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GOIN.... GOIN...... GONZALEZ!!!
an article By Lloyd Kaufman with Adam Jahnke

The Associated Press is allegedly cracking down on people using the already famous picture of Elian being abducted by the FBI by gunpoint.. The Troma research department however, has come up with this early shot of Elian back in Cuba learning history the Castro way.

BREAKING NEWS! Recently, the world received proof positive that President Bill Clinton is a Troma fan. Taking inspiration from the final moments of Troma's Beware Children At Play, federal agents burst into the home of Elian Gonzalez's drunken distant relatives, pointed a gun in the boy's face, and vanished into the Miami morning with the kid in tow. The Troma Team applauds this use of riot gear and assault weapons in the care and handling of a small child. We hope to see more of it as we get farther into the 21st Century. The Troma Team has been struck dumb (well, let's be honest, dumber) by the misrepresentation of facts in this so-called "story".

The Time/Warner/GE International Newsmaking Machine perpetrates these errors to distract the world while events of real importance slip past under the radar. It is a little-known, and obviously suppressed fact that little Elian bravely swam to this country with one goal in mind: to see Troma's Terror Firmer. Elian, we salute you and all the other courageous Troma fans around the world that risk life and limb in their pursuit of truly independent cinema.



(since Lloyd's ramblings are so boring and pretentious, we've
decided to stick a few lesbo shots in the mix)

It is simply unbelievable that the heart-tugging plight of this wee munchkin has been jammed down our collective throats like a wad of Hostess Twinkies. One cannot open a magazine, turn on a TV screen, or surf the web without being assaulted by images of the little doe-eyed bastard at play. The way TV news turns these poor kids into fetish objects borders on child pornography. We're supposed to believe that Elian's pondering forces beyond his control. Just like how we were supposed to believe that the child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was just another little girl who hadn't been damaged in the least by being made up to look like the most expensive whore in the 3rd grade.

Instead of glamorizing the fuckable young pre-teens, the media should be reporting on the fact that 15% of kids in this country go to bed hungry every night. Sure, that statistic gets trotted out for a guilt piece every Thanksgiving, the one night of the year these kids actually get a free hot meal, but it's completely ignored when it isn't the holiday season. How 'bout the millions of kiddies in Africa who die of starvation and dismemberment every year? Our elitist labor leaders won't ever let us give the tiny African textile industries the same trading advantages that our government gives to every elitist (white) generalissimo. Even that crumb we begrudge to African kids.


Ask yourself this, Tromites: Do you honestly think our TV networks give a wet fart about what happens to Cuban Boy? The answer to that one is pretty obvious, so chew on this. Would we have been introduced to l'il Elian if he was black? Of course not. Custody battles on that side of the color line don't play nearly as well in prime time.

You may have seen the ads lately for NBC's latest soundtrack album (and, as an afterthought, TV miniseries) The 70s. The key event that kicks the show off is reportedly the shootings at Kent State. This makes sense from NBC's viewpoint, because Kent State is the popular, brand-name massacre with photogenic white faces lying face down on the ground. Odds are that the network isn't going to mention the concurrent shootings at Jackson State* , Orangeburg College, Southern University, The University of Kansas, North Carolina A&T, The University of Wisconsin and the University of California at Santa Barbara. You've got a higher body count at these other schools, but most of the victims were unfashionably dark complexioned. (continued on Page 2)


* not to be confused with Michael Jackson State, which allegedly has its own interesting views on child

 

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Chains Without Balls Napster & Freedom (Part 4 in the Napster series)
Big Brother Goes Nutzoid Napster No More (Part 3 in the Napster series)
Ralph Nader, Toxic Crusader Troma vs. Metallica (Part 2 in the Napster series)
Going Going Gone-zalez! Rock Nazis Must Die (Part 1 in the Napster series)
Lloyd Loses it Over the W.T.O. How Stan Brakhage Birthed the Toxic Avenger
Why I Love Gay People Art: It Ain't Always Pretty