Re: edna, find a spiritual sense of being

Get a life Bruce, who cares?
"Bruce Reilly (a.k.a Bruha)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Dear Judges, Lawyers, Policemen, Guards, Counselors, Taxpayers, et. al.,
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> We are here.  Like it or not, for good or bad, we are here.  Who are we?
We are the
> downtrodden and dispossesed, the self-torturing, the disenfranchised
convicts,
> drug and alcohol addicts, the unemployed and unemployable.  We are the
children of
> poverty, financial and spiritual.  We have and will have children of our
own,
> grandchildren too.  We are ex-cons, uninsured, homeless, of many colors
and speaking
> many tongues.  We are the enemy in what has become a domestic war against
ourselves.
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> And who are you?  You who like the tough talk of Tough on Crime?  You who
watch as
> budgets are cut in education and health care while you militarize a police
force?
> Bullet-proof vests, automatic weapons, helicopters, tanks, robots ... the
> testosterone is oozing through the streets, more prisons, longer
sentences, tighten
> the belt, spartan conditions, task forces, gang units, gun courts.  And
what is there
> to show for it?  Unemployent stays low because half the population
oversees those
> "out of the workforce", the dregs, the rabble, the enemy?  Please tell me
there is a
> deeper reason.  Do you feel safer?  More humane?  More like a cohesive
society with a
> shared sense of purpose, who can identify Us and Them?  Do you live in a
gated
> community or gentrified neighborhood?  By the way, have you read the
Declaration of
> Independence and US Constitution - or do you only know the first phrases?
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> It's about time we got together.  Please know that I have yet to meet a
convict who
> wants their child to be a thief, an addict, a dealer, a prostitute, or a
violent
> individual.  Most of us still have hope for ourselves even when stuck in
the darkest
> dilemmas, ruts and catch-22s.  Most of us believe in crafting laws and
instilling
> order.  Many of us have burrowed beneath the surface to find a spiritual
sense of
> being, an understanding force at least as powerful as those we succumbed
to, and many
> of use wouldn't escape if you opened the front door.  Did you know that
approximately
> 10 million Americans are either incarcerated, on probation, on parole or
once were in
> those categories?  Each of those 10 million have families, friends,
neighbors ... and
> so closer and closer does the We interface with the You.  Don't you think
it's time we
> talked?
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> Are you ready?  Can you accept that the road we are travelling points
toward a grim
> and painful future?  Do you have the heart to face monumental failures
while bravely
> struggling beyond where we are now?  I know that some of you are, and that
some of us
> are, and this is what gives me hope.  You need our insights just as we
need your
> structure.  It is never over, especially when a real solution, a real
treatment for
> our sickness, is yet to begin.
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>                                                    In Solidarity,
>
>                                                    Bruce Reilly (a.k.a
Bruha)
>                                                    P.O.Box 8274
>                                                    Cranston, RI 02920 USA
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> P.S. - I am trying to conceptualize an effective guerilla media campaign
to promote
>        this cause.  Ideas are welcome.  Collaboration is prayed.
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> phone number.  The networking public is going to want to
> contact you so much to talk about your product or service that they'll
> even try to call you at home.  If they get your home phone or address,
> they'll be sure to share it with all the other people seeking to send
> you their admiration, and your fame may prove too much.  You want
> business, of course, but do you want to take orders all night?
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> b) Get an account with some other internet account providers.  For
> reasons not quite certain, your provider probably has a clause in their
> contract with you saying not to do a spam.  Even if they don't, they
> will probably delete your account a few hours after you announce your
> product, so be sure to get other accounts under assumed names so you
> can follow what's going on.   This is the reason that expecting E-mail
> replies to your ad won't work.
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> c) Be sure you've lead a clean life.  You and your product are going to
> become as famous as Gary Hart and O.J. Simpson!  But, as you know, such
> fame has its downsides, as your eager fans will research every tawdry
> episode from your past history.  So be sure there are no skeletons in
> your closet.  (Unless your product is skeletons!)
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> d) Due to the Brady Bill, you may want to file your firearms
> acquisition request a few days in advance of your ad.  Soon you're
> going to be rich, and you'll need to pr
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