SEPTEMBER 23 - 29, 1985 THE CITIZEN
7
Min. Farrakhan, 'Diets, For une Tellers
By Dr. Ch I W. Faulkn r
Below is a potpourri of
letters from you on interesting
subjects. My comments fol
low tlteletters.
'De Dr. Fur: hat
kind of psychology does in-
. ter Loui F arrakhan u to get
m y Blae peop to up
port him? aye, St. Lou' .
'Dear aye:
. nister F a rrakh an uses the
most important element in
human motivation: elf-esteem.
Every person regardless of race,
need something in which to
pride himself where it be a
job, intelligence, material pos-
e ions, athletic ability or ap
pearance. White have built
in ciological self-reward to
lift up their spirits and pro
vide them with confidence when
nothing el e will work. They
have the presumed factor of
'recial superiority. Most Blacks
have virtually nothing. Min
ister F arrakhan tells them that
they are not the lazy, tupid
inferior that ociety ays they
are. He tells them that they
can lift themselve up with
their own natural capabilities
and be somebody. In spite of
his rhetoric, which turns certain
people off look for Minister
Farrakhan to become one of the
most significant Black leaders
in America.
'Dear Dr. Faulkner: What
i it that m es Dic Gregory'
Bahamian Diet plan popular?
I am poor and can't afford to
. buy it. What can I do to 10
eight without spending
much money? Mrs. R.T .C.
e York.
"Dear rs. R.T.C.:
America is obsessed with
losing weight. Some people
will spend hundreds of dollars
each year on a new weight loss
plan that they thin will make
weight 10 s easy and painles .
Unfortunately no plan exists
that will require no s crifice
on the part of the individual
regardle of how much it
costs. The people who attempt
to buy , weight loss magic"
READER'S WRITE:
Questions gun permit
for 81. Representative
Editor:
On pril 25 1985 I sent a
letter re ardlng fair dmini trat
ion f gun control to the local
p per, Chronicle). At the time
of thi writing that letter has
not be published.
I believe it i the public's
right to know what that letter
ays and the responsibility of
the paper to publi it.
Copy of the letter is attach
ed.
Leon D. Dobes
2033 Grozier
Regardle s where e tand
on gun control, we can agree,
I believe, that if we are going to
h ve it, th n it should be ad
ministered without preferential
consideration being given to any
one, including politicians.
There are two major cate
gories of ichigan Concealed
Pistols licenses. The are
(1) onrestricted, and (2) Re
stricted. onrestricted licenses
are quite broad in scope and
allow one to carry a loaded
pistol on one's person, or in
one' car, without requiring a
wrapper or container, and with
out tim restrictions. Restrict-
ed licenses have much tighter
controls, as the designation it
self indicates. Restricted
licenses govern target and field
use, and/or home banking and
business use.
onrestricted licen s are
rarely granted. Home banking
and bu . ness restricted 1icenses
are granted a bit more frequent
ly, and targe and field re
stricted licenses are granted on
a more general basis. It is
my understanding that although
one must register a pistol, it
may be kept in one's home
provided it stays there, with
out requiring any license.
Last year several people
who held horne banking and
business restricted licenses for
a long time were denied renewal
of those licenses. In the face
of such tight control over
pistol licenses, and the denial
of re tricted home banking and
business licen s to veral citi
zens, one h the right, I think,
to why Republican State
Representative Marvin Knight
has twice been granted a non
restricted licen .
Leon D. obes
" ,
• I I I
this summer will spend n
equal amount of money next
year and the year after trying
to solve th same problem.
Yo must make a rious com
mitment to 10 eight. There-
after before onsuming an
food even a rape at regul r
meals or other times drin a
half to whole gla s of water
I wly. Increase your consump
tion of green vegetable, fre h
fruits baked p ultry and fish
wighout the kin. Walk at
least a mile a day. Decrea e
your consumption of sugar, alt
and starch. Reduce your caloric
intake to no m re than 1200
calories a day fewer, if you
can . Stick to your commit
ment. This weight 10 plan
won't cost you a dime nd is
guaranteed to work.
'Dear Dr. F ulkner: ent
to fortune teller I t wee
and w very impre . The
lady read my palm, ed me
just a coupl of question
and cted ju like she had
known me for ye . She told
me thing about my family
th t amazed me becau he had
ju t met me. She told m that
at our ne
Dear arne ithheld:
Save your money!
eviden exists to prove that
any human being can predic
future events. You are impre -
ed with her because he em
to kno much about y u
without having ever met you.
Her 'knowledge' i based upon
a sumptions re ulting from their
interpret tions of your I thing.
pp ranee, an iety and de per
ati n. A utely troubled pe pI
who will likely accep ny
inf rmation that provide them
with hope. She made eneraI
'guesses' nd you tailored them
to fit y urself. She u d impl
principles f psychol gy. If you
have 400 to pare spend it
wisely with a profe ional c un-
elor or mod library
bo k on p ych 1 gy - that
are free.
'Listen, brothers, sisters'
listen my brothers d si ters
and you shall hear
Of the uth frican tradgedy
that reminds of another year.
Another time and another place
in the past
When society failed to accept
a recial class.
A time when wounds were
hard to define
When there was no way to
defend the darker of man.
A time and a place where
human life did not matter.
here truth was deficient and
trust was no better.
There comes a time when
death is welcome -
And tear for lost lives are
nothing withou t freedom.
For a deterent for suffering
means more than life.
Where hope is foremost when
facing fear and strife.
How dare the world see the
plight of slavery
And look the other way while
reciting prayers for olidarity.
How dare a country who has
struggled to overcome a
. he
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similar fault
Hesitate to take a tand for
lives which cannot be bought.
How dare a minister professing
Christ say "Let it be.'
When he ha no idea of what
it means to be free.
How dare the world look with
apathy and uphold apartheid.
For their conscience is
questioned when freedom is
denied.
o one should be atisfled with
money over human life.
There is no treasury that can
bind or suffice --
When soul ha given <up its
breath for a c st.
Somebody ought to declare
'you cannot buy at a 10 ."
Funeral end and still the
chant continues,' e are not
afraid"
Fear is of the unknown and
this debt must be paid.
We'l1 rise again and ain to
the beat of the drum.
There's no power on earth
that can stop what must
come.
Berth Kin
BE GREAT ...
read my poem
you may see a giant
cause i see giants all the time
them bag ladies&: hoboes
i call them philosophers
painting my world real
Poem. to Greatness
BE ALIVE. ..
misunderstood my actions/blocked my road
but i om still coming
BE PERMANENT...
rent rose today/laid-off job too
jennifer holiday says:
; \'e changed but i tell you i om not going
BE GOOD
BE NEW
like chocolate fud e on a snow)' winter ni ht
but whatever. ou be ...
BE BUCK!
-Le n Yohan e