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La Renault Fuego est un coupé à quatre places présenté lors du Salon de Genève en  en remplacement des 15 et 17.

Voiture au style emblématique du début des années 1980 en Europe, elle connaîtra une carrière plus longue et relativement plus de succès en Argentine.

Caractéristiques

Les études de la Fuego débutent dès 1976 au centre Style de Renault dirigé par Robert Opron (père des Citroën SM et Citroën CX) sur la base des dessins de Michel Jardin. Elle utilise la plate-forme et de nombreuses pièces mécaniques de la Renault 18 étudiée et produite à la même époque, pour une économie de coût de production.

Ce coupé ne présente pas de différences techniques majeures par rapport à ses prédécesseurs mais introduit des lignes plutôt originales, plus arrondies et aérodynamiques (Cx de 0,34), avec en particulier un hayon bulle entièrement vitré et une bande noire latérale à cannelures, qui affine et dynamise la ligne.

La Fuego reprend les solutions techniques de la Renault 18 (traction, moteur longitudinal, essieu arrière rigide) et la plate-forme de la 18 break, mais le train avant à déport négatif provient de la Renault 20 diesel. Elle récupère donc une bonne partie du comportement routier de la 18. La Fuego abandonne aussi certaines avancées de sa devancière la 17 TS (qui était le haut de gamme de ce modèle), comme l'injection électronique ou les quatre freins à disque, ce qui lui vaudra quelques critiques lors de la présentation des premières versions TL/GTL.

Disposant à l'origine de motorisations peu sportives, la Fuego ne bénéficie pas d'un grand prestige et les ventes, parties très fort, déclinent rapidement notamment du fait des tarifs jugés assez élevés. Cela a été en France la cause principale du succès de la motorisation de base au détriment des versions plus puissantes. Au lancement, la version GTS et son « moteur Cléon-Alu »  de  est la plus puissante, accompagnée des TL et GTL dotées du « moteur Cléon-Fonte »  de  à boîte de vitesses à quatre rapports (cinq en option sur GTL). Le millésime 1981 voit l'apparition des TX et GTX avec le « moteur Douvrin »  de . Le lancement de la version turbo diesel, avec le « moteur Douvrin » dans sa version diesel de  au millésime 1983 n'inverse pas la tendance. Pourtant, la Fuego Turbo D est le diesel le plus rapide du monde en  avec , mais les ventes ne se rétablissent pas pour autant. À partir de 1983 la version  GTL reçoit le moteur d' de la GTS dégonflé à .

Pour le millésime 1984, la Fuego est restylée () au niveau de la calandre, des pare-chocs, et reçoit un nouveau tableau de bord style « visière » (sauf pour les versions en conduite à droite). Mais la nouveauté la plus marquante est la version turbo essence qui reçoit un  de . La Fuego peut enfin afficher une réelle sportivité, ce qu'elle ne manque pas de faire, étant équipé de jantes aluminium BBS « nid d'abeille », de quatre freins à disque, d'un intérieur tout velours, d'un ordinateur de bord à huit fonctions, de rétroviseurs électriques, d'une ouverture centralisée à télécommande infrarouge… Cette version est décorée de gros autocollants « TURBO » au bas des flancs et d'une vitrophanie (autocollant collé à l'intérieur) du même motif à la base de la bulle arrière. Mais il est trop tard pour contrer la progression sur le marché des GTI, et comme ses concurrentes, les Ford Capri et Opel Manta, sa production s'arrête à la fin du millésime 1985 et ce coupé ne sera remplacé qu'en 1995 par la Mégane Coupé.

Les marchés d'export européens ont au cours de la carrière de la Fuego toujours connu un traitement de faveur : la TL était parfois remplacée par une TS peu équipée mais motorisée par le , et avec la  une version  () de  a aussi existé.

Parmi les équipements notables, la Fuego a été la première voiture au monde à recevoir un système de télécommande sans clé avec centralisation, disponible depuis l'année-modèle 1983 (). Ce système a été inventé par le français Paul Lipschutz (d'où le nom de la télécommande PLIP utilisé en Europe) et fut plus tard répandu sur les autres modèles Renault.

La Renault Fuego a été produite à l'usine MCA à Maubeuge (Nord) en France du mois d' à  et à l'usine de Santa Isabel (Argentine) de mars 1982 à 1992. Les stocks ont été écoulés en Europe jusqu'en 1987. La production totale de Renault Fuego est de .

L'image de la Renault Fuego
Dans la fin de la décennie 1970 et le début de la décennie 1980, beaucoup de coupés de constructeurs généralistes (Opel Manta, Ford Capri, Lancia Beta, etc.) étaient vendus entre 50 et 60 % avec des motorisations de  à  (seulement 6 % pour les cylindrées supérieures à ). La Renault Fuego était donc dans le bon segment du marché des coupés mais la sortie de la Volkswagen Golf et autre Peugeot 205 GTI (dessin classique mais moteur très puissant) a mis à mal la vente des coupés avec ces motorisations moyennes. Malgré cela, la Fuego fut le coupé le plus vendu en Europe en 1981 et le coupé Turbo Diesel le plus rapide au monde en 1983 avec  en vitesse de pointe (selon la publicité Renault parue dans des journaux automobiles de cette année). Cette motorisation fut décriée à l'époque mais représente la majorité des ventes de coupés .

Il a fallu attendre le millésime 1981 pour avoir une motorisation de  () et un équipement cossu, et 1983 pour la version Turbo essence de .

La comparaison par certains journaux avec la Porsche 924 (alors 40 % plus chère) en raison de la ressemblance esthétique alors qu'il s'agit de deux catégories différentes, a donné à la Fuego une image de « Porsche au rabais ». La mode de la personnalisation avec de gros kits de carrosseries de la fin des années 1980 sur des modèles d'occasion sous-motorisés n'a pas contribué à redorer son image. Aujourd'hui encore, elle apparaît dans des films ou clips sous un aspect péjoratif, notamment dans le film Qui a tué Pamela Rose ? de Kad et Olivier. Uniquement en France d'ailleurs, car elle est reconnue dans la catégorie « voiture de sport » en Allemagne (les modèles d'exportation étaient bien mieux équipés et motorisés que dans l'hexagone).

La Renault Fuego dans le monde
Ce coupé a été vendu sur les cinq continents, puisque nous retrouvons aujourd'hui des collectionneurs de pays aussi éloignés que le Canada, l'Australie, les États-Unis, le Japon, la Nouvelle-Zélande… Il ne faut pas oublier sa présence dans les Antilles et la Réunion, en Europe et sur tout le continent américain.

La Renault Fuego en Amérique du Nord

Fabriquées à l'usine MCA de Maubeuge, les premières Fuego arrivèrent aux États-Unis au printemps 1982. À cette époque, grâce à la nouvelle alliance avec le constructeur American Motors Corporation (AMC), les ventes des Renault étaient en progrès constant en utilisant le réseau de distribution d'AMC. Cette augmentation des ventes est surtout due à la Renault 5 appelée Le Car. Renault fabriqua à Kenosha (Wisconsin) des Renault 9 appelée Alliance, des Renault 11 appelée Encore, et exporta aussi des Renault 21 appelée Medallion ainsi que des Renault 25 tricorps appelée Premier. Cette dernière fut vendue sous la marque Eagle lors de la revente d'AMC en 1987.

Renault eut un succès d'estime plus précisément au Québec, mais le climat local était très dur pour tous ses modèles, cédant rapidement à la corrosion due au salage des routes. L'exportation de la Fuego s'arrêta à la fin du millésime 1985.

La Fuego modèle américain se reconnait grâce aux pare-chocs plus imposants avec amortisseurs intégrés absorbant un choc de moins de , des phares et des clignotants avant spécifiques ainsi qu'aux feux de position latéraux, selon les normes américaines. Toutes les versions sont catalysées d'où une puissance plus faible que les modèles européens.

La version Turbo reçoit de série des jantes alliage de type TRX, la climatisation et des décalcomanies « Turbo » latéraux. Le toit ouvrant électrique en toile, le verrouillage centralisé, les vitres avant électriques ainsi que l'intérieur cuir présentant un losange sur les sièges avant étaient en option.

En 1982 et 1983, était disponible la version  ( à injection de , cinq vitesses en boîte manuelle ou trois vitesses en boîte automatique) ainsi que la version Turbo ( turbo à injection de , cinq vitesses en boîte manuelle).

En 1984 et 1985, était disponible avec la phase 2 la version  ( à injection, cinq vitesses en boîte manuelle ou trois vitesses en boîte automatique) ainsi que la version Turbo ( turbo à injection de , cinq vitesses en boîte manuelle).

La Renault Fuego en Amérique du Sud

Renault Argentina SA a commencé la production de la Renault Fuego GTX en mars 1982, uniquement à l'usine Renault de Córdoba (Santa Isabel). La Fuego est considérée comme un modèle de « standing » en Argentine grâce à son équipement et aux courses de TC2000 dont elle fut victorieuse huit années consécutives de 1986 à 1993, pilotée par Juan Maria Traverso. Sa concurrente était la Ford Sierra XR4 Coupé, aussi bien sur les pistes que sur les routes.

De 1982 à 1985, on trouve la version GTX  avec un moteur de  de , au début fabriquée en France. Puis le millésime 1986 introduit la GTX 2 litres II avec un intérieur de type , et avec la même motorisation que la version précédente. En 1987 et 1988, le moteur de  de  équipe la version GTX , dotée de quatre freins à disques, de jantes aluminium et d'un ordinateur de bord huit fonctions.

Pour les millésimes 1989-1990, une nouvelle ligne apparaît avec la version GTA redessinée par le designer Renault Alain Clenet. Il avait travaillé sur le style extérieur (pare-chocs avant et arrière, becquet arrière, disparition des baguettes latérales noires, moulures de protections le long de l'auto, nouveaux rétroviseurs, nouvelles jantes , custodes arrière gravées « FUEGO », feux arrière noirs et clignotants blancs) et intérieur (nouveaux sièges, commande de la radio au volant) pour reprendre le nouveau style de la Régie. Le moteur est toujours le  de . C'est en 1991 et 1992 que Renault Argentina produit la version  équipée d'un nouveau moteur  de , de sièges en velours (cuir en option), de la climatisation, d'un nouveau volant et d'un troisième feu stop intégré au becquet arrière.

À l'arrêt de la fabrication, en 1992,  Fuego auront été produites à l'usine de Santa Isabel.

Les versions spéciales

Les versions cabriolets
Heuliez créa un prototype de Fuego Cabriolet sur la base de la version Turbo pour le marché américain, mais cette version n'eut pas de suite. Elle fut présentée en  au Salon de Paris. Ce prototype a été vendu pour la somme de  le  lors du Mans Classic, au circuit du Mans, par la société de vente aux enchères Artcurial. Ce véhicule fut vendu sans carte grise.

Quelques particuliers ont aussi modifié des Fuego :
 Axel Einfeldt, en Allemagne, a créé douze Fuego Cabriolet à l'époque (capote en toile, châssis et montants de pare-brise renforcé) ;
 J3C, en France, a aussi créé un modèle cabriolet à deux places en 1994 avec hard-top, sellerie et carrosserie spécifique ainsi qu'un moteur V6 Turbo

Il existe aussi des versions préparées, certaines avec des moteurs de  turbo.

Les versions de compétition

 les courses du championnat de France de SuperProduction :
 1981, pilotée par Philippe Haezebrouck ;
 1982, pilotée par Jacky Haran, Marc Carnevalé et Pierre de Thoisy ;
 1983, pilotée par Pierre de Thoisy (Il remporta l'épreuve de Croix en Ternois).
 la Fuego 4×4 du Paris-Dakar :
 1983, , pilotée par Georges Houel ;
 1984, , pilotée par Georges Houel et copilotée par Jean-Loup Chrétien dans une Renault Fuego 4×4 Turbo ;
 1984, rallye de l'Atlas pilotée par Georges Houel en Renault Fuego 4×4 Turbo.
 les courses de Tourisme en Argentine, où elle s'impose à 8 reprises consécutives de 1986 à 1993 dans le  (le championnat argentin pour voitures de tourisme 2-Litre, 9 ensuite pour Ford), dont 6 titres attribués à Juan María Traverso (1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992 et 1993), pilote par ailleurs vainqueur du TC avec Chevrolet.
 les courses de côte et rallye-cross par des particuliers.

La Renault Fuego dans les médias
Il existe plus de 250 articles publiés dans les magazines et journaux français et étrangers, d'hier et aujourd'hui qui expliquent généralement que la Fuego était une auto confortable et pratique, assez bien équipée (exception pour la version TL).

Au cinéma, nous l'apercevons dans plusieurs James Bond (Dangereusement vôtre, Golden Eye, Demain ne meurt jamais), et dans quelques films français (La Boum, La Balance, Recto/Verso, Peau neuve, Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes…) et surtout dans Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose de Kad et Olivier ; dans ce film, l'inspecteur Bullit joué par Kad Merad est l'heureux propriétaire d'une Fuego GTL bleue qu'il qualifie de « voiture de collection de prestige » ; la Fuego a toujours fait partie des sketchs de Kad et Olivier puisque dans La Grosse Émission, sur Comédie, il y avait une saynète nommée le « fuego-go » où l'invité du jour devait soit répondre à des questions soit chanter à l'intérieur de la Fuego.

Dans la série K 2000, épisode 18 de la saison 1 L'or des Aztèques, Michaël Knight arrêta une Fuego Turbo rouge pour pouvoir récupérer KITT car celui-ci lui avait été volé ; c'est donc grâce à une Fuego que Michaël a pu retrouver les voleurs.

Dans la série Magnum épisode 9 de la saison 4 Vision, l'animatrice de radio roule en Fuego ; il y a donc eu au moins une Renault Fuego présente à Hawaii.

Dans le film Un jour sans fin (1993) avec Bill Murray et Andie MacDowell, on voit une Fuego plusieurs fois, lorsque Bill croise l'agent en assurance.

Dans la série Caméra Café, Jean-Claude Convenant possède une Fuego rouge et blanche Starsky et Hutch en mauvais état. Il finira par la brûler pour éviter sa vente apprenant au dernier moment que l'acheteur est le neveu du Président. Dans un autre épisode, on apprend que c'est à son volant qu'il a renversé Christian, un homme qui menait une existence jusqu'alors paisible et avait tout pour réussir, et que cet accident a ruiné la vie de ce dernier et l'a amené à en être là aujourd'hui, à savoir un clochard qui dort dans les toilettes de la boîte. Le SDF, n'ayant jamais vu le conducteur, et berné par Convenant (qui lui explique qu'il avait bien une Fuego mais de couleur jaune), ne sait pas qu'il a le responsable de sa situation en face de lui, et lui raconte son passif et réclame vengeance. Il finira assommé par le commercial qui craint que cette histoire s'ébruite (cela pouvant l'amener à avoir de graves ennuis) et s'est senti agressé par Christian.

Dans le film chilien No de Pablo Larrain (2012), le héros, jeune publicitaire talentueux qui dirige la communication de la campagne du « non » au plébiscite organisé par le général Pinochet, conduit une Renault Fuego. Au cours d'une tentative d'intimidation, des partisans du « oui » affiliés au pouvoir, la taguent de slogans hostiles. Elle sert aussi de refuge au héros accompagné de son fils, lorsqu'un meeting dégénère à la suite de l'intervention de la police.

Dans le film argentin Mar del Plata de Ionathan Klajman et Sebastian Dietsch (2013), deux amis, en situation de rupture sentimentale, partent en week-end à Mar del Plata au volant d'une Renault Fuego rouge. Plusieurs surprises les attendent : rencontre d'une ex de l'adolescence, coup de foudre à la plage… La voiture est un élément important du décor ; la banquette arrière est par exemple le siège des ébats d'un des héros avec sa conquête d'un soir.

Dans le film argentin  de Natalia Meta (2014), l'inspecteur Chavez mène l'enquête au volant d'une Renault Fuego rouge. Elle se montre utile lors des opérations de filature. Le héros nous gratifie en outre de quelques dérapages.

Dans la série Chérif, on peut voir que Kader et Stéphane, son ami d'enfance, imitaient Starsky & Hutch avec une Fuego rouge (S3E5).

Dans le film Le Petit Spirou (2016), la Renault Fuego est la voiture du professeur de sport, Monsieur Mégot.

On retrouve aussi une Fuego GTL dans quelques plans du clip Fireball de Synapson.

Une Fuego est visible dans les premiers plans du clip "Claudine" du groupe de rock néo-zélandais The Bats.

Les clubs
Malgré un marché de vente de coupés de constructeurs généralistes qui se réduisait rapidement à cause de l'effet GTI, la Renault Fuego a connu un succès d'estime, surtout pour les versions haut de gamme. Aujourd'hui encore, cette voiture a un certain nombre d'aficionados. Il existe désormais des clubs Renault Fuego dans plusieurs pays qui s'occupent d'organiser des manifestations et de tenir des stands lors de salons rétro-mobiles.
 France : Club Fuego France
 Allemagne : Club Fuego Freunde
 Espagne : Renault Fuego Club
 Argentine : Club Renault Fuego Argentina

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 Revue Technique Automobile , « Renault Fuego TL, GTL,  »
 Revue Technique Automobile , « Renault Fuego GTS, TX, GTX, Automatic, GTL  »

Annexes

Liens externes
 Présentation au journal télévisé Soir3 du 25 février 1980 : la nouvelle Renault Fuego - Ina
 Présentation au journal télévisé TF1 du 26 février 1980 : la nouvelle Renault Fuego - Ina

Fuego
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Automobile des années 1980

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HomeFreedomWHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
August 18, 2020 TFD Freedom 0
During questioning by Senator Ron Johnson in 2013 about the false narrative of a Prophet Muhammed video spurring a spontaneous demonstration, presented by National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, regarding the Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, Clinton angrily responded with her now famous quote.
"With all due respect, the fact is, we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night who decide to kill some Americans, what difference at this point does it make?" – Hillary Clinton
I've lately found myself saying "what difference does it make" regarding the outrages being inflicted upon myself and my fellow citizens on a daily basis.
I've been railing for years against out of control government spending; undeclared never-ending wars across the globe provoked by the military industrial complex; un-Constitutional surveillance of Americans by our Deep State government overseers; the extreme greed and criminality exhibited by Wall Street bankers as they pillage the national treasure; corrupt politicians of both parties paid off to do the bidding of their corporate sponsors; propaganda spewing fake news media corporations; the Deep State running things behind the curtain; and the destroyer of worlds – the Federal Reserve – debasing our currency as they enrich the few at the expense of the many.
I naively thought back in 2008 when I started writing articles, I could be part of a movement to change the course of the country. I went to Ron Paul rallies, got involved with the Concord Coalition, participated in the financial crisis documentary Generation Zero, convinced senior administration at Wharton to play David Walker's documentary I.O.U.S.A. for the MBA students, did radio interviews, and spent most of my free time writing article after article about what needed to be done to reverse our downward spiral as a nation.
When I was censored on sites like Seeking Alpha and Financial Sense because they had sold out to the Wall Street cabal, I stumbled into blogging, with partner dust-ups, server issues, denial of service attacks and ad company censorship along the way. But I'm still slogging and blogging away twelve years later, through presidential coup attempts, market crashes, the Federal Reserve rescuing the .1% once again, the most overhyped flu in the history of mankind used as a means to destroy our last vestiges of liberty and freedom, and the evil oligarchs attempting to seize complete and final control over all the economic, social, political and military levers of our society.
I'm convinced there will be no consensus regarding an agreed upon presidential victor on November 4th, or possibly weeks after, or possibly ever. The amount of incompetence in handling mail-in-ballots by the USPO and those tasked with counting them will be off the charts. The level of fraud in attempting to win this election will be on a level never seen before, making Daley's shenanigans to get Kennedy the necessary votes in 1960 seem like child's play.
When a system is specifically designed in such a way that cheating is easy, there will be a significant amount of cheating. The stakes in this election have never been higher. The future path of the nation will be set in motion by the outcome of this election. But the truth is, no matter the outcome, the losers will not accept the verdict. That is when this Fourth Turning moves into its truly violent stage, making these urban riots in Democrat stronghold cities seem like minor league play acting.
I thought the situation in this country was dire in 2007 when David Walker, then Comptroller General of the U.S., made this declaration:
"The US government is on a "burning platform" of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon.
There are striking similarities between America's current situation and the factors that brought down Rome, including declining moral values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-extended military in foreign lands and fiscal irresponsibility by the central government. The fiscal imbalance meant the US was on a path toward an explosion of debt.
With the looming retirement of baby boomers, spiraling healthcare costs, plummeting savings rates and increasing reliance on foreign lenders, we face unprecedented fiscal risks. Current US policy on education, energy, the environment, immigration and Iraq also are on an unsustainable path. Our very prosperity is placing greater demands on our physical infrastructure. Billions of dollars will be needed to modernize everything from highways and airports to water and sewage systems." – David Walker – 2007
Hence, the name for my blog was ordained, as I concurred with Walker's assessment and decided the purpose of my blogging would be to warn others about the unsustainability of our path in an effort to avert a disastrous outcome. It's almost comical I thought our fiscal situation was dreadful in 2007, when the national debt stood at $9 trillion after 218 years as a nation, and our annual deficit was $161 billion. With the national debt currently totaling $26.5 trillion, our feckless politicians have added $17.5 trillion of debt in 13 years. Our current deficit is on pace to reach $4 trillion.
That is $11 billion per day. We are generating a deficit on par with 2007 every two weeks. If you told someone in 2007, when they were earning 5% on their Vanguard money market fund, thirteen years later they would be earning .06% on that same money market fund, unemployment would be over 10%, the country had averaged annual budget deficits exceeding $1 trillion per year, and GDP had averaged less than 2% per year, but the stock market was up 125% to all-time highs, they would have committed you to the loony bin.
The only way politicians could possibly get away with this outrageous level of debt spending is with the encouragement and collaboration of the Wall Street owned and controlled Federal Reserve.
When reckless, greed driven, myopic, sociopath politicians are allowed to implement "solutions" geared towards benefiting their corporate masters and getting themselves re-elected, with no immediate adverse consequences for their actions because a bunch of spineless toady academics employed by the oligarchs will drop interest rates to zero and bailout badly run companies and governments by electronically producing $7.6 million PER MINUTE to cover these ultimately fatal "solutions", the fate of the country is sealed.
It's not a matter of if this empire built on debt implodes, it's just a matter of when. And the "when" appears to be approaching rapidly, based upon the desperate measures being taken by the powers that be since the cracks in the system appeared in September 2019 , with repo market disfunction.
Any critical thinking, rational, peace loving, law abiding, golden rule following citizen of this country must be baffled, disillusioned, angry and depressed by the path being forced upon us by elected and unelected tyrants as they attempt to implement their formerly hidden agenda. The agenda of sociopathic, egomaniacal, billionaire oligarchs has always been the same – accumulating more wealth, power and control, using whatever means necessary to accomplish this mission in life.
We are allotted maybe 80 or so years on this planet to try and make a difference. Most normal people just want to find someone to love, raise a family, work at a job they don't hate, be left alone by the government, find some enjoyment on a daily basis, and live according to the cultural norms which have proven to keep a society running peacefully and productively for centuries.
But, there are a very small minority who want to rule over others, accumulate the maximum amount of wealth possible using whatever means necessary, stop at nothing to gain control over all the levers of power in society, treat others as pawns, vassals and sheep in their game of brinkmanship with the other .1%ers, and willingly destroy a culture of shared sacrifice for future generations by inflicting a culture of greed, consumerism, selfishness, hate, and mistrust of others in it's place.
This is how an invisible government (Deep State) is able to mold the minds of millions through government school indoctrination and incessant propaganda emanating from fake news corporate media mouthpieces for the oligarchy. They have slowly but surely gained control over the financial system through the capture of the Federal Reserve, control the media through capture of the six major news corporations, censor anyone and anything propagating truth through social media that conflicts with the approved oligarch narrative, use the military industrial complex to wage never ending wars of profit, surveille everything you post or say, and funnel billions to the corporate pharmaceutical sickcare complex.
To paraphrase George Carlin, they're a small club and you're not in it. But they need you to be willfully ignorant, believing the current fear narrative and distracted by your igadgets, instagram, facebook and twitter accounts, to successfully implement their plan of total control and enrichment at our expense.
It's enough to make the average, decent, thoughtful, moral person say "what difference does it make" what I do at this point.
What difference does it make that a Deep State does exist and its sole purpose is to enrich itself through the manipulation and control of the financial, social, military, and cultural levers of society?
What difference does it make that the FBI, CIA, Congress and DOJ colluded with the outgoing president of the United States and national left-wing media corporations to conduct a coup against the incoming duly elected president of the United States, with no consequences as of yet?
What difference does it make that Julian Assange rots in a UK prison for the crime of revealing the treachery of the U.S. surveillance state and uncovering the DNC plot to steal the election for Hillary, while Edward Snowden is a fugitive in Russia for illuminating the deceitful un-Constitutional surveillance of every American by the Deep State operatives?
What difference does it make that an oligopoly of a several left-wing corporate media networks and a few Silicon Valley social media titans pretend to be journalists and proponents of free speech while colluding with one political party to spread misinformation, false narratives, and fake news, while suppressing and censoring factual truths which go against their narrative?
What difference does it make that the Greenspan/Bernanke/Yellen/Powell Put is real, giving the green light to Too Big to Trust Wall Street banks, hedge funds, billionaire speculators and now unemployed millennial Portnoy patrons day trading on Robinhood with their $600 weekly government handout, to take excessive risk on margin, knowing they will be bailed out again and again.
What difference does it make that the Federal government and the Federal Reserve created a combined $6 trillion out of thin air since March to supposedly help the average family, which equates to about $46,000 for every household in the country, but the average household received maybe $2,000 to $3,000 depending on their situation? A curious person might wonder where the other $5 trillion went. How about Wall Street banks, hedge funds, connected mega-corporations, and billionaire oligarchs as the recipients.
What difference does it make that our so-called leaders are actively promoting multi-trillion dollar deficits, driving our national debt towards $30 trillion at a breakneck pace, insuring a financial crisis of epic proportions when the money printing ultimately produces inflation outside the stock market and the Fed gets trapped in their own web of deceit? Our debt saturated society implodes if short-term interest rates exceed 2%.
What difference does it make that the Federal Reserve used this pandemic as the excuse for bailing out their owners once again, as the gears of this debt-based Ponzi scheme were already seizing up before the pandemic? The Fed didn't let a good manufactured crisis go to waste, allowing zombie banks, hedge funds and connected corporations to survive, while sentencing hundreds of thousands of small businesses to death.
What difference does it make that a flu which will not kill 99.97% of Americans, but has killed 80,000 seniors in long-term care facilities because tyrannical Democrat governors purposely put infected patients into the nursing homes, is being used to herd the barely sentient indoctrinated sheep into their pens as a trial run for eliminating all of our freedoms and liberty?
What difference does it make that a therapy (HCQ + Zinc + Zpack) which has been proven to be safe and highly effective in treating Covid-19, and only costs about $10, has been ridiculed and scorned by the corporate media, Fauci and Gates because they have a vested financial interest in Big Pharma $2,500 treatments and worldwide vaccination profits?
What difference does it make that scientific "experts" used faulty models to predict millions of deaths from this over-hyped flu, resulting in the greatest self-inflicted economic calamity in history, and have continued to fear monger the American public into never ending sheltering despite the factual evidence proving this China flu is only slightly more lethal than the yearly flu, but less lethal to young people than the normal flu?
What difference does it make that we pretend 30% of all mortgages aren't in default, 30% of rent payments are not being made to landlords, students without jobs will ultimately pay their trillions in loans, bankrupt retailers and small business owners will make their rent payments, unemployed homeowners will pay their property taxes to local governments, and this will all work itself out with no negative financial consequences for anyone?
What difference does it make that the stock market sits at all-time highs, with valuations exceeding the 2000 dot-com bubble, corporate profits crashing, day trading newbie millennials buying bankrupt companies based on the advice of a sports betting self- promoting blowhard, with the savvy grey-haired veterans of the market exiting stage left? Those believing this folly can continue unabated are going to get it good and hard.
What difference does it make that Democratic mayors and governors have allowed their cities to be looted and burned based upon the false narrative of systematic institutional racism and the death of a drugged up black man at the hands of one bad white cop, as some sort of warped effort to pin these disasters on Trump? BLM and ANTIFA are nothing more than domestic terrorists, funded by Soros and his ilk, in an effort to undermine our society and implement their communist new world order agenda.
What difference does it make that Democrat governors continue to lockdown their states and not allow students to go to school in the Fall in an effort to keep the economy in a deep recession, so they can defeat Trump in November?
What difference does it make that Americans are denied their freedom to worship in church and send their children to school because it is too dangerous, but abortion clinics and liquor stores are allowed to operate, and massive protests and riots are encouraged by the same tyrants denying religious freedoms?
What difference does it make that not only do Democrats not want voter ID, but they now are using this over-hyped flu as an excuse to flood the nation with mail-in ballots in order to fraudulently steal the election in November? With a senile gaffe machine as their candidate, they will need every devious means to achieve victory.
I can openly admit that a curtain-like depression has engulfed me over the last few months. I see no reasonable solution or escape from the predicament our leaders have created. I work in my basement office, participating in a half dozen zoom meetings per day, as I try to help my employer navigate through the land mines placed by our government overlords. There has been very little enjoyment in our existence since this unnecessary national lockdown was executed. That seems to be the point.
They want us at each other's throats over race, mask wearing, social distancing, and following the orders of tyrannical pea brained sociopath governors and mayors enjoying their roles as dictator. When the supposed conspiracy theorists, like myself, are the ones with unequivocal factual evidence to support our views, and the establishment depends upon false narratives and censorship, you know time is growing short and a violent clash is imminent.
We are in the midst of a Fourth Turning Crisis. Strauss & Howe succinctly captured the coming societal implosion and distrust which would engulf the nation.
"In the pre-Crisis years, fears about the flimsiness of the social contract will have been subliminal but rising. As the Crisis catalyzes, these fears will rush to the surface, jagged and exposed. Distrustful of some things, individuals will feel that their survival requires them to distrust more things. This behavior could cascade into a sudden downward spiral, an implosion of societal trust. If so, this implosion will strike financial markets—and, with that, the economy.
But as the Crisis mood congeals, people will come to the jarring realization that they have grown helplessly dependent on a teetering edifice of anonymous transactions and paper guarantees. Many Americans won't know where their savings are, who their employer is, what their pension is, or how their government works. The era will have left the financial world arbitraged and tentacled: Debtors won't know who holds their notes, homeowners who owns their mortgages, and shareholders who runs their equities—and vice versa." – Strauss & Howe
I firmly believe the next five months will determine the long-term viability of our nation in its current configuration. A myriad of possibilities are conceivable and almost all of them are bad. I can guarantee there will be no compromises or negotiated treaties. Even if Biden remains the nominee until November, there will be no winner declared on November 4. Accusations of fraud will be hurled by both sides, with the left-wing media doing their utmost to declare Biden/whoever the winner.
I believe this is when both sides take to the streets and minor clashes erupt into nationwide civil chaos. Since the government factions are already at odds, there will be no consistent approach to the chaos, and things will get out of hand rapidly. There are a number of unknown factors which will determine how things develop thereafter. Who will the military obey? How will Russia and China take advantage of our situation? What happens if the stock market crashes before or after the election? Could there be a real coup or assassination against Trump?
I'm under no false belief there is anything I can do to reverse the course which has been set by decisions made and not made by those wielding the reins of power over the last few decades. We will all be buffeted and set adrift in the tumultuous flood waters which will sweep away the last vestiges of a dying empire. We will need to depend upon our own guile, courage and intelligence to survive the approaching storms. Connecting with like minded people who you can depend upon will be essential. Lone wolfs will face a difficult road.
Having built a community through my website has mentally sustained many of us, but the ability to shutdown electronic communities will be easy for those in power. Neighbors and family will likely be your only options when things go south. Future generations will depend on us to make a difference. George Washington warned us about the type of men who would traitorously usurp and destroy the nation. Let's pray we can defeat these evil men and set our country back on a path of liberty and freedom.
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Prisoners Win Three Jury Trials in Eastern District of California
Loaded on July 15, 2012 published in Prison Legal News July, 2012, page 48
Filed under: Medical, Skeletal Injury, Surgery, Guard Brutality/Beatings. Location: California.
On September 29, 2011, a Sacramento jury found that a prison doctor had violated state prisoner Christopher Kyle Prater's civil rights, and awarded $10,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages. Prater alleged that Dr. Paramvir Sahota, Chief Medical Officer at Folsom State Prison, was deliberately indifferent in denying his second level grievance and refusing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) diagnostic procedure that had been approved by another physician, Dr. Benjamin Lee.
Prater finally obtained an MRI after he was transferred to another facility, and based on the results of that test received arthroscopic surgery to his left knee. The jury agreed that denial of the MRI resulted in long-term pain to Prater's left leg and a more serious injury than if Sahota had followed Dr. Lee's original recommendation.
Prater litigated the case pro se until the final pretrial conference, with the court denying his written motions for appointment of counsel seven times. At the pretrial conference, Prater orally requested a lawyer and U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly Mueller appointed a member of the pro bono panel, Rebecca L. Woodson of the San Francisco law firm of McKenna, Long & Aldridge, to represent him.
After the verdict, pro bono counsel ended up with a payday after all, when the court granted $45,000 in attorney fees – the maximum permitted under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The defendants appealed the verdict and attorney fee award to the Ninth Circuit; the appeal was later dismissed by stipulated agreement, and on May 9, 2012 the district court affirmed the award of $45,000 in attorney fees, plus $2,759.39 in costs. See: Prater v. Sahota, U.S.D.C. (E.D. Cal.), Case No. 2:06-cv-01993-KJM-GGH. The lesson for PLN readers is that federal judges will often wait until just before trial to appoint counsel in a prisoner's civil rights case.
Another incident at Folsom State Prison led to another verdict for a pro se prisoner. Robert Franklin alleged that on January 7, 2007, guards Donald Butler, Todd Phillips and Shad Pulley ordered him to cuff up and escorted him from his cell. During the escort, Franklin fell to the ground and Butler dragged him twenty to thirty feet.
On November 10, 2011, a Sacramento jury found that Butler had violated Franklin's Eighth Amendment right to be free from excessive force, and that the two other guards violated Franklin's rights by failing to intervene. The jury awarded $1 each in nominal damages and a total of $10,000 in punitive damages against the three guards. The defendants have appealed the verdict to the Ninth Circuit. See: Franklin v. Bush, U.S.D.C. (E.D. Cal.), Case No. 2:07-cv-00656-JAM-CKD.
Two months later, on January 12, 2012, a federal jury in Fresno awarded $3,000 in compensatory damages to Gerald L. Miller, Jr., a prisoner representing himself pro se. The jury found that prison medical employee Onisimo Rufino had violated Miller's Eighth Amendment right to be free from deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs.
According to a pretrial order, Miller was involved in a fight with another prisoner on October 16, 2007 at Kern Valley State Prison. Rufino, who at the time worked as a Licensed Vocational Nurse, cleared Miller for placement in administrative segregation and failed to treat his broken right thumb. Miller was not approved for an X-ray of his thumb until a week after the incident.
The defendants appealed the verdict, but voluntarily dismissed the appeal in March 2012 after Miller agreed to accept the $3,000, less restitution that he owed, as the full and final judgment in the case. See: Miller v. Rufino, U.S.D.C. (E.D. Cal.), Case No. 1:08-cv-01233-BTM-WMC.
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Miller v. Rufino
U.S.D.C. (E.D. Cal.), Case No. 1:08-cv-01233-BTM-WMC
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Franklin v. Bush
U.S.D.C. (E.D. Cal.), Case No. 2:07-cv-00656-JAM-CKD
Prater v. Sahota
U.S.D.C. (E.D. Cal.), Case No. 2:06-cv-01993-KJM-GGH
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Captain Accused of Abusing Mentally Ill Prisoners Cleared in Internal Investigation, Nov. 1, 2020. Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
$21,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging Violations of Family Medical Leave Act and Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Oct. 27, 2020. Corizon, Medical, Family.
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Mr MELHEM (Western Metropolitan): I join with Mr Elasmar in wishing the Socceroos, our national team, all the very best tonight in their game against Denmark. In particular I hope that the old warrior, Tim Cahill, will be given a go tonight and will kick the winning goal, flanked by the youngest player in the competition at the World Cup, Daniel Arzani, and led by the captain, Mile Jedinak, and coach, Bert van Marwijk.
As we might be sitting late tonight, I urge members to not call any divisions while the game is broadcast on SBS. Hopefully whoever wants to watch the game will be able to watch it. I am very pleased that SBS is broadcasting the games. We all know that Optus have had some difficulties or challenges with their technology in allowing people to stream the game live. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I wish Optus had done the right thing initially and had a joint approach with SBS. That is why I urge the federal government to continue investing in SBS, which is a public broadcaster that is able to bring the world game to Australia when these games are on. I wish the national soccer team very well, and I hope tonight we will win by two goals.


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Michigan church responds to Flint water crisis
by | 21 Jan 2016
When numbers are reported about the global water crisis — almost one in every 10 people lacks access to safe drinking water — the U.S. is not the first country to come to mind. But for tens of thousands of people in Flint, Michigan, a water crisis is a daily reality.
Since April 2014, lead has contaminated the city's entire water supply. A state decision to switch the water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River went terribly wrong. The water from the river is highly corrosive and eroded the water pipes that service the city's household and other plumbing. The lead in the pipes leached into the water, causing toxic levels of lead contamination.
In the midst of the crisis, the West Flint Church of the Nazarene has been working to meet needs.
"The immediate need is bottled water," said David Bowser, pastor of the West Flint church.
The church has already taken 2,200 cases of water to one of the most affected areas.
"Within two and a half hours, it had all been distributed," Bowser said.
Government officials have warned people not to even give the contaminated water to their pets. Bottled water is necessary for drinking, cooking, and even bathing.
"A family could easily go through two to three cases of water a day and not even bathe," Bowser said.
The West Flint church has been involved in Nazarene disaster response for many years, and Bowser believes that experience has prepared them to respond to the current emergency in their own community.
"When [Hurricane] Katrina hit, this church adopted New Orleans First Church of the Nazarene in the 9th ward and helped rebuild that church," Bowser said. "For the last several years, this local church has been actively engaged in what we call 'be the church,' which is regular opportunities to serve in the areas where this water crisis is most affecting."
City, state, and federal government officials are involved in decisions about a long-term fix, but in the meantime, "the church has to continue to respond," Bowser said.
A permanent solution will take years. Even though the city has switched to a new water source, the damage done to the water pipes is irreparable. The cost to replace the entire plumbing infrastructure is estimated to be more than $1 billion.
Matthew Soulia, associate pastor at the West Flint church, says a major concern is the way the current water crisis has affected a community that had enough problems already.
"This is a severe, dangerous, and emergency situation," Soulia said. "It's also piling on some serious, systemic problems that Flint has been facing for decades — issues of struggling education, crime rates, blight, poverty. It's like adding fuel to the fire. There are only small pockets within Flint that wouldn't be considered poor. People have limited means and education and ability to respond [to the current crisis]."
Bowser says the West Flint church is poised to respond in part because of the relationships and connections they have been creating in under-served neighborhood and with other churches in the target areas.
"For four years, we've worked in this community," Bowser said. "This church is missional and sees what it looks like not doing something to or for a community, but working with a community."
Bowser says the West Flint Church of the Nazarene is committed to helping their neighbors during this crisis "for a long, long time."
"We really are dealing with a third-world kind of dynamic that's right here in our community," Bowser said. "The poverty is overwhelming and the needs are so great, and we find ourselves fighting the battle along the lines of water."
Pray. Pray for the families affected by the water crisis in Flint. Pray for West Flint Church of the Nazarene as they work to assist their neighbors over the coming months and years.
Give. The church is requesting support for the purchase of bottled water. You can donate to the Flint Water Crisis fund through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries by clicking here.
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American Political Plays after 9/11
Edited by Allan Havis
Southern Illinois University Press, 2010
Library of Congress PS627.P65A437 2010 | Dewey Decimal 812.54080358
American Political Plays after 9/11 is a diverse collection of bold, urgent, and provocative plays that respond to the highly charged, post 9/11 political landscape. Sparked by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and subsequently fueled by a series of controversial events—the Iraq war, the passing and enforcement of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, and the revelation of torture and other scandals at the Abu Ghraib prison—American political theater is currently experiencing a surge in activity. The plays in this collection include The Guys by Anne Nelson, At the Vanishing Point by Naomi Iizuka, The Venus de Milo Is Armed by Kia Corthron, Back of the Throat by Yusseff El Guindi, Three Nights in Prague by Allan Havis, and Question 27, Question 28 by Chay Yew.
The characters range from a New York City fire captain trying to respectfully memorialize eight of his lost comrades, to the citizens of a hog-killing Louisville neighborhood who poignantly exemplify the underside of the economic crisis, to an Arab American citizen being harshly (and possibly unfairly) interrogated by two officers as a "person of interest." Though not all of the plays deal explicitly with the Al Qaeda attacks, they collectively reveal themes of sorrow and anxiety, moral indignation, alarmist self-preservation, and economic and social insecurity stemming from the United States' fairly sudden shift from cold war superpower to vulnerable target.
The lively introduction by Allan Havis includes a brief history of political theater in the United States, an extensive discussion about how theater communities responded to 9/11, and an informative analysis of the six plays in the book. A collection of dramatic material framed by this significant historical event, AmericanPolitical Plays after 9/11 will be indispensable for theater and cultural studies scholars and students.
American Political Plays: AN ANTHOLOGY
University of Illinois Press, 2001
Library of Congress PS627.P65A44 2001 | Dewey Decimal 812.54080358
Richly deserving of wider exposure in the theater and the classroom, these sly, remarkable scripts touch on the forceful and salient issues of the 1990s, including the Gulf War, racial and sexual relations, crises unique to big cities, immigration and multiculturalism, art and censorship, revisionist history, academic freedom, and the transformation of the American presidency.
The American Play by Suzan-Lori Parks features an Abraham Lincoln impersonator trapped in an outrageous, Beckett-like world, while Naomi Wallace's In the Heart of America centers on a Palestinian American from Atlanta who is caught up in the Persian Gulf conflict. Kokoro by Velina Hasu Houston chillingly depicts the stark predicament of a Japanese mother caught between two impossible worlds; Marisol by José Rivera reveals the dark fairytale life of a young Latin woman in a wartorn, apocalyptic New York. The Gift by Allan Havis confronts overwhelming moral ambiguity in the farcical realm of university politics, while Nixon's Nixon by Russell Lees offers an adroit treatment of the fascinating, tortured Nixon/Kissinger relationship. The collection closes with Mac Wellman's 7 Blowjobs, a wicked send-up of the compromise politics that determined the fate of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Taken together, these seven plays present an eclectic web of social thought and imagination that are uniquely American, offering the reader a splendid, honest study of a rich society in search of itself.
From Red-Baiting to Blacklisting: The Labor Plays of Manny Fried
Barry B. Witham
Library of Congress PS3556.R488Z95 2020 | Dewey Decimal 812.54
Author Barry B. Witham reclaims the work of Manny Fried, an essential American playwright so thoroughly blacklisted after he defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1954, and again in 1964, that his work all but completely disappeared from the canon. Witham details Manny Fried's work inside and outside the theatre and examines his three major labor plays and the political climate that both nurtured and disparaged their productions. Drawing on never-before-published interview materials, Witham reveals the details of how the United States government worked to ruin Fried's career.
From Red-Baiting to Blacklisting includes the complete text of Fried's major labor plays, all long out of print. In Elegy for Stanley Gorski, Fried depicts one of the many red-baiting campaigns that threatened countless unions in the wake of the Taft-Hartley Act and the collusion of the Catholic Church with these activities. In Drop Hammer, Fried tackles the issues of union dues, misappropriation, and potential criminal activities. In the third play, The Dodo Bird, perhaps his most popular, Fried achieves a remarkable character study of a man outsourced from his job by technology and plant closures.
Manny Fried's plays portray the hard edges of capitalism and government power and illuminate present-day struggles with hostility to labor unions and the passage in several states of right-to-work laws. Fried had no illusions about the government's determination to destroy communism and unionism—causes to which he was deeply committed.
Hansberry's Drama: COMMITMENT AMID COMPLEXITY
Steven R. Carter
Library of Congress PS3515.A515Z57 1991 | Dewey Decimal 812.54
"Carter's thoughtful and lucid examination makes us recognize the importance not only of 'A Raisin in the Sun,' but also of Lorraine Hansberry as a playwright with a significant body of work, a seemingly limitless vision and the artistry to match." -- New York Times Book Review
The Political Plays of Langston Hughes
Introductions and Analyses by Susan Duffy
Library of Congress PS3515.U274A6 2000 | Dewey Decimal 812.52
Among the most influential poets of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes is perhaps best remembered for the innovative use of jazz rhythms in his writing. While his poetry and essays received much public acclaim and scholarly attention, Hughes' dramas are relatively unknown. Only five of the sixty-three plays Hughes scripted alone or collaboratively have been published (in 1963).
Published here, for the first time, are four of Hughes' most poignant, poetic, and political dramas, Scottsboro Limited, Harvest (also known as Blood on the Fields), Angelo Herndon Jones, and De Organizer. Each play reflects Hughes' remarkable professionalism as a playwright as well as his desire to dramatize the social history of the African American experience, especially in the context of the labor movements of the 1930s and their attempts to attract African American workers. Hughes himself counted prominent members of these leftist groups among his close friends and patrons; he formed a theater group with Whittaker Chambers, prompting an FBI investigation of Hughes and his writing in the 1930s. These plays, while easily read as idealistic propaganda pieces for the left, are nonetheless reflective of Hughes' other more influential and studied works.
The first scholar to offer a systematic study of Hughes' plays, Susan Duffy provides an informed introduction as well as a detailed analysis of each of the four plays. Duffy also establishes that De Organizer, a collaboration with noted jazz pianist and composer James P. Johnson (who also wrote its score) was indeed performed by the Labor Stage.
By making these forgotten texts available, and by presenting them within a scholarly discussion of 1930s leftist political movements, Duffy seeks to spark a renewed interest in Langston Hughes as an American playwright and political figure.
The Presidents We Imagine: Two Centuries of White House Fictions on the Page, on the Stage, Onscreen, and Online
University of Wisconsin Press, 2009
Library of Congress PS228.P6S65 2009 | Dewey Decimal 700.45873099
In such popular television series as The West Wing and 24, in thrillers like Tom Clancy's novels, and in recent films, plays, graphic novels, and internet cartoons, America has been led by an amazing variety of chief executives. Some of these are real presidents who have been fictionally reimagined. Others are "might-have-beens" like Philip Roth's President Charles Lindbergh. Many more have never existed except in some storyteller's mind.
In The Presidents We Imagine, Jeff Smith examines the presidency's ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central themes, the impact on them of new and emerging media, and their largely unexamined role in the nation's real politics.
Smith traces fictions of the presidency from the plays and polemics of the eighteenth century—when the new office was born in what Alexander Hamilton called "the regions of fiction"—to the digital products of the twenty-first century, with their seemingly limitless user-defined ways of imagining the world's most important political figure. Students of American culture and politics, as well as readers interested in political fiction and film, will find here a colorful, indispensable guide to the many surprising ways Americans have been "representing" presidents even as those presidents have represented them.
"Especially timely in an era when media image-mongering increasingly shapes presidential politics."—Paul S. Boyer, series editor
"Smith's understanding of the sociopolitical realities of US history is impressive; likewise his interpretations of works of literature and popular culture. . . .In addition to presenting thoughtful analysis, the book is also fun. Readers will enjoy encounters with, for example, The Beggar's Opera, Duck Soup, Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, Philip Roth's Plot against America, the comedic campaigns of W. C. Fields for President and Pogo for President, and presidential fictions that continue up to the last President Bush. . . . His writing is fluid and conversational, but every page reveals deep understanding and focus. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers."—CHOICE
Writing Wrongs
W.D. King
Temple University Press, 1997
Library of Congress PS3569.H387Z74 1997 | Dewey Decimal 812.54
Wallace Shawn usually appears in our mind's eye as the consummate eccentric actor: the shy literature teacher in Clueless; the diabolically rational villain in The Princess Bride; or as the eponymous protagonist of Vanya on 42nd Street. Few of us realize, however, that Shawn is also one of today's most provocative and political playwrights.
Writing Wrongs: The Work of Wallace Shawn is a close and personal look into the life and literary work of the man whom Joseph Papp called "a dangerous writer." As the son of the late William Shawn, renowned editor of The New Yorker, Wallace Shawn was born into privilege and trained to thoroughly liberal values, but his plays relentlessly question the liberal faith in individualism and common decency. In an uncompromising way that is all his own, Shawn registers the shock of the new.
In works such as Aunt Dan and Lemon, My Dinner with Andre, and The Designated Mourner, he wrenches out of place all of the usual, comfortable mechanisms by which we operate as audiences. Perhaps our discomfort and struggle to understand a play might provoke some change in the way we see ourselves and behave in relation to others -- but Shawn offers little in the way of solace.
W.D. King's incisive critiques of the plays and inquiry into the life and times of their author develop a portrait of Shawn as a major figure in contemporary theater.
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Bulldogs are sweet, loyal companion dogs that make it impossible not to fall in love with them. (Just ask Chrissy Teigen.) If you're in the market for one of these endearingly thick sweethearts, read on for all the info you need to know before adding one to your family.
Bulldogs are members of the bull breed family. Full disclosure, we talk about English Bulldogs here. French bulldogs are a different story. Frenchies are pointy-eared, tiny versions of their English relatives, originally bred in the 1800s by mating said relatives with (the now-extinct) toy bulldogs. American bulldogs and boxers fall into this bull breed category, too, but are also very different animals.
English bulldogs are non-sporting canines. According to the Bulldog Club of America, the bulldog's history is, well, cringe-worthy. They were originally bred for bull-baiting, a horrible practice in medieval Europe that involved forcing the dogs to taunt and bite bulls. No, thank you! After someone smart was like, "Let's outlaw this!" in 1835, a group of kind-hearted dog lovers got together to save bulldogs from succumbing to the vicious behaviors humans had designed them to display. Today, bulldogs have been bred to be kinder, gentler and generally more playful pups—yet physically they still resemble their rough ancestors and, occasionally, some of their ancient nasty behavior seeps out.
A few of those nasty behaviors include stubbornness and aggression. Bulldogs can be super territorial of their food, so weaning them off this tendency early is key (see Training below). For the most part, bulldogs are known for their loyalty, friendliness and chill factor. They can spend all day snoozing on a chaise, but don't worry, they also love to play. Tug-of-war is to bulldogs what tennis is to Serena. They also chew like it's their job, so move any shoes you don't want annihilated out of reach.
Adult bulldogs reach 14 to 15 inches tall and can weigh up to 40 to 50 pounds. Females are generally smaller than males by about 10 pounds.
Due to their specialized breeding history, bulldogs are muscular and dense. They are also a dysplastic breed, which means their hip sockets are shallower than those of most dogs. Because of this, a bulldog's femur only fits loosely into its hip socket, causing their idiosyncratic waddling gait and potential bone and joint issues. Some have straight tails while others have little curlicues.
English bulldogs have short, glossy coats that come in a variety of colors. They've got small, floppy ears, furrowed brows and loose skin hanging all over their jowls. Then there's that signature bulldog snout. They've got cute little noses smushed right up into their faces.
English Bulldogs typically live only eight to ten years.
Because bulldogs can be stubborn, training early is critical. You've got to be firm and consistent, otherwise nothing will stick. Bulldogs are eager to please, says the American Kennel Club, but you do need to show 'em who's boss. Oddly enough, it's important to train your bulldog to eat ice cubes as a puppy. Since bulldogs can develop breathing issues and overheat easily (see Health Issues below), getting them used to ingesting ice is smart, in case you've got to cool them down quickly later in life.
Bulldogs are wonderful companions and great with kids. Their sturdy build and calm demeanor make them troopers when it comes to strong kid grips and rough petting. Plus, they are loyal lovers and enjoy company. However, make sure they are trained not to bite people early on. If a child startles them, they could snip. When it comes to other pets, bulldogs are more often than not on board and ready to mingle. They tend to be more aggressive when it comes to same-gender doggie playmates, so two males in one household could cause issues.
As with most dogs, bulldogs run the risk of becoming overweight, so feeding them enough to maintain their thick build without overdoing it is key. It's also worth mentioning they drool excessively, especially after mealtime. So…look out for that.
Purebred English bulldogs cost anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000, depending on the breeder. First and always, make sure the breeder follows the BCA's Breeder Code of Ethics and practices healthy, humane breeding. The reason bulldogs are so expensive is the mating and birth processes are highly complicated (aka all bulldog babies are the products of artificial insemination and C-sections). Of course, you can always adopt a bulldog from a shelter!
Bulldogs are big shedders. Brushing them at least once a week (preferably three times) is encouraged. And beware: The skin on their faces piles up into folds, which can cause skin ailments when dirt or moisture gets caught in the wrinkles. Be sure to watch for itchy, red skin and clean between these folds often.
Bulldogs can pack on the pounds easily (join the club) so regular exercise is necessary. A brisk walk or rambunctious tug-of-war is great. Just watch out for heat, water and stairs. High temperatures don't mix well with their short snouts, so overheating is a danger. And while they can swim, deep water easily gets into their noses increasing the likelihood of drowning. Finally, going down stairs is tricky for their shoulder-heavy bodies. Don't let them tumble!
Bulldogs aren't really barkers, but they do snort, sneeze, snore and slobber a ton.
Bulldogs definitely have their fair share of potential health issues. The BCA and Michele Welton, a vet technician and dog breed advisor, highly recommend finding a vet with lots of bulldog experience so they're ready to tackle your pup's unique needs. (For example, bulldogs don't handle anesthesia as well as most other breeds, so working with a vet well-versed in bulldog anatomy is best.) The biggest health issues bulldogs face are respiratory- and mobility-related. Due to a pesky disorder called brachycephalic syndrome, caused by their short snouts, breathing can be difficult and may require surgery if your bulldog also suffers from narrow nostrils, an elongated soft palate or a narrow windpipe. Bulldogs also experience more hip dysplasia than any other breed. Roughly 72 percent of bulldogs experience joint or bone problems due to bad hips in their lifetime. Some bulldogs develop eye ailments like extra eyelashes, flipped lids or irritated corneas.
Bulldogs have notoriously bad gas. You've been warned.