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Chapter 3
March 14, 2010

The Primary Thing

The Republican Party is going through a spasm of ideological purity, with candidates for public office having to prove that they are Conservativier-than-thou. That should make for some interesting ads in the upcoming primary campaign to determine the Party's candidates in the midterm elections.



Billy-Joe-Bob Moses says he is against gays in the American military. Not only that, but he would drive gays out of our government altogether. Sure. Sure, he would. Only, rumour on the Internet has it that he was a fan of Elton John when he was a teenager. Elton. John. Think about that for a moment. Elton John. Not only that, but there are photographs of Billy-Joe-Bob on Flickr wearing...spandex. Makes you wonder...

Effiginia Meyer-Katz is on the record advocating chemical castration for all gay men and extraordinary rendition to Saudi Arabia for all lesbian women. Why? Because, as Effiginia has often said, “Extremism in defense of the family is no problem.”

The choice is clear. on September 4, you can vote for family values, or you can vote for...spandex.

I'm Effiginia Meyer-Katz, and I approved this ad.



Effiginia Meyer-Katz says she believes in a strong military. However, she wrote a letter to Congress opposing a bill that would have given the Pentagon a quadrillion dollars to set up a base on Pluto to ensure that China wouldn't get the drop on America in outer space. China! Drop on America! Outer space! How can she be such a penny pincher when our national security is at stake?

Hello! We own the mint! We can print as much money as we need to keep our country safe! Anything less, and you may as well just hand China the keys to the White House!

On September 4, vote for Germaine Strumpett for District 17 Republican candidate. Do not vote for Meyer-Katz. Burn her in Effigi...nia.

I'm Germaine Strumpett, and I approved this ad.



Germaine Strumpett has been campaigning for a little over two and a half days, now, yet he has refused to say whether or not he would bite the heads off of the children of illegal immigrants. Do we really want somebody in Congress who is soft on immigration? Rachel Bilquist is on the record as saying that not only would she bite the heads off of the children of illegal immigrants, but she would put the severed heads on pikes at the border as a warning to anybody even thinking about getting into our country illegally.

On September 4, vote for Rachel Bilquist for Republican candidate in District 17. Vote for a sane immigration policy.

I'm Rachel Bilquist, and I approved this ad.



Rachel Bilquist has never shot another human being in anger. In fact, security experts poring over images of her on the campaign trail say that there is a 98% chance that she does not carry a concealed weapon. Forget shooting scumbags. The odds are that high that Rachel Bilquist does not even carry a concealed weapon.

Reg Farqhuart has killed 27 people with a variety of handguns. And, he didn't have the advantage of being at war. No, sir! He killed them right here on the streets of District 17. Wounding is for sissies with bad aim, but we have to tell you that he seriously crippled far more than 27 people at the same time. Who would you trust more to protect your Second Amendment rights: a man who has killed 27 people and maimed many more with guns, or a woman who almost certainly does not carry a concealed weapon?

On September 4, vote your conscience. Vote for your personal safety. Vote Farqhuart.

I'm Reg Farqhuart, and I approved this ad.



Reg Farqhuart would like you to believe that he is pro-life because he has allegedly murdered three abortion doctors. Allegedly - nothing has been proven in a court of law. But, if he even did commit the murders that he claims to have committed, Farqhuart just shot the child murderers at close range with a gun. Compare that to Billy-Joe-Bob Moses, who is serving six consecutive life sentences for strangling six abortionists with his bare hands! Now, that's a commitment to the sanctity of life!

This election, the stakes are too high. On September 4, vote for a man who is willing to take the future of this country into his own hands. Vote for Billy-Joe-Bob Moses.

I'm Billy-Joe-Bob Moses, and I approved this ad.



I know who I would vote for. Do you?

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If you came to Les Pages aux Folles curious about my writing thanks to science fiction or fan fiction, welcome! You can find the complete text of Alternate Reality Ain't What It Used To Be and What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children's Toys in the Archive Section, as well as three new Alternate Reality News Stories every third week in the New Section. They are clearly marked [ARNS] for easy identification. And, please feel to browse through the other writing, cartoons and miscellaneous oddments - you never know what you might enjoy!

You may already be a winner? Well, actually...

It is with great pleasure that I can announce that I have taken first prize in the Swift Satire Writing Competition. This was for a poem called "Love Amid the Construction. The official announcement can be found here. Details of the contest, including, at some point soon, my winning entry, can be found here. What can I say?

WHOOT WHOOT WHOOT!

Do Not Adjust Your Eyes

The Weight of Information: Episode One: The Realities Leak is now available on YouTube! This pilot for a radio series is based on stories out of the two Alternate Reality News Service Books, Alternate Reality Ain't What It Used To Be and What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children's Toys (or, as one online used bookstore has it, What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children - don't ask). Click on this link to listen to Part One and this link to listen to Part Two. Interdimensional travel has never been so...multidimensional!

You May Already Be A Winner Redux

The Alternate Reality News Service, in conjunction with the Grasping for the Wind Web site, is running a contest! The readers who submit the best questions to either of the Alternate Reality News Service columns (which, regular readers will remember, are Ask Amritsar and Ask the Tech Answer Guy) will win free autographed copies of What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children's Toys (or, as one online discount bookseller has it listed, What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children - don't ask). Click on the link for the rules. Enter now, enter often!

Ira Speaks!

Sal Monaco, the Oracle of Enlightenment who now does interviews at Think Twice Radio, conducted an interview with me at Polaris 24. Don't think twice: go to Sal Monaco's Think Twice Radio Web page and give it a listen!

The Alternate Reality News Service Grows Up

Have you ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes at the Alternate Reality News Service? Of course you didn't! But, now that the question has been raised, it sounds intriguing, no? Okay, probably not. Still, here's the thing: there is now a Facebook group called The Alternate Reality News Service Cafe. If you go there, you will automatically receive a tri-weekly newsletter full of exclusive information. It is also a place where you can contribute to the Alternate Reality News Service and even, perhaps, work your way up the ARNS ladder until you are given a journalistic beat all for yourself. Doesn't that sound exciting?

Don't answer that.

Would you be interested in immortality?

As you may have noticed, there is a weekly feature on Les Pages aux Folles called The Daily Me. Each article in this feature is a collection of bits and pieces of interest to a different person. I probably won't be shocking any of my readers when I say that, to date, I have made the persons up. (If you are shocked, I hear the Girls With Eyepatches site is nice this time of year...) Well, a future Daily Me could feature...you!

Simply send me an email with your name and the names of three or four publications you regularly read and three or four issues/subjects in which you have an interest. Then, let me digest them and, two or three weeks later, The Daily Me could be The Daily You! Your name will appear in my writing...forever! No complicated creams! No messy cryogenic devices! Immortality has never been easier! What are you waiting for?