"Me, Mongo..... Me just Pawn in Game of Life"

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Such is life. Richard Pryor wrote that great line. As communicator - diplomat - ranconteur - connector - gadfly - facilitator - publicist - wannabe vocalist - lobbyist aide de camp, I am what I am, and today in my role I am Mongo. And I am proud!

Ya know, you had to see Blazing sADDLES TO GET IT. i SAW IT BACK IN 1974. i FELL OUT OF MY SEAT AT the Bryn Mawr theater. I was with Ben, my kid brother. I will never, ever forget it. Funniest movie I ever saw.

http://www.filmsite.org/blaz.html

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The Last Hurrah? (or was Ann Coulter being a "Hillary Girl" just another publicity stunt?) Mark "Patton" Levin REAL DEAL

... message to mark levin: stop trashing michelle obama, who may be your first lady someday- soon!*

About Mrs. Clinton (looking in this picture like the late, great Dorothy Kilgallen): Maybe she can be "Running Mate, too"? Ouch. Must hurt if REAL pundits are right-on. Dashing OBAMARAMA takes female 21-=51 YEAR OLD VOTE and cheeseheads (e.g. Wins-conscin) by storm!

This is a stunning surprise, and now the *arch-conservatives like Mark "Patton" Levin have no choice but to attack Mrs. Obama for being black bushwa-bourgeois! And it just won't work. (((But Mark, you gotta know, I listen to you every night because I work a few miles from the underground bunker, and you tell your truth daily: I gotta tell you, pal -- you can't stop this runaway train. Where Ann Coulter is one big fat publicity stunt. You are the real deal, sir. And we lost Fred Thompson because he did not kick John McCain's ass! ))))

Tale to unfold in Texas Ohio Vermont.

(((( I want Fred and Rudy back sooooooo bad! Damn it. ALL! Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee (my diet hero) warbles "mah career in pols is soooo over!" ))))

that's all I have.

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From Jean Fain,Therapist: Yes, Celebs do DISSERVICE when they endorse diet plans (might as well endorse black beauties like (my) mother did!)

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and now Ms. Alley will turn to Scientology for weight loss method - isn't that a form of "higher power"? mmmmmhhhmmmmm....... well, good for her! Get in a 12-step meeting, girlfriend! Or eat mindfully. You CAN do this. I do this one day at a time (no pun intended Valerie), knowing I am an addict, and that I cannot pick up a chip. Or twinkie, but I can have a coffee, eat a normal meal. Read Therapist Jean Fain's take.

Boston Globe
Her Web message: Think when you eat Boston Globe, United States - 15 hours ago According to Fain, public figures like Oprah, Valerie Bertinelli, and Kirstie Alley are doing the public a disservice by implying that their weight-loss ...

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Off the rack: Entertainment -Toronto Star, Canada - 12 hours ago---Cover: Kirstie Alley has packed on the pounds and is out of work. But it's OK because she's going to "unleash the powers of Scientology to help mend the ...

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Memo to Kirstie Alley - you are alright just the way you are---no matter what - (after losing 160 lbs, I know what is GOOD ENOUGH)

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This is an open.MEMO to Kirstie (Kirsten Jean) Alley: This People cover has been on my fridge since I joined program. And it will stay there. And although you had the guts at 55 to go on Oprah in a bikini, OPRAH, SHE HAS GAINED WEIGHT! We are all over 50! Yes, Kirstie, you remain an inspiration to me. The People covers, both of them (the one of you in the purple dress, too) stay on my fridgidaire).

I am thinking things over, and it is an addiction, the food, I know, (my top weight was over 350 lbs) and you do too, like smoking, shopping, sex, snorting coke. You were a coke head---Hell, you know! One woman summed up the addiction to food perfectly and how society viewed your appearances on Oprah and the whole Jenny Craig "club" stint on her blog: take a look - http://weight-loss-story.blogspot.com/2005/11/kristie-alleys-dieting-success.html

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The double-standard that society HATES the obese, like "No dogs or JEWS allowed" is a last taboo of prejudice in our society, and it ain't going anywhere. People dislike me in my own "program" now because I WILL not become smaller than a 14-16 from a 24-16, and f * * * them , too, I am not going to lie about it! WYSIWYG, honey!

So go and bake a pie, if that is what you want to do, and have a slice -- - f * * * Hollywood, and Jenny Craig. If you are ready to deal with this insidious addiction, feel free to call me at hvcg/hvpr. I am listed.

Thanks,

abbe b.

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NEWS FLASH! Jenny Craig fires Kirstie Alley for weight gain - hires Queen Latifah as replacement, spinning "health"

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YES, IT IS FOOD ADDICTION - and Kirstie is a Food Addict, just like ME, and countless others. So, so, so many others. She was paid millions. The spokesperson at Jenny Craig says that Kirsten Jane Alley is grateful, and she is going to move on, she will ....just no longer... be the face of Jenny. I just hope she will acknowledge the addiction to food is the genuine article (it is! OH MY GOD!) and get in a program of some type. There are lot's of them in Hollywood. I am not sure how Scientology deals with the food stuff, and I cannot/should not take Kirstie's 'inventory' on my blog*

and to quote Linda Ellerbee, an open alcoholic, "and so it goes."

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FOX NEWS REPORTS:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330909,00.html

CHICAGO — Kirstie Alley won’t be calling Jenny anytime soon.

The former "Cheers" actress is stepping down as Jenny Craig spokesmodel after three years with the company, People magazine reported on Friday.

Alley lost 75 pounds and kept that weight off for more than a year during her stint with Jenny Craig, Scott Parker, vice president of marketing for the company, told People.

"Although Kirstie will not appear in future advertising endeavors for us, she does remain on Jenny Craig's maintenance program and is confident that our program has helped her incorporate positive lifestyle changes that should last a lifetime," he said. (((((He's spinning it, baby! Damage control! He has to. They made sooooo much money on her zaftig ass!! But if you gain weight, how do you stay "poster child"? My take: You see, people need to eat REAL food. Not "Jenny" food!-- and people that do not do due dilligence gain - lose. We are addicted to flour - sugar - substances. uh oh. Not my place to editorialize --combat this here, is it?)))))

Actress and singer Queen Latifah has joined Valerie Bertinelli as a celebrity spokeswoman for the company.

An ad on the Jenny Craig Web site featuring Latifah states: "I’m taking the first step toward improving my health with Jenny Craig."

Click here for more on this story at People.com.

*Now, for what Ms. Alley will really do, read this:
http://www.celebitchy.com/9411/kirstie_alley_fired_for_being_fat/


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PR = music is life / week continues on ab-pr: Amy Winehouse may be stoned, but damn she is great!

I love this woman!

She deserves every accolade, slam, kiss, hug, tattoo / guitar lick and horn arrangement she has. What a gal! TALENT! Guts!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD5sahXoj0U

Amy is a five time grammy winner (yeah !) - Most won by british female vocalist - every bit as big as Dame Shirley Bassey, Cleo Lane! Dusty Springfield!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qm8-OjJPG0Q

and she'll get real rehab if and when she's ready. If she's ever ready, but who cares? That's what (we) addicts do.

But she is an artist, and she is just too cool.

slate: Why amy winehouse isn't just a celebrity train wreck ((((and how!))): http://www.slate.com/id/2184209/nav/tap3/

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More Music! It is in the "Genes"

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Eugene, that is - this is my boy's band:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=183484586

and here is his wannabe-famous mama, abbe b., c: 1987:

www.abbebuck.com
www.abbebuck.com/amazon.html

enjoy! (((( 'cause if we can't publicize in the internet-netherworld, we gotta go DIRECT-TV-route, cable and all ~ that ~ jazz!))))

SAY, I FEEL A song COMING ON!

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POTOMAC primaries are soooo over! ---off to Texas, OH-hi-OH, Vermont and ---my words to the candidates

.......



















---let's do the "Tighten Up" - get out and DANCE!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tjVQOYdHcgo&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tjVQOYdHcgo


i [heart] you -hoo - tube -- GREAT CARDIO! --AND HUCKABEE, TOO


OFF TO TEXAS, BABY!!!


((( Hillary, honey, chill out and please, don't hire a HIT MAN and take out OBAMARAMA!))))

NO MORE BODIES IN FT. MARCY PARK!

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...and NOW for something completely different, by CAKE

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WHO DAT?

or let 'em eat C A K E!

((((( which is attributed to a musical comedy show which is circa 1930 by morrie ryskind and the gershwin bros. where they cut off marie antoinettes HEAD!))))

Let 'Em Eat Cake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Let 'Em Eat Cake is a Broadway musical that opened October 21, 1933 at the Imperial Theatre, New York, USA and ran for 89 performances. ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_'Em_Eat_Cake - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

you SEE, wikipedia knows everything - me, i just paint by numbers from memory...!


here's the other CAKE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7aDstrDMf0&feature=related
short skirt, long jacket


or, my new and hope a very long life at TECHNICA CORPORATION

they share in total my values four-squared. YOU BETCHA!


abh

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Abbe Buck goes to a party

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(((( This was taken at the INPUT Fed Contractors let's get drunk and schmooz party last Dec 8th. I just love the McLean Hilton --let me move in the hotel! Please, please, please! But let me stay married and let them allow dogs. Thank you and amen.))))

I am the elderly lady in the middle.

What did you think this was, the (ETERNAL) wannabe Lobbyist's Reality Theater, or: would you pay to watch me drink coffee and channel "Hillary Rodham whom?"

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"You and I have a rendevouz with destiny"---Ronald Reagan (1964)

(((( Okay, another advertisement for myself - just to see who you are dealing with.)))))
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http://highvizpr.blogspot.com/2007/12/you-and-i-have-rendevouz-with-destiny.html

Above you will read a posting from the HighVizPR blog. It is about Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson. There is more about Mike Huckabee and how we share an affliction/addiction to sugar and flour, Food Addiction as in AA, in my posting/links below.

Above please see how I look today (above). I am a smaller person with stronger views.

Perhaps in 2008 I'll be having my own 'rendevouz with destiny'?

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MEMO TO SELF :

Call Sarah/Ed about FT *campaign - see what H wants to do / make calls in Iowa?- call law firm RE: PR - blitz resume out and send to Edelman --Fleischmann -- Howard Fineman- time to get to work - thank you, Herb!--ab
*www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-thompson23dec23,1,6505648.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

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I still owe PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE and Former Gov Mike Huckabee (R-AR) A great BIG HOOAH....10 months later

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UPDATE: Here I am now, taken on April 14th in a hotel room in a Marriott near Washington, DC

Ten months ago, and a year before that, are right here:

http://abbebuckpr.blogspot.com/2006/06/88-highviz-pr-for-myself-or-i-owe-gov.html

I am now 140 lbs smaller, 52 lbs from the one of the last postings (no, I was at -115, wasn''t I?)

I have 36 more to go and then I intend to STAY THERE!

After all, Gov. Huckabee wrote a book about it. ((((Thanks, Mike - stay in the race!))))

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ABC turns yellow-chicken-yellow- Brian Ross' BIG build-up goes poof according to INDEPENDENT

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2516738.ece

randall tobias....harlan ullman....come now, reporters, is that ALL you will release?

will Linda Carter play Ms.PAFFREY IN A ripped - to - the -shreds - from - the headlines if this storyline should be truncated and thrown up onto episode number #402 of L & O (law + order)????? --THAT IS, if the show comes back, because the show JUMPED many sharks.

DAMN.

I am going to read some blogs, and rent "The Happy Hooker" - now that was a movie!

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Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) redux as Abbe Buck moving forward, expecting the best

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RETRO-BLOGGING:

http://abbebuckpr.blogspot.com/2007/01/old-kirk-douglas-movie-reminds-me.html

Ouch! I never woulda thunk it!

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"If you see a fork in the road, take it." -- Yogi Berra


About "Amelie":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie#Synopsis

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To my fellow Chicagoan, Jennifer Hudson - you go, girl - win that oscar tonight!

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http://jenniferhudson.net/jennifer.html

Love,

Abbe B., who will never touch your pipes. You have the gift. You deserve the academy award.

www.abbebuck.com

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www.overheardinnewyork.com

Wednesday One-Liners Fire Their Publicist

Homeless man sitting on ground holding up peeled banana: ...

And now for my John Wayne Bobbit imitation... Aaauuuggghhh!

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Real Wednesday One-Liners Have Curves

Fat chick to fatter chick: You know, I just can't eat as much as I used to.

--Cold Stone Creamery, W 42nd St

Overheard by: Kilroy


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Abbe Buck and HighViz Consulting Group

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By Carrie Smoot, Washington Woman Magazine

Ask publicist Abbe Buck why she went into public relations, and, laughing, she gives a surprising answer. “All my life I’ve wanted to go into show business. I grew up in Chicago watching ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ and singing in front of the TV.” She inherited her parents’ love for the music of Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and others. Buck also admires Rosemary Clooney, Nelson Riddle and Johnny Mercer. “We need to keep this music alive,” she says. Fifteen years ago she recorded “Big Band Swing and Saloon Style: Songs from a Bygone Era,” available from Amazon.com.

Although arts advocacy, the entertainment industry and singing remain passions, Buck launched the Northern Virginia-based HighViz Consulting Group six years ago, a project company and full-service boutique public relations firm. The name reflects her belief that clients deserve high visibility. A news junkie, she embraces technology—including streaming media, webcasting, podcasting and wireless. Clients can use it, she says, to reach more people than print media alone, such as press releases and direct mail. HighViz uses case studies to coach organizations about communications strategy. She writes two PR blogs that instruct clients. She uses two cell phones but draws the line at a BlackBerry. “If I had one, I’d never stop. Finally, I have it right—it’s important to have daily family time and ‘Abbe time.’ I had a bad case of burnout—I was such a perfectionist that I ended up redoing things. You want to be available and accessible, [but] 24/7 is impossible.”

Family includes her husband, 16-year-old son and two dogs—a gray shepherd and a mixed breed. “My husband is a Republican and I’m a Democrat, she jokes. “Our gift to our son is differing viewpoints. Then he can decide his beliefs for himself.” Her son accompanied her to client meetings and conferences during summer break, continuing a family tradition. Buck’s father insisted she work in his car dealership in high school. “Do it, or I won’t help you through college,” he said. Buck recalls how he treated others with professionalism and respect, and how he got the same in return. “It was a great lesson in learning to deal with people.”

Buck specializes in nonprofits, small businesses and high tech and federal sectors. Her professional background includes McGraw-Hill publishing, Lotus-IBM and the federal government. She strongly believes in increasing employment for Native Americans on reservations. “I always felt drawn to Native American issues and culture,” she says. She recommends www.Indianz.com to learn more. “Customer service is one area where they can make a difference, and jobs can remain in the United States this way.

HighViz works with Native American HUBZones—“Historically Underutilized Business Zones” to help them position themselves, partner and compete in the federal marketplace.” Buck is also reaching out to disabled veterans interested in entrepreneurship. “I fell into federal employment by accident,” she says. “[It] is often seen as stodgy and buttoned-down. Once you get used to the system, it’s interesting. They think out of the box.”

Candee Wilson, new media director for EEI Communications in Alexandria, VA, agrees. “The federal government is easy to deal with in many respects,” she says. “Workers are knowledgeable and eager to expand their services.” Wilson worked with HighViz Consulting to increase their federal government outreach. “We were interested in improving overall business and sales, refining and targeting customers and discovering new business. The ways you can make a Web site work for you are amazing.” Wilson admires Buck’s creativity and talent for getting people to talk. “Abbe introduced herself and tossed out ideas. Everyone warmed to that and began contributing. Soon, the meeting was very lively, and we achieved good results.”

“PR is not just something companies should engage in when they’re in trouble,” Buck says. “Communication is an art and an ongoing process. Company leaders and staff have great ideas, but they often won’t do anything with them.”

HighViz has a ‘24-hour PR challenge’ for them: “Put your thoughts, plans and resources on paper in detail. In 24 hours, we’ll come up with a workable strategy.” Clients are captivated by Buck’s energy, warmth, humor and enthusiasm. “You’ve got to be fast to keep up with me,” she admits, describing herself with a chuckle as part Tasmanian Devil, like the cartoon character, and part whirling dervish. She drives a green Jaguar X-type and is fond of wearing black outfits from Land’s End or Nordstrom accented by colorful scarves, wraps and jewelry. Motivational speaker and customer service consultant David K. Aaker, president of Aaker & Associates http://www.davidkaaker.com/, is one of HighViz Consulting Group’s West Coast clients. He relies heavily on Buck’s firm to promote him widely in the eastern United States.

“What impresses me most about Abbe is that she’s very focused, driven, detail-oriented and thorough,” Aaker says, noting that she has five or six broad-based projects on her plate at once. “She listens, asking the right questions about what should be promoted and how to go about it, setting goals and demonstrating good follow-through. Sometimes, a strategy that wouldn’t work several months ago will work fine today. Flexibility is key, and she’s very open and receptive to change.”

Like so many others, Aaker responds to Buck’s outgoing personality. “She shares so much of herself with other people, and that makes people feel welcome, which makes communication a lot easier.” The Palm Springs, CA entrepreneur shares Buck’s passion for increasing talents and skills of Native American workers and business owners—many are his clients. “Yes, some are involved with the casino industry, but there’s so much more,” Aaker says. “On the reservation, many people work in hospitals, schools, offices, stores, service businesses and so on. It’s the same economic infrastructure you would see anywhere. We have barely scratched the surface of their potential.”

Through HighViz Consulting, companies and entrepreneurs will reach their potential.

HighVizPR on the web:

http://www.highvizpr.com
http://www.highvizconsulting.com
http://www.abbebuckpr.com
http://www.highvizpr.blogspot.com/
http://www.goodpublicitybadpublicity.blogspot.com/
http://www.abbebuck.com/

Carrie Smoot is a Northern Virginia freelance writer.

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CNN asked, "Is Anna Nicole Smith Still Dead?"

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Oh,Yes, they did.
And You-HOO Tube will reverbbbbbbb-erate it for eternity - let the pundinity - putridity - stupiditity outdo itself -- Stupefyin' Jones! sAY, I Miss Li'l Abner* Cartoons right ABOUT Now! - SEE: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f391d03c0b

*Li'l and the late AL CAPP wuz a political southern polecat, too, I reckon!
http://www.lil-abner.com/cappbio.html

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HighVizPR + Promotion = the new journalism. Politics = Show Biz! News is entertainment?: LA Times: That Story on Page One begins and Ends with much Cleavage

HighVizPR + Promotion = the new journalism. Politics = Show Biz! News is entertainment?: LA Times: That Story on Page One begins and Ends with much Cleavage