No surprise here : " Recession may force closer look at welfare ".
Apart from the idea of a RIGHT to welfare - with which no humanist will
quarrel, this idea or practice of having to WORK for a welfare check is
highly questionable from a constitutional point of view.
It clearly implies two separate WORKING classes in a free and
democratic country that outlawed SLAVERY a long time ago.
Anybody who WORKS for a welfare check should simply be considered
a state employee - with all the rights and benefits of any other state
employee. The state has no right to punish an individual for being jobless.
And what ever became of the NEW DEAL mentality ? So the State
owes us nothing and corporate America owes us nothing ?
Do we perhaps owe ourselves a second American Revolution ?
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Monday, January 28, 2002
Still there-the GOOD parish priest
My 80 year old widowed mother said she was cheered up recently
by a visit from the parish priest. She belongs to St.Mathews Church in
Cranston, Rhode Island.
In sad and difficult times these priests were always there
for people. Never a hint of scandal about them. I guess they did keep
the faith all these years, after all.
You never forget the GOOD people that pass through your life.
There is some INSPIRATION out there. The Prince of Darkness is
not yet running the whole show ! When we no longer trust ANYBODY , the
world will be his for the taking.
Friday, January 25, 2002
Sympathy for Sarah Jane Olson
If Sept. 11 had not happened, poor old Sarah Jane Olson - now
a typical middle class mom -beloved by her family - would probably have
been dismissed as a 60s relic. It is not clear to this reader the extent
of her guilt for the SLA lunacy a long, long time ago.
USA Today reader Michael J. Gorman - one of New York's finest-
brings a typical cop mentality to the case : forgive and forget nothing !
Apart from the question of her crime, there is an overlooked
error in political theory by the Sarah Jane of long ago : the belief that
an elite few - independent of the majority - and of all things, in alliance
with thugs and gangsters - could constitute a revolutionary force in our
flawed but real democracy.
People nowadays forget or want to forget everything great
and good - and even extraordinary ! - about the feverish 60s.
One sad lesson we learned : never trust upper class spoiled
brats - in a slumming frenzy.
Revolution for the hell of it was not a good idea.
Perhaps in a year or two Sarah Jane Olson might get more
understanding.
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Elegy for Stuart Denton -" caught "
Tragic news story in the Boston Herald today: " Suspect in sex
case commits suicide ". I guess the embarrassment was too much for 55
year old Stuart Denton - being caught by the police in some kinky group
sex with other males in the theater of a Rhode Island " Amazing ".
I wonder if some malicious dime dropper will now sleep well
at night. Was it even possible that the dime dropper never visited
" Amazing Video " in Johnston, Rhode Island ? Was he the puritanical
type ? Or it didn't matter to him making life a horror show for harmless
gays or bisexuals ?
Watch out now all you straight or gay people in your parked
cars after midnight. The dime dropper has you in sight !
A while back I re-read " Peyton Place " by Grace Metalious. Said
a book critic : " The novel teaches us the wisdom of minding our own
business. "
case commits suicide ". I guess the embarrassment was too much for 55
year old Stuart Denton - being caught by the police in some kinky group
sex with other males in the theater of a Rhode Island " Amazing ".
I wonder if some malicious dime dropper will now sleep well
at night. Was it even possible that the dime dropper never visited
" Amazing Video " in Johnston, Rhode Island ? Was he the puritanical
type ? Or it didn't matter to him making life a horror show for harmless
gays or bisexuals ?
Watch out now all you straight or gay people in your parked
cars after midnight. The dime dropper has you in sight !
A while back I re-read " Peyton Place " by Grace Metalious. Said
a book critic : " The novel teaches us the wisdom of minding our own
business. "
Monday, January 21, 2002
Toothless in Boston ?
Sad news about the cutback of dental care for the poor of Mass.
Do you think that the poor are a different species for whom dental care is
no more a necessity than a visit to a hair stylist is for the comfortable
middle class citizen ?
In general dental care should be inseparable from health
care. Out the window here is all the wisdom of preventive medicine.
One reads in Dr. Donahue that gum disease can be a factor in
heart attacks.
Now how many will be sleepless AND toothless in Boston ?
Shame on you, most LIBERAL of all states. Do I see a Kennedy smile
in the background ? A wonder of modern dentistry !
Do you think that the poor are a different species for whom dental care is
no more a necessity than a visit to a hair stylist is for the comfortable
middle class citizen ?
In general dental care should be inseparable from health
care. Out the window here is all the wisdom of preventive medicine.
One reads in Dr. Donahue that gum disease can be a factor in
heart attacks.
Now how many will be sleepless AND toothless in Boston ?
Shame on you, most LIBERAL of all states. Do I see a Kennedy smile
in the background ? A wonder of modern dentistry !
Monday, January 14, 2002
Hockey dad neither A nor B
Clearly now and then the law just has to make an example out
of someone for the benefit of society. The convicted hockey dad was
neither a gentle giant nor a brutal killer. A booze soaked brain - even
from past indulgence - and the manic environment of the sports arena-
recalling the Mother of all stadiums - the Roman Colosseum - can bring
out the killer in any red blooded , all-American dad who sees HIS
boy abused.
Not for nothing the great Roman philosopher Seneca who
abhorred THE GAMES wrote a long essay - still worth studying: " On Anger ".
Perhaps a compulsory course in human anatomy might make even
the dumbest sports fans a little less quick with their fists.
It took billions of years for the human brain to evolve.
It takes just a few seconds to destroy it.
Even if you just punch a guy in the chest, a sharp
little bone called the Xiphoid process could puncture the heart. I
learned that a long time ago in a CNA class.
May cooler tempers prevail in sports and in the REAL
world.
of someone for the benefit of society. The convicted hockey dad was
neither a gentle giant nor a brutal killer. A booze soaked brain - even
from past indulgence - and the manic environment of the sports arena-
recalling the Mother of all stadiums - the Roman Colosseum - can bring
out the killer in any red blooded , all-American dad who sees HIS
boy abused.
Not for nothing the great Roman philosopher Seneca who
abhorred THE GAMES wrote a long essay - still worth studying: " On Anger ".
Perhaps a compulsory course in human anatomy might make even
the dumbest sports fans a little less quick with their fists.
It took billions of years for the human brain to evolve.
It takes just a few seconds to destroy it.
Even if you just punch a guy in the chest, a sharp
little bone called the Xiphoid process could puncture the heart. I
learned that a long time ago in a CNA class.
May cooler tempers prevail in sports and in the REAL
world.
Thursday, January 3, 2002
Lipstick on your collar ?
Small things like lipstick sales reveal major economic trends,
according to a front page newspaper story. Recalling oldie but goodie lyrics-
" lipstick on your collar tells me you're untrue ! " - I imagined an alternative
explanation for increased lipstick sales : despite feminist propaganda, feminine
nature has not changed much since Ovid's time. A long time ago this great Roman
poet wrote a still practical book titled " The Art of Love. " .
Is it not more likely that millions of females on the brink of
a scary economic insecurity are merely preparing themselves for the world's
oldest profession in its legal and illegal forms : marriage and prostitution ?
By legitimizing the latter form we will stimulate the economy and
shorten many a man's cyclic depression .
On the topic of marriage as prostitution the brainy feminists
speak with more authority than this bachelor reader.
Many of my divorced male friends speak with agony on the
subject of life with the material girl. Holy matrimony led to holy alimony !
Perhaps Liz Taylor has the right idea, after all : Never despair !
according to a front page newspaper story. Recalling oldie but goodie lyrics-
" lipstick on your collar tells me you're untrue ! " - I imagined an alternative
explanation for increased lipstick sales : despite feminist propaganda, feminine
nature has not changed much since Ovid's time. A long time ago this great Roman
poet wrote a still practical book titled " The Art of Love. " .
Is it not more likely that millions of females on the brink of
a scary economic insecurity are merely preparing themselves for the world's
oldest profession in its legal and illegal forms : marriage and prostitution ?
By legitimizing the latter form we will stimulate the economy and
shorten many a man's cyclic depression .
On the topic of marriage as prostitution the brainy feminists
speak with more authority than this bachelor reader.
Many of my divorced male friends speak with agony on the
subject of life with the material girl. Holy matrimony led to holy alimony !
Perhaps Liz Taylor has the right idea, after all : Never despair !
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