From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V11 #48 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, February 13 2002 Volume 11 : Number 048 Today's Subjects: ----------------- mass occult figurines ["Natalie Jane" ] Re: Re(2): Introducing myself [Eleanore Adams ] richey rich [anansi ] Re: Mid South Western Vietnamese Dago Jew Toy [gSs ] Re: Middle East [gSs ] Uncle Lou and friends/namechecking bands [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Di] 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert ["Maximilian Lang" ] Re: Re(2): Introducing myself [bayard ] Re: 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert [Ken Weingold ] Out in Ballard looking soulful at the pines ["Thomas, Ferris" ] Re: Out in Ballard looking soulful at the pines [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffre] Re: fegmaniax-stub.tix [Ken Weingold ] Re: Release Lindh back to the Afghans [gSs ] Re: Out in Ballard looking soulful at the pines ["matt sewell" Subject: mass occult figurines >*sigh* Nobody else likes John Vanderslice, it seems, but me... >Trivial: >but if we're going to ban all acts that namecheck other, >relatively >obscure acts (i.e., don't cop their names from the Beatles >or something), >well, who exactly will be left? My objection (irrational though it may be) is to indie acts who namecheck their exact (or near-exact) contemporaries - there's something annoyingly self-referential about it. Namechecking other obscure acts doesn't bother me; for instance, I have no problem with the Lilac Time naming themselves after a line from a Nick Drake song, since Nick Drake is, y'know, dead and stuff. But that's just me. n. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:24:14 -0800 From: Eleanore Adams Subject: Re: Re(2): Introducing myself I must say, the people on this group are super cool, with vast interests and interesting opinions. e On Monday, February 11, 2002, at 06:29 PM, glen uber wrote: > dmw wrote: > >> lemme get this straight...you joined this list first, then checked out >> RHitch's music? that is SO cool! > > You know what that means, don't you? The list has now become bigger than > its subject. I predict that someday there will be mailing lists devoted > to fegmaniax and its denizens. > > -- > > Cheers! > -g- > > "I'm not a big gambler, but I'm down with any activity that allows you > to > drink 24 hours a day." > --Mike Jasper > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > glen uber > blint at mac dot com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:28:47 -0800 From: anansi Subject: richey rich > From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/uk/wales/newsid_1798000/1798793.stm Yes -- poor Richey. So pretty, so talented (I'm told), so mad. There's quite a bit about him in this (?) month's MOJO. I kind of wonder if this is a bit like the situation with Pink Floyd -- were they vastly different with Richey? Incidentally, I really like the phrase "thought to be sleeping rough." Does it mean "homeless" or something more specific? > From: glen uber > You know what that means, don't you? The list has now become bigger than > its subject. I predict that someday there will be mailing lists devoted > to fegmaniax and its denizens. fegmaniax-maniax Drew ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:58:11 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: Mid South Western Vietnamese Dago Jew Toy > It may be important to remember that lots of fundies believe that only > 144,000 Jews are going to survive the End Times. But, but that means.... Ooh my god!! My girlfriend is a Mexican Catholic. Hehehe, that sounds like a sweet cinnamon candy. gSs ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:45:07 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: Middle East On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, steve wrote: > It may be important to remember that lots of fundies believe that only > 144,000 Jews are going to survive the End Times. They also think that > the big party won't start until after the temple is rebuilt, thus the > support for the genetic reconstruction of a Red Heifer. Additionally, most who are still holding on to this and any another ancient superstitions believe that these 144000 will be the only ones who get to sit beside god in heaven. the rest, they believe, will have to live in a paradise here on earth and indulge in endless hours of sex and druggery, plus maybe rock climbing and needle-point. Ok, I made up the last part about rock climbing and needle-point but the endless hours of sex and druggery are true. The temple is of course just the first pot cafe in Isreal with an adjoining custom hooka shop (you knew they had let the arabs back to work somehow) and the special cow is to prove that you can actually get a tender flank steak. gSs ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:19:30 +1300 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Uncle Lou and friends/namechecking bands >> So what do youthink of "Loaded"? For me "Loaded" is uneven. so what are fegs takes on the two different versions of the Velvet Underground album? Which is better? >> I made an attempt to join in the conversation a few days ago. Now I'm >> introducing myself. My name is Barbara Soutar, I found out about this >> group from Michael Godwin whose home website I stumbled across while >> doing research. We share similar taste in books and music. I had never >> heard of Robyn Hitchcock but have now given him a listen... bought Moss >> Elixor and enjoy it quite a bit. > >lemme get this straight...you joined this list first, then checked out >RHitch's music? that is SO cool! hm... if Robyn is 'a musician's musician', then perhaps Barbara (welcome!) is a 'fan's fan' in mucht he same way. Startling. It's now official then - this list is for "fans of Robyn Hitchcock and other people interested in having weird conversations." >*sigh* Nobody else likes John Vanderslice, it seems, but me... Trivial: >but if we're going to ban all acts that namecheck other, relatively >obscure acts (i.e., don't cop their names from the Beatles or something), >well, who exactly will be left? and even the Beatles were namechecking Buddy Holly and the Crickets, dreams of men in flaming pies notwithstanding. It's arguable that fully 10% of bands take their names from other people's lyrics or with some deliberate namechecking in mind - more if you include namechecking other popular culture (books, movies, TV, authors, artists, etc) as well. A quick scan through my albums reveals the following examples of what I believe to be such namechecks. And I'm bound to have missed a lot: Bauhaus; Boss Hog; The Byrds; Cabaret Voltaire; The Cocteau Twins; The Dandy Warhols; The Darling Buds; Dead Famous People; Deep Purple; The Dribbling Darts (of Love); The Dylans; Elvis Costello; The Go-Betweens; The Great Unwashed; Guadalcanal Diary; The Hollies; The House of Love; The Jean Paul Sartre Experience; Klaatu; The League of Gentlemen; Marilyn Manson; MiSex; The Monkees; The Moody Blues; Ned's Atomic Dustbin; The Netherworld Dancing Toys; Pink Floyd; Sisters of Mercy; Sneaky Feelings*; The Soup Dragons; Steppenwolf; The Stones; Tangerine Dream; They Might Be Giants; They Were Expendable; This Mortal Coil; Triffids; Velvet Underground; The Verlaines**; Veruca Salt; The Voice of the Beehive; Working With Walt. *For a while here in Dunedin, three different bands were doing the rounds with names taken from different Elvis Costello song lyrics (of these, only Sneaky Feelings were any good. The others were Mystery Dance and The Bone Orchard). **Paul, not Tom hm. I sense a thread... James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= .-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= You talk to me as if from a distance =-.-=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:27:34 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert It was 10 years ago today, 2-12-92, at the Royal Oak Theatre in Royal Oak, MI, that I first saw Robyn Hitchcock, opening act Mathew Sweet, on a cold winters night. Nuppy and Eddie were also in attendance, although I didn't know them at the time. How many other fegs on this list were there? The Yip Song made its debut. Michael Bachman ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:55:57 -0800 From: "Cynthia Peterson" Subject: RE: 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert Congratulations Michael! If the Yip Song debuted 10 years ago, that means my anniversary is coming up, too. Thanks to the Asking Tree, I can tell you it was 21 February 1992, at the 86th Street in Vancouver, B.C. Strangely enough, I was just trying to decide between heading south for the Oregon coast, or heading north to B.C., on that exact day. Could the signpost be any clearer? Vancouver it is! Cynthia Peterson - -----Original Message----- From: Bachman, Michael [mailto:Michael.Bachman@fanucrobotics.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:28 PM To: Lostmadonnerofthewasps (E-mail) Subject: 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert It was 10 years ago today, 2-12-92, at the Royal Oak Theatre in Royal Oak, MI, that I first saw Robyn Hitchcock, opening act Mathew Sweet, on a cold winters night. Nuppy and Eddie were also in attendance, although I didn't know them at the time. How many other fegs on this list were there? The Yip Song made its debut. Michael Bachman ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:12:07 -0800 From: glen uber Subject: Re(2): 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert Cynthia Peterson wrote: >Congratulations Michael! If the Yip Song debuted 10 years ago, that >means my anniversary is coming up, too. Thanks to the Asking Tree, I can >tell you it was 21 February 1992, at the 86th Street in Vancouver, B.C. >Strangely enough, I was just trying to decide between heading south for >the Oregon coast, or heading north to B.C., on that exact day. Could the >signpost be any clearer? Vancouver it is! I might as well join the anniversary party, too. My first RH show was at Slim's in San Fran on, I believe, the 27th of February. Again, it was Matthew Sweet opening. I saw him 3 times that year. He toured again in the summer and I caught his shows at the Edge in Palo Alto and at the Great American Music Hall in SF on successive, or nearly successive, nights. At the Palo Alto show, my then-gf and I chatted with him as we stood in line outside and again later when he was bopping around before the show inside. He also played "Blowing In The Wind" after I yelled it out when he strapped on a harmonica. I think he felt bad for shooting down so many of the other requests ("IODoT," "Pretty Girl," "Leppo and the Jooves") I had made during our earlier conversations. The GAMH show was the last show of tour and he played longer than any of us expected. Not only did he treat us to a truncated acoustic version of "Ace of Spades" after a heckler yelled out "play some Motorhead!," but he and Andy and Morris also did killer versions of "Eight Miles High" and "Kung Fu Fighting." Have fun in B.C., Cynthia. I love that city! If you still want a scan of that concert poster, let me know and I'll send it along. - -- Cheers! - -g- "I know a transsexual. His only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary." - --George Carlin +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ glen uber blint at mac dot com Just one piece of advice you might be able to use: SEVENTEEN ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:18:46 -0500 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: Uncle Lou and friends/namechecking bands >so what are fegs takes on the two different versions of the Velvet >Underground album? Which is better? some of the newer(?) versions on disk two are so different that i really can't say which i like better. the best example is 'i've found a reason'. i've always liked the goofy bubblegum 'sunday morning' feel (seems to describe the entire album now that i think of it) of the original; but hearing the dylanesque version on the new disk is practically reason enough to get the new package. though many of the versions on the new disk are demos and rough takes, i find it very satisfying to hear lou's voice, especially on 'oh! sweet nuthin'. the fact that so many fegs have expressed appreciation for the fantabulous doublelive 1969 would suggest that they'll like the new version of the album better. the groovy cover art and extra tracks are going to make it a rare occurance for me to pull out my old vinyl copy. >>> I made an attempt to join in the conversation a few days ago. Now I'm >>> introducing myself. My name is Barbara Soutar, I found out about this >>> group from Michael Godwin whose home website I stumbled across while >>> doing research. We share similar taste in books and music. I had never >>> heard of Robyn Hitchcock but have now given him a listen... bought Moss >>> Elixor and enjoy it quite a bit. >> >>lemme get this straight...you joined this list first, then checked out >>RHitch's music? that is SO cool! > >hm... if Robyn is 'a musician's musician', then perhaps Barbara (welcome!) >is a 'fan's fan' in mucht he same way. Startling. It's now official then - >this list is for "fans of Robyn Hitchcock and other people interested in >having weird conversations." wouldn't it be nice if we could get a daily/weekly robyn 'monologue' just to remind us all why we're here? well...some of us. welcome barbara! i can't wait to hear how you react to other robyn albums. >>*sigh* Nobody else likes John Vanderslice, it seems, but me... Trivial: >>but if we're going to ban all acts that namecheck other, relatively >>obscure acts (i.e., don't cop their names from the Beatles or something), >>well, who exactly will be left? > >and even the Beatles were namechecking Buddy Holly and the Crickets, dreams >of men in flaming pies notwithstanding. It's arguable that fully 10% of >bands take their names from other people's lyrics or with some deliberate >namechecking in mind - more if you include namechecking other popular >culture (books, movies, TV, authors, artists, etc) as well. there's a great beatles cover band playing here this friday. they're called beatlejuice. they sound just like the fab four even on the psychedelic tunes. one of the guys from boston (the band) is in the group. ken "hand-in-hand with myself" the kenster np the construkction of light king crimson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:55:27 -0500 From: "Fric Chaud" Subject: Re: Re(2): Introducing myself On 12 Feb 2002, at 10:24, Eleanore Adams wrote: > I must say, the people on this group are super cool, with vast > interests and interesting opinions. Thank you! - -- Fric Chaud ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:21:39 -0500 From: "Maximilian Lang" Subject: Re: 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert >From: "Bachman, Michael" >> It was 10 years ago today, 2-12-92, at the Royal Oak Theatre in Royal >>Oak, >MI, that >I first saw Robyn Hitchcock, opening act Mathew Sweet, on a cold winters >night. > Fri 22 Sep 1989 Maxwell's in Hoboken was my first show, both sets I seem to recall. They take you tix away at Maxwell's so I don't have a ticket. My hair has greyed in concert(pun intended...please groan)with Robyn's and now matches. Thats really frightening because I'm 33. Max _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:01:11 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Release Lindh back to the Afghans http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020218-201892,00.html .....Only now, two months after the Taliban's fall, are the dirtiest secrets of their persecution of Afghan women coming to light. The Taliban often argued that the brutal restrictions they placed on women were actually a way of revering and protecting the opposite sex. The behavior of the Taliban during the six years they expanded their rule in Afghanistan made a mockery of that claim. The United Nations and relief agencies picked up warning signals of these abuses from women refugees fleeing the conquering Taliban. Now it is clear from the testimony of witnesses and officials of the new government that the ruling clerics systematically abducted women from the Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara and other ethnic minorities they defeated. Stolen women were a reward for victorious battle. And in the cities of Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad and Khost, women victims tell of being forced to wed Taliban soldiers and Pakistani and Arab fighters of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, who later abandoned them. These marriages were tantamount to legalized rape. "They sold these girls," says Ahmad Jan, the Kabul police chief. "The girls were dishonored and then discarded.".................... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:10:07 -0800 (PST) From: bayard Subject: Re: Re(2): Introducing myself On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Eleanore Adams wrote: > I must say, the people on this group are super cool, with vast interests > and interesting opinions. that's part of it, but i think the popularity really mostly stems from the fact that the name can be typed with just the left hand. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:56:49 -0800 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert I have another year for my 10th anniversary. May 19, 1993. The Ritz, NYC. Anyone else there? Of course it's about 16 years since I first got into Robyn... :) - -Ken NP: Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens ; god damn I love this album ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:14:22 -0800 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert On Tue, Feb 12, 2002, Maximilian Lang wrote: > Fri 22 Sep 1989 Maxwell's in Hoboken was my first show, both sets I seem > to recall. They take you tix away at Maxwell's so I don't have a ticket. My > hair has greyed in concert(pun intended...please groan)with Robyn's and > now matches. Thats really frightening because I'm 33. Oh, good point about the stub. . I save all ticket stubs that I get ones for, since 1985. That one is Dire Straits from Madison Square Garden. Hehe. I want to scan all of them. I think it would be fun, if some embarrassing. :) - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:56:28 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Release Lindh back to the Afghans gSs wrote: > > Stolen women were a reward for victorious battle. doesn't it say something about that in the old testament? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:57:42 +0000 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: 10 year anniversary of my first Robyn concert Ken Weingold wrote: > > I want to scan all of them. I think it > would be fun, if some embarrassing. :) maintaining a ticket stub gallery is a lonely thing... ;-) Stewart nr: "Casual Rex" -- even better that Garcia's first book! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:24:50 +0000 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: richey rich Yep, thought to be sleeping rough does mean homeless, but the sleeping-on-cardboard-in-doorways variety, as opposed to the living-in-a-council-B&B/Crashing-on-your-mate's-floor varieties... I've never really seen much appeal in the Manics... they sound a bit like Queen (not terribly punk or nihilistic IMNHO) and I find some of their song titles annoying (eg. If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next, Motorcycle Emptiness etc). Since Richey disappeared, they've become even more MOR... Cheers Matt >From: anansi >Incidentally, I really like the phrase "thought to be sleeping >rough." Does it mean "homeless" or something more specific? > >>From: glen uber > >>You know what that means, don't you? The list has now become bigger >>than >>its subject. I predict that someday there will be mailing lists >>devoted >>to fegmaniax and its denizens. > >fegmaniax-maniax > >Drew - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:02:54 -0500 From: "Thomas, Ferris" Subject: Out in Ballard looking soulful at the pines A slightly more lighthearted look at profiling from the underbelly of the 'net. (Complete with low-teens percentage RH content in #1) ----- To ensure we Americans never offend anyone -- particularly fanatics intent on killing us (and liberals) -- airport screeners will not be allowed to profile people. They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail and 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips. Let's pause a moment and take the following test. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by: (a) Norwegians from Ballard; (b) Elvis; (c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women; or (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by: (a) A pizza delivery boy; (b) Crazed feminists complaining that being able to throw a grenade beyond its own burst radius was an unfair and sexist requirement in basic training; (c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day; or (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: (a) Luca Brazzi, for not being given a part in "Godfather 2;" (b) The Tooth Fairy; (c) Butch and Sundance who had a few sticks of dynamite left over from the train mission, or, d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: (a) Mr. Rogers; (b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems; (c) The World Wrestling Federation to promote its next villain: "Mustapha the Merciless;" or (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed by: (a) Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. (b) The Supreme Court of Florida trying to outdo their attempted hijacking of the 2000 Presidential election; (c) Mr. Bean, (d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. ________________________________ Ferris Scott Thomas Lead Programmer The Production Group McGraw-Hill Education 860.409.2612 ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (email) Never be afraid to try something new. Remember: amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is addressed and is not intended to be relied upon by any person without subsequent written confirmation of its contents. Accordingly, our company disclaim all responsibility and accept no liability (including negligence) for the consequences for any person acting, or refraining from acting, on such information prior to the receipt by those persons of subsequent written confirmation. If you have received this E-mail message in error, please notify us immediately. Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this E-mail message is strictly prohibited. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 07:58:33 -0600 From: "Mike Wells" Subject: fegmaniax-stub.tix Mr. Weingold offered: > I save all ticket stubs > that I get ones for, since 1985. That one is Dire Straits from > Madison Square Garden. Hehe. I want to scan all of them. I think it > would be fun, if some embarrassing. :) Give it up, Ken. We know there's a Britney one in there. Michael "I'll show you my O.M.D./Powerstation stub in return" Wells ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:02:29 -0600 (CST) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: Out in Ballard looking soulful at the pines On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Thomas, Ferris wrote: > A slightly more lighthearted look at profiling from the underbelly of the > 'net. (Complete with low-teens percentage RH content in #1) "Lighthearted"? Yeah, if anti-Muslim stereotyping is lighthearted. The US State Dept. released a report in May of 2000 entitled "Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1999." In that year, there were 169 anti-US attacks, of which 96 were Latin American in origin, 30 Western European, 16 African...and only 11 from the Middle East. (And where was that McVeigh guy from anyway?) I'm not sure from reading as far as I did in my source what the definition of "terrorism" is - but that is, of course, another iffy question (although the incidents named in the post I respond to would certainly qualify). Yes, of course there are Muslim extremists - but there are extremists of every nationality and religion. (How many people have been killed, how many wounded, and how much property damaged by anti-abortion fanatics in the US over the last five years? and yet is the media full of stories about their "terrorism"?) Jeff Ceci n'est pas une .sig ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 06:16:50 -0800 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: fegmaniax-stub.tix On Wed, Feb 13, 2002, Mike Wells wrote: > Mr. Weingold offered: > > I save all ticket stubs > > that I get ones for, since 1985. That one is Dire Straits from > > Madison Square Garden. Hehe. I want to scan all of them. I think it > > would be fun, if some embarrassing. :) > > Give it up, Ken. We know there's a Britney one in there. > > Michael "I'll show you my O.M.D./Powerstation stub in return" Wells Hmmm, the scanner seems to have broken.... :-/ - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:34:51 -0500 (CDT) From: gSs Subject: Re: Release Lindh back to the Afghans On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > > Stolen women were a reward for victorious battle. > > doesn't it say something about that in the old testament? Is Lindh a Jew, now? gSs the drunken politician leaps upon the street where mothers weep and the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you and I wait for them to interupt me drinking from my broken cup and ask me to open up the gate for you - bd ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 14:37:12 +0000 From: "matt sewell" Subject: Re: Out in Ballard looking soulful at the pines I like it - it proves one can scapegoats muslims (and liberals... never forget the liberals!) in a lighthearted way... much better than a brick through the window of your local mosque. I *really do* agree, though that most terrorism is caused by extremists, although as I remember we seem to have a few of those in the West, no? And what about this war against the axes of evil - what has Dumbya got against Jimmy Page, Richie Blackmore and Tony Iomi? Cheers Matt >From: "Thomas, Ferris" >Reply-To: "Thomas, Ferris" >To: "the oracle (E-mail)" >Subject: Out in Ballard looking soulful at the pines >Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:02:54 -0500 > >A slightly more lighthearted look at profiling from the underbelly of the >'net. (Complete with low-teens percentage RH content in #1) > ----- >To ensure we Americans never offend anyone -- particularly fanatics intent >on killing us (and liberals) -- airport screeners will not be allowed to >profile people. They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, >little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service >agents who are members of the President's security detail and 85-year old >Congressmen with metal hips. Let's pause a moment and take the following >test. > >In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by: > >(a) Norwegians from Ballard; > >(b) Elvis; > >(c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women; or > >(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > > > >In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by: > >(a) A pizza delivery boy; > >(b) Crazed feminists complaining that being able to throw a grenade beyond >its own burst radius was an unfair and sexist requirement in basic training; > >(c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day; or > >(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > > > >In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: > >(a) Luca Brazzi, for not being given a part in "Godfather 2;" > >(b) The Tooth Fairy; > >(c) Butch and Sundance who had a few sticks of dynamite left over from the >train mission, or, > >d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > > > >In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: > >(a) Mr. Rogers; > >(b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems; > >(c) The World Wrestling Federation to promote its next villain: "Mustapha >the Merciless;" or > >(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > > > >On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed by: > >(a) Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. > >(b) The Supreme Court of Florida trying to outdo their attempted hijacking >of the 2000 Presidential election; > >(c) Mr. Bean, > >(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. > >________________________________ >Ferris Scott Thomas >Lead Programmer > >The Production Group >McGraw-Hill Education >860.409.2612 >ferris_thomas@mcgraw-hill.com (email) > >Never be afraid to try something new. >Remember: amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. > >This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is addressed >and is not intended to be relied upon by any person without subsequent >written confirmation of its contents. Accordingly, our company disclaim all >responsibility and accept no liability (including negligence) for the >consequences for any person acting, or refraining from acting, on such >information prior to the receipt by those persons of subsequent written >confirmation. 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