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It’s mainstream, capitalist, and
wrong. But it’s free, easy and better than NPR
From the mouths of Realtorsâ, the Kingdom Strikes Back.
Now and forever, someone still loves
you.
My own radio page. Some of these links
plus constantly updated info that relates to radio.
Clark Howard is a consumer advocate on
KCMO 710AM from 10AM to noon weekdays.
Art Bell talks about government
conspiracy, alien abduction, cultism, libertarianism, and all the things I
love. If I was a woman, I’d be his groupie. Maybe I will be anyway.
Art Bell is on KCMO 710 AM every night
from midnight until 6AM. Also, on the weekends he’s on Sunday starting at 8PM
till 6AM Monday morning. There’s a very good reason I’m not very pleasant early
in the morning.
Neil Boortz is the most offensive man
on the radio(sometimes worse than me).
And sometimes he’s right. But before you decide he’s a disgusting racist
misogynist, listen to his show, hit his site, and meet his co hosts.
KCMO 710 AM Official Homepage. Info,
promos, and links to people I don’t like – Dr. Laura. Bob Brinker….and others.
I play the guitar. This is a page that
lists the instruments and equiptment I own and what I do with them. Everything comes
around to Queen, so I soon plan to post some of the Tab of my favorite Queen
songs and maybe some that I’ve written. If I ever get a new computer I might
even record them.
Gun Control, 2nd
Amendment, Firearm Facts
For my sociology class, I wrote a paper. Naturally I couldn’t bear to stick to the tried and true PC topics. So I picked gun control. My idea: guns good, criminals bad.
For the paper I focused on conceal and
carry permits. The thesis is quite simple: While the bougeous class lives in
the suburbs fortified by over-funded police departments, the lower class lives
in crime infested ghettos where the gangs and criminals hold court. While ivory
tower liberals may not be exposed directly to violent crime, the poor are. When
I call the cops here in beautiful Shawnee, KS they show up. If I try the same
call from downtown KCK, they may not even answer the phone.
Thus, the people most affected
directly by violent crime do not have access to fast police response. Oddly,
high crime neighborhoods are often subject to the most restrictive gun
ownership regulations(i.e. Washington DC, NY, NY).
Also, firearms are the only way for
women to fight against rape.
The conclusion: firearms are the only
viable way to fight crime in a scenario where police assistance is a pipe
dream.
An Argument for Conceal
and Carry Permits
Fidel Castro had an opportunity to address the World Trade Organisation’s meeting in Seattle. Instead, he delayed announcing his decision until the last minute at which point he said he was concerned that he would be arrested by American authorities. Here’s what I think.
The Battle of Seattle and my opinion of what went on and what should have happened.
This is the essay I wrote shortly after the boy landed here in the US. It’s the way I still feel even all these weeks, months, and years. The issue here isn’t granting assylem to the kid, it’s about how fatherhood isn’t very important. It’s also about the hypocracy of our immigration policy.
Nuclear power doesn’t burn
fossil fuels, provide a lot of energy, doesn’t cause acid rain…sounds great but
it’s not. This essaye shows a couple of good reasons that nuclear power is just
too dangerous.
This business of cities suing gun manufacturers
for the costs of crimes committed with guns is nuts. Will they include the
people shot by police?
These are papers, articles, and assorted riff raff related in some way to classes that I have taken or are currently in. Some are high school and some are college.
The Library
This is a collection of essays, short
stories, and other pieces I’ve written over the years. Some I wrote for class
and some I wrote because I need a social life. The topics mostly focus on civil
liberties, philosophy, and politics.
I do most of my computer work on an old 486
with a 350 meg. hard drive (my Tandy 286 has a 40 meg and I remember when that
was impressive). Every few months I run out of disk space and spend a few hours
going through the directories. I end up reading old papers from college and
high school and reminding myself that I was a real smart-ass.
These are some of my favorites.
Philosophy
Members.tripod.com/robhelmer/alex.htm
I wrote this for an English class. I discuss
Social Contract theory, the development of mass morality, and crime. Then I
apply the Social Contract to Alex, the protagonist of A Clockwork
Orange.
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/DEATH3.htm
This is another discussion of the Social
Contract and crime. I deal with capital punishment from a Social Contract
perspective.
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/NIET.htm
I actually wrote this paper as a favor to a
classmate back in my high school daze. It is about German philosopher Frederick
Nietchee(sp) and the role his work played in the rise of Nazi Germany.
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/PHILO.htm
This is a short essay about one of Socrates’
paradigms: "Are acts pious because the gods love them or do the gods love
these acts because they are pious?"
I also argue that philosophy developed in a
polytheistic society is difficult or impossible to correctly apply to
philosophy in a monotheistic society.
Civil Liberties
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/SCFIN.htm
This essays focuses on the relationship
between technology and individual freedom. I argue that the evolution of
monitoring and tracking technology inevitably attacks the rights of
individuals. While technology can be a constructive tool for crime fighting,
the US government has a very clear track record of trampling the rights of
innocent citizens.
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/SCRIM.htm
Again from the viewpoint of the Social
Contract, I try to define the nature of law in a democratic society and the
consequences of hi-tech crime fighting.
STER2.doc
This piece addresses the public
misconceptions about terrorism in the United States and the American tendency
to destroy personal freedom while on a witch hunt: communists, witches, civil
rights activists...
Politics
HeShe.doc
This a He said, She said look at the double
standards concerning politically correct speech.
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/ROLE.htm
Again the issue is double standards; this
time the focus is on society’s effort to condemn athletes and musicians as poor
role models while engaging in war, theft, deceit, and other unethical
behaviors.
SDAF.doc (work in progress)
The Founding Fathers believed that violence
was sometimes a viable solution to problems like repression and tyranny. Why
are so many people duping themselves into believing that the US government
could never become oppressive.
Misc: History, Fiction
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/LINC.htm
Lincoln is almost a god in American history
texts. His face sells cars, eye glasses, and life insurance. He’s on the penny
and the five dollar bill. He is given credit for ending slavery, saving the
Union and inventing space travel.
But why did John Wilkes Booth shoot him? He
arrested members of Congress, shut down newspapers and refused to believe that
free people should govern themselves.
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/ISRAEL.htm
Leon Uris is one of America’s greatest
writers. His two main subject matters are Ireland and the Jews. Exodus
is the story of desperate Jewish refugees trying to reach
Israel(when it was still British controlled and called Palestine). After being
liberated from German concentration camps, they are placed in ‘detention’ camps
by the US and Great Britain. Very few people are aware that many Jewish
refugees were placed in camps only marginally better than the German camps.
This book tells of six hundred Jews breaking out
of a British camp on Cyprus and making their way to Palestine.
I wrote this for an English class; it’s a
comparison between the book and the movie which was based on it. This is
clearly one of the top fifty books in American literature.
Sagan2.doc
This is a simply essay written in a writing
class about Carl Sagan.
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/DC2.htm/
http://members.tripod.com/robhelmer/DEBCAMP.htm
This is a story I wrote for a creative
writing class then revamped on my own. I have two versions here.
Frank4.doc
This is a short story about medical ethics.
It’s an application of Frankenstein to a modern dilemma.
It’s a left over from a Literature class.
Journalism
Anthrax
This
is an article I wrote for an Intro to Newswriting class. It’s about resistance
to the use of the Anthrax vaccine in the U.S. military.