Begone Zhedong!
Wayne Johnson
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Wed May 19 12:23:05 2004
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Bob. Please do not forget Lucy Liu in your research!
wj
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From: TeleBob=20
To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net=20
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Begone Zhedong!
Nice one Wayne. I am studying my LaoTzu, Mao, Marx,and Li Yu in order =
to steal/compose my Mao poem on the everturning dialectic that will =
leave us in the driver's seat next time history makes another leap =
forward. Don{t count me out in the running for that watch....
tele hao hao
Bill Irwin <billi@aloha.net> wrote:
Wayne;
What a wonderful historical study of the life of Chairman Mao. I =
never knew that he was a mid-westerner - that explains a lot! You are a =
scholar and a gentleman ( I guess ). Your essay could be the winner or =
at least a runner-up, congratulations.
Aloha,
Ewie
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From: Wayne Johnson=20
Subject: Begone Zhedong!
The Life and Times of Mao Zhedong.
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Most Chinese and Western histories record little Mao's birth as =
being somewhere in Hunan Province on Boxing Day, 1893. Actually, he was =
born in Toledo, Ohio on March 12, 1894 to Moira and Cassius Breckenridge =
in the back of the Hotel Demimonde between Acts 2 & 3 of The Chinaman's =
Curse, a Melodrama written by Moira's second Uncle Vaysha while serving =
time in a Lithuanian prison for child empersonation. He had started out =
to re-write Ivanhoe but fell asleep one night over a bowl of Borsht Chow =
Mein and decided instead to write a parable about capitalism, Marx and =
phrenology. =20
=20
Shortly after Mao's birth, he and his parents moved to Shanghai to =
avoid prosecution by Ohio police for shoplifting. The mad dash across =
the Great Plains in the middle of the summer was always considered a =
seminal event for Mao and one which he used to great advantage when he =
first began teaching diesel mechanics in night school. His great =
spiritual mentor was, of course, the noted Darwinist and converted =
Quaker, Dr. Moon Yet Sin, in Changsha, capital of Hunan. When Dr. Moon =
led a peaceful protest in 1911 protesting the rice tax and the war =
against Japan, the local police beat him and his fourteen lady consorts =
severely about the head and shoulders. Mao left Dr. Moon for another =
province and began the serious s! tudy of John Nathan Mill, Herbert =
DeLong Spencer, and Camille Rousseau but was handicapped by lack of =
money and began a series of daring midnight raids against local porno =
houses and opium dens. Soon he was known as Master Mao, Kingpoon of =
Tang province. =20
=20
His short life as a bandit hero among the local peasants was =
interrupted first by moving to Peking, disguised as a duck and later by =
World War II and the coming of General MacArthur, General Tojo and =
General Mills of Madison, Wisconsin. It was reading the entire =
Communist Manifesto on the back of a Wheaties box that caused him the =
form the first truly communist cell in Peking: The Pink Duck Gang. The =
PDG, as it was known, secretly plotted to with other student to make May =
5, 1919 a day of national protest against Japanese concessions. =
Unhappily, the PDG overslept and the uprising took place without them =
the previous day, May 4. Undaunted, Mao decided to make his ideas known =
to more people, Mao had a local! printer run off four and a half million =
copies of his Little Pink Book. Because of previous commitments to a =
local movie theater, the printer ran out of white ink and the last four =
and a quarter million copies came out bright red. The rest, as they =
say, is history. =20
=20
Embaressed by this faux pas, Mao and his follower's, Bart, =
Grimaldi, Juan and Yang, fled to XianShiang province to live out their =
lives in peace. But they were not allowed to do so, as unknown to many, =
Cecil B. deMille was planning to make a great extrava
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<DIV>Nice one Wayne. I am studying my LaoTzu, Mao, Marx,and Li =
Yu in=20
order to steal/compose my Mao poem on the everturning dialectic =
that =20
will leave us in the driver's seat next time history makes another =
leap=20
forward. Don{t count me out in the running for that =
watch....</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>tele hao hao<BR><BR><B><I>Bill Irwin <<A=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What a wonderful historical study =
of the life=20
of Chairman Mao. I never knew that he was a mid-westerner - =
that=20
explains a lot! You are a scholar and a gentleman ( I guess =
). =20
Your essay could be the winner or at least a runner-up,=20
congratulations.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Aloha,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ewie</FONT></DIV>
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Zhedong!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><B>The Life and Times of Mao=20
Zhedong</B>.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">Most Chinese and Western histories record =
little=20
Mao=92s birth as being somewhere in Hunan Province on Boxing Day, =
1893.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Actually, he was born in =
Toledo,=20
Ohio on March 12, 1894 to Moira and Cassius Breckenridge in the =
back of=20
the Hotel Demimonde between Acts 2 & 3 of The Chinaman=92s =
Curse, a=20
Melodrama written by Moira=92s second Uncle Vaysha while serving =
time in a=20
Lithuanian prison for child empersonation.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He had started out to =
re-write=20
Ivanhoe but fell asleep one night over a bowl of Borsht Chow Mein =
and=20
decided instead to write a parable about capitalism, Marx and=20
phrenology.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">Shortly after Mao=92s birth, he and his =
parents moved=20
to Shanghai to avoid prosecution by Ohio police for =
shoplifting.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The mad dash across the =
Great=20
Plains in the middle of the summer was always considered a seminal =
event=20
for Mao and one which he used to great advantage when he first =
began=20
teaching diesel mechanics in night school.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His great spiritual =
mentor was, of=20
course, the noted Darwinist and converted Quaker, Dr. Moon Yet =
Sin, in=20
Changsha, capital of Hunan.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>When Dr. Moon led a peaceful protest in 1911 protesting the =
rice=20
tax and the war against Japan, the local police beat him and his =
fourteen=20
lady consorts severely about the head and shoulders.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mao left Dr. Moon for =
another=20
province and began the serious s! tudy of John Nathan Mill, =
Herbert DeLong=20
Spencer, and Camille Rousseau but was handicapped by lack of money =
and=20
began a series of daring midnight raids against local porno houses =
and=20
opium dens.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Soon he =
was known=20
as Master Mao, Kingpoon of Tang province.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">His short life as a bandit hero among the =
local=20
peasants was interrupted first by moving to Peking, disguised as a =
duck=20
and later by World War II and the coming of General MacArthur, =
General=20
Tojo and General Mills of Madison, Wisconsin.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was reading the =
entire=20
Communist Manifesto on the back of a Wheaties box that caused him =
the form=20
the first truly communist cell in Peking: The Pink Duck Gang.<SPAN =
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The PDG, as it was =
known, secretly=20
plotted to with other student to make May 5, 1919 a day of =
national=20
protest against Japanese concessions.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Unhappily, the PDG =
overslept and=20
the uprising took place without them the previous day, May 4.<SPAN =
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Undaunted, Mao decided =
to make his=20
ideas known to more people, Mao had a local! printer run off four =
and a=20
half million copies of his Little Pink Book.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Because of previous =
commitments to=20
a local movie theater, the printer ran out of white ink and the =
last four=20
and a quarter million copies came out bright red.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The rest, as they say, =
is=20
history.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Embaressed by this faux pas, Mao =
and his=20
follower=92s, Bart, Grimaldi, Juan and Yang, fled to XianShiang =
province to=20
live out their lives in peace.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>But they were not allowed to do so, as unknown to many, =
Cecil B.=20
deMille was planning to make a great =
extrava</FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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