TLC would have LOVED the Vassilyev family.
Nobody can compete with the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev of Shuyu Russia. She bore 69 children between 1725 and 1765. She had 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets.

Now your talking! Too bad TV wasn’t around back in the 1700’s, this family could have been reality show gold.
They could have called the show “The Hump-a lots!”
Oh wait… that’s the Duggers.

Hey Now! Knock it off!
Will someone please turn a hose on these two? Geez!

Kirstie Alley has long been ridiculed over the past few years about her weight. From appearing on the failed sitcom Fat Actress to being Jenny Craig’s spokesperson, both of which ended in disaster. The National Enquirer has been dogging Kirstie through her weight gain and recently came out with a gem of a front page article stating that Kirstie Alley only has four years to live.

The Enquirer has always been known as a tabloid rag, and most stars let it roll off their backs like water on a duck — but not this time around. Apparently Kirstie’s 85 year-old Dad saw the article and called her very upset and asked her if she was dying. That infuriated Kirstie SO much, that her current obsession with Twitter helped her to show her true colors once again.

Kirstie took aim at the National Enquirer employee who wrote the article and posted some pretty nasty and threatening tweets, and asked her “Twitter buddies” to help her out.

The National Enquirer article that enraged Kirstie:

Kirstie Alley has just four years to live, an expert predicts. Locked in a deadly cycle of binge eating and yo-yo dieting, the former “Fat Actress” star has shaved years off her life span, according to doctors who have reviewed her medical history.

At 5-foot-8 and 250 pounds, the 58-year-old Emmy winner is “playing Russian roulette with her life,” warned Patrick Wanis, Ph.D., a human behavior expert from Miami Beach, Fla. “I added up the stressors in her life, and unless she adds more balance to it, Kirstie may only live to age 62.”

That frightening scenario is the conclusion of a longevity guide that he’s developed known as the “Life and Death Calculator.” The calculator determines a person’s estimated life expectancy by evaluating five principal body indicators.

“There are emotional, mental, physical, nutritional and spiritual stressors that can define how well we age,” explained Dr. Wanis, author of “Secrets to Losing Weight, Being Thin and Loving Your Body,” a set of three CDs. “We also look at relationships and how much support one gets from friends and family. Finally, we take lifestyle – where you live and the quality of life – into account.”

The former “Cheers” star – whose last serious romance ended in May 2000 when she called off her engagement to actor James Wilder – lost 75 pounds nearly three years ago as the poster girl for the Jenny Craig weight-loss program. But she’s regained some 90 pounds since then with a weakness for fat-laden Chinese takeout and other unhealthy foods.

And such a dramatic weight gain can dramatically shorten life span, according to a top anti-aging expert.

Now I don’t doubt that her weight is an issue to her health, but four years to live is a tad ridiculous. Don’t get me wrong, I am not sticking up for Kirstie in any way. It’s extremely difficult to have respect for someone who supports a cult, a cult btw, which claims to hold ALL the answers to any mental, physical or spiritual problem you might be having. Which of course, begs the question, why can’t Kirstie turn to Scientology to help her with her weight, and to a greater extent, her overall health?

Kirstie is supposedly an OTV on Scientology’s Bridge To Total Freedom and has “donated” over five million dollars to the cult in the past. Their promises of telling members that their courses and auditing will enable them to be “at cause” over everything. They also boast about having special “OT powers” and are able to cure many afflictions. *ahem, SNICKER*

It is quite obvious that Kirstie is not  “at cause” over her weight or the constant “PR flap” she continues to be for Scientology. Which couldn’t make me happier. But it is not only a problem of Kirstie being duped by the deceptions of Scientology and giving them bad PR, now she has decided to go on Twitter and go after the employee who wrote the article by asking her Twit buddies to “Fair Game” this person.

As you may or may not know, Fair Game was actually a policy written by founder L. Ron Hubbard in which he states:

Fair game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed. October 1967 Policy Letter (HCOPL 18 Oct 67 Issue IV, Penalties for Lower Conditions)

Some snippets and Kirstie’s actual tweets were listed on Celebitchy, (of course the names and personal info were redacted):

Alley is predictably outraged about this, and claims that the cover upset her 85 year-old father. She is urging her followers on Twitter to harass an employee at the National Enquirer, who I won’t name here. Regardless Alley seems to think this woman had a hand in the story despite the fact that she’s not listed as an author at all. Alley’s tweets on the matter are ominous and she practically threatens the woman, calling her “fair game” and saying she’ll expose her photos and secrets. Alley lists the Enquirer employee’s contact information, including her e-mail and phone number, and asks people to contact her. The term “Fair Game” is used by Alley’s cult, Scientology, and refers to the practice of revealing damaging information about detractors and harassing them relentlessly until they back down.

That’s [name redacted] [phone number redacted]. [email address redacted]..

show S SOME LOVE..tell her my DADDY sent you..More news on S to follow
about 23 hours ago from web

Please call Ms. [name redacted].Your natural instinct will be to be kind.
Pretend your father just called you panicked that you were dying. Bang Bang
about 23 hours ago from web

@mladenstanisic SHe IS famous isn’t she? Now she really IS a public figure. Fair Game for Public photos and speech. Same terms as Me..lol
about 23 hours ago from web in reply to mladenstanisic

S[name redacted] …watch your back honey..two can play at the INFO and picture game and YOU are a public figure now too, girly girl..click click
10:07 AM Aug 16th from web

nasty writers dirty little secrets..and I will be happy to EXPOSE them right here on twitter. Nasty Writers beware of the truth..
10:04 AM Aug 16th from web

It also is never the answer to harm their loved ones when they are not even the target. I am NO DOVE, but I won’t hesitate to EXPOSE these
10:02 AM Aug 16th from web

IIT PROVOKES me to do the same thing to them and their families as I CAN GET THEIR PRIVATE DATA. But my religion teaches ignore and
flourish
10:00 AM Aug 16th from web

to buy this sh*t. It wreaks havoc on families and friends, just like any other bullying except it is on a world wide scale. Oo Daddy, look away
9:58 AM Aug 16th from web

I am sharing this with you because it truly is the highest form of insidious evil bullying that exists.What you CAN do about it, is refuse
9:57 AM Aug 16th from web

I don’t care for myself..If it wasn’t weight it’s been some other lies for 28 years..but it breaks my heart when my Dad worries about it..
9:56 AM Aug 16th from web

I DESPISE THE F*CKING NATIONAL ENQUIRER!!!! My 85 year old amazing father just called to ask me if “I AM DYING” Bless his heart..EVIL F*CKS
9:48 AM Aug 16th from web

Tisk Tisk! Kirstie! I would imagine both Twitter and Scientology would not be too happy about this? Twitter’s TOS is as follows and I put a WHOOPS! next to all that apply to Kirstie:

You must not abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other Twitter users. WHOOPS! 

You may not use the Twitter.com service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. WHOOPS!

You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links (”Content”) that you submit, post, and display on the Twitter.com service. WHOOPS!

 You must not create or submit unwanted email to any Twitter members (”Spam”). WHOOPS!

You must not, in the use of Twitter, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws). WHOOPS!

Violation of any of these agreements will result in the termination of your Twitter.com account.  WHOOPS?

So do you think Twitter suspended her account because of her threats and her telling her twittery dimwitted minions to email the employee from the National Enquirer? Speaking of someone rallying her dimwitted minions… that kind of reminds me of a someone.

But Wait There’s more……

But wait, there’s more…

George Clooney is hopping mad. Apparently photographers climbed over the wall of his Italian estate and snapped some pictures that ended up published in two magazines. The pictures were of a topless 13 year old girl changing in one of the guest rooms of the estate. The thirteen year old was the daughter of Clooney’s house guest. Photographers also snapped pictures of Clooney and new gal pal hottie, Sardinian TV presenter, Elisabetta Canalis sharing a few moments in his yard.

etonline:

ET has learned that George Clooney will file suit against two magazines and a photographer after photos of a 13-year-old guest in his Italian home were taken and published.
The actor released the following statement to ET:

“We’re suing two magazines AND a photographer. I don’t know about the law in the United States but in Italy it’s illegal for photographers to climb over my wall and to take long lens pictures of a 13-year-old girl in her bedroom. I draw the line of privacy at that.”
The shots were published in two magazines. Keep checking back here for the latest details on this story.

Clooney’s summer home is a 15 room estate in Laglio called Villa Oleandra on Lake Como which he bought for a little over seven million from John Kerry. I am sure the property has doubled if not tripled in value by now.
This little bungalow,*snicker* has been SO advertised over the years, it is not a secret where Clooney likes to stay and play while in Italy. It also happens to sit on a Lake Como where anyone is free to travel on. Just one trip to YouTube revealed SEVERAL videos of Clooney’s estate from several people.

Clooney also did an Italian Fiat commercial in the past, and was interviewed at his estate not only by Italian reporters when he was promoting Good Night and Good Luck, but also filmed an entire interview with Diane Sawyer for ABC.

So my question is, did Clooney really think that having such a publicized estate would not blow up in his face some day?  Now I am of course not defending the photogrpahers taking pictures at all, but his residence has been so HIGHLY publicized, you would think at the very least he could of invested in some curtains or some blinds for all the windows? Or if he does have them for all the windows, he should tell people using his estate to close them while  they are changing? If you look at his estate in the picture above, you can see many windows lack any privacy. It’s a shame that celebrities can not buy a home and enjoy it in private, but everyone knows unfortunately that  being hounded is part of the not so fun world of being in the lime light.

Supposedly, Clooney was thinking of selling this Summer estate, when the Mayor of Laglio had big plans to include building a parking lot complete with lifts and moving walkways across the street from the village, as well as a floating bridge that would pass close to Clooney’s villa, Clooney said no dice. Clooney was so opposed to the plans, he joined a committee with locals to have the plans haulted. In 2007, he was quoted as saying:

“I don’t want my presence here to be a pain to the other citizens, but if you ask me these proposals are in every probability just to exploit the fact that I live here,”
“I have no problems with plans that are welcomed by the rest of the community,” he continued. “I am more than happy to sell up and move elsewhere — this project is absurd.”

The mayor did listen, and stopped the plans and stated:

“I decided to give up the project,” adding that Clooney is one of the village’s most beloved residents. “To mister Clooney we gave the honorary citizenship. We all are proud of his choice to live here on Lake Como.”

So kudos for Clooney for keeping Laglio the quaint place that it remains, but with this new development, honorary citizen or not….Clooney may feel that it may be better to pack up and move to a more private area, away from prying eyes.

I do think that Clooney should have kept his estate purchase a little bit more secretive and not publicize it as much as he did. People have camped out around his property to try to catch a glimpse, and security has even resorted to throwing apples at people to shoo them away. Although even with beefed up security, I still don’t see how that would stop tourists or others from taking a camera with a powerful lense and snapping some pictures from a boat on the lake. People can take site seeing tours on the lake. And let’s not forget high power binoculars too. Besides the fact that Clooney has had many famous pals visiting him, and recently offered his estate to David Beckham to stay in. So the photo ops for some juicy and very sellable photos are endless.

If you go to the Clooney Unlmited website, (I never knew this website existed, and it’s a bit obsessive to say the least) you will see TONS of pictures of Clooney in Lake Como. Clooney on his motorcycle, Clooney on his boat, Clooney swimming, you name it. The Mayor of Laglio even declared that Clooney’s estate was off limits and that anyone who did not abide by the ordinance, would be fined:

And the decision of the First citizen to sign an urgent, “with immediate effect and until a new provision – we read – there is no parking near the entrance of Villa Oleandra and related appliances (inputs Villa Margherita and properties up the road 71 Old Queen) and the formation of Capannelli 2 or more people in the stretch of road from the Queen of Laglio pier to the end of the house owned by Margaret and parking in the square of Soldino place in front of villa Oleandra. The order has no value for citizens or residents in the town of Laglio. For offenders, a minimum fine of 19 euro will be the warning, but to repeat the amount could rise rapidly.

Well I guess that didn’t work.
AGAIN, maybe an easier solution would be to make sure that all blinds are kept closed.When Clooney buys his next estate, perhaps he should try to keep the purchase more on the DL and close the damn blinds!

By Golly These Things Really Do Work!

It looks like the Feds have caught up with Cameron Douglas once again. Cameron is of course the son of actor Michael Douglas and Grandson of Kirk Douglas. Cameron was arrested back in 1999 and not too long ago in 2007 for possession of liquid cocaine. Well I guess that wasn’t good enough for Cameron because he has just been busted AGAIN on July 28th for selling meth out of a swanky Manhattan hotel, the Hotel Gansevoort. Through record wire taps and cell phones the DEA learned that Cameron was sending large quantities of meth through Fed Ex and passing them off as bath salts and pastries. How inventive.

NY Daily News reported:

He was busted at a Manhattan hotel last week after allegedly mailing 215 grams of methamphetamine to a post office box in a package addressed to a “Paul Smith.”

That was a fictitious name used by an informant – one of three the feds nabbed and turned against Douglas. The feds say the Hollywood scion used code words like “pastries” and “bath salts” to discuss meth shipments in secretly recorded calls and texts.

“Did you get a chance to…smell any of the salts or anything like that?” he’s quoted as asking an informant.

“The bath salts are fabulous! Thank you so much,” the informant later responded.

“Yeah, I thought you would like them, my friend,” Douglas replied. “I was so excited for you to take a bath and see for yourself.”

The feds also said one informant introduced Douglas to another as a source of “large quantities of crystal meth.”

Douglas’ rap sheet includes two drug busts, in New York in 1999 and in California in 2007.

Cameron was just dropped from the movie Beautiful Outsiders. He was not only going to act in the movie, but was supposed to produce it as well. This movie will be filming in the UK, which would have made it impossible for Cameron to participate. Besides the fact that he will be busy in court and then oh yeah… serving some sort of sentence. It has been reported that he may get a life sentence. And the crime he committed carries a mandatory ten year sentence. Ummm… Sorry, I am not buying it. His father is Michael freaking Douglas. His Stepmom is Catherine freaking Zeta Jones and his Grandfather is Kirk freaking Douglas. Am I coming through loud and clear? With Cameron’s wealthy family ties, I think he will be looking at a couple of months in a cream puff jail, (at best) and a lengthy probation with a few assorted lenient rules to follow. His family has more money than God, and I really don’t see him doing any serious jail time. Sadly,we all know that money talks and slaps on the wrist seem to be the route of  punishment for the rich and famous.

This simply shouldn’t be happening people. Cameron can have ANYTHING he can possibly want. He  insisted on selling drugs AFTER he got previously busted. He was dealing crap that will ruin people’s lives, and dreams. Many people who are blessed with wealth believe that they can live above the law. For one, I blame the justice system for spoiling them. If these people would receive more than a slap on the wrist, then maybe, just maybe this sort of favoritism in the courts would end.  And maybe so many young stars would not get mixed up with drugs if they knew they had to actually go to jail for a while. Whether they are dealing or just getting high, neither should be happening.

Besides, what wealthy person has to deal drugs to make ends meet? The kids of the super rich don’t have to work for that matter, if they don’t want to. Granted a lot of rich kids do want to work for themselves and make their own money, but even those kids already have an  “in” in the industry. They don’t have to waitress for endless years in the hopes of getting one tiny little break doing a commercial for Kotex. Everything is handed to them on a silver platter. Many can open up a restaurant, design clothes or whatever else their little heart desires, like for instance the little clothing boutique the Kardashian girls opened. (eeessh)
But to deal drugs to make more money when you are already stinkin’ rich? I think if this is the case, anyone guilty of dealing  drugs and your family is rolling in dough, then the guilty party should have to do double the time for the crime. Sorry. Would that be discriminatory? Yes.
But something has to be done as a deterrent so these young stars and other silver spoon kids can get a real taste of reality and realize that their Daddy’s money won’t get them out of every little jam they get themselves into.

Like Sammy Davis Jr. sang in the theme song for the vintage TV show Baretta…. ”Don’t do the crime…. if you can’t do the time”
Nuff said!

Three's Company, John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt

Three’s Company star, Joyce DeWitt who was well known for her role as Janet Wood, celebrated a little too much this past fourth of July. I decided not to show her horrible police mug shot. She looked like a scared frazzled deer in headlights, and sometimes I do have a heart. I think the vintage picture above from Three’s Company is just as appropriate. The looks on their faces say it all.
 
I guess the police thought her driving past a barricade was a big no-no, and rightly so. And then I heard a few days later, that Eddie Mekka, 57, known for his role as Carmine Ragusa aka “The Big Ragu” who starred on the Laverne and Shirley show, was also arrested for DUI after he got in an accident. What on earth is going on people? Geez! Take a cab or have a friend drive you home for cripes sake.

DeWitt who is now 60, and has been very active in theatre and charity groups, over the years. I checked out her website, but wasn’t very impressed. It is poorly made, with a skipping song loop, and she sells autographed pictures of herself for $25.00 plus shipping. I am not trying to be a biotch….. but I’ll pass. Sorry!

The Associated Press reported:

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – An actress who starred on the hit television series “Three’s Company” has been arrested in Southern California and cited for drunken driving.

Police say Joyce DeWitt, who played the character Janet Wood on the popular show, was pulled over Saturday afternoon after she drove past a barricade near a park in El Segundo.

Sgt. Danny Kim says an officer arrested the 60-year-old DeWitt after he observed signs she had been drinking and gave her field sobriety tests.

Kim says DeWitt was booked at the Police Department, cited and released on her own recognizance.

 

And on to Mekka… although Carmine was never one of my favorites on the Laverne and Shirley show, I used to love the way Shirley would shake her shoulders walking towards Carmine and would try to act sexy, so she could get her way.Worked like a charm every time! Even though they never did ”vo-dee-oh-doh”

Eddie Mekka who played Shirley’s beau Carmine on Laverne & Shirley, was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Las Vegas.
According to reports, Vegas cops arrived on the scene Friday after getting a call about a ‘’suspected drunk driver” who had been in an accident. The ”Big Ragu,” 57, is actually not a has-been. The Massachusetts native says on his official website that he’s been busy doing a nightclub act, Off Broadway theater and some TV stuff (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia).

The "Big Ragu" Back In The Day

Now I don’t know what the story is behind these arrests. Perhaps DeWitt never got over the drama of the Three’s Company Suzanne Summers fiasco. It couldn’t have been easy playing second fiddle to Chrissy and her little bouncing boobs.
Or maybe Mekka is still struggling after not being on a hit sitcom any more. One can only speculate.

I used to watch Three’s Company and Laverne and Shirley religiously back in the day. With John Ritter gone, (miss you John!) Suzanne Sommers being a breast cancer survivor, and now the arrests of DeWitt and Mekka for drunk driving, it just made me feel very sad. Hopefully these arrests are just a case of a little over indulgence and not a serious problem for the two. But famous or not, there is never a good reason for anyone to drink and drive. PERIOD.

As a teenager, I remember getting a thrill when I was told I looked older than I actually was.  When I was sixteen, being mistaken for eighteen or twenty was a big deal (once, my aunt took me into a liquor store and bought wine coolers for herself, and I didn’t get carded or anything, but my mom doesn’t know about that so don’t tell her if you see her, m’kay?).  But I was never mistaken for someone twenty-some years older, unlike Miley Cyrus, who had some explaining to do to a saleslady:

The 16-year-old Disney star was mortified when a sales assistant mistook her for the 40-year-old mother of her eight-year-old half sister NOAH.

Miley said: “I had this lady walk up to me and try to sell me wrinkle cream.

“I wasn’t offended until she started to say that I looked good for my age.

“She thought I was 40. I was with a bodyguard who she thought was my husband, and my little sister-who she thought was my daughter!

“She called out ’Oh you look just like your mummy.’

“I had to set her straight. ’Ok lady, that is NOT my husband, that is NOT my child and I am NOT 40, I’m 16.’

“Needless to say she was embarrassed.”

Okay, where to begin?  It’s pretty rich to assume that all 40-year-olds need “wrinkle cream”.  What was she trying to sell her, Pond’s Cold Cream or Oil Of Olay?  That’s the last thing I heard called “wrinkle cream”.  Miley, honey, nowadays they call it something like “deep hydrating regenerating serum” or “microsculpting skin treatment”.

Miley should be offended, but not for the reason she thinks.  A sixteen-year-old should LOOK like a sixteen-year-old.  Many photos I’ve seen lately of Miley, however, seem desperate to make the public forget that she’s sixteen (and a very young sixteen); they seem to want people to think she’s actually older than what she is.  It’s really kind of a sad commentary on how the machine treats teenagers in show business when a teenage girl can be mistaken for someone old enough to be her own mama.

I don’t know if it was because Miley looked tired and haggard that day and looked like she needed “wrinkle cream” (because, of course, all of us over-the-hill women look haggard and like we need wrinkle cream), or if she was made up to look older, but maybe this should make Miley and her family sit down and do some reevaluating.  If someone mistook her for someone her mother’s age, then maybe it’s time for her to wonder why.  Sometimes, the truth comes when we least expect it.

MSNBC news anchor, Joe Scarborough totally dropped the “F” bomb this morning during a live broadcast on his “Morning Joe” show. Hehehe, it’s like that is it?!!? Poor guy, he claims he was retelling a story from an earlier incident with the Washington bureau chief for Time magazine, Jay Carney. Hilarity ensues.

Joe clearly was unaware he let the horse out of the barn and when informed, let us all know who wears the pants in his family.

Had that happened in our house, my spouse and I would be giving each other high fives. Yep, we like to keep in classy around here

FYI: Obviously, the above clip is NSFWish, as Joe drops a bomb.