tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50051202011-11-18T00:07:17.625-05:00NYC Consigliere's CornerRandom thoughts, observations and perspective about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness provided by Manhattan based lawyer and social documentarian.Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.comBlogger951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-79234082789176784872010-02-26T02:34:00.008-05:002010-02-26T07:01:46.917-05:00THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON & CONCORD REDUX: The GOP's War on Ideas in the Texas Governor's Race and Suppression of Twin Towers Alliance's Effort to Restore NYC Skyline We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-49212738199066897972010-02-16T17:56:00.008-05:002010-02-17T16:04:58.198-05:00AMERICA'S DYSFUNCTIONAL MARRIAGE WITH IT'S EXISTING POLITICAL SYSTEMAmerica’s relationship with its leaders is like that of the housewife married to a traveling salesman---who comes home every four years. Like a good little girl, American citizens stay home, build the foundation for our families, our community, we do our civic duty, register to vote, buy into the two party system while the Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-43015016409803417082010-02-15T02:41:00.025-05:002010-02-20T01:23:34.644-05:00BARRY GOLDWATER IS REINCARNATED IN DEBRA MEDINA'S TEXAS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDACY: GOP Establishment Attempts LBO of Tea Party Movement & Slaps Down Medina Candidacy. “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” ---Barry GoldwaterTexas is an Incubator for Democracy in Action. The spirit of Barry Goldwater and Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-63076927460036525552010-02-12T03:44:00.043-05:002010-02-20T01:21:39.577-05:00NEOCON GUERRILLA’S IN THE MIDST: Glenn Beck's Take-down of Debra Medina "The most important political office is that of the private citizen"--Justice Louis D. Brandeis Were it not clear before yesterday, the manner in which Glenn Beck sandbagged and set a trap for surging Texas gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina who was rising in the polls and closing in on establishment insiders Rick Perry andChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-45330575583629222052010-02-10T02:05:00.007-05:002010-02-10T03:44:01.403-05:00THE HEALTH CARE PRAYER: The Dream Shall Never DieNow I lay me Revolutionary soul down to sleepI pray the Dems my Health Care to KeepIf I should DIE before I wake Rest assured that courtesy of the GOP Some fat guy in a suit at an Insurance Company just got a Tax Break LINKS-About.com, Patient Empowerment-CBS News, 10 Health Care Reform Myths-Health Care Reform-Organizing For America-The Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-72958415186955007132010-02-09T12:32:00.011-05:002010-02-09T17:01:04.208-05:00OMEN FOR A REVOLUTION: GOP Running out the Clock on the Fortunes of The American PeopleTO MEMBERS OF THE GOP IN THE HOUSE & SENATE: The President of the United States of America has invited you to a Health Care Summit. May I remind you that you are NOT Being PAID by the American people to do what Dick Morris, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter or Roger Stone want you to do in IGNORING the President. Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-60923089638635339382009-11-26T17:56:00.024-05:002009-12-27T23:05:09.351-05:00THE PROPHETS FOR THE CULTURALLY ILLITERATE: Palin, Beck & Limbaugh All "Going Rogue" on America The "cultural elites"--meaning those of us with a greater than high school reading level who are able to work, pay our bills, read a newspaper and perhaps even throw back a literary work of an accomplished author from time to time and discuss with one another its relative significance in the context ofChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-43583386834207238362009-09-11T16:17:00.002-04:002009-09-11T16:46:22.039-04:00Eight Years Later: Why Is There Still A Hole at Ground Zero?On this day of remembrance, we honor all Americans who died on 9/11 or in the battles fought in the name of 9/11 by remaining vigilant engaged citizens in the search for truth. That is how I choose to pay my respects to those who through no fault of their own tragically lost their lives and left behind friends, family and co-workers. Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-52459106592999694062009-09-10T17:19:00.022-04:002010-03-11T14:31:24.920-05:00 RACHELLE HRUSKA: Social Journalist or Helping the Scissors Mafia Take Over NYC?Many who are far more intelligent and knowledgeable than me have written about the culture of distraction, the dumbed down population of consumer zombies who are hooked on drugs, alcohol, sex or mindless infotainment and social networking, the more easily manipulated masses and what it means for the future of our Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-22941591543988651822009-09-05T00:38:00.028-04:002009-09-09T13:31:02.747-04:00REPUBLICAN MCCARTHYISM: Underming Van Jones, White House Green Jobs Czar Is Part of a Larger Overall Agenda to Bring Down the Obama White HouseVan Jones is the Special Advisor for Green Jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. If you have the opportunity to meet Mr. Jones, listen to him speak, examine his public record you will find a clearly intelligent, well educated, grounded,Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-76374171084348293892009-02-09T09:59:00.006-05:002009-02-09T11:31:55.602-05:00Is Stimulus too Small? The American Economy is on the brink. Americans are losing their jobs, their savings and their homes and the GOP with scrooge like machiavellian streak is engaged in a goal line stand attempting to insure that this President does not suceed in bailing out the economy. Make no mistake, they are not "fighting the good fight" but are trying to insure that the stimulus fails soChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-31337901842139043302009-02-06T23:48:00.037-05:002009-02-09T11:39:01.377-05:00Obama Pushes for American Colonic: Fights Against GOP Trickle Up Economic PoliciesAmerica needs a colonic to remove the toxic waste that lines the intestinal walls of our Democracy. An American Renaissance under President Obama will only begin when we can move on some fresh new ideas and not have them die in the bowels of our Democracy. In order to renew we must purify our system of the Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-46725729427633328472009-01-23T15:07:00.012-05:002009-01-24T06:08:04.729-05:00Matthews Slams NY Daily News Political Reporter Liz Benjamin For Citing Blog Rumors About Caroline Kennedy: "Let's Stick To Journalism. I Don't Do That Here"There is a lot of meaningless nastiness that has been directed at Caroline Kennedy. It is especially disturbing and probably was unnecessary if the goal was to make a stronger case for the choice of of another candidate. While Caroline is a Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-550813148390611262009-01-13T18:35:00.011-05:002009-01-14T19:42:52.759-05:00J Lo's Big Ass Move on Obama: Enter The Opportunists
Obama's grand Inaugural Celebration is attracting 'SURPRISE" celebrity opportunists from every corridor, including those who did not support his candidacy and did not work to help him get elected. J Lo will speak at the Inaugural Latino Ball and husband Mark Anthony will sing despite their repeated snubs of Obama during the electoral cycle. OfChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-72765476889978654572008-11-06T16:12:00.013-05:002008-11-10T15:23:08.521-05:00OBAMA'S VICTORY WAS THE DREAM OF MY FATHER......ALSOOn Tuesday, November 4, 2008 (Election Night 2008) I found myself standing among friends and family in the Sheraton Ballroom in New York City with tears streaming down my face. While I was happy and moved, in the midst of the madness, for a few moments I was alone in my thoughts. My eyes, like nearly all others in the room were transfixed on theChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-2371077849520700062008-10-22T13:15:00.008-04:002008-10-25T17:30:29.286-04:00ASSUMING ALL POLITICIANS ARE PROSTITUTES........Since the commencement of the current economic crisis both Democrats and Republicans have jockeyed for position, each blaming the other for the current financial mess on Wall Street that is and will continue to hit Main Street, for a long time to come. While personally, I do believe that a level of blame is deserved on both sides, I find myself mostChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-66846924115478111132008-10-18T20:54:00.007-04:002008-10-20T18:09:08.312-04:00Misconceptions of Obama fuel Republican campaign
Rome is burning after 8 years of Neoconservative rule and what do the Neoconservatives controlling the Republican Party want to talk about and who are they targeting? They are running a three pronged assault on the American soul: (1) In rural and small town middle America they are stoking white fear, stirring racial resentment, painting Obama asChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-20617590940887953082008-10-14T14:47:00.002-04:002008-10-16T13:58:59.273-04:00McCain: At Wednesday's Debate I Plan To Bring Up AyersMcCain makes Sybil seem rationale, Manson seem reasonable, Linda Blair in the Exorcist seem coherent, George Wallace seem tolerant and W Bush like a grounded intellectual. America must JUST SAY NO TO MCFRUITCAKE!About Presidential DebatesRead the Article at HuffingtonPostChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-39260391203177034032008-10-09T11:21:00.019-04:002008-10-10T00:52:51.241-04:00David Brooks: Sarah Palin "Represents A Fatal Cancer To The Republican Party"There are those who proudly claim to love America but seem to hate its inhabitants or at least those who are darker, different, educated, enlightened or sophisticated. These people will find comfort and warmth in the predatory language of the McCain/Palin campaign. The Fascists are coming hard. The 4th Reich in America Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-73713347319393201642008-10-08T11:25:00.005-04:002008-10-08T13:19:05.447-04:00NAOMI WOLF: THE FASCISTS ARE COMINGNaomi Wolf Sounds the Final Alarm!!!----in this interview with Naomi Wolf author of "Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries" given October 4, 2008 on Mind Over Matters, KEXP 90.3 FM in Seattle. But, first, read The Battle Plan as an introduction to the book in her column on the HuffPo on September 16, 2008 and allow yourself to wonder why, withChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-2922627806921570262008-10-07T10:07:00.010-04:002008-10-07T16:08:42.785-04:00MCCAIN-PALIN: SALEM WITCH TRIALS & THE KKKHost Obama Hate Rallies: "Terrorist!" "Kill Him"The party of ideas is BANKRUPT. After bankrupting this nation's treasury, the Neocon's controlling the GOP apparatus and using McCain as their Trojan Horse, now want to carve up the soul of America. Consider that the last time anyone on American soil was treated to the kind of ugly, putrid, divisive and Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-34517899036843583782008-10-06T16:56:00.007-04:002008-10-06T23:06:13.511-04:00PUT A LEASH ON THAT PITBULL, SHE IS CRAPPING ALL OVER MY COUNTRY: "Hussein": Florida Palin Rally's Introductory Speaker Drops An H-BombJohn McCain needs to put a leash on his pitbull because she is crapping all over my country, creating a stinking mess. Keith Olbermann offered a "Special Comment" about Sarah Palin's remarks that Obama was "pallin' around with terrorists."How ironoic that the so Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-20475021523401219152008-10-06T11:05:00.010-04:002008-10-06T22:34:42.378-04:00KEATING ECONOMICS: John McCain And The Making Of A Financial CrisisToday the Obama Campaign launched the website: http://www.keatingeconomics.com/ But one link I definitely recommend that my readers visit as a precursor is a piece written by Tom Fitzpatrick on McCain's involvement as one of the Keating 5, a major political scandal which was part of the larger savings and loan crisis, published Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-4977686418786393752008-10-03T11:16:00.003-04:002008-10-03T11:23:05.790-04:00MCCAIN IS 72. He's had CANCER 4 timesChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-10431407461850768172008-09-29T10:30:00.037-04:002008-09-29T19:36:14.209-04:00AMERICA'S NEW BENEDICT ARNOLD: JOHN MCCAINPolitics First at a time of National CrisisJohn McCain like Benedict Arnold started out as an American Patriot. The legend of Benedict Arnold is one of a man who valiantly protected his countrymen against the British during that glorious cause of American Independence called the American Revolution before entering into a scheme for personal enrichment to Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-20213824121088565992008-09-27T12:42:00.012-04:002008-10-01T12:25:59.841-04:00THE CASE AGAINST SARAH PALIN by Campbell Brown, Kathleen Parker, George Will, Jack Cafferty & Linda ChorneyFirst, Campbell Brown goes off on the McCain Campaign for hiding Sarah Palin from the press. Campbell Brown, channeling her inner Keith Olbermann, challenged the McCain campaign for treating Sarah Palin as a “delicate flower that will wilt at any moment,” arguing that it’s sexist to treat Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-11257520259810828722008-09-12T10:29:00.012-04:002008-09-12T17:21:40.902-04:00PALIN'S ABC INTERVIEW: Stumped on Bush Doctrine, Illustrates Limited Understanding of the WorldThis is why America is going to hell in a hand basket. John McCain (graduated 894/899 at Naval Academy) and Sarah Palin (5 colleges in 6 years to get B.A. in Journalism) would not get hired for junior level analyst positions by many of the CEO's of major corporation's who are backing the Republican Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-20579315862469225582008-09-05T11:49:00.042-04:002008-09-07T20:38:44.566-04:00JOHN MCCAIN: POLITICAL AMBITION FIRSTThe Republican National Convention was like an aphrodisiac for necrophiliacs. Speeches by Huckabee, Romney and Thompson cheering on McCorpse were truly Reaganesque.... they would have been more relevant in the 1980's. If nothing else is clear, fortunately, none of the foregoing seem to be the future of the Republican party even if as I suspect they will Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-8574905622270527322008-08-29T22:14:00.006-04:002008-09-04T17:53:41.242-04:00OLD MAN & THE MILF: A Political Love StoryIt is not a Hemingway novel nor is it made for television movie on The Lifetime Channel. It is an American political reality show now playing out across America. The launch party was held last night in St. Paul, Minnesota at the Republican National Convention where charismatic and sexy Governor Sarah Palin delivered a red meat and potatoes speech written Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-12304868562978155442008-08-28T11:46:00.007-04:002008-08-28T13:49:27.589-04:00PRESIDENT CLINTON ATTEMPTS TO UNIFY DEMOCRATIC PARTYI volunteered and worked for the Clinton/Gore Ticket in 1992. With great enthusiasm, I voted for the Clinton/Gore ticket twice. In the years since, my frustration with and distrust of the Clinton's grew out of a disappointment that they did not put more energy into building the grassroots of the party and elevating Al Gore to the Presidency or Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-15928284064980498512008-08-26T19:33:00.011-04:002008-08-28T16:16:06.031-04:00Hillraiser Compares Convention to Titianic Before IcebergObama's candidacy is one which is still raging against the Clinton Machine while trying to position itself to defeat the Neocon Trojan Horse, John McCain. Folks like Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Alan Patricof and Clintonista's: Paul Begala, James Carville, Howard Wolfson & Ed Rendell seem rather consumed with their own self importance Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-33089256064903068352008-08-26T14:17:00.012-04:002008-08-26T16:29:02.543-04:00OBAMA vs. The Forces of Darkness In AmericaAs I watched Michelle Obama speak at the Democratic Convention last night with my law school commencement speaker (University of Pennsylvania Law School, May 1987), Senator Joseph Biden looking on smiling, filled with emotion and teary eyed, I too fell in love with my country all over again. I must concur with a fellow blogger's conclusion that Michelle Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-32263448974212128902008-08-14T11:21:00.013-04:002008-08-14T20:04:24.634-04:00Obama Snubs Rangel At ConventionYou reap what you sow. Charlie Rangel has certainly fought many a good fight and perhaps does not deserve to be remembered most for the stain of scandal regarding his use of rent stabilized apartments. He is one politico who has hardly gotten rich from his years in government. The scandal broke approximately a month after Rangel urged Hillary to step aside and Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-82895118194200468852008-08-12T14:05:00.007-04:002008-08-12T15:28:25.719-04:00Clintons Still Want To Kill Caucuses: The Latest RoundThe Clinton's are DINO'S, Democrats in Name Only with curious historical ties to George H.W. Bush tracing back to crimes covered up in Mena, Arkansas. The Clinton Legacy is disturbing in that Bill Clinton's ascension ushered in a period of profound political corruption, the destruction of the Democratic Party at the local and national level Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-46363754016689016902008-08-11T13:21:00.008-04:002008-08-11T18:58:38.231-04:00John Edwards' False Assertion During The ABC InterviewWhy should anyone be so surprised that John Edwards fudged the truth in his ABC Interview and did not indulge the media in every every single dirty detail? Edwards made a mistake. He admitted to his mistake, took full responsibility for the mistake, engaged in a degree of introspection about what led to his mistake and attempted to give clear Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-78072167280270948402008-08-09T09:42:00.006-04:002008-08-09T10:29:36.543-04:00McStupid? McSenile? or McInsane?Whatever you think of McCain personally, after viewing this video from TPMtv entitled Dazed and Confused, you would likely not leave him in charge of a corner store, much less your country. The Presidency of the United States really should be out of the question. Ask yourself why the Neocon's in control of the GOP are willing to put forth John McCain, a man who's Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-89915857360458815082008-08-08T12:25:00.007-04:002008-08-08T20:13:27.443-04:00Schumer: Obama Should "Hit Back Hard"Personally, if it were me, my inclination would be inclined to get all Brooklyn and whack McCain and the neoconservative henchmen running his campaign across the back of their heads with a 2x4 repeatedly until all the rocks which fill their empty heads spilled to the ground. McCain's know-nothing politics and the politics of nothing that his campaign is Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-418352418398094472008-08-06T12:01:00.002-04:002008-08-06T12:11:14.750-04:00Pour Some Sugar On Cindy (McCain)PUT A FORK IN MCCAIN cause he's done, at least among conservative family values voters in his own party who may likely abstain and among right minded independents. I do not know if McCain's candidacy has literally "jumped the shark" or if our country has gone so far to hell in a hand basket that McCain is literally going to "ride the shark" through election day. Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-13231793423161068222008-08-06T01:20:00.004-04:002008-08-06T01:35:35.724-04:00Paris Hilton Responds To John McCain's Celebrity Ad After viewing Paris Hilton's new video I am struck by the irony that the hybrid energy policy put forth by Paris Hilton actually makes more sense and is at least more coherent than that of 'that wrinkly white-haired guy' she refers to. McCain has to be careful in pissing off and demeaning people who actually have a greater intellect and are a Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-27988096259784862792008-08-05T15:49:00.012-04:002008-08-06T12:28:48.972-04:00McCain Suggests Wife Participate In Topless ContestWhen Hillary Clinton continued her campaign well beyond the stage where it was clear that Barack Obama would be the nominee and she aggressively targeted, with racial overtones, working and lower class whites in rural America, deep in the heart of Appalachia, in Kentucky and West Virginia, I labeled her a working class predator for preying on theChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-89495010587534154032008-08-05T13:41:00.005-04:002008-08-05T17:24:46.634-04:00Country Singer Toby Keith: Obama Acts White To WinAs the Trojan Horse of the Neocons controlling the GOP, John McCain is the 4th Reich's last stand. Not content to go quietly into the night and allow America to emerge from the darkest days of its history, they are taking one last shot with a soul less empty vessel because he is white, looks like middle America, has a nice "war hero" story and a "Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-61940174718123163112008-08-05T12:22:00.004-04:002008-08-05T17:18:29.686-04:00GOP Gov. And Potential McCain VP Praises Obama's Energy PlanKudos to the intellectually and visually irresistable barracuda babe Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for her praising Obama's energy plan. This only the tip of the iceberg. What will Republicans say or do when Obama gains the implicit or explicit support if not endorsements from more prominent Republicans? Goldwater heirs, Susan Eisenhower,Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-90979049538116563582008-08-05T12:09:00.007-04:002008-08-06T00:56:32.754-04:00McCain Gets Defensive In Ad, Claims He's The "Original Maverick"McCain's handlers have focused on selling Americans on imagery of the "War Hero...Maverick...Naval Aviator" while hiding the disturbing side of McCain, that (a) he is in fact mentally unstable, perhaps suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome), Alzheimer's or the onset of senility and (b) was a horrible student at the Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-56012538108075973602008-08-04T23:45:00.004-04:002008-08-05T19:11:35.970-04:00McCain Takes Long Pause When Asked About Race According to Cliff Schecter, author of The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him And Why Independents Shouldn't: "It is dangerous for a democracy when a presidential candidate can lie with impunity, change positions on a whim, and physically and verbally threaten others and virtually none of it is reported by a besotted media eagerly awaitingChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1167756724480611962007-01-02T11:48:00.000-05:002007-01-02T22:12:39.676-05:00A NEW YEARS RANT: Welcome 2007, Adios to Pataki & Amateur NightsHappy New Year! Hard to believe it is already 2007. As a child I envisioned that by now the world we lived in would be like the JETSONS with flying cars and space stations. The only thing JETSON like, however, is the hype, pomposity and incessant marketing leading up to New Years Eve. Like Valentines Day on steroids or Hallmark Gone Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1167096019178987912006-12-25T20:16:00.000-05:002007-01-02T11:47:48.530-05:00 MERRY CHRISTMASToday is Christmas Day, a high holiday for Christians worldwide. Amidst our politically correct efforts of inclusiveness to all cultures and religions at this time of the year, it is easy to forget the meaning of Christmas. On this day which is the holiest of holy days, Christians observe and celebrate the birth of Christ by promoting goodwill, sharing and compassion. This season Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1140763665731252222006-02-24T01:21:00.000-05:002006-02-27T15:33:43.460-05:00At Large: Listening with my EyesI grew up through the Bridges & Tunnels of New York City, in Queens and Brooklyn to be exact. Manhattan was viewed by me through the eyes of an outsider. My father was an educated man, fluent in several foreign languages, very much an intellectual and a gentleman who led and taught by example. A Colombian of Spanish descent, he was the son of an entrepreneurial Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1134449026942639212005-12-12T23:35:00.000-05:002005-12-14T15:07:29.086-05:00HASTA LA VISTA TOOKIECalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today proved that he is still the Terminator. In a decision denying the request for clemency of Tookie Williams, Governor Schwarzenegger insured that by the time many of you read this Tookie "will not be back." As Mr Schwarzenegger said: “Is Williams’s redemption complete and sincere, or is it just a hollow promise? Without an apologyChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1130394281704189642005-10-27T02:15:00.000-04:002005-10-29T01:13:55.020-04:00Is Stephanie Klein "MISLEADING" the Public?Well, take a look at a Bronx cheer for Stephanie Klein all the way from Queens no less, the borough of her birth. Looks like Irene of Irene's Menagerie does not see SK as any Stephie from the Block. Irene states rather emphatically "Stephanie Klein is NOT a REAL NYC woman." to see the full post click here. I see a cat fight brewing. Give me a big MEOW!!Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1129566604193433542005-10-17T12:25:00.000-04:002005-10-17T18:07:55.840-04:00"SHE DEVILS"In light of much of what that this blog has discussed of late, a fascinating read in the Water Cooler section of today's New York Post. See "She-devils: Luring the office back stabbler from her lair", Karen Toledano's book review of "I Can't Believe She Did That: Why Women Betray Other Women at Work" by Nan Mooney. An interesting quote about the subversive female nature:"Caught Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1129142151275450642005-10-12T14:33:00.000-04:002005-10-13T16:44:37.093-04:00BOOK DEALNew York, NY October 12, 2005New York City Consigliere, photographer, verbose blogger, manhattan society.com honcho, Chris London's: "STRAIGHT UP AND WHACKY" ......Tales and confessions from inside the Big Apple life of a'How you doin' kind of guy, a really long book detailing his verbose tirades on the web, his rise from bridge and tunnel obscurity to a fun and fabulous life as a New Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1128386685610787202005-10-03T20:36:00.000-04:002005-10-10T13:03:49.323-04:00EAT FIRST....BLOG SECONDSurvival first. Art second. It seems like a rather simple rule. In the absence of a trust fund and to the extent that you have earn a living under someone else's employ in order to eat, it would be wise not not allow your writing or the pursuit at developing a literary art form to undermine your own job security. Simple enough it would seem. It saddens me, however, that Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1127529802626076812005-09-23T22:42:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:41:26.976-04:00NOT JET BLUE!: The luster comes off Dwelling QuestThere is a reason why companies routinely negotiate palatable terms of separation with their key and valued employees rather than discarding them in the middle of the night, without any form of notice, a severance package or separation agreement. In the estimation of the Consigliere, it was foolish and ill advised for Dwelling Quest ("DQ" not to Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1127508417674148912005-09-23T16:41:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:42:13.656-04:00VOLATILE (sounds like a Britney Spears song)THIS BLOG SUCKS...and so do I. I am as blunt as a butter knife. Butter knives make bigger holes when you stab anything with them than do sharp knives. And that is no less true with communication. Most of what I write tends to piss some people off. My agenda? I wear it on my shirt sleeve. And that's fine by me. I leave the snark and the tragic irony to Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1127249057022269322005-09-20T16:42:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:44:19.906-04:00Blogger Down: Quest for a DwellingToday, sadly I received the statement referenced below from Kelly Kreth, who is the author of THE UNBEARABLE HEAVINESS OF BEING by charmingly neurotic, the 5 year keeper of a diary on opendiary.com, and the former inhouse publicist for Daren Hornig's Dwelling Quest, a real estate services firm in NYC. As most of you know, I have some issues with the contrived Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1126491698233023052005-09-12T21:57:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:43:46.310-04:00The New Chic SLIT and the case against cover artistsImagine a world where questioning the originality, authenticity, character and depth of one writer's output was met with threats to undermine the critic's employment, an effort to curtail First Amendment rights, and finally blackmail. It could never happen in America, right? How many "real writers" would go to such lengths to stifle an Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1126209430028727662005-09-08T15:33:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:47:53.163-04:00NEW YORK LOVES NEW ORLEANSWhat to do? What is my role? How can I really be of any help? In my email box, on the phone and across the blogosphere, many of my friends and fellow New Yorkers have exhibited a pervasive level of existential angst over the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast region, its residents, and in particular New Orleans. Some wonder how those of limited means and Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1125701498395085372005-09-02T17:42:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:48:24.076-04:00CENTER COURT: the irrelevance of my life as New YorkerOver cocktails with a friend at the Lenox Room and later on over burgers at JG Melon on the Upper East Side while watching and discussing among other things the 2005 US Open, I came to realize the utter irrelevance of Chris London and my life as a New Yorker. We all tend to get a little egocentric and wrapped up with the relative Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1125591359558204112005-09-01T11:48:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:48:54.056-04:00The Manchurian CandidateSo I keep getting emails and seeing these postings on my blog and others. From "the anonymous Mr. Trotter" or is it "The Buffer"? The last email I received from this individual threatened to "make me cry" unless I stopped criticizing "the unimpeachable SK." His anonymity is not so anonymous I am afraid. His similar postings of a sexual variety on assorted blogs always try Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1125431347041028212005-08-30T15:47:00.000-04:002005-09-11T23:46:37.516-04:00BLOG ARTThe debate over the relative merits and character of Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy blog vs. the parody blog, a Tale of Two Sisters has far deeper roots and may have far greater implications ultimately than the surface debate between the first amendment protected right to parody (fair use of copyrighted material) vs. the unlawful use and infringment of copyrighted material. (see also, Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1125125256323421482005-08-27T01:55:00.000-04:002005-10-09T17:13:46.266-04:00Parody of a Copycat: The First Amendment & Stephanie Klein"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" -Al Pacino, Godfather IIISome thought that my critique of Stephanie Klein in this blog and in my subsequent interview with Luke Ford, was a bit heavy handed. Perhaps they were right. Admittedly, it was a bit verbose. I was even accused of Misplaced Passion for allegedly spamming Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1124736238131129572005-08-22T14:35:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:49:48.713-04:00Customer ServiceHow important is "customer service"? Nearly two years ago I switched from Verizon to Cingular Wireless because (a) you gotta love the little orange guy (b) my cell phone bills with Verizon were too high (c) Cingular gave me a 212 area code for my cell phone and (d) for the customer service. My sense is that most people are not completely satisfied with all aspects of their Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1124490878117590622005-08-19T18:30:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:50:06.050-04:00Luke Ford InterviewTo read my interview with Luke Ford, click here. To visit Luke Ford's web site, click on the photo at left. The interview was a little more free wheeling than my inteview with Ask A New Yorker earlier this summer.Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1123870916651634442005-08-12T14:19:00.000-04:002005-10-12T18:01:05.163-04:00Greek'ed Tragedy: Stephanie Klein, The Puff Daddy of Chic LitI turned to the New York Times Fashion & Style section on Sunday July 16, 2005 to read a piece written by Stephanie Rosenbloom entitled "Reader, I dated him." In fact, the subject of the piece herself, Stephanie Klein tipped me off in advance of the impending piece via Instant Messenger that she was "ironically" the subject of another Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1123201890129569352005-08-04T20:19:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:50:27.936-04:00Chasing Amy.... SohnI genuinely tried to like her. For the longest time the answer eluded me, even though it was right there before my eyes on a semi regular basis. No matter what angle I viewed her from she was difficult to like. I wondered why. Was I envious? Was it something about her? Did she wrong me personally in some way? No. Was I angry at women in general for some reason? Chris: Was it Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1123099002024305962005-08-03T15:42:00.000-04:002005-10-07T21:51:13.266-04:00GUESS WHO'S BACK? Back again and it is not Slim ShadyThe abandoned blogger returns, even though those of you know who know me, know that I have just backed off posting under this infamous blog for some time. But the Consigliere is back and "Lucy, I have some e'splaining to do" That handsome mug at left is none other than the self absorbed moi, Chris London at the recent Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1072138676837239892003-12-22T19:17:00.000-05:002005-10-16T14:12:14.013-04:00ON GENDER POLITICS & ROLE REVERSALS: Networking For Sex with the Empowered Female Class & My First Lesbian Relationship........Just an observation but in this "Post Feminist Sex in the City Era of Female Empowerment, Girl Love and Pseudo Lesbian Chic"......women have become the new frat boys.The "Sex as Art" phenomenon as much as it may have political and power undertones can't camoflauge the Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1068817755675606462003-11-14T08:49:00.000-05:002005-10-09T17:12:03.863-04:00SAM MALONE?I was just getting siutated behind the back bar at McFaddens around 5:45 last night....when I heard someone say..."hey Sam Malone up there, get me a jack on the rocks and a shot of yagermeister." That was a first. No offense to Sam Malone from Cheers or actually Ted Danson but I think the reference had to do with the fact that I was the only bartender or patron for that matter with anyChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1068754106691722642003-11-13T15:08:00.000-05:002003-11-13T15:08:54.653-05:00Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1068752942639364462003-11-13T14:49:00.000-05:002003-11-13T15:11:59.733-05:00THE NEW “PUB CHIC”
Sean Murphy of Murph Guide.com, known for connecting the fun to the fun people, invited to me serve as a Guest Bartender at the infamous "Mc Faddens Saloon".
Initially, I had some difficulty persuading some of my female friends to join me. Too many of my female “friends” spend every Thursday Night in Manhattan in pursuit of that illusive perfect scene jumping from one Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1067644039146513882003-10-31T18:47:00.000-05:002003-10-31T18:47:29.983-05:00Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1067643537779766232003-10-31T18:38:00.000-05:002003-10-31T18:55:20.920-05:00SOCIAL ARTISTE' OR PIMP?
Someone asked me what it is I do the other day. Are you a Promoter? An Event Planner? A Fundraiser? A Producer? A web designer? Party Host? What the heck is it that you do? I found that to be quite an interesting question actually. At the time it, however, it came across as an indictment from someone who leveled a personal critque at me inferring that I collaborate (not Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-1059591161042868432003-07-30T14:52:00.000-04:002003-07-30T15:05:57.003-04:00Click here to read "Why KOBE Bryant Did It"Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-959960772003-06-24T18:47:00.000-04:002005-10-09T17:12:28.543-04:00INFORMATION SOCIETY TO ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY, NYC 1995-2003 “I wanna know what your thinking…there are some things you can’t hide. I wanna know what you’re feeling. Tell me what’s on your mind. Here I am in silence….looking round without a clue. I can see behind your eyes. The things that I don't knowIf you hide away from me How can our love grow?—Information Society, "Pure Energy" Circa 1980 Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-953387142003-06-05T15:09:00.000-04:002005-10-16T14:15:54.326-04:00GENTLEMAN DAN VS. CASSWORLDThe title does not reference a celebrity boxing match. Recently, I wrote a wrote a critique/analysis (scroll down to Defending Cass, Social Elitism & Bad Manners in The Hamptons) of the ongoing feud between the eclectic Dan Rattiner, Publisher & Editor in Chief of Hamptons based Dans Papers (purportedly representing the view of the majority of Hamptons residents) Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-952154882003-06-02T21:23:00.000-04:002003-06-03T20:16:54.000-04:00DEFENDING CASS
Social Elitism & Bad manners in the Hamptons
Attention: Dan Rattiner of Dans Papers & "Julie London"
Dear Dan: I read your column this week with a degree of amusement but mostly disappointment in the lack of journalistic integrity exhibited as well as the underlying social elitism and insensitivity contained therein. You referenced my quote in your lead article "Boycott is Ended" Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-951804472003-06-02T02:15:00.000-04:002003-06-02T12:28:03.000-04:00SUMMER IN THE CITY....
Click here for pictures from last weeks Out The Window Film Screening & Private Cast Party at Scopa
Coming June 4th: Sensual For Charity Event, Room 143 in Manhattan
Click here for my other column this week, "The Politics of Sensuality"
Despite New York Magazine's article Summer Shun, reporting a decline in Summer rentals and many avoiding the Hamptons, reports from theChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-945413052003-05-18T13:06:00.000-04:002003-05-19T02:23:41.000-04:00Am I in Love with a Blogster?
Book of the month: Mama Gena's Owners & Operators Guide To Men
I was engaged in my usual Sunday morning procrastination routine. Drinking my coffee, logged on to my Blog and stumbled upon the Blog written by A Girl Named Alex. I started reading and became enamored with her story and the the style of her prose...and then I actually checked out her pics and saw that Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-943684332003-05-14T23:47:00.000-04:002003-05-18T16:09:16.000-04:00The Modern Era "Depression" & The Rise of "Scamtrepreneurs"
Over cocktails recently with my friend from New York Planet at the 7th Anniversary Party for Bar 13, (which by the way has some very hot and friendly bartenders and is owned by the Philanthropic & Patriotic Founder of New York Strikes Back) we discussed the rise of the "Social Entrepreneurs", many of whom in the Post 9/11 NYC and the Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-934767992003-04-29T13:30:00.000-04:002003-04-29T16:35:20.000-04:00LIBERTY, HONOR & CHILDREN
April 29th--Hamptons In The Springtime Benefit: The Retreat's in-school education program "Empowering Children to Make Healthy Choices."
May 8th Benefit: The Future Belongs To You Foundation Tribeca Film Festival Evening Event
Someone asked me the other day "Chris, why are you so involved and supportive of charities pertaining to the advancement and protection of Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-929702422003-04-21T02:48:00.000-04:002003-04-23T03:31:28.000-04:00 IS THE HAMPTONS OVER? Yes, if the Neo Leftist Elitist Hypocrites Have Their Way.
This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Gala Preview for the New York International Auto Show to Benefit the East Side House Settlement. In addition, I served as guest bartender for the Worlds Collide Party hosted by David Shapiro and Alisha at Scopa, one of Midtown's more interesting new spaces. My Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-925731672003-04-14T05:31:00.000-04:002005-10-09T17:09:08.666-04:00A STRANGER IN SURREAL TIMES"I opened myself for the first time to the tender indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself--so like a brother, really--I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with criesChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-918225352003-04-02T00:16:00.000-05:002003-04-02T00:16:07.200-05:00
Lessons of a Guest Bartender
This past weekend I had the opportunity to Guest Bartend at the infamous Marcel's Elegant & Eclectic Spring Cocktail Party at Daylight Studio. I have to admit that it was a most fascinating experience for many reasons, aside from the fact that despite a down economy and a rainy cold night we managed to jam the place with a diverse crowd of approximately 500 people. Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-914426362003-03-26T18:41:00.000-05:002003-03-27T16:33:42.000-05:00Sex, Lies & Videotape: Intolerance and Hypocrisy
My Current List of People who "suck": Michael Moore, Michael Bloomberg, Eliot Spitzer & Tom Jaffee of 8 Minute Dating
People who do NOT suck: Daniel Patrick Moynihan (The Late & Great American)
"May you live in interesting times" is an ancient Chinese curse/proverb and line from the movie "Disclosure" staring Demi Moore and Michael Douglas Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-913044362003-03-24T17:12:00.000-05:002005-10-09T17:10:39.663-04:00The Politics of IntoleranceIn my two more recent blog entries "The Real Fear of War: America Prevails, Proving the Wisdom of the Bush Administration" and "The Fashionably Misguided War Movement," in referencing the works of many enlightened intellectuals, I made clear my position that this War is a righteous one with the fate of humanity at stake. There is a confluence of interests ( Euro-centricChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-911107262003-03-21T02:18:00.000-05:002005-10-09T17:11:00.306-04:00The Real “Fear of War”—America Prevails, Proving the Wisdom of The Bush Adminstration. The Bush DoctrineWhy would our government, our leaders and in particular our President choose to go to war with Iraq despite a tremendous degree of criticism and resistance from so many quarters; the United Nations, European leaders and Anti-Americanists? Is our leadership so misguided and rogue to take chancesChristopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-907779482003-03-15T16:56:00.000-05:002005-10-16T14:10:17.140-04:00The Fashionably.....Misguided Anti-War MovementIslam+ Socialists + Well meaning Liberals & Social Elites+ European Union vs. spread of U.S. Power & Influence =Threat to American Life, Freedom, Liberty, Security & ProsperityAs quoted on The PowerlineI woke up today to my newspaper, coffee, morning news shows. It appeared to be like just another Saturday for me except that the drums of war were Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-906414752003-03-13T05:31:00.000-05:002003-03-15T12:48:59.000-05:00Cocktails & Dreams
I agreed to guest bartend this week on Thursday night at Bliss Bar & Lounge for friends from Party 4 Charity hosting a benefit for MVDC Program, Youth at Risk. As Doug Coughlin stated in Cocktail, “the Bartender is the aristocrat of the working class.” Being that I am a working class yuppie and that this is likely as close as I shall get to being an “Aristocrat”, I would Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-896624912003-02-24T15:21:00.000-05:002003-03-08T12:31:29.000-05:00Reality Culture, My Dinner With Amy Sohn & Spanky the Sociopath
The obsession of the media, television as well as print and radio, with the every day people of late seems a bit out of control. It seems like everyone and then some are getting their 15 minutes of fame, either through a "Reality TV" dating program or an expose on a dating service. Ironically enough, while initially it only seemed Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-896113162003-02-23T15:13:00.000-05:002003-02-23T15:22:45.000-05:00Repost From February 12th, since it did not stick
Despite being on the brink of World War in the midst of a stagnant, modern era depression like economy, my friendship with Mr. Grey Goose intact, my email box continues to get flooded with more and more Valentines invites to various “veal” or ”cheese fests” around the city. While the metaphors may seem appropriate, I am not much a fan of Veal, I Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-887645902003-02-08T13:58:00.010-05:002009-01-06T14:08:23.402-05:00Transactional Romance: Matchmakers vs. Madams: Is there really a difference?It has become abundantly clear that love, sex and perhaps even romance now come with a price tag. As one of my friends stated, Chris, if you think about it, you either Pay $1.99 per minute (actually more like $3.99 per for fetish stuff), $500 per hour or more like $1,000 (actually for 4 star quality women) or by the Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-886286832003-02-05T22:59:00.000-05:002003-02-08T14:11:27.000-05:00Coming Soon:
Feb 12th: My Friend Jackie Stone in Vagina Monoloques, UJA Fed. of NY
Scroll down to Jan. 30th entry for distinction between: "Busted Up Sex in The City Women vs. True Alpha Female Goddess Women"
The HEARTLESS Side of the Dating Biz
As many of you know, on my journey of enlightenment and spiritual evolution, I have become somewhat of an expert of the dating scene in NYC, having Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-884941272003-02-03T17:13:00.000-05:002003-02-06T10:47:51.000-05:00The Economics of Transactional Romance & The Dating "Biz" In NYC
No sooner had I gotten off the phone with my ex girlfriend, did I ask myself “why couldn’t I meet someone with her intelligence, wit and sex appeal?” It’s then that I realized, I already had and that chapter was now closed. How could I forget that our emotional battles which were more like “Gangs of New York” than the “Age of Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-884421152003-02-02T18:55:00.000-05:002003-02-02T19:53:50.000-05:00After an otherwise stressful and exhausting week, and after a grueling back and abs workout at Equinox and a Schvitz at The Russian Spa on Wall Street, I had the opportunity to partake of the nearly “2 hour open bar from 8-10” last night at Scott’s Winter Bash at Coda. They actually shut down the open bar at 9:30 and converted to cash bar early once they ran out of the cheap stuff. Scott and Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005120.post-882833182003-01-30T14:51:00.000-05:002003-02-08T14:05:26.000-05:00Transactional Romance & Evolution of the Feminine Ideal: A Choice between "Busted Up Sex & the City Women/Whores vs. True Alpha Female Goddess"
I am Chris London, a Boston University & University of Pennsylvania Law School grad. After a career as a practicing lawyer for premier New York & Boston based international law firms, including Weil Gotshal & Manges & Bingham Dana, I became a legal and Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com0