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a novel by Herbert Kuhner (excerpt)
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I met Herby in his and my Glenn period. Glenn had been precursor of the new era. But now the word was getting around. Beatle-itus was at its height and the mini-skirt had just come in. Glenn was one of Vienna’s first hippies. Short, well-packed, a broad […]

a novel by Herbert Kuhner (excerpt)
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I think that The Assembly-Line Prince, which I enjoyed in manuscript form, is the picaresque novel of our times. The Segment titled. Wedding bell: poet’s death knell was my favorite of many delightful passages. But the ending was great too, had me laughing out loud – partly with relief, […]

According to Church Law it is ethical for a man to infect his whole family with aids, including his children. For it is Mortal Sin to prevent this from happening by the use of condoms….A man who has been infected with aids is justified in cohabiting with his wife. If he uses condoms, he is […]

Let us also pray for the Jews. So that God our Lord enlightens their hearts so that they recognize Jesus Christ savior of all men. Almighty and everlasting God…mercifully grant that all Israel may be saved.
- Pope Benedict XVI, Good Friday Sermon, 2008, catholicintl.com
Jesus did not partake of euthanasia, but his death was dignified because […]

Habsburg 1967
Long after, after the catastrophies
his people had experienced,
Habsburg walks through the remnants
and unties the knots.
As he enters the gates of the Republic,
porcelain rattles and silver jingles
in the Hofburg, and a Pannonic swan
wearing spurs climbs to the pulpit.
Lichtentenstein rigidly witnesses the spectacle,
holding a Sudeten glass of Helvetian wine,
and Bohemian camp followers scrape their feet,
giving the […]

“Again and again there are shameful discussions concerning Austrians having been accomplices or victims. This makes it imperative for me to say that there is certainly no country in Europe that can more adequately describe itself as a victim than Austria!…When there’s a great commotion somewhere, many people will come to cheer. If you mention […]

“The Free Word”
Neue Kronen-Zeitung
March 13, 2008
Otto von Hapsburg, the oldest son of the last Austrian emperor and one of the great Europeans of the first hour, stated at the occasion of a commemoration for the events of March 1938 in parliament „There is no state in Europe that has more right to describe […]

Bill and Hillary
Speaking of Bill and the Mrs.,
in my view, if he had whetted his own cigar,
we wouldn’t be in the Iraqi predicament.
Bill’s a charming and capable fellow,
but I have the old-fashioned view
that if anyone is involved in a pants-down scandal,
or any kind of scandal, he should bow out
and hand the reins over to the […]

Compassionate Rush
Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older
before their eyes on a daily basis?
I am not asking the American people to look at Mrs. Clinton that way.
I’m just asking if they will. Men aging makes them look more
authoritative, accomplished, distinguished. It’s the way it works.
Did aging in office hurt Hillary’s husband, […]

Noblesse Oblige and Hillary
Here’s a dollop of noblesse oblige
from right-winger John Spencer,
Hillary’s former foe for the New York Senate seat:
“You ever see a picture of her back then?
Whew, I don’t know why Bill married her.
Whew, she was hideous before ‘work.’
Noting Hillary Clinton looks much different now,
he chalked it up to “millions of dollars” of […]

The Mouth as Launcher
Helen went off to Troy with Paris,
leaving King Menelaus behind in Sparta.
Helen had the face “that launched a thousand ships,”
ships that carried Greeks to fight a war that lasted a decade.
Monica’s mouth was attached
to what may not be the wrong place
under certain circumstances,
but was the wrong place in this instance,
as far as […]

Bill and Arnie Call a Spade a Spade
Bill looked me and a few other people square in the eye, squinting his eyes,
and said: “I want you to listen to me - I’m going to say this again -
I did not have sexual relations with that woman Miss Lewinsky.”
I believed him then and I still do. […]

Land Mines, Cluster Bombs and the Clintons
The Clintons favor land mines and cluster bombs. Over 150 nations have signed
the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. That year President Bill Clinton refused to sign that treaty. After his election, President George W. Bush declared that the United Stateswould never sign.
In 2006 Senate Amendment No. 4882 would have banned […]

Hillary’s Hands
If Hillary’s in the White House
and the red phone rings,
the little girl sleeping in her bed
can go on sleeping safely
‘cause her life’s in Hillary’s hands.
The child in the eight-year-old clip
is approaching her eighteenth birthday.
She objects to being used in a Hillary ad
and wants to cast her vote for Obama.
- Herbert Kuhner

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Hillary - Hope for the Jingoists
Bush is Nixon all over again
and it’s hitting the fan every day,
McCain is ready to replace W.
but it’s hard to duck the substance
that’s being spluttered by the fan.
The born-again jingoist cruds
have one hope - and that’s Hillary.
Obama is ahead in the Delegate count
and she cannot overtake him.
Dem-Super-Delegates Harold Ickies,
Geraldine Ferraro […]

Herbert Kuhner
No foe is hated as much
as the honorable foe.
No foe is countered with such brutality
as the foe with integrity.
That foe is placed at the top
of every hit list,
and when he is beaten, he is beaten
within an inch of his life.
The world must be cleared of heroes
and anyone who stands in the way
of power and […]

There are people on our side
who write for
racist and revisionist tabloids
in order to make their liberal ideas
available to a large readership;
there are people on our side
who forge documents
to exonerate people on our side;
there are those who favor dictatorship
and oppose
a democratic form of government;
those who declare solidarity
with political leaders
responsible for massacres;
those who recommend assassination
as a means […]

told me to tell the truth.
The dishonest man
told me to be honest.
The dishonorable man
told me to behave honorably
The indecent man
told me to be decent.
The con man
told me not to con anyone.
The rake
told me to live in celibacy.
The thief
told me not to steal.
The murderer
told me not to kill.
That’s what’s known
as morality.
But what counts
is the validity of […]

Only a liar
can lie,
only a cheat
can cheat,
only a thief
can steal,
only a traitor
can betray,
only a murderer
can murder,
only a criminal
can commit crimes.

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A Propos Cleanliness!
This is where
you learn to be clean.
I’ve never seen
so many faucets and sinks,
so much soap
and so many nail brushes.
There’s soaping and soaping,
scrubbing and scrubbing,
brushing and brushing,
rubbing and rubbing,
drying and drying
and wiping and wiping.
At every occasion
the plugs are put in,
the faucets are turned on
and soap is generously applied.
Hands are washed and washed
until they’re chaffed […]