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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:51:18 EST
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- From: Kerry Stephenson <KSTE@PURCCVM.BITNET>
- Subject: I'm Ba-aaaack...
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-
- Good Morrow, All:
-
- After something of an absence, I have returned to the list. (Go on,
- you knew I would.)
-
- I have a few comments on recent postings, and a few additional observations
- to make. Now that I am officially an oppressed minority in these United
- States, I get to express my dissent. Yippee. (Hi, Carl; Hi, Robert.
- My condolences on the last several months of disasters).
-
- Of recent vintage from this list:
-
- =====================================
- >BTW what has 48 million legs, 187 million handguns, and no conscience?
- >I believe they call themselves the Christian New Right.
- >T.
- ===========================================
- ME: Ah, yes. And so it begins. Isn't it nice to know that we have
- all become so "re-united" (and it feels so good--see, the
- new Big Guy isn't the exclusive recaller of bad songs from
- the 1970s :-) ) Now that we have all agreed (all 40% of
- "us") to become one with the rock, the tree, the river,
- and other minority groups, it's nice to know that there are
- still a few folks out there it's all right to hate (and,
- of course, Christians are at the top of the list this time
- around). BTW, does anyone know the name of Maya Angelou's
- poem? "Homage to the Great god Bill" seems just too obvious.
- I'm betting on "Rap to the Wind and Other Close Friendz (with
- unauthorized sampling from the Bible)".
- One more thing on this particular posting: Get your terminology
- straight. It is (or, rather, was) "The New Right," the "New
- Christian Right," or the NCR. Unless there's a new movement
- in process (and I'm not for a minute assuming that there
- isn't), there's no such thing as the "Christian New Right."
- On top of that, the term died with the Moral Majority; it is
- now used only in the historical sense (as befits something
- labeled "new" in the 1980s).
-
- Contentious comment Numero Two-O:
-
- =================================
- Randall Terry was in town last week. He told the woman pastor of a
- local church that she is a jezabel and stood outside the church
- admonishing those about to enter service that they would go to hell
- if they took communion from this woman.Any of the lawyer types on
- the list know if this could be interpreted as slander?
- ===================================
- I am not a lawyer. (I don't even play one on tv.) But
- I think I can shed a bit of light here (and a bit ought to
- do, since we flounder now in outer darkness). First,
- the word is "Jezebel." Second, in order to prove slander,
- I think a judge would have to determine a) that "Jezebel"
- was bad; and b) that being bad is something to be shamed
- by. These days, I don't think you could find a judge that
- could find that. And you certainly aren't going to find
- a lawyer (though we are thick with them these days, indeed)
- that would argue it. No, I think Randy Terry will have to
- be content with the multiple convictions he is under for
- praying in public (note to Christians: pun not intended.)
-
- So, okay. Now that all that is out of our way, let's get to the
- meat.
-
- Predictions for the Clinton Administration:
-
- 1. Before the end of next week, look for an Executive Order setting
- aside the Health and Human Services Regulations regarding federally
- funded family planning agencies (for those who get all their news
- on this issue from the highly unbiased pamphlets handed out by
- NARAL at Democrat party rallies, this is also known as the "Gag
- Rule").
-
- 2. Hilary will find a way to get involved in the UN, most likely
- by filling the post left vacant by the death of Audrey Hepburn.
- Since that doesn't require the permission of anybody but the UN,
- it seems like a natural for her. (BTW, isn't it a bit odd that
- Audrey Hepburn's death was announced by the UN? I always thought
- that sort of thing was done by family and trusted family solicitors).
-
- 3. Private and (especially) religous schools will find themselves
- swamped with applications as soon as the new administration starts
- tinkering with the public system. Everybody that can get out will.
-
- 4. Billy Graham will die before the end of this administration. His
- last words will be "It is a fearsome thing to fall into the hands
- of an angry God."
-
- 5. Zoe Baird will be forgotten, and will return to exile in her
- $660,000 a year job. Her next nanny will be fully papered
- and *very carefully* screened.
-
- 6. Carol Mosely Braun will bring disgrace to the Senate. (Hard to
- imagine what might actually be able to do *that*, but she'll
- manage somehow.)
-
- 7. Bill Clinton will have a throat operation and come out suspiciously
- robotic. The Christic Institute will issue a press release
- accusing Al Gore of a "telepathic coup".
-
- 8. The Weekly World News Alien and Gennifer Flowers will appear on
- the Psychic Friends Network (by then a weekly series on NBC,
- in a desperate attempt to replace Letterman) to discuss their
- relationships with President Clinton. The alien will offer to
- run for President "if people in all 50 states will put my
- name on the ballot, my daughter's wedding goes off without a
- hitch, and you all agree to move to the planet Zamfir." Response
- will be immediate, enabling GE to sell NBC to Sam's Club for
- only a slight loss. Sam's Club will break NBC into its component
- parts and sell them to average people across the fruited plain.
-
- 9. Madonna will realize that no one likes her anymore and, in a
- tragic imitation of her idol, Marilyn Monroe, she will sleep
- with the President (and his brother.)
-
- 10. Roger Clinton will form a band with Billy Ray Cyrus and
- whatever's left of Fleetwood Mac. Security at the Presidential
- compound will be doubled, especially around the ce-ment pond.
-
- 11. Roger Clinton will quit the band to become "a double naught
- spy." The Christic Institute will launch an investigation.
-
- 12. Lawrence Walsh will take up permanent residence in the
- DC home for People Who Don't Know When to Give Up, where
- he will share space with Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter,
- The Fat Elvis Stamp, and Lyndon LaRouche.
-
- 13. The land will vomit forth its inhabitants, yea, and there
- will be....Oh, sorry. Wasn't 'sposed to mention that. Just
- ignore it.
-
- Well, that's enough for now. Don't forget, boys and girls: Support
- your local Planned Parenthood ("Planned Parenthood. The McDonalds
- of Reproductive Prevention. Over 30 Million Killed.")
-
- See ya,
-
- --Kerry (no, not *that* Kerry).
-