Connecting the Dots
 

Give a Man Enough Rope ...
by Lisa Guliani
 
 

In light of recent Internet postings made by GCN's Deadline Live radio talk show host "Jack Blood," we are now compelled to publicly clarify a certain matter and set the record straight. We had hoped for the last few months that we wouldn't ever have to "go there," but it appears this isn't to be the case. Sadly, the old adage is true - if given enough rope, a man will eventually hang himself.

On February 22, 2005, Jack Blood was scheduled to be on WING TV. A couple of days prior to his scheduled appearance, though, we learned that Jack intended to make a "big announcement" on our show. When Victor first asked Jack about it, Jack wouldn't disclose his secret. However, after we pressed the issue, Blood informed Thorn that he was leaving RBN and planned to announce his "exodus" on our show. According to Blood, nobody at RBN had any idea this was coming, so his "announcement" would have blindsided his boss, John Stadtmiller. Since we didn't know the RBN crew very well at the time, and even to this day we have only spoken with John on three different occasions, we really had nothing upon which to base our opinion either way. So, when we learned of Blood's intention to use our program in order to make his big announcement to leave GCN, we were faced with a strange dilemma.

Around this same time, I was receiving e-mails from some friends in Texas who know Jack Blood, John Stadtmiller, and Alex Jones. Little by little, a picture of what was taking place in Austin began to grow clearer in our minds. I was very troubled that Blood wanted to use Victor and me – along with WING TV - to take a parting jab at his boss, John Stadtmiller. Jack had made it perfectly clear to us that this was what he intended to do on our show. I felt strongly (and still do) that if Blood wanted to leave RBN and work elsewhere, then he should have handled the situation like an adult in a proper manner and kept the matter between himself and his employer - without involving others. But Jack wanted to use us to retaliate against Stadtmiller by "sticking it to him" on our show. Since he had not given his employer any prior notice, he essentially planned to bail-out of his show without notice and "resign" on WING TV - a little "shock & awe" Blood-style. He also planned on announcing his "big move" to GCN at this time. I later discovered that Jack had discussed his plans with other radio insiders, and at least one 9-11 researcher, Phil Jayhan. (Phil later told me that he knew of Blood's plans a few weeks in advance.)

I was very unsettled by all of this, and asked Victor why Blood didn't just make the "announcement" on his own show. Why did he want to use us to do such a thing? Naturally, if we would have allowed him to do it, some would surely believe we were "in on it" and seeking to hurt Stadtmiller and RBN, or that we were in cahoots with Blood - and I wanted no part of this potential misperception. As I said, we didn't really know these people, and we had no beef with RBN or John Stadtmiller.

Thorn and I argued about this issue bitterly because we didn't want to cancel or postpone Blood’s appearance. On the other hand, we didn't want to be used in this way, and were very conflicted about what to do, for Blood's intentions had placed us in an awkward position. However, after carefully considering the entire scenario, we decided that we didn't want - or need - to be drawn into whatever problems existed between John Stadtmiller and Jack. So, we ultimately decided to cancel Blood's WING TV appearance for the 22nd and reschedule him for a later date once the whole situation had blown over. We thought - and still think - this was the best decision we could make under the circumstances, and we don't regret it.

Victor subsequently made a phone call to Jack Blood after we appeared on John Stadtmiller's February 21st broadcast to tell him what we'd decided - and why. Victor didn't want to make that call because he felt bad about canceling Jack, but he went ahead with it anyway.

So, what happened?

Let's just say that Jack was less than understanding of the position we were in. He was angry at us for the cancellation, unable to accept the reasons why we'd made that decision, and resentful that we didn’t defend him on Stadtmiller's show. The phone call didn't end on a happy note, and Jack made it clear that he felt betrayed - by US. As stated earlier, Thorn and I didn't like doing it, but it was the right thing to do. We haven't spoken to Jack Blood since that phone call. Since that time, Blood has taken many opportunities to spread the word around the Internet that we "backstabbed" him.

As fate would have it, we did appear on John Stadtmiller's National Intel Report on February 21, 2005 - to discuss Victor's recently released book, 9-11 on Trial. The guest spot had been previously arranged, and the reason we were on that show was to talk specifically about our new book release - not Jack Blood. We felt uncomfortable about this in light of the "situation" underway at the time, but were grateful for the opportunity to reach an RBN audience with important 9-11 information. We had no intention of discussing Jack Blood, and never did.

So, Victor and I sat down and proceeded to listen to John's show while waiting for our second hour cue. What we heard for the first one and a half hours of that broadcast was enough to make us cringe. 2/3 of the program was about Jack Blood. Jack had jumped the RBN ship and John was telling his listeners about a side of Jack Blood they knew nothing about. Victor and I just looked at one another, unsure where this was leading. The program was extremely intense. You can listen to it for yourself at the following link:

  • EXPLOSIVE February 21 Jack Blood National Intel Report Broadcast in its entirety

    During that broadcast, Stadtmiller was definitely angry and clearly felt hurt and betrayed. He proceeded to tell his listeners all the gory details of his business relationship with the man everyone knows as "Jack Blood". It wasn't pretty. We also learned Jack's real name is John Clayton. We learned that some good people in Texas had paid Jack's way (and his family's way) to make the move from Rhode Island to Austin, Texas - to the tune of $2000. We also learned that these people paid the deposit on John Clayton's (Jack's) apartment. Stadtmiller also discussed the purchase of a car for his new "Radio Gun," and the fact that Blood had subsequently failed to repay him for the cost of the vehicle. Stadtmiller eventually forgave the debt and ended-up giving the car to Blood - a pretty generous thing to do by anyone's standards.

    Stadtmiller also talked about how Jack Blood had generated over $14,000 in advertising sales during his first week at RBN, and then stopped doing his job after that first week ended. He laid out the rocky relationship between the two men and made some particularly alarming statements. He described (during the second hour of the broadcast) how "Jack Blood" had previously told Sandra Stadtmiller (John's wife) that he “would sell out if the price was right.”
  • ("Jack Blood" Sell-out Audio)

    This comment about Jack being willing to “sell out” made my blood run cold. Regrettably, the picture John painted of his former employee grew uglier by the minute. He accused Blood of stealing. He read and refuted - point by point - an e-mail he had received from Blood. The e-mail was an after-the-fact letter of resignation - and yet, within the same e-mail, Jack also stated (contradicting himself) that he had been fired by John Stadtmiller. Victor and I also knew Blood had not been fired. He quit of his own volition. He just did it the wrong way. In fact, it appears that alot of people in Austin bent over backwards to assist and support Blood and his family, monetarily and otherwise. So it must have been a terrible shock for Stadtmiller to discover that his radio host had been making deals under the table with GCN's Ted Anderson while talking out of the other side of his mouth to the folks at RBN. To hear John's side of this story, listen to the broadcast for yourself. It's an eye-opener.

    Okay, now jump ahead to May, 2005. Months have passed and John Clayton (aka "Jack Blood") is now settled in at GCN. The dust has long since settled and there has been no contact between WING TV and Jack Blood. We did notice that he'd deleted the WING TV link from his website links page and replaced it with the words --- “removed due to backstabbing.” This was clearly a passive-aggressive little jab at us for refusing to aid and abet in his wrongdoing. I've also been reading public Internet postings by Phil Jayhan of Lets Roll 9-11 in the past couple of months in which he repeated a number of comments made privately to him by Jack Blood. According to Jayhan, Blood had told him that Thorn and I had 'backstabbed" him and warned Phil that the same would probably happen to him as well. Again, we never backstabbed Blood. We simply refused to participate in a backstabbing.

    So, Jack feels 'betrayed" by Thorn and me - for what? Blood has been running the Internet circuit telling anyone that would listen that we "backstabbed" him, yet I've never seen one specific example of exactly how we supposedly did anything of the sort. Correctly stated, what Victor and I did was refuse to PARTICIPATE in a backstabbing, no matter who was at fault in the Blood-Stadtmiller scenario. John Clayton (Jack) knows this is the true nature of events, but his public comments have now led me to believe that he did not appreciate our honesty with him back in February, and is continuing to harbor serious resentment toward us. I guess if we had chosen differently and decided to go along with Blood's planned "announcement," thereby allowing him to use us and WING TV, we would still be in his good graces. Instead, we chose to act in integrity and not be drawn needlessly into the whole affair. We do not believe this is a "betrayal" by any definition of the word, nor do we regret the decision we made. Blood apparently sees it differently. Does being a friend to Jack Blood mean you have to go along with his plans, even if they are dead wrong, cowardly, spiteful, vindictive, and malicious? I guess so.

    I repeat: We have backstabbed no one. What we did was REFUSE to PARTICIPATE in a BACKSTABBING.

    Recently, I was discussing this situation with a friend in Texas who happens to personally know Blood, Stadtmiller, and Jones. My friend decided to set the record straight with John Clayton, since she was a first-hand eyewitness to the whole Blood-Stadtmiller situation. Here is the e-mail she sent to Clayton-Blood a couple of weeks ago, on May 23, 2005 (excerpted below):

    Hi Jack,

    I am not one to indulge in other peoples feuds; however, something came across my email that was a little concerning ... Here is a summary of what I need to say.

    I know first hand that Lisa and Victor did NOT backstab you a few months back. The incident happened like it did because of a difficult choice by both of them not to be used for the announcement you were planning. It was not a good way for you to tell John you were quitting. John, no matter how weird he is, didn't deserve to have that sort of shock. There were apparently people from the station who knew of this, and that is how John found out. WING made the choice and they never back-stabbed you. The choice was in the context of your quitting and announcing so on their show. It was not personal, nor would they of not had you on at another time with a different intent and conversation. They didn't want to be the vector for that sort of activity. That was poor judgment on your part in that episode. I think hind site and objectivity you too can see the other side.

    And if you are happier at GCN ... that is good. No problem wanting a job that is not a stresser! No one I know has a problem with you leaving ... it was how you were going to do it that wasn't right.

    The above electronic communication was sent to John Clayton (Jack) and when he responded, I am told his e-mail was filled with rationalizations. I felt very sorry for John Clayton's apparent state of denial and his inability to own up to his own actions in the past - UNTIL we began learning more about this person everyone calls "Jack Blood". He refuses to take responsibility for his own words, actions and conscious choices in attempting to use us and our program to do something that would have been very wrong. He refuses to rise above his own pettiness and spite and take the high road. He points a finger of blame at us rather than pointing that finger back at himself, where it belongs. John Clayton would rather characterize us as "backstabbers" than admit the truth, even to himself. To date, Victor and I have not spoken publicly about this matter because Thorn told John Clayton that we would not. Unfortunately, now that John Clayton has decided to force the issue himself with overtly false inferences and direct misstatements, we are compelled to set the record straight.

    I'd like to respond to some of his recent internet forum comments:

    First, regarding GCN's affiliation with ABC and ClearChannel: GCN had ABC stamped on one of their "Network" streams and "Clear Channel" on another. Recently, these headings have been stripped off their schedule page and removed. GCN is not only an ABC affiliate, but a Clear Channel affiliate as well. Read 'em and weep:

  • (GCN-ABC Connection)
  • (GCN-Clear Channel Connection)

    Secondly, if GCN is so hard up for cash to pay for satellites, then maybe some of the millions of dollars generated off of Midas Resources should be diverted to "help out" its "flailing" radio network. See the May, 2005 Dunn & Bradstreet report in our article, (GCN an ABC Affiliate)

    Let’s face it: GCN is in bed with the beast we are all supposedly fighting, and they should be honest with their listeners. If they were, we wouldn’t be getting a ton of e-mail from people who are angry, disappointed and disgusted because they had NO IDEA of this affiliation? We are also getting a ton of e-mail from listeners and radio insiders alike describing their rotten experiences with GCN. In addition, we are also getting a ton of feedback from GCN subscribers saying their e-mails to Alex Jones and GCN are being completely ignored. FYI: The ABC/Clear Channel info is also corroborated by a former GCN host Michael Corbin.

    Others within the radio biz on different networks say they are NOT surprised and equally as disgusted. One former host (Corbin) says GCN has been illegally selling his show archives since last September, and now has his lawyer investigating this matter. Another radio insider, Francis Steffan of the American Voice Radio Network says this about GCN: “Ted [Anderson] has made a practice of raiding schedules. For instance, he contacted every host on a network called the Christian Media Network and offered everyone free airtime. Five hosts left that network in one day.” Real ethical, Ted.

    With this information in mind, John Clayton (aka Jack Blood) has posed the following question: "Which of us should throw the first stone from our Glass House?"

    My response: At WING TV we're all for dealing in reality - not 'realities". Regarding "throwing the first stone," we'd have to say it looks like YOU hurled the first rock, buddy, when you decided to use us and our show to commit an obviously ill-conceived, angry, vindictive action. You then began casting more stones in our direction after deciding we were your enemy just because we wouldn't go along with your juvenile little act of revenge and refused to become entangled in the problems between you and your former employer. Get over it already. I'm beginning to think Stadtmiller was correct in his on-air assessment of you, Clayton - maybe you ARE a sociopath after all.

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