The year 2000 has great psychological significance for me - a lot to think about. Since I share Mr. Whitcomb's aversion to the relentless NOISE around us - and since I am sick of 2000 hype- I plan to seek Peace & Quiet on New Years Eve . A very meditative hour or two and then -hopefully - I shall be contemptuously sound asleep by midnight. And blissfully refreshed in the morning assessing the first day of New Times.
The BIG NEWS of the morning : " Boris Yeltsin is back in the hospital ... " ? People will conclude that the coming of 2000 was the biggest dud since the Edsel. And a dud will be elected President of the United States in November 2000. Gore ? Bush ? What difference does it make ? And the Red Sox will blow it again late in October. And Buddy Cianci is still being investigated ....
And I'll still be writing letters : " It's damm capitalism , you see ... "
Friday, December 31, 1999
Wednesday, December 29, 1999
Gay Marriage- A True Abomination !
Providence Journal columnist M. Charles Bakst has truly gone off the deep end on gay rights issues. He is now disappointed that the Vermont Supreme Court " failed to legalize same sex marriages . "
At the core of modern bourgeois marriage is property and procreation. Gay thinkers - and " non-breeders " - like witty author Gore Vidal - have mocked the sacred institution again and again. And indeed they have satirized it brilliantly.
From a RADICAL perspective, gay marriage would simply be a farce of a farce , a mockery of a mockery ! A capitalist society should not recognize gay marriage unless it is prepared to profoundly transform the institution of marriage for everybody - forever.
What every divorced man discovers -TOO LATE ! - in court is that PROPERTY - not love & affection - is at the heart of marital bliss. Too late does he learn that his "immortal beloved " has the soul of a shopping mall. How dearly he pays for love's illusions !
What could be more ludicrous than an unhappy gay couple arguing bitterly in court over who should get the dog ?
( Words I actually overheard : " Why should I stay with an old fag like you when Mario has a beach house and a Porsche! ")
Here is an issue on which both radicals and reactionaries can unite : BAN GAY MARRIAGE !
It it is sheer lunacy . And M Charles , please invite me to the wedding.
At the core of modern bourgeois marriage is property and procreation. Gay thinkers - and " non-breeders " - like witty author Gore Vidal - have mocked the sacred institution again and again. And indeed they have satirized it brilliantly.
From a RADICAL perspective, gay marriage would simply be a farce of a farce , a mockery of a mockery ! A capitalist society should not recognize gay marriage unless it is prepared to profoundly transform the institution of marriage for everybody - forever.
What every divorced man discovers -TOO LATE ! - in court is that PROPERTY - not love & affection - is at the heart of marital bliss. Too late does he learn that his "immortal beloved " has the soul of a shopping mall. How dearly he pays for love's illusions !
What could be more ludicrous than an unhappy gay couple arguing bitterly in court over who should get the dog ?
( Words I actually overheard : " Why should I stay with an old fag like you when Mario has a beach house and a Porsche! ")
Here is an issue on which both radicals and reactionaries can unite : BAN GAY MARRIAGE !
It it is sheer lunacy . And M Charles , please invite me to the wedding.
Friday, December 24, 1999
Send Cuban Boy Back To Cuba !
Providence Journal columnist Froma Harrop is right to believe that Elian Gonzlez- the 6 year old Cuban boy, an involuntary exile rescued off the Florida coast- belongs with his father in Cuba. And you don't need the wisdom of Solomon here!
Spurious indeed is the argument about the GOOD LIFE here for Elian. Since when is the GOOD LIFE compulsory in our society ? Speak that crap to the millions of working poor - many of whom are from Latin America . The " dark , Satanic mills " of the Industrial Revolution are still there for the new immigrants - most of them .
I am opposed to a recklessly " liberal " immigration policy. But I am also passionately opposed to the abuse and exploitation of these latino immigrants.
And most certainly a 6 year old political innocent should not be used as a pawn in international politics.
I happen to agree with Fidel about the main type of Cuban exile in Miami - a despicable GUSANO , an implacable enemy of the Cuban Revolution
They will never forgive Fidel for " stealing " their vast wealth - the fruit of their own corruption and the misery of the Cuban people.
Viva Fidel ! ( But retire soon please and hold elections .)
Spurious indeed is the argument about the GOOD LIFE here for Elian. Since when is the GOOD LIFE compulsory in our society ? Speak that crap to the millions of working poor - many of whom are from Latin America . The " dark , Satanic mills " of the Industrial Revolution are still there for the new immigrants - most of them .
I am opposed to a recklessly " liberal " immigration policy. But I am also passionately opposed to the abuse and exploitation of these latino immigrants.
And most certainly a 6 year old political innocent should not be used as a pawn in international politics.
I happen to agree with Fidel about the main type of Cuban exile in Miami - a despicable GUSANO , an implacable enemy of the Cuban Revolution
They will never forgive Fidel for " stealing " their vast wealth - the fruit of their own corruption and the misery of the Cuban people.
Viva Fidel ! ( But retire soon please and hold elections .)
Tuesday, December 21, 1999
Keep doctors out of Congress !
" Keep government from health care " , thinks a smug conservative, A. John Elliot ( letter Dec. 20 ) . "
The entire edifice that we now call health insurance has been erected because we do not trust people to make their own health decisions, " he writes.
I know hard working people who have lost this " bureaucratic red tape " health insurance.Oddly enough they have all decided to NOT visit doctors or hospitals unless delivered while unconscious in an ambulance .
And what is their excuse for not having $100,000 in cash available for health care ? Such a careless life style gets the contempt it deserves in hospital finance department or in the good doctors office .
Don't trust the government to get anything right, to be what " that man " FDR called " a helping hand " . Instead count on the natural benevolence of the Free Market -worshiped by all true conservatives.
These same people whine for Big Government to come to the rescue whenever a natural catastrophe strikes - floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes . Surely the Free Market could deliver help here much more efficiently !
Keep doctors out of Congress - especially conservative doctors ! They are an unhealthy influence indeed .
The entire edifice that we now call health insurance has been erected because we do not trust people to make their own health decisions, " he writes.
I know hard working people who have lost this " bureaucratic red tape " health insurance.Oddly enough they have all decided to NOT visit doctors or hospitals unless delivered while unconscious in an ambulance .
And what is their excuse for not having $100,000 in cash available for health care ? Such a careless life style gets the contempt it deserves in hospital finance department or in the good doctors office .
Don't trust the government to get anything right, to be what " that man " FDR called " a helping hand " . Instead count on the natural benevolence of the Free Market -worshiped by all true conservatives.
These same people whine for Big Government to come to the rescue whenever a natural catastrophe strikes - floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes . Surely the Free Market could deliver help here much more efficiently !
Keep doctors out of Congress - especially conservative doctors ! They are an unhealthy influence indeed .
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