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- The Folk Process and
- c/o Sing Out welcome to
- po box 5253 ATI
- Bethlehem PA issue 107
- 18015-0253 Your Source for
- good newz since before
- 1989
-
- To the Tune of "Were You There."
-
- Were you there when they diverted those funds.
- Were you there when they diverted those funds.
- Oh, sometimes it maketh me angry, so angry.
- Were you there when they diverted those funds.
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- Were you there when they gave the contras arms.
- " " " "
- Oh, sometimes it maketh me angry, so angry.
- Were you there...
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- Were you there when they gave Iraq those planes
- " " " "
- Oh, sometimes it maketh me angry, so damned angry.
- Were you there...
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- Were you there when they sold all of those drugs,
- Were you there while they distribute those drugs,
- Oh, sometimes it makes me angry, so angry.
- Were you there...
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- Were you there when they charged it to the poor.
- Were you there when they bilked it on the poor.
- Oh, oh, sometimes it makes me angry. So ANGRY;
- Were you there when they charged it to the poor.
-
- (repeat first verse)
-
-
- Hi, Prime Anarchist here. I don't have much to say today
- so I'll keep this short. I got up late, and then decided
- to put ATI in the composing room this morning instead of
- tonite. So you all get a slightly early treat.
- And MUCH BETTER THAN KIBBLES AND BITS.
- Speaking of which, did you know they came out with a
- gentle high-fiber version of Kibbles that's geared for
- older dogs and getting them the consistancy they need in
- their doggy lifestyle? Kibbles and Schi*t*z.
- Well, we'll get quickly on to the #'s run and then some
- interviews and stuff. There were no contributions to the
- ati@etext.org box so most of this issue will be my own
- fault. I haven't been near the marco99@juno.com box in a
- couple weeks so there might be a backup of submissions
- there if anyone's responding to old ATI's. (and I can't
- imagine how many letters are being deadlettered or bounced
- from the BRO box or the New Jersey Addresses. Any way of
- finding out, Ground Zero? OK here goes the #'s runs. Hope
- you all had good Holy Dayz. Happy New Years too. Hope you
- made good new years revolutions. Mine is to change things.
-
- #'s run for sunday, dec 27, 1997. 10:38 hours...
- http://www.angelfire.com/oh/jagsplace/hopi.html
- /ny/fasters/vent.html
- /wi/kokopeli/tek.html
- http://www.cyberstreet.com/users/rellik/diebarney.htm
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1963
- http://www.tao.ca/earth/tormedia
- http://www-esl.tamu.edu/~marc/faces2.html
- http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/5012
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/5661
- http://www.vigilante.net/~puce/mestuff/sarah.html
- http://www.soback.kornet.nm.kr/~pixeline/heeyun
- http://vvv.com/~tommy/files/taps.yip
- http://www.passagen.se/je73/index2.html
- http://www.speakeasy.org/citizen
- http://www.disinfo.com
- http://donde.uji.es
- http://home.earthlink.net/~theloser/tv.html
- http://www.nolo.com
- http://www.sundaypaper.com/general/postcard
- http://griffin.multimedia.edu/vf.sindex.hem/~ktaylor/citizen/
- word/schitz.html
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- PAP #180 theory.
- Brookfield, CT 206x189
- Denver, CO 145x189
- Whitelake, WI 175x181
- Rome, Italy 360x179
- (waddya maka DAT, huh?? Huh???)
-
- EXERCISE AND REFLECTION:
- from the 1993 book "Holy Fools and Mad Hatters."
- How To Be Your Own Court Jester
- The next time you feel caught up in some problem
- which has you upset or worried, call in the clowns.
- Exaggerate the issue as much as you can: "Oh, God, this
- is the WORST thing that has EVER happened to me. It's
- worse than the San Francisco earthquake of '89!"
- Then you might pound your head in clown's jest,
- weep fake tears, throw yourself on the floor... then have
- a good laugh. Be both audience and clown. When you're done
- you may not only feel better, but the issue or problem may
- find its proper proportion in your life.
-
-
- And tha's the fax, ma'am.
-
- /\/\/\/\/\/\
- \like or as,\
- \ and i'm not OP ED.
- \talking \ ------
- poetics. / Well, I am somewhat. I'm trying
- \/\/\/\/\/ to get the word "like" in the grunge
- context completely out of my vocabulary. And
- now that it's more popular than ever, it's ever so much
- harder to remove. Much less, keep out.
- "I was like..."
- "He said, like..."
- "She's like, as if, like, um, like..."
- Oh!
- Oh.
- Ho!
- NO!!!
-
- Pet peeve of mine. Bigtime. I'm like -- postal, ballistic, I
- mean like you know... Like oh my god. No way. I mean it's like...
-
-
- I wonder how much an American (or any for that matter)
- running shoe would REALLY be if companies weren't allowed to
- find $6 a day labor somewhere outside their own country?
- Let's see. When a brand new pair of Nikes comes out
- they're about $109.99 and they're handmade in the US of A.
- Then about 6 months later they're made in Korea by hand
- and in the US on a machine and they're about 89.99. $70 and $40
- seems to be the magic #'s at ALL the shops by the time you can
- walk into a store and start asking for help finding that model,
- but an American made pair. I swear, ask a clerk to help you find
- it, you might be able to find them this discovery for their own
- self-revolution at the same exact moment!
- The shoes are all mixed in by now. Korean handmades, Thai machines,
- "Made by real live Tianamin College students,"
- "Handmade in the USA"
- "made by scabs," all of them. Same "who cares-price"
- for each of them. USA, Korea, China, Guatemala,
- no one seems to care by then--
- same "low" price! Of course when they get to Goodwill that $109 pair
- sits right next to a $39.99 pair for $5. Ask if you can have them both
- for $6 see where THAT gets ya.
- So I'd say "middle class" America is unwittingly working
- with slaves hand-in-hand to bring us these so-self-subsidized
- sneakers. (AND NIKE'S NOT THE ONLY ONES BY THE WAY - ASK ME WHEN THE
- LAST PAIR OF SANFRANCISCO LEVIS i EVER BOUGHT WAS??? They're just
- scapegoat of the year, I'd say.)
- Yeah, we're keeping Nikes from being $300 a pair, on Kate
- Moss' feet, 209.49 on ours and staying out of Goodwill's bins for about
- 3 extra weeks.
- So how much is a pair of sneakers really if we remove slave
- labor from the picture? Who the heck knows. Do the math however you
- want. I figure it's about 80:30 and/or 240:90 but this economy's just
- so darn complexified now I've got half a mind to stop doing math
- altogether and just plain call it FALSE.
- (did he say "false?"
- Anarchist said "false economy?"
- Prime Anarchist said a "false..."
- I would never... well...
- This rhetorical Math-quiz brought to you by Levi Strauss.
- Makers and Breakers of Guatemala since the Great S.F.E.Q. of '89.
-
- riddle: how much would a can of greenbeans from Greenbay be if
- illegals weren't ALLOWED to work at DeanFoods, DressBeef, Vlassic
- and assorted others we would be shot onsight for mentioning?
-
- ans: five dollars and thirty-five cents!!!
-
- We end with the gen-x 12 days of xmas.
- send all subs to
- listserv@brazerko.com
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- put:
- SUBSCRIBE ATI
- as the entire message.
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- send anything you want to contribute:
- ANYTHING AT ALL -- lennon/mccartney
- to:
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- ati@etext.org
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- hatemail?
- just hit autoreply.
- (works for everything in case u didn't know...)
-
- If you've sighted Elvis please keep it to yourself.
-
-
- On the 12th day of (gen-x) xmas my x-wife gave to me:
- 12 loofah sponges
- 11 former friends
- 10 pages of taxes (the longform)
- 9 divorce decrees in the local papers
- 8 kids who flirt with me.
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- 7 lawyers laughing
- 6 lesbian vampire chicks cheering
- 5 tons of ANGST
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- 4 calling cards
- 3 visas
- 2 bill collectors
- and a par-boiled rice box half-full.
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- And if you've nothing better to do, go to:
- http://www.angelfire.com/ny/fasters/vent.html
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