He sent this to me earlier today. I thought it was too good to not share and John has agreed for me to publish it here. Seems to sum up so much how quickly the honeymoon can end if you are not absolutely in tune with the marketplace:
Open letter to Barack Obama & Co.
Hollywood, 1.17.08
Dear Barack and Michelle, and Joe and Jill and David,
and all of you who keep sending me e mails,
Stop already will ya ?
Dear Barack and Michelle, and Joe and Jill and David,
and all of you who keep sending me e mails,
Stop already will ya ?
You got it. You got elected - you're about to be inaugurated - you're in ! So could you just get on with it and stop with the urgent, solemn and desperate sounding e mails asking me to organize, send money, help re-define America, rebuild my neighborhood one neighborhood at a time, and realize the dream.
First of all, nobody in my neighborhood wants to be rebuilt. The
orthodox jews who make up some 65% of my neighborhood would like me,
the non-orthodox jews and all the other goyam to take a hike as soon as
possible so they can buy up the rest of the real estate, convert the
classic 20's mediterranean homes into cheaply constructed temples and
finish off their vision of Hassidic nirvana tax free. Least they could
do is open more home made bagel places - but no. Plus, I don't think
they voted for you. They still have big issues with swartzas (of which
they clearly view you as one) and they had all these family value Yes
on Prop 8 signs in front of their houses - so I don't think they want
to "share the dream". I think they want to wipe out Hamas and take
back Gaza.
The wannabe actors and actresses in the neighborhood are preoccupied on the cell phones with their publicists worried about the next audition and getting invited to the Oscars to be seen with the right people. The would be pop/alt/rock stars next door (who really suck) are busy pining for an appearance on American Idol, trolling for 360 deals, "going on tour" in Bakersfield, getting a new manager and building bonfires in the back yard to create their own version of an after hours "destination". The rest of us in the neighborhood, who mostly make our living in the entertainment biz are bracing for the big drop in production and post production that's coming later this year from the studios and wondering where the jobs are coming from. And, a quick word on the the collapsing major label music industry - please don't give them a bail out. Let 'em merge with GM/Chrysler and sink with good riddance into oblivion. They could not deserve it more.
Second, this continuing money hunt you direct at me is really all about raising the dough to repay Hillary's campaign debt. Yeah, I know that's the deal you made with her and all but c'mon, this woman has 100 million bucks. None of us here really care whether she spent 20 million of it in one of the most despicable displays of old school scorched earth political campaigning in our lifetime. She's got plenty of ways to pull it in. I'm not interested in giving her anything. Let her get it from Bill. He's not paying for all that mile high club sex he's having flying around on his billionaire buddies' luxury jets. His pals pay his way - he's got low overhead so get it from him. She's just trying to build the war chest for the "Senator" Chelsea campaign that's coming up in a few years and I say let young Chels raise her own dough just like you did.
Third, I'm a little annoyed that you picked a racist, homophobic, anti-semite, evangelical christian, charlatan, snake oil peddler to do your inaugural invocation. But, hey, I get it - you have to reach out to the creeps who thought Palin was cool, Billy Graham is too old and you have to continue a bad tradition. But enough of that after the inauguration ok ? By the way, not now, but in, oh, say February - please consider taxing the bejeezus out of these organized religions. All of 'em. Especially Rick Warren. Can go a long way to fixing those trillions in the deficit. They've got the dough. Reverend Ricky has a car and driver and buku bucks - more than I can say for the poor schmoos in his congregation he soaks to support that phoney mega church of his. I'm for free speech for all and I have no problem with guys like him continuing to spread their dangerous. manipulative blather, own huge amounts of real estate and media empires - I just don't think they should be able to do it tax free.
Now back to the "send more money" e mails. This is starting feel like telemarketing and you're making me consider putting you on the "do not contact" list. I was under no delusion that any of these robo generated e mails coming from any of you during the campaign were really coming from you - but I kind of liked it at the time. But, enough now. I don't believe Jill is actually writing me an e mail to ask for more dough to "continue the important work we have started." The webmaster is. So don't insult me. I gave you money to get elected - and plenty of it. Campaigned for you, stood in line for 4 hours to vote for you. Sat emotionally with tears in my eyes while I watched your acceptance speech like everyone else. Enough. You got it. Get on with it now. The inauguration choo choo is very sweet and clever and all that - but so is queuing up at Disneyland with the dumb Pluto hat on or standing in line with elf ears on waiting to see Santa. Have fun - but on Wednesday the 21st, I'd like you all to stop gobbling around and start getting some stuff done so we don't fall off the edge and end up reporting to the Chinese.
Send me e mails about the new puppy, or how you jailed and seized the assets of all those Wall Street assholes who ruined so many people's lives and who profited while they lost their clients' money - or posted their photos, addresses and phone numbers on the web so lynch mobs can easily be formed. Send e mails about the spanking line you created to escort the Cheney's out of the VP mansion, or how you told Pelosi, Feinstein and Reid they are obtuse and made them wear clown suits during session - or how you laughed out loud when GM came back for even more money - or you actually gave the porn industry some bail out money just because they had the balls to ask for it. E mails with You Tube links of you having a chili three way dog are good - but no more "we need your help" e mails. You got my help - you have my support. Go fix it now. Get it done.
I spend too much time online as it is, I'm starting to develop a Facebook addiction and there are no support groups for that yet - so don't give me more reasons to read useless stuff on my laptop.
Go on - go . . . do it. Leave me be - I have stuff to do.
happy regards,
John
The wannabe actors and actresses in the neighborhood are preoccupied on the cell phones with their publicists worried about the next audition and getting invited to the Oscars to be seen with the right people. The would be pop/alt/rock stars next door (who really suck) are busy pining for an appearance on American Idol, trolling for 360 deals, "going on tour" in Bakersfield, getting a new manager and building bonfires in the back yard to create their own version of an after hours "destination". The rest of us in the neighborhood, who mostly make our living in the entertainment biz are bracing for the big drop in production and post production that's coming later this year from the studios and wondering where the jobs are coming from. And, a quick word on the the collapsing major label music industry - please don't give them a bail out. Let 'em merge with GM/Chrysler and sink with good riddance into oblivion. They could not deserve it more.
Second, this continuing money hunt you direct at me is really all about raising the dough to repay Hillary's campaign debt. Yeah, I know that's the deal you made with her and all but c'mon, this woman has 100 million bucks. None of us here really care whether she spent 20 million of it in one of the most despicable displays of old school scorched earth political campaigning in our lifetime. She's got plenty of ways to pull it in. I'm not interested in giving her anything. Let her get it from Bill. He's not paying for all that mile high club sex he's having flying around on his billionaire buddies' luxury jets. His pals pay his way - he's got low overhead so get it from him. She's just trying to build the war chest for the "Senator" Chelsea campaign that's coming up in a few years and I say let young Chels raise her own dough just like you did.
Third, I'm a little annoyed that you picked a racist, homophobic, anti-semite, evangelical christian, charlatan, snake oil peddler to do your inaugural invocation. But, hey, I get it - you have to reach out to the creeps who thought Palin was cool, Billy Graham is too old and you have to continue a bad tradition. But enough of that after the inauguration ok ? By the way, not now, but in, oh, say February - please consider taxing the bejeezus out of these organized religions. All of 'em. Especially Rick Warren. Can go a long way to fixing those trillions in the deficit. They've got the dough. Reverend Ricky has a car and driver and buku bucks - more than I can say for the poor schmoos in his congregation he soaks to support that phoney mega church of his. I'm for free speech for all and I have no problem with guys like him continuing to spread their dangerous. manipulative blather, own huge amounts of real estate and media empires - I just don't think they should be able to do it tax free.
Now back to the "send more money" e mails. This is starting feel like telemarketing and you're making me consider putting you on the "do not contact" list. I was under no delusion that any of these robo generated e mails coming from any of you during the campaign were really coming from you - but I kind of liked it at the time. But, enough now. I don't believe Jill is actually writing me an e mail to ask for more dough to "continue the important work we have started." The webmaster is. So don't insult me. I gave you money to get elected - and plenty of it. Campaigned for you, stood in line for 4 hours to vote for you. Sat emotionally with tears in my eyes while I watched your acceptance speech like everyone else. Enough. You got it. Get on with it now. The inauguration choo choo is very sweet and clever and all that - but so is queuing up at Disneyland with the dumb Pluto hat on or standing in line with elf ears on waiting to see Santa. Have fun - but on Wednesday the 21st, I'd like you all to stop gobbling around and start getting some stuff done so we don't fall off the edge and end up reporting to the Chinese.
Send me e mails about the new puppy, or how you jailed and seized the assets of all those Wall Street assholes who ruined so many people's lives and who profited while they lost their clients' money - or posted their photos, addresses and phone numbers on the web so lynch mobs can easily be formed. Send e mails about the spanking line you created to escort the Cheney's out of the VP mansion, or how you told Pelosi, Feinstein and Reid they are obtuse and made them wear clown suits during session - or how you laughed out loud when GM came back for even more money - or you actually gave the porn industry some bail out money just because they had the balls to ask for it. E mails with You Tube links of you having a chili three way dog are good - but no more "we need your help" e mails. You got my help - you have my support. Go fix it now. Get it done.
I spend too much time online as it is, I'm starting to develop a Facebook addiction and there are no support groups for that yet - so don't give me more reasons to read useless stuff on my laptop.
Go on - go . . . do it. Leave me be - I have stuff to do.
happy regards,
John
