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SIXTY-ONE, JULY 1, 2001
(Copyright © 2001 Al Aronowitz)
FROM SWEET (AND SOUR) AMY (STILL
AGAIN)
Subject:
Regarding Column 58 and Chinese Condiments
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:50:52 -0500
From: Amy Elz <AmyE@getcreative.com>
To: "'info@blacklistedjournalist.com'" <info@blacklistedjournalist.com>
Swoon!
Sigh!
Savory!
I never believed you thought so highly of me, my delicate Shrimp with Lobster
Sauce (#88). I have become the
savior of countless diners across the nation who crave a bit more zing!
I am now Sweet and Sour Amy! My
heart leaps at the thought of being slathered on fried wontons (#8), delicately
brushed on an egg roll (#1), or drizzled on a Peking Duck (#36). My soul, once
lost in a world of yellow mustard and mayonnaise, is now made whole with such a
glorious comparison to a condiment that has clearly withstood the test of time!
I can imagine my grandchildren's glowing faces, when, long after I've
gone to the All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet in the sky, they open that little plastic
packet emblazoned with a panda and fondly recall the days they spent with
Grandma Sweet and Sour. I see them
in a park telling the tale of their Grandma Sweet and Sour to their own
grandchildren, and as they listen with glistening eyes, they savor their
appropriately sweetly and acceptably sourly accented Kung Pao Chicken (#41).
They will imagine me in a Suzy Wong style dress hovering over their meal
and waving my magic wok, thereby granting them wonderful, yet ambiguous fortune
cookie fortunes. I will live on!
I will always be remembered! I
now have purpose and meaning! And
again, my Lovers Eggplant (#73), it's all because of you. How ever can I thank
you for all that you have done. As
I am beginning to weep delicate green tea tears of love and adoration, I must
again bid you adieu. Zaijian my Beef Lo Mein (#100),
Your Sweet
and Sour Amy
All Chinese
food dishes and corresponding number courtesy the Yen Ching
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MORE REPUGNICANT BULLSHIT!
Subject: More
GOP Bullshit
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 09:16:29 -0700
From: "VENIRE" <VENIRE@ZNET.COM>
To: <info@blacklistedjournalist.com>
Al-I CAN'T
TAKE ANYMORE! AND THE IDIOT IS ONLY
IN OFFICE LESS THAN 6
MONTHS!
"Oh, the
horror, the horror...."
I came across
this nugget. Just what I've been
saying all along...
Linda
The link
between Reagan's party and Clinton's persecution
I think I've
figured out a link between two political phenomena.
Here, we have
an eager hysteria over former President Bill Clinton's valedictory pardons. Many
were unpretty and a few were untoward, but they differed more in number than in
degree from some of the dubious indulgences granted by Bush père.
And there, we
have the Reagan Legacy Project, the brainchild---if you'll excuse the pending
oxymoron---of a cabal of right-wing activists bent on plastering the Reagan’s
name on every school, highway, government building and stalled car that they can
get their hands on.
And the
connection?
After power
itself, conservative Republicans have wanted nothing more than to round out the
20th century with the ledgers balanced. They needed a Democratic Richard Nixon
and a Republican Franklin D. Roosevelt.
With the
century running out, Bill Clinton was the right's last chance for a Democratic
Nixon, the fall guy for a payback that has been brewing ever since Nixon sank
under his transgressions. Thus, at least in part, the endless investigation of
Clinton, even to gimmicking up an obviously futile impeachment.
With each of
the supposed Clinton scandals having flopped---Whitewater and the File-,
Travel-and Vince-gates all came to naught---Clinton's rash pardons were a
last-minute godsend. And they at last set Clinton up to be calumnized. A federal
prosecutor has been sicced on the ex-president, licensed to investigate every
last pardon. This could go on forever.
Meantime, the
campaign to canonize Reagan is pressed apace.
Reagan's name now festoons an aircraft carrier, the Florida Turnpike, a
federal building in D.C.---ironically, given Reagan's contempt for federal
government, Washington's second largest---and of course National, now Reagan
National, Airport. [Tom Teepen Cox News Service, 04/01/01]
Read the full
story at:
http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi'template=opiniona&slu
"http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi'template=opinio
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THE UNLUCKIEST DAY
Subject:
Correction:
http://www.italianculinary.it/intercomm/barrow/cwl/cwlintro.htm
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:10:28 -0700
From: Nan Higginbotham Doporto <NHDoporto@aol.com>
Well, it's
Friday 13th, after all.....
The Facts
About Friday the 13th
The notion
that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day remains one of our most popular and
long-held superstitions. But 13 is actually a lucky number, and this day brings
you a chance to break out of old ruts and make changes for the better!
Public
opinion polls show that at least twenty-five percent of all Americans
What is at
the root of "triskadekaphobia" (the fear of the number 13)? All
numbers have their own cosmic vibration and "13" is considered an
unstable number. From the time when humans first used numbers to measure things,
the number 12 has represented a common cosmic standard. There are 12 months of
the year, 12 hours on the clock, 12 signs of the Zodiac, 12 Tribes of Israel, 12
Apostles, 12 Knights of the Round Table, and so on.
The number 13
represents disruption to the established order. In pre-Christian societies,
reliance on a lunar calendar meant that Friday the 13th would coincide with the
Full Moon or New Moon. It was a day to honor planet Venus in a day-long love
fest! Friday the 13th symbolized a day for everyone to let go, party, and
sacrifice routine. Such breaks in the usual order allowed for the restoration of
balance and harmony.
In this time
of millennial transition, people may feel especially precarious. Change and
variations from routine can raise fears about unknown challenges, along the path
of life. Belief in superstitions offers a sense of control in stressful
situations.
Take a cue
from our pagan forebears. They saw the number 13 as a lucky omen, a time to make
a fresh start and seek new roads to success and satisfaction. You might not be
willing to take an elevator to the 13th floor, but do enjoy Friday the 13th as
you open your heart and mind to new opportunities for luck, love, and success!
_______________
FROM JOANNE
COLBY
One of the
most commonly held superstitions in our so-called civilized, educated society,
is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, and since, in this equation, each is
held to be unlucky, added together, their sum can only equal double trouble.
The modern
basis for the aura that surrounds Friday the 13th stems from Friday, October the
13th, 1307. On this date, the Pope
of the church in Rome in conjunction with the King of France, carried out a
secret death warrant against "The Knights Templar."
The Templars were terminated as heretics, and never again to hold the
power that they had held for so long. Their
Grand Master, Jacques DeMolay, was arrested and before he was killed, was
tortured and crucified.
Superstition
swirling around Friday as being lucky or unlucky have existed since ancient
times, beginning the northern nations. Ancient Romans dedicated the sixth day of
the week. Their closest translation
for Venus, Frigg, or Freya, eventually evolved into Friday, a day they
considered to be the luckiest day of the week.
From a
religious standpoint, Muslims tout Friday as the day Allah created Adam, legend
has it that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, the apple on a Friday, and
later died on a Friday, and Christians consider Friday as the day on which
Christ was crucified by the Romans.
The
Scandinavians belief that the number 13 signified bad luck sprang back from
their mythological 12 demigods, who were joined by a 13th demigod, Loki, an evil
cruel one, who brought upon the humans great misfortune.
The number 13, in the Christian faith, is the number of parties at the
Last Supper, with the 13th guest at the table being the traitor, Judas.
When the Christians combine this day and the number, the combination can
only hold special significance.
Whether or
not a person considers Friday the 13th as unlucky, he or she must understand
that this superstition, as well as others, merely stem from beliefs or practices
man used, and continues to use, to explain, and to protect himself, from events
beyond his control in his complicated world. He worked, and works only with the
bag of knowledge he has on hand.
Only when
factual, scientific bases for these beliefs are unearthed, and people do not
dispel the beliefs, but instead cling to them, the beliefs become superstitions.
Today's beliefs may very well be tomorrow's superstitions.
Until then,
however, don't step on a crack! </XMP>
--
NHDoporto
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