Category: scandal

For My Next Trick…

I finally caught up on all my emails. [1]I guess politics rates right under porn for hot topics.  Most of the public comments are those in agreement with me.  Well except for that crazy Cajun, Brett. [2]Cajuns, by nature, are never afraid to speak up.  We also aren’t afraid to speak back. However, I got a slew of private emails representing the contrary opinion.  Folks, you are welcome to disagree with me anytime.  My only request is and has always been that you be respectful.  Most of you do that consistently.  I never nix contrary opinions just because you disagree.  You don’t have to worry about attacks here either.  I don’t tolerate that at all.  We can all talk w/o resorting to name calling.  Well, here on my blog we can.  Anyway, I think I replied to everyone’s private email.  If I didn’t, so sowwie but the fingers are tired.

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I guess in my last post I wasn’t very clear.  I don’t expect to put ManHunt out of business.  Please.  They are a global company.  My little drop in the bucket won’t mean much in the grand scale of things. That said, I can’t knowingly support someone who doesn’t support me.  I don’t care if it is a "trashy hookup site", as Brett calls it. 

And frankly, it isn’t about the money.  The guy is making a very profitable living off of gay men.  To donate to the McCain campaign is a slap in the face and hypocritical.   I also don’t expect him to be some moral compass, whatever the fuck that is.  I do expect as someone who makes his living primarily off gay men he won’t support political candidates who consistently vote to keep us 2nd class citizens.

I am proud to say quite a few of my readers have nixed their accounts.  I can count at least 30 folks I know first hand who have done so.  The scandal hasn’t even hit mainstream media yet.  If enough of us make a statement Manhunt will have to deal with it. 

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↑1 I guess politics rates right under porn for hot topics.
↑2 Cajuns, by nature, are never afraid to speak up.  We also aren’t afraid to speak back.

ManHunt = Fail

I just found out from two of my favorite reads the founder of Manhunt has given the maximum allowed donation to McCain.  He has even admitted it.  Besides being incredibly hypocritical, it reeks of the typical Republican mentality, "do as I say not as I do". 

He has the right to donate to the candidate of his choice.  I support that.  I also have the right NOT to support his business.  I can’t in good conscience do so anymore. 

You can read the full stories here and here.

Sadly, I doubt it will have much effect.  Many will just shrug and keep looking for their next trick.  I know that seems a bit cynical but most gay men think with the little head first.  I’m hoping my brothers will prove me wrong. 

If you are on Manhunt, I urge you to cancel your account AND let them know why.  Someone will pop up to take their place soon enough anyway. 

Victim or Fraud?

*Let me make it very clear, my rant today is about my views in general.  I will not tolerate bashing anyone.  Comments regarding the situation referenced need to be in a respectful format, whether you agree or not.  Anything to the contrary will be deleted.*

Many of you may have heard of the recent scandal to blow thru the blogosphere.  If you haven’t here is a quick summation.

  • Blog named Coopers Corridor was about a gay firefighter with adopted kids blogging about the challenges and joys of raising children as a gay man.
  • Blog owner ends blog after a vicious attack by email/posts.
  • Blogosphere expresses outrage over the attacks.
  • Blog turns out to be completely false.  Cooper is not a gay man but in fact a person claiming to be transgendered.  Children are non-existent.  Huge chunks of the blog came from another woman’s blog about her children. 

All caught up?  Good, moving on.  While not overly involved in this latest incident, I have fallen prey to such antics in the past. [1]I’m sure you long time readers know exactly what I’m referring to.  I’ve also seen innocent people get drawn into said fallouts.  People who were often innocent bystanders and who were so dismayed by the downright nastiness of others, they gave up blogging all together.  Hell, I’ve even been accused of being a fake myself. [2]The pesky hundreds of bloggers who have met me sort of dispelled that rumor. heehee 

 

Continue reading Victim or Fraud?

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↑1 I’m sure you long time readers know exactly what I’m referring to.
↑2 The pesky hundreds of bloggers who have met me sort of dispelled that rumor. heehee

Politi-damn!

I rarely weigh in on politics. I often say, ‘there are plenty of fine bloggers out there beating that horse enough‘.

After reading Mark Morford today, I just felt the need to share. If you haven’t yet discovered this linguistical genius of a man, you need to read his current take on the whole gay GOP scandals. He has so many one-line zingers it may take me months to assimilate them all. I give you just a sample of his current rant.

Not our military, a massively warped organization apparently far more terrified of gays than of dropping its entrance barrier so dangerously low it makes good soldiers nervous, not the seminary with the pitter-patter of young men’s feet from bunk to bunk after light’s out, not the megachurches with their deep, eternal, fetishistic fascination with all things anal and perverted and hookeriffic and yummy.

The real irony? He is heterosexual.

Do Tell!

I’m still catching up from the weekend trip however, I just had to share this. I’m probably inviting drama however, I was so tickled by the sheer ‘ignunce‘ of this email, I had to share it. It came from an anonymous source.1 The bold text is my ‘two cents’ being thrown in.

Fagget Moby – not your real name: Duh! That was a no-brainer

You are biggest fake on web. Your blog is full of lies and you nothing but a dirty lying fagget. You desgust me and I am going to tell everyone about you.

Uh, Ok. You clearly reveal you don’t know me. As for me, I am a faggot so if you were hoping to hurt my feelings, you failed miserably.

I know you grew up and your family. I know the lies you keep from them and I am going to tell them what dirty fagget you are.

Again, you reveal you truly don’t know me or my family.2

So in fairness, I’ll ask a few questions. Do you blog? Where is it? How do you plan to “expose” me for the ‘lying fagget’ I am? I tell you what, I’ll go one further and allow your IP open access to post. That is, if you can provide a real one. In other words, bring it bitch!

No, me thinks you might be related to a certain other “blogger” that commented on homer‘s blog a few days ago. Would that be a fair assumption?


Disclaimer: No, I don’t think this is the same person everyone else seems hell-bent on crucifying lately.

1 Skipping the obvious syntax and spelling errors, the IP in the header was bogus so I’m not so sure where it came from.
2 There is very little of my immediate family left anyway and they all know about me. Hello? Did you actually read the fucking blog?

Fess Up

Two big scandals happened today. One, I told someone I barely know a secret about myself.1 I was actually a little surprised I did. It was rather personal and I’ve only known the person a short while. However, I feel like my trust is well placed. He has a complimentry background to mine so naturally he understood me. It left me with a nice feeling. We met thru my blog and have met in person several times. Yet another affirmation of what blogging can do if you use it to your advantage.

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Scandal #2.
I talked to the flight attendant today! I know what you are thinking but no2. I’m not going there again. lol We both needed some time after our last interaction to cool down. Anyway, I texted him just to say hi and he called me a few minutes later. We had a very nice heartfelt and blunt conversation.

He is still struggling w/his current relationship but I kept out of that for the most part. He has to come to terms w/it on his own. I’ve had enough time to cool my heels so I felt pretty objective about it. My original opinion remains and I offered it. I also made it clear I would like to remain his friend. For a variety of reasons, I feel like he came into my life for a reason. I’m not sure exactly what yet but I rarely ignore my hunches. I digress. The physical connection between us did come up in the conversation. We both feel it is still too soon for us to hang out again. I will admit hearing him admit to it put a smile on my face. Mainly, it means I can trust my ability to read him. I trust heavily in my ability to read (or not read) a person. After our last interaction, I had doubts. Our chat today confirmed I wasn’t letting my own feelings get in the way.

So I’m sure your asking “what now?“. Well nothing really. He isn’t coming to visit. I’m not expecting anything from him at this point. I’m not really offering anything other than friendship either. I enjoy his conversation and similar mentality so I’m sure we’ll continue to chat. If (and that is a big if) things change w/his current fling, I might reconsider that. However, the future is a devious thing. And lets face it, I’ve never really been one to wait around for something. Patience is sooo not one of my better virtues. heehee

1 Yes, I still have secrets. I know that is hard to believe.
2 Somebody call Jerry Springer!

Prom or Porn?

First things first, brettcajun made it safe and sound! hehehe Public transist is new to him so we had to go over it a few times. It is good to see Brett again. He is still his normal charming rascally self. I had to bail for work but left him in the capable hands of my roomie’s boyfriend who is also in town.

Speaking of, I routinely forget my roomie did porn (google Ray Stone). When you know someone as well as he and I know each other you just sort of black it out. lol It doesn’t help that his boyfriend has also just made the jump into porn. (Ty Lebouf on hothouse’s blog) So, Ty being from New Orleans naturally knew Brett. hehehe. It is a small world after all. I left them together laughing and cutting up at the apartment. Lord only knows what kind of mischief they’ll get into today.

Oddball News

I thought I’d take a break from rambling on and on about me for a change and share some really oddballs news stories.

(full story) A NEW York man has sued the makers of a health drink, saying it has given him a permanent erection for the last two years.

This for Boost Energy drink. Can you say frivolous? What a maroon!

(full story) An environmental group asked the federal government Tuesday to ban a class of toxic chemical compounds that are found in industrial and household detergents and are believed to cause male fish to develop female characteristics.

Screw the fish, what about the affect on Humans?!


(full story) Scientists have set a new record in sending information through thin air using the revolutionary technology of quantum teleportation – although Mr Spock may have to wait a little longer for a Scotty to beam him up with it.

Now this is downright spooky. Think about it. Teleportation even in the simplest form just boggles the mind. To think we are already developing applicable theories is amazing. I guess science really does mirror science-fiction.

There is a God

And he does smite his enemies. I know I’m late to the party but I just found out Jerry Falwell is dead. I say good riddance to bad rubbish. What an insidious and evil man he was. I’m not normally someone who would celebrate a death however, the world is a better place w/o him spewing his vile filth over the air waves.

I personally think it was his conscience that killed him.