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READERS LETTERS
READERS RESPONSES
REALITY CHECK
James Campion
...Give it up. No one REALLY cares about patriotism.

Mr. Campion:
Fucking coward!
You won't even choose sides, you opportunistic slug. That's right, suck up to whoever will read clear and balanced reporting. What kind of fucking journalist reports objectively on ALL sides of the story? You belong in Dante's First Circle. When will you start dusting off the 'ole North Korean masterpiece and let the readers know what's going on there? Do you think Mr. Georgetown has a few hypotheses on why we're inflating the short guy with the bad haircut as big as a gas-station gorilla? Or does anyone realize that the N. Koreans couldn't even AFFORD ($$) an extended conflict with us? What have you got? Bohammer

Jc,
Finally, someone has the guts in the media, however fringe media this column is, to call out these subjective swine. Right Wing? Left Wing? People who claim to be "fair and balanced" and "trusted news" services cashing in on these tragic events is sickening. I actually hear some of these assholes quoting their RATINGS! And comparing them to other networks? How callous is that? Thanks for your candor. By the way, is this Bill O’Reilly guy drunk or is he just stupid? Brett S.

Sir,
I refuse to believe that it would cost this country more than a half dozen pine boxes and a few shovels IF.... IF damnit... if we had the balls that God gave a mountain goat to send in a couple of good black ops teams to take Saddam and his closest friends out the way they should have a dozen years ago.
GW isn't doing anything more than finishing up what Daddy started and screwed right into the ground. The Desk believes, and has been telling everybody that will listen, that when he was elected, maybe even before, GW promised George Herbert Walker Bush that he'd finish the job.
And the further it goes, the more it looks that way. If the war is really and truly justified, Godspeed to our forces and may they kick ass righteously, and this time, sew it up and put it away for good.
If it is not... Your faithful reader, Dr. Leftover

James,
Although I think I get the gist of it, and I am moved to write and respond, I'm not quite sure what you are talking about in "Abandoning Reason At The Fort". Did something specific happen to you, or are you just fed up, saddened, sickened and disgusted? (What might be the difference, I ask myself?) I haven’t been paying attention to this war. I don't watch the news or read the papers. I listen to a little bit of public radio, and a little bit of the radio. I feel a little ashamed of myself.
All my friends and I feel helpless, like we are under the same dictatorship we are about to going to war, surrounded by ships of fools; fools who are into it. What is a recently divorced, single mother running a small business and trying to find pleasure and art and meaning and music, to do? I have come across some lyrics that make this whole mess clear to me, some things about life as I have never seen it before. That is the beauty of poetry, it is always new. The following is from a favorite Bob Dylan of mine, and for some reason, this struck me today.
"Old lady judges watch people in pairs limited in sex they dare to push fake morals, insult and stare While money doesn't talk, it swears Obscenity, who really cares Propaganda, all is phony." I think that that old lady judge is just as much a part of Bush as she is his old man. Be well, Laura

Yo Campion,
Give it up. No one REALLY cares about patriotism. Ask yourself this? IF the present administration is all about military and protecting this nation, then why the fuck are they pushing a tax cut? Who the hell is paying for this crap? The French?
T-Boy

JAMES CAMPION UPDATE - THE TRAILING JESUS BOOK TOUR
MAY 1
The 2003 Spring/Summer promotional book tour for "Trailing Jesus" is slowly picking up momentum. Throughout its duration we will be keeping you abreast of media appearances, in-stores and magazine and newspaper blurbs. Again, for all media friends who continue to support jc and the Reality Check New & Information Desk, please send all appearance requests over the next few months to:
Alejandra Rios
Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists, Inc.
Tel. (512) 478.2028 x 204
Fax (512) 478.2117
Email: alejandra@bookpros.com
alejandra@promolibros.com
www.bookpros.com
FULL-PAGE FEATURE IN NORTH COUNTY NEWS
Award winning Westchester, NY weekly covered 4/17 Barnes & Noble book signing with in-depth review and analysis into "Trailing Jesus" in its 4/23 issue.
TWO WEEKS UNTIL FREEHOLD BARNES & NOBLE APPEARANCE Following up his return to his old high school for a speaking engagement, jc heads back to his teenaged stomping grounds for a Freehold book-signing event on 5/14. The evening of discussion and live reading will begin at 7:30 pm and is hosted by Community Relations Manager, Carol Curren. For more information on this appearance please contact the store at (732) 409-2929.
ADDITIONAL NJ NEWSPAPER BLURBS
Plugs for the Freehold book signing and pieces on "Trailing Jesus" will appear in upcoming issues of NJ dailies such as the Asbury Park Press, The Daily Record and The Star-Ledger. For those Jersyites interested, please keep a look out. Details forthcoming.
SUNDAY BOOK FEATURE IN INDIANAPOLIS STAR
Check Group Members in Indy can look for an upcoming feature on
"Trailing Jesus" in the Sunday Arts section of the Indianapolis Star. The Star
is the leading daily for the region and its book recommendations hold a
high honor. Due to the recent decision to present the book, a spike in
requests from Barnes & Nobles in the greater Indianapolis area has been
significant.
CHECK GROUP PLUGS
NYC DANCE SHOWCASE
First Annual SUNY Brockport Alumni Dance Choreographers' Showcase
Saturday, May 3, 2003, 7:00 PM
The Julia Richman Education Complex Theater
317 East 67th St. (near 2nd Avenue)
New York City
General Admission - $15.
For ticket Information call the Box Office at (212) 924-0077.
This eclectic showcase demonstrates the diverse aesthetic perspectives
and practices of some of SUNY Brockport's Alumni from 1977 - 2002.
Modern dances that are comic, innovative, and inspired by mythical
characters share the stage in an exciting ONE- NIGHT- ONLY!
Featuring:
* Rosanna Butera with members of Sharir/Bustamente Dance Co.
* Vikki Capiello * Colleen Dooley/ Youth Ballet Co.
* Sharon Fogarty Performance Theatre * Liz Hoefner * Laura Jamieson
* Robyn Lamarre/Thornton Academy Dance Co. * Carin Moscicki
* Jaclyn Moynahan * Donna Russo * Missy Pfohl Smith/Biodance
* Molly Snell Witt/The EmSu Co. of Texas A&M University * Michou Szabo
* Reuven Weizberg/Magbana Drum and Dance NYC.
A reception follows the show!

Stay tuned for more updates. And for professional and amateur creative
sorts, please feel free to send any and all personal appearances, gigs,
art shows or performances to realitycheck@jamescampion.com or to Phenix
& Phenix in care of Alejandra Rios and we will post the dates a week
prior to the event. Also - book stores or book web sites please send
requests for all of jc’s titles through the same channels or through
Bookazine Distributors. Signed copies of all books can still be obtained from
the Book Page of the jc web site:
http://www.jamescampion.com/books.html - and, as always, on-line at
Amazon, B & N and Borders, as well as any bookseller near you. If they do
not carry jc, make them. It’s still basically a free country…for now.
Have a great week,
Reality Check New & Information Desk

© James Campion April 2003
realitycheck@jamescampion.com

Dan Bern
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 'There is no way the radical Muslim hatred of the US will be any worse or lessened in the wake of this invasion. We are dealing with thousands of years of religion fanaticism..'

ABANDONING REASON AT THE FORT
 REALITY CHECK with James Campion
'My fears are real now. Not even Georgetown is answering my calls'.

'You know what the Axis of Evil is? Money. Money. Money.'

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