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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/07/88 19:42 Msg:2472 Call:10005236 Lines:4
20 Methinks I see the wanton hours flee,
21 and as they pass, turn back and laugh at me.
22 - George Villiers
23 **********************************************************************
003=Usr:322 Stray Cat 10/07/88 19:49 Msg:2473 Call:10005237 Lines:7
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27 I have absolutely NOTHING to say, except that I can now say I was F I R S T
28
29 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Friday, Oct 8, 88 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%
004=Usr:100 Ben Davis 10/07/88 21:59 Msg:2474 Call:10005243 Lines:7
31 F I R S T, you made the fatal error of not entering your name, hence, anyone
32 could claim to be first. Anyone like me. I wasn't first but that is beside
33 the point. You cannot prove you are you. I now have the dubiose distinction
34 of being the first to 'sign' their name at the bottom of their message this
35 disk!
36 Camp Director
37 C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>D>C>
005=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/08/88 01:31 Msg:2475 Call:10005251 Lines:9
38 &*&*&*&*'s
39 Adventure Awaits! let us all begin post haste! (Feel free to enter anything you
40 like though. Don't let me intimdate you.)
41
42 An Astral Dreamer.
43 (The third person to enter stuff on this disk!)
44 (The second to put their name down!)
45 &*&*&*&*'s
46
006=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 10/08/88 15:45 Msg:2476 Call:10005256 Lines:18
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48 Hideho!
49
50 Tis I Beaker. The 4th to post and the third to leave a name!
51
52 Now...To the foolish Neo-Nazi 'Skin Head' punks. Your lucky I didn't have a
53 shot-gun with me. Course I wouldn't a used it. But don't be suprised if
54 you get a call from the Phone company (and the electric, and your insurance
55 company, and your bank). Now for a little education, I am not white trash,
56 maybe if you spent more time in school you would know what the term 'white
57 trash refers to. It is not somebody with black friends, but rather a very
58 poor social class in the south that originated during slavery and the cival
59 war.
60
61 Poor fools. I pitty you.
62
63 Lord Beaker
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007=Usr:71 David Shult 10/09/88 15:52 Msg:2477 Call:10005280 Lines:63
65
66 696969696969
67
68 Nomination for the "Ten Best Censored Stories of 1987"
69
70 GLOWING OUTLOOK FOR FOOD IRRADIATION BUSINESS
71
72 The food industry is going high-tech with a seemingly innocent
73 procedure called irradiation -- a process that delays ripening by
74 exposing food to radioactive materials that kill insects, mold, and
75 bacteria.
76 Critics point out that irradiation may produce food products that
77 at best have lower nutritional value; at worst are carcinogenic.
78 Irradition also poses significant health threats to workers and the
79 public in transportation, storage, and disposal of radioactive waste.
80 And there is real concern over the safety of radioactive devices used
81 in food, beverage, cosmetic, and drug industries.
82 While spices are the first irradiated edibles marketed in the
83 U.S., the Food and Drug Admnstration (FDA) also has approved
84 irradiation for use on produce and some meats. Interestingly, the FDA
85 regulates irradiation not as a process but as an additive.
86 The question, of course, is exactly what is "added" to irradiated
87 food? Irradiated food looks and smells better for an extended time,
88 but little is known about the chemical changes induced by the process.
89 One science writer posed the complex issues when he asked "What
90 do you get when you irradiate an apple with 100,000 rads of gamma
91 rays. Is that irradiation a process or an additive? Who should
92 control it? Does it pose a carcinogenic threat to humans? Since it
93 reduces food spoilage and replaces dangerous pesticides, is it a
94 blessing for the world's hungry?" And then he asked, "Why are there
95 no answers to these questions?"
96 Meanwhile, the track record in irradiation facilities is anything
97 but reassuring. The Radiation Technology plant in Far Rockaway, New
98 Jersey, was closed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for
99 willfully supplying false information about repeated safety
100 violations; the NRC also shut down International Nutronics in Dover,
101 New Jersey, after workers reported a coverup of a radioative spill of
102 a tank of water containing cobalt-60 rods; and workers in Isomedix
103 Co., Parsippany, New Jersey, were told to clean up leaks by pouring
104 radioactive water down bathroom toilets and sinks.
105 Earlier this year, the NRC suspended the use of an industrial
106 air-purifying device that leaked tiny particles of radioactive
107 polonium at plants around the nation. The NRC also order 3M to recall
108 for inspection all 45,000 of the ionizing air guns used to control
109 static electricty and remove dust from product containers. Of 828
110 plants inspected so far, contamination was found at 118 sites; of
111 those, the radiation exceeded the reportable limit of .005 microcuries
112 in 39 plants. Subsequently, the NRC recalled 2,500 3M units used in
113 the food, beverage, costmetic and drug industries.
114 Given the potential problems, one would expect to find the
115 irradiation issue on the national media agenda; but it isn't.
116 Meanwhile, as serious questions go unanswered, the government has
117 proposed federal regulations that would allow more irradiation.
118
119 SOURCES: UTNE READER, May/June 1987, "Irradiation Business Gears
120 Up," by Karin Winegar, pp 29-30; SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER SPECTRA,
121 2/25/88, "Food Irradiation," by Rick Weiss, pp E1-E2, reprinted from
122 SCIENCE NEWS; S. F. EXAMINER (AP), 2/19/88, "Ionizing guns recalled
123 over radiation fear," p A5.
124
125 696969696969696969
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127
008=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/10/88 02:03 Msg:2478 Call:10005292 Lines:26
128 ********************************************************************
129 I've been reviewing the entries of the abortion debate here, and I
130 would just like to say that I'm impressed (with a couple of exceptions).
131 For an issue that is as emotional as this is, that emotion was well
132 contained and the debators went to great effort to clearly and concisely
133 state their veiw point. No attempt was made to "win" the argument or
134 convert others to their veiwpoint. Rather it seemed to be more of a
135 heartfelt desire to express that viewpoint in a way that others could
136 understand. And, more importantly, an acceptance of the existance of
137 that view point by the others. As I say, I'm impressed, and it makes me
138 feel just a little better especially after seeing the two canidates
139 one of whom will most likely become our next president try to bash
140 each others brains in and run off in an emotional tiff. "Mommy! He hurt
141 me! He Hurt me! Whaaaa!" It's frightening to think that one of the
142 most important countries in the world will soon be run by one of these
143 two intellectual morons. Their only intent seems to be to avoid discussing
144 issues at all costs for fear that someone might find out that they
145 don't have any answers.
146 As I say, after reading the debate messages here again I felt a little
147 better. Maybe there's hope yet...there really are intellegent and
148 concerned people out there who's vision goes beyond the short term
149 lust for power at any cost. People who wish to express their views
150 as clearly as possible and having a strong desire to know and understand
151 the views of others. There are times when begin to think that is
152 non-exsistant these days. It's nice to find it still alive and well.
153 ******************** CISTOP MIKEY ************************************
009=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 10/10/88 16:07 Msg:2479 Call:10005312 Lines:7
154 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redig | Hiccup Hiccup Hiccupppppppppppppppppppppppppp
155
156 Yes, mikey, you are right; there are intelligent people out there. It's
157 just that we're too intelligent to run for office, so bozo's allways seem
158 to get elected.
159
160 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Achoo Achoo Achoo (don't ask))))))))))))))))
010=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/10/88 18:48 Msg:2480 Call:10005315 Lines:27
161 &*&*&*&*'s
162 I'm coming to the conclusion that good people just don't make it that far in
163 politics. You have to have a real lust for power to put up with the garbage
164 that goes on.
165
166 Unfortunetly the avoidance of issues is as much a reflection on we the
167 people of this country as it is on the candidates. The feeling is (And the
168 media supports this.) that we are all to imature to be able to make an
169 educated decision about the candidat's, and must instead rely upon some sort
170 of mistake being made.
171
172 Perhaps we are so self centered that we cannot stand to think that the
173 candidate we are voting for has some opinions that we do not agree with.
174
175 I read through a posting on another board that put Dukakis down because he
176 had supported gun control bills. Interestingly enough I recently heard that
177 Bush is the only of the two candidats to have actually voted for a
178 gun control bill. (This be the 1968 gun control act I believe.)
179
180 But because of Dukakis's supposed stance on gun control the poster s not
181 going to vote for him. Gee, I suppose being involved in selling arms to
182 terrorists and helping to cut back on social programs that help people get
183 out of poverty is alright under those circumstances.
184
185 An Astral Dreamer.
186 &*&*&*&*'s
187
011=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 10/10/88 21:24 Msg:2481 Call:10005320 Lines:13
188 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Hurm......Two hoursssssssssssssssssssssssss
189
190 Anyone here ever heard of the DC comics character 'Rorschach'? I don't
191 read comics, but I found this guy to be interesting.
192
193 Also, anyone here wonder why I don't enter any 'Mindless Drivel' anymore?
194 Well, I'll tell you. I just can't beat the presidential candidates.
195 Compared to them, my 'Mindless Drivel' actually makes sense. Also also,
196 I think that there should be a voting option on the ballot that says:
197 "Anything but the choices given above!"
198
199 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Sanity is relativeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
200
012=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 10/11/88 02:11 Msg:2482 Call:10005326 Lines:80
201 {}
202
203 Grunt. Groan.
204
205 I pulled myself back into Beta-Space. My vacation over, I knew that
206 my life must continue on...with sorrow, I left P-Space (my PRIVATE and
207 isolated universe) to come back to the Inn. I had found 'mail' left for
208 me; I opened the Eye for a moment; the vision I recieved pleased me,
209 one of many people of different beliefs peacefully existing and
210 sharing private thoughts amoung themselves; the Eye closed, my eyes
211 re-opened to the 'world'; and I watched Kurfur debate with a keg
212 of ale in his own, private way. Kurfur was winning (or losing,
213 depending on your beliefs) against the keg; yet I knew that the ale
214 would triumph in the end. How strange it seemed, knowing a mighty
215 warrior from many a battle losing against a single, yet inanimate
216 enemy. Oh well. At least this enemy brought some cheer and
217 relief for his life. That, plus it didn't possess a bladed
218 weapon pointed at me. It was not that he was doing something
219 "wrong" in my eyes. It just seemed to be an irony, a passing
220 thought that read like a simple story. I myself have had the
221 delight in sampling alcohol, in many different forms; but I have
222 yet the courage to find enough to make me spin as I float. Maybe
223 that was why the Mighty Warrior drank; it was his courage coming
224 through, showing, nay, even yelling, that he was a warrior, and
225 not someone claiming to be one. I smiled - a rare thing for me,
226 unless in revelry - and gave Bhudda's Blessing to him (which
227 meant no hangover the next day) of mind, which would
228 last a meger 24 hours (only a Master Guru could bestow more
229 than 24 hours - and I mean a GRAND MASTER). A gift for the
230 warrior, after his long and tiresome travels. He did
231 not notice me for the moment, instead, he continued talking
232 to others over a time stream in his realm. I floated to him,
233 weary, tired, and hoping for a sample of the ale he had.
234 It smelled wonderful in its own, 'Earthy' way, the hops
235 climbing just slightly about the powerful smell of
236 alcohol. (Ah, well, I guess a short party wouldn't hurt...)
237 so I summoned a keg from the Cellar (yes, the Inn now possesses
238 a cellar!), punched the tap into the keg, and drew a
239 hearty draft into my own stein (in P-Space, where my home
240 is). I made a simple broadcast to the Crossroads, where
241 it would be picked up by Temporal Sensitives. Eye, a short
242 party (ack-I always had a low tolerence) Inn the in.
243
244 * * *
245
246 While my fiction is having some fun, I should say:
247
248 Thank you, everyone, for any kind comments.
249
250 Thank you, CISTOP MIKEY, for the kind praise of the
251 regulars on the board. I think that Backwater is a better
252 place to be simply becuase of its members, who make it
253 what it really is.
254
255 To Friar: what happened to you? Have you passed to the next
256 infinity? Or are you hiding out there, lurking over messages?
257 I have not heard from you in some time...
258
259 To Lord Beaker, ResG, drop by the Inn sometime; even though
260 it's still under construction, everything is fairly stable.
261
262 To Kurfur; my fictional part was written imprompu; I did
263 not mean to offend; it was just my mind wonder (wander?)ing again,
264 and I'm just tired & upset from my trip home. My True One
265 lives 106 miles from Beaverton, in Springfield. Every two weeks
266 I venture down to see her, for a meger 12 hours. Sunday was
267 a special day for me. I had the day off (I always work weekends,
268 so I had to do some juggling to get this), and spent a wonderful
269 36 hours with her. And, I'm offically engaged, as of Sunday night,
270 with a somewhat definite wedding time arranged two years from now.
271
272 (What's that? Two years? Actually, that's nothing to me...
273 my sweetheart & I have been together 6 years this month, right
274 out of high school...)
275
276 A cranky, upset, but still friendly Guru,
277
278 Hagbard Celine.
279
280 {}
013=Usr:61 Emu 10/11/88 12:12 Msg:2483 Call:10005335 Lines:3
281 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
282 Boo!
283 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
014=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/11/88 14:33 Msg:2484 Call:10005338 Lines:8
284 &*&*&*&*'s
285 Congrat's Hagbard!
286
287 I hope to start a new story soon. Just trying to get over a bit of writers
288 block.
289
290 An Astral Dreamer.
291 &*&*&*&*'s
015=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 10/11/88 15:37 Msg:2485 Call:10005342 Lines:11
292
293 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | No offense takennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
294
295 Congrats Hagbard!
296
297 "Another barrel," I asked the Barkeep. "Never mind the glass."
298
299 Writers block is a brick wall acrost the freeway of imagination.
300
301 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Goosnargh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
302
016=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 10/11/88 17:49 Msg:2486 Call:10005346 Lines:9
303 -=======-=------------=-------=========--------------===========-=-=========
304 Arg. Fatal freeway accident, the only victem apears to be...one Mr.
305 Beaker's imagination. It seems it colided with a brick wall while moveing
306 at a high rate, details at eleven.
307
308 LB\__/
309 oo
310 Avalable at all stores except Morrison.
311 ------{=-===-=--------=-======================---=-=--=-=====-=---------=-==
017=Usr:616 LEE FULLER 10/11/88 20:28 Msg:2487 Call:10005349 Lines:14
312 I'M CRAZY ABOUT COMPUTERS; IF I COULD ONLY TYPE!!!!!
313 MESSAGE TO LARRY H. ....P GUESS WHAT? THE MODEM IS WORKING JUST FINE, I JUS
314 ENTER
315 GUESS WHAT LARRY?? MODEM O.K.MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
316 I THINK I NEED SOME HELP WITH THIS
317 MESSAGE TO LARRY H.
318 WHY IS BEAVERTON POLITICS ARE BEAVERTON POLITICS SO ...
319 I DONT KNOW HOW TO SAY IT
320 WITHOUT GETTING CENCORED.......
321 BESIDES, MY TIME IS UP. HAVE FUN.
322 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
323 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY BYE
324 AT Z
325 ?
018=Usr:617 Linda Carpenter 10/11/88 21:50 Msg:2488 Call:10005351 Lines:1
326 COSMIC
019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/11/88 21:59 Msg:2489 Call:10005352 Lines:11
327 &*&*&*&*'s
328 I think I know what the problem is. I mentioned the words. You know, those
329 words that no writer ever want's to hear or think about? Whoops, I probably
330 compounded the problem by making you think about the words. So what ever
331 you do DO NOT THINK OF THOSE WORDS!
332
333 Thank you.
334
335 An Astral dreamer.
336 &*&*&*&*'s
337
020=Usr:477 Denny Bennett 10/11/88 23:09 Msg:2490 Call:10005355 Lines:3
338
339@How do one change his password?
340
021=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 10/12/88 01:20 Msg:2491 Call:10005359 Lines:21
341 {}
342
343 BBBLLLAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUCKKKKK! I belch into infinity. JT seems
344 slightly annoyed, but continues to shine and prep the bar for
345 more expected arrivals. My mind begins to wonder and wander,
346 and much to Kurfur's dismay, my body shape changes with it as
347 well...into a floating light....then a unicorn...then a
348 scruffy looking teenager with obnoxiously colored clothing that
349 burned the image into the mind. I think I need to stop for awhile...
350
351 * * *
352
353 Thanks for the congrats, believe me, I needed that today. I
354 have figured out the exact date: Feburary 14th, 1991.
355
356 Say, what's the local opinion on Tyson & the distraught (and
357 battered?) wife?
358
359 Hagbard Celine, Resident Guru.
360
361 {}
022=Usr:507 todd rogers 10/12/88 10:02 Msg:2492 Call:10005366 Lines:1
362 ------- Is it just me or is the board filling sssllooowwwllly???
023=Usr:588 Wayne S. 10/12/88 10:08 Msg:2493 Call:10005367 Lines:7
363 =======================================================================
364
365 Kurfur--You say sanity is relative. I take it, though, that it is
366 not a very close one? :-)
367
368 ==========================Signer=====================================
024=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 10/12/88 20:37 Msg:2494 Call:10005379 Lines:27
370 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Thhhhhhhppppppppppptttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
371
372 Yes, I believe that it is my second psychology twice removed.
373
374 Nice date, Hagbard. The 132'nd birthday of Oregon. Now for some personal
375 and prying questions:
376
377 What is the name of your spouse to be?
378
379 How long have you known each other?
380
381 Who's nose do you think the children will get?
382
383 What is the capital of Uganda?
384
385 Inquiring Minds Want to Know!!!!!
386 (Thhhpppttttttttt!!)
387
388 By the way, could you please keep one form? The mead is doing enough
389 without more weirdness.
390
391 We need to keep the bricklayers off the freeways! What with all the brick
392 walls they build.
393
394 I guess I've annoyed enough people for now;
395
396 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Wagner was very unimaginative!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
025=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 10/12/88 23:07 Msg:2495 Call:10005383 Lines:17
397
398 {}
399
400 Two answers to two questions I shall give:
401
402 We have been dating for 6 years, straight out of high school, throug
403 and out of college, to the present. It was not always nice; it was also
404 not always bad, either.
405
406 Her first name I shall give (and no more than one): Novia.
407 Pronounce it "Nova". She hates that name. I call her by another
408 but it would take too much time to explain that one. Please, be
409 happy with just Novia. Besides, our names mean little to each other.
410 What means more we share between us. What else matters?
411
412 Hagbard Celine, lonely Guru.
413 {}
026=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 10/13/88 15:42 Msg:2496 Call:10005397 Lines:7
414 ----=-========-=------===-=========-==========-===========-=----------------
415 cal tesrey un nervie su hakusey* tey un neradda ferbinium to rettam no
416 rettamie* wa ko ferbin cal tuney*
417
418 Malkey Beaker \__/
419 oo
420 =--------=-================-=--------======-=--=-=----------=-=-=====--=-===
027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/13/88 19:58 Msg:2497 Call:10005401 Lines:10
421 &*&*&*&*'
422
423 Well now, Seems things have been a might bit slow around here. Gee, I sound
424 kindof dumb. Hmm, Ah yes, It seems I had slipped into my Ronald Reagen
425 impersonation. (Just look at the camera and say "Well, I think..." or "Well,
426 Thats a very good question..." And then go on to some other topic.
427
428 An Astral Dreamer.
429 &*&*&*&*'s
430
028=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 10/13/88 22:09 Msg:2498 Call:10005406 Lines:7
431 KKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | ghuy'cha to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
432
433 Or better yet:
434
435 Well..... ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.............
436
437 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Nothing better to sayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
029=Usr:21 Fable Master 10/14/88 09:21 Msg:2499 Call:10005413 Lines:1
438 Hey! How come the system won't talk to 300 baud modems?
030=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 10/14/88 20:06 Msg:2500 Call:10005427 Lines:12
439 @@@####@#@#####@@@@@@#@#####@@@@######@@@@@######@@@@@###@@#@####@
440
441 "Hey! Where'd the Inn go? I just got through the floor and everything
442 went paisley. Boy what a trip. Where am I?"
443 Wait, isn't this the land of OZ? No, I'd be in a broken house.
444 What's that? Looks like an arch. Well only one way to go"
445
446 The Wanderer smells a faint familiar musty scent. Then turns and
447 sees a Large mole walk through the door.
448
449 "Aren't you the one that came from beneath me a while ago."
450
031=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 10/14/88 20:13 Msg:2501 Call:10005428 Lines:17
451 " Yes. But you moved. Where are we?" asked The MOLE.
452
453 "Something called Beta-space." answered the Wanderer.
454
455 "Ah. THAT anSWers a lot. Now really WHERE are we."
456
457 "As I said before Beta-space."
458
459 "Oh. Like the place programs go before release?" mused the mole.
460
461 "Funny. Do you have any more puns?"
462
463 "Lots"
464
465 "So what is there to do here" asked Mole as he pulled out a can of
466 worms to munch on.
467 @@@@###@@#@#@@@@####@@@@@######@@#@#@#@####@@#@#@@@@##@######@@#
032=Usr:196 Cheryl Singer 10/14/88 20:56 Msg:2502 Call:10005429 Lines:4
468 Hello, it's me, Cassandra, again...hopefully out of retirement this time!
469 How's it going, Leonard? Has anyone heard from or about Justin lately?
470 tting kinda concerned... R*A*Y and I would like to hear from or
471 about him. TTFN ***Cassandra***
033=Usr:620 DONALD EARL 10/14/88 21:58 Msg:2503 Call:10005430 Lines:17
472@
473@ **** il i* *WsHr!* *******
474@
475@
476@ *************
477@ *Triple Five*
478@
479@
480@
481@
482@D
483
484 *************
485 *Triple Five*
486 * Was Here! *
487 *************
488
034=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 10/15/88 04:06 Msg:2504 Call:10005433 Lines:21
489
490 {}
491
492 A "wormhole" was forming in Beta Space. This worried me, even
493 though my mind had the consistency of tapioca. So, like any other
494 drunk Guru, I "oozed" towards the door to look through the archway and
495 into the entry wormhole.
496
497 "Ooze" is a correct description. It's so much easier to be a liquid
498 than it is to be a solid - ...oh, sorry. You want to know that I saw...
499
500 I saw a large Mole, conversing with Wonderer. (Ok. This is to
501 be expected)... and so I wandered back in, after floating a few steins
502 their direction - a kind of going-away gift for Wonderer, who was off
503 to another adventure. Sooner or later, though, he would return, and
504 be with his friends to recount the tales of his travels.
505
506 HaGbArD CELLLinnne.,. slightly drunk. (JT, know more for me. I B
507 fine now...)
508
509 {}
035=Usr:561 JIM JEFFERSON 10/15/88 13:34 Msg:2505 Call:10005437 Lines:4
510 EAT ME & BE FREE, EAT ME AND I'll EAT YOU!!!!! G E E EE E K
511
512
513
036=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/15/88 22:25 Msg:2506 Call:10005445 Lines:11
514 &*&*&*&*'s
515 Well, I'll start the adventure soon. I seem to have a touch of the flue right
516 now, so I'm not sure how soon it will be.
517
518 I wonder why there is much corruption in the world. You would think that
519 peaple could grow beyond it. Oh well, I guess in time it will happen.
520
521 An Astral Dreamer.
522 Plegm caugh!
523 &*&*&*&*'s
524
037=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/16/88 19:51 Msg:2507 Call:10005461 Lines:11
525 &*&*&*&*'s
526 Hmm, everybody must be on vacation. I havn't seen anything entered all day. Oh
527 well, I guess things will pick up tommorow.
528
529 Fill the Disk!
530
531 Word Wrap?
532
533 An Astral Dreamer
534 &*&*&*&*'s
535
038=Usr:622 GARY ERICKSON 10/16/88 22:17 Msg:2508 Call:10005465 Lines:4
536 TO SYSOP:
537 SORRY ABOUT LOGGING ON SO MANY TIMES. THIS IS THE FIRST BBS I HAVE BEEN
538 ABLE TO LOG ONTO WITH MY NEW MODEM. I AM JUST SO FACINATED WITH THE PROCESS.
539 BUT I PROMISE THIS IS MY LAST CALL.
039=Usr:562 Blank Doe 10/16/88 22:56 Msg:2509 Call:10005466 Lines:7
540 WORLD WATCH THREE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
541 New user, I hope I'm not to late, Please join us as often as you like! All are
542 wealcome here (well MOST). If this is your first number, where did you get it?
543
544 Being nice to sombody for a change, I'm Blank Doe
545
546 nw0>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wwiii
040=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/17/88 20:01 Msg:2510 Call:10005480 Lines:6
547 &*&*&*&*'s
548 Yes, Call as often as you like. We like to hear from new people.
549
550 An Astral Dreamer.
551 &*&*&*&*'s
552
041=Usr:53 prince dragon 10/17/88 23:07 Msg:2511 Call:10005484 Lines:4
553 _________----------=====--------__________
554 |||||||||\\\*****///|||||||
555 :P:
556 OOPS
042=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 10/18/88 12:24 Msg:2512 Call:10005493 Lines:4
557 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
558 I'm back, but only for a quick peek. I know, no one cars.
559 How is the adventure going?
560 [][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][]
043=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 10/18/88 16:14 Msg:2513 Call:10005496 Lines:9
561 --------=======-==--------=-=============-====---------=-======-------======
562 Slow...slow...sssssllllllllllooooooooooow. Not that I'm helping speed it up
563 any. Theres just nothing happeniing. Maybe after the election? I wounder,
564 is it that nobodys calling, or just not entering anything (thats what I've b
565 een doing.
566
567 lorD beakeR \__/
568 oo
569 =-=-==--{======-=====-----------------==-=-===========-=-----------=-=-=----
044=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/19/88 00:29 Msg:2514 Call:10005513 Lines:15
570 &*&*&*&*'s
571 Welcome back Friar. Hope you enter some more here. Hagbard has been wondering
572 about you. (He seems to be gone right now. I'm sure he'll be back soon.)
573
574
575 beaker, I to have been calling without entering things. I suppose if we could
576 get the ball rolling somehow everything would just fill up.
577
578 What we need is a topic. How about the Inn? There have been a lot of changes.
579 What do your persona's think of them? What do your rooms look like? How do
580 you visualize the Inn as a whole.
581
582 An Astral Dreamer.
583 &*&*&*&*'s
584
045=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/19/88 13:59 Msg:2515 Call:10005523 Lines:2
585 Hello! where is everybody? Maybe I'm alone in the world...
586
046=Usr:322 Stray Cat 10/19/88 18:43 Msg:2516 Call:10005527 Lines:7
587
588 @#)(^&%$)(@#%$^_($#@_)*^%+@_)$^__)(#{body}amp;+_&!#$
589
590 You just might be . . . you might should be glad!
591
592 _)*^@$#&)(@*$%)&^_)@(#$*^T!@#&)*&@)*&$%T_)(@#*^_*)_@#(*T
593
047=Usr:562 Blank Doe 10/19/88 22:27 Msg:2517 Call:10005529 Lines:21
594 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
595 I like to look through my black
596 telescope....
597 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
598 This Is World Watch Three>>>>>>>>>>
599
600 I am a registered voter in the state of Oregon. I am registered as
601 'indipendent' (they didn't have an 'anarchist' box...). This year I shall vote
602 Democrat.
603 Why? Do I agree with their beliefs? Do I go along with their forign policies?
604 Is it because my father has told me to? ;-)
605 No. I am voting Democrat because they DON'T FLOOD MY MAIL-BOX WITH THEIR
606 PROPAGANDA! 'Cors, I alwas did want a picture of Bush. New dart board...
607
608 Just letting it out, I'm blank doe
609 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
610 Network Zer and World Watch Three.
611 Phoenix, gone but not forgotten....
612 ^b
613
614
048=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/19/88 23:06 Msg:2518 Call:10005530 Lines:4
615 ************************************************************
616 Glad to be alone in the world? But why? What fun is it to
617 be alone with no one to share your experiences with?
618 ****************************************************************
049=Usr:507 todd rogers 10/20/88 12:36 Msg:2519 Call:10005544 Lines:1
619 ------- All right! Who turned the time machine to slow?
050=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/20/88 20:19 Msg:2520 Call:10005546 Lines:17
620 &*&*&*&*'s
621 Ah, the joys of politics. It is amazing just how apathetic peaple can be.
622
623 I'll bet that if bush wins he'll die and will be stuck with quell. what a
624 loon.
625
626 I that we should start considering a broadrange of fictional charecters for
627 the job of president. How about Obi-Wan? Team him with Luke and you have a
628 great team. Princess Lea and Yoda would also make outstanding candidates.
629
630 You know dukakis kindof looks like yoda. bush reminds me of Darth.
631
632 An Astral Dreamer.
633
634
635 &*&*&*&*'s
636
051=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 10/20/88 20:37 Msg:2521 Call:10005547 Lines:2
637 Voucher For Termination
638
052=Usr:322 Stray Cat 10/21/88 05:39 Msg:2522 Call:10005554 Lines:7
639 @)#&$^@_#)^!@#_)(&@#$^()@#_$)^
640
641 Alone as in one in a million . . . not just exactly like 17,000 other
642 people (even if they claim they're for Dukakis). They insist on being
643 "formula" people . . . and so @)&%$ smug.
644
645 _)@(#{body}amp;_)@$#%!(@#(*+_@#$%
053=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 10/21/88 22:11 Msg:2523 Call:10005574 Lines:7
646 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Wake Up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
647
648 Hey, people (and other things), start posting. I'm getting bored, and
649 when I get bored, I get surly, and a surly Berserker is not a pretty
650 sight.
651
652 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Another Keg Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
054=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/21/88 22:52 Msg:2524 Call:10005575 Lines:11
653 *********************************************************************
654 Ah, life without self-awareness. That can be as bad as life without
655 enjoying the company of friends. To live without awareness of yourself
656 your position and capabilities means that you are not living, only
657 existing. Marking time until death comes to embrace you. Of what value
658 is that? We have been blessed (cursed?) with the knowledge of self-
659 awareness we should live up to it. A mind is a terible thing to waste.
660 A person who does not express their own thoughts and feelings, bowing
661 to those of the group as being the only ones valid does not exist as an
662 individual. Self expression is what defines the individual.
663 *************************** CM ***************************************
055=Usr:322 Stray Cat 10/22/88 11:31 Msg:2525 Call:10005584 Lines:5
664
665 Can't wait to see what Oregon could do with sexual prference or AIDS legis-
666 lation after the smoking bill passes. Maybe we could sterilize all the
667 mentally retarded and euthanize anyone over the age of 54.
668
056=Usr:322 Stray Cat 10/22/88 12:59 Msg:2526 Call:10005587 Lines:1
669
057=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/22/88 18:52 Msg:2527 Call:10005591 Lines:7
670 &*&*&*&*'s
671 Hmm, depresing stuff again. How about a border everyone? Some of you enter stuf
672 without any border. Please identify yourself in some way.
673
674 An Astral Dreamer.
675 &*&*&*&*'s
676
058=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/22/88 22:50 Msg:2528 Call:10005594 Lines:13
677 &*&*&*&*'s
678 It's been several hours and still nobody has entered anythi. Maybe I'm just
679 paranoid about this. Hmmm maybe I'm losing my grip on reality.
680
681 In fact I'll bet that even though it seems to me that nobody is entering
682 anything, in fact whole disks are being filled. I must be blocking it out.
683
684 Yeah, thats the ticket. Either that or everybody has gone through the
685 backdoor...
686
687 An Astral Dreamer
688 &*&*&*&*'s
689
059=Usr:322 Stray Cat 10/23/88 08:50 Msg:2529 Call:10005598 Lines:5
690
691 I think the main entrees are in private conversations elsewhere. I always
692 wondered why there were so many dots and so few public messages on some
693 boards.
694
060=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 10/23/88 10:53 Msg:2530 Call:10005599 Lines:6
695 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Dots?????????????????????????????????
696
697 Maybe you're not losing your grip on reaality is losing its grip
698 on you.
699
700 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Invisible Line Noise Everywhereeeeeeeeeeeeee
061=Usr:78 Mark Derby 10/23/88 11:50 Msg:2531 Call:10005601 Lines:4
701
702 Watch out with that stuff about fictional characters for Prez...we'll probably
703 get Pee-Wee Herman...or Rambo...
704
062=Usr:121 Hamfred Gammidge 10/23/88 21:30 Msg:2532 Call:10005611 Lines:9
705 Hamfred's back:
706
707 Can we actually get anything worse than the candidates we have allready?
708 Bilbo Baggins for President!
709
710 Melkor for President!
711
712 Thor in '88!
063=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/23/88 23:15 Msg:2533 Call:10005615 Lines:7
714 *************************************************************************
715 What's wrong with Youth in Asia over the age of sixty four?
716 That sounds like a great idea to me! Why just think of the fun time
717 they'll have, and when they get back they'll be able to be a
718 productive part of society all over again! Gee, if you're lucky
719 you could live forever.
720 *************************** CM ******************************************
064=Usr:322 Stray Cat 10/24/88 05:52 Msg:2534 Call:10005624 Lines:5
721
722 I wonder if you refuse to pay the smoking police the $250 fine if they'd
723 slap you in jail. Just think, a smoker could bump a rapist or mass mur-
724 derer right out of jail!
725
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727
728 Bagging A Quayle-10/21/88-
729
730 Vice President George Bush has wrapped himself in the
731 flag during his campaign for the presidency -- and in the Pledge of Allegiance.
732 According to Harper's magazine index, Bush recited the
733 Pledge of Allegiance about 25 times in the month following his nomination.
734 But the number of times he recited it while a student at
735 Greenwich Country Day School was zero.
736 Harper's also notes that Dan Quayle has a 25 percent
737 chance of being elected president in the next eight years if
738 Bush becomes president.
739 In addition, there was a 39 percent increase in video
740 rentals of the movie Hoosiers following Quayle's acceptance speech.
741 And the average number of golf rounds Quayle played each
742 week last year was three.
743 For those of you who don't golf, that totals up to about
744 20 hours of playing time each week. Good work if you can get it.--M.D.
745 PHONER > Contact Lisa Gressinger for more, NYC (212) 614-6500
746
747 Dukakis Outdressed Bush-10/21/88-
748
749 If clothes make the man, then Michael Dukakis would
750 become the next president of the United States.
751 So says Canadian clothier Saul Korman.
752 He claims Dukakis simply dresses more presidential than George Bush.
753 According to Korman, Bush's Brooks Brothers suits hang
754 on his lanky 6-foot-2 frame like a gunnysack.
755 He also says Bush is making a mistake by wearing white
756 short-sleeve shirts on the campaign trail.
757 In fact, he says Bush probably prefers a very
758 sophisticated French cuff shirt, but his advisers won't let him wear one.
759 Still, Korman says Bush's presidential dress is improving.
760 As for Dukakis, Korman claims that his suits sport more
761 of a European cut, and the Massachusetts governor wears a
762 nice assortment of ties.
763 He says the only drawback is Dukakis' sloping shoulderline.
764 But his advisers have been padding them up as of late.--M.D.
765 PHONER > Saul Korman, Toronto, Ontario (416) 463-2511/1115
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066=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/24/88 22:08 Msg:2536 Call:10005635 Lines:21
769 I wonder if it is his sloping shoulderline or his sloping forehead lin
770 that is the problem....
771
772 *************************************************************************
773 Why yes, them nasty dirty scumbag smokers should be thrown in jail and the
774 key be thrown away! We gotta protect ourselves from them! And we gotta
775 protect them from themselves!
776 Why the problem is much much worse than a simple case of rape or murder.
777 After all, those are just poor misguided individuals that only need a littl
778 loving to set them on the good road. But a Smoker...Oh lordy me! There's
779 nothing that can straighten one of them out! Once a smoker always a smoker!
780 The only good smoker is a dead smoker! (Given enough time that's a problem
781 that'll solve itself).
782 Fining them isn't good enough, they should be horse whipped, and thrown in
783 the stocks for life! That's the only way that you can cure them and turn
784 'em back into a productive sane and healthy non-smoking individual.
785 ******************************* CM **************************************
786 P.S. I wonder where you go to sign up for the smoking police!
787 Hey that sounds like a great job! You get to be a red-neck and
788 smoke too! Ah heavenly bliss!
789 *************************************************************************
067=Usr:3 Ramek 10/24/88 22:55 Msg:2537 Call:10005637 Lines:24
790 <o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o>
791 Since it is near time for Holloween I thought a |ittle story
792 in keeping with the season would be appropriate.
793
794 After a very hectic Holloween, Count Dracula decided that he needed
795 a vacation. After thinking about it, he decided to take it in Italy.
796 He rented a nice0bemode castle and settled in for a comfortable
797 and relaxing vacation.
798 Every night he would pop out and capture a lovely Italian maiden,
799 suck the blood from her body, and throw her off the ramparts into
800 the moat.
801 This wend0on for a while until he noticed that there was
802 no splash after he threw the body. So, the next night he watched
803 carefully as the body fell towards the dark water. Instead of
804 hitting the water though, it landed on an alligator which `roceuded
805 to chow down.
806 In fasination, the Count watched the alligator swollow the body
807 in only a few bytes. After a healthy belch the alligator, to Dracula's
808 surprise, broke into song.
809
810 "Drained Wops keep fa|linw on my head..."
811
812 <o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o> Ramek <o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o>
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815 Statisdics cited in the November issue of Corrections show that
816 98.5% of inmates in Massachassetts penitentiary are smokers ....
817 but the guguv'nor of that commonwealth wouldn't like to see 'em
818 burn, so he furlough them loose. The 'Duk' would rathur set them
819 free to rape and plunder non-smokers. Guess why they name one of the
820 biggest-selling cigarette after a town im Massachussetts which is
821 incidentally also the WITCH capital of the US. DUK wouldn't be
822 called a WARLOCK for nthi~g. Rich
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826 Unanimity of the Graveyard
827
828 Commentary by Owl
829
830 Unless you are living in a coma, you must certainly know that one of the
831 central "issues" of this presidential campaign is the Pledge of Allegiance.
832 The argument is whedher or not teachers should be required by law to lead
833 their classes in the Pledge.
834
835 George Bush has repeatedly said that, if he had been governor of
836 Massachusetts in 1977, he would have signed the bill forcing teachers in the
83'0Com}onwealth to lead their classes in the Pledge of Allegiance. Michael
838 Dukakis vetoed that bill on the advice of the Supreme Judicial Court of
839 Massachusetts and his own attorney general. That advice was based on the
840 landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in West Virginia State Board of
841 Education vs. Barnette in 1943.
842
843 This case involved a group of Jehovah's Witnesses, whose faith bars them from
844 reciting the Pledge. In the late 1930's and early 1940's, hundreds0of
(45 Jehovah's Witnesses were expelled from elementary schools for refusing to
846 recite the Pledge. In 1943 the Jehovahs finally took their case to court.
847 Excerpts from the Supreme Court's majority opinion written by Justice Robert
848 H. Jac{con (New York Times, August 27, 1988):
849
850 Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end
851 thought essential to their time and country have been waged by many
852 good as well as by evil men. Ultimate futility ov such attempts to
853 compel coherence is the lesson of every such effort from the Roman
854 drive to stamp out Christianity as a disturber of its pagan unity,
855 the Inquisition, as a means to religious and dynastic unity, the
85&0 0 Siberian exiles as a means to Russian unity, down to the fast
857 failing efforts of our present totalitarian enemies. Those who
858 begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves
859 exterminating dissenters. Compulsby unification of opinion
860 achieves the unanimity of the graveyard.
861
862 It seems trite but necessary to say that the First Amendment to our
863 Constitution was designed to avoid these ends by avoiding these
864 beginnings. There is no mysticism in the American concept of the
865 state or of the nature or origin of its authority. We set up
866 government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights
867 denies those in power any legal opportunity to0coerce that consent.
868
869 The case is made difficult not because the principles of its
870 decision are obscure, but because the flag involved is our own.
871 Nevertheless, we apply the limitations of the Constitution with no
872 0 0fear that freedom to be intellectually and spiritually diverse or
873 even contrary, will disintegrate the social organization. To
874 believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies
875 are voluntary and spontanees ynstead of a compulsory routine is to
876 make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to
877 free minds.
878
879 We can have intellectual individualism and the rich cultural
880 diversities that we owe to uhcepdional minds only at the price of
881 occasional eccentricity and abnormal attitudes. When they are so
882 harmless to others or to the state as those we deal with here, the
883 price is not too great. But freedom to differ is not lymidud to
884 things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of
885 freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to
886 things that touch the heart of the existing order.
887
888 If there is any fihud star in our constitutional constellation, it
889 is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be
890 orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of
891 opinion or force citizens to confess by word or qct their faith
892 therein.
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070=Usr:598 ethan anubis 10/25/88 15:51 Msg:2540 Call:10005649 Lines:10
896 ====================================================
897 To hell with those0gitnesses - they wouldn't even testify for
898 the simplest jaywalking cases. So what will happen if the congress
899 on its magnificent sense of equality makes jaywalking or going
900 in excess of 55MPH a capital offense? No star fixed or not in yoer
)01 so-called "constitutional constillation" can fix that. Who do you
902 think you are anyway - - - uanbashedly imitating Georg Bush -
903 thousands point of lights ? Constitutional constipation - Bah?
904 0Anur S,
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907 0 snailhead
908 Rich, my folksy friend, surely you realize that while Willie Horton was
909 released from prison while Dukakis was governor, it is also true that the
910 oft-cited Massachusetts prison furlough program was created by the previous
911 wovernor, a Republican.
912 L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_
913
072=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 10/26/88 01:20 Msg:2542 Call:10005660 Lines:62
914 {}
915
916 This will be one of few messages, due to lack ov cbuative writing,
917 name bashing, politics, prisons, ex-cops in prisons getting high from
918 nicotine while hiding it from their supervisors, stupid speeches that
919 you must give in high school or be forced into some obscene punishment,
920 reliwious furvor without cause, and just plain sillyness. It seems to
921 me that the regulars have let the outside in, but not much of the inside
922 out. That is to say, there is much debate, but little creative writing.
923 If you wish to debate, please d so, but DEBATE your points, rather than
924 stuffing them down my throat. Besides, apathy is GOOD for you, when taken
925 in small doses. It calms the mind, pleases the spirit, and relieves the
926 body, as well as doing the same for friends around you. Much of American
927 life is literaly burnt from young American bodies, trying to struggle to
928 be themselves, while being crushed into conformnity. All that is
929 left in later years is an empty, unfeeling, unintelligent husk that was
93 0oncu a happy, loving person. With small (read:infrequent) doses of
931 apathy, the stress from American living goes away for a short while.
932 The mind is relieved from the burden of multiple responisbilities, as
933 well as from trying to deal with q rapidly changing environment that does
934 not slow down as you become older. The body feels good in apathy, simply
935 because it wishes to rest and not exert itself (which it would normally do
936 in filing paperwork, riviting a building at 40 heiwhts< or flipping burgers
937 for money on the side) into exhaustion. The "spirit" (or subconscience,
938 the term I prefer) "feels" the absense of tension and worry, and invites
939 the adventureous attitude that comes from being apathetic in an
940 unvironment that frowns upon it.
941
942 To make that paragraph short for you, LIGHTEN UP! If you would simply
943 take your head out of the hole and look around, I think you would fin
944 real problems all around you. People tend to ignore these< hoping that
945 they will vanish with time. Couple this with the past events from
946 World War II to the present, and I think you might understand what
947 I'm trying to say: that it REALLY is out of your hands, that is, there's
948 nothing you ca~ do0for American society except keep to trying to improve
949 it. Wheather or not someone is elected, it does not matter. Politicians
950 and Beauracrats have locked most of society out from the ruling position.
951
952 And remember, the populqb vde does not count for squat. The
953 electorial college ultimately decides who shall be in the white house.
954 Sounds strange to me, as we live in a so-called "democracy", or rule
955 by the PEOPLE for the PEOPLE, and not for OFFICALS.
956
957 Cure Reagan beat Mondale with 49 states, but did you know that he
958 only beat Mondale by a few million votes, and not the total landslide
959 that the press had announced? That landslide was the electorial college
960 pushing Reagan back into the0White House, not the popular vote of
961 the masses in America. Because my vote does not mean anything, then
962 I choose not to vote at all. It is a waste of my time and efforts.
963
964 MORE STORIES! LB, please whip up a story for the lurk..>er,0regulars
965 of the board. I remember some earlier works which you have yet to
966 finish...
967
968 Fillith the next disk withe goode thought and humour, that me
969 may see more happeness within our miserable lifes as writers.
970
971 0Hagbard Celine, anarchist Guru (chew on that one!)
972
973 >:(
974
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977 Snailhead: Lesd yoe forget that Duk and his cohorts released
978 a no-parole `life-termer` What then does a life term
979 means to DUK and you? Furlough program created by a
980 republican governor was good, per se, until ruined by
981 libural=interpretive Dukakis. IF he happened to be the
982 next president, the prosperity we gained in the last
983 8 years would just go for naught and runined by a left-
984 wing liberal democrap. Foreign affairs ruined by
985 his Secretary of State Jesse Jackson.
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074=Usr:633 kane holland 10/26/88 23:20 Msg:2544 Call:10005679 Lines:10
987
988 ---------------kh-----------------------
989 unfortunaly, neither0dhe0duke or the bush platform
990 is original or of any use to the government.
991 the libertarians, however, have their platform
992 that is the answer to americas' problems. The problem
993 is that in our system the demo-reps have a monopoly
994 upon our government.
995
996 kane
075=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/27/88 09:33 Msg:2545 Call:10005688 Lines:3
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998 Hmm looks like the botom to me. I'll enter more stuff when we reach the top
999 An Astral Dreamer &*&*&*&*'s