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Compiled By Jack Nichols Rimbaud's Relations with Priests Rimbaud was a world-class substance abuser, an uninhibited
homosexual, a natural-born anarchist and a cruel, sometimes violent
practical joker. The stories of his excesses are legendary. When a female
acquaintance noticed that the young poet's mop of hair was seething with
lice, she was informed at Rimbaud liked to carry them around with him so
that he could flick them at priests… Yet this disheveled, baby-faced
monster produced, between the ages of 17 and 21, some of the most
dazzlingly original and influential verse of the 19th century.
The Economist—Books and Arts—from a review of Rimbaud, a book by Graham Robb, September 23 Pharmaceutical Hanky Panky More than half of the experts hired to advise the government on the safety and effectiveness of medicine have financial relationships with the pharmaceutical companies that will be helped or hurt by their decisions, a USA TODAY study found. These experts are hired to advise the Food and Drug Administration on which medicines should be approved for sale, what the warning labels should say and how studies of drugs should be designed. Dennis Cauchon—“ Drug-approval process riddled with conflicts of interest, analysis finds” USA Today, September 25 Pittsburgh Proclaims 'Boy George Day'
Scott Mervis-- "Music Preview: Boy George's Day"-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 29 The Invited Speakers at a September 29-30 Meeting of TV Preacher Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition Congressman Robert Aderholt Congressman Dick Armey David Barton Governor George W. Bush Roberta Combs Congressman Tom DeLay Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Dr. Jerry Falwell Don Feder Senator Mitch McConnell Senator Don Nickles Jim Nicholson Oliver North Star Parker Senator Robert Smith Steve Forbes Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert Governor Mike Huckabee Congressman Henry Hyde Bishop Earl Jackson Alan Keyes Rabbi Daniel Lapin Senator Trent Lott Dr. Pat Robertson Dede Robertson Phyllis Schlafly Web site of the Christian Coalition---“Invited Speakers will Include:”, September 29  An Ex-Gay by Any Other Name
I asked him (John Paulk) if he was gay," Herschaft recalled, "and
he said 'yes.'" Herschaft then asked "John" his last name. "He said his
last name was 'Clint,' but he wanted to know why I was asking. He became
evasive, but he was good at it, he was very calm."
Joel Lawson—Southern Voice, September 21 BushSpeak He has an extraordinary talent for mangling the English language. This is not just a matter of mangling words—turning “subliminal” in “subliminable” or “analysis” into “analysation”—but also of managing Whole sentences. Mr. Bush is a man who maintains that “we ought to make the pie higher”, and who knows “how hard it is for you to put food on your family.” Lexington—“Piling on Mr. Bush”—The Economist, September 23 
Corn-passionate Conservative
I'm against gay adoptions. I believe children ought to be adopted
in families with a woman and a man who are married.
George W. Bush—quoted from The Dallas Morning News in Alternative Family, September/October What is the Homosexual Agenda? In general, total destruction of the world as we know it, after which anarchy will rule. But in practical terms it's a mass redecoration campaign sponsored by The American Society of Interior Designers and secretly funded by a small cell of fundamentalist Christian women in Houston who can no longer stand what Billy Bob Johnson has been doing to their boudoirs. The Letter— http://www.theletter.net/--“Great Comebacks to all Those Stupid Questions”, September issue Caffeine Dens In almost every decent size city in North America, you'll find at least one coffee-house with a significant gay or lesbian following—on average, the ratio in urban areas of gay bars to gay-popular coffee houses is about 5-1. Andrew Collins—“Coffee Goes Gay”—The Front Page, September 15 Honored Deaf Gay Teen Murdered at Gallaudet University At the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf in Faribault, (Eric) Plunkett managed the football and basketball teams and had taken home so many honors when he graduated from the 12th grade -- including being chosen salutatorian of his class--that those who knew him wondered whether enough plaques had been made…"He had cerebral palsy and was a student who had difficulty getting around," said the school's superintendent, Linda Mitchell. "He got so many awards, and each time he got an award, we watched him get up again and again, and we knew how difficult it was each of those times." Manny Fernandez and Arthur Santana –“Slain Deaf Student Was Beaten” Washington Post, September 30 |
Boy George is no less surprised than the rest of us
that Pittsburgh City's Council unanimously proclaimed this Sunday to be
Boy George Day in Pittsburgh… "I don't know why," he says from a New York
hotel room, "but it's very nice. I was like, OK. I've never had a Boy
George Day before. I don't know what it means you can get away with. I
won't be taking advantage of it and running through Pittsburgh in high
heels or anything like that." © 1997-2000 BEI