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John Edwards Flirty Body Language With Alternate Juror My Come Back To Haunt Him

Friday, May 25th, 2012

As a jury consultant I can assure you that Jurors look at everything- especially when their fellow juror or an alternate is flirting with the defendant. Apparently this  seems to be the case with a dark haired very attractive alternate juror whois flirting with the defendant.

Journalists and everyone else, including attorneys watching the trial can’t help but notice the flirting dynamic between Edwards and one of the female alternates. In fact, the flirting between the two  is so blatant that several reporters have observed it. The Washington Post reported

“One of the alternates, an attractive young woman, has been spotted smiling at Edwards and flipping her

hair in what seems to some to be a flirtatious manner.”

Apparently the juror has been doing it for days and s the one who instigated the exchanges by  smiling at him.  Edwards then smiles back at her as she giggles and he blushes.

Allegedly the flirtation has become so obvious that even Edwards’ attorneys have to work to suppress their laughter at the absurdity of it all.

My first question, is does the judge not see this and if the judge does not see it, why hasn’t someone brought this to the judge’s attention. Why is this woman not removed from the courtroom? In my view it could taint the jury’s vote.

Some of those  the jury who see the flirting may become even angrier at  Edwards,  who cheated on his cancer victim wife and fathered an illegitimate child. The juror may resent his  present behavior and see his disregard for courtroom decorum as  yet another example of his inappropriate behavior. If the juror is undecided, this may be the thing that pushes them over to the side of convicting Edwards.

The outcome of Edward’s trial is so serious that flirting and laughter should be the last thing on Edward’s  mind. The reality is that he may face the rest of his life in prison. But obviously he is too narcissistic and entitled to realize the consequences. He may actually believe that everything will be fine and he will go about his merry way when the trial is over. In his twisted perception, he may also perceive this flirting as a signal that the rest of the jurors like him and that they will not convict of any wrongdoing.

Edwards is accused of  the serious crime of using nearly $1 million in presidential campaign donations to cover an up affair with a campaign videographer, which resulted in illegitimate  child.

Since Edwards obviously doesn’t have the common sense to conduct himself in a professional manner in the courtroom, one would think that his attorneys would tell him to cut out the flirting or responding  to the alternate’s flirting,  instead of “suppressing their laughter” at the absurdity of the situation.

The bottom line is that this type of body language is not adding to a jury’s  positive perception of  Edwards. As a trial attorney, he should now better than to respond to the juror and to flirt. But as a self entitled narcissist with an out of control ego, he apparently can’t help himself.

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John Edwards Tries To Read Jury’s Body Language As Jury Goes into Fourth Day of Deliberation

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

John  Edwards is still  up to his manipulative ways as he tried   to make eye contact with each juror as they filed into the courtroom on their fourth day of deliberation before they headed home for the day.

There is an old courtroom adage that jurors who return the defendant’s gaze with a quick smile or a nod may be leaning toward acquittal, whereas those who turn away could be signaling guilt. This is not the case. In the first place all of the jurors know that all eyes are upon them and that this is one of the most high profile cases in the country. No juror would want to place themselves or the trial in jeopardy so I have no doubt that none of the jurors returned Edward’s gaze or aknowleged him.

His behavior once again demonstrates his arrogance. While he may have done this jury eye contact game  as a trial attorney, it won’t work when he is the defendant.

Most of these jurors are no doubt petrified to leave any stone unturned. May are tense and in knots at knowing that their decision can potentially put the defendant behind bars for life. Therefore it would be very difficult at this point in time to get an accurate  reading  body language, facial expression and  and demeanor.

As proof that this jury is taking their job extremely seriously,  they asked for office supplies and a stack of trial exhibits that included copies of handwritten notes from the 101-year-old heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, one of two wealthy political donors who provided the nearly $1 million used to help hide the Democrat’s pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008.

Only when the jury comes into the room after they have made their decision, can one get a glimpse of what will be in store for Edwards. If they appear relaxed, and they don’t look down as they enter the room, and look in Edward’s direction, their decision will most likely be in Edward’s favor.

If they look tense and don’t look in Edwards direction or have furrowed brows, fidget, bite their lips or have extraneous hand or foot movements, things will not be going in Edward’s favor.

There was also speculation that because  the jury foreman was wearing blue jeans that  a decision was still at least a day away. The thinking on this was that people dress up more when they think they might be photographed. This I not the case. The jurors are not on trial and don’t feel they have to impress anyone, so their attire is irrelevant. For many,   jeans have become acceptable standard attire. This may be the case for those who may have dressed in jeans as part of their daily attire such as the plumber, railroad engineer ad the two mechanics who sit on the jury. The fact The corporate vice president and a retired accountant who are on the jury  will no doubt provide some strong financial and business insight as they make their decision about Edward’s fate..

If Edwards is to be convicted the U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagle’s instruction to the jurors was that they must conclude beyond a reasonable doubt not only that the candidate knew about the secret payments made on his behalf, but he knew the cover up was illegal and that he went ahead anyway.

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John Edwards Parent’s Body Language Says It All

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Seeing John Edward’s parents accompanying him to the North Carolina courtroom was was heartbreaking as hearing about Elizabeth Edward’s reaction to John’s betrayal. His parents looked broken. His mother looked stunned as his father appeared  to hang his head in shame. While John tried to steady his father by placing his arm in back of his father, his father appeared unresponsive. His mother walked ahead of him  as he did not reach out to touch her as seen in the photo above.

As they left the courtroom as you can see in the photo above, his mother walked well ahead of her son as his father trailed behind. This photo speaks volumes to me in terms of his parent;s literally distancing themselves from their son. As the defense rested, they are fully  aware of the possible outcome and they are keeping a physical and emotional distance.

John was once the apple of his parent eyes. He was their hope and dream. They raised him with proper Southern values. They gave him the best education and provided him with a positive role model. No doubt they were so proud of his success as an accomplished attorney, his marriage to an bright “equally accomplished  wife, his giving them grandchildren, and his venturing into politics as a Senator, VP Candidate, Presidential Candidate and possible President of the United States.

But all of their hopes and dreams for their golden boy vanished when his ego and entitlement and poor judgement got in his way. He cheated on his  cancer stricken wife, lied to the nation,fathered an illegitimate child with a mistress,  and created so much stress in wife Elizabeth’s life that her health suffered as she succored to her cancer.  His actions not only devastated Elizabeth and his older daughter Cate, but as we see in the photos has devised his parents as well.

If convicted of  improper use of  campaign funds, he may be sentenced to prison for the rest of his life. No doubt his parents are well aware of what may happen to their son and it clearly shows  in their body language.

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John Edwards and Daughter’s Troubling and Strained Body Language During trial

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Like any loyal daughter, Cate Edwards, the eldest daughter f John Edwards was willing to stick by her dad  former Senator John Edwards and provide him all the support he needed during this emotion packed  trial which would  decide whether he spends the next three decades behind bars.

It could not have been easy for her to stand by her dad  and learn all the details of how he betrayed her beloved mother via an affair which produced another baby sister. If her father is convicted, she will  become the instant parents to her other two younger siblings, no doubt putting an additional strain on her new marriage.

When there was testimony concerning her mother and how she found out about the affair, it was very humane on the part of the witness who asked if Elizabeth wanted to leave the room. With tears dripping down her cheeks, Cate left the room as her father was heard calling her name “Cate, Cate” as she left the room. It was a great thing that she left the room so she would not have to hear how her mother curled up into a ball on the floor when she found out and how she opened her shirt and showed her father her deformed chest and said “You don’t see me anymore.” This gut wrenching testimony has no doubt left an indelible mark in the minds of every juror.

On that horrible day as John and Cate left the courtroom, he was seen  rubbing her back and heard saying” I wish they hadn’t brought up your mother.”  Cate did not respond and instead stoically entered the waiting car. The photo of the two of them as she heads towards the car speaks volumes about her disdain towards her father as she literally gives him the cold shoulder with a disgusted look.  John, on the other hand doesn’t even look at his daughter but looks ahead with  the look of  a “poor me victim’.

The photo at the top of this blog also speaks volumes. Cate’s cupped fist shows anger as does her pursed lips. She walks several steps in front of her father as if to distance herself from him.

Since the beginning of the trial there has been no connection between the two as you see here. The look of hurt and heartbreak on Cate’s face is devastating.

Cate usually walks ahead of her father, literally showing her back to him.


The emotional pain Cate has to face with regard to her beloved mother’s passing and now  father’s humiliating trial filled with talk about  his mistress and  their illegitimate child  must be unbearable. Thank goodness she is able to seek the  comfort  and support of her loving new husband, surgical resident Dr. Trevor Upton after she leaves the courtroom .

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Octomom’s Body Language Change Since Nude Shoot and Going on Welfare As Reality Sets In

Monday, April 9th, 2012

After vehemently swearing that she would never pose nude , even after Vivid offered her a million dollars to do so,  Octomom Nadya Suleman went back on her word and posed nude (albeit) semi nude  for a European publication for only 8 K. Worse than the awkward body language in the unretouched  photos,  Nadya Suleman went back on her word and began to rationalize she merely did it for her kids and she is destitute.

She has also been making the rounds of TV shows defending herself for going on welfare an stating that she will be on it for two months, which is ridiculous, unless she knows she will receive a financial windfall very soon.  She states that she is only on food stamps but she is most likely also on Medi-Cal as well  to help pay for her children’s medical bills.

She swore that she would never be on welfare and stated that she is ashamed to be on welfare and that she has received death threats fromt he public  for going on welfare.

This has obviously taken a huge toll on Nadya body language wise as the reality of her situation has finally set in three years later. When we first met Nadya in the media she looked rather glamorous with her flawless makeup.  She was fully groomed Her eyebrows were arched. She had full eye makeup complete with fake lashes every time we say her. her lips were filled with filler and she wore extensions and acryllic  impeccably manicured nails.

She looked very happy and seemed to b enjoying all of her newfound media attention. People compared her to an Angelina Jolie wanna be and she loved that comparison as we always saw a huge smile on her face whenever it was brought up.

But now her body language is telling a different story. She looks exhausted and puffy (and understandably so). Gone are the arched brows and collagen filled lips. Gone is the makeup and manicured nails.

The  reality that she can no longer focus on herslef and her looks when there are 14 mouths to feed. Looking very Groucho Marx like, her eyebrows are not shaped as she has appeared to have grown her thick brows out . Her cheeks seem to have a downward slope to them as do her eyes. The circles underneath  them  reflect how  her lack of sleep has finally caught up with her. And her nails are now cut to a practical length where  she no longer has to worry about breaking a nail as she cleans up after her brood and feeds them.

When she recetly appeared on the Today Show, she looked terribly sad. Unlike her  once confident and somewhat cocky posture as she always seemed to wear  low cut revealing cleavage showing tops, her shoulders were hunched over and she dressed more conservatively with a tank top and  tailored blouse over it .

As she spoke to Matt Lauer she looked intimated, sad, and embarrased as she sat with her hands folded on her lap  for self comfort and  appeared rounded shoulders.

In listening to her interview it appears that she has done a lot of self reflection and has also sought the advice of professionals who convinced her to put her pride aside when it came to going on welfare  and  to think of her children first. It is impressive that she finally listened to them.

Nadya has now realized the realities of her  isemination and  unlike Kate Gosselin she was not able to think on her feet or make good decisions at the time when she was offered some pretty lucrative assignments like a reality tv show. While she vehemently stated she wouldn’t do a reality show because she refused to parade her kids around on TV,  she ended up doing it anyway on Oprah and over the internet for little or not money. While she screamed she would never pose nude when Vivid offered her a million dollars, she ended up doing it anyway for the European publication and doing some porn like spoofs on TV for very little money.

In my view Nadya needs to get stop defending herself  and stop making the media rounds unless sh has something to promote.

She has 14 mouths to feed and needs to figure out a way to make all of ther lives easier. If she does porn or puts her kids on TV  in a reality show, who cares if people don’t like it . Kate Gosselin didn’t care and now her kids all have enough money for allt he rtoys they will ever want, clothes and food and even college funds. The reality show experience allowed her kids to take vacations and experience new things. In my view Nadya would be wise to take a lesson from what Kate Gosselin did to support her kids.

While she admits it was a mistake to  have the kids it really doesn’t matter. They are here now and she needs to do what is best for them and  to deal with the situation she created .  They do not need to suffer. Watching her body language was of great concern to me because  she looks very depressed and worn down. if she breaks down, there is no one to care for her kids.

The most powerful aspect of the Today show interview  when Matt asked her if she feared her kids would be taken away from her. While she said that it would never happen, her throat  muscles seemed to close off  as her tones were very creaky as she croaked out her words. This is very telling communication and body language wise as it reflected her true emotion of fear. While her words said one thing, her voice said that this is a reality  that she  greatly fears.

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Bobbi Kristina’s Body Language During Oprah Interview Says She’s Not Doing Well

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Yesterday  I appeared on Entertainment Tonight where I discussed Bobbi Kristina’s body language as she was interviewed by Oprah. To me the interview was very telling and somewhat disturbing. Even though Bobbi said he is doing “just fine” her body language told a different story in my view.

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The most telling thing is that Bobbi Kristina did the whole 10 minute interview standing up. No one does an intimate  interview standing up unless they are planning to hightail it out of there if the going gets rough or the interview is too much to handle.

Initially we see Bobbi with her hands on her hips  as you can see above, indicating a defensiveness and an anger as though she really does not want to be there. Even though her words said one thing, her body said another.  In my view she was not ready to open up and talk about her mother who tragically died less than two weeks ago. To me it was a very premature interview. Look at Bobbi’s hands on her hips. This indicates a defensiveness, a discomfort  and an inner anger at having to do the interview. There is a tight lipped smile as she shows her ambivalence.

It was also difficult for her to maintain eye contact with Oprah, which further  indicated her discomfort. When she told Oprah “I still have a voice.” it was a very revealing statement. The only time we have heard her voice was when she did a cover of  an Adele song and put it on youtube. We have not heard her perform publicly. He choice of the word “still” says a lot . It may reflect her enmeshing her identity with Whitney’s. Whiney is not longer alive and hence has no voice . But Kristina says of her self that she” still has a voice” indicating to herself at least on a subconscious level that  her mother will have a voice through her.

She then tells Oprah how she plans to acts and sing and dance. In essence Bobbi wants to carry on where Whitney left off. But can she?  Even if she has been groomed to do so by Whitney, the question remains as to whether she has the talent to do so in such a public an competitive arena. Even if she was groomed by her mother and even of she is taken under Clive Davis’ wing and given all the contacts to become a singer and an  actress, the reality is that she may not be able to pull it off for a variety of reasons.

Oprah knows this as well as she immediately replied “Don’t you think that;s a lot of pressure? ” Oprah is right. Bobbi is putting a lot of pressure on herself as she will never live up to what her mother did or take over and channel her mother as an actress and singer,  no matter how much she has been groomed.

It will take a lot of work and a lot of practice to get her chops in music and in acting, not to mention natural talent. She will have to do a lot of studying and will have to have a lot of focus.

Also there will be enormous pressure because the public will be highly critical. She is not Whitney nor does she have Whitney’s singing abilities or physical appearance. While Bobbi Kristina did a lovely job singing Adele’s song on youtube it was sweet and pretty but nothing remarkable. Her breath control needs a lot of work as does her phrasing. She is off key in many plaecs and as Paula Adbul used to say n American Idol she is “pitchy” , Her is the link for you to hear Bobbi and make a judgment of her singing for yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GImAjkWMXgI

For every Natalie Cole who followed in her famous father Nat King Cole’s footsteps and succeeded, there are the Lisa Marie Presley’s who  for whatever  reason could never follow in her father’s footsteps, even though I personally love the way she sings. The post humous duet she sings with her dad Elivis “In the Ghetto” is awesome.

Not to be mean,  but the public is highly critical when it comes to physical appearance and presence and at this point Bobbi Kristina in my view needs a lot of work in that area from braces to close the gap in her teeth to perhaps some cosmetic facial refinement to balance out her features. She needs work on her posture and movement an stage presence

Almost everyone ha done this to make their brand even more appealing from Leanne Rhimes to J Lo to Madonna  to Jennifer Hudson, to Fantasia Barino. So Bobbi Kristinia is no exception. Even Adele who  publicly says she is happy with her looks allegedly took off some pounds for the Grammy ceremonies.

To illustrate Bobbi Kristina’s discomfort and uneasiness during the interview we constantly see her fidgeting and moving around. She plays with her hair and constantly pushes it off of her face. She fiddles with her clothes and brushes herself off. There is constant movement which indicates anxiety. There is also a lot of scratching. Oftentimes when a person feels anxiety their autonomic nervous system takes over and blodd flow starts to increase causing an itching sensation.

It once again confirms to me that she was clearly not ready to do any interviews about her mother and how she is doing. In watching this interview once can see how she is doing. She is not doing well. How could she do well?

Her best friend and mother died so unexpectedly and under such tragic circumstances.  They were so close that she and her mother even napped together  as she indicated.

Her flesh and blood father has not been there for her in the moments she needed him the most. He was not there when she was taken to Cedars Sinai the second time. Instead he was out performing and feeding his own ego. And most of all he a not there to sit by her side and hold her during the memorial and funeral. Instead he chose to let his ego get in the way, leave and perform the evening he left.

So essentially she is an orphan now. She has no mother and no father to speak of.

Also she said she has been staying in Whitney’s house- alone. Personally I do not think that is very healthy,. I think she not only needs her family’s help, she need s professional help from a licensed therapist and grief counselor to help her through her hard and impossible days.

It is going to take a long time for Bobbi to cope with this. So far she has allegedly coped by getting high as it has been reported that she was high at the funeral. Is she still getting high to cope with the intense pain? Several have questioned her fidgeting and constant movement on the Oprah interview and wondered if it was related to any drug use.  I don;t know the answer to that but it certainly may be a possibility.

This young lady has a lot ahead of her and needs someone who is stable and has a level head  and who is drug free to guide her. I hope that she does set up with someone who can get her to a great therapist as she desperately needs one.

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Lindsay Lohan’s New Body Language and Image Desperately Needs Voice Work As Well

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Lindsay Lohan recently  looked  a lot more mature than the fresh faced girl next door look we have come to know as she appeared on all the NBC talk shows  like Today and Jimmy Fallon in order to promote her SNL gig to give her career a  well needed boost.

Looking more and more like her stage mom Dina, she looked  attractive with her  desperately needed newly veneered teeth. She also got rid of the lip trout that previously  looked out of proportion to her facial features.

Despite her new classical facial appearance and  curvaceous figure the one thing she still really needs to work on is her voice. As someone who did voice and speech and body language coaching with A list actors for various movie roles  over the years, I know what I am talking about here.

VOICE THERAPY NOW!

She sounded hoarse, gravely and harsh. I think that as she ventures into acting and gets her life and acting career back on track it would be in her best interest to also get some desperately needed vocal therapy.

Her voice sounds  so bad because of the vocal abuse from what often happens when one abuses drugs and  or alcohol . This is what people sound like who abuse themselves for a long period of time. Vocal muscles  and tissues get taxed and there can be damage to them. The wasy she sounds will clearly limit her roles because she has a harsh limited note range. As a performer you need a wide range.

COMEBACK AT 25

Personally, I was happy to hear that she is getting her act together and was impressed with her persistence, She contacted Lauren Michaels and literally begged him to host the show until he said yes. Hopefully this will work for her. Hopefully this is her comeback but only time will tell. She may rock it or people may have had enough of her antics and lose interest in her  and consider it too little too late.

She is making a  comeback at  age 25 and even laughed at how ridiculous it sounds on her interviews. But the reality is that  for a woman in Hollywood 25 is  considered old. She wasted the best years of her life from 18 to 22. That is when actresses are in their prime in Hollywood. If they are any good and the public accepts them, they  continue to work like a Jessica Lange and a Meryl Streep.

We don’t know how Lindsay will do as an actress as it remains to be seen. She has to get her chops back .  She hasn’t worked in a while. He behavior has affected her ability to be insured on a set  no  doubt. When she performed in the  recent past she was reported to be wasted so many times. She was  always late  and upset filming.

SECOND CHANCES

Early on, she had natural talent as a cute redheaded innocent tween and teen but how will she fare as a serious actress? Will her reputation cloud her performance? Will people say “why bother?”

Robert Downey Jr. was a complete mess and also did jail time  due to his drug and alcohol issues . But he turned himself around t be one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. Hopefully Lindsay will do the same, but it is harder for a woman, That is the reality like it or not.

Men in Hollywood don’t happen until they are 40 something. They age into their roles whereas a woman ages out of her roles unless she is a character actress.

I do wish Lindsay the best. I  love to see people get back on track like Britney Sears. I was so worried about her four years ago that I even wrote a blog reaching out to her as did so many others. Since then she has her life in gear and a wonderful man her in life. Her  terrific father stepped in and helped her tremendously in every way. Now she has a wonderful supportive man in her life and is engaged to him.

LINDSAY’S PARENTS MAY BE THE ROOT OF  HER PROBLEMS

Unfortunately this is not the case with Lindsay’s father or mother Dina Lohan. Lindsay has an enabling lying mother (yes I said lying as she lied on TV about her daughters problems) who spun her daughters bad behavior and was seen partying with her daughter during her daughters out of control times.  She is desperate for attention as she had  appeared over the airwaves to talk about her daughter to get some face time. She saw herself as becoming the next Oprah. According to reports

Her father  Michael Lohan in my view is a complete Toxic mess with his own issues too massive to go into. From his anger issues to his fights with women and betrayal of friends (Jon Goselin) to shooting off his mouth about his  daughter who clearly detests him and rightfully so.

I do hope that Lindsay gets constant therapy to deal with her mom and dad issues as well as badly needed voice therapy so she can have a good chance out there to really make it.If not it will be easy for her to regress.

PLAYING ELIZABETH TAYLOR

She is said to be up for the role playing Elizabeth Taylor. The two of them had a lot in common  of being child stars to hang alcohol an drug issues, so it is not that much of a stretch for Lindsay. But there will be a lot of critical eyes on Lindsay in that role. It is one of the hardest things in Hollywood to play another person’s life. It takes so much work.

Ask my former client Forest Whitaker who got the Academy Award for playing Idi Amin or

Andy Garcia who played Modigliani.

Michelle Williams got many awards for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe. But it could have easily gone the other way.  Those who have played Marilyn in the past often made her campy or exaggerated her. Michelle caught her nuances and portrayed her just right.

I think that the best portrayal of JFK of all time was Greg Kinnear . He all  hof JFK’s subtle mannerisms as he studied JFK religiously. Hopefully Lindsay will do the same with her Elizabeth Taylor role. If not, it can be a disaster for her career and self esteem. So there is a lot riding on this role and how she does with it.

At any rate I hope she gets her head and her heart and her voice together . After all,  what goes on in your head and your heart is often reflected in your voice.

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Toxic Parents on Toddlers and Tiaras Create Jaw, Speech and Voice Abnormalities Along With Selfish Narcissistic Behavior

Saturday, January 21st, 2012


Watching Toodlers and Tiaras is like watching a bad car accident as your jaw drops in disbelief of what you have just witnessed. Perhaps the most disturbing of all the characters ever seen on the show is a child named Mackinzie Myers. There is absolutely NOTHING cute or adorable about this child. In fact to me she is an ugly child both inside and outside (Yes I called a child ugly) created by ugly parenting.

Her shiny and sparking dresses and wigs  and masacared eyes and  shiny  glossed  lips can never mask her horrific demanding selfish, mouthy behavior as she shouts the rudest things to her mother. She  orders her around like a slave and in a demanding tone asking  ”Where’s my drink” There is no  mention of please or  a thank you. And worse of all the mother accepts this Toxic behavior.

Mackenzie  is even seen  on camera with her angry puss telling her mother  not to speak to her and go away as she waits her turn to go on stage to compete for a beauty title. She actually says to her mother  “I’m not doing what you tell me” “Go way.”

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And what does this mother do? She merely says OK. Mackenzie’s mother is clearly intimitdated by this monster child she created.

Not only does  this mother not give this child behavioral boundaries or time outs,  she induges the child’s every whim. One of those whims involves the child’s  pacifier which  the child  named “Ni Ni”

Apparently Ni Ni has taken on a persona of it’s own as  both the little girl and  her mother treat it as a live entitly. The  mother calmly says on camera how Mackenzie is addicted to Ni Ni. We then see a frantic MacKenzie running around her house anxiously calling  out for “Ni Ni” as her mother calmly finds Ni Ni on a shelf which is too high for MacKenzie to reach .

The mouthy rude  Mackenzie then stuffs her face with the Ni Ni  as she manages to further insult her mother,  make demands, and order her around. Even though the mother says nothing, she has an obvious  eye twitch which perhaps reflects her discomfort and nervousness at being around this monster-like child. Oftentimes when we don;t express our true feelings we may often develop muscle twitches which often occurs around the facial and eye muscles.

This Ni Ni and her mother’s not putting a stop to a four year old having a pacifier has created a jaw deformity in the child. The deformity as you can see in the photo below is  called an ” open bite”  which severely detracts  from her looks in my view. The mother and father of Mackenzie are spending thousands of dollars on her costumes, tans,  hair  wigs,  her pageant entry fees, and  transportation. But they are  not focusing on the most important thing right in front of  their eyes when it comes to beauty and having the winning advantage. They are ignoring their child’s “piranha fish- like smile ” that they created by constamtly allowing her  to have the pacifier in her mouth, which  has distorted her dental and jaw formation as you can see int he photo below.

If this sounds mean to you it is not meant to be. It  is meant to show you what can happen when you leave a pacifier in a childs mouth too long, especially during ciritical jaw growth and developmental phases. So if you are a parent or grandparent  be aware of this and when the child is no longer an infant, loose the pacifier.

The girl even has a speech impediment as a result  of the open bite, which does not sound cute. She cannot make ceratin sounds properly bcecuase of the gaping distorted  hole in her mouth. And no , she will not outgrow this speech impediment or lisp because it is now  due to a structural deformity. She needs  braces and dental work and speech therapy to rectify this problem her mother created by indulging her with a pacifier for way too long.

She is demanding and hateful as she screams at her mother  at the top of her lungs. In the above photo look at her neck muscles and how bunched up they are as she screams at the top of her lungs. All the screaming and yelling on a constant basis and aggressive anger  has made this child  consistently hoarse sounding.

This is awful as  it creates yet another problem for the child- vocal nodes or nodules . When a child or adult for that matter  is constantly abusing  and attacking their vocal cords,  they are destroying their voice. It makes her sound unappealing and aggressive and hostile. She will have serious problems down the road in speaking and also in singing.

As Mackensie ages,  I think things will only get worse unless she gets therapy. She is already formed as she is around 5 or 6 now. According to Gesell Child development studies,  one is already formed by the time they are 5 . If that is the case Mackenzie, and other over indulged pageant created monsters are  messed up forever.

Then there are the Pixie stick whichs pageant  parents  like Mackenzie’s  give their daughters to give them energy so they sparkle during the pageant and don’t nod off.  One girl reported on camera that she  ate 14 of them.  In reality the sugar makes them jumpy , prediabetic and  creates cavities. It also creates a weight gain when they get older.

Then we see a total absorption of the child with herself as she thinks she is all that. She signs autographs and takes photos with other children with a phony mask -like smile. She doesn’t realte to these other children because it is all about her.

Unless this child is home schoolsed where she is the only student in the room she will have a heck of a time getting around with other children. These little boys and girls will not  be impressed with her beauty queen status and her self  absorption . Because she has not leaned basic skills like caring about others and non selfishness and sharing, early on,  she will no doubt have a horrible time adjusting in a school setting.

She has been conditioned to only thinking of herself and not about others. She is conditioned to thinking about her looks in a competitive way. Heaven help another child who is better looking and more popular and gets more attention. Mackenzie won’t like it for sure and may act out in a bad way.  In fact another contestant reported on camera  that Mackenzie tried to bite her. Let her try that  at school and she will be in huge trouble with potential law suits by the bitten child’s parents.

And who do I blame- Mr.and Mrs. Myers  who both sit there like bumps on a log and constantly allow this ill behaved child to run over them. They are not doing her any favors by not disciplining her.

This child needed to spend most of her day in time out based on the behavior we witnessed on the show. Back in the day,  she would have received a swat on her behind for that mouthiness. And she would have not been allowed to compete in any pageants unless she showed some manners and respect.

It doesn’t take a PhD in psychology, a  psychic or a soothsayer to predict Mackenzie’s future. She is ruined  forever and it is too late to change her unless she has a lot of therapy to undo the damage done to her by her lax and  over indulgent parents.  Instead spending useless money to win additional crowns and paying expensive pageant entry fees dresses, makeup, wigs, gas, and plane fare, Mr. And Mrs. Myers need to invest in a good therapist for Mackenzie in my view.  They need to use the money they spend on gas  to get to the pageant , to  instead get to a homeless shelter so Mackenzie can learn the lesson of sharing by taking a good portion of her toys and stuffed animals and give them to homeless children or to children at her local children’s hospital.

Instead of The Myers depending on Mackenzie to win a few hundred dollars in pageant money, Mrs. Meyers needs to spend her time getting a job (and there are jobs where she could work from home in case she is home schooling Mackenzie).

Many of these  Toxic Parents live through their children.  The show is filled with unattractive,  ill dressed, and  morbidly obese parents who clealry live through their  cute pint sized “thin” (for now) daughters. These mothers  are not beauties and  usually have never been one,  so they feel a sense of accomplishment and esteem when their  baby daughters get a beauty prize.
But  what they  fail to realize is that EVERYONE who enters the pageant gets a crown or a title so  they  are motivated keep coming back next year. In essence,  many of these pageants are  often duping the parents into thinking they have the most special and beautiful child when they really don’t. The  pagent makes a lot of money  as they acknowledge  every participant and declare them a  winner . The crown validates the parent’s over indulgent behavior, the money they spent on dresses and gas.

It’s is all too sickening.  At this tender age of growth and development and personality formation,  these little girls need to be learning  that beauty is on  the inside not just on the outside. They need to learn that pretty is as pretty does. That is worth more than any pageant win.   If they don’t learn this lesson immediately,  heaven help what kind of women they will grow up to be.- narcissitsic, self indulgent, entitled and  selfish creatures .

The girl also  tells us on camera how cute and adorable she is. In one of her dance routines she puts her fingers into the sides of  her cheeks to make a cutesy pose as she dances. It is all too nauseating to look at. At the end of her dance routine, she is quite adept at blowing a kiss to each specific judge which is supposed to sway them into voting for her. It teaches her how to be manipulative by using her looks and cuteness. The only thing is that after you watch her in action, her cuteness suddenly diminishes.




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Gingrich Straightforward Body Language Calling CNN “Despicable”and Lack His of Deception When In Denying Allegations

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Gingrich won over a lot more voters in South Carolina  by telling it like it is and speaking the truth against CNN and not candy coating it. He called them “despicable”  as he pointed his finger and spoke his mind. In this day and age people respect straightforward talk and saying it like it is. So that is why Newt was so well received.

After his ex wife  Marianne went on camera a day earlier  to say how he cheated on her and wanted an open marriage, CNN’s first question to him was about her allegations. Gingrich chastised  CNN Chief National Correspondent John King for asking that  as a first question in a Presidential debate . Hegot even angrier when King tried to pawn off the reporting of the story on another network.

His  response elicited loud applause from the audience as they showed their disapproval of CNN’s questioning.If you would ask most ex spouses or ex boyfriends and girlfriends about a sour relationship very few would have good things to say. So one cannot take as gospel what either side says. It takes two to have a relationship and obviously something went terribly wrong in their communication and in their relationship.

Gingrich denied the allegations and reported that his daughters contacted ABC to pull the story. But the low point was when King tried to cover his back andf protect his network by saying that they werent the ones to first report the story.

The fact that they are perpetuating the story by asking the question says it all . The public is not dumb and not buying the “blame game” so they look clean.Newt in essence busted them and called them out and people loved it!

Relationships fail as people change and  communication disintegrates. The heartbreak can be unbearable- worse than any possible physical pain. No one Knows what happened in Newt’s and Marianne’s relationship except them. They obviously have different perspectives . With time their perceptions and perspectives  often take on a whole new meaning, especially if one of the parties has done better than the other, healthwise, careerwise,finacialLy or socially.

On the other hand we as voters  do have a right to know all sides (the good and the bad)  of our candidates and give the ma chance to adresss allegations to see if they are tellingt he truth or not.

In my view, Gingrich did not show any signals of deception when he denied the allegations made by his ex wife, He looked confident and straightforward as he confidently  denied what was said about him. There was no leakage of deceptive tells and he spoke in a voice indicative of someone telling the truth. He did not deny that he had an affair when he initially listened to the question as she shook his head yes in agreement as John King made a statement about this before asking  his question. Gingrich’s body language confirmed that he did indeed have an affair and was not denying it. But he was denying the allegations about an open marriage.

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Dolphin Communication to Help Military Keep Strait of Hormuz Open

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Iran is threatening to close the Straight of Hormuz and if so the military will send in their best allies- dolphins who have been trained to detect mines with their unique communication skills.

Dolphins  have sonar  that is so advanced that  they can discern specific coins from hundreds of  feet away . The  US Navy have many  bottlenose dolphins in the who are taught to hunt for mines and drop acoustic transponders nearby.In the above photo you can see dolphins with a  tracking device attached to its fin

The the dolphins only detect the mines, they don’t destroy them and they are unharmed according to the military.

These  US dolphins are being  trained and used for peace purposes unlike the Iranian dolphins which were purchased 12 years ago from the Soviets who’s navy initially trained them  kill and attack warships and frogmen. All of these killing dolphins who were  trained to attack enemy frogmen with harpoons attached to their backs, or to drag them to the surface to be taken into captivity were sold to Iran, because the trainer could no longer feed them after they were sent to an aquatic attraction in Sevastopol.

Many of these killer dolphins are capable of undertaking  kamikaze strikes against enemy carrying mines that would explode a ship on contact with its hull. In fact the

dolphins were allegedly trained to  distinguish foreign and Soviet submarines  use just by the sound of their propeller. Dolphins were allegedly trained to  distinguish foreign and Soviet submarines  use just by the sound of their propeller.

According to research by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, numerous ex-Soviet military dolphins have been sold to aquariums around the world. The aquarium in Sevastopal was one of them, who in turn sold them to the Iranians for nefarious purposes.

Then seven hers later  in 2007, 152 dolphins were washed up on Iran’s southern coast  when Iranian fisherman were  said to have beaten the animals who got entangled in their fishing nets. While the Iranians accused the US of being behind this , there is no documentation or proof of this. Some even say that these massive dolphin deaths were due to electromagnetic waves from various military vessels in the gulf, including Iranian vessels.

It is unconscionable that any animal is treated inhumanely or used for evil purposes. By nature dolphins are not violent creatures so to use them in this capacity  towards violent acts is a  major sin against nature.  Unlike the Iranians, the US has only utilized the help of these amazing  dolphins for good  and not evil.

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