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From Joe D. (No City or Country Provided) :
Subject: Eddie=Ebersoll
I think Eddie Murphy escapes the Lorne curse because he was hired in the Dick Ebersol era when Lorne was relieved of command.... I think Murphy is an Ebersol product...as are Piscopo, Crytsal, etc..etc...
From Joyce M, San Francisco, CA, USA:
i am a co-worker of Dan VanDeMortel and i think the article he wrote about the hamill's is wonderful reporting. my heart goes out to Hamill family and the Nelson family for such tragic and unnecessary deaths of loved ones.
It never ceases to amaze me that people who claim to be "Christians" are so violent and hateful and go against everything that our Lord Jesus Christ teaches in the beatitudes and during his short but powerful ministry.
However, one thing that i notice that is universal about this whole thing is how dangerous a group of **misfits** can be. I am speaking of the Orange Order. Dan describes them as a "masonic-type organization." Here in America we have the Masons and Scottish Rite, etc., which to me, equal Ku Klux Klan. I truly believe that the masons and all that other secret society mumbo jumbo cluster of people are very dangerous. they are a group of very pitiful people, men and women alike who have one thing in common: hate. they hate anyone who isn't like them; they are another term for the Aryan Nation, the skin heads, the klan and the nazis, who believe you have to be white, blond and blue-eyed to count.
i can't begin to tell you how sick i am of all of these people who say they believe in God but will not practice his principles. My prayers for the beautiful Catholic people of Ireland are (1) that God keep them safe and out of harm's way and (2) that God, in his infinite wisdom, reveal the Orange Order for what they truly are; not pious Christians, but heretics and apostles of the Devil, who come to steal, kill and destroy.
cordially,
joyce m.
From Gene P, (No City Provided,) USA:
GeorgeİWillİfrequentlyİusesİthisİquote:İ"Truthİisİtheİfirstİcasualtyİofİwar."İİInİAİFewİGoodİMen,İtheİgeneralİplayedİbyİJackİNicholsonİ(?),İhadİtheİquasi-famousİline,İ "TheİTRUTH?İİYOUİDON'TİWANTİTOİHEARİTHEİTRUTH!İİYOUİCAN'TİSTANDİTOİHEARİ THEİTRUTH!"İİ
That'sİcloseİtoİaİcorrectİquote --certainlyİtheİgist.İİGee,İwouldn'tİitİbeİgreatİifİweİcouldİfightİaİwar,İwatchİitİonİCNN,İFOX,İMSNBC,İetc,İnoİUSİsoldiersİbeİkilled,İandİ weİonlyİhitİmilitaryİtargets?
Yeahİright.İİTheİUSİgovernmentİandİtheİPentagon,İsomeİtwenty-fiveİyearsİlater,İstillİrecallİtheİeventualİAmericanİdistainİforİtheİVietnamİfiasco.İİ
Again,İquotingİGeorgeİWill,İ"Warİisİmessy,İit'sİnotİpretty."İİIndeed.İİThatİsaid,İsomethingİhadİtoİbeİdoneİtoİstopİMilosivichİ(sic).İİWeİdidİthatİbyİshuttingİdownİhisİinfrastructureİofİtheİcountry.İİHey,İit'sİtoughİbeingİtheİonlyİSuperİPower.İİ
Nowİletİmeİcontradictİmyself.İİWhyİdoİweİcontinueİtoİsoİconcernİourselvesİwithİEuropeanİproblems.İİWeİdon'tİshowİthatİconcernİforİtheİpeopleİwastingİawayİinİAfricaİfromİstarvationİorİAIDS,İnowİdoİwe?İİNorİdoİweİseemİtoİreallyİgiveİaİdamnİasİtoİwhatİisİoccurringİwithİAmerica'sİyouth,İwhenİweİfoolishlyİthinkİthatİweİhaveİaccomplishedİsomethingİbyİtryingİ13İyearİoldİyouthsİasİadultsİforİmurder.
DamnİitİRod.İİNowİyouİgotİmeİallİstirredİup!İİAndİnoİwhereİtoİgoİwithİit.
GeneİP
From Ed C., Pontiac, MI, USA:
Subject: How Did I Miss This?
Dear Rod:
Was looking at the archives and came across RadioR's "Be careful What You Wish For". MAN DID I LAUGH MY ASS OFF!
My boss comes in and thinks I'm upset about something 'cause my eyes were all teary and my face was red. Now usually I don't flaunt that I am "periodically" surfing during work, but, I had to let someone in on this - HE LAUGHED HIS ASS OFF!
How'd you get such a bad rep? You,you quirky, Mo'fo with a MoJo. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yeh, ol Raheem was flying through the air like burnt toast, and you became the Submariner......I better get out of here.......shit's running deep......and you might turn into Farmer Brown on me!!
EC
From Darryl C., Hershey, PA USA:
Help me out here, Rod. I'm having a hard grasping the point of Mr. Dunsmuir's brief report op-ed report on the murder in Southern Spain of a sixteen year old girl by two of her peers whom she believed were her friends. Maybe its the lateness of the hour and, as a result, my brain is not quite up to speed but is Mr. Dunsmuir seriously proposing that what he alleges as being the one-dimensional aspect of Southern Spanish life was a causal factor in the commission of this particularly heinous crime.
Assuming that Mr. Dunsmuir is entirely correct in ascribing the motives of these young women solely to scene, i.e., the one-dimensional aspect of Southern Spanish life how shall we then account for the fact that most of the people who live in Southern Spain do not from time to time invite their friends out for tapas and sangria and later murder them? Life in Southern Spain is no more one dimensional than is life lived in any other country on this dirt ball we call earth. There may be, and probably are, aspects of life in this region that seem predominant but if the people in this area are human then their lives are as rich and as varied as the lives of hundreds of millions of other human beings.
Which means, in part, that from time to time something evil and wicked will come our way and we will be unprepared and struck to the core of our being by the acts it commits. These two young women were ostracized not because of a fear of diversity but, I suspect, because people sensed at an intuitive level something deeply out of kilter about them. No one though could have guessed how far distant from the norm they would prove themselves to be in the end. Stop pissing about a lack of diversity and say a prayer for the soul of the young girl they killed and, yes, say a prayer too for the utter waste of their young lives.
Darryl Cox
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From Ric W., Austin, TX, USA:
So, the theme is loneliness, huh?
Have you recently experienced one of those depressive, sloughish right-hand downturns into Woe Town? Is life dark and ugly and oppressive? Is a glass half full still more than enough to drown yourself in? Well, Brother, I just got one word for you, you Silly Ass Bucket of Piss And Moan.
One word.
One word that will set your whiny ass finally free . . . And that word's . . . Pussy*.
That's right . . . Pussy.
I've never seen a man so down that Pussy wouldn't brighten his day. If one Pussy ain't enough then get two.
Two Pussy ain't enough then invite a friend over and enjoy three Pussies and a bottle of any thing your Pussy friend desires. I'm telling you Pussy is the one boner fide, guaranteed True Salvation of a man's damned soul. Inside a Pussy ain't no bossman, ain't no devil, ain't no saint gonna put a damper on your love light.
A single minute inside a Pussy is worth a whole week of kissing lily-white Corporate ass.
Brother, listen to me and get you some Pussy. Wet and juicy and loose-lipped Pussy is all a brother needs to soothe the bumps of a pot-holed life.
Long as there is Pussy there is Hope. As long as there is Hope there is Pussy. It is a law of the Universe tighter than Newton's noggin and is what put that smile on Einstein's Pussy-tickling face. "Is it a friendly Universe," Albert asked? Well, he must've asked that between meals 'cause the answer is as obvious as a six-pack when there's a Pussy Pie in your face. "Philosophy ain't friendly, but Pussy sure is." Ain't nothing as joyous looking and nothing more satisfying than staring into a willing Pussy. Put that lonely love stick in a Pussy Pie, my friend. Swish it around, rub it up and down, slurp it up, and come on around. Come to know Pussy, Brother. Come to know Pussy. Lay all your worldly burdens down; lay 'em down into a sweet, wide-open Pussy and let the Healing begin.
*For those offended, substitute the word Jesus for Pussy and vice versa and everything will mostly make sense to your oxygen-deprived brain. You just won't smile as much.
Sincerely and in the Name of the Most Holy of High Pussies, Sweet Pussy, O Jesus,
Ric W.
From Gene P., (No City Provided,) USA:
Subject: Preachers' Kids
Rod,
Surelyİyouİdon'tİbelieveİthisİsyndromeİisİexclusiveİtoİtheİBlackİCommunity?
Andİifİyouİdo,İIİhaveİsomeİprimeİswampİlandİdownİFloridaİwayİthatİyouİjustİmayİ beİinterestingİinİdeveloping!
8-)İGene
PSİIİcouldİtellİyouİsomeİstoriesİthatİIİswearİyouİwouldİnotİbelieve!İİRightİhereİfromİtheİheartİofİtheİgoodİol'İU.S.İofİA.İİRightİsmackİinİtheİmiddleİofİtheİBibleİBelt.
From Nancy McG., Boston, MA, USA:
Vote for Sean @ http://www.vh1.com/undiscovered/undiscovered_solo.jhtml
Hey Friends: I'm a semi-finalist in VH1's undiscovered band contest in the solo artist category. Please vote for me early and often (currently, you are allowed to vote as many times as you want) and check out the soundfile of "Dick About Me." VH1 will be shooting my Arlene Grocery gig (info below), so I hope you'll attend and create rock'n'roll mayhem. Screaming and toplessness would be nice. Love, Sean
Thur. 6/15 @ 9pm sharp: Sean's Full Muscular Band @ Arlene Grocery (95 Stanton St. $free) (Sean Altman - guitar, Matt Detro - guitar, Winston Roye - bass, Bob Golden - drums)
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From EXBTV.com (No City Provided,) USA:
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