### Apollo BBS Archive - May 30-31, 1998

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    Message: 3536
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Rod/last
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 08:06:30

    Yes, the whole idea behind Rajneesh's commune was excellent but it wasn't
    totally my cup of tea. I wouldn't have like to go into wild 'caniption' (sp)
    fits everytime he drove by in his car. I would have resented his Rolls
    Royces while I wore the same clothes day after day (and the same colors too)
    and lived in a small house while he really lived in a mansion. But without
    the 'Rajneesh worshipping' - it was a great community! Rich and poor were
    welcomed - the rich(er) gave everything they owned to the commune. The poor
    - just gave of themselves. They grew their own food and everyone was
    expected to work the fields. But not all the time as everyone was rotated
    constantly. One day you were in the field, the next in the kitchen. If you
    had special skills - like my daughter was a legal sec. - you helped with
    that aspect of it. There was no problems with the so called 'lessor jobs'
    because everyone had to do some of everything! All housing was attractive,
    clean and well decorated. Not fancy, just nicely done. Two people shared an
    house. (whether it be male and female or female & female etc. didn't matter
    - it was what the individual preferred. (No pressure was put to them
    regarding morals - it was left up to them) Actually - no pressure was put to
    them at all about anything. A person could be an individual as much as they
    wanted to be - but you were expected to do your part because if you didn't,
    the commune wouldn't be a reality! They ate in a communial dining hall -
    very good vegetarian food I was told. If one preferred meat - nothing
    stopped them from going outside the commune to eat it. They had bars and
    discos - TVs - a library etc. It wasn't a prison in any sense of the word.
    Many millions of dollars were sent from the families (Cont.)

    Message: 3537
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Rod/more
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 08:20:11

    cont. ... of some of the people there. Also, thousands gave just like they
    would do to a church. It was non-profit. But because so many of the members
    give all of their worldly posessions, they could have gotten along without
    outside help because they became self sustaining - totally. They had built
    huge green houses and had food all year long. All vehicles belonged to the
    commune but the members did not have them to drive around in in the commune.
    They did not want pollution or was needed. But if they wanted to go out of
    the commune - shopping, eating, visiting etc. - it was provided. (But they
    usually did not want to leave and go out in the crazy world!) All medical
    was provided - any operations that were needed were paid for. If a person
    had cancer and was dying (or anything else) the members took loving care of
    them - taking turns. If a person wanted to live in more luxury, they could
    providing the stuff they wanted (furniture, art, clothes) would fit into
    their little houses. They were not looked down upon for this or anything
    else. But most did not do such things. That wasn't the purpose of the
    commune. They were a totally self sustaining town. BUT - the people of
    Oregon wouldn't allow it. The Rajneeshes didn't conform to the rules and
    regulations of the county and that's where the main trouble was. It was
    crazy - they had built all of their buildings according to code, but because
    they did so without permits and permission, the zoning board demanded they
    tear them down. So silly! The land was zoned for farming, not a town too.
    Here it was - totally out in the middle of nowhere - didn't bother a soul,
    but they wanted them to tear it down because of a dumb law. Not once did
    they ever think of the good going on there.
    It took in more poor people than was ever published in the papers too. Some
    were down and out alcholics that just stayed awhile for free food and bulked
    at the idea of working, but a lot stayed and became productive members. Some
    people won't believe that it was not a religion in anyway. They worshipped
    Rajneesh yes, but they worshipped each other and life too! My daughter was
    very happy while there and probablly will never be that happy again because
    she's back in the grind and stress of everyday life now and hates it. But
    Rajneesh is in India now with a huge following again and has created a
    commune. My daughter does not want to move to India! Anyway - it is too bad
    that a few got greedy and power hungry and spoiled it for so many others.
    Rajneesh was not really one of them - he suspected but it was not in his
    beliefs to do anything about it. That's another story and I don't know too
    much about it. But it certainly proved that mankind can live in peace
    together and be happy. It can't be done with landlords, land owning, taxed
    until we break, vehicle ownership, big corporations, government corruption,
    government rule, greed, laxiness, militant individualism, nuclear
    stockpiling, and the like. It was and is a pure form of 'socialism'! - a
    word that sticks in so many craws. Too bad - paradise lost! =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 3539
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Hamilton
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 16:42:42

    If you find me bleeding in an alley, you should call the paramedics and
    charge me nothing.  I would do the same for you.  Common decency would
    dictate it.  None of this has anything to do with the discussion at hand.
    An appropriate question might be something like this:  if you come across me
    bleeding in an alley, should you be forced to call the paramedics, pay the
    bills for my medical care, and take me into your house after I recover?  And
    I would say the answer is no.

    Message: 3540
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Rod and Ann
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 16:44:15

    If you want to go live in a commune with a bunch of zombies, I am sure there
    are plenty of them left, even despite the fall of Rajneesh.  I personally
    prefer to live in the real world and think for myself.  But I realize some
    people find that difficult.

    Message: 3541
    Author: $ Peter Cervelli
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Last
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 18:29:30

    Indeed!

    Message: 3542
    Author: $ Dean Hathaway
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Ann/Commune
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 00:17:53

      No Ann, the people around Antelope Oregon didn't just go after the cult
    for no reason. The cult came in and tried to take over the county
    politically. They even went so far as to spread food poisoning in the
    surrounding areas to keep non-cult members away from the polls so that they
    could win all the county offices. They were damn lucky they weren't dealt
    with a LOT more harshly than they were.
      A falling out among some cult members resulted in terrorist style bombings
    in Portland at one time.
      See you later,
        Dean H.

    Message: 3543
    Author: $ Dean Hathaway
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Rod/Wealth
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 00:22:37

    You say:'..unless you are wealthy, you must come up with...'. Do you mean
    that wealthy people get housing, utilities, insurance and food for free?
    Wise up, if you choose to buy something you are choosing to pay for it. No
    one says you have to buy any of those things against your will. You can live
    out in the desert for free. Its only when you decide to take advantage of
    the things others have produced that you are expected to compensate them for
    their use.
      See you later,
         Dean H.

    Message: 3544
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Dean/commune
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 08:37:19

    You are absolutely right - those things did happen! My daughter told me that
    they didn't know (the thousands of commune members) it was happening at the
    time. Those close to Rajneesh were the culprets - he wouldn't do anything,
    so they took it upon themselves to do them. As far as taking over the town
    of Antelope - yes, they really tried to because the people there were the
    only ones in the beginning that had a right to vote and of course, they
    voted against the Rajneeshes! So they registered to vote and bought up a lot
    of the land in that town. They did not take over and drive the people out -
    they wanted to live in peace and the handful of people that lived there,
    wouldn't let them. They didn't change the town at all - but because they
    were in that jurisdiction, they had to do something or they would have lost
    all that they had gained. This handful of people had the power to make them
    pull up stakes and leave. They were just protecting themselves. They tried
    and failed to get along with them but because they were different, the
    people mistrusted them. We don't have any choices either - it they wanted to
    take the big field close to me and build a high rise apartment, I couldn't
    do a thing about it. These people were prejudiced is all - the Rajneeshes
    were within the law! (at that time - this was in the beginning) Anyway - my
    point was that they had create a great place up there regardless of the
    crimes commited by a few greedies. It was working and could have continued.
    It proved that man can live in peace without all the material possessions we
    seem to be able not to live without - not including the stress to maintain
    it. Too bad Rajneesh was at the core of it! In my eyes - that was the main
    flaw of it! See you =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 3545
    Author: $ Mike Carter
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Williams
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 15:14:01

    The same vitreolic horse crappe you spew about "Pig Capitalists" you are
    now spewing about unions.
    It's apparent you know little or nothing about what you're talking about.
    Unions are there for the same explicit reason you wrote the messages about
    Pig Capitalists....instead of ripping the employees...Unions get them fair
    and decent wages...something that can be used to own a home, pay the rent,
    and put comestables on the table. Yet you spew the same garbage and
    contempt for unions as you do the "Pig Capitalists".
    There is no consistency about you...therefore how anyone can see logic or
    good reasoning in your effulvum is beneath logic....it's lunacy.

         Mike

    Message: 3546
    Author: $ David Burkhart
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Williams
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 18:05:29

    If Israel's kibbutzes are so great, why do so few Israelis belong to them?

    Message: 3547
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Dean/free
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 20:31:17

            To the wealthy, most ordinary things would seem free, at least the
    necessities.   It wouldn't even be like a bump on an elephant's rump to the
    rich but to the poor, these necessities usually take all they have.
            You don't seem to understand, this world, this country has very many
    problems, yet you and others are saying that the way our system is designed
    is the best.  If that is so, what has gone wrong?  Something is lacking that
    you have overlooked.
            What is it?

    Message: 3548
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Ann/Rajneesh
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 20:31:53

            Very well put.  I understand.

    Message: 3549
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Ann
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 20:42:01

            During Rajneesh's time in this country, while he was
    organizing his commune, there were buses sent to Phoenix as well as
    other cities around the country, gathering the homeless as well as
    those who wanted to go live in that commune in Oregon.
            In my original message, I mentioned we needed something of
    that sort again, yet without the holy leader.  It would work but people
    are so damn afraid of ANYTHING that could even remotely be labeled as
    communism that ideas such as these are always nixed in a persons mind.
            Most people are so brainwashed from the time they are little
    about the evils of communism that they have a hard time understanding
    how such a system would solve a lot of problems.  I guess they like it
    the way it is and I pretty much feel sorry for them.  They are a slave
    to the clock among other things.
            I would join in a second such a state sponsored plan and I
    would work my ass off to see that it succeeded.  When the children get
    over their fear of any 'ism' that doesn't have the word capital in
    front of it, then will we begin to grow.  This system does not work
    now, has never worked (except for a few) and will never work.
            Of course the red-neck soulution is to build more prisons,
    eh?
                                    Rod

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    Message: 832
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Rod....
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 08:37:44

    .... so lets doodle! (wink) =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 833
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Doodle
    Subject: More misc.
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 10:46:15

            @  <--- 'A rat dropping from 'Ben'!

         __
       (G.E.)
        \__/  <--- 'The flash bulb used to take the famous
         ::         'naked' calander picture of Marilyn Monroe'!
         ::

        _#_
        l l
      __l_l__
      l Jack l  <--- 'Janis Joplin's last bottle of Jack Daniels'!
      lDaniell
      l______l

        ________
        l******l <-- 'A pair of 'Liberace's lace panties'!
        l**/\**l
          _________
          \ to go l
          / kill  l  <---- 'A piece of torn paper from the page of the
         /____ my \         the suicide note of Ernest Hemmingway'!
              \   /
               \_/

          _  _
         ( \/ )
          \  /    <--- 'A part of the rabbit that 'Rick Mears
           \/           hit yesterday while winning the Indy 500'!

          ^  ^  ^  ^
          l  l  l  l  ^
          l  l  l  l  /
          l__l__l__l /   <---- 'Little 'Freddie Krugar's glove'!
          llllllllll/
           llllllll
            llllll

              ______
              lX   l
          ____lX   l    <-- 'Charley Chaplin's shoe'!
         (__________)
                 l__l

         ____________
         l________(__>  <--- 'One of the bullets dug out of King Kong
                              on the artopsy table'!

           ___
          (_:_)
          l   l
          l   l
        __l   l__
       :         :
       :  Scope  :  <--- 'Rock Hudson's mouth wash'!
       :         :
       :_________;

            _  _
           l \/ l
           l____l
           l    l   <--- 'Rock Hudson's viberator. (Cordless)'!
           l    l
           l____l

            ________________////////
           (_______________l______/ <--- 'Rock Hudson's toothbrush'!
                                OO

    Message: 836
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Doodle
    Subject: Oops, I forgot ..
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 14:06:43

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                    l-l
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                    l l                       olo
                    l l                      /___\
                    l l                     l     l
                    l l                     l_____l   <-----
                   Ol_lO                                    l
                  ////\\\                                   l
                 ///\\\\\\          'Rock Hudson's dustpan  l
                 lllllllll   <----    and broom'!
                 lllllllll
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                 lllllllll

    Message: 837
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Doodle
    Subject: More insanity
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 14:08:10

                 _
                ( )__________/
               (_                     "A foot Charles Bronson 'blew'
               (_   ________     /     off a crook in 'Death Wish LXVII'!
                (__/        (____)

      =
      =
     _=_    <---- 'A screw that fell off '#5' in Short Circuit'!
    /___\
      #

           _____     _____
    ______/     \___/     \_____                  __
     -->  \_____/   \_____/                      (  ll
     l                        ___________           ll
     l  'The eyeglasses,      ---\    /--           ll
                             l--> \__/              ll
         the truss,----------l                      ll
         and cane ------------------------------>   ll
         William Shatner used in 'Star Trek XXVI,
         the search for youth'!

    Message: 838
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Doodle
    Subject: Can you stand more?
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 08:42:46

                ___    ___
               /   \__/   \
               \ <_    _> /
                \        /  <--- 'Shirley Mclains princess robe she
                 \______/          wore in her last life'!
                 /      \
                :        :
                :        :
                :        :
                :__:__:__:

              /\__
             /_   \  <---- 'A piece of stuffing from 'Trigger'!
               /___\

          __
         (__)  <--- 'A tip off of Paul Newman's pool cue in
                     The Color of Money'!

           ^  <--- 'A bit of Michael Jackson's nose, cut off in his
                    15th plastic surgery operation'!

    Message: 839
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Doodle
    Subject: Last one - promice!
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 08:44:24

               /////
             (//////)   <----- 'One of Burt Reynold's hair pieces'!

         _______________________________________________
         :                 **********                  :
         :            Marriage Licence                 :
         :                                             :   'Standard
         : This is to certify that Elizabeth Taylor    : Elizabeth Taylor
         : entered into marriage with ------           : Marriage form'!
         : __ to whom it may concern __________________:        l
         :                                             :        l
         : Witness: ___________                        : <-------
         : Presiding Justice of the peace:____________ :
         :_____________________________________________:

             ^
             l
             l
             l
             l    <--- 'Howard Hughes' finger nail'!
             l

    Message: 840
    Author: $ Jim Lippard
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: marriage license
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 10:26:03

    Shouldn't it have a space for the expiration date?

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    Message: 654
    Author: $ Alan Hamilton
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Last
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 08:59:22

       Okay, thanx.  My main problem through all of this is trying to determine
    whether the problems I'm having are due to a hardware problem in my
    computer, or just "features" of ST computers in general.

         /
     /  *  /  Alan
    *     *

    Message: 655
    Author: $ Michelle Reynolds
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Print Shop
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 21:32:48

    Does anyone know where I can get Print Shop for the Atari 1200xl (or
    800xl... same thing!)? If so, please leave me private mail.

    Message: 656
    Author: $ James Hawley
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Last
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 05:42:55

    If Cliff doesn't have it, try Federated, or Computer Works.

    Message: 657
    Author: $ Alan Hamilton
    Category: Hardware
    Subject: Drive problems
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 07:59:58

       Never mind, Cliff.  After asking around a bit, and examining the ST's
    BIOS listing, I have found that the problems I have had are a "feature" of
    the ST in general, and not a problem with my hardware specificly.

         /
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    Message: 1307
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Sheep
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 16:47:41

    Sheep are peaceful, do not own land (hence have no landlords), do not eat
    meat, do not use locks, and so forth.  In sum, sheep live just like Rod
    wishes people would live.  Thus, I do not understand his comment about
    Christians having a "sheep mentality":  coming from Rod, one would expect
    this to be a compliment, but the context indicates that it is a slur.  Rod,
    you make a good bigot:  you have no sense of irony.

    Message: 1308
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: J.T.
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 08:39:50

    Sheep also follow the sheep in front of them, tail to tail! They obey the
    master without a question. If people become like sheep, all we end up with
    is 'brown noses'! =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 1309
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: JT/Sheep
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 20:46:34

            Sheeps do have landlards, they are sheared and let just one of them
    try to get away from little boy blue and see what happens.

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    Message: 52397
    Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: one before last
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 04:44:10

    The invasion continues.

    Message: 52398
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Rod
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 06:03:23

    Thermometers have gone up to 150 degrees plus in Postal Jeeps in the
    summertime around here. That's why I was happy for years with a bicycle
    route.
     As to the ghetto people, your theory has one major flaw. THere are many
    good people, productive members of society who have studied and worked
    themselves out of the ghetto. If even one can do it, the same opportunity
    exists for all. If they don't take advantage of opportunities offered, whose
    fault is it? Certainly not society's. Individual effort alwas has it's own
    rewards. Lack of effort alwas carries it's own price tag.

    Message: 52399
    Author: Apro Poet
    Category: Tales & Tall Stories
    Subject: Cash in Your Chips
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 14:32:40

    GAMBLING LAWS WON'T STOP TEXANS FROM PLAYING COW-CHIP LOTTERY

      COPPELL, Texas (MARCH 24) AP - Dallas County officials say
    they pobably will let the chips fall where they may in the
    Meadow Muffin Match Up, which could be an illegal lottery.
      About 2,000 people have bought $5 tickets for a chance to
    win $1,500 on April 30 when a cow is allowed on the Coppell
    High School football field.
      The field is divided into a grid, and the owner of the
    first square with a cow hit will receive the prize money.
    The event is sponsored by the Coppell High School
    Parent-Teacher-Student Association, and money raised will go
    toward a college scholarship fund and the purchase of a
    school laminating machine.
      County officials downwind from the suburb caught a whiff
    of the event and said it is gambling.
      "I don't write the lws, I just enforce them," said Jeff
    Keck, assistant district attorney.  "I think it's got some
    real liability problems."
      But Keck said officials may ignore the event and let
    ticket holders take their chances.  "No one is likely to
    file a complaint," Keck said.
      An official with the state attorney general's office said
    that although the money is being raised for a good cause,
    it is still gambling.  But PTSA President Brenda Robertson
    said, "I can't imagine anyone being ornery enough to try to
    stop us from trying to help our kids."
      Sandra Burton, a PTSA member, said some parents thought
    the event was a little off-color.  "I have to admit that at
    first I thought it was a gross idea," she said.  "But we all
    went home and thought about it ... and we were able to see
    the humor in it."
      Ms. Burton said the PTSA first considered using a horse
    instead of a cow.  "But horses drop a lot," she said.  "And
    we would end up owing the world a lot of money."

    Message: 52401
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Franklin, Tennessee
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 16:49:14

    Hello from the greenest state in the land of the free.

    Message: 52402
    Author: $ Alan Hamilton
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Last...
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 07:55:51

       Is JT now doing live remotes from around the country?

         /
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    *     *

    Message: 52403
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: J.T.
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 08:20:38

    What are you doing in Tenn? Is it beautiful? Been to Nashville yet? You sure
    lead an interesting life. =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 52404
    Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: last
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 16:41:02

    JT is pursuing a new career as a still operator.

    Message: 52405
    Author: Apro Poet
    Category: Tales & Tall Stories
    Subject: McFunerals
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 16:58:51

     LONDON SHOPKEEPER OFFERS PAY NOW - DIE LATER CASKET SERVICE

      LONDON (MARCH 20) AP - Shopkeeper Steve Nicholson is
    offering a pay now, die later service - a do-it-yourself
    casket.
      He says it can serve as a handy table or cocktail cabinet
    until needed for its true purpose.
      Customers can buy a wooden casket kit in sections for
    assembling at home at prices from about $100.  Nicholson
    said he sold five in his first week, The Observer weekly
    reported Sunday.
      "The idea was initially an alternative for people who
    could not afford expensive funerals," Nicholson, 29, said at
    his shop in Gainsborough, eastern England.
      "Customers will save a fortune as the price of coffins
    continues to go up.  Naturally I have reserved one for
    myself," he said.

    Message: 52406
    Author: $ David Burkhart
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Terra Incognita
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 18:32:49

    The following comes from Liberty magazine:
    Miami, Florida
    Remarks of one critic, about the new video game, Contra, now the nation's
    7th popular, as reported by Knight-Ridder Newspapers:
    "You hear about the contra rebels on the news," said Jim Kusin, 14.  "The
    one thing that confuses me about this game: these dudes doing the fighting,
    Lance and Bill, they look American.  I thought the Contras were, like,
    foriegn dudes."

    Tokyo
    Evidence that Japanese sexual mores are different from those of America, as
    reported in the Wall St. Journal:
    What telivision is in America, manga (or comic books) is in Japan.  "In a
    typical story, a young girl goes to a dance with her boyfriend but then
    dances with other boys.  The boyfriend gets angry and hires RapeMan.  After
    a rape scene that goes on for pages, the distraught girl goes to her
    boyfriend's house to tell him what has happened: 'It's you I love; I just
    danced with the other boys to make you jealous,' she tells him.  Shocked, he
    confesses that he hired the rapist.  She sheds a tear, and they embrace.
    'That shows how much you love me,' she says."
    United States of America
    Evidence that democracy is able to attract the highest quality men to its
    highest office, from the television show Firing Line:
     "President James K. Knox."  Frontrunner for the nomination, Jesse Jackson,
    blamed the infamous "Palmer raids" of 1919 on "President Herbert Hoover,"
    who was not elected until 1928.

    Moscow
    Evidence of the success of the Gorbachev plan to reduce hard drink in the
    Soviet Union [by raising prices, among other things]:
    The sale of vodka declined 12% in 1985 and another 39% in 1986, according to
    official statistics.  The London Economist notes: "Official statistics do
    not take into account consumption of samogon, (usually explosive)
    home-brewed liquor.  Its main constituent is sugar, which may help explain
    why retail sales of sugar in Russia jumped 10% last year.

    Message: 52408
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Paul/Ghetto
    Date: 05/31/88  Time: 20:52:01

            Having stolen the black people, we white folks made a mess of our
    solutions.  Now we have a lot of crime and a lot of ghettos.  Welfare is not
    the answer and I think you will agree.  Why not call Rajneesh back and have
    him engineer a system of communes for the blacks.  They could be like their
    native villages back home.  They could be self supporting and laid back.
            Well, what do you think?
                                    Rod

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     1:        What country are you in?
     2:end

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     1:        In December, Vice-President George Bush was in Chicago to announce
     2:federal disaster relief for Illnois.  Robert Sherman was at O'Hare airport,
     3:along with many other reporters, in his capacity as Bureau Chief of American
     4:Atheist Press.  Here is the transcript of what happened when Mr. Sherman was
     5:able to ask questions.
     6:        Sherman:  What will you do to win the votes of Americans who are
     7:atheists?
     8:        Bush:  I guess I'm pretty weak in the atheist community.  Faith in
     9:God is important to me.
    10:        Sherman:  Surely you recognize the equal citizenship and patriotism
    11:of Americans who are atheists?
    12:        Bush:  No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as
    13:citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots.  This is one nation
    14:under God.
    15:        Sherman:  Do you support, as a sound constitutional principle, the
    16:separation of state and church?
    17:        Bush:  Yes, I support the separation of church and state.  I'm just
    18:not very high on atheists.

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    Message: 1368
    Author: $ James Hawley
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Last
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 02:39:25

    Is it a flesh colored tatoo?

    Message: 1369
    Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Rod
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 04:48:21

    Who told you?

    Message: 1370
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Rod/James
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 08:43:03

    Actually, it's a 12 inch long picture of Satan that hangs down in front of
    him. And yes, he wears black underwear. Oops! Gee, I don't know! Father
    forgive me again for such sinful thoughts!!! I think I should become a nun.
    =*--ANN--*=

    Message: 1371
    Author: $ Dean McCarron
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Last. . .
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 11:00:55

    Oh, stop being so conventional, Ann!
    Dean

    Message: 1372
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Dean/last
    Date: 05/30/88  Time: 14:04:54

    OK!

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     1:That was easy.

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