Eileen Hart’s response to my comment and my reply, roflmao

 

You can read her response to my comment here:

http://eileenhart.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/the-mental-derangement-of-kurt-sutter/#comment-169 

You can read my reply there also but it’s a bit buried under the 70 some odd comments that her post resulted in. Only one or two positive responses were amongst the entire slough of comments that readers left.

Now, in Eileen’s defense, she only has 2 other blog posts that I could find (I didn’t look real hard). If you’re going to start blogging, no reason not to jump in with both feet. Which she did. Bashing everyone isn’t a great way to start off but then again well, If you read it you know; if not then read it because it is to complicated to explain easily.

My Response to her comment:

1. Mr. Sutter did not send me or anyone else that I know of, to attack, belittle or otherwise harass you.
2. Kurt is an educated individual with a honest to God(that’s how you spell it) degree. Perhaps he is under educated in the areas you have chosen to focus your blog on.
3.Despite my education there are a great many fields in which my knowledge is lacking. That can be corrected, should I choose to take the time to do so.
4. I never said Jefferson was an atheist. I stated that not all of our founding fathers were Christians.
5 Their are many Abrahamic Religions. All worship God, no matter what name they give him (Allah, Yahweh, whatever) It’s still God.
6.The Constitution was a collaborative effort of many men. They all had differing beliefs and desires for what they wanted this Nation to become. the current police state we have developed into is revolting and against the very freedoms our founding father’s fought for.

7. Liberal Marxist Professors? really? I was raised “Better Dead than Red” and served as a U.S. Marine with the same ideals. Though I am more enlightened now as to the narrow minded agenda of those that would restrict our rights in the name of security. I assure you I am in favor of individual rights. Less Government BS and smaller Government.
8.We as Americans have the same rights as everyone else, unless your GLBT, then you still get discriminated against. Not because of anyone’s “lifestyle” choice; as I presume all humans prefer to maintain a human lifestyle. A persons sexual orientation is their own business and not a “lifestyle choice”, it is a portion of who they are, we need to accept it and move on with reality.
9.We all have the right to “Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” To infringe upon that right is to deny everyone the same right. What consenting adults do is their business so long as no one is being hurt. Being offended by someone’s existence is not an infringement on your rights, you just have to learn to deal with people that are different from yourself. That is just life.
10. Wake up call, I don’t hate you, I don’t even know you, with the exception of the thread emanating form your original blog post. for you to claim that I “hate you” is a bit presumptuous don’t you think?

The Jewish people are not responsible for all the problems (if any at all) in the world.
The current situation of our economy isn’t Obama;s fault. He inherited the fall out from Reaganomics. Giving tax breaks to the rich for job creation. the single flaw, no company is going to hire people just because of a tax break there has to be a need that creates the position for someone to be hired to do the work fulfilling that need.
What is Obama’s fault is that all his attempts to counter the financial collapse involve adding more debt with out correcting the problem of reaganomics. I used to admire Reagan, not so much anymore. I don’t care if a person considers themselves to be Liberal or conservative. their personal views don’t count in public office. what counts in public office is the will of the people and our nations elected officials have forgotten or ignored that fact for decades and it is time for that to change.
you are correct in that we need patriots willing to force the federal government to operate within the constraints set up by our constitution and let the states get back to governing their respective states.

So in review, I don’t hate you. I’m not a Marxist. I consider myself to be more of a libertarian. Kurt didn’t tell me to come here and harass you.

I’d also like to know what the “false claims” I made were? Since I am a supporter for the repeal of Cannabis prohibition I keep it separate from my promoting of the Sons of Anarchy TV show out of respect for Kurt’s past challenges with drug abuse/use (I don’t consider Cannabis to be dangerous though).

Perhaps you should blog more, it seems to me that you have a lot of pent up aggression.

The Lame attack of Kurt Sutter by some lady I never heard of

 

You can read it here:

http://eileenhart.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/the-mental-derangement-of-kurt-sutter/#comment-76

And my response that I posted on her blog which will probably get deleted, lol. so you can read that here:

Eileen,
you sound a bit bitter and scorned. What happened? the networks didn't feel you had what it takes to be a show runner, so you're relegated to expressing your frustration via a blog. Which by the way you should know, that I would never have heard of much less read if not for Kurt Sutter.  I  have actually had the pleasure to meet and talk with Kurt and his wife.
His mind never seems to stop thinking of what to put into his show that the fans will appreciate and enjoy, hate and despise. That is his job! How much did you get paid for this blog bashing him? Your inflammatory and derogatory remarks are merely exposing your rant for what it is. some one pissed in your cheerios and you are taking it out on Kurt. He has admitted to the flaws & faults of his past.  No he isn't GOD, He's not our lord and master. He is however a master storyteller and he proves that every week on Tuesday night from August to December. The only disappointment I have incurred with watching his show is it's over way to soon. It's like an addictive substance and there is no escape until the series ends. I don't think any of the fans want to escape from this story.

We are of course all entitled to our opinions. I find your opinion to be full of half truths and speculation. That's my opinion.

‘Tis the Season to Be Jolly!

The Holiday Season is in full swing, I say that because many religions have holy days that are observed at this time of the year. Hanukah, Kwanza, Yule, Christmas and probably a slough of others that I don't know anything about, so in order to include everyone, I feel Happy Holidays is totally an acceptable salutation; since it denies no one's Religious Holy Days and expresses good will to everyone. Be honest isn't that what the spirit of the season is truly about? We all have our traditions and some have nothing to do with Religion. To say Happy Holidays to someone isn’t offensive if you don’t’ know what their beliefs are. For the people you know that follow a certain belief you should feel free to speak whichever salutation you think/know is appropriate.

Has anyone ever wondered why, it seems that only the Christians appear to be offended by allowing everyone a salutation that does not specifically deny their religious beliefs and customs? Many such customs and beliefs predate Christianity and yet all the holiday seasons fall in/around the same time of the year. So how is it that the celebrated birth of Jesus Christ happens to have arbitrarily been established in the middle of every other known religion’s holiday celebrations?

Spoken words are meaningless prattle as often as sincere sentiment. What you truly believe in your heart can never be put down by expressing your true sentiment. If Christmas is what you celebrate and you are among those that demand everyone accede to your religious beliefs and customs then everyone else has the same right to demand that you acknowledge their beliefs and customs accordingly. Common courtesy demands equality among people. Most Religions do not accept any form of equality except within the belief structure of their followers. Encouraging their followers to demand that everyone accept their belief structure and customary salutations is in actuality encouraging the spread of hate toward those who believe differently than any single religious faction. If promoting hate in a back-handed way such and being offend by a simple holiday greeting is acceptable in your religion then perhaps you should examine your religions foundation and what their actual belief structure is.

Really, it all comes down to control. Control of peoples personal actions, indoctrination of children (the same thing the occults do) to deny the beliefs of others while promoting their belief as the only one and true religion. Claiming to teach not to hate but that only applies to fellow believers of the same faith structure. If they can control your thoughts, they can control how you behave, how you live, how you teach your children and how you treat those that are different from yourself and your fellow believers.

I’d Like to Move on to The Next Train Wreck Please…

Remember that video I was going to try to do? Well, I had 3 of them  on my ipod. IT took me a couple of hours to finally stop & read the instructions before I finally got them moved to my pc. at first everything worked great then, I went to show my wife and all the video was corrupted…   I tried to recover the original files from the ipod, I deleted them like an idiot. I knew I should have waited until I the vids were posted and working. That’s the breaks folks. as much as it sucks. I know everyone was looking forward to lots of pics and such.

The true story of my life, one train wreck after another. Now there are some good times in between collisions but the collision is imminent. I have come to accept that. Though I have experienced a series of blessings that have been phenomenal, my luck usually runs towards things not turning out as badly as they could have. In other words a positive outcome is doubtful under the best of conditions. Or perhaps my perspective is skewed.

I’m certainly far from glamorous and I’m more than ok with that. I have managed over the years to turn or perhaps twist should be the appropriate word here, to twist events in my favor rather than letting them twist me. Some times in life you just have to roll the dice and see how they land.

I’m surprised at the number of people telling me that they would not have shared the trip I won to L.A. to meet Sons of Anarchy Creator Kurt Sutter and members of the cast. I always thought of the #SAMCRO fans as looking out for one another, so to speak. But just like in the show, people sometimes have their own agenda and do what they do for their own reasons.

Anyway, no video, it sucks but that’s where we are at. I need to watch last nights show again because there is a clue in there that I think I missed. I ‘m almost sure there is. I’m already jonesing for next weeks episode. and I’m still tired from the weekend. time to rest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To L.A. And Back Again; A Twisted Holiday

I won a trip to Los Angles to join a special screening of the TV show The Sons of Anarchy. A reward for being a devoted fan of the show and the Creator Kurt Sutter. The rip was for myself + 1. Well, my wife couldn’t come with me for some personal reasons. the most important being our 2 youngest children have special needs.

the week leading up the to trip was unbelievably twisted, noting really wanted to go right. things came up missing, forgotten or out right passed over. by Thursday night I had finally gotten everything rounded up. I over packed a bit so despite killing my back I refused to give in to the extortion of checking bags. I should have packed less or been more specific as to what I really needed to have.

The flight from Little Rock was short to say the least. less than an hour. I semi-napped. All totaled for the week leading up to Friday's departure I accumulated about 20 hours of sleep. Between my 2 boys having a bad stomach virus, my back pain, abdominal pain (ulcers & possible gall bladder) I was exhausted. I wasn’t about to miss this trip if I could help it.

My father had minor Heart surgery Thursday before the day to leave on the trip. I had also been playing it by ear as to whether I was going to be able to go on the trip at all. surgery went great my dad while not in great shape should still have a speedy recovery. I didn’t dare go to the hospital because even though I didn’t catch the stomach  virus I didn’t want to risk giving it to my dad or my mom or anyone else really.

Despite several mishaps which I was able to overcome, thankfully I had a pretty good time.

Everyone was so nice that despite the pain I had to endure I couldn’t help but smile back and actually be polite, well I hope I was polite at least a little.

The Hotel we stayed at was the intercontinental on avenue of the stars in Century City. Amazing, If I every win the lottery, I’m going to be living in a place like that. Everything is literally at your fingertips. the food was incredible.

My wife couldn’t come with me on the trip as I stated previously. I could very well have gone alone and enjoyed myself to no end. I also thought that was selfish, in a way. Of all the crazy devoted fans of The Sons of Anarchy, there had to be one that I felt comfortable enough asking to go with me. It wasn’t too difficult to decide to ask another fan if they wanted to go, so long as the folks at Fox were amenable to possibly flying someone from another state to join the group.

I was quite impressed that it worked out so well. I chose @meadowgirl on twitter. We’ve been tweeting Sons of Anarchy since the beginning. It wasn’t easy convincing my wife to let me take not only someone neither of us had met but another woman to boot. While there were some minor difficulties to correct everything worked out fairly well. I certainly wouldn’t hesitate to ask @meadowgirl to attend another event. I don’t know if she would be willing to say the same, lol my wife was really ticked because the room arrangements got screwed up. @meadowgirl was pretty much of the same mind as me, we can work with it until the front desk can get things straightened out.

Thank god The hotel had a seriously high-powered hot tub. My back needed after the flight and all the walking I did. I don’t remember falling  asleep but I sure didn’t want to get up Saturday morning. MY sister and Bro-in-law came up and we hung out for a couple of hours. Unfortunately I missed meeting @AprilMac. I lost the vid cam that Fox had us carry around to video our stay in L.A.. I got it back but lost over 4 hours of vid time.

I think I’ll hit this again tomorrow, It got kind of long

 

left to right: Myself Kurt Sutter and Myra Lowe

Going to LA!!!

Hey Sons of Anarchy Fans,

I didn’t realize Kurt was announcing the contest winners Sunday. We were at my sister’s celebrating my son’s birthday (he’s 5 now) and I was telling everyone about the challenge for Sons of Anarchy.

Seriously, though, I wanted to say something here on my blog for all the fans that aren't on #twitter.

Pimping #SonsofAnarchy and @sutterink has been, and will continue to be a blast. I know there are a lot of fans jumping on the M.C. Pony Express since 101 The Sons of Anarchy Series Premier! All with good reason, The Sons of Anarchy is the greatest dramatic production in the history of television. I made a statement to that effect several times, well before @sutterink (Kurt Sutter) ever replied to me on #twitter.

I was always conscious of the fact that he could at any time say, “HEY, stop your shit! You fucking cunt!” When I decided to hit #twitter, I decided I would go as hard as I could and as far as @sutterink would let me, lol. I don’t really have much of a filter and I trip myself up quite often. So, I’m a bit self-conscious about what I say usually. Not getting hammered for “spam” was a secondary concern. I thought about starting up a disposable acct just for promoting @sutterink and #SonsofAnarchy, just in case. I opted to continue using my original #twitter acct @Twisted_Shadow. I never really tweeted much before SAMCRO anyway so what the heck.

Pissing off @sutterink was the one thing that would have crushed me. I’ve never met the man in person, any of the cast or crew (to the best of my knowledge). I had only ever heard of Katey Sagal (I enjoyed Married with children a great deal) and Ron Perleman (my mom was/is a huge beauty and the beast fan). Why would he getting mad at me be a potential emotionally crushing incident? Well, Sons is his show. I try to treat my online interaction as I would real life. It may be just words on the monitor to some people but there is still a person on the other end of every post, tweet, what have you.

At first I was like a madman, perhaps even a bit psychotic in my approach. I typed every single tweet I posted. I downloaded #tweetdeck and set up the columns so I could see anything I thought that might help. I ended up with four columns, as my basic #tweetdeck feed and I would add additional columns as needed to keep up with other things that might help. I rarely ever checked direct messages because that only works when someone I follow is following me back. I do try to remember to check my DM’s every couple of days now.

I think I had less than 100 tweets when I started pimping #SAMCRO and @sutterink. Season three brought me some challenges because apparently while I didn’t get slapped with a skateboard for spam I did experience quite a few error messages. Which meant I had to switch my system up to get around the (what I called) blocks preventing me from tweeting the way I had been before. I didn’t use any sneaky tech programs or use one of those things where you pay them and they get followers for you (I’m a cheap bastard in most things). I had to get a bit more creative.

My entire philosophy for pimping #SAMCRO and @sutterink depended completely on reaching as many potential fans/followers in a single tweet. Once I had done that it was up to the new followers to add a few friends/co-workers to the bunch and they begin adding more friends. Simply tweeting “@sutterink, #sonsofanarchy, #SAMCRO and #SOA would only reach tweeps watching for those #hashtags. So unfortunately, for many people trying to help get the message out, it didn’t go very far. Once I realized this, I fought with myself over how to reach as many tweeps as possible. I had to stop thinking about it in order to come up with a solution. This is not something I normally do. Look at the number of followers for @Twisted_Shadow. Last Saturday or so I had a little over 200 (I think). I just checked I have like 375, that is a huge jump, for me lol. I’ve had this twitter acct for a several years now. I just never really tweeted much before Sons of Anarchy. I’m still under 9,000 tweets and Kurt has over 56.5K followers on @sutterink!

Believe me, #SAMCRO fans come from all walks of life. I found fans in some very unlikely places. Well, unlikely for me. I can’t say for sure how effective my efforts really were because quite frankly I never tried to track at what I did. I looked at how many followers @sutterink had gained and began tweeting that also. Sure enough every time I posted a tweet with how many followers Kurt had, I could go back and check a few minutes later and see another hundred, 200 or so more followers. I think one night during season 2 we (all the tweeps pimpin’) got a little over 1.2K followers for @sutterink.

Here we fans are settling in to watch 402 and I still wonder what is it about the show that drives us fans to practically drag people in front of a TV and say “watch, just watch for a minute.” Boom, they’re hooked. I can break down what I did in a simple easy to follow formula (for lack of a better word). I tell 3 people and get them to tell 3 people and those nine to each tell 3 people. ROFLMAO. To some of you that will sound very familiar, if you’ve ever been approached by an Amway salesman (or anyone selling a system like it). That is how they break down the system. I guess it really does work if you are pimping something people really want. Only instead of reaching 3 people, I needed to reach thousands. I do know of one celebrity for sure that started following @sutterink because of my tweeting to her. When she tweeted that she was now following @sutterink, I was ecstatic.

Once I figured out how to do what I wanted to do in a more effective manner I was rolling. Later I figured how I could pimp more effectively and not have to sit at the computer for long periods of time. LOL this isn’t actually funny but I came up with the concept after I injured my back and it freaking hurt to sit, stand and especially lay down. I could barely lift a nearly empty plastic cup much less having anything in it. That was agony. I think I did miss a few days tweeting for a short time. I’ve gotten used to it for the most part. Anyone that has ever messed up their back can tell you, it effing sucks. Sometimes it felt like a knife and other times it would feel like it was on fire.

Ahhh, started drifting, LOL. I do that now and then.

Being chosen for this opportunity is as much thanks to all the fans that jumped on the M.C. Pony Express and followed @sutterink on twitter and the Blog. I wouldn’t be having this opportunity if no one had begun following Kurt. I wish everyone could go on the trip.

I have a friend in Australia (thanks to #SOA) She’s a Huge #SAMCRO fan. and has been helping spread the word down under. It would crack me up because she always wrote: S.A.M.C.R.O but now the #hashtags have caught on almost everyone uses #sonsofanarchy rather than #SAMCRO. Personally, I like #SAMCRO. The Aussies’ are a season behind us in the states for some reason. FX, I expect that to be fixed, with worldwide satellite capabilities Sons of Anarchy should be able to be viewed worldwide on Tuesday’s; Wednesday night’s beyond the international date line (and I’m only partially saying that because she’s hot! I hope she doesn’t read this, lol. I would not want to embarrass her.) Then all the fans can discuss/chat about the episodes the next day essentially. Especially for our troops overseas, it is a very small contribution to ask in return for what the men and women in the Armed Forces do all too often without regard for their own safety during a time of war.

Somewhere along the way, I stopped watching the previews for the next episode of #SAMCRO. I have found that I enjoy the anticipation of what will come more than teasing myself with the previews. I guess for that reason I tend not to participate in the fan sites much. I dislike spoilers only slightly less than Musicals! *cough* Glee *cough*...

That’s another sticky point with me! In what fucking Universe does cancelling Terrier’s and Chicago Code, while Glee is renewed, make a bit of sense? It’s almost enough to make me freaking puke! I guess that’s why I’m not a Network Exec. LOL Drifting again but, gotta finish it now. WTF do NBC Exec’s think they are doing? Their lineup sucks year after year and any good shows they could have had they passed on or canned and put more crap on. Can NBC survive much longer?

This started as a simple thank you to all the fans of #SonsofAnarchy and @sutterink for making this trip possible. Sometimes it’s difficult to express how you really feel just saying thanks everyone doesn’t seem enough. Yeah I know, a three page (on Microsoft word) blog post might be a bit much. When it comes to #SonsofAnarchy is anything really too much?

Kurt Sutter Dumps Twitter after flushing Facebook

http://sutterink.blogspot.com/

Talk about pissed! I had read about Kurt's Facebook page getting hacked, but I didn't know he took it down. I had been busy with other things and hadn't been pimping the FB page or @sutterink on twitter as I usually do. I have been gearing up for it though as Season 4 is just around the corner and Kurt had teased the fans & followers with the chance to win Sons of Anarchy merchandise and memorabilia.

So the ever crucial goals Kurt set for the fans to reach, just for the opportunity to be one of the lucky winners, is done I suppose. The pages are gone and that’s that. I am slowly realizing that this could be the reason why I never got into the a show beyond what we see on the TV. I never cared about who was playing whom or any of the writers. I had never heard the term “Show Runner” before getting into pimping @sutterink on twitter and the Facebook page the following season.

I’ve gotten to know the online persona of many people while tweeting about Sons of Anarchy. I was ecstatic when Kurt Sutter took notice of how much effort I put into finding new followers for his twitter feed. I even received a promotional booklet and DVD’s of the first 5 episodes of Season 2. I don’t remember if I ever actually told anyone about it. I didn’t mention it for a while because I didn’t want to upset anyone because I wasn’t even one of the winners. Kurt messaged me and said “email me your address I’m gonna send me some shit.” That was a great day for me.

 

99.9% of the fellow SAMCRO fans that I have tweeted with are great people (in my book) and Kurt Sutter really is a nice guy(Despite his colorful expressions wrapped in profanity and deep fried in vulgarity.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do with the time that I was going to be promoting @sutterink on twitter. I guess, I can still pimp the blog and and the YouTube videos.

Well, gonna call it a night, 2:33 am and the kids go back to school today! I have to be back up in 3 and 1/2 hours. some days everything just sucks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sons of Anarchy Season 4 Mazar Casting Update

http://www.boomtron.com/2011/08/sons-of-anarchy-season-4-mazar-casting-update/

#SonsofAnarchy (the twitter hashtag)

I hate spoilers, especially in production of my favorite TV show. When I accidentally found out that Debi Mazar, whom I follow on twitter, was going to be on #SonsofAnarchy in Season 4 I was so psyched!! and now her spot has been cut due to time constraints....
WTF, "Time Constraints"... I'm sure Kurt Sutter (@sutterink on twitter) did everything he could to get a couple of hours added to the season 4's air time so he could include the beautiful and talented Actress Ms. Debi Mazar. I'm sure he used all of the colorful expletives in his *"vocabularic arsenal" and I'm hoping Katey, Winter, Kristen and Maggie picked up some skateboards and showed the upper level, high muckitymucks a thing or two in the subtle nuances of face-boarding. I would also like to think that Kim Coates and Mark Boone Jr. strapped a network Exec or two to a skateboard and launched them down Cajon pass in an attempt to get the needed air time for Ms. Mazar to appear on the show.  All to no avail.

The good news is that Mr. Sutter has plans to bring Ms. Mazar in just not for this upcoming season. So all is not lost; just set to whet your appetite with further anticipation of what may come

 

*Vocabularic is a word that I just invented! So remember, It’s mine!! MINE!!! All Mine!!!! If you want to use it you must pay me tribute!!