Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The idiots in government sure are generous with MY tax dollars! #%&*@ Ken Wilcox At 12:46 PM -0400 4/11/02, Kyle Cassidy wrote: >well leicaserfs, this is it. my ship has come in. finally, my chance to >become fameous. i'm not sure that i will be able to remember all you little >people in the days to come as i am rocketed to the circle of the greats, >ansel adams, minor white, hcb, et. al, so if you want to get my autograph, >you probably only have a matter of hours to get your request in. > >my impending mega-stardom will come thanks to Congressman Sam Graves, a >Missouri Republican who has earmarked $273,000 to stamp out "goth culture" >in his home district of Blue Springs. In a press release Graves said: "It is >my hope that this funding will give the officers in the Youth Outreach Unit >the tools they need to identify Goth culture leaders that are preying on our >kids," > >as goths around the world are ground under the thumb of the federal >government and turn in their black lipstick and bauhaus t-shirts in exchange >for polo and dockers my goth photo project will become as valuable as >doccumenting the last days of the Shakers or any of margaret bourke white's >paltry dustbowl photography. > >for your last look at this embattled and dying culture, i give you some >leicashotz: > >http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/goth/ > >yours with infinite hubris, > >k "soon to be so fameous i will dispose of each leica after i have run a >single roll through it to be replaced by a brand new one" c >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html