20 Questions, by Alfred Lehmberg

20 Questions expansively addressed by Dave Furlotte, Mike Woods, Don
Ledger, and Alfred Lehmberg, served seasoned by our master Ufological
chef, Errol Bruce-Knapp:

1. What are the real mechanics of being sacked from a gainful
position over the subject of UFOs? Could Alfred Lehmberg and Angelia
Joiner perhaps provide similar reports? Did AJ get her two weeks
compensation?

2. Are effected folks pressured to "shut-up" by superiors and
authorities with regard to their reports on UFOs in and around
Stephenville, TX?

3. Does the Air Force know where its planes are?

4. Is the number of corroborating witnesses to the Flap well over
30? 300? 3000?

5. What are 10 F-16s _observed_ chasing if there's no such thing as
UFOs?

6. Does Stephenville, TX run a strange inverse parallel with
Roswell, NM? Why the "reflex lie" so obviously checked? Does
authority _want_ to get caught stupid?

7. How does one _chase_ what one _shall_ not investigate?

8. Is an informed populace able to give informed consent a necessary
thing?

9. How long _can_ confusion reign?

10. Is Stephenville an isolated location and singular in its
reportage? Are any outlying towns also affected?

11. Is there a Ufological tie-in with the reported reclaimed pig
farm bought at a steal that is the current ancestral home of GWB?

12. Is the dreaded "giggle factor" on the accelerating wane? Are
more people coming forward?

13. Is old CSICOP's new CSI taking hold? What's happened to Mr.
McGahoohee? Was Dr. Shermer re-drafted to cover a suddenly reluctant
or relieved McGeehoohar? Is it a shame given Mr. McGagaga was able
to Jenny-Craig all that extra poundage to look so _damn_ good on
broadcast TV?

14. Could it be possible at the alienating denouement that UFOs and
the supposed occupants of same... are minions of Satan, friends and
neighbors, demons to drag us into the fiery pits of hell by our
flaming shirttails, brothers and sisters... where we butt-surf like
yowling mongrels on a lake of fire for eternity? Can I get an
"Amen"?

15. Is there a lot of the preceding south of the Canadian border?

16. Do UFO flaps occur lately with an increasing frequency?

17. Do Ufological PODCASTERS "count"?

18. What is the "astounding information" rumored to be released by
MUFON regarding Stephenville?

19. If terminated Stephenville journalist Angelia Joiner is banished
from her employ after giving a professional two weeks notice,
herself, does she still get her two weeks compensation; is it her
employer with the lesser professionalism; was Joiner driven from her
employ to "wet-blanket" the story?

20. Who _really_ owns the paper terminating Joiner's employment? Is
it even an American?

In some realms it's called "facilitated gobsmacking." I've referred
to it frequently as "suffering baragrugous ZOT"; you may know it as
"Great GoogleyMoogley." It's with some small sorrow I report this
was the most substantive, expansive, and satisfying program yet...
grand words and true enough even if predictable. See, you almost
dread the report on such a great program because a good program next
time seems average and hard to write for to a degree... it's judged
unfairly.

Yeah yeah yeah... I hear the internal dialogue. Park it. I _said_
predictable! _Accuse_ same at the risk of a literary duel.

See, sporting an edge of uniquely layered design, and with real
carbon in the steel, too - a balance in the pommel... these programs
just go further and further informationally into the looming future
befor us. With verve and sack the program... well, it demonstrates a
certain courage given the future accelerates directly towards
aggregate perception so undeniably... roll that and smoke it, eh? A
certain foreshadowing is achieved with SDI!

Consider, the sustenance implied by the very first paragraph above is
not entirely inappropriate, eh? Errol serves up nutricious fare and,
Even if only a bland staple, these programs sustain like _highly_
seasoned. I suspect they aspire to be as revisitable as Terence
McKenna Lectures, if I may be bold. Hyperspace looms for all and
_one_.

But to the point, I only got 15:46 into 90:44 (reads like bible
verses, doesn't it?) of this exceptionally 'beefy' program! I didn't
even clear _Furry_, land o' Goshen brothers and sisters! He's always
good for 6 or 8 questions, but c'mon! All Twenty? Yes... all 20
questions righteously compelled in under 16 minutes right out of his
segment! A record!

An hour and substantive change remains and _such_ remains, reader!

...Remaining is newsman Michael J. Woods making a style of report
that I'm betting he's never made before. There is not an ounce of
tounge in cheek schadenfrude or professional distance. It's about a
new UFO documentary from David Cherniak that he is taking very, very
seriously. Shortly, he embraces the doc without reservation or
qualification. I don't think I overstate my case that the lovely
Errol Bruce-Knapp shares a similar sentiment. Reports and
predictions are that Paul Kimball's Best Evidence will be supplanted
as my _own_ favorite - and thank God for that as it's been such a
strain being nice to Paul... just kidding, Mr. Kimball!

Remains is aviating USO investigator Don Ledger, a man whom I wish
was selling a used car so I could purchase same, on the bee's knees
Stephenville report as it stands in the state of its art! From him
we get a very rational foreshadowing on this UFO kafuffle as it
pertains to the anticipated official report on same, and from which
information has been perhaps justifiably parchy! Mr. Ledger is
decidedly impassioned and informational vis a vis his concisely
detailed reportage on the Stephenville affair!

Then there's Alfred Lehmberg with his usual
reach-beyond-grasp-stream-of-consciousness-nonsense, but introducing
a tune he's composed called The Ballad Of Angelia Joiner, to honor
same. Don't let the expectation exceed the event, now. Sounds best
in WinAmp.

We're hoping John Velez can later add a percussion track...


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Written by the wonderful Alfred Lehmberg