Conservatives want academia next

It was reported by Time, “Fighting Words 101,” March 14, 2005, that conservative students are filing bias complaints against professors who criticize Republican points of view or their icons. According to the article, legislators are now trying to pass laws, such as David Horowitz’s Academic Bill of Rights, which sounds like an attempt to protect freedom of speech. But it is actually intended as a tool for students who want to fight against the teachings of what they consider “liberal bias.”
This is not surprising. The Republican Party has complete control of all branches of government. They control most of the media, especially the pundits and spin doctors. Academia is one of the last liberal strongholds and the conservatives are determined to eliminate it. Buzz phrases such as “Lose touch with the community” are used to dissuade universities from having such speakers as Michael Moore, or hosting the “Vagina monologs.” The so called community excuse seems to imply that the community’s politics, which at this time is mostly conservative, have a right to insulate themselves from the minority viewpoints.
Conservative students are complaining about a lack of balance on the teaching staff at many universities. Of course no one is pushing for such “balance” on TV news. Our two party system leaves no room for a balance of political diversity in our house or senate. The Democrats, the party in decline, try to act more like Republicans to win over the center, while they continue to alienate the progressives, liberals and leftists. They keep loosing elections; yet keep on the same political track. At the same time, we are one of the last bourgeois democracies that restrict access of third parties in our elections.
Another question is can a person who has stolen one election, and excluded input from all other political groupings, our own President George “Dubya” Bush, really promote democracy in Iraq? The resistance in Iraq continues. The Wichita Eagle, March 9, 2005, reported “Syria backers outdo critics.” Bush can’t promote what he doesn’t understand and he doesn’t understand democracy.

The Sexual Life Of Catherine M/ sex sells

One of my readings was The Sexual Life Of Catherine M., by Catherine Millet, published in 2001. I like her frank talk of sexual adventure. She doesn’t hold back. She is an editor of an art publication in France. She is no slut or prostitute. She is married and working as a full-time journalist. Yet her book is full of sexual adventures she can recall from her past.I learned a lot about her use of words and her descriptions of sexual acts. I have enjoyed reading the book. I got a lot of tips on writing sexual experiences for my own book Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed Yippie.

My writing inspirations

In my writing experiences, I have learned a lot from many writers. I have learned a lot from reading Hunter S. Thompson, but I have also learned a lot from reading (Mao) 毛澤東. What I really learned from him is how much he came to appreciate the earlier writers and philosophers from his own past, such as 老子 who wrote the (Tao Te Ching) 道德經 and 孫子, author of (The Art of War) 孫子兵法. Even though he didn’t care much for (Confucius) 孔子, he did occasionally quote him and one of his followers (Mencius) 孟子.
I have learned to appreciate such ancient writers as ΔHMOKPITOΣ (Democritus),
APIΣTIΠΠOΣ(Aristippus) and EΠIKOYPOΣ (Epicurus). There’s also T. Lucretius Carus and Thomas Jefferson. It was Antonio Gramsci who wrote that we should not judge a person, in the past, for having some wrong views. He said people are a product of their time. He pointed out that Giordano Bruno, who was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1600, was a monk, yet he inspired Karl Marx.
I found some similarities between Aristippus and his Cyrenaic school of philosophy; and the ideas of sexual liberation of the 1960s and ‘70s, while writing my new book, Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed Yippie.

APIΣTIΠΠOΣ and EΠIKOYPOΣ are just as good as the Bible

Unlike a lot of the narrow-minded people in Kansas, I have read more than just the Bible. I’ve read Epicurus and have read about such great thinkers as Aristippus. There were many great philosophers besides Jesus Christ. He may have been a philosopher, but he was nothing divine. Gilgamesh was one of the first God-heads and if we can stop believing in myths such as Gilgamesh we can stop believing in fairy tales, such as divine people and creationism.

毛-ist Rebels kick as in Nepal

The ruling Nepal government is in a state of crisis. The Maoist guerrillas might now control 80 percent of the country and the King has declared a state of emergency. All political parties have been banned and the King has taken full control of the government, dissolving parliament. Newspapers have been shut down and heavily censored by the military. The Bush administration is quite alarmed at these events. Bush had declared the guerrillas “terrorists” and fears the new state of emergency will only make matters worse. The US, Britain and India, which has Maoist guerrillas of its own, are all pumping weapons and aid to Nepal.

Bush sucks weed

So George W. Bush was secretly recorded admitting he smoked pot and maybe snorted cocaine. Doug Wead recorded that because he thought president Bush will someday be a great man.Some friend if he leaked it out. I’ve always felt that those who believe in enforcing drug laws on young experimenters should volunteer to place themselves in prison, just to set a good example. Former President Bill Clinton should have done that whether he inhaled or not.Bush will go down in history all right. He’ll be comfortably added to all the other great conquerors, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler. They also wanted to build a new world on the blood of their own people and those of others. He is indeed one of the great war criminals of history.

The Idiot factor: Tiahrt embarrases Kansas

Kansas Representative Todd Tiahrt, Republican, angered AIDS activist by putting a ban on programs that distribute needles to addicts. Tiahrt, who spearheaded the move, with the help of other conservatives, complain that this program encourages drug use. AIDS activist claim this program saves lives and these representatives actions will literally kill people (The Wichita Eagle, August 1, 1999).Besides the AIDS issue, Washington, DC’s home rule advocates were also angered that the federal government is dictating what programs they can operate on the local level. The bill also included a ban on the use of medical marijuana.This is not the first time Tiahrt has led an effort to halt needle exchange programs. Last year he voted for a house amendment to ban the use of any tax money for needle exchange programs. (The Wichita Eagle August 8, 1998) The programs are used to prevent the spread of AIDS.Critics have argued these programs work. Since were started, there has been a 30 percent drop in AIDS among intravenous drug users, according to the National Institute of Health. At least 60 federally funded studies have shown that such programs work in reducing AIDS, while showing no significant increase in drug use. (The Wichita Eagle, 4 May 1998). Presently, needle exchange programs are endorsed by DC Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey and former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop.Representative Albert Wynn, Democrat from Maryland, called Tiarht’s move “arrogant and misguided.” Washington DC has one of the nations highest rate of new HIV infections.Tiarht said the program promotes drug abuse and doesn’t work. In this latest effort, he sites a study done by the Office of National Drug Control Policy that claims the public health risks of needle exchange programs outweigh their benefits.The ONDCP is a hawkish “war on drugs” organization. By using them as a source, we see That Tiarht is more concerned with his twisted sense of morality than the public welfare.

Hunter S. Thompson's death

Some of us writers are morning the loss of Hunter S. Thompson. He was a 1970s Icon and for some of us; a great inspiration. I have to admit that my latest book Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed Yippie was partially inspired by some of Thompson’s earlier writings. Especially helpful was Thompson’s attracts on Richard Nixon, one of the greatest war criminals of the 20th century. I realized I was not the only person who hated him and there’s no reason to hold back when tearing down a despicable Republican icon.Now we have George “Frat Rat” Bush showing us that there is no bottom to the slime barrel of imperialist and hypocritical politics. One of Thompson’s last writings stated, in affect, that “Dubya” Bush has made Nixon look like a humanitarian.Next year I hope to publish a book about the religious right, in general, called The Summer of Mercy, a Decade of Hate; focusing somewhat on the religious crackpots that come out of Kansas. In the meantime, my present book looks at the ‘70s and turmoil of that time.Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed Yippie takes the reader through the life of a 1970s counter-culture drug user. Mark Spies goes from casual pot smoking to habitual use of pharmaceutical narcotics and cocaine. Due to the changing sexual attitudes, Spies has several unconventional sexual encounters. The 1970s brought us the "Woodstock generation." There was a sense of idealism that developed at the beginning and died at the end of that decade. Many counter-culture books focus on the 1960s, yet there are plenty of events in the 1970s that deserve attention. Nixon's war in Vietnam and Cambodia dominated the news and affected America's youth. Nixon's war on drugs impacted the counter-culture life style. Then there was punk rock, disco, casual cocaine use and revolutions braking out around the world by 1979.Available at:Amazon.com:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1420821067/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/104-9599235-9283905?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance