(word processor parameters LM=8, RM=75, TM=2, BM=2) Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501 Sponsored by Vangard Sciences PO BOX 1031 Mesquite, TX 75150 There are ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS on duplicating, publishing or distributing the files on KeelyNet except where noted! October 22, 1993 BRIGGS1.ASC -------------------------------------------------------------------- Several of our friends have been discussing the recent events in Russia, wondering WHY IN HELL there is not more of a public outcry made about how Yeltsin has "taken over." Come on, you don't just DISSOLVE sections of the government JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T COMPLY TO YOUR WISHES. So our government just nods their collective heads and sends letters of congratulations. And leave it up to Joe Bob to have to bring it to the public sensibility with his excellent repartee'. So here tis'. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dallas Observer is distributed free of charge in the Metroplex. A six month (weekly edition) Subscriptions is $30 from : Dallas Observer PO BOX 190289 Dallas, TX 75219 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From the Dallas Observer October 21 - 28th edition Film - Joe Bob Briggs I've got a question. Why would 19 Parliamentary democracies "praise" a man WHO ABOLISHES a parliament? Maybe there's something I don't understand about Yeltsin. Maybe I'm naive. Maybe I'm a man who sleeps in his underwear. But something is seriously WRONG here when all the FREE governments of the world, including our own Newnited States, give three cheers for a guy who's over there OUTLAWING political parties, closing down newspapers, and generally acting like...well...kinda like a Commie DICTATOR. Okay, look, they had this Parliament that had a lot of loudmouth guys trying to stop all the reforms, right? And a lot of 'em were Commies. And a lot of 'em were these weirdbeard ultra-right loonies who wanna bring back the czar. And they didn't give two diddly squats for the welfare of the country - they just wanted to stop Yeltsin. To which I say, SO WHAT? Isn't this the same dang thing that happens in the Eyetalian Parliament every day of the week? Aren't these Communists acting exactly like the Communists in the FRENCH Parliament? Don't all the looney political parties ALWAYS band together and gang up on the majority party? Page 1 But THEY WERE ELECTED, RIGHT? They got their jobs FAIR AND SQUARE, RIGHT? There were a bunch of Russian citizens who went to the polls and marked "Commie" on the ballot. So it's not like they're Stalin's Communists, who never faced a fair election in their lives. They're just like those racists they always elect in Louisiana. Everybody shrugs their shoulders and says, "How'd they get elected again? I didn't vote for 'em. Did you vote for 'em?" But they're ELECTED, and so they GET TO STAY in the legislature. You don't have to like 'em. You just have to agree THAT THEY WERE ELECTED. And so what are you SUPPOSED to do if you don't like the way things are going in Parliament? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO RESIGN! This triggers new elections. You're not supposed to MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE RESIGN! No wonder the guys were holed up in the Parliament building with Kalashnikov AK-47's. You know what their number one demand was? ACCESS TO THE MEDIA. They didn't wanna KILL Yeltsin. They wanted to BE HEARD. But, as it turned out, they get their newspaper OUTLAWED. They ended up in prison. And the Commie Party was ABOLISHED. Now, in order to make the circle complete, they should all ask for political ASYLUM in France or Italy, where the Communist Party is STILL LEGAL. And as to the Czar-loving right-wingers, they probly feel this is just "business as usual." Communists, Yelsinites, what DIFFERENCE does it make? They all EVENTUALLY THROW YOU IN JAIL. All this is very Russian and very understandable. What I don't understand is WHY do WE APPROVE OF IT? I don't think WE'D REACT the same way if Clinton CANCELED the Congress. Or maybe we WOULD. Maybe we've ALL BECOME Commies. What are we SAYING in Russia - that we WANT democracy, but NOT TOO MUCH OF IT JUST YET? Obviously it's TOO MUCH for me to figure out. -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have comments or other information relating to such topics as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page. Thank you for your consideration, interest and support. Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson Vangard Sciences/KeelyNet -------------------------------------------------------------------- If we can be of service, you may contact Jerry at (214) 324-8741 or Ron at (214) 242-9346 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 2