Well folks, there's a short mention of me in a lame letter to the editor today...to read the letter, go to http://www.csulb.edu/~d49er/archives/2003/spring/opinion/v10n112-let.shtml (it's the second letter on the page)...

Well everyone, there is a letter to the editor in Monday's Daily 49er from an incensed Arab who is angry over the United States and its support of Israel. He doesn't mention me, but I think all who read last week's article know that this is in response to it, when he specifically mentions a segment on Rachel Corrie, the Palestinian-apologist who got run over by a bulldozer. He mentions of another woman who also got ran over by a bulldozer, which begs the question: why are these idiots standing in front of bulldozers?! Read the letter at http://www.csulb.edu/%7Ed49er/archives/2003/spring/opinion/v10n113-let.shtml (it is the second one on the page).

Hey everyone, my latest article is up and this one is guaranteed to infuriate, despite the truth it speaks...read it at http://www.csulb.edu/%7Ed49er/archives/2003/spring/opinion/v10n114-pro.shtml ...

Just wanted to inform you of something I came across just before. I typed my name into a search engine and one of the results that came up was from a site called http://www.CollegeClub.com . One of my first articles, "Religion Is Not For Everyone," is featured there and apparently has caused quite a stir, as there have been 52 pages of responses about it! To read some of these responses, which range from people who agree with me to people who think I'm going to hell, go to http://navisite.collegeclub.com/servlet/channels.ChannelArticleServlet?articleid=3866 .

Because I am trying to defer work duties, I made the click and read your latest article, Bucho. I have some comments...

First of all, your skills as a writer and thinker are strong.

Second, I move to your content:

Me, I LOVE the Nation of Islam. Believe it or not, I carry a great deal of sympathy for black men and women, and it soothes my soul that an organization like this exists - one whose unabashed racism runs unchecked in today's society. (Mind you, the mass media will NEVER expose the inner workings and daily sordidness of this group...it is the mass media's mission to protect minority groups, no matter how egregious their behavior. While a Ku Klux Klan rally, all 25 of these redneck assholes, gets front-page news.)

You see, I am white as white can be. There isn't a drop of "mongrel" blood in me. I am, in a manner of speaking, the master race. I am acutely aware of this. With it, I also recognize that the black man is in an unenviable position. A mere five or six generations removed, a black man's descendants were either enslaved or subject to unimaginable social, political, and economic repression.

This, no matter what anyone says about the civil rights movement, the "progress" we have made, or "equality," MEANS SOMETHING.

I am a firm believer that every individual of African descent living in America, regardless of their history, has every right to hate me from the get-go. (Oh, of course...we can bark and bark about "Well, I wasn't a slave master and you weren't a slave" all we want. That argument is moot when it comes to cultural cluster-fucks like this.)

What I DO hope, however, is that if such an individual allows me to illustrate that I am just a man, all will be well. If these people decide to contimue hating me because I am white, they can go fuck themselves. I just don't have the time for that kind of bullshit. Get the Christ away from me, NOT because you are a Black Muslim, but because you are a fucking asshole. THIS is when the phantom slave/slave master paradigm does NOT hold water.

But it's perfectly OK for blacks to hate me. I understand it completely. I am the master race. Just give me the chance to show you that I recognize the source of your discontent, and accept that there is absolutely nothing I can do about history.

Then we'll all get along just fine.

Hope you read this, Bucho. Have a good weekend, pal.

You have an interesting way with words, Uztopoke...but do you really have respect for the Nation Of Islam?

Well everyone, that time has come when the semester ends and we all get our well-deserved break. I thank all of you for reading my posts week after week, not to mention whenever there was a letter to the editor or a Gerry Wachovsky mention in someone elses article. I feel I did a good job and I learned a great deal during this semester writing this weekly column. Also, this newspaper gig eventually got me invited onto a radio show in Los Angeles, where I scored an internship for the summer, which I am extremely looking forward to, as radio is my career goal. Thanks again people, I'll keep you updated during the summer and the rest of this week, just in case there are any late breaking letters to the editor from people who want to get the last word in.
As for this week's article, the final one for the semester, read it at http://www.csulb.edu/%7Ed49er/archives/2003/spring/opinion/v10n118-unt.shtml .
Also, I encourage you to read the letter to the editor in support of Israel at http://www.csulb.edu/%7Ed49er/archives/2003/spring/opinion/v10n118-let.shtml . This is in response to a letter to the editor that was written regarding one of my previous columns.
Until next semester!

It's been good reading them Howard, good luck with the summer work. I've got the face for radio, maybe I should look into it....

Absolutely.

For over a century, the Ku Klux Klan has ostensibly stood for Christian moral righteousness and the preservation of the white race. From what, exactly, the white race needs to be preserved, I do not know. And upright Christianity? Sure. OK. If that makes them feel better about hanging a black man from an oak tree. OK.

Fact is, the white man has never, and does not, need protection from anyone or anything, nor does he have a leg to stand on when he argues this point.

The KKK is a gaggle of inbred moronic bigots. Period. I have little respect for them. Why? Because rather than just come out and say, "We hate blacks, Catholics, Jews, Puerto Ricans...." and that's just the way it is, they hide behind phony benevolence - some kind of redneck crock-of-shit philosophy. Hey, guys, just come out and say you hate spooks, and don't bother telling me why, and I'll be OK with that. But don't place God in your corner, OK?

But the Nation of Islam is a different story. In many ways, they are much like the KKK, without well-publicized violence. But the Nation of Islam struggles against LEGITIMATE political, social, and economic repression. Call it what you want: "The Nation of Islam," "The Nation of Kill Whitey," "The Nation of Fuck You Honky"....it doesn't matter to me. They're pissed off, and there's a good fucking reason why.

Why should they stand back and absorb all of the bullshit about "getting along" and "equality" and "civil rights"? Why? Because it IS bullshit. SAYING a race is equal is FAR from actually BEING equal. Yes, it is a step in the right direction, but ask a black man who gets pulled over by three cop cars in East Bumblefuck, Tennessee how "equal" he is in 2003.

Have a good summer, and good luck on the internship. I didn't see any mention of your Godfather BB buddies when you were handing out your thank-yous.

Goddamnit, somebody always gets left out of "Thank You" lists! Anyway, you guys know that I appreciate your comments, good or bad, and after thinking about it I just figured that everyone I didn't specifically mention could be counted in the section where I thanked everyone who read my columns week after week. There are going to be a lot more thank-you's next semester, I can already tell...

Uztopoke - I am going to respond to your last post but I am short on time right now, so I'll do it later, ok?

Sure.

Well people, I knew somebody would need to get a last word in. This guy, Jesse Langham, says to simply ignore me and I will go away, but he is just giving me more press time! I love it! Unfortunately for Jesse, I will never give him the satisfaction of going away...BWAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! This guy has responded to a few of my articles and none of his rebuttals have contained any evidence or facts, simply conjecture. To read his brilliant attack on me, go to http://www.csulb.edu/%7Ed49er/archives/2003/spring/opinion/v10n119-let.shtml .

Just wanted to say I love your articles whether I agree with your opinions or not I have to admit you know how to write and how to do it well.I enjoy the articles, keep them coming.

Don Aleksandr - Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate it! Unfortunately, no more articles until next semester (I'm trying to get a summer column for the weekly 49er but nobody seems to know if there is an opinions page)...

Uztopoke - Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about that response...it's coming soon...

Damn that sucks. I esp. liked your Palestine one.. Well can't wait til next semester!

Well folks, I have decided to make a webpage for all to see. The site, so far, only features my articles from the Daily 49er and a guestbook, but I will be sure to add more pictures and sections to it as I see fit. I encourage all of you to check it out and sign my guestbook, if you feel compelled to do so! While there, you can also check up on all the articles you may have missed. Thanks, and until next time!

http://www.geocities.com/howardsternisgod2001

HSIG, I just read your 'Has the World Gone Mad' article. I'm not mad. You can have your opinion. (I'm a Catholic by the way).

Just tell me: Isn't having some hope that you will be rewarded after death better than thinking you just rot in the ground?

Also, I will leave you with a quote.

"I thought about turning athesist, but then I realized that they didn't have enough holidays."
~Sorry, can't remember who said it.

Other than your religious views, I share alot of opinions with you. Keep the articles coming, I enjoy reading them.

Ok, just read your Michael Moore article. That guy is scum. I haven't seen "Bowling for Columbine" and I will not be responsible for giving that man an extra buck. However, I have something to add.

In France (oh, good ol beloved France) they are now showing Moore's "documentary" to classes showing how gun violence in America is accepted and that that is how all Americans live.

Not only does it add more to the fact that Moore is a American hating bastard, it also adds more to the fact that France refuses to look at their own problems but point fingers at the US and tell French how much we suck. (Keep in mind that this is a France that now has classes on having oral sex so their students don't go fucking around all the time.)

God, I hate France.

Very good article. Well done. I agree with you 100%.

Yes it is. It's so much better. But for me personally, i'm a realist and Howard may agree, that it's incomprehensable to think of any after life. And how we are rewarded by how we've played the game of life on Earth. Does your average elephant have an afterlife?

I thank you all for the comments and I hope you keep them coming, as I learn from them too.

As far as the religion article goes, I think I must say something: while I do stand behind what I said in that one 100%, I also have to tell you that it was my worst article out of them all. That article didn't have hardcore evidence, as all my other articles did, but how could it? Religion is based on faith, not evidence. Anyway, it was kind of stupid of me to write on that subject, just because it probably came off as an out-of-the-blue attack. We are all entitled to our own beliefs and if believing in god makes you feel better, then more power to you.

I learned from that article, as you can see, and the rest of them all contain empirical evidence and facts.

Edit: By the way, Turi Giuliano, I appreciate your kind words posted in the guestbook! Especially the death threats!!! Anyway, as I said on the guestbook page, there is a limit to the amount of words you can post, because Geocities is a bitch like that, and it cut you off! If you want, you can finish the post by posting another post above it (how many times can I use the word "post" in the same sentence?)...just thought I'd let you know!

Well folks, I didn't know if it would happen or not, so that's why I didn't mention it sooner, but I will be writing for the Summer 49er, a weekly publication. They emailed me out of the blue and said they needed some more writers for the summer, so I was happy to oblige. My first article for the summer can be found at http://www.csulb.edu/%7Ed49er/archives/2003/summer/opinion/v10n123-cas.shtml , and as always, it's a good one.
Alternatively, the unedited article can be found at my website, http://www.geocities.com/howardsternisgod2001/ . This one had the whole last paragraph removed by the editor, which I think sucked, so you can see it in its entirety at my site.
I'll keep everyone posted!

Hey everyone, it's been a few weeks, but I'm back and stirring up controversy once again this week. My newest article, "Classroom Bias - An Expose," can be found at http://www.csulb.edu/%7Ed49er/archives/2003/summer/opinion/v10n125-cla.shtml . As always, if you'd like to see the article exactly as I sent it in, sans-editing by my editor, you can go to my website, http://www.geocities.com/howardsternisgod2001 !
Until next week!

Well folks, as you know, I have been writing a weekly summer column for the Daily 49er and the other week in my article I mentioned a website called http://www.noindoctrination.org . I sent my article to the administrator of the website and she liked it so much she posted a link to it in on the website. To see it, go to http://www.noindoctrination.org/news060.shtml .
Also, my next article will be appearing in the Daily 49er shortly, and as always, I will keep everyone posted.

Thanks,
howardsternisgod
http://www.geocities.com/howardsternisgod2001

That's pretty much just a review of that website, but it's good that you're sharing it with other students at your school.

I will add, though, that you're talking about extreme bias. Every single person on this planet has biases towards their beliefs, of course, and they often show whether intended or not. Biases are most pronounced in editorials and radio talk shows, though

And that is precisely why I am the best man for the job.

Baba-booey!!

Hey folks, I hope all is well. Anyway, my new article, which is a fun top-five Internet website countdown, is up on the Daily 49er website as well as my website...the links, respectively, are http://www.csulb.edu/~d49er/archives/2003/summer/opinion/v10n127-the.shtml and http://www.geocities.com/howardsternisgod2001/TheInternetsTopFive.html .
In other news, just so the people who physically pick up the paper know, there will be no Opinions page in the Summer 49er because of money issues. Never fear, however, because my articles will still be printed in an Opinions page on the On-Line 49er. Next semester the paper will have all sections printed, like usual, but for the summer we are on a tight budget.

Good article Howard, you missed off JG's site though.