Mark Twain Tonight

Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2002 7:16 PM

From: ZONTAR JOHNSON <n@m.net>

Modemac <modemac@modemac.com> wrote:

> In my younger days I found, in a used book store, a book by Twain
> titled, "Christian Science." In this book Twain tore apart mary Baker
> Eddy's teachings from one end to the other. And it was very funny.
> In 1972 I was on a concert tour with Art Hodes. Wild Bill, condon,
> Bigard etc were on it. We played a concert in Twain country and I met
> a guy afterward who was a Mark Twain scholar. I told him about this
> book and he disputed it.

Yes, I have seen this book in Boston, in a used book store about 4 miles
from the "Mother Church."

BTW Ken Burns is Con Lite. He is the tool of the new corprate PBS.
Anti-information for the new dark ages.
His Jazz show was shameful. Dissed or left out anything that white
folks can't dance to.

Didn't see most of his Twain show but I did see him pass over his most
important book; "Letters from the Earth", saying it was a product of a
diffacult time.

Bull Shit

EVERY SUB SHOULD READ THIS BOOK.

Check it out. More bitter insight into this dammed Hu-man race then any
other 12 books.

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From: Arbane the Terrible <arbane@attbi.com>

> Yes, I have seen this book in Boston, in a used book store about 4 miles
> from the "Mother Church."

I think I read this, or at least an excerpt from it, once. But I don't
remember where. I recall some nasty comments about how Mary Barker Eddy
had set herself up as Infallible, for one thing.

> Didn't see most of his Twain show but I did see him pass over his most
> important book; "Letters from the Earth", saying it was a product of a
> diffacult time.

It probably was. That doesn't mean it isn't RIGHT.

> EVERY SUB SHOULD READ THIS BOOK.

You can find it at:
http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/twainlfe.htm
Some good stuff. Essential reading if you want to argue with fundies.

--
"Remember, the plural of 'moron' is 'focus group'."
-- James A. Wolf
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From: "Rev. Ivan Stang" <stang@subgenius.com>

Thanks for posting that URL. Yes, EVERY SUB SHOULD READ THAT BOOK.

I am not a bit surprised that the "Nice New World" revisionists would
want to gloss over Twain's more, uh, blunt writings. Benjamin Franklin
is another old wise guy who often gets the Tom Sawyer whitewash, where
the Pinks try to deny the Hate of a Great Man.

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From: mumthra@yoo-ess-ay.net (Mumthra)

>I am not a bit surprised that the "Nice New World" revisionists would
>want to gloss over Twain's more, uh, blunt writings. Benjamin Franklin
>is another old wise guy who often gets the Tom Sawyer whitewash, where
>the Pinks try to deny the Hate of a Great Man.

Yah. I always kinda liked it about him that he chewed on Mary
Bakeready. Now that her chumps are all dying off, it seems even
MEANER.

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*This post includes "Kevan"

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