PC was not wrong on Mary

I am no candidate for the Legion of Mary, but fail

    to find fault  when a Catholic college like PC feels

    compelled to defend her honor as a sacred symbol of  a

    RELIGIOUS  institution .

           Does Free Speech mean we have the  right to offend

    anybody anywhere  under any circumstances - with no

    negative feedback , no consequences ?

           Does not a Nazi also have the right to be evicted

    from a synagogue as well as to  communicate with

    newspapers , radio , and TV ?

             I have spent many hours at the PC library. The

    public would be amazed at the anti- Catholic periodicals

    that can be found there. " The Militant " and  "  The Humanist "

    - which no doubt believe in " immaculate abortion " - can

    be quietly appreciated there. And no doubt scholarly

    debate on Catholic sensitive  issues is not unknown

    there .

            Can one imagine a man like Father Lennon - both

    pious and intelligent - just censoring other points

    of view ?

              Somehow MANNERS can be reconciled with free

    speech.

           The offending students at least owe the school

    an apology. Myself  more and more offended by militant

    and erratic and obnoxious , I find the Virgin - myth

    or reality - an appealing figure.

           Intellectual immaturity must not be mistaken for

    ideological fervor. That irreverent poster was also

    a  crass loser as publicity gimmick.

         Brains will tell - even at PC !

Did Brown " affirm " Robinson ?

I read with amusement on page A-5 of the Providence Journal

    today ( March 22 )  : " Kennedy foe reveals past and loses GOP

    support ".  The 39 year old wealthy business executive -" a

    graduate of Brown University " - is perhaps a lush, a rapist,

    a non-intellect " flunking the bar twice in New York and

    once in Texas " , a plagiarist - perhaps ?

            Ironically Teddy Kennedy - whom I do admire - was

    always a big supporter of " affirmative action " . And

    so was Brown University .

            After reaping the benefits of the LIBERAL Ivy

    League,  people of color like Jack E. Robinson ( was he

    named after the great baseball player ? )  attach

    their loyal asses to the Republican Party .

           Perhaps compassionate conservatism can forgive

    them !

           I note that Jack E. " didn't really study  " for

    the bar exams . What  amazing self-esteem ! The

    most brilliant law student would have the humility to

    actually study for that fateful exam .

          Was Robinson puffed up with self-esteem at little

     cost at Brown University ?

          Have a drink on me Jackie . What will it be :

    scotch, gin or brandy ?

Protect " Open Records Law " !

  " They are trying to overhaul the state's Open Records

    Law with a bill designed to protect their privacy " , I read

    on your front page today ( March 16 )  . More  March Madness ?

           I agree  with opponents of the Bill - like Staci Sawyer of

    ACLU - that  the bill is dangerous and " incredibly vague " .

          " Open Records "  is a keystone of democratic " check "

    on government power. For example it may be used to investigate

    police brutality or corruption at Buddy's Place , Providence

    City Hall.

              Even in a fairly healthy democracy that are hundreds

    of entrenched would be J. Edgar Hoovers (  above " there are " )

    who  thrive in the dark : Don't you dare cross THEM ! They

    know  all about your dirty little secret !  "

            The ONLY check on these creeps is an informed

    public - and a news media that is unconstrained in investigating

    them .


             When newspapers like the Providence Journal go to

    court for "  open records " , the public is wise to

    support them . More often than not it is  corrupt

    power that just does not want to be embarrassed .

          Honest people have little to fear from our

    " Open Records Law " .

So democracy is tyranny - for gays ?

Yes, " once again, voters oppose gay marriage ". A silly

    letter in the Boston Globe today ( March 11 ) suggests that

    this democratic majority is really a tyranny: " Democracy

    exists to protect the minority from the tyranny of the

    majority. "  Well, I guess when we elect a president every four

    years,  this is a shameless  exercise in tyranny !

            Providence  Journal columnist, Charles Bakst - sulking

    from the California rout of gay marriage - says that the majority

    of voters are ignorant bigots . They know not what they do !

              The INSTITUTION of marriage simply was not designed

    for gay people. They have no more right to marriage than I

    have to a military funeral - which is prejudiced against non-

    veterans .

             Imagine a gay kid singing :

                   " I won't go to bed till

                     I'm legally WED "    ( a song from " Grease " )


             I applaud the common sense of the good people of California.


       And many married people associate " life, liberty, and

    the pursuit of happiness " with the unchained , carefree SINGLE

    state.

             That  will end with fateful words : " I now

    pronounce you Man & Man ! "

              Will the gay engagements and weddings be announced on

    the society page ?  Who will want a " shower " and who a

    bachelor party ?

                 Oh what a circus ! Gay marriage - a farce of a

    farce !

The quiet evil of snobbery

Perhaps influenced by late winter  longings, I was attracted

    to the lurid cover of a paperback magazine  while browsing at

    " Twice Told Tales "  in Pawtuxet Village : " Tales of the South

    Pacific " by James A. Michener .

           After reading  " An Officer and a Gentleman " , I reflected

    on one of the ironies of our " democracy "  : there are no

    laws against social snobbery - a quiet evil that ruins millions

    of lives.

             Michener's  non- hero character, Ensign Bill Harbison,

    is  unhappy with the navy because his star is not rising fast

    enough - while a brother in law has just made captain in

    the Army . Not much to do on that South Pacific paradise but

    try to stay in shape with the sports  there. At night he

    dreaded a pile of  letters - always stupid and naive - which

    was his duty to censor. " Bill never saw any human dignity in

    the letters he read ".

              Bill is attracted to a pretty nurse  , Nellie

     Forbush - " from a small hick town in Arkansas " , and

    from a social class way beneath  gentleman Bill.

             One day Nellie  looked so beautiful on the beach

    that Bill just had to have her : " He ripped her dress and

    brassiere ".

            " Bill ! Stop ! " insisted Nellie .

      " He paid no attention to her entreaties but kept clawing

    at her underwear ".

           In desperation Nellie hit him on the head with a

    coconut.

             A little later in the story Nellie realizes - of

    course ! - that she loves Bill - but will he marry her ?

    Is there a chance - " when the war is over ? "

           Officer and Gentleman Bill Harbison was flabbergasted

    by the nerve of " a common little girl from some hick

    town "  . Never in a hundred years would he have noticed

    Nellie Forbush in the states.

           We will assume that Nellie ( recall her name from

    the popular musical " South Pacific " ) had to wash

    THAT MAN right out of her hair .

             More than a half a century after World War II,

    democracy is thriving in America and the gap between the

    social classes is greater than ever.

Left Thumb Down On Gay Marriage

Watch California on this burning issue of gay marriage .

        I cannot believe that only far Right Neanderthals  disapprove

    of  gay marriage. Politically correct nitwits - who care not

    to think too deeply about the meaning  and history of the

    venerable institution of marriage - mindlessly support gay

    marriage. See how open minded, how progressive they are !

             But gay marriage can be ridiculed  - good naturedly

    of course - from a LEFT perspective.  In fact I am amazed

    more liberals don't see just how CONSERVATIVE  is the

    idea of gay marriage.  To be sure , it cannot make any gay

    relationship  more respectable than it is now. Religious

    people - and they are numerous - who disapprove of

    homosexuality - will not be  impressed  by gay

    weddings. And gay " divorce " will be a  god-sent to

    comedians .

            What is clearly needed is not gay marriage - which

    would be a mockery of marriage ! - but  state recognition of

    gay " partnership "  - with some minimal legal consequences.

              How absurd this idea of gay marriage would have

    seemed in the radical 60s !  LOVE is just impossible between

    two gay people until  church and state  bless their

    relationship !

              Instead of  gay marriage , the state should

    legalize gay and straight PROSTITUTION . That will take

    care of the economics of " love " .

               Hurricane McCain is right about gay marriage: It

    is just crazy .  But a self respecting liberal will not

    stand in  front of church doors to stop it.

Encounter with the Unhappy Hooker

            " Do I look depraved enough to deserve this ? " I

    asked myself on the Pawtucket bound bus.  The woman who

    sat beside me in the back of the bus  suddenly offered to

    perform oral sex on me in her Roosevelt Ave. apartment

     - " while my husband is away " - for just 10 bucks .

          I 'll admit that I was aroused - not by the dazed

    young woman's looks which were sleezy - but by the bold

    sexual proposition. " I guess it's just a fetish with

    me ", she explained .

            Honestly my empty wallet - along with a measure of

    common sense about  THE LAW and  AIDS - rescued my

    virtue in the back of the bus .

            After reading about the latest on TV marriage , I'm

    convinced that prostitution should be legalized. Millions

    of voluptuous - and greedy -females should not be denied

    vocational fulfillment !

            And I do miss the decadent 70s !

" Ready " with prejudice at 200 Main

Most working people  attracted to a "  Work Today-

    Paid Today " sign in a storefront are probably down and

    out - if not desperate.  Many faces in downtown Pawtucket

    are right out of Jack London's " People of the Abyss ".

          If they are looking for an  honest day 's work ,

    " Labor Ready " at 200 Main St. is just the thing. But

    they are eager to humiliate the worker  just as he

    walks through the door. There is mirror beside

    the application desk and a half a dozen truly insulting

    signs :

         " Would you hire this person ? " above the mirror.

        " You are terminated - if you tell me how to do my

    job ... disturb the peace - once .... walk off - once

    ... no show - once ."

         " Labor Ready has a no tolerance policy regarding

    alcohol ". Don't get caught drinking on the job or reek

    of booze even before they send you out.

          No distribution of literature on the premises . They

    will tell you - scumbag working class losers - everything

    you need to know about your rights.


           Reading those signs from the sidewalk , I felt

    lucky to not need " Labor Ready " on this day . But

    you never know .

            I  reflect in the morning cold on the brotherhood

    of oppression. Yes, I can understand " Losers " everywhere !