tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50051202024-03-07T00:29:34.320-05:00NYC 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.comBlogger37125tag: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 Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com5tag: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.com3tag: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 Christopher Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447116876426147091noreply@blogger.com1tag: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.com1tag: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.com1tag: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.com8tag: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-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.com1tag: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 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-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-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-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-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.com4tag: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.com3tag: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.com4tag: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.com13tag: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.com6tag: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.com2tag: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.com0