On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:16:23 -0500, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Mark W. Oots" mark_ctc@(no spam)ameritech.net wrote in message
et...

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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The Tribune has started running a Garrison Keillor
piece once a week. This one's pretty funny.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/o...,6563719.story

--
Ken Fortenberry

I'm with him on the 10000 ft runway at Waseca. I flew in and out of there
often when I worked for Airfone in the early days. It would probably see a
lot of traffic, considering the huge outlet mall just down the road in
Owatonna. (Could relieve the congestion at Owatonna Municipal)

I also like the logic pertaining to libraries and terrorism. It's at least
as valid as any argument the government ever made.

Au contraire, libraries are veritable hotbeds of sedition. Far from being
weapons in the fight against terrorism, they own the BOOK on it! That's
right boys and girls, every perversion, every heresy, every schism, every
treason, every apostasy, every abomination in the eyes of the Lord, every
act of terror, every subjugation, every tyranny, every murder, every foul
deed done in the dark of night, every infidelity, every betrayal of the
public trust, every felony, every perjury, every assault, every misdemeanor,
every crime against humanity, every little white lie, every malfeasance,
every cardinal sin, every genocide, every parricide, every matricide, every
regicide, every infanticide, every incest and self-pollution........you'll
find 'em right there at YOUR (tax supported!!) public library! :(

Wolfgang
who, having never gone near the place, confesses he has all this by
hearsay......but takes it pretty darn seriously nevertheless.



Amen Brother!

Not to mention they are perfect examples of Creeping Socialism!


g.c.

Au contraire, libraries are veritable hotbeds of sedition. Far from being
weapons in the fight against terrorism, they own the BOOK on it! That's
right boys and girls, every perversion, every heresy, every schism, every
treason, every apostasy, every abomination in the eyes of the Lord, every
act of terror, every subjugation, every tyranny, every murder, every foul
deed done in the dark of night, every infidelity, every betrayal of the
public trust, every felony, every perjury, every assault, every misdemeanor,
every crime against humanity, every little white lie, every malfeasance,
every cardinal sin, every genocide, every parricide, every matricide, every
regicide, every infanticide, every incest and self-pollution........you'll
find 'em right there at YOUR (tax supported!!) public library! :(

Wolfgang

That ain't the half of it, Wolfgang; the Penn State Library subscribes
to Playboy!

vince
And they don't even have the decency to cut out the pictures!

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:16:23 -0500, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Mark W. Oots" mark_ctc@(no spam)ameritech.net wrote in message
. net...

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
...
The Tribune has started running a Garrison Keillor
piece once a week. This one's pretty funny.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/o...,6563719.story

--
Ken Fortenberry

I'm with him on the 10000 ft runway at Waseca. I flew in and out of
there
often when I worked for Airfone in the early days. It would probably see
a
lot of traffic, considering the huge outlet mall just down the road in
Owatonna. (Could relieve the congestion at Owatonna Municipal)

I also like the logic pertaining to libraries and terrorism. It's at
least
as valid as any argument the government ever made.

Au contraire, libraries are veritable hotbeds of sedition. Far from being
weapons in the fight against terrorism, they own the BOOK on it! That's
right boys and girls, every perversion, every heresy, every schism, every
treason, every apostasy, every abomination in the eyes of the Lord, every
act of terror, every subjugation, every tyranny, every murder, every foul
deed done in the dark of night, every infidelity, every betrayal of the
public trust, every felony, every perjury, every assault, every
misdemeanor,
every crime against humanity, every little white lie, every malfeasance,
every cardinal sin, every genocide, every parricide, every matricide,
every
regicide, every infanticide, every incest and self-pollution........you'll
find 'em right there at YOUR (tax supported!!) public library! :(

Wolfgang
who, having never gone near the place, confesses he has all this by
hearsay......but takes it pretty darn seriously nevertheless.



Amen Brother!

Not to mention they are perfect examples of Creeping Socialism!

****in-A! Next thing you know, it'll be fire departments, police, public
parks, municipal water and sewage treatment, insurance, pensions, democratic
elections, vaccinations, fluoridation, pest control, girl scouts, courts,
garbage pickup, electrification, education of the ****ing masses, for God's
sake!.....WHERE WILL IT END??!! REGULATION OF BUSINESS??!!!! :(

Wolfgang
CREEPING? GALLOPING (or whatever the hell it is that mules do) IS MORE LIKE
IT!

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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...the Penn State Library subscribes
to Playboy!

*******S! :(

vince
And they don't even have the decency to cut out the pictures!

Irrelevant......we only read the articles anyway.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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...the Penn State Library subscribes
to Playboy!

*******S! :(

vince
And they don't even have the decency to cut out the pictures!

Irrelevant......we only read the articles anyway.

I suspect a case could be made that the articles are just as obscene
as the pictures.


Chuck Vance (who only looks at the pictures ... honestly)

Wolfgang wrote:

Humor is where you find it, I guess. One can hardly blame Mr. Kleinzahler
for engaging in a self-absorbed snit over the world's lamentable and
stubborn refusal to conform to his ideals (and, not so incidentally, pretty
much ingore him in the process) but stealing a page from B.R. Myers in the
process.......tsk, tsk.* :)

I must admit that I enjoyed the image of Keillor being forcefed
Albert Ayler. In fact, I'd suggest that as a variation to your "Jackie
Mason/A Clockwork Orange torture".


Chuck Vance (who actually chooses to listen to Ayler on occasion,
but can imagine the effect it would have on Keillor)

"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

Humor is where you find it, I guess. One can hardly blame Mr.
Kleinzahler for engaging in a self-absorbed snit over the world's
lamentable and stubborn refusal to conform to his ideals (and, not so
incidentally, pretty much ingore him in the process) but stealing a page
from B.R. Myers in the process.......tsk, tsk.* :)

I must admit that I enjoyed the image of Keillor being forcefed Albert
Ayler. In fact, I'd suggest that as a variation to your "Jackie Mason/A
Clockwork Orange torture".


Chuck Vance (who actually chooses to listen to Ayler on occasion,
but can imagine the effect it would have on Keillor)

Hm......

Keillor, the man, may or may not bear a significant resemblance to Keillor,
the commodity. Back about fifteen years ago I went to a writers' workshop
called "The Rites of Writing" at UW, Stevens Point. In attendance was one
Alec Wilkinson, a staff writer for "New Yorker". This was at the same time,
or shortly after, Keillor's brief residence there. According to Wilkinson
(whom I and a couple of friends escorted on a whirlwind tour of Stevens
Point's hotspots one evening) Keillor was an arrogant and insufferable prick
who quickly earned the enmity of everyone else on the staff. To the best of
my knowledge, no one has ever suggested that he eats babies or sells
bootlegged copies of Nirvana's greatest hits, but.......... :)

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:

... Back about fifteen years ago I went to a writers' workshop
called "The Rites of Writing" at UW, Stevens Point. In attendance was one
Alec Wilkinson, a staff writer for "New Yorker".

The second sentence indicates that the activity described
in the first sentence was a total waste of time.

... According to Wilkinson
(whom I and a couple of friends escorted on a whirlwind tour of Stevens
Point's hotspots one evening) Keillor was an arrogant and insufferable prick
who quickly earned the enmity of everyone else on the staff. ...

I've heard the same comment about the late Charles Kuralt,
so what ?

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
m...
Wolfgang wrote:

... Back about fifteen years ago I went to a writers' workshop called
"The Rites of Writing" at UW, Stevens Point. In attendance was one Alec
Wilkinson, a staff writer for "New Yorker".

The second sentence indicates that the activity described
in the first sentence was a total waste of time.

Refresh my memory......why was I there?

... According to Wilkinson (whom I and a couple of friends escorted on a
whirlwind tour of Stevens Point's hotspots one evening) Keillor was an
arrogant and insufferable prick who quickly earned the enmity of everyone
else on the staff. ...

I've heard the same comment about the late Charles Kuralt,

So what?

so what ?

So, you still can't be me. Get used to it.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:
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So, you still can't be me. Get used to it.

I still don't want to be older, shorter and uglier.
I still wouldn't want to go through all the dental
work you need even if you could afford it, and I
sure as hell don't want to be afflicted with a
pretentious and prolix prose style. So yeah, I'm
happily accustomed to not being you.

--
Ken Fortenberry