The HOLE: Three Days Of Surreptitious Drugging - V.A. Style.

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The HOLE: Three Days Of Surreptitious Drugging - V.A. Style.

Postby wsduncanb » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:00 pm

The HOLE

Dammit, I went into the Miami, Florida
O.S.A.C. to keep my (dis)appointment
With a V.A. therapist and I came out
Of the meeting more fucked up than
When I first went in!

"Sweet-pee,
"Sleepy-piss,
"Smelly-bliss!"

The shit they gave me put my
Ass down for two days and three
Nights straight; messed my depth-
Perception and progress all up!

"Tis' the Beauty of America,
"You're free to hate it but
"Where you wake up..."

What good is a three-day bender
When I'm already there: The shit
They gave me, by the hammer of Thor-
Azine, put my ass down to hell knows
Where -- the place like being in the HOLE
By federal prisoner standards!

"Sweet-pee,
"Sleepy-piss,
"Smelly-bliss!"

"Tis' the beauty of America,
"You're free to hate it but
"Where you wake up...."
The HOLE!
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p.s. "Crank, PCP, LSD:
We're tryin' to
Keep some of it
In your bloodstream"
-- Joe "Angel-Dust
In The Wind"
Robbie.
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>Beau: Veterans Day Event in Nation's Capital to Honor Military
Atheists By DUNCAN CRARY HumanistNetworkNews.org Nov. 9, 2005

The expression "There are no atheists in foxholes" is widely used by
religious leaders, politicians and the media.

It is a false and bigoted statement.

"There are atheists in foxholes," said atheist Jason Torpy of Ohio, a
retired U.S. Army captain.

Torpy joined the Army in 1994 right after graduating high school. He
now serves as president of the Military Association of Atheists and
Freethinkers, an Internet-based support network for non-theistic
service members.

On Nov. 10-11, Torpy will join other atheist veterans and active duty
service members to participate in a Washington D.C. event honoring
those who have served in the United States Armed Forces and who do
not believe in God or gods. On Friday, Nov. 11, there will be a
Veterans Day "Atheists in Foxholes" parade and rally on the national
mall, starting at 11 a.m.

World War II journalist Ernie Pyle is often credited for coining the
expression "There are no atheists in foxholes." The canard-turned-
cliché implies that an atheist will quickly turn to a god or gods for
assistance in times of extreme stress or hardship. Some atheist
veterans refute that implication with first-hand experience.

"As a member of the Army for more than 20 years, I have faced danger -
- along with thousands of other atheists who have served -- and have
never felt compelled to call upon any invisible deities in the sky
for protection," said U.S. Army Master Sgt. Kathleen Johnson, an
atheist on active duty at Fort Hood, Texas.

Retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Warren Allen Smith, an octogenarian, also
refutes the claim that danger turns atheists into "believers". After
being drafted into the Army during World War II, Smith led his
company onto Omaha Beach in 1944.

"I was one of those 'atheists in a foxhole'," Smith said. "With
Bertrand Russell, I am well aware that when we die we become food for
the worms. And, well, after Omaha Beach who's afraid of worms?" The
author of Who's Who in Hell and Celebrities in Hell, Smith now lives
in New York City. He will join a roster of distinguished veterans and
freethought leaders to speak during the "Atheist in Foxholes"
Veterans Day rally.

Another veteran slated to speak is Hans Kasten, an American prisoner
of war who was forced into slave labor by the Nazis during World War
II.

In spite of what images the event's title might evoke, Master Sgt.
Johnson said the "Atheists in Foxholes" march is not about war.

"It's about debunking the pernicious myth that patriotic and
courageous military service requires religious faith," she said.

The rally is also intended to give freethinkers the chance to show
support for the members of their community who have served or are
serving in the armed forces. Master Sgt. Johnson said it is important
for the community to know that atheists in the military face
harassment and discrimination because of their lack of religious
beliefs.

"The military is very much about 'god and country'," she said. "And
religious rituals are incorporated into pretty much every significant
military event and ceremony."

That's partially why Master Sgt. Johnson founded the Military
Association of Atheists and Freethinkers in 1997. She is also the
military director of American Atheists, the national organization
sponsoring the Veterans Day events to honor military atheists.

One of the endorsing organizations of the "Atheists in Foxholes"
event is the Institute for Humanist Studies (IHS), an Albany N.Y.-
based think tank that promotes the non-religious philosophy of
humanism. IHS President Larry Jones will speak at the welcome banquet
on Nov. 10, and IHS Executive Director Matt Cherry will speak at the
Nov. 11 rally.

Cherry said that the expression "There are no atheists in foxholes"
is part of a larger myth about atheists that is often perpetuated by
the media.

"When someone says there are no atheists in foxholes, or in
hurricanes, they are saying there are no true atheists," Cherry
said. "When the media describe me as a 'self-declared atheist' -- but
don't call the Pope a 'self-declared Christian' -- they are saying
that I am deluded and he is for real. They are saying 'atheism' isn't
for real."

Retired U.S. Army Captain Torpy also noted that the saying is not
only insulting to atheists but to those who follow a religion, as
well, because "it implies that fear, rather than belief or love, is a
legitimate basis for faith.
"I´ve already been executed,
I´m just waiting to die." -wsdb

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