Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "We Love the Lies":
About Susan Boyle, and your posts in general. I have noticed that all too often you leave out whatever facts you want to make a point. I suppose any rediculous (sic) extremist would act the same way though, so why would one expect less from you?
She never said she did not have training. In fact, she has said many times that she started out furthering her education towards perfomance arts, but due to family situations, she left school to focus on those issues. Obviously, she held her family's well being as a higher priority than furthering her creativity and career at the time. Whether she has faith or not, that is the sort of behavior that should be inherent in all christian (sic) families, but unfortunately is pushed aside in this day and age. You should know, since you claim to be such a traditionalist.
Almost anyone can record their (sic) singing with any sort of chorus or instrumentals backing them up. All they need is the right people behind them, such as a church or those she knew via her, old but probably still there, ties to those who also are musically inclined. Does not mean she was ever given the chance to become a big hit.
Also, it is a sad fact that you acknowledge within yourself, vicariously through the tarnishing words towards this older woman, that you obviously hold a host of a show up on a pedestal and feel that he is not a human who can be spoken to freely, if one choses (sic). She has confidence, and has come to realize that Simon is not some godly untouchable being. For one who has no qualms about preaching his faith, you holding an entertainer up so high that you feel that when someone talks back to them that it obviously could not be real, should make you step back and re-evaluate the key points in your own life.
- Caitlin
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GJ - Sadly, Susan Boyle is a younger woman, from my perspective. She is about the same age as Simon, if everyone is telling the truth. From now on, I will believe every set-up on that show. Katie has informed me that I am wrong about everything, including show biz, so I need to repent.
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DK has left a new comment on your post "Is That You, Katie?":
Back when I used to tuter gradeschool kids and correct there papers more oftener than not I used to read kids writings who were in the 5th grade then but not anymore because they grew up but these 5th grader could have written better than Caitlin accept she's an adult in the workforce no less! Added to her poor spelling she's got terible sentance construction.
Muddled writing is evidence of muddled thinking.
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GJ - DK is a hoot. I was going to post a corrected version of his comment, because there were so many elementary mistakes in it. On the fifth or sixth one, I started to laugh. Great parody, DK. You pranked me.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Is That You, Katie?":
Have you talked to Katie? Or are you once again trying to present false assumptions as fact? Let me help you out, I highly doubt it is her (sic). She has many better things to do with her time than write comments on your blog.
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GJ - I assume you mean Katie the pricey executive assistant? Have you talked to her? Besides, I did not say it was the suffragen bishop at the Popcorn Cathedral. Of course, some might infer that. We have to assume, Anonymous, that you don't have anything better to do, since you are posting about something that does not concern you.
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Spel Czech has left a new comment on your post "Is That You, Katie?":
While we are on the topic of elementary mistakes...
"I was going to post a corrected version of his comment, because there were so (sic) elementary mistakes in it."
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GJ - Totally awesome, dude. I omitted one word. I make more mistakes than all of you put together, but that is because I publish more - and I sign my name.
PS - Someone has written (Anonymously, of course) to say he knows who Caitlin is. He wanted to pile on and make a bunch of anonymous accusations. Is this a father/daughter thing? If so, then the apple does not fall far from the tree.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "We Love the Lies":
We too enjoyed the Susan Boyle video immensely. But we need to remember that this "reality/audition" show is big business and there's no way they're going to let an unknown rank amateur on stage. Britain is too big to not screen the stage (maybe in A-town.)
Everyone on that stage has been screened by junior producers just like on the audition rounds of American Idol. Surely the judges are at least told "she's a ringer." Note Simon's questions ahead of her song which prop her up for a crash-and-burn failure. Those questions aren't asked of each act. As she walks on the stage, she uses an exaggerated swinging of the hips, undoubted encouraged by the goons offstage telling her to "sex it up a bit" and she carries through with the uncharacteristic "and that's just one side of me" embarrassing hip-swivel.
The big picture is that she'll get some time in the limelight and she'll sell a few albums. It's a nice story, but again, just more media manipulation.
+Diet O. Worms
