Secrets of the City

I hear he has a plan to reduce property taxes on every Little Home on the Prairie.

John Charles Wilson (1966-2034*) is an author, minister, politican, and transit historian living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

*Estimated using the life expectancy calculator at http://www.livingto100.com.

Ingalls, yo

Wow. But why not? I mean, Michele Bachmann got into office, and I think she’s equally nuts.

If Laura Inglass Wilder is God, then that means even the religious wingnuts have Earth’s age wrong. It’s not 6000 years old; it’s on 142 years old!

OMG. The US is older than the Almighty!

wow, freaktastic.

Kurt Vonnegut died. Am I the only one who thought he was already dead?

He died in April of 2007… Did he die again?

As long as there are coffee-shop posers pretending to read and/or enjoy his novels, he’ll live forever.

I think you mean John Updike died. A day or two ago.

For you 24 watchers, Tony died 2 seasons ago, but apparently he didn’t really die, so who knows, maybe Vonnegut got better and then died again.

This is a good time to re-read “Venus on the Half Shell,” by Kilgore Trout.

A book that is just as good as the cover promises!

OMG, I’m an idiot. After Dougnut’s comment, I checked the Strib and it was Updike.

Updike wrote a novel called “Terrorist” about a Muslim kid who was recruited to blow up a big tunnel in New York. I was reading it on a long flight. The people traveling with me thought I was crazy for reading it in public on a plane.

Bob, I was so freaking excited when that book finally got reissued along with a bunch of Philip Jose Farmer’s other pseudo-author stuff. Here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/Venus-Half-Shell-Others-Philip-Farmer/dp/1596061421/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233170747&sr=1-15

Of course that’s nothing to how excited I was when I found the original paperback. Like most people, I assumed it was done as a lark by Kurt Vonnegut himself.

I’ve been a big fan of PJF for years. As for the late Mr. V, time waits for no man — even when a massive clock is named after one of your relatives!

Why can’t this homeland occupy MN-6. Making Bachmann the modern Nelly the bully.

Wait, did I just give up that I’ve seen episodes of Little House?

Um, I just heard there was a Nelly. I assume it’s the same Nelly who proclaims how hot it is in “herre”.

The MN 6th District is within 240 miles of Minneapolis, therefore part of the Nation of Edgerton. Michelle Bachmann as Nellie Oleson? Humourous. However, I think Ms. Bachmann is just another capitalist politican who deserves to be voted out, not a devil or anything.

Since we discussed him recently, Bob, I thought you might want to know that Mr. Farmer left this mortal coil for Riverworld today.

Let his Myspace page, written IN HIS OWN WORDS, speak for itself as it reveals his character. Go there and read for your self:
http://www.myspace.com/134288403

The way he talks about himself:
He calls himself a “cult leader.”

John Charles Wilson lists his “Interests” on Myspace:

“General Communist political activism; using the Internet; lusting after beautiful women; trying to get my autobiography published; collecting bus schedules, coins, and Soviet memorabilia; going for recreational bus rides; planning my political career; offending people.”

“Heroes:
…V.I. Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leonid Breshnev,…”

“Occupation:
Cult Leader, Professional Revolutionary, Writer”

His resume of Companies and Jobs:
Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer
Seattle, WA US
Newspaper Vendor 2002

Fare Share
Saint Paul, MN US
Volunteer 1990

Apollo Centre
Saint Paul, MN US
Renovator 1989

Channel One
Rochester, MN US
Volunteer 1989

Anoka State Hospital/Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Centre
Anoka, MN US
Industrial Therapy patient 1985-1987

Eau Claire Academy
Eau Claire, WI US
Industrial Therapy patient 1984-1985

EarthLinks
Denver, CO US
Artist
GreenFingers 2004-2005

Church of Laura Ingalls Wilder
(spiritual home) Minneapolis, MN US
President 1982-present

Communist Party, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota US
volunteer newspaper distibutor 2006″

And the title of one of his blogs:
“Dropped from the Communist Party, USA”

Unfortunately, less-than-serious John Charles Wilson managed to get on as a speaker at an important protest on May 1st that is for a much more extremely serious affair:
The frequent forced electroshocking of Ray Sandford by the state.
see:
http://tinyurl.com/7memta

John Wilson was singlehandedly brought on as speaker by Ms. Louise Bouta ,
a Wilson sympathizer, who somewhat misled peoples’ sympathies
by saying he was (oh wow!) “a candidate for mayor”
-without saying much about him, besides his being a valid survivor of some psychiatric abuse.

What gives you the right to decuide who’s serious and who’s not? I am *fully* serious though I may not always look it ‘cuz I’m so disorganised and have few supporters.

I don’t know who you are but if you were one of the people at the Ray Sandford event today, I hope you saw me and changed your mind, and what’s more I hope you apologise.

Think whatever you want about my beliefs, you should still respect me as a human being….

While John Wilson does have the right to speak, I also believe that is important that Mindfreedom get mainstream people to speak out about forced electro shock.

Just because a person is different, doesn’t mean they can not speak.

John was okay to me until I learned about the religion of Laura Ingalls. This really detracts for the cause.

Sorry John, you are an important person, but it makes others not want to take you seriously when brag about these kinds of beliefs.

I think it only creates a problem if John believes he’s Laura. One could be a member of, say, The Church of the Sub-Genius and still be taken seriously.

I’m just very pleased John is here. Livens up the place.

The Edgertonite link doesn’t work, but this will get you the same stuff:
http://www.enp-news.org

It’s too bad John is serious. Had his sense of humor been that good, I would have voted for him. He needs to read some Al Franken.

Dear John, had you thought this out politically, you would have become a Republican, called yourself pro-secession, and your platform as a desire to return to the traditional values and independent economics of Laura Ingalls Wilder. That would have bought you Bachmann’s endorsement and RNC funding for a pilgramage to Walnut Grove with some homeless as part of your campaign.

I’m more relaxed now that I know you weren’t intentionally dissing me. Anonymous, if you’re the guy who told me to stop e-mailing you, consider the job done. Now that I understand where you’re coming from I’m not mad anymore. I’m not a mainstream person and I can appreciate a person who feels that detracts from my testimony. I understand that’s not the same as calling me “crazy”. Thank you.