[Vision2020] Floating like a lead balloon, stinging like jock itch

Joan Opyr auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:20:59 -0800


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Here I go again, poking holes in lead balloons.  This liberal woman enjoy=
s boxing.  I like to watch it on TV, and I like to punch the old bag that=
 hangs out in my garage.  (No, I don=E2=80=99t mean Rose.  Well, not just=
 her, anyway.)  I have a good left jab and a great right uppercut, and we=
re I not married to a devout Quaker, I=E2=80=99d offer to go three rounds=
 with Doug, Nate, Dale, et al.  I=E2=80=99m guessing there are a lot of g=
lass jaws living in those glass houses.

As for that other dear old bag, Rose=E2=80=99s point was not just that sh=
e finds boxing barbaric; it was that she finds the connection between box=
ing and such an assertively self-professed Christian group puzzling.  It=E2=
=80=99s hard to picture the man who told us to love our neighbor and turn=
 the other cheek floating over a boxing ring in a Don King wig.  Jesus pr=
omised to come back to judge the quick and the dead, not to kick our asse=
s and bite off our ears.

Nevertheless, I can see why boxing would be a better fund raiser than, sa=
y, a lecture series.  I'd happily pay to watch Nate and company open up c=
ans of whoop-ass on one another, whereas I wouldn=E2=80=99t give a plug n=
ickel to hear an intolerant preacher talk through his hat on the nature o=
f Islam.

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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT size=3D3=
><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Here I go again, poking holes in&nbsp;lea=
d balloons.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>This liberal w=
oman enjoys boxing.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I like=
 to watch it on TV, and I like to punch the old bag that hangs out in my =
garage.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>(No, I don=E2=80=99=
t mean Rose.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Well, not jus=
t her, anyway.)<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I have a g=
ood left jab and a great right uppercut, and were I not married to a devo=
ut Quaker, I=E2=80=99d offer to go three rounds with Doug, Nate, Dale, et=
 al.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I=E2=80=99m guessing =
there are a lot of glass jaws living in those glass houses.</FONT></FONT>=
</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>As =
for that other dear old bag, Rose=E2=80=99s point was not just that she f=
inds boxing barbaric; it was that she finds the connection between boxing=
 and such an assertively self-professed Christian group puzzling.<SPAN st=
yle=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>It=E2=80=99s hard to picture the =
man who told us to love our neighbor and turn the other cheek floating ov=
er a boxing ring in a Don King wig.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbs=
p; </SPAN>Jesus promised to come back to judge the quick and the dead, no=
t to kick our asses and bite off our ears.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>=
 <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Nevertheless, I can see why=
 boxing would be a better fund raiser&nbsp;than, say, a lecture series.&n=
bsp; <SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">I'd happily pay to watch Nate and =
company open up cans of whoop-ass on one another,&nbsp;whereas </SPAN>I w=
ouldn=E2=80=99t give a plug nickel to hear an intolerant preacher talk th=
rough his hat on the nature of Islam.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Tim=
es New Roman" size=3D3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=
=3D"Times New Roman">Auntie Establishment/Joan Opyr<SPAN style=3D"mso-spa=
cerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML><br clear=3Da=
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