Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 23:51:36 -0500 (CDT) From: DK Sanders-Weatherford <dksander-AT-comp.uark.edu> Subject: THIS is TRUE for 20 June (fwd) sorry to those who already get this, but all of the articles have political, police, and/or status quo stuff in them, so i determined that it was ok for me to post it. and i hardly ever post anything anyway... darla kay ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:20:03 -0700 From: This is True <this-is-true-admin-AT-lyris.net> Reply-To: Randy Cassingham <arcie-AT-thisistrue.com> To: dksander-AT-comp.uark.edu Subject: THIS is TRUE for 20 June Dispatched this week to 150,000+ readers in 170 countries AND the Video Products Group at Bally Gaming, Inc., in Las Vegas, Nevada, it's... THIS is TRUE for 20 June 1999 Copyright 1999 by Randy Cassingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPRUDENT: Texas Gov. George W. Bush is miffed that a parody Internet web site is getting more hits than his Presidential Exploratory Committee's official site. Zack Exley, 29, of Somerville, Mass., says his www.gwbush.com spoof of the governor's campaign site got 6.5 million hits in May. The official www.georgewbush.com site only got 30,000 hits that month. "We're aware of the site, and this guy is just a garbage man," Bush whined at a press conference. "There ought to be limits to freedom," he said. (AP) ...Now there's a campaign slogan people can get behind. RAT-A-TAT TENEMENTS: The District of Columbia police force has shut down one of its firing ranges after a "training mishap" resulted in 12 houses and three cars being riddled with stray bullets. The special training had officers lying on their backs and shooting up at targets with sub-machine guns at a range designed for shotgun training. The outdoor range, at the Lorton Correctional Facility in Lorton, Va., was a mile from the peppered houses. Chief Charles Ramsey closed the range permanently after determining that "Open-air live-fire ranges and populated residential areas simply do not mix." (AP) ...Local residents likely could have explained that even before their houses were shot up. ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- Get the latest news and tips on MICROSOFT OFFICE -- for FREE! Free Weekly guide from award-winning author Woody Leonhard. No-nonsense news about Office -- including stuff Microsoft won't tell you. Vital virus updates -- How to fully update Office 97 -- Office 2000 previews ***** Rated 5 stars by "Office Computing" magazine ***** FREE Join now! WOW-AT-wopr.com -or- http://www.woodyswatch.com/tt9901a.cgi ----------==========**********O**********==========--------- WANTED: KINDER, GENTLER KILLING MACHINES: Just as the too-skinny-yet-way- busty Barbie doll is an "unrealistic body image" for young girls, "action figure" toys may be too masculine for small boys, says Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Harrison Pope. If expanded to life size, for instance, the G.I. Joe Extreme doll would have 26-inch biceps, Pope says, while the original 1960s version was more normal-sized. Pope thinks the trend toward more-muscular action figures may be because of "the emergence of women" in traditional male roles. "Women can now fly F-16s and join what were male organizations," he said. "Men's bodies, particularly their muscles, are the only thing that can't be taken away from them by the courts and other organizations." (AP) ...That doesn't mean they're not willing to try. UP IN SMOKE: In 1990, New Zealand passed its Smokefree Environments Act. Advertisements which use words or images to "promote smoking behavior" are banned. So how is it working? Cigarette sales increased by 2.1 percent last year, and the percentage of people who smoke is a steady 26 percent. "Whenever a government tells people that something is not good for them, they often rebel," says magazine editor Bill Ralston. He has reason to be concerned: the government thinks stronger oppression is in order, so it is now punishing magazines and newspapers that dare to publish "pro-tobacco words," and he was forced to stop publishing his years-old column on cigar smoking. It also took action against The New Zealand Listener, which ran a factual article about how tobacco farmers are faring under the new law. (Christian Science Monitor) ...Time for publishers to stop writing about tobacco and start writing about recall elections. 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