 When
MOUTH published its first issue in 1990,
about a dozen dear readers suggested a change of
name to VOICE. "You catch
more flies with
honey..." they
said.
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 Flies?
Who but a big old ugly toad wants to catch
flies?
During
the last ten years, it is fair to say, Mouth has
lowered the level of discourse on the subject of the
helping system. About time, too.
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Mouth
brings the conversation down to street level, where
well-intentioned "special" programs wreak havoc in the
lives of ordinary people. People talk about calling a
spade a spade. We call Jack Kevorkian a serial killer.
And when maggots outnumber nurses' aides at what
others call a "care facility," we call it a hellhole.
We say it out loud: if special education is so darned
special, every kid in every school ought to have the
benefit of it.
Some
folks call the Mouth radical. We think simpleminded is
a better ephithet.Remember
the other George Bush, when he campaigned in a
supermarket and discovered that remarkable new
checkout scanning technology? The man hadn't been to
the grocery store since he was knee-high to a
political consultant. Do-gooders
are exactly that much out of touch with the helping
system that they themselves operate.
Ask
the next do-gooder you meet: Have you checked
yourself into a nursing home lately? Tried to board an
"accessible" bus in a wheelchair? Filed an ADA
complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice? Asked a
charity for actual help?
The
answer will be no. It's not in their job description
to use the godforsaken things.
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And
so it is that do-gooders go on doing their good
about us --- without us.
They were only trying to help!
And
along comes the Mouth, roaring up from street level to
take their system by the throat. This rude little
magazine demands answers from the people in charge,
laughs at the lying answers, and occasionally bites
down, hard, somewhere near the jugular.
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If
you think you might enjoy the sport of
commoners, come on and get a Mouth of your
own.
It
won't be Mouth until your voice is heard.
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The drawing above by B. Faw is from an
article on the United Way from an issue we did on
Charity. Although Mouth magazine is an official
501-(c)-3 non-profit with the IRS, you won't find its
name on your United Way donor card.
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