Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Lindsay is Sexy!
Look at Lindsay, too thin, but still, has curves, see? Wow, I wish I had that body!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Negativity of OK Magazine
Haaaah! All the haters in the world!!!
Here is a negative article written on Mariah & Nick Cannon.
http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/11406
Is Nick Mariah's Hubby or Helping Hand?
When Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon surprised the world last April with their quickie romance and wedding, many speculated on just why the couple rushed to the altar. But judging by the pair's behavior at the Sundance Film Festival and yesterday's inauguration festivities, it might just be that the superstar liked the idea of having a helping hand by her side at all times.At Tuesday morning's swearing-in ceremony for new president Barack Obama, onlookers tell OK! that it was hard to tell Mimi's hubby from her security detail as they made their way through the crowd."Nick looked more like an assistant than her husband," says an onlooker. "He walked next to her, making sure that she was okay. He wouldn't leave her side."This comes after several days for the couple at the snowy Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where they were similarly inseparable."Everywhere Mariah went, there was Nick," one Sundance source tells OK!. "He was opening doors for her, carrying things for her." Of course, none of this is to imply there's any marital discord between the pair. "They looked great together and very happy to be at the inauguration," the D.C. witness tells OK!.
it might just be that the superstar liked the idea of having a helping hand by her side at all times - which girl doesn't want that???
He walked next to her, making sure that she was okay. He wouldn't leave her side - what is wrong again???
Everywhere Mariah went, there was Nick - who doesn't want that?
He was opening doors for her, carrying things for her - signs of a true gentleman
So it seems for OK Magazine that the ideal guy is someone who:
1. Doesn't care about their girl
2. Never to be found
3. Never around
4. A douche bag
How many couples have divorced because the guy never has time for the girl?
The writer was probably an a-hole guy. Every woman knows that all she wants are not those Louis Vuittons & Bulgari but someone who makes her feel loved, valued, appreciated, cared for, & has time for her!
Here is a negative article written on Mariah & Nick Cannon.
http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/11406
Is Nick Mariah's Hubby or Helping Hand?
When Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon surprised the world last April with their quickie romance and wedding, many speculated on just why the couple rushed to the altar. But judging by the pair's behavior at the Sundance Film Festival and yesterday's inauguration festivities, it might just be that the superstar liked the idea of having a helping hand by her side at all times.At Tuesday morning's swearing-in ceremony for new president Barack Obama, onlookers tell OK! that it was hard to tell Mimi's hubby from her security detail as they made their way through the crowd."Nick looked more like an assistant than her husband," says an onlooker. "He walked next to her, making sure that she was okay. He wouldn't leave her side."This comes after several days for the couple at the snowy Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where they were similarly inseparable."Everywhere Mariah went, there was Nick," one Sundance source tells OK!. "He was opening doors for her, carrying things for her." Of course, none of this is to imply there's any marital discord between the pair. "They looked great together and very happy to be at the inauguration," the D.C. witness tells OK!.
it might just be that the superstar liked the idea of having a helping hand by her side at all times - which girl doesn't want that???
He walked next to her, making sure that she was okay. He wouldn't leave her side - what is wrong again???
Everywhere Mariah went, there was Nick - who doesn't want that?
He was opening doors for her, carrying things for her - signs of a true gentleman
So it seems for OK Magazine that the ideal guy is someone who:
1. Doesn't care about their girl
2. Never to be found
3. Never around
4. A douche bag
How many couples have divorced because the guy never has time for the girl?
The writer was probably an a-hole guy. Every woman knows that all she wants are not those Louis Vuittons & Bulgari but someone who makes her feel loved, valued, appreciated, cared for, & has time for her!
KFC Chicken Recipe
I found a KFC Fried Chicken recipe on this site: http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-secret-recipes/
I'm sharing this to you because I myself am frustrated w/ KFC. It seems that their chicken are always uncooked (not just the fried chicken but all other dishes w/ chicken). So this time maybe we can cook our own.
KFC Chicken
4 chicken leg quarters3/4 cup flour1 tablespoon salt1 tablespoon pepper2 teaspoons MSG1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.2. Cut chicken into 8 pieces(4 legs and 4 thighs).3. In a zip lock bag mix all dry ingredients.4. Moisten chicken.5. Put one or two pieces of chicken at a time into the bag and shake well.6. Then put chicken pieces on an oiled pan. Use Canola or Peanut oil so your chicken will not stick.7. Bake approximately 40-50 minutes until chicken is done. Half way through baking spoon oil from pan on chicken to brown properly.
I'm sharing this to you because I myself am frustrated w/ KFC. It seems that their chicken are always uncooked (not just the fried chicken but all other dishes w/ chicken). So this time maybe we can cook our own.
KFC Chicken
4 chicken leg quarters3/4 cup flour1 tablespoon salt1 tablespoon pepper2 teaspoons MSG1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.2. Cut chicken into 8 pieces(4 legs and 4 thighs).3. In a zip lock bag mix all dry ingredients.4. Moisten chicken.5. Put one or two pieces of chicken at a time into the bag and shake well.6. Then put chicken pieces on an oiled pan. Use Canola or Peanut oil so your chicken will not stick.7. Bake approximately 40-50 minutes until chicken is done. Half way through baking spoon oil from pan on chicken to brown properly.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
ANARCHY and FAMILIES
This is found on the front page of one of the blogs I regularly visit (http://donavictorina.blogspot.com/).
ANARCHY and FAMILIESNereo C.Lujan (Iloilo News)
THE RAGING controversy involving the Gucci Gang and Australian landscape designer Brian Gorrell continues to draw spectators from all walks of life. The personalities involved in this online drama are too sensational to be ignored. High-society devotees and lifestyle observers are glued to this hullabaloo minute by minute. As gleaned from the now very popular blog, the main target of the tirade is Delfin Justiniano “DJ” Montano II, whom Gorrell alleged to have duped him of US$70,000. Caught in the crossfire is Philippine Star lifestyle editor Celine Lopez, whom Gorrell accused of not only allowing her best friend to commit the rip-off but supporting him as well by covering up the con and striking back at him.The accusations against Montano and Lopez are simply sidelights to the intriguing story of their equally controversial families, which have become subjects of case studies on political bossism and the practice of rent-seeking – phenemenons which are watermarked all over the Gucci Gang controversy. Blog fanatics will surely be amazed over the titles of two chapters – Chapters 3 and 9 – in the book An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines edited by noted American historian Alfred McCoy. The book, which was conferred the 1995 National Book Award, examines how some families in the Philippines were able build their political and business empires in a manner replete with FRAUD, DECEPTIONS, TRICKERY and VIOLENCE.A now very familiar name is bannered in Chapter 3, Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man: Justiniano Montano and Failed Dynasty Building in Cavite, 1935-1972 by British scholar John Sidel (who wrote another book Capital, Coercion and Crime: Bossism in the Philippines that also has an interesting chapter on the Montanos and on politics in Cavite). Chapter 9, Rent-Seeking Families and the Philippine State: A History of the Lopez Family was written by McCoy and is a must-read for those who everyday turn on their TV (ABS-CBN and SkyCable), drink water (Maynilad), use electricity (FirstGen and Meralco), or make a call and surf the Internet (BayanTel), among other daily consumer activities.The rise and fall of former Congressman and Senator Justianiano Montano (DJ’s grandfather) is a story of political murders, warlordism, criminal activities, corruption and his “skillful exploitation and manipulation of the law.” Sidel described Montano as “a fearsome pugilist and an aggressive interloper who depended for his success not only on bluster, bravado and bullying but on the persistent threat and use of violence.” Montano, according to the author, made headlines by brawling with his rivals on the stairs of Cavite ’s Capitol Building and whipping out his .45 caliber revolver before fellow congressmen on the floor of the House of Representatives. To perpetuate himself in power, Montano endeared himself with political patrons in Manila , installed his sons in positions of political and economic prominence, and delegated powers to his municipal wards. He was alleged to have enlisted the services Cavite ’s most famous criminal, Leonardo Manecio alias Nardong Putik (remember the Ramon Revilla movie?) as his political assassin. Among the quotable quotes attributed to Montano include “I HAVE NO TACT!” and “I’ll KILL YOU, DAMN YOU!” Montano also managed to have his sons Delfin elected as governor of Cavite and Justiniano Jr. appointed as chair of the Games and Amusement Board (who was later implicated in match rigging, race fixing, toleration of illegal betting and the management of boxers through dummies for his personal profit). His other son, Ciriaco, was tasked to manage the family’s expanding real estate and construction investments, cornering juicy infrastructure contracts.But the rise of Ferdinand Marcos signaled the downfall of Montano, who was an ally of Diosdado Macapagal, the late dictator’s political nemesis. Montano himself got the ire of Marcos when the Cavite kingpin was tagged as mastermind in the smuggling of blue-seal cigarettes, thus threatening the Ilocos-based tobacco industry, the lifeblood of politicians in the north. When Marcos became president, he engineered the ouster of Montano from political power, which eventually led to his self-exile in the United States when Martial Law was declared. After the 1986 EDSA Revolution, Montano already found himself old, and his former grip of Cavite now in the hands of the Remullas, a Marcos crony who had switched to the camp of Cory Aquino shortly after the people power revolt.Like the Montanos, the Lopezes were also victims of Martial Law. But unlike the Montanos, they were able to stage a political and economic comeback after the downfall of the Marcos dictatorship, using the practice of rent-seeking. Rent-seeking, according to McCoy, is characterized by the political manipulation of the regulatory powers of the state over businesses to favor a few, paving the way for installation of business empires. A classic example of this, added McCoy, was how the Lopezes were able to establish (before the Martial Law) and reestablish (after Edsa) their conglomerates by exacting favors from the powers-that-be whom the family had earlier helped to gain political might. It’s patronage politics on the national scale.This brilliant idea was perfected by Eugenio Lopez Sr., a rich sugar planter, who launched himself as a power broker in Iloilo City in 1929 by publishing a successful Spanish newspaper El Tiempo together with his brother Fernando (Celine’s grandfather who became mayor of Iloilo City, Senator and Vice President from three times). Fashioned as a crusading media, El Tiempo’s rigid campaign against illegal gambling even caused the removal from office of Mariano Arroyo (the First Gentleman’s grandfather) as governor of Iloilo after he was accused of receiving funds from jueteng operators. Three years after El Tiempo’s maiden issue, he also came out with the only English newspaper in Iloilo City then, The Times. “With these newspapers, and later a Hiligaynon edition, Ang Panahon, Eugenio Lopez maneuvered to establish himself as the city’s most powerful and professional media voice,” wrote McCoy. Endearing himself to President Manuel Quezon, Eugenio used the compadre system and factional alliance to gain access to executive power, expanding their business to sea, land and air transportation, and eventually monopolizing land transportation in Panay .But the growth of the Lopez business empire was also marred with trickery and maneuverings, and their employment of violence to forward their interests. Wrote McCoy: “After the war, when they joined the national economic elite, the Lopez brothers moved into a world of corporate connections remote from the provincial violence that marred postwar democracy. But before the war, they had engaged in provincial struggles, with clear territorial manifestations over bus routes, waterfronts, precincts and congressional districts. The territorial specificity of local politics created a zero-sum game, a win-or-lose situation, that made violence a necessary instrument for every player.”As “kingmakers” before the war, they wielded strong influence over Iloilo City through Mayor Oscar Ledesma and over Bacolod City through Mayor Alfredo Montelibano whom Quezon had both appointed to office upon the intercession of the Lopez brothers. During the war, while the Lopez brothers befriended the Japanese by publishing the pro-Japanese daily Panay Shu-Ho, they remained in close contact with the guerillas. Fernando, for his part, operated a gambling casino under the protection of the Japanese army. When the war was over, the Lopez brothers were accused of collaborating with the enemy, but they successfully parried all charges with the help of their associates. In 1945, Fernando became mayor of Iloilo City and senator two years later, with their businesses growing all the more.Moving to Manila – Eugenio as media mogul and Fernando as politician — the brothers used ABS-CBN and Manila Chronicle to their advantage. They either took over or established several profitable ventures, one of which is Meralco. But little did they know that the man – Marcos – whom they made President would also the same man that would destroy them. When the dictatorship was toppled down, the Lopezes regained their wealth and political influence, with Eugenio “Geny” Lopez Jr. at the helm.Concluding his essay, McCoy wrote: “By skewing investments and regulations to favor its allies, the Philippine executive has, as an institution, compromised the integrity of the bureaucracy and allowed the privatization of public resources. Over the long term, then, we can conclude that such policies weaken the state and empower elite families, ultimately limiting the capacity of the bureaucracy to direct entrepreneurs and lead the country’s development.”After these brief lessons in history and politics, we go back to the GUCCI GANG to learn, as what an anonymous author aptly wrote, that “children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.”
Monday, January 19, 2009
I am Trembling w/ Excitement!!!
Veronica Mars is making a comeback! And not just on tv but on the big screen!
http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=7452
Breaking News: BIG SCOOP! CREATOR ROB THOMAS CONFIRMS 'VERONICA MARS' MOVIE
He will write the script, Kristen Bell will star and Joel Silver will produce
By CARLOS DELGADO, Contributing Writer Published 1/16/2009
LOCATION: Universal City, CA
THE SKINNY: At the tail end of this winter’s television critic’s event, Rob Thomas, who has resurrected his 1998 TV series CUPID for another go-around on ABC, announced that he’s currently working on a VERONICA MARS feature film (based on his short-lived UPN/CW show), now that his new series order has been reduced from thirteen episodes to eight episodes.
"That means I have time to write the VERONICA MARS movie," he says. "But my writing the movie is half the battle. Someone else has to pay for it. Joel Silver does have a certain pile of money. He called on me saying ‘Can we do this now?’ Kristen wants to do it. Joel wants to do it and I want to do it. For me, that’s the next project."
Although he wouldn’t reveal exactly what the story would be, he did tell iF, "it’s 70 percent broken in my head."
"I’ve been struggling with this one plot point and I’m hopeful to figure that out," he adds. "I watched the final episode of the series a few weeks ago and there were a lot of gaps and the plotting for the original came to me. I mean for the movie, I’m feeling like I’m on the right track now. But I don’t want to give that away yet.
In terms of cast, Thomas says he’s talked with Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni and Kristen Bell.
"Obviously," he says with a smile.
And while there were always talks of the character of Veronica Mars ending up at the F.B.I., he says that’s not where the movie will be heading.
"The one thing that I will say is where it will pick up," says Thomas. "I know we did that F.B.I. ‘what if’ thing, but we would not go to that place. I think it would open just days before the Hearst College Graduation. So Veronica would be sort of at the end of her college career
http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=7452
Breaking News: BIG SCOOP! CREATOR ROB THOMAS CONFIRMS 'VERONICA MARS' MOVIE
He will write the script, Kristen Bell will star and Joel Silver will produce
By CARLOS DELGADO, Contributing Writer Published 1/16/2009
LOCATION: Universal City, CA
THE SKINNY: At the tail end of this winter’s television critic’s event, Rob Thomas, who has resurrected his 1998 TV series CUPID for another go-around on ABC, announced that he’s currently working on a VERONICA MARS feature film (based on his short-lived UPN/CW show), now that his new series order has been reduced from thirteen episodes to eight episodes.
"That means I have time to write the VERONICA MARS movie," he says. "But my writing the movie is half the battle. Someone else has to pay for it. Joel Silver does have a certain pile of money. He called on me saying ‘Can we do this now?’ Kristen wants to do it. Joel wants to do it and I want to do it. For me, that’s the next project."
Although he wouldn’t reveal exactly what the story would be, he did tell iF, "it’s 70 percent broken in my head."
"I’ve been struggling with this one plot point and I’m hopeful to figure that out," he adds. "I watched the final episode of the series a few weeks ago and there were a lot of gaps and the plotting for the original came to me. I mean for the movie, I’m feeling like I’m on the right track now. But I don’t want to give that away yet.
In terms of cast, Thomas says he’s talked with Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni and Kristen Bell.
"Obviously," he says with a smile.
And while there were always talks of the character of Veronica Mars ending up at the F.B.I., he says that’s not where the movie will be heading.
"The one thing that I will say is where it will pick up," says Thomas. "I know we did that F.B.I. ‘what if’ thing, but we would not go to that place. I think it would open just days before the Hearst College Graduation. So Veronica would be sort of at the end of her college career
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Gossip Girl Spinoff
http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2009/01/15/gossip-girl-80s-spinoff-coming-to-television
Gossip Girl has done so well that it's getting a spinoff! The new show will be based off of the early life of Lily van der Woodsen (Serena's mom on GG). It will take place in the 80's during her teenage years.
"The spinoff will center on young Lily Rhodes (her maiden name) who, after a falling out with her parents, is forced to move in with her sister, the black sheep of the Rhodes family. Overnight, Lily has to transition from a life of luxury and schooling at a wealthy Montecito boarding school to living deep in the San Fernando Valley she once made fun of and going to public school. Caught between two worlds, Lily dives into the fast-paced Sunset Strip and the Hollywood lifestyle of the '80s, journeying over the hill to a world of wealth and excess that used to be her own."
So basically a Gossip Girl ends up on the wrong side of the tracks. Hmmm...I'm wondering if this will actually work. Especially since most people seem to watch the original show FOR the fabulous clothes. If Lily isn't living a life of luxury, what kind of 80's fashion eye candy will we have then?
I couldn't agree more, besides, I thought she's always lived a luxurious life w/c was threatened when she went for her rocker love. I think that would be more exciting!
Gossip Girl has done so well that it's getting a spinoff! The new show will be based off of the early life of Lily van der Woodsen (Serena's mom on GG). It will take place in the 80's during her teenage years.
"The spinoff will center on young Lily Rhodes (her maiden name) who, after a falling out with her parents, is forced to move in with her sister, the black sheep of the Rhodes family. Overnight, Lily has to transition from a life of luxury and schooling at a wealthy Montecito boarding school to living deep in the San Fernando Valley she once made fun of and going to public school. Caught between two worlds, Lily dives into the fast-paced Sunset Strip and the Hollywood lifestyle of the '80s, journeying over the hill to a world of wealth and excess that used to be her own."
So basically a Gossip Girl ends up on the wrong side of the tracks. Hmmm...I'm wondering if this will actually work. Especially since most people seem to watch the original show FOR the fabulous clothes. If Lily isn't living a life of luxury, what kind of 80's fashion eye candy will we have then?
I couldn't agree more, besides, I thought she's always lived a luxurious life w/c was threatened when she went for her rocker love. I think that would be more exciting!
J. Lo's "Divorce is not an option"
Here is the exact quote Jennifer Lopez gave In Touch Magazine regarding the divorce rumors.
"Every time I’m not wearing my ring, people think I’m getting divorced. That’s crazy. It just didn’t go with the dress. Divorce is not and was never an option."
I kinda agree, you know. I honestly don't get how you can wear an engagement ring or a wedding ring all the time. It definitely has to match your outfit! But what is she saying that divorce is not an option? I believe this is at least her third marriage!!!
"Every time I’m not wearing my ring, people think I’m getting divorced. That’s crazy. It just didn’t go with the dress. Divorce is not and was never an option."
I kinda agree, you know. I honestly don't get how you can wear an engagement ring or a wedding ring all the time. It definitely has to match your outfit! But what is she saying that divorce is not an option? I believe this is at least her third marriage!!!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Celine Lopez for Miu Miu
No, that's not really her, it's Katie Holmes! But this picture reminds me of Celine...
Look who has gotten fat!!!
Miranda Cosgrove! Sorry girl! I love you, you're the most Filipino/Filipina looking celebrity I've ever seen in Hollywood but your weight goes up & down...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Ask Khloe About Diets? Wrong person!
Here is an article I read from Khloe Kardashian's blog. She tries to answer readers' questions. This one is about dieting...
http://khloekardashian.celebuzz.com/2009/01/khloe-knows-best-you-ask-i-answer-4.php
How is your diet going? I am on a diet as well and I think it's so hard to stay on the wagon. Do you have any advice for us slackers and what is the best way to get right back on the diet wagon if ya fall off? My last question is: What are some of your favorite perfumes? Thanks doll love ya -Tyiana I love your name Tyiana. Anyway, hey momma! I hope I can help you or at least make you feel better. Now we all slack off at times with diets and we all fall off the wagon, especially around the Holidays, so do not feel bad. Weight and body health is going to be a battle that you have every single day of your life. Even if you are they way you want to be, you need to fight to stay there, so try to not be so hard on yourself. Give yourself cheat days every so often so you will not binge and go out of control.I try to work out at least 5 times a week. I love muscle definition, I do not like the typical skinny body, so I personally like to work on muscle and stay thicker. But you have to lose or gain weight for what you want your body to look like. I also try to not eat any white carbs. I still eat carbs but just the good carbs. Honey I have tried it all and I think I have finally found an equal balance that works well with my body and still makes me feel like I am enjoying my life. Do what is best for you! Do not deprive yourself of the things that make you happy. It is all about moderation baby. So stick to your diet and try to work out more if you feel like you overdid it with the food. Working out always makes me feel amazing and it gets my days off to a great start. I am very proud that you are trying to make yourself a better you! Work it out sista!
She gave a really cool answer, but really, why ask someone who's fat about dieting???
http://khloekardashian.celebuzz.com/2009/01/khloe-knows-best-you-ask-i-answer-4.php
How is your diet going? I am on a diet as well and I think it's so hard to stay on the wagon. Do you have any advice for us slackers and what is the best way to get right back on the diet wagon if ya fall off? My last question is: What are some of your favorite perfumes? Thanks doll love ya -Tyiana I love your name Tyiana. Anyway, hey momma! I hope I can help you or at least make you feel better. Now we all slack off at times with diets and we all fall off the wagon, especially around the Holidays, so do not feel bad. Weight and body health is going to be a battle that you have every single day of your life. Even if you are they way you want to be, you need to fight to stay there, so try to not be so hard on yourself. Give yourself cheat days every so often so you will not binge and go out of control.I try to work out at least 5 times a week. I love muscle definition, I do not like the typical skinny body, so I personally like to work on muscle and stay thicker. But you have to lose or gain weight for what you want your body to look like. I also try to not eat any white carbs. I still eat carbs but just the good carbs. Honey I have tried it all and I think I have finally found an equal balance that works well with my body and still makes me feel like I am enjoying my life. Do what is best for you! Do not deprive yourself of the things that make you happy. It is all about moderation baby. So stick to your diet and try to work out more if you feel like you overdid it with the food. Working out always makes me feel amazing and it gets my days off to a great start. I am very proud that you are trying to make yourself a better you! Work it out sista!
She gave a really cool answer, but really, why ask someone who's fat about dieting???
Monday, January 12, 2009
Horrific!!!
Horrific look everytime! So cheap! Some Latinas can pull it off but this one always comes off too cheap!!!
Monday, January 5, 2009
John Travolta's Son's Death
http://gawker.com/5123290/scientology-founder-slams-drugs-that-might-have-saved-travoltas-son
Scientology Founder Slams Drugs That Might Have Saved Travolta's Son
By Ryan Tate, 5:52 AM on Mon Jan 5 2009, 6,554 views
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Ostensibly fearing liver damage, John Travolta removed his teenaged son from the anti-seizure medication Depakote. Jett Travolta later succumbed to convulsions and died. Why wasn't he put on other medication?
For one thing, the underlying cause of the seizures was unclear.
John Travolta said his son had Kawasaki disease. But at least one doctor says the disease does not cause seizures.
One disease that is associated with elevated risk of seizures is autism. In 2006, celebrity writer Mark Ebner cited five anonymous sources who said Jett had that disease, not Kawasaki disease ("a media rep from the Autism Society of America (ASA), an executive from Cure Autism Now, a major Hollywood producer and parent of an autistic child, and a Hollywood actor-parent").
This weekend the Mirror cited an anonymous "close friend" of John Travolta's brother Joey. The source said Joey, who made a documentary about autism, strongly believed John's son Jett had the condition.
But movie star John, a high-ranking member of the Church of Scientology, would not likely have embraced an autism diagnosis; by all accounts, the church does not recognize the disorder as requiring medical treatment (as with any other illnesses the cult deems "psychosomatic").
Even if the diagnosis was sorted out, there's the issue of medication. We know Jett was on Depakote for several years, then removed. Travolta's lawyers said the decision was made by Travolta and Jett's Scientologist mother Kelly Preston "after consulting neurosurgeons."
But one most also consider than the "church" in which Travolta and Preston have reached the exalted rank of "Clear" made a practice of removing patients from anti-seizure medication specifically. In the clip up top (odd visuals are from the YouTube source), Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard discusses the process:
Sometimes they really seize and sometimes its just slight... the doctors keep them on something to prevent this. Its just a tranquilizer and they keep them on that one year, year in and year out. And then you come along as an auditor and you try to audit the pc and you tell the pc that hell have to go off that drug. And then all of a sudden... the doctor will call up plaintively asking you to please put her back on the drug because she needs this... Now I've been using a lot of medical words here or chemical words really. Just dont pay any attention to them because they're mostly gobbledygook.
It would be heartening to believe that Jett's parents listened to credible doctors rather than this sort of Scientology propaganda. One hopes so, if only to make their own grieving at least a bit less difficult. But persistent reports they dodged an accurate autism diagnosis for their own son raise, at the very least, some doubts.
***Hmmm, I don't know what to say or who to blame. I definitely am not a scientologist (is that what they're called?) but I do somehow agree to some of their teachings based on the article above. Sometimes doctors are just plain unreliable. How many times have you or people you know have stopped going to the doctor because they just can't find out what's wrong w/ you or how to cure you? So you just let it pass & deal w/ it yourself. Another thing is on psychosomatic disorders. I also do not trust psychiatrists/shrinks/psychologists. I dunno. I don't think they help at all. The only thing they could help with, I think, is that the patient at least has someone to talk to, that is, if he doesn't have a friend or anyone like that. Which is particularly common in countries like the U.S. (you see, it's very weird to consult psychiatrists/shrinks in the Philippines, people would think you are insane). Besides, how many people have died already taking these shrinks' medications? I personally think if you have problems, don't think about them, don't focus on them, don't talk about them too much, it makes you much more depressed. Don't focus on your depression, it's just a feeling, just go on w/ your life. Also, taking medications definitely have side effects (most of the time, we hear, on the liver). So I don't really take medicines unless I really need them & I would rather take the risk of whatever side effects they may have. This goes the same to vitamins & herbal products, it's all the same, you know.
Scientology Founder Slams Drugs That Might Have Saved Travolta's Son
By Ryan Tate, 5:52 AM on Mon Jan 5 2009, 6,554 views
newVideoPlayer("/hubbard_seizures_gawker.flv", 506, 423,"");
Ostensibly fearing liver damage, John Travolta removed his teenaged son from the anti-seizure medication Depakote. Jett Travolta later succumbed to convulsions and died. Why wasn't he put on other medication?
For one thing, the underlying cause of the seizures was unclear.
John Travolta said his son had Kawasaki disease. But at least one doctor says the disease does not cause seizures.
One disease that is associated with elevated risk of seizures is autism. In 2006, celebrity writer Mark Ebner cited five anonymous sources who said Jett had that disease, not Kawasaki disease ("a media rep from the Autism Society of America (ASA), an executive from Cure Autism Now, a major Hollywood producer and parent of an autistic child, and a Hollywood actor-parent").
This weekend the Mirror cited an anonymous "close friend" of John Travolta's brother Joey. The source said Joey, who made a documentary about autism, strongly believed John's son Jett had the condition.
But movie star John, a high-ranking member of the Church of Scientology, would not likely have embraced an autism diagnosis; by all accounts, the church does not recognize the disorder as requiring medical treatment (as with any other illnesses the cult deems "psychosomatic").
Even if the diagnosis was sorted out, there's the issue of medication. We know Jett was on Depakote for several years, then removed. Travolta's lawyers said the decision was made by Travolta and Jett's Scientologist mother Kelly Preston "after consulting neurosurgeons."
But one most also consider than the "church" in which Travolta and Preston have reached the exalted rank of "Clear" made a practice of removing patients from anti-seizure medication specifically. In the clip up top (odd visuals are from the YouTube source), Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard discusses the process:
Sometimes they really seize and sometimes its just slight... the doctors keep them on something to prevent this. Its just a tranquilizer and they keep them on that one year, year in and year out. And then you come along as an auditor and you try to audit the pc and you tell the pc that hell have to go off that drug. And then all of a sudden... the doctor will call up plaintively asking you to please put her back on the drug because she needs this... Now I've been using a lot of medical words here or chemical words really. Just dont pay any attention to them because they're mostly gobbledygook.
It would be heartening to believe that Jett's parents listened to credible doctors rather than this sort of Scientology propaganda. One hopes so, if only to make their own grieving at least a bit less difficult. But persistent reports they dodged an accurate autism diagnosis for their own son raise, at the very least, some doubts.
***Hmmm, I don't know what to say or who to blame. I definitely am not a scientologist (is that what they're called?) but I do somehow agree to some of their teachings based on the article above. Sometimes doctors are just plain unreliable. How many times have you or people you know have stopped going to the doctor because they just can't find out what's wrong w/ you or how to cure you? So you just let it pass & deal w/ it yourself. Another thing is on psychosomatic disorders. I also do not trust psychiatrists/shrinks/psychologists. I dunno. I don't think they help at all. The only thing they could help with, I think, is that the patient at least has someone to talk to, that is, if he doesn't have a friend or anyone like that. Which is particularly common in countries like the U.S. (you see, it's very weird to consult psychiatrists/shrinks in the Philippines, people would think you are insane). Besides, how many people have died already taking these shrinks' medications? I personally think if you have problems, don't think about them, don't focus on them, don't talk about them too much, it makes you much more depressed. Don't focus on your depression, it's just a feeling, just go on w/ your life. Also, taking medications definitely have side effects (most of the time, we hear, on the liver). So I don't really take medicines unless I really need them & I would rather take the risk of whatever side effects they may have. This goes the same to vitamins & herbal products, it's all the same, you know.
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