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...rare conversation with a reporter, white separatist Randy Weaver talked to TIME correspondent Edward Barnes about the tragic 1992 shootout in Ruby Ridge, Idaho that killed his wife and son and the legend that has grown up about him as a result. Weaver, who has been lionized by the anti-government militia movement, thinks that they picked the wrong hero. "I'm not a joiner," Weaver confided at his home in rural Grand Junction, Iowa. "I don't belong to the militia or any other group. I have my own take on things. Hell, I'm really not even...
...deputy director "will further slow down the terrorist legislation and will mean even greater concern over civil liberties, which I don't think is inappropriate." Potts oversaw the 1993 siege at theBranch Davidian compound in Waco, Tx., and the disastrous 1992 shootout at the home of white separatist Randall Weaver in Idaho, for which he was censured last month. Gingrich said those incidents, which have become rallying cries amonganti-government paramilitaries, aggravate a "genuine fear" of the federal government among rural western Americans...
Undeniably Elvis is king, but the Onion Weaver's Puppetry reveals him to be a prophet and cultural icon in a way few other media could. Using a multi-level multimedia approach, we guffaw at the professor puppet's scholarly analyses and the confessions of Elvis' sideburns. The live Blue Hawaii scene and the Graceland tour guide, though not puppets, are also side-splittingly funny. Frequent gifts flung to the audience accentuate the notion of Elvis as paraphernalia and keep everyone happy...
Some of the puppets are better made than others and the "stage" managing and tech could be more clean, but none of that really matters. It is a puppet show after all, and the amazing things that can be done with puppets overshadow any technical glitches. One of the Weaver's most clever uses of puppetry is the missing footage from the Ed Sullivan show revealing Elvis' all-too-talked-about pelvis. Also delightful is the mamoth floating Priscilla Presley Head...
...rare parody that is reverant while poking fun--the Weaver's treatment of Elvis attains just this precious harmony. Like Elvis' fabulous songs which accompany the piece, it is at once moving and laughable with a beat you can dance...