 Love the Arts Calendar
Please keep publishing. Please stay in circulation. I rely on your Arts Calendar. When I first got back to the Twin Cities in September after a 10-year absence I pulled this section from Pulse in the Twin Cities when I found it at the news stand in the lobby of my nearest branch of the St. Paul Public Library. I stashed them in the bottom drawer of my heavy metal office desk here at home for reference.
I studied them to see what was out there, what had changed. The list of visual
arts, film, theater, readings and lectures has guided me back to Penumbra, In
the Heart of the Beast, MN Film Society, St. Thomas & St. Cate’s and
more more more. I’m writing since there is another clump of newspaper on
that stand previously known as Sweet Potato that is no longer sweet. I refuse
to pick it up since I don’t want to be inundated with page after page of
Where-How-When-and-With-Whom to purchase sex. I also bypass theirs since I don’t
want anyone to think I support what they do. I mentioned this to my X-Generation
son-in-law and he said, “Yeah, what’s up with that? It’s smutty.”
Elizabeth Ellis
St. Paul, MN
NWA Fat Cats elicits 50-plus online comments
 Editor’s
Note: Online comments to Phil
Willkie’s labor story, and seemed to fall within several categories:
pro-union, anti-union, anti-scab, inter-union bickering, and just plain old
bickering. Following are some excerpts from those comments.
“Excellent article, key facts noted; the only problem that exists is the
lack of solidarity in the labor group in general. I moved on and found employment
elsewhere. I will never cross a picket line and therefore I will never be a
SCAB. Too bad that the leadership of much of organized labor (i.e.) IAM and
Teamsters have disassociated themselves from the common union worker. We are
rapidly becoming a ‘what about me’ instead of ‘what about
us’ society and if left unchecked will lead to the downfall of us all....”
and,
“Your reporters should inquire how many random drug tests have been done
to the replacement mechanics. My guess NONE!...” and
“Mechanics have been screwing NWA for years!! You have no idea how many
times I would walk onto a 747 parked at a gate in MSP at 11 p.m. and find 15
or 20 mechanics sitting in first class eating popcorn and watching a movie.
They would intentionally delay pushing back a flight to eat an easy hour....”
and,
“If I was the Horse in the city of Troy, my body would be filled with
the souls of NWA management....” and,
“Anyone that is dumb enough to board a NWA flight maintained by mechanics
from all over the country while the best and most knowledegable walk a picket
line need to rethink their safety before chancing their safety. Rediscover the
fun of driving to your destinations...Stop and eat where you want, smoke a cigar
and even carry your 357-lb. brother-in-law with you in case some one attempts
to “hijack” your ride....” and,
“AMFA went overboard in alienating every other employee group. Then, when
things went bad, blamed them for not walking in lock-step conformity as they,
en-masse, walked off the cliff in lemming like madness.”
At press time, NWA is using bankruptcy to bust union, while top executives
collect multimillion dollar salaries. The story is ongoing. Contact Pulse writer
Phil Willkie at philwillkie@earthlink.net if you have any further updates or
information.
Fox in the henhouse
The legal/justice system the U.S. Army has is interesting. The judge is from
the Army. The prosecutors are from the Army, those being tried are from the
Army, and the trials take place at Fort Bliss Army Base in Texas. This is like
catching a gang of bank robbers and one robber gets to be the judge and a few
of them get to be the prosecutors, one gets to face the charges ... oh, and
they get to hold the trial at their bank robbery planning hideout.
Frank Erickson
Minneapolis, MN
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