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by ROD AMIS

NEW ORLEANS - 13 February, 2003: Millions of average people - working people, students, laborers, activists, politicians (for a change), industrialists, housewives, clerics, intellectuals, professionals, academicians, economists - are going to streets this weekend to send a message to George W. Bush and Osama bin Ladin.

The message? "George, Osama, we want no part in your Dance of Death.

"Neither your born-again Christian ideology that saved you from cocaine addiction or your fundamentalist ideology that saved you from being just another privileged Saudi potentate mean bat-guano to us. We don't want your Armageddon! Go away.

"In your symbiotic relationship of death and destruction, you are bringing our lives to the brink of madness. We don't need duct tape or jihad. We just need to muddle along and raise our families without you madmen attempting to shape history. Go away."

Please note that I did not mention Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the foregoing. Odious as he is, Saddam no longer has anything to do with the imminent war or the real battle here. He's just a patsy. He's an easy way for His Fraudulency to deflect attention from the fact that he didn't bring Osama back "dead or alive", as he swore.

Meanwhile, Osama is praying every day that Georgie Boy attacks another Islamic country.

It's win-win for these two fanatics and lose-lose for the world.... MORE




by GAYNOR PAYNTER

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Good evening from sunny South Africa, where the heat is harsh and unyielding, especially in a garden in which the trees are still too young to cast any shade to speak of!

I am a young South African, and proud to be one. Although I come from a country which has an infamous past, it also has one of the most hopeful futures. The country itself is poised for great things which will come of its most valuable asset, it's people.

Today I would like to take the opportunity of showcasing some of the achievements that the innovative inventors amongst these people, my fellow South Africans, have made to South Africa in particular and to the world in general. These contributions have been quite diverse in their nature and marked in their importance in various fields (well, some of them, at least, have been!) South Africans are responsible for some of the modern conveniences we now take for granted.

Who would have thought that the manufacturer of the seats used in Concorde, the inspiration behind the automatic pool cleaner and the engineers who design and make flight control technology for Britain's fighter jets can all be found in South Africa? And where would a cricketer such as West Indies captain Carl Hooper come when he needs a new bat, but to South Africa? ... MORE

by MATTIE LENNON

DUBLIN, IRELAND - I'm sure you often wonder where I got the ability to irritate, annoy, bore and occasionally amuse you. Well I got it from my father, the late Tim Lennon. When he died in March 1990 I wrote the following for the Parish Newsletter:

My father, Tim Lennon, (RIP) first saw the light over Blackhill on 17th November 1898. ("A waste-not-want-not" man he would probably be pleased that the ends of the bed in which he was born,\ now serve as makeshift gates at the old homestead.) In the early days of this century his first schooldays were spent in Lacken where a Master Hickey taught. Tim left school, aged 13, and took a job with a local farmer at £8 per year. He always reckoned that the farmer in question did a bit of "chronometer-adjusting" and consequently he (Tim) was starting in the mornings long before the agreed time...MORE




by YOU

THE WORLD - From Mae Roberston, (No City Provided), USA:

SUBJECT: A Rave Review of 'Smile'

Dear Mr. Powers,

Thank you so much for your wonderful review of Smile. I am thrilled that you enjoyed it. I'm peddling as fast as I can to spread the word and I really appreciate your help!

Thanks SO much!

Mae...MORE

by STUART ALTMAN

NEW YORK, NY, USA - There's an ongoing argument in New York as to which is the best comedy club. There are many to chose from, such as The Comic Strip, Stand Up New York, and Caroline's. But recently I found there is one comedy club that blows them all away. This comedy club is so funny that people from all over the world come to see it. At this comedy club there is no two-drink minimum since their jokes are so funny they don't need you drunk to laugh. As a matter of fact this comedy club will give you special license plates to let you park anywhere you want in New York. And if you do get a ticket don't pay it, none of the other members do.

So by now you must be wondering where this House of Laughs is located. Don't rush there since it's a very exclusive club where very few are able to attend. No, it's not the Friars Club where the jokes are older than the members. At this club exclusivity is based on whether you own a piece of land and if that piece of land happens to be called a country. Alright, now that I got your attention, I'll tell you the name of this comedy club.

The United Nations!....MORE




by TELSA MICHELLE CRONE

LOST RIVER, WV, USA - Enabling is leaving your wallet in plain view of a thief and after he steals it telling him it's "no big deal." Enabling is letting someone with broken legs that have healed rely on crutches, though you know they don't need them anymore. Enabling is also a HUGE contribution to the disease of alcoholism. I know this first hand because I am the sister of an alcoholic. Year after year, I have watched my parents baby him and bail him out of trouble.

Like me and our other two siblings, he dropped out of school. With little education or parental guidance, he has crawled through life from one dead end to another. However, he has found a way to harness his anger and resentment over his dysfunctional childhood by neatly bottling all of his anguish and calling it Budweiser. I am the oldest child with three children of my own, so I have tried to set a good example for my brother.... MORE

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