FOR THE RECORD...

For the record, Sons of Anarchy is pure fiction. Pure fucking fiction. The characters, the club, the world, the mythology all sprung from the dark recesses of my twisted little imagination. The show is NOT based on any individual, any specific organization, any book, any article, or any pitch. Any similarities (and I don't know of any) to anyone or any group is unintentional and purely coincidental. I do have two technical advisers who are outlaw bikers. Thier affiliations are confidential and no business of mine or anyone elses. They are not posers, or TV bikers or bullshit Harley enthusiasts. They haven't written tell-all books or worked in Hollywood before. They are the real deal. And I have enormous respect for them. But their influence is that of any other TA. They simply advise on the parameters of the world. That's it. The same way our LAPD TA advised on The Shield. I'm just a storyteller, kids. And it's a TV show. Sit back, crack open a beer and enjoy the fiction. Hopefully it'll be a good ride.

DESPITE THE 37 + MILLION PEOPLE TUNED INTO THE RNC FREAK SHOW, "SONS OF ANARCHY" WAS STILL A HIT

'Sons of Anarchy' Scores for FX in Premiere

AFTER 8 GRUELING YEARS OF GERGE W. BUSH, I CONTINUE TO GET ASS-RAPED BY THE RNC

All tracking data pointed to a very promising, potentially record-breaking premier number for Sons of Anarchy last night. FX's marketing department did an AMAZING job getting this show out there. The ads, the billboards, the rally presence. It was all top-notch. Unfortunately, the premier numbers were... let's call them "muted". No one could have predicted the force majeure event of the tabloid sensation, Sarah Palin. As my wife put it, "we got 9-11ed." It's sad and ironic that a show about a band of rebels who embrace the true spirit of freedom got shit on by "old white rehotoric". I do hope that people who did not watch the premier last night will show up for subsequent airings of the pilot and continue to watch the series. I have a greater hope that the people who watched the Palin speech didn't buy into the pageant smile and the obvious home-spun right-wing puppetry. It's a ticket playing to the dumbest common denominator. We're smarter than that. Aren't we? Forgive me for dropping liberal trou, but -- McCain is Bush. Obama is change.