Wesleyan University students in a course called College of Letters 289 had an interesting final assignment: create a work of pornography. One student submitted a short film that focused on a man's eyes while he masterbates. Another created a scene in which a female student acts out sexual bondage. -- "Reductio Ad Absurdum," Heterodoxy, April/May 1999, page 3. Address: PO Box 67398, Los Angeles, California 90067. E-mail. Website. Posted here 6-25-99. At Ohio State University, campus feminists stole some 15,000 copies of The Lantern to protest a cartoon satirizing the Women's Studies program. One of the protest leaders told journalists "it's within my First Amendment rights to steal." -- "Reductio Ad Absurdum," Heterodoxy, April/May 1999, page 3. Address: PO Box 67398, Los Angeles, California 90067. E-mail. Website. Posted here 6-25-99. "In Ontario, it's an offense to say or write anything that might incite someone to violate any of 15 listed grounds of discrimination. And under Canadian human rights legislation, truth is not a defense." -- "The Next Frontiers for Leftist Thought Control," by John Leo, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, June 14,-20, 1999, page 29. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website. Posted here 6-22-99. "Is Death and Dying still taught at Columbine? Two weeks before the shootings, Eric Harris wrote his will as a class assignment. Writing wills, obituaries and epitaphs, as well as visits to cemeteries, funeral parlors and crematoriums, are standard fare in Death Education." -- Excerpt from a letter dated June 1999 from Phyllis Schalfly, president, Eagle Forum, publisher of The Phyllis Schlafly Report. Address: PO Box 618, Alton, Illinois 62002. E-mail. Website. Posted here: 6-22-99. For related material see Quickies for May 1999, May 24th entry. A speaker at the Preparedness Expo, Tampa, Florida, June 19, 1999, said that Columbine is the only high school in the country that has a suicide club. "Even after [an official] blamed school violence on ``depression or other mental health problems'' that go untreated . . . in fact three of the recent shooters had been treated -- Springfield's Kip Kinkel with Prozac, Littleton's Eric Harris with Luvox and Conyers' Thomas Solomon with Ritalin." [Emphasis added.] -- Excerpt from an Arianna Huffington website posting titled "The Dangers Of The White House Mental Health Conference," June 10, 1999. Website. Posted here: 6-22-99. For related material see Government Run Amuck, June 17th entry on Ritalin. When 16-year-old Luke Woodham went on a shooting spree in his Pearl, Mississippi High school, the media reported the event in great detail. One detail missed: assistant principal Joel Myrick quickly retrieved his own gun, stopped the killer as he tried to flee the school, and perhaps prevented much further bloodshed, as Woodham still had 30 rounds and his shotgun with him. -- Free American Newsmagazine, June 1999, page 15. Address: US Highway 380, Box 2943, Bingham, New Mexico 87832. E-mail. Website. Posted here: 6-17-99. For related material see You Don't Say pages 101-118. National Public Radio interview of US Army Lieutenant General Reinwald by a female broadcaster: Interviewer: ". . .[W]hat are you going to do with these young boys on their adventure holiday?" Reinwald: "We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting." Interviewer: "Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?" Reinwald: "I don't see why, they'll be properly supervised on the range." Interviewer: "Don't you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?" Reinwald: "I don't see how. We will be teaching them proper range discipline before they even touch a firearm." Interviewer: "But you're equipping them to become violent killers" Reinwald: "Well, you're equipped to be a prostitute, but you're not one, are you?" -- Free American Newsmagazine, June 1999, page 48. Address: US Highway 380, Box 2943, Bingham, New Mexico 87832. E-mail. Website. Posted here: 6-17-99. For related material see You Don't Say pages 101-112. Nostradamus predicted World War III will begin in July of this year. From the Bo Gritz Center for Action, newsletter, June 1999, page 15. Address: HC 11, Box 308, Kamiah, Idaho 83536. E-mail. Posted here: 6-17-99. After pressure from the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the city of Manhattan, Kansas removed from city property a tablet engraved with the 10 Commandments. This, in spite of that fact that "about 92 percent of the people who called about the display wanted it to be left where it was," according to city official Crystal Malchose. Funny, I thought the First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. -- From "Correction, Please!" The New American, June 21, 1999, page 6. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website. Posted here 6-14-99. For related material see You Don't Say pages 61-70. Remember Clinton's "100,000 cops" program? Now after 149 IG audits we learn that more than half of the recipients of the federal money have been reimbursed for unallowable expenses. What did the people's money buy? Gambling, golfing junkets, and excursions to Disney World, among other boondoggles. -- From "Correction, Please!" The New American, June 21, 1999, page 42. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website. Posted here 6-14-99. Among the news items the mainstream media has deemed unworthy for public consumption is the contents of an audio tape in the possession of Gennifer Flowers. A recorded telephone conversation with Bill Clinton contains an excerpt where our mighty, unzipped leader chuckles after Gennifer complimented him on his oral sex technique. If this had happened to a conservative do you think the news value would have been measured somewhat differently? -- From the Newsmax.com website, June 9, 1999. Posted here: 6-14-99. For related material see You Don't Say pages 3-6. What does compassionate film director Spike Lee think about NRA President Charlton Heston and Heston's pro-gun views? He says Heston should be shot to death. Well, now that a mild uproar has ensued (it seems the U.S. Navy wants Lee as a spokesman to increase recruitment), Lee says "I was only joking!" How come this explanation never works with conservatives? -- Sources: Carl Limbacher, Jr., "Inside Cover," and the New York Post. Posted here: 6-14-99. For related material see You Don't Say pages 9-40. "At Cornell and Darmouth, Democrat professors outnumber Republicans by 25 to one. At UNC-Chapel Hill and Stanford, Democrats yield a greater than nine to one advantage. The Rocky Mountain News revealed a 31 to one imbalance at the University of Colorado. In the history departments of the five schools combined, there are 137 Democrats and only three Republicans. In English, the total is 159 to 6. Liberals have the nerve to say they favor 'diversity.' How about a diversity of viewpoints?" -- Daniel J. Flynn, executive director, Accuracy in Academia, in a recent letter. Address: 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, #330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 202-364-3085. Fax: 202-364-4098. E-mail. Posted here: 6-11-99. For related material see You Don't Say pages 93-100. "PETA [People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals] has now officially embraced a new federal tax against red meat. According to their website, America's meat-based diet costs the country billions of dollars in health care costs and billions more in environmental destruction." -- Lee Bellinger, editor, The American Sentinel, June 1999, page 4. Address: 10660 South Tryon Street, Suite 16, Charoltte, North Carolina 28273. Phone: 704-504-1899. Fax: 704-365-1845. E-mail. Posted here: 6-11-99. For related material see You Don't Say pages 81-84. "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is also big enough to take it all away." -- President Gerald Ford, as quoted in Free American Newsmagazine, May 1999, page 46. Address: US Highway 380, Box 2943, Bingham, New Mexico 87832. E-mail. Website. Posted here: 6-9-99. For related material see You Don't Say pages 123-124, 129-130. "A national study of 20,760 homeschooled children found that they scored well above national averages for reading, language, and math." With national averages at the 50th percentile, homeschoolers achieved averages at the 62nd to 92nd percentiles. So much for the myth that teachers need special degrees in education. -- "Education Report," The New American, May 10, 1999, page 37. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website. Posted here 6-9-99. Related material: YDS, page 93-100. If the income tax were 100%, I think we'd all agree we'd be total slaves of the state. Well, with "tax freedom day" now May 12th, does that mean we're 36% slaves of the state? (The answer is yes.) -- Fred Gielow, June 6, 1999. E-mail. Posted here 6-6-99. "China's intelligence service reported to Beijing in early May that the bombing of Beijing's embassy in Belgrade was a deliberate attack aimed at dragging Clina into the Balkans conflict, according to Pentagon intelligence officials." -- "Spies Reported Attack Was No Accident," by Bill Gertz, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, May 31-June 6, 1999, page 1. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website. Posted here 6-6-99. A cartoon shows three NATO planes dumping load after load of bombs on Kosovo. The entire countryside is exploding, burning, and filling the sky with smoke. Someone in the third plane says, "Isn't it a shame the way Milosevic slaughters innocent people?" -- The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, May 31-June 6, 1999, page 38. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website. Posted here 6-6-99. "Levi Strauss & Company, the world's largest producer of blue jeans, is also a leader among companies promoting the homosexual lifestyle via advertising. Since April [1998], the company has expended some $500,000 on ads in homosexual publications, including a 12-page insert in the November issue of Out! magazine . . . ." -- "The Culture War," The New American, January 18, 1999, page 33. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website. Posted here 6-4-99. Related material: YDS, page 133-138. "[M]any are telling us that the government's reaction to the Y2K situation may be more of a threat than malfunctioning computers. Many spreading the hysteria point to a large number of Executive Orders that have been issued by President Clinton, beefing up the powers of the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). Many say Clinton actually intends to use Y2K as an excuse to get around the Constitution by declaring federal marshal law. Clinton's motive, they say is to retain presidential power, remaining in office due to the 'crisis' after his legally elected term of office is over. . . . "My research indicates that, left alone, Y2K will be no more than a temporary bump in the road. It will not cause an economic meltdown. The power grid will not fail. The Constitution will not be abridged. Life will go on as usual after New Years Day 2000." -- "We Will Survive Y2K," by Tom DeWeese, The DeWeese report, May 1999, page 2, published by the American Policy Center, 13873 Park Center Road, #316, Herndon, Virginia 20171. Phone: 703-925-0881. Fax: 703-925-0991. E-mail. Website. Posted here: 6-4-99. My own take on Y2K: there will be some problems, some major problems, but it probably won't be as bad as many are predicting. When Al Gore kicked off his presidential campaign website in April, the site broke the very law Clinton had signed to control the Internet. Gore's site asked children to leave their names, e-mail addresses, and ZIP codes, a direct violation of federal regulations. -- The American Sentinel, May 1999, page 7. Address: 10660 South Tryon Street, Suite 16, Charoltte, North Carolina 28273. Phone: 704-504-1899. Fax: 704-365-1845. E-mail. Posted here: 6-4-99. For related material see You Don't Say pages 161-162. If a Republican candidate had done that do you think the media would have been quite so uninterested in coverning the news item? Bill Clinton, while slashing defense spending by one-third, has increased military deployments by 300 percent over those of the Bush and Reagan presidencies. -- The American Sentinel, May 1999, page 1. Address: 10660 South Tryon Street, Suite 16, Charoltte, North Carolina 28273. Phone: 704-504-1899. Fax: 704-365-1845. E-mail. Posted here: 6-4-99.  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