Forget Rome and the Coliseum, to hell with gladiators’ swords at the ready, all you had to do was be sitting in Judge Hank M. Goldberg’s Department 82 for a battle of two legal titans. We have Neal Hersh of Hersh, Mannis and Bogen representing Melissa Etheridge and her millions against Stephen Knowles of Knowles and Collum and Melissa’s ex-love Tammy Lynn Michaels. Both of these legal beagles have offices steps away from one another in Beverly Hills.

Well the comments and oratory got so heated that Neal Hersh references some of Stephen Knowles work as “slobbing and sloppy,” Knowles looks at him as if to say “you said what?” and one point warns Mr. Hersh, “Mr. Hersh does not want to get into that” in Neal’s attempts to get this back to Judge Pellman’s court. The voices were loud and I had never seen either of these two lawyers in such a jaw lock. Hersh at one point looks at Mr. Knowles and in a stern tone asks, “are you done?” and Knowles looks back adjusting his glasses and states just as sternly, “ Yes, I am done.“ Much of this stems from the fact that Stephen Knowles bagged Etheridge in New York while she was at her hotel waiting for her former love of her life, Mrs. Tammy Etheridge to bring the kids to visit. Well Tammy Etheridge aka Tammy Lynn Michaels called in sick to Mr. Etheridge or Mrs….you get it. And then someone delivered room service LMAO but it was not a snack but DIVORCE notice! Well that was all it took for these two lawyers to realize there will be no playing nice. It was a great set up and Melissa got served!

Mr. Hersh wants this case in Judge Pellman’s courtroom and Stephen Knowles position is too bad, I bagged your client first and you have not even served my client with anything! Well Judge Goldberg would step off the bench and appear to be confused as to what to do. He would come back and if he could have would have “placed his hands under his butt and rocked”…his “honor” did not really know what to do or was so baffled that he was going to send it to the “PJ” for review…or something around those lines. Too bad it was not in front of Judge Gordon or Lewis, control would have been taken and a decision made right then and there.

Reflecting on Rome and Caesar, here is another thought. Neal Hersh and Stephen Knowles are gladiators, sandals and little short togas to match. Judge Goldberg is Caesar, not one of the strong Caesars, but Caesar. The two gladiators are battling and in the end, they don’t get thumbs up or thumbs down, Caesar finds he lacks any thumbs!

Knowles went on to say that Tammy is broke and often her credit cards don’t work, Neal was quick to remind all that Melissa pays all the bills, rent , lights and water, everything and gives Tammy two grand a month plus pays for the car lease too. Knowles shoots back that she makes “60 to 70? thousand a day and that her kids are “destitute” and that Tammy’s credit card is often declined. For many in the court that did not seem to be “destitute” and after nine years together playing house. So now my question is do you still really want to have all the rights of “straight” people? Along with the right to marriage, welcome to the world of DIVORCE and family law…write a song about that! The Neal Hershes and Stephen Knowles of the world will be happy to sing backup.

NOTE: We love the gems John J. Nazarian picks up in the court house and then shares them on Desperate Exes.com with the rest of us that t are not in Beverly Hills and Hollywood.

http://desperateexes.com/2010/07/16/no-love-songs-in-melissa-etheridge-court-battle/.

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Summing up this Eurohell journey I am not even going to discuss Paris as I am feeling that I am beating myself with a baguette and that I have stepped in some bad smelling brie. Here is my theory on all these people who do go to Europe and come back with all the “wonderfuls“ and “Fabulous“ and “Breathtakings“: All BULLSHIT!! I know the difference between BULLSHIT and roses…

First, you are not getting any refunds on this miserable experience, and there is no way anyone can go to these places and not realize you have paid a small fortune for this European Adventure. Second, unless you are on serious meds you will also realize that the cost of almost everything is just nothing short of terrible. I am a working class guy and so are the roots of my entire family, no one has given me anything and all that we have I have busted my back to get. And then to see what we had to deal with! The only explanation I have is that people who experience this attack on their wallets are going to try and make it better. So in defense of this bad decision, we all get the “wonderful, fabulous and breathtakings.” For me it is no problem, I have a few friends who live in Switzerland and they tell me that every day waking up in Europe you realize fast that it is very costly to do so. So enough on that subject, bottom line, Europe for the most part is a huge rip off.

Now in closing, I have traveled the world as a child with my father, this was a very long time ago. So long ago that I can remember when one of his ships came into some of these foreign ports it was a news story. No not because I was on board, it was just the times…it was a time when the American dollar ruled and Americans were like royalty. Those days have changed, now we as Americans are more like targets, the dollar will always outlast the Euros, Francs and all the rest. For me it was a real wake up call to stop complaining and understand that I/we are so lucky to have been born in the United States of America. And to have an even clearer view of what a wonderful place this is, even with the issues that some of our cities have to face, it is still the best place to call home.

As for beauty and majesty there is nothing like the Redwoods of Northern California, show me anything more incredible than the Grand Tetons or Grand Canyon or Cape Cod and Marblehead on the East Coast, it does not exist. When you have seen everything that this country can offer, then I say, if you got dollars to toss into the sewer then go to Europe. Remember this, a well done National Geographic DVD will be just as much fun and when you watch it, go get some real bad food and sit down and watch it, it will almost be like you are there.

NOTE FROM ROSE: I have enjoyed John’s European adventures via Desperate Exes.com and I never left home. Thanks John, all it cost me was a couple of good sodas, time and a LOT of laughter.

http://desperateexes.com/2010/07/13/its-good-to-be-back-in-the-usa/.

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The flight from Copenhagen to Rome was great, the airport was easy and the people polite. SAS airlines was wonderful, we flew “coach plus”…it was comfortable and the crew accommodating. The “plus” gave us a breakfast of cheese, liverwurst, bread, yogurt, orange juice and a hard boiled egg half. Yum! Not good for your blood sugar. I am still shocked at the HIGH CARB diet, all the breads and pasta and rolls and pastry and the only thing I can figure is this…little or no fast food. Most of what I see are thin to medium normal looking people…just like the US once was. …My research has put the blame on the fast food industry. What else can it be….

…We land at the airport and the taxi ride is our first Italian experience and it’s just as you see on tv, lunacy in a Fiat! We are moving fast and I see we are inches from a bumper when Mr. Taxi flashes his lights and the bumper moves over. Unlike in the U.S. you flash and the SOB gives you the finger or just continues to cruise and hold up traffic. The Italian taxis are hugely famous for ripping off tourists, this from Italian law enforcement and Giuseppe at the front desk. I was told horror stories ….I got banged for 60 euros, not bad after hearing the horror stories.

The Hotel we are at is very nice, Pinewood Hotel Rome is located on Via Della Pineta Sacchetti 43 Rome, Italy. Our room was cool and tomb-like but a better shower could not be found at the baths. And the TV had no English except for the BBC and CNN, all the other channels were all in Italian. The two bright spots for me and the boys were Giuseppe and Mauro, these two guys made our stay comfortable and entertaining. Giuseppe was the first voice of intelligence I heard when he told me to watch the taxi driver and if I had any problems to call him and he would come out. Giuseppe is as Italian as you are going to get and if you are having a problem he is going to make it all go away. Mauro is a bit softer spoken than Giuseppe and as engaging and always ready for a good laugh. Both of the young men are credits to the Pinewood Hotel and are going to be my only real bright spots in Rome. Neither of these two people tried to take advantage of us in anyway and at all times tried to look out for our best interests. Before I forget there was also Roberto, who I hired to be my personal driver while in Rome, great kid…he made visiting the old crumbling stone buildings easy, comfortable and fun.

I am a little disappointed that the Pope did not have time for an audience this morning as I would have asked him a favor. …Rome is an obviously very interesting city and the Vatican! And the Coliseum! Circus Maximus which would be a great title for my European experience. …It is reported that no other entity in the entire world has more gold than the vaults of the Vatican. The millions who flock here leave as much at the door and that is dribs and drabs when compared to the real wealth…I should have bought a church out of high school.

To read the R rated version of John and Chris Nazarian takes Rome be sure to visit Desperate Exes.com. John is the only writer I know that can make a bad experience into an article guarantee to double you over with laughter.

http://desperateexes.com/2010/07/12/american-gladiators-invade-rome/.

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Flying commercially in today’s world has to be one of the most frustrating experiences that any traveler can encounter. Upon my arrival at LAX I was wondering had I done everything right so as not to have to throw my stuff away in the trash. I remember the early days of not being allowed to board with more than your teeth, and all the rest was thrown in the trash. The TSA in Los Angeles seemed better trained, more professional than in times past, they were on top of what they were to do and polite. Sure you still have to take the shoes off, all due to one idiot who tried to set his sneakers on fire.

I flew first class on Swiss Air, it is owned and controlled by Lufthansa the check in was easy and the first class club accommodations were very nice, good food and drink and lots of snacks. They come in and tell you that your flight is boarding and that too is nice. First Class had only six seats and they are big and the seats go flat, but — ahh John and the buts — the whole First Class section was not attractive. It was very plain and looked industrial. Certainly not what we see in commercials and certainly not what we see from Cathay Pacific or Emirates. These electrically controlled seats are like slipping into an abyss as it goes into flat mode. I slept great thanks to my two doses of ambien. The service was great and the food pretty good too, but very plain. Upon my arrival in Zurich I got to deal with an immigration agent that had to have taken his persona from a disgruntled SS guard in the old ‘Stalag 17’ movie. I just smiled and got through, after all I am in Europe!

Meanwhile, my son and his two friends flew coach from LAX to Toronto on Air Canada for United. And then were supposed to switch planes to Swiss Air non-stop to Zurich. Well the flight from LAX was late, and then when they got to Toronto they were put into a landing pattern for about 30 minutes. And when they landed their connecting flight had left. So what do these jerks at Air Canada working with United Airlines do? They offer them a gym mat with several others to lie on the floor and wait overnight, I swear this is the truth. Air Canada and United Airlines felt that due to the two friends not being adults it was their responsibility to give them mats and to stay in a windowless room under the control of who?????? No food, and no offer of a hotel till they could get them on another flight…truth here folks! My son is an adult and is with two of his friends who are 16 and 17 and this is what they were offered. Finally he told them to call the cops but he was leaving with his two friends. Chris and his friends stayed at a Best Western on their own dollar. AIR CANADA and their partners SUCK!!!

Finally after god-only-knows how many hours of delays and missed connections and crap for compensation, when Chris asked for an upgrade the snappy response was “why do you think you are entitled to that?” OMG I so wish I had been with them. All of you would have watched them take me away in handcuffs yelling out my very special vocabulary of thanks. Then without a question in my mind due to Chris and his friend Anthony’s complaints for how they had been treated, their other friend Mike’s bag was lost for two days. They would eventually get out of Canada and arrive in Zurich…and then the train adventure. After this if these kids ever travel with me again I will be surprised.

For all of John’s fans we are happy to report that John now has both feet on the ground in California. When we got emails from John about his adventures we kept saying TAKE PICTURES. We are happy to share with all of you he does have pictures and articles coming up about his two weeks in Europe. Wonder if John will take another case that caries him to Europe again??

http://desperateexes.com/2010/07/06/air-canacrap/.

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I wandered over to Desperate Exes.com today to see if John J. Nazarian had part 3 up on his critique of the trip to Europe, he usually gives us a head’s up if one is coming out but with the trip and all I figured I would just check it out.

Yeppers there is part 3 up and we will bring you all a lead in to that tomorrow.

HOWEVER, what caught my attention right off was that John’s long time friend, Julie, has put up a picture and all it said was “Happy Birthday John and Christian” dated July 9th.

Shes does GREAT graphics for John’s site Desperate Exes.com so we “borrow/swipe” them occasionally to go with a lead in story here on Rose Speaks.com and to date she has never been miffed about that.

Speaking of Julie being miffed, today as a Birthday wish, I am going to share some of the journey of John J. Nazarian and Rose Speaks.com.

I became aware of John J. Nazarian on March 31, 2007 when Rivera Geraldo’s brother, Craig, waylaid him outside a restaurant to try to get a statement about one of his clients. My thought was this is a tough guy you would not want to meet as an enemy in a dark alley. Later that fall of 2007 John did a couple of posts on the old Rose Speaks.com site and of course Rita Cosby put his email out there for the world in her book on Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead, but this is NOT about any of that.

I found that John was going to cover the Anthony Pellicano trial, how great I thought a PI covering a defrocked Hollywood Royal PI’s in federal a wire tapping trial. So I approached John via email and that led to me “dealing” with Julie. I found she can tough when it comes to John. I had to do a major presentation, show the numbers Rose Speaks.com got per month, promise how the lead in to John’s article would be done etc. I really was scared of this very tough woman. However if you treat her John right, you are in like glue with her. She became delightful to work with. During the trial one of our guest writers, Sprocket, wrote on her blog about seeing John during the Pellicano trial and mentioned that John was a celebrity in his own right in Hollywood. WOW new information on this guy.

John did cover the Pellicano trial and from there a somewhat email relationship began between John and me. John did several articles and always graciously allowed Rose Speaks.com to ride on his fame and do a lead in and the numbers just went up and the readers it brought in was a whole different crowd then the Anna Nicole Smith articles and papers brought in. These people read and did not post but as I told John and Julie at the end of the day it is about page reads that a blog lives or dies from, not the number of posts.

Then came Hurricane Ike and during that time the loss of our beloved black lab, CJ, and I was distraught beyond words, sobbing with Ken and I huddled like any pet owners that lost their “child”. I sent a simple mass email out that told of our loss and asked that no one call us for the next couple of days to allow us to grieve privately (and because I did not want anyone to know how hard the loss had been for us). About thirty minutes later the phone rang and I was annoyed but picked it up, life and articles for the blog goes on I thought. NOT so, John said simply; “Rose we are going to sit here together and cry together over CJ and share the memories we both have of pets that we loved and lost”; and that is what we did for an hour. John won my heart that day; a $400 an hour PI to the rich and famous gave me an hour and showed me a human none PI side of a fellow pet lover/owner.

That was in August or September 2008, my birthday came in October and John sent me an email and said; “I am not trying to interfere or step on your toes, and I know CJ can never be replaced, but if you want another lab, save one from a shelter or puppy mill and I will pay for it, not as a payment for the writings you helped with lead in articles but as friends with the one condition that no one ever knows about this.” I think John said that because he does not like for his kind side to be exploited or he can’t lose that tough and rough PI image. He ended with, “Hell get two if you want them, keep me posted and take your time”. We found Duke and Thor at a puppy mill, heartbreaking and told John; Duke and Thor promptly came home with us. John asked about them, we sent pictures and kept our word and the world never knew of this side of John, it would not mess up his tough guy Hollywood image or allow anyone to know about this loving gift from a fellow “pet” parent.

Then came the deposition and some stupid did not know shit forum poster on that “T” site had spun a story that the Stern family paid us off with these two darling babies. I called John and told him this might come up in the deposition and what I had read from witness statements. John said; “Well F— (I think you know the words he would have used), tell them the truth Rose at the deposition”. So I told them the truth even before the deposition date and told them that the witness statement they had was not going to stand up under scrutiny with emails from this forum poster or even from phone calls between this “poster” and me. In other words their witness had no credibility and it would be easy to prove.

So today on John and Chris’ birthday we offer them our heartfelt congratulations, Chris is a great son and I have been lucky enough to talk to both of John’s sons at times. Chris had to walk his dad through what a Jpeg was from a digital camera and Chris is the one that emailed us the pictures of John by his limousine covering the Pellicano Trial we asked for. I could tell from the tone I heard between Chris and his dad, John, the love that abounded in their home and the ability to kid his dad, and John loving every second of it.

John is rough and tough and a mighty adversary when it comes to his representation of his clent, but if you are lucky enough to get a look beyond that, he has a gentle giant side when his heart is touched.

Happy Birthday John and Chris, from our home to your home and thank you so much for what you have given to both Rose Speaks.com and to us personally.

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Well we decide to take a train from Zurich to Copenhagen, ahhhh romantic right? Rrrrright….the staff at the main station were total jerks, I have other words but I want this to get read. My boys had to use the restroom, the Broon Hilda wanted 1/2 a franc if they were going to do #1 and 2 francs for #2…yes you have read this right. …I was feeling badly, it was hot and it was crowded and we were soooo looking forward to this “Rail” experience. I decide to use “Mr. Clean”, this is a service that you can take a shower and change clothes, $12 or there abouts, I did notice that she had me bypass the counter and I am sure Broon pocketed my 12 bucks.

Well the train shows up on the big board and we find this line of cars, these cars looked like they had just been pulled out of some cow crap full barn. I was shocked and it cost us over $1200 for the four of us to have a “sleeper car”…NO SHOWER. For the four of us they wanted an additional $176 per person…. …UPSIDE, there were 4 clean sheets …and four pillows that had clean coverings…Folks, it was the worst. And the thought of looking out the window as we pass the rolling hills and pastures was nice except… …As we rumbled across Germany I thought of that wonderful song, “I Wish It Would Rain “ to wash this off my windows…ahhh traveling the rails in Europe! Crap!!!! No water, no food, no nothing.

I get up and ask this mental midget aka attendant where the bathroom is, he tells me “no bathroom.” …Now we are both looking at each other in less than friendly ways. For me I no longer care, I have been ripped off by the German Railway Company and I ain’t happy.

Eventually we found a “water closet,” …I have lost some weight and that was good as I would have had to have been pried out of this tiny space…

We make a brief stop in Hamburg and there is a strange noise at times and I notice… …staring under my window at the chassis of the coach, the look on their face was like they had found a clean spot. The two wizards …looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and we were off on the final leg to Denmark.

Well we make it to Denmark and there is a difference, however small, and we find a great hotel, Gentofte Hotel, Gentofte, Denmark + 45 3968 0911 this place was a lucky find from my friend Dora, she is a travel agent out of Chicago who saves my ass when plans go wrong. This was one of the nicest little hotels I have ever stayed in and they were fair in what you got for the money spent. If ever in Copenhagen stay here, it’s about 9 kilometers outside the city and worth it.

To read the rest of this article that again had me doubled up with laugher be sure and visit Desperate Exes.com. We understand part 3 will soon be out, thanks John for allowing us to see Europe via your eyes and more importantly YOUR MONEY!!! Don’t’ forget the pictures they will be a “great” memories of your trip.

http://desperateexes.com/2010/07/05/how-i-hate-europe-part-ii/.

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How much do I hate Europe? Let me count the ways, this entire continent is here for one reason and one reason only: to separate you from your money.

The first thing is the “exchange” rate, that will kill you at every turn and those exchanging your dollars into the currency of the day know it and you know you are getting bagged, but what do you do? I can remember when these countries would line up for dollars. …NO MORE! Let me help you understand this attack on your common sense. The dollar is worth .77 Euros but to buy Euros is going to cost you lets say $ 1.20 and when you go to sell them back they will buy back at lets say $1.00 or less. You feeling me here? And the Swiss use francs, Denmark uses Krones and on and on it goes. If you use a credit card the business who takes the card are going to charge you extra and then the credit card companies charge you a fee for using their card in Europe for those services.

Well all I can say is Switzerland… …people attractive and friendly, the cities are boring. Give me Mexico or Latin America, the “spice.” The food in Switzerland is not ever going to be one of my favorites either. And if ever in the airports in Europe it is a total “stick it to the tourists” like it has never been stuck to them before. Mc D’s burger about $12.00, need I say more…I have never been so shocked at the prices. It seems everyone knows the shit is about to hit the fan with the financial collapse and are trying to get and get as much as they can.

The trains in the city and the trams are nice and efficient and clean, for that matter the entire city looks and feels clean. People are friendly and helpful… …They ride their bikes and for the most part do not even lock them when parked. The diet too works for their active lifestyles… …and pointed to someone that could have been my sister…”fat” I wondered, he has not been to Burbank AMC…

…Hey maybe that is why they are thin, it is the food, who wants this for breakfast…we ate some of it. And the worst tasting coffee in the world.

Not to be outdone, I have been sick most of my time in this dark hole of a continent and I can only think it is the food and/or the water. NEVER got sick in Mexico to this extent.

The rest of this article had me double up with laughter until I was double up with tears you have to keep up with Nazarian meets Europe again and who is going to win…All brought to you by Desperate Exes.com. John can we expect a travel guide written by you in the form of a book???

http://desperateexes.com/2010/07/02/europeget-me-outta-here/.

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July 2, 2010
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