Letters to the Editor 1/22/99

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FINAL JUDGMENT DAY

Unfortunately, Matt Coker's recent report about my speaking engagement in Arlington, Virginia-based on an account published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)-repeated some falsehoods by the SPLC (A Clockwork Orange, Dec. 25).

First, I did not get “progressively angrier” as I discussed “the Jews he says control Hollywood.” In fact, as I pointed out to the audience, I was getting progressively angier as I discussed certain self-styled “JFK assassination researchers” (including Orange County's Debra Conway of the JFK-Lancer group) who have attempted to suppress my book Final Judgment. I even pointed out that I didn't really object to the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) denunciations of the book because that is what the ADL is supposed to do: defend the interests of Israel.

Second, in reference to the subject of Hollywood, what I did point out was that Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan, who financed Oliver Stone's film JFK, has been described in the liberal magazine Nation as being perhaps “Israel's largest arms dealer.” When an audience member commented that there are many persons in the film industry who are Jewish, I responded that film critic Neal Gabler has written the book An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Then I dismissed the subject and moved on. Yet the SPLC gave this passing comment a vile twist for its own purposes, and now the OC Weekly has repeated the lie.

As far as the Holocaust goes, I pointed out to the audience that because of all the publicity that the proposed JFK assassination seminar in the South Orange County Community College District generated, including the ADL's allegation that I was a “Holocaust denier,” that I was tired of hearing about the Holocaust (which is true), that I find the subject B-O-R-I-N-G (which I do), and that the numbers of those who died, whether 6 million or 7 million (the numbers seem to fluctuate), are irrelevant to me as an American whose father and three uncles fought in World War II to save the Jews from Hitler. The SPLC did not report this.

I hate to ruin your fun, but those are the facts.

-Michael Collins Piper

Washington, D.C.

H., WE HARDLY KNEW YE

Many thanks for the article regarding the elusive-or should I say reclusive?-H. Millard (Wyn Hilty's “Local H.,” Dec. 25). His letters, which invariably deal with ethnic or immigration themes, are so highly charged as to be troubling. Hence, it is no surprise that he is a top dog in the campaigns of the misleadingly named Council of Conservative Citizens.

I wonder, however, if there even is an H. Millard. Isn't it possible that there are several persons sounding off on a rotating basis regarding ethnic groups and immigration using a single name? In any case, I endorse your suggestion that he (or they) come forward so that we might learn more about him (or them). Many of us look forward to learning whether your efforts to coax him (or them) out of hibernation will be successful.

-Donald B. Delano

Orange

UNLUCKY LINDY

In response to that nasty attack on my dear friends the Apodaca sisters by a certain Lindy Bush (Letters, Jan. 15):

FUCK YOU, LINDY!

Who the hell are you? I can understand you dissing the wonderful Rebecca Schoenkopf. She is a writer; she can take it. To personally malign two very cool and hip women is something only some low-life, no-credibility witch would do. Street cred? Honey, in your case, it's street crud. I hope somebody kicks your ass.

-Randy Pesqueira

Garden Grove

Anyone know who the unknown attacker of local artist Blanca Apodaca is? Anyone ever heard of her? Anywhere? Apparently, even those she holds a personal vendetta against don't even know who she is. What do we know about Lindy Bush?

1. She lives in Orange and reads the OC Weekly but despises Orange County.

2. She frowns upon “girly girls.”

3. She has gone to pains to follow Blanca's life as closely as any agent of the press, but she is somehow unaware that Blanca is a successful children's illustrator with textbooks in worldwide distribution. Also, the relentless Miss Bush has failed to notice that Blanca is currently in the midst of recording a CD (perhaps to feature the hit “Who the Heck Is Lindy Bush Anywho?”).

4. In Miss Lindy's letter, she leaves hints that she may be acting as a jilted admirer of Ms. Schoenkopf.

Well, I am still at a loss as to who the mysterious Miss Lindy is. Perhaps it isn't even her real name. All I can imagine is that she doesn't know Blanca. If she did, she would never believe Blanca would actively seek press. Poor Blanca has enough strangers knocking at her door for stories. If Miss Lindy knew Blanca, she would have no choice but to love her like the rest of us. She would know that Blanca is not only a successful artist but also an active member of the community. She loves her family and can often be seen helping old ladies cross the street. Blanca is pure, charming and loveable.

-Katinka Clements

Lake Forest

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