Saturday, July 29, 2006
Hooray for Stupidity!
Think you know someone stupid? How do they stack up against these fine folk?
DUMB!
DUMBER!
DUMBEST!
BORN ON THIS DATE: Geddy Lee, 1953, (born Gary Lee Weinrib), whose Mom's heavy Yiddish makes "Gary" sound like "Geddy". Geddy is a fine bass player who once said (in an annoying high-pitched voice): " I probably don't go to the record stores as much as I should to find out what is new". Who'd of thought?
DIED ON THIS DATE: The Incomparable Hildegard, 2005, at age 99, caberet singer, after whom Revlon named both a lipstick color and a nail polish.
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Think you know someone stupid? How do they stack up against these fine folk?
DUMB!
DUMBER!
DUMBEST!
BORN ON THIS DATE: Geddy Lee, 1953, (born Gary Lee Weinrib), whose Mom's heavy Yiddish makes "Gary" sound like "Geddy". Geddy is a fine bass player who once said (in an annoying high-pitched voice): " I probably don't go to the record stores as much as I should to find out what is new". Who'd of thought?
DIED ON THIS DATE: The Incomparable Hildegard, 2005, at age 99, caberet singer, after whom Revlon named both a lipstick color and a nail polish.
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Thursday, July 27, 2006
Hooray for chemotherapy!
16-year-old Abraham Starchild Cherrix, a victim of Hodgkin's Disease, has been compelled by Virginia courts to undergo chemotherapy rather than being allowed to continue the "natural cancer cure" he and his parents wished to pursue. While I am a strong proponent of complete liberty, under the law, suicide is still a crime (though it's admittedly difficult to prosecute!), and attempting to self-medicate for cancer using pokeweed, burdock root, licorice, barberry, buckthorn bark, stillingia root, red clover, prickly ash bark, potassium iodide, etc., is clearly either attempted suicide or is evidence of mental health problems sufficient to merit the state confining one to an institution. Cancer in most cases need no longer be a death sentence. If caught early enough, it can very often be treated successfully using a combination of surgery & chemotherapy. Trust me, I know. I'm still breathing, aren't I? The type of Hodgkin's "Starchild" has WAS very curable before it reached the stage it has.
16-year-old Abraham Starchild Cherrix, a victim of Hodgkin's Disease, has been compelled by Virginia courts to undergo chemotherapy rather than being allowed to continue the "natural cancer cure" he and his parents wished to pursue. While I am a strong proponent of complete liberty, under the law, suicide is still a crime (though it's admittedly difficult to prosecute!), and attempting to self-medicate for cancer using pokeweed, burdock root, licorice, barberry, buckthorn bark, stillingia root, red clover, prickly ash bark, potassium iodide, etc., is clearly either attempted suicide or is evidence of mental health problems sufficient to merit the state confining one to an institution. Cancer in most cases need no longer be a death sentence. If caught early enough, it can very often be treated successfully using a combination of surgery & chemotherapy. Trust me, I know. I'm still breathing, aren't I? The type of Hodgkin's "Starchild" has WAS very curable before it reached the stage it has.
It cannot be cured by eating tree bark. Anyone who says it can just wants your money. In addition, they are both technically and fiscally stupid. Think about it, if you knew that a combination of crushed Hercules Beetle and llama droppings really did cure cancer, if you had half a brain, wouldn't you negotiate a deal with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and make millions instead of making a few hundred thousand starting your own company?
So what drove Abraham Starchild Cherrix to follow the Hoxsey Herbal Treatment instead of rational medicine? Could it be linked in any way to the fact that he was raised by people who chose to call him "Starchild"? Hoxsey has been hounded out of the country by the "evil forces" of the FDA and accountability, and now operates out of Mexico.
At this late stage, unfortunately, it seems all-too-likely this young, brain-washed fool will die from his unfortunate affliction. Not because he needs to, but because he did not remain under the care of actual medicine for long enough.
So what drove Abraham Starchild Cherrix to follow the Hoxsey Herbal Treatment instead of rational medicine? Could it be linked in any way to the fact that he was raised by people who chose to call him "Starchild"? Hoxsey has been hounded out of the country by the "evil forces" of the FDA and accountability, and now operates out of Mexico.
At this late stage, unfortunately, it seems all-too-likely this young, brain-washed fool will die from his unfortunate affliction. Not because he needs to, but because he did not remain under the care of actual medicine for long enough.
Then the only thing left to decide will be whether his parents are guilty of manslaughter, murder, or religious fanaticism...
BORN ON THIS DATE: Hilaire Belloc, 1870, who wrote history's second best poem ever, "Matilda, (who told lies and was burned to death.)"
DIED ON THIS DATE: Gertrude Stein, 1946, noted terrible driver who had the honour of being painted by Picasso. 39-year companion of Alice B.Toklas, Stein was a rather stout lady who was said to have "gloried in her flesh" by pal Mabel Dodge.
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Sunday, July 23, 2006
Hooray for Freedom Of Religion!
Hooray for the Constitutional concept of "Freedom of" and "Freedom from" state-sponsored religion! Americans, both devout and secular, often fail to appreciate what a tremendous gift they have been given in being legally entitled to this freedom. While the notion of "separation of church & State" comes specifically from the Danbury letter, and not from the text of the Constitution itself, it is still a fundemental part of the framework upon which this great nation was built. Hooray!
So few people stop to realize that their religious views are based almost entirely upon chance; the chance of where, geographically, they happened to be born, along with the chance of what "faith" their parents happened to be!
Had you been born in Africa or in Jamaica (or maybe even Brixton!), you might be celebrating your Messiah's birthday today! Ras Tafari! His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassi!
BORN ON THIS DATE: Tafari Makonnen, 1892, the son of a noted general and the grandnephew of Emperor Menelik II. Hailed as the Messiah by a large group of people who particularly enjoyed their freedom of religion by enhancing it with one of God's "more interesting" green-leafed plants. In the 1960s and 70s he worked for pan-African aims, particularly through the Organization of African Unity
DIED ON THIS DATE: Montgomery Clift, actor, druggie, and subject of the Clash song "The Right Profile", who was once described by Marilyn Monroe as "the only person I know who is in worse shape than I am."
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Hooray for the Constitutional concept of "Freedom of" and "Freedom from" state-sponsored religion! Americans, both devout and secular, often fail to appreciate what a tremendous gift they have been given in being legally entitled to this freedom. While the notion of "separation of church & State" comes specifically from the Danbury letter, and not from the text of the Constitution itself, it is still a fundemental part of the framework upon which this great nation was built. Hooray!
So few people stop to realize that their religious views are based almost entirely upon chance; the chance of where, geographically, they happened to be born, along with the chance of what "faith" their parents happened to be!
Had you been born in Africa or in Jamaica (or maybe even Brixton!), you might be celebrating your Messiah's birthday today! Ras Tafari! His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassi!
BORN ON THIS DATE: Tafari Makonnen, 1892, the son of a noted general and the grandnephew of Emperor Menelik II. Hailed as the Messiah by a large group of people who particularly enjoyed their freedom of religion by enhancing it with one of God's "more interesting" green-leafed plants. In the 1960s and 70s he worked for pan-African aims, particularly through the Organization of African Unity
DIED ON THIS DATE: Montgomery Clift, actor, druggie, and subject of the Clash song "The Right Profile", who was once described by Marilyn Monroe as "the only person I know who is in worse shape than I am."
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