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That is cool! LOL!! Now if only I could get another caliber of woman to pay attention like that at my gigs,instead of the usual:
Professionally(some say) since age 15. I could always use more cowbell!
Limited time offer!:
Sounds like we led the same lives in a parallel universe! LOL!!
Damn! I'm stuck with old inventory LOL!!
Save it for Franks cactus!!
Did someone say wood?? Gotta go back to work.Later guys!Enjoy!!
Funny, I have yet to receive a response.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=11053032
Are you a member of Posse Conepatus??
Frank is POO!!!
Man alive! Ain't that the truth! ;-0
lemme see....was it?
Dern! I wuz lookin' fer those paperz every'hwere! Gyuck! Gyuck!
Hi Jack, I agree, blaming employees for this mess is just lazy thinking. IMO, you can count the profiteers from this debacle on one hand,(maybe two). Here's two of 'em:
After careful review and analysis of your, "blame the GLBT community", theory. I have reached a final effusion:
Fan to produce a release eh? I think I have a sneak preview:
That's right Frank! I want all my bananas back, NOW!!
C'mon you two! Snap out of it!!
WARNING:This made me weep with sorrow,brings a lot of things into perspective. WTF is this administration doing?
Honor and Pride
Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together.
After we'd boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who'd been invited to sit in First Class (and was seated across from me), and inquired if he was heading home.
"No," he responded.
"Heading out?" I asked.
"No. I'm escorting a soldier home."
"Going to pick him up?"
"No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq. I'm taking him home to his family."
The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn't know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier's family and felt as if he did know them after so many conversations in so few days. I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, "Thank you. Thank you for doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do."
Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and made the following announcement over the intercom.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the honor of having Sergeant Steeley of the United States Marine Corps join us on this flight. He is escorting a fallen comrade back home to his family. I ask that you please remain in your seats when we open the forward door [so as to] allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane and receive his fellow soldier. We will then turn off the seat belt sign."
Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant saluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action made me realize that I am proud to be an American. So here's a public thank-you to our military for doing what you do so we can live the way we do.
Stuart Margel, Washington, D.C.
These are separate, but related pictures..............................
Here are two pictures that were awarded first and second place at the picture of the year international this year. Very very touching photos.
First Place
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
When 2nd Lt. James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine's casket last year at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process: "See the people in the windows? They'll sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through their minds, knowing that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said. "They're going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should.
Second Place
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's what he would have wanted."
I'm detecting a dietary deficiency with you, I suggest you supplement with this:
There's that zany logic again! Whew something stinks in here!!
and the folks who wanted to see Windows succeed just kept buying the upgrades, supported the effort and gees look at MS Windows today.... WRONG! On so many levels! Such ignorance!
It's hard to comprehend. You need to think at a deeper level.
Polls ain't the only thing shrinking,tee hee hee...
Thank you,OTHERFrank, we,(who possess critical thinking skills), are glad you did too!!
Got my cert today!! WTF???
Nonsense!!
I have been authorized to inform you:
A must read for all:
Posted by: The OTHER Frank
In reply to: None
Date:5/9/2006 12:32:03 PM
Post #of 251954
Now that I no longer work for Q I can finally post my thoughts. The OTHER Frank reference with my screen name is that I am Frank Hagan. That's HAGAN - not HAGEN). As I did on my first day on Chrisanne's show, I again want thank our viewers and investors for having faith in Q. I am not in the position (or have direct knowledge of) anything about the current stock situation. What I can dispell a few popular IHub myths. Lloyd Fan is NOT Frank Olsen -- not even close. Lloyd is a man with a huge heart that tried to do all he could to keep Q alive - and you need to know that. Frank Owe and his cronies deserve everything bad, foul, legal (add the adjective or noun of your preference) that you can say about him. If you want to know where the money is, someone said it in here long ago -- "follow the fat man..."
I tried to put a new schedule together (without the cash to buy new shows) but faced existing expiring program licenses and other problems with poorly contracted deals. I looked at what was available and wondered "who the hell was in charge of buying stuff here?" I was amazed at how little there was in "the vault" to work with. To keep costs down -- till we had money to play with -- I ran public domain stuff to fill in the ever expiring blank holes of programming. BUT -- for the first time since they were on the air -- the Q schedule was finally put in "near to" or totally in compliance. Why run all the PSA's? Every station promo in the vault had Scott Withers in it. I swear there was more tape on him than Clinton, Bush and the Pope combined. He must have inserted himself in every imaginable piece of footage. With him gone from Q -- we removed him from 90% of the schedule. Q's Live talk existed on a string budget (again, thanks to Frank Owe) and those who were working there were as creative as they could be and let me tell you -- THEY WORKED THEIR ASSES OFF to keep Q going. Reichen was becoming more of an issue show and he was great at it! No more faked E MAILS or employee calls painted to be real.
PS: he wasn't "cancelled" - he, like all the others there, was "let go." Robbie Laughlin is one of the funniest people I have ever worked with and Chrisanne? LOOK OUT COMEDY CENTRAL - she could give John Stewart a run for his money. Scott and the NEWS TEAM were the most professional I've ever seen -- and Steve Kmetco? If the rest of broadcasting was as professional as he was -- TV would be an easier world to work in. To see them and their producers, cameramen, directors and tech staff cut afer working so hard was a painful moment for me - BUT (unlike Frank Owe) NO ONE LIED TO THEM WHEN IT HAPPENED. They were kept fully informed.
Lloyd and Carol were doing everything possible to keep Q alive, (and still are) but thanks to previous management NOT KEEPING RECORDS or conviently "losing" them, it was impossible to bring in ANY investors. Carol Hinnent is one of the best people in Cable TV I've ever met and she also had her heart and soul in the right place. SHE CARED! I see bashers in here going after them (shame on you). You're going afther the wrong Q Management. I also see HansenC posting internal documents to feel self important. Screw you dude - you said you worked with all these people -- so you could have removed their names before you posted that information -- if not out of respect -- at least out of your so called "friendship...") I am amazed at your heartlessness towards them. I have no idea who you are BUT I KNOW YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE. To the supporters we still have in here -- I thank you! To those who bash? It's your right to do so -- but you need to be fully informed - not supposition disguised as information.
For the Q programming record? Jack E Jett was offered a Sat night 90 minute show, but we all couldn't come to terms (and, at this point, it's just as well and I wish him well.) Nick Oram's show was hugely over budget and out of control (but slickly cut) and Honey (we love Honey) was coming back with a new talk show before the second bottom started falling out.
Q may have a breath or two left in it -- and if it does come back - I would go back to work there in a heartbeat. I also don't blame the GLBT community for not supporting the station. I was in markets where they DO and I saw the potential of Q growing. There are GLBT viewers that appreciate what Q brought them -- and there are more out there and they would become viewers if we could bring Q to them. That possibility may have (and I repeat) MAY have ended.
I can also personally speak about one "thing" -- Frank Olsen. Never met him. I doubt if I would want to. What this man did to the potential of Gay Broadcasting is a shame. What he did with Q and investors money is probably criminal (but I am not with the SEC or a lawyer so my opinions on that are worthless). That is up to you to do something.
To all of you in here, thanks for some funny posts, thanks for the support, thanks for the "short seller" bashing -- but please keep in mind, not every "former" employee is disgruntled... The ones that are -- and are in here posting BS -- have the right to do whatever they want (as do I). The difference with me? I'm not twisting truth or lying to add any fuel to the fire. I'm just someone that was very proud of my time at Q and I hope I get the chance to do it again.
OH! -- Sorry - but I will not respond to any private E MAILS on this post.
Frank Hagan
(former)
Programming Director and General Manager
QTN
Choke on your spam!!!
Snap out of it bud!!!
Definitely worth a shot brah! LOL!!
DON'T BOGART THAT CERT!!!
SAYS WHAT???
Yeah, I caught that part........
I prefer the,"enhanced", version myself!
Take your spam elsewhere, and don't forget to follow directions!
Oh yeah,sellers are fugged!!
Par for the course!
Your knowledge of product development, marketing/PR, and sociology is hysterically laughable!!! Why doesn't you or anyone sh@t golden eggs into their IRA?? "It's pure bs that it isn't available in key GLBT areas. Boston had 400k at the Pride Event. RCN is in Boston and surrounding communities. Chicago/NY/SF...name it, QTN was there. From these areas why not get 100k subscribers? Why not subscribe and allow the network to grow...? It doesn't have to be perfect. Most startups aren't"
Yeah, it can be bad to miss the details. Good things can get ruined! LOL!!
Yes! Please, oh please, do!! ROFLMAO!!!!