Boycott Holiday Inn please, I'll tellya why next week... July 8th, 1997. 8:30pm. PAP #'s run for this ATI issue 85. The after Orwell, after Independence Day, issue. http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~panicbuy/hatemail/altjournalism.html "slow, but well worth..." http://citizen-tv.com (yes, I've been mostly looking around the C's lately.) Outcry! @narchist Collective po box 18581 W. St. Paul, MN 55118 Andy 612-457-5331 Ben 222-7150 Hi there, Prime Anarchist here. Sorry this issue is late again. Well, you probably don't care much as long as you get this every week or so, but I'm trying really hard to "constrain" myself to getting 11k out every Sunday nite. But last Sunday nite that JUST WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN. You've probably read about Earth First!'s occupation of Crandon WI's proposed Exxon mine offices by now, and you've probably been given totally false information. In an effort to NOT clear any of that up (not worth anyone's time trying), but to add my own distorted perception, I'm just going to add two very important facts that never made any media. 1) in the chaos of 29 (30 if you count the one unthwarted getaway) arrests one Earth First!er got away with a new pair of handcuffs. That's right, the arresting office was so hot for more arrests he abandoned his first arrest. He or she (the EF!er) walked off calmly and then found someone to help him or her open the cuffs. 2) short of the arrests themselves, the entire action was peaceful. You'll notice that no media reports give any evidence that the thing was violent in any way shape or form, but they sure don't go out of their way to say it was peaceful either. Yeah, the media suxx. But Exxon suxx worse, so you work with what you got and the warrior fights nonviolently like Ghandi with attitude watching the rest of the world crumble around him or her. I was quite pleased to notice Monday nite while helping Earth First with their jail support that ABC and NBC allowed the words "EXXON Valdez oil spill" through 3 different times during their 6pm newscasts. Afterall, they're owned by Westinghaus and General Dyslectric. So I guess all attempts at guerrilla theatre were right on. Ask me about the Wisconsin Forest Hodag someday. --Prime-- ** Ground Zero's Random Notes ** Pollution Control or People Control? On June 25, US President Clinton announced tougher new pollution control standards from the EPA, supposedly created in the name of "improving public health" and "protecting the children." But this action brings more questions than answers. Does this new pollution control really have anything to do with public health, or is it just another tool for government control, social engineering, and private property confiscation? Check out California's pollution control plan: " Many older cars are expected to fail the Dynamometer (SMOG II) Test, perhaps 60% according to the EPA... What's happening... is frightening and ominous. It's about getting folks out of their cars, by force of fraud......." -- Eric Peters, The Wall Street Journal, May 9,1996 "Gross Polluter' means a vehicle with excess....emissions as established by the Department......" -- California Health and Safety Code, Section 39032.5 "'Gross Polluter'....30 days to pass the Smog test... if you can't afford repairs (no ceiling on cost),.....Your car can be taken by government and crushed." -- Jim Anderson, President, Automotive Technician's Association, March 19,1996 "Businesses surpassing emission standards will be forced to buy 'Pollution Credits' from the state government to continue operating.... The state gets 'pollution credits' to sell by rushing cars....selling 'pollution credits' is not cleaning up the air...." -- Jim Anderson, President, Automotive Technician's Association, March 19,1996 Taken and crushed?? Remember that little clause in the Constitution about how private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation (want to place any bets on whether the State will buy you a new car before it crushes your old one?). Think this can't happen here? Or that it can't happen in your state? These new federal mandates are a step in that direction. Perhaps the most important question raised is this: how can the EPA dictate law to the American people? How can the President dictate law? Isn't that the job of Congress? Did you know the President can make law at his discretion? He simply issues an "Executive Order", and if left unchallenged, it becomes law just as if Congress had passed it. It is even possible to make laws that go against the will of Congress (remember the Peso bailout? Congress said "no", but the President did it anyway). --> No Escape? The REAL reason for these new standards may be to force Americans to phaze out old cars and phaze in new cars that can be (or already are) equipped with a "kill switch" in which law enforcement officials (or New World Order stormtroopers) can shut off the ignition of cars they are pursuing. I don't know about you, but I don't want anyone but me being in control of my car. (Most of this taken from American Resister's Movement mailing list. Check out their website at: http://members.aol.com/TWStough/mainmenu.htm ) Till next issue..Keep learning and be creative! GZ! Dear Prime, Thank you for taking the time to write and let us know your experience with our Calendula Natural Deodorant. I was pleased to read that you have been using our deodorant for years and until recently have been satisfied with our product. I am surry you had such a frustrating experience with the Calendula version of our deodorant. It is difficult to determine what ingredient or combination of ingredients may have caused the experience you described. We all have different body chemistries and may become sensitive and/or allergic to a product at any time. I have enclosed a check for $4.00 to reimburse you for the purchase price of the deodorant that you were not able to use along with a stick of our Natural Woodspice Deodorant which you mentioned that you enjoy. Please accept this along with our apologies. Prime, thank you again for giving us the opportunity to respond to your concern. We value your opinions and appreciate your feedback. If there is anything else that I can do for you, please write again or give me a call at 1-800-775-2388 Sincerely yours, Dan Erickson Consumer Relations po box 710 kennebunk, maine. (notos primos: I'm not suggesting you abuse these people. I'm just pointing out where you can rest assured, here's a co-operative where you'll be treated right. They DO have a neighbor you can go ahead and abuse if you're so inclined: GEORGE BUSH!!!) Hi, You reached Lenox MA. (Western -- near NY state) I'm a bit confused though -- do I know you? Are we on a list together? And what exactly is this 'zine? I go to school at Stanford, Palo Alto CA, so I guess you reached there, too. Prime, My sister or <104255.2704%compuserve.com@hin.sld.cu> is coming down this summer. If you could call a progressive newspaper and find someone interested in making a donation to Prensa Latina Publications in Havana, we need desperately: COMPUTER MEMORY!!! 72 pin IBM-PC compatible *any* amount, but the more the merrier... Mike Fuller JOURNAL POEM 14 BY MARCO Coffee buzz at Denny's 4AM. How do you outrun a storm on a 10speed? Ride really hard Buck, and don't look back. Ask a local ahead of time, when is Thunder's first most likely crack. Mexicali tofu and a hot potato salad. New England chowder and a quesedilla. Salad, soup & sandwich bar sumptous. Home of the perfect hummus. What's in a guacamole salad? Can I get my espresso in a to-go cup? A sagebrush tumbleweed Squeezes out under a Ford Falcon; Bounces up toward my face Then around over my head. Cripple Creek or Bust. If you don't want a watch tan: Then don't wear a watch. That's it for this week. Good gnus and gnood gnite. as per usual address all corresponding written work to marco99@juno.com tell friends to subscribe, send: subscribe ATI to: listserv@brazerko.com