that didnt take long….

Interesting how the internet works, and how fast information travels.

Last night, I found that the highest number of people visiting this old blog cam from a google search for Laurie Dumouchelle. So, I decided to give them what they want. Information on Laurie Dumouchelle. She is the woman who threatened me by stating that she would ““CRUCIFY YOU,YOUR FUCKING WIFE, AND YOUR DAMNED CHILDREN”. Anyhoo, it appears that Ms.Laurie Dumouchelle has found this, and is none too happy. she sent me a message on twitter…. here… read it…

iraqCOINprojectYou have been reported to law enforcement at TWITTER. Threats are not permitted on Twitter. Stop stalking and threatening me.
First off, Twitter has LAW ENFORCEMENT? LOL.  Second, since when is information a threat, or considered stalking? tisk tisk.

Either way, the wonder of the internet, GOOGLE, currently has this page as #6 on the list of sites when you search Laurie Dumouchelle. We are striving to be #1(as we currently are on bing).

Another interesting developement, it appears that Ms. Laurie Dumouchelle has locked thetwitter account for iraqCOINproject from being viewed by anyone but those who subscribe. makes me wonder what she has to hide….

HEY! THE BLOG IS BACK! – interesting development….

Long time since I have posted here on fresnelblog. lets just say, I have been moderately busy living life and trying to keep myself away from the negativity that was festering on here for so long.

I decided to take a look at whether or not anyone was even reading the blog, and to my surprise… even though I haven’t been posting anything here in some time… I am averaging a few folks passing by on a daily basis. Even more interesting that that, is HOW people are getting here.

It seems that a project I thought had gone by the wayside, is in fact, (in the words of monty python) not quite dead… yet.

Those of you who have read the blog in the past know of my utter screw job at the hands of the woman who Can’t Understand Normal Thinking Debi Schlussel, and the folks over at the Hughes Sullivan Show (actual name, John Keogh… he is a muckity muck with Raymond James in Grosse Pointe Michigan… he had to change his name for radio because the SEC doesn’t look kindly on radio shows without full disclosuer). ..and of course Laurie Dumouchelle the woman who is the girlfriend/producer/emotional punching-bag of Mr. Keogh, and his alter ego Hughes Sullivan. she is the one who when I was trying to get her to pay me for the work I had done for her and Mr. Keogh, that in her own words…she was going to “CRUCIFY YOU,YOUR FUCKING WIFE, AND YOUR DAMNED CHILDREN”. REALLY nice lady. Her family owns Dumouchelles Gallery in Detroit by the way. . . just so you know the type of people you will be dealing with if you happen to go there.

why am I bringing all this up? well… it appears that the “Iraq In Their Own Words” project ISN’T dead as I was being lead to believe by the deceitful Ms. Laurie Dumouchelle… but it is now being reworked. Lauri has created herself a twitter account, and is doing it under the banner of “The COIN Institute” check it out. she has some real players following the tweets, but… as ussual… it seems to go in spurts… and she appears to have lost interest (no tweets in almost a month).

iraqCOINproject

while all this is going on… it appears that people are interested in finding out more about Ms. Laurie Dumouchelle. How do I know? Her name is the highest search term leading people to my page.

So, I figure, I will give the people what they want. I am going to start blogging about some of my experiences with Ms. Laurie Dumouchelle. Hey, maybe  I can become the number 1 site that is pointed to by google for anyone searching for Ms. Laurie Dumouchelle. Wouldnt that be cool if people found out the true nature of these people. I think it would be.

If you got here via Google, keep checkin’ back. I will be tellin some interesting stories from time to time about my experiences in the radio industry, including my dealings with Ms. Laurie Dumouchelle, Hughes Sullivan (real name John Keogh) and a few people who deceive others about their true intentions.

If i can still find them, I will soon start posting some rather HILARIOUS outakes caught on tape.

this is what is wrong with America.

I am all for compassion. I am all for protecting the little guy. but seriously, This is friggin’ ridiculous.

http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=903780

If your precious little snowflake is on a basketball team that loses 100-0… maybe they need to find a different sport. OR…. maybe you need to take the parenting moment for what it is. explain that sometimes, other people are just flat out better than you at various tasks. Explain that life is not fair. You WILL be crushed at some point, by someone, who flat out takes joy in doing so.

Dallas academy’s coach  JEREMY CIVELLO needs to turn in his man card and ask his wife to pull his balls out of the jar she is keeping them in for his whining about the loss. at least one of his team members gets it

“Even if you are losing, you might as well keep playing,” said Shelby Hyatt, a freshman on the team. “Keep trying, and it’s going to be OK.”

she gets it. keep moving forward. keep trying. THAT kid is gonna go far in life, not in spite of … but BECAUSE she has been on the bad side of this experience.

NOW… because of all the bitching from adults, the school who won is offering to forfeit the game because they see it as somehow disgraceful. This is ALSO the wrong message to send these kids. It is punishing excellence.It is telling them that by simply being better… WAY better than the other team that there is something wrong with them. talk about being 180 degrees out of phase.

I refer to our friends at PIXAR for guidance on this issue…. they got it right. with 2 different movies.

yeah, I know they made Dash hold back when he played sports, but the whole movie was an affirmation of praising real talent.

the greatest song ever.

illumination.

I have been ranting a bit on here the past couple months (when I have posted) about hypocrites, and pigs. this blog almost became completely about the ridiculous behavior of a few ridiculous people. here is a little illumination on what all that was about.

First off. Me.

I used to be the Operations Manager for Salem Communications in Detroit. My duties there included making sure that 2 radio stations operated properly from a technical standpoint, production of imaging/spots, oversight of staff, and development of programs – most of which were of people who brokered their time on the air (paid to have a show). one of these shows that came to the station was “The Hughes Sullivan Show” .

I quickly struck a nice working relationship with the folks involved with that show, gained their trust, and even to a point, considered them to be friends.Sure, the guy who was the personality was WAY over the top. Sure they had a nearly diametrically apposed political view to mine. But, I found the show absolutely compelling mainly because of the tour de force that is the host. He is a bulldog. On air, and in person. One of those people who absolutely does not let anyone get in his way no matter what it is he sets himself to. From what I have seen,this has been an absolute asset to him in his life…. and a great albatross around his neck. why an albatross? Well, that drive pushes the guy to end up being frankly, a mean spirited jerk. he is incredibly controlling, especially to those in his personal life. I have also witnessed the man standing in the middle of the hallway at the radio station (one of which is a Christian station) throw a tirade over the phone with someone at his day job that was so obscenity laced that a room full of crackheads, hookers, and sailors would have asked him to take his filth outside.

Over a period of a year or so, my relationship with Hughes (not his real name, but we will get to that) and his live in girlfriend/business partner grew into me doing some work independently for them. I was warned by some folks to make sure I watched the books, and got my money up front, but hey… I liked these folks. they were good people.  The work I did for them included consulting their radio show, working on their web site, recording projects for them, duplicating CD’s and DVD’s for them, and many times… just being a sounding board for Hughes’ partner. Her name is Laurie DuMouchelle McCarron. If you look up any information about the Hughes Sullivan Show you will find her name associated with it. That is because she owns all the “Hughes Sullivan entities. I know… a little odd. but there is a reason. See, Hughes is a “Senior Vice President, Investments” at a larger brokerage firm…. one you would know, and the SEC has all sorts of rules about financial planners being transparent with all their conduct in the media. The thought on their part was, to not let John (Hughes’ real name) be involved with any of the business aspects of the show. That is Laurie’s job. He was the guy with the opinion, the big voice, and the bulldog disposition (frankly… he is one of the best RAW … VERY RAW … talents I have ever had the pleasure of working with). It was thought that by separating these 2 issues, and the fact that the show was political, not necessarily financial, that this would insulate them from having to comply with the SEC rules. It seems to have worked.

Laurie is for the most part an absolute sweetheart. She is an extremely hard working woman , who comes from a fairly well to do family, but is also struggling with being a single mom.  I really do care about the woman. Mainly because I feel sorry for a lot of the things that have gone sour in her personal life. She has been incredibly tied in politically for years worked in the justice department, worked for Senator George “macaca” Allen, and has more political affiliations with the far right in this country than you can shake a stick at. Pretty good credentials for an executive producer of any media program.

all in all, it was a lot of fun working with these folks, I really liked a lot of the projects we were doing, and I pulled away from a lot of possible clients in order to make myself available to them.Nearly exclusively.

so…. right about now… your saying…”well, what went wrong?”

honest truth, 2008 happened.

lets back up to 2007 for a minute first…

through a series of contacts and general interest, Hughes became rather obsessed with what was happening in Iraq. He had a mission. To put the war in as positive light as possible. I gotta hand it to the guy though, he put his money behind it. In May (or was it june… hmmm…) 2007 he went over to Iraq. BALLSY! He had our boy Deacon help him out with procuring a proper laptop, recording machines, etc. for the trip, and went off to be an embed “reporter” for what ended up being nearly 2 months. He came home with an ENORMOUS cache of interviews that included people up and down the chain in all facets of the war. From General Patreaus on down to the grunts on the ground, and a ton of Iraqi politicians. it was good stuff. He had material that I had never heard before. Matter of fact, this material change MY mind on what we were doing over there to a certain extent. That’s how I knew what he had was gold.

When John returned with all the audio, I was asked to help them put together what was originally going to be a series of radio specials and an audio book. It since has turned into much much more. That initial concept spawned several offshoots. One of them was a symposium in Washington D.C. at the national press club. Deacon and I drove out there with 3 duplicating towers and recording gear, in order to record/video the conference… and then turn around 1000 DVD and 1000 CD sets of 3 within a 24hr period. We did it. all in our hotel room on Pennsylvania Ave. right next to the press club. It was tough, fun work. Frankly, the worst part about the trip was finding out halfway in the mountains of Pennsylvania that the check we were givenas pre-payment had bounced, and having to convince Deacon to continue with the trip.

Over a period of a few months, the audio book started morphing into a table book project, and eventually a documentary series. This was cool stuff.

In February ‘08 I heard that Tatum Eason had passed away. While I was pretty sad, being that the guy was a pretty cool cat… I also knew that this opened up a slot on-air at WDTK. . . AAAAAND…. that Hughes wanted to get back on air…. this time with a daily program. so, I suggested to Lauri that she give the folks over there a call. She did, and with a little wrangling, they got the slot. good times. at that point, I signed on as producer of the program, for a pretty small sum of money… I just wanted to do the gig, because I liked these guys, and the other projects we were doing. Unfortunately…. being that Salem was now my FORMER employer, they wouldnt let me in the building. WAS HILARIOUS! Somehow they thought I was a threat to them. Go figure. No matter, I did my duties with the show, revamped the website, acted as amateur psychologist, all the stuff that comes with the position.

Then the slow paying started.

I was supposed be paid EVERY Friday from these folks. I would get passed off… week… after week. Again, I really liked the projects, so I put up with it. Unfortunately, that slow paying, and me putting up with it wound up cost me my truck. Banks are far less understanding than I when it comes to sob stories, and the money I was getting from John and Laurie was budgeted for the truck, and some other items… when they would go unpaid, it made for a big chunk to throw out when I would finally get money. Peter robbing Paul ensued… I would make promises based off what I was promised etc…. and then… finally, my promises not being able to be kept… the bank repo’d my beloved Durango. Damn I miss that truck.

Anyhoo… that slow paying didn’t deter me from continuing to give these guys preferential treatment in terms of projects. by April, there was word that John was going to go back to Baghdad, this time with the documentary film crew who had come onto the project, and I was going to go with to record sound. HELL YEAH! I was all for it. that trip was tentatively scheduled, and rescheduled no less than 6 times between April and August.  Lots of Important names were now involved in the projects. It had the blessing of all sorts of folks at the pentagon, there were funding proposals in front of some of the richest people in the country, and everyone was telling us that it was amazing what materials were there. it was the FULL story. yeah, it leaned toward the uber-right wing theories on the war. BUT, threw the cracks of that BS you could see the other stories that proved us going into Iraq was a massive mistake of epic proportion. . . and we changed our policies over there to reflect that.Seriously, this was incredibly important (and still is) information we are talking about. CNNMSNBCFOXCBSABCBCNBC-B.S. arent talking about the info that was/is at the core of the project.

As a part of the efforts to get the project funded, Laurie had been jumping from benefactor to benefactor who all had promises of how they were going to throw money at the project. One the organizations that claimed they would help out is a group funded by the same folks who were behind the swift boat vets…. “Move America Forward”.  This lead to them asking John (as hughes) to participate in a web fundraiser to send care packages over to the troops in Iraq. A DAMNED NOBLE cause.  It so happened that the day of the web-a-thon, John was to be at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas to do some interviews with some folks for the project. I was coordinating with folks down at Leavenworth to help them set up the webcast(video) when it became obvious that it would not be able to be done without me there. you can read about that story here.While that trip is something i am incredibly proud of, it is critically important in this whole story. Because it is some fun stuff that Katie and I did on the way back -IN OUR OWN PERSONAL TIME- that was used against me by the queen of Cant Understand Normal Thinking, Debbie Schlussel.

After the trip, there was a whirlwind of activity, and promises. First it was when we were going to Iraq, then it was going to the Republican and Democratic conventions… I had to put off other projects in order to allow myself to be available for these things. EACH TIME , they were either pushed back,or my participation was limited because of money issues. During this time, Laurie wanted to renegotiate our deal. fine. we went to an hourly deal, instead of a flat rate weekly. this had the effect of lowering my weekly pay floor to nearly half of what my retainer was, but… allowing me to gain more money on weeks where I was going WAY over the amount of hours that I had budgeted for with the retainer fee the trade off, was I would be getting a nice percentage of the GROSS of the projects. Now, many of these plans that were made, such as the conventions, had I gone on the trips as I was told I would… I would have made around $5k from mid August through September. none of them materialized, and since I had pushed other projects out of the way, I ended up with next to nothing. I was getting a little pissed frankly. and even at the lower amount, i wasn’t getting paid on time.I wasn’t the only one pissed. Everyone who is close to me… especially Katie were telling me to drop the deadbeats like a bad habit. but, I liked these guys. they were my friends… so I thought. surely they wouldn’t totally fuck me over.

I started taking another tactic. one that is common here in the world of the intertubes. I shut down the website when not paid. this seemed to free up cash pretty instantly. amazing what happens when people are motivated.But, it did serve to irritate the crap out of Laurie, and strain our friendship a bit. Most likely not the best thing with what was to come next.

all ya have to do is look back a page or 2 hear on the blog to understand what happened next.

over at the Michigan Buzzboard, there was a discussion of Debbie “don’t call me a CUNT, even though I constantly act like one, and realll really really need to get laid” Schlessel, and her media whore tendencies. So, I popped in with my opinion, on what WAS an anonymous chat board for me.  mentioned a couple of times where dear old Debbie’s ego got even larger… and she figured out who I am. she came to this site. saw Katie’s bare breast freshly pierced, and a picture of Katies ass in front of a “porn porn porn” sign …(which was incredibly funny) that was taken on the Leavenworth trip. that’s when all hell broke loose. she claimed that those 2 pictures made me a pornographer. she then decided that it would be cool to call Fort Leavenworth, WDTK, Salem corporate offices, Laurie McCarron, and others telling all of them that I am a pornographer.

the whirlwind with this lead to Laurie telling me she had to wait for things to calm down for a few days. but, in reality, I knew she was prepping to dump me. one day, I found myself locked out of the websites, and getting blown off.

since then (early October) I have been fighting with Laurie, through her lawyer to get paid for the remainder of what they owe me.  She decided to put conditions on it. one of which was a gag… or “non disclosure “. I wont ever sign one of those without some sort of compensation. I work in the entertainment industry for goodness sake. all of my experiences in life are intellectual property that I could use at any point for ideas. so, I made a VERY MODEST proposal. what would end up being less than $500 a year for 10 yrs for the intellectual property right to any of my experiences involved with their projects. she had such a violent reaction to that, she has claimed to have contacted law enforcement officials to have me investigated, and stated that she will —in her words—– “CRUCIFY YOU,YOUR FUCKING WIFE, AND YOUR DAMNED CHILDREN”— nice words from a supposed “family values” type gal huh?

All of our discussions have dragged down so far that I came to the realization that these people will never meet their obligation to pay me. but, I do have a lot of fun stories to write about. so, over time I will. not right away, I need to get away from the negativity.it is a new year after all.

so… there you are. that is that background behind all the moderately cryptic posts in the past few months.

And what have I learned through this experience?

glad you asked.

I haven’t really learned anything new, but I have had several things confirmed.

#1. Republicans are NEVER to be trusted. seriously. the people who have fucked me over most in life have always had the “family values republican” thing going for them. every single one.

#2. People who live in Gross Pointe REALLY do think they are better than everyone else. oooh! you live in a 3 million dollar house and have a trust fund? great. I live in the town where your grandma and grandpa used to come up to “the cabin” . . . I can see one of the “Fisher” estates from my back yard. . . and we have a lake you can actually swim in within a 2 minute WALK. haha. I am just a poor white boy from O.C. right?

#3. Debbie Schlussel is one of the most vile CUNT’S (yes, I promise this is the last time I will use it) in the world.  Debbie…. hint… just because you are a HIDEOUS looking man, let alone woman, does not mean you have to go around telling people that have confidence in their bodies that they need to cover them up because it damages even further your non existent self esteem.  please, for the sake of everyone on the planet… go of and lay with the woman for whom you are a plastique imitation… Mr. Anne Coulter . Go compare who has the bigger cock. Something tells me you both have one that makes me look like a poorly hung squirrel… enjoy the man/women/Jamie Lee Curtis style love, And get the hell out of the public eye. You are nothing but pollution.

#4. No matter how big the project. No matter how great it will be if all pans out. DON’T LOSE YOURSELF. These idiots have caused me to curl up into a metaphorical emotional ball on and off for the past couple months, making me doubt some things. fuck em, in the ass, with a telephone pole . Your dirty fucking money isn’t worth it…

#5. Don’t trust anyone who tries to be your “buddy” too quickly if you have nothing else in common but the activity your engaging in. THEY WILL ALWAYS TURN ON YOU.

P.S.- FOR LAURIE—– I know you read this blog. I know what you have threatened in the past. I have checked with every local law enforcement agency, and they have no record of complaint from you. If you are using your political contacts like folks in the Justice department or Sherrif Bouchard to try and threaten me, I will write about it here and elsewhere. I will not be bullied. I have never bullied you. I merely asked to be paid the remainder of a standing contract, and for my intellectual property… but you, the user and deceiver ’til the end decided not to do the right thing.  . . . and no… you will NEVER  crucify me, my wife or my children.

this has been my silkwood shower. I feel clean again.

been ignoring the blog… I suck…plus, 6 days and counting. . . .

ok…. so I have been ignoring the blog here for a bit.  a couple reasons why.

#1. it was my impression that it had become a distraction in a possible legal case.

#2.I had been focusing a little too much on negative things here, and didn’t want to let the negativity consume me.

well, it appears that the legal issue will never resolve itself cleanly, so I am going to go ahead and not let it effect what I post here. While I wont be posting all about that legal issue now, I will be on January 1,2009. Trust me, it will be an interesting read.

here is a bit of the scoop… it will involve a story of the most self absorbed people I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with,  a woman who is so incredibly arrogant that she feels she is above any criticism, another woman who is so flighty that her own lawyer has an issue contacting her, a man so deeply insecure in himself that he needs to try and control all who come within his circle… abusively, and how these folks portray themselves as media member in order to gain access to high level officials in the government and military in order to placate the ego of that abusive man… all under an assumed name.

it really is an interesting story…. including how my participation with these folks came to an end, and how they are now refusing to live up to their obligation.

it will be a 1 or 2 part post… and will be the last portion of this negativity.

the new year will be a welcome one around here. 2008 has been an absolute piece of shit… first, it was the loss of Quinn. it kept on rolling with clients refusing to pay me on time, resulting in me losing  my truck, continued with the client I had thrown a majority of my availability to screwing me over (and threatening me with bogus criminal allegations, simply because I want the money they owe me, and they asked me to sign a “non disclosure agreement” because they know they have a lot of unethical activity to hide). the year ended with the economy being such a wreck, that finding new clients now that I am available, is damn near impossible.all this while Katie was going insane with Nursing school.

Life goes on though…  Katie is now done with school… which means I am freed up to pursue some other opportunities.

2009 will kick some serious ass. I am looking forward to it.

the racist cunt stikes again

I almost feel dirty posting this… but read this link…..

seriously…  how much of a racist bag of cunt can one be?

I have always loved this country. NOW, I am proud of it again.

I never thought i would see this day. this night is as important as any revolution in any country around the world. it is a wholesale rejection of the failed policies of the past nearly 30 years. Reagan’s “Revolution” pushed this country down a path of askewed values, war mongering, and raw greed. That is now dead. it died at 11pm eastern time 11-4-08 when the polls closed in the western states.

Also what died tonight is pessimism. sure, it may be resurrected at some point in the future, but for now, we have an opportunity to move this country forward, to rebuild our status around the world, and to finally, FINALLY heal the wounds of our past. it is no small point of symbolism to have a black man as our new president. it is a tribute. a tribute to what CAN be achieved in this country.

there are no longer any excuses. now we must get to work.

My oldest daughters 15th birthday is January 20th. I have a feeling that i know where we will be.

more proof that republicans only care about their own- OR – wonder who this person associates with…..

so, I have spent a lot of time on here lately talking about affiliations, who various folks hang out with and whatnot. I have my reasons, which may be published in full on monday, depending on the outcome of a discussion I am having (I know, cryptic). the long and short of it, is I have been attacked and portrayed as something I am not. but, because of the false impression, some folks decided that I was too much of a liability to hang out or work with.

anyhoo.. speaking associations… i wonder who this stupid bitch hangs out with.

well… i did some googlin’….  and it appears she hangs out with republicans around Grosse Pointe, and even went to the republican convention….

something tells me she hangs with these folks too…. they should be ashamed of themselves for associating with someone who clearly hates children… though… it is not surprising from some of the folks involved with that group. hell, I hear that some of them hang out with a Pedo too….

there is just something about a name….

sometimes, a name can tell you everything about a person. case in point, these 2 winners….

nazi's

whats so special about them?  well… they thought it might be a good idea to plan a murdering spree. . . of black people. ooh… and one black person in particular… yup… you guessed it….

and what about their names….

Daniel Cowart – as in tender of cattle…. also one letter away from COWARD… very fitting…

the next guy, cant make this up…..Paul Schlesselman…. a name AWFULLY close to a particular political C-Bag.

both fitting designations for a couple of nazis… a coward… and a C-Bag….