He has a story linked on his front page with no indication that he realize4s that the source he linked to (the Onion) is a satire......

Now, he will come back and say "I knew that...people just don't understand my sense of humor" or some such.....

:headwall:

story he linked to:
http://www.theonion.com/3943/top_story.html

WASHINGTON, DC—Addressing shocked fellow cabinet members, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham said Tuesday that he had assumed everyone knew about his roles in numerous 1980s pornographic films.

Above: Abraham said he's sure he mentioned his work in films like Shacking Up (inset).

"I just figured people knew about the porno," Abraham said, shrugging. "I never got any flak about it, so I didn't think it was a big deal."

A former U.S. senator from Michigan who was appointed Energy Secretary by President Bush in 2001, Abraham said he has never denied that he performed in more than 50 erotic videos between 1984 and 1987.

"It feels like I mentioned it to everyone," Abraham said. "I can't remember the specific circumstances, but I'm positive I talked about it. If some people didn't know, maybe that's because they weren't around when it was discussed. Or else they never asked about it."

"The other cabinet members are very busy," Abraham added. "We don't spend a lot of time talking about our personal lives. I just figured they felt that my previous career in skin flicks had little bearing on my vision for America's energy future."

Have you ever SEEN Spencer Abraham ??

He aint my idea of a pornstar... lol

i had a dumb chick try and tell me Microsoft patented 1's and 0's, I asked her if she got it from the Onion, she said yes.

It never fucking amazes me how DUMB some really are.

I firmly believe that 90% of the entire world population are complete idiots. Imagine what I would think if I were narcissistic.

Its one less article he has to copy and paste from here.

FUCK YOU LUKE! hahaha

Duc's "journalism" consists of cutting and pasting off message boards and stealing copyrighted material. Most of the time he only cuts and pastes part of the story off message boards and never bothers to cut and paste the rest of it. Facts mean nothing to Duc.

The only poster I've seen defend his "writing style" is confucy - 'nuff said. B)

He's about as bright as a 3 watt bulb.

Stop insulting dim bulbs, Ulfie!!! :rolleyes:

"Half of the people in the world are below average."

so you're saying that this is optimistic at only half :lol:

Yeah, thanks eatapeach. I admidt that I am narcissistic and optimistic at the same time. :gbounce:

In answer to the topic.....

YES

Send her over here, she needs to see my magical flute!!

:D

he's good for a laugh, that's about it.

I actually quite like Luke Ford. Life without controversy and peoples sheer stupidity would be extremely boring.

I remember when he reported some of The Fly's ramblings as fact. That was funny.

Ok, Luke, I saw you was snooping around the board...

so How about it.... Did you know the Onion was satire when you linked to the story...

Or did you think it was real ?

Of course I knew it was satire... I read TheOnion.com every week... I run satire all the time. I've made a name with it, been threatened with endless lawsuits over it. Remember my Eddie's Kids satire that infuriated AVN, Goalie? Yeah, I know satire when I read it, because I write it all the time, and I have strong background in literature.

Its time to write an article....where else would you go to cut and paste and glom together quotes and add your picture in a swimming pool to call an article.

Oprano is the BEST place to scam! :heil:

Actually, when I read that and some of the stuff that week (oh shit, I admitted I have read him) I thought you had truly finally fucking lost it....

The piece you did on Eddie's kids was pretty fucking mean....

Luke, while I got your ear.....

It might behoove you to seperate the stories that you know are fictional from the ones you want taken seriously.....

That is the way that most places that have both real stories and humor do it.....

That way folks aren't wondering if the guy running the thing is a total idiot or just a moron.......

:yowsa:

Your "strong background in literature" is about as believable as my "strong background in brain surgery". :ph34r:

"It might behoove you to seperate the stories that you know are fictional from the ones you want taken seriously....."

I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone in the industry (save those with IQs above 130). I'm not seeking your approval. I'm not hoping you will take me seriously. I'm not trying to make friends with you. I'm not trying to make things easy for you to sort out.

My work is self-authenticating. It doesn't need the approval of pornographers and drug-addicts.

I've blended fictional stories with factual stories since the beginning and six years later, I'm not likely to change. Yeah, you will have to work when you read my stuff. It ain't porn journalism for dummies and I don't plan to dumb down my approach, using different colors to indicate satire, humor, fact, opinion, and the like. Sorry if that makes it out of reach for many members of this board.

Translation - "Sometimes I lie, sometimes I tell the truth and most of the time I print someone else's words for my "articles". Unlike most people, I consider this "journalism" based on my strong background in literature."

No need to apologize - most of us have no desire to reach down to the bottom of the barrel.



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and here I thought the title of this thread was a rhetorical question



She just loves me for my big dictionary

"It might behoove you to seperate the stories that you know are fictional from the ones you want taken seriously....."

I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone in the industry (save those with IQs above 130). I'm not seeking your approval. I'm not hoping you will take me seriously. I'm not trying to make friends with you. I'm not trying to make things easy for you to sort out.

My work is self-authenticating. It doesn't need the approval of pornographers and drug-addicts.

I've blended fictional stories with factual stories since the beginning and six years later, I'm not likely to change. Yeah, you will have to work when you read my stuff. It ain't porn journalism for dummies and I don't plan to dumb down my approach, using different colors to indicate satire, humor, fact, opinion, and the like. Sorry if that makes it out of reach for many members of this board.[/b][/quote]
Earth to Luke, Earth to Luke......


HAHAHAHA


Great post!! Keep up the good work!!

:okthumb:

Well, the iq over 130 includes most members of this board....


From this thread:

http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/index.php?a...f5d450ab2101aa8

So according to your post, you ARE trying to prove something to us....

When I said "most places" in my previous post, I meant "most serious journalistic places that want to be taken seriously by their audience".

The fact that you mix fiction and nonfiction within your list of stories indicates that you take your role as journalist and your responsibility to present facts and the truth rather less seriously than you probably should.

If you want to be taken seriously by ANYONE, then you must act responsibly.


SCHMUCK.....................

like i said, good for a laugh :)

Well, the iq over 130 includes most members of this board....


From this thread:

http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/index.php?a...f5d450ab2101aa8

So according to your post, you ARE trying to prove something to us....

When I said "most places" in my previous post, I meant "most serious journalistic places that want to be taken seriously by their audience".

The fact that you mix fiction and nonfiction within your list of stories indicates that you take your role as journalist and your responsibility to present facts and the truth rather less seriously than you probably should.

If you want to be taken seriously by ANYONE, then you must act responsibly.


SCHMUCK.....................[/b][/quote]
I love it how earnestly and often pornographers lecture me on what I must do to be taken seriously. I've never once asked a porner what I must do to be taken seriously, yet hundreds of times, porners have lectured me on how to be taken seriously. I love that...

You guys should catch me on 60 Minutes with Steve Croft at the end of November and beginning of December... Then please tell me again on what I must do to be taken seriously by you graduate students in journalism from Columbia University.

There's nobody in porn that I need to act responsibly towards. You guys are pornographers. It's open season pal and has been for many years.

Luke - (almost) no one here takes you seriously except yourself

You try to present yourself seriously and therein lies the rub

Yet you can't even make it in the world without us. :P

I know nobody in the industry takes me seriously. That's why porn lawyers are paid thousands of dollars to monitor me and to harass me.

ok ergo - you report on porn therefor you are in porn

And you don't have a responsibility to yourself??!!

Sorry to hear that but it's not surprising

Bullshit.................

Want me to go find the various references, not sure which of your various friends, Robb Black, Jimmy D or others that you have bothered with your constant feelings of inadequacy, self loathing and misfitness that I have read... But I know there are many times since you started your so called "Journalistic" journey that you have wondered aloud what you need to do to be taken seriously...

They are out there, and while I do not claim to be any kind of Journalist, I am one hell of a researcher.... And can discern truth from fiction, both in what I read......... and unlike you, with what is in my head........

:yowsa:

Sarettah, I've never sought journalistic advice from a pornographer. Never asked how I could be taken seriously. Prove me wrong. I don't remember everything I've said. I could be wrong. I've left a huge paper trail.

As for my fragile psyche, well, I won't argue with you about that. Gotta go swallow my lithium.

Yet you can't even make it in the world without us. :P[/b][/quote]
heh

Sarettah, I respect all your posts and challenges in this thread except the first one about my not knowing TheOnion.com is satire.

Yet you can't even make it in the world without us. :P[/b][/quote]
"Yet you can't even make it in the world without us. :P"

That's a good one, an accurate one, a telling one... Guilty! :) LOL

Where did Sarettah say you had??! :unsure: Apparently you read as well as you write. :(

Reminds me to go invite Mike South into the gumbo.