Begone Zhedong!
Bill Irwin
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Wed May 19 04:51:38 2004
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Wayne;
What a wonderful historical study of the life of Chairman Mao. I never =
knew that he was a mid-westerner - that explains a lot! You are a =
scholar and a gentleman ( I guess ). Your essay could be the winner or =
at least a runner-up, congratulations.
Aloha,
Ewie
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From: Wayne Johnson=20
Subject: Begone Zhedong!
The Life and Times of Mao Zhedong.
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Most Chinese and Western histories record little Mao's birth as being =
somewhere in Hunan Province on Boxing Day, 1893. Actually, he was born =
in Toledo, Ohio on March 12, 1894 to Moira and Cassius Breckenridge in =
the back of the Hotel Demimonde between Acts 2 & 3 of The Chinaman's =
Curse, a Melodrama written by Moira's second Uncle Vaysha while serving =
time in a Lithuanian prison for child empersonation. He had started out =
to re-write Ivanhoe but fell asleep one night over a bowl of Borsht Chow =
Mein and decided instead to write a parable about capitalism, Marx and =
phrenology. =20
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Shortly after Mao's birth, he and his parents moved to Shanghai to =
avoid prosecution by Ohio police for shoplifting. The mad dash across =
the Great Plains in the middle of the summer was always considered a =
seminal event for Mao and one which he used to great advantage when he =
first began teaching diesel mechanics in night school. His great =
spiritual mentor was, of course, the noted Darwinist and converted =
Quaker, Dr. Moon Yet Sin, in Changsha, capital of Hunan. When Dr. Moon =
led a peaceful protest in 1911 protesting the rice tax and the war =
against Japan, the local police beat him and his fourteen lady consorts =
severely about the head and shoulders. Mao left Dr. Moon for another =
province and began the serious study of John Nathan Mill, Herbert DeLong =
Spencer, and Camille Rousseau but was handicapped by lack of money and =
began a series of daring midnight raids against local porno houses and =
opium dens. Soon he was known as Master Mao, Kingpoon of Tang province. =
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His short life as a bandit hero among the local peasants was =
interrupted first by moving to Peking, disguised as a duck and later by =
World War II and the coming of General MacArthur, General Tojo and =
General Mills of Madison, Wisconsin. It was reading the entire =
Communist Manifesto on the back of a Wheaties box that caused him the =
form the first truly communist cell in Peking: The Pink Duck Gang. The =
PDG, as it was known, secretly plotted to with other student to make May =
5, 1919 a day of national protest against Japanese concessions. =
Unhappily, the PDG overslept and the uprising took place without them =
the previous day, May 4. Undaunted, Mao decided to make his ideas known =
to more people, Mao had a local printer run off four and a half million =
copies of his Little Pink Book. Because of previous commitments to a =
local movie theater, the printer ran out of white ink and the last four =
and a quarter million copies came out bright red. The rest, as they =
say, is history. =20
=20
Embaressed by this faux pas, Mao and his follower's, Bart, Grimaldi, =
Juan and Yang, fled to XianShiang province to live out their lives in =
peace. But they were not allowed to do so, as unknown to many, Cecil B. =
deMille was planning to make a great extrava
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wayne;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What a wonderful historical study of =
the life of=20
Chairman Mao. I never knew that he was a mid-westerner - that =
explains a=20
lot! You are a scholar and a gentleman ( I guess ). Your =
essay could=20
be the winner or at least a runner-up, congratulations.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Aloha,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ewie</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Dcadaobh@shentel.net =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Begone Zhedong!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times =
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Life and Times of Mao Zhedong</B>.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">Most Chinese and Western histories record =
little Mao=92s=20
birth as being somewhere in Hunan Province on Boxing Day, 1893.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Actually, he was born in =
Toledo, Ohio=20
on March 12, 1894 to Moira and Cassius Breckenridge in the back of the =
Hotel=20
Demimonde between Acts 2 & 3 of The Chinaman=92s Curse, a =
Melodrama written=20
by Moira=92s second Uncle Vaysha while serving time in a Lithuanian =
prison for=20
child empersonation.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He =
had=20
started out to re-write Ivanhoe but fell asleep one night over a bowl =
of=20
Borsht Chow Mein and decided instead to write a parable about =
capitalism, Marx=20
and phrenology.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">Shortly after Mao=92s birth, he and his =
parents moved to=20
Shanghai to avoid prosecution by Ohio police for shoplifting.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The mad dash across the =
Great Plains=20
in the middle of the summer was always considered a seminal event for =
Mao and=20
one which he used to great advantage when he first began teaching =
diesel=20
mechanics in night school.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>His=20
great spiritual mentor was, of course, the noted Darwinist and =
converted=20
Quaker, Dr. Moon Yet Sin, in Changsha, capital of Hunan.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When Dr. Moon led a peaceful =
protest=20
in 1911 protesting the rice tax and the war against Japan, the local =
police=20
beat him and his fourteen lady consorts severely about the head and=20
shoulders.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mao left Dr. =
Moon for=20
another province and began the serious study of John Nathan Mill, =
Herbert=20
DeLong Spencer, and Camille Rousseau but was handicapped by lack of =
money and=20
began a series of daring midnight raids against local porno houses and =
opium=20
dens.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Soon he was known =
as Master=20
Mao, Kingpoon of Tang province.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">His short life as a bandit hero among the =
local=20
peasants was interrupted first by moving to Peking, disguised as a =
duck and=20
later by World War II and the coming of General MacArthur, General =
Tojo and=20
General Mills of Madison, Wisconsin.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was reading the =
entire=20
Communist Manifesto on the back of a Wheaties box that caused him the =
form the=20
first truly communist cell in Peking: The Pink Duck Gang.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The PDG, as it was known, =
secretly=20
plotted to with other student to make May 5, 1919 a day of national =
protest=20
against Japanese concessions.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>Unhappily, the PDG overslept and the uprising took place =
without them=20
the previous day, May 4.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
</SPAN>Undaunted, Mao decided to make his ideas known to more people, =
Mao had=20
a local printer run off four and a half million copies of his Little =
Pink=20
Book.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Because of =
previous=20
commitments to a local movie theater, the printer ran out of white ink =
and the=20
last four and a quarter million copies came out bright red.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The rest, as they say, is=20
history.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
size=3D3><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times =
New Roman"=20
size=3D3>Embaressed by this faux pas, Mao and his follower=92s, Bart, =
Grimaldi,=20
Juan and Yang, fled to XianShiang province to live out their lives in=20
peace.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But they were =
not allowed=20
to do so, as unknown to many, Cecil B. deMille was planning to make a =
great=20
extrava</FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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