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2010-09-02T23:00:09.808-04:00

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2010-09-02T23:00:06.481-04:00

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Google your name much? Its a very easy answer. I ...

2010-08-14T20:20:51.407-04:00

Google your name much?

Its a very easy answer. I wouldn't take a dime from the government. Its a rather straight forward moral question, one does it because the action is a right one and not an opportunity to exploit or shakedown my fellow citizens.

how much would you have done it for? going underco...

2010-08-14T16:16:00.148-04:00

how much would you have done it for? going undercover, risking your life and all..... ?

I really have my doubts that any of my readers wou...

2010-08-12T03:53:26.490-04:00

I really have my doubts that any of my readers would be up for burning Qurans or anybody's holy books.

Actually, I have a hard time getting excited about book burning in general...although I will admit to tossing a few books in the recycling bin from time to time.

The first second I read the The Top 12 Reasons To ...

2010-08-12T03:37:02.188-04:00

The first second I read the The Top 12 Reasons To Burn A Quran On 9/11 site I realized that The Last Amazon's commenters absolutely have to be able to have their say on this link: http://hubpages.com/hub/The-12-Top-Reasons-To-Burn-A-Quran-On-911

So long, Shalom. Catch up w/ you at the Last Exile...

2009-07-01T11:18:16.353-04:00

So long, Shalom.
Catch up w/ you at the Last Exile.
I realize that blogging takes a toll for you Kateland, but I hope you know that in every post, you touch someone, somewhere.
Y'know, like me appreciating Leonard Cohen.
Best of luck to you.

Your preaching to the choir here. I guess what I...

2009-07-01T10:08:17.644-04:00

Your preaching to the choir here.

I guess what I have a hard time understanding is the kind of sneaky malice which motivates these individuals. Why not go start your own blog to counter whatever you object to, or if that is too much, effort leave your two cents in the comment box - or even picket my front door.

Sorry to hear about your gmail account. I suppose in the long run it will all work out at blogger but I decided I would get my own domain so I don't run up against these kinds of things again. I am just tired of being flagged as one kind of another of 'objectionable'.

This what people get for standing up for what they...

2009-07-01T09:09:49.126-04:00

This what people get for standing up for what they believe in Kateland - I had my gmail account locked up for almost a week because some idiot took exception to my thoughts.

We are a world apart on certain issues but these sorts of attacks (and yes, I do consider them attacks) designed to squelch freedom of expression and debate are utterly loathsome in what should be a free society.

Hope you get it straightened out soon.

nice wrieteup!

2009-07-01T01:38:53.780-04:00

nice wrieteup!

OOHHH, I like this one. Rich & Powerful. G-D c...

2009-06-28T20:41:45.774-04:00

OOHHH, I like this one.
Rich & Powerful.
G-D cannot help but hear this.

Chris – I suppose I should have made plain the mod...

2009-06-25T17:32:28.752-04:00

Chris – I suppose I should have made plain the modelling/talent agencies where not interested in Isaiah's 'talent' but his strictly his 'look', and if he had been out of the baby/toddler/pre-school years and was actually capable of making a decision and wanted to model or perform I wouldn't stop him per say.

Can't say I'd be thrilled by his choice, but there was just no way I was going to put a baby/toddler/pre-schooler thru cattle calls or long days of photo shoots, commericals etc – not to mention that kind of attention over a child's look in such early formative years can potentially have a rather negative impact on his attitude towards the physical.

I don't know that you can put that comparison ...

2009-06-25T17:05:29.564-04:00

I don't know that you can put that comparison in the same league, Kateland.

A big part of the Jon and Kate concept is that raising eight kids is difficult and unusual in these times. Whether or not the kids enjoy the camera and celebrity is a kind of secondary or tertiary concern. I agree that it's exploitative in nature.

The scouts of yesteryear, though, would not have been after planting cameras in the house or watching Isaiah being potty trained. Your case is different. How would Isaiah have felt about modelling or acting? Would he have enjoyed it, or not? I don't know that that sort of calculus factors into the Jon & Kate charade right now. It probably did at the beginning of their relationship with TLC, but their public pronouncements make it clear that it doesn't any longer.

My dad was in radio and stage work as a kid and I would never characterise it as exploitative. He was a natural performer, the kind of guy who enjoyed being in the spotlight and being at the centre of attention. He was a showboat at home long before my grandparents thought of having him try anything professionally. Eventually they got him invovled and by all accounts he enjoyed it. But they also didn't push him to stay in when he wanted to get out. For them to have withheld that opportunity would have been a big mistake, at odds with my dad's entire personality.

If a kid seems to have an aptitude for a skill or a role, then I don't think it would be a bad idea to give them some exposure to it. Just because it's showbiz (and many people do lose their heads in greed and fame) doesn't make it anathema. You have to factor in the personality of the child and their potential interests.

I don't know that anything would be particularly righteous about denying a kid that opportunity because of a parent's reluctance to exploit their kid's natural talent. You as an adult don't have to earn an income from it, but they should have a shot at doing fun junk they might later want to pursue as a career.

Anyway, the life of these kids was not going to be...

2009-06-24T07:45:27.872-04:00

Anyway, the life of these kids was not going to be easy, with their parents going into a reality show... Now, is just sad that they have to go through all this divorce on tv

James, for the children's sake, I hope your wr...

2009-06-24T07:26:41.409-04:00

James, for the children's sake, I hope your wrong.

Chris, I think your on to something but I have to say I don't think I'd have done it in the same situation.

When Isaiah Sender was younger we had constant offers from talent scouts and modeling agencies.

It just never sat right with the two of us to exploit his looks for financial gain even for the family so we never followed up with any of the offers.

The first two seasons were all that should have be...

2009-06-24T01:13:41.225-04:00

The first two seasons were all that should have been made. The adults were still (relatively) sane ordinary Joes and doing relatively ordinary things (laying new broadloom, asssembling new IKEA furniture for the kids rooms, trip to the zoo, etc). They seemed like ordinary people stuck in an extraordinary situation.

In later seasons they started doing the more outlandish celebrity-oriented stuff (segment on Oprah, magazine cover shoots, etc) and it stopped being interesting. When your biggest worry is your kids behaving on the set of Oprah, your perspective and the rest of the world's no longer match up.

That said it was pretty obvious even then that Jon and Kate were both in mortal danger of falling headlong into Douchebagville. Kate being an obnoxious Type-A steamroller with a short fuse, and Jon being a peulant passive-aggressive lump who doesn't put forth more than the bare minimum effort required for the job. Maybe it was just the magic of editing, but they didn't seem like they had a good handle on communicating even at the best of times. And when they were really under stress, forget it.

They should have pulled the plug after the second season or, at the very latest, mid-way through the third. I'm sure by that time they had enough money socked away for everyone's college fund, and could have bailed out without it all coming apart in the media spotlight.

those kids are going to be messed up wards of the ...

2009-06-23T13:18:05.259-04:00

those kids are going to be messed up wards of the state in one way or another at some point. i just know it.

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I saw him a month or so ago. Hard to believe he...

2009-06-21T17:59:11.641-04:00

I saw him a month or so ago. Hard to believe he's in his 70s. And it's very weird to hear his younger voice (85,000,000 cigarettes earlier?)

"If it be your will" had shivers going down my spine.

Oh joy...poor cat..

2009-06-20T21:14:38.499-04:00

Oh joy...poor cat..

Your welcome Beachnut. Bob, too true.

2009-06-20T21:13:29.695-04:00

Your welcome Beachnut.

Bob, too true.

"Lieberman surprised me as I had no idea he s...

2009-06-20T09:03:55.368-04:00

"Lieberman surprised me as I had no idea he spoke English..."

I still haven't an idea, esp. after listening to that interview. Re Hillary - take a look at my last post (well, last for now).

Wow. Beautiful song. Thank you Kateland

2009-06-19T19:43:38.282-04:00

Wow. Beautiful song.
Thank you Kateland

If it be your will; live London disc 2. A prayer. ...

2009-06-19T19:39:14.265-04:00

If it be your will; live London disc 2. A prayer.
And the video of Dance me to the end of love, the one which shows the marriage photos from long ago, and the same couples, now, dancing. Sorry, but you know, I really just take dictation. Most everything I learned, I learned it from someone else. It's listening to someone who has been there, and you have been there too, but they describe it better; that's Cohen; Isaiah the 4th. I somehow got sent here from Darcey's site. I suspect it's in the software.

That is pure gold. And uh no, guys never really o...

2009-06-19T18:03:45.026-04:00

That is pure gold.

And uh no, guys never really outgrow it. But experience does grant us a framework for understanding when it is best deployed (or left undeployed).