The Sociology of Emile Durkheim
Perrin, Robert G.
"The Sociology of Emile Durkheim" industry during this Congress? —Ralph Nader Dear Mr. Nader: Nationalization is the only answer. I suggest that you get on the phone with Henry Reuss immediately. —GWP Dr. George Washington...
...What can I do...
...Once the new Congressmen relax and see how easy it is to spend other people's money, I believe they will sit down with anyone...
...Cordially, Carl Albert, Speaker of the House Dear Mr...
...In the case of the one thousand and twelve questionnaires we sent to funeral parlors, the response was even more telling—not one reply and no resurrections...
...For years this media campaign has preyed on millions of grieving Americans, urging them to send flowers and get-well bouquets to hospitalized relatives and even to funeral homes...
...What do you suppose our chances are of regulating the florist Dear Dr...
...Plunkitt's book is about the importance of altruism in politics and it is titled What's in k for Me...
...Well, I now have my hands full with this Ninety-fourth Congress which is filled with young newly-elected liberal Democrats...
...Dear Dr...
...everyone shares the common interest of spending other people's money, and everyone gets along fine...
...Plunkitt: I am sad to report that one of my research staffs—I can't recall which—has discovered another example of how business is swindling the average American...
...I have told them that all that stuff is just the kind of rhetoric we Democrats use to get elected, but they insist that sitting next to Republicans will be bad for their political careers and will get them into trouble with their in-laws...
...We sent questionnaires to one thousand and twelve terminal cancer patients asking them if they noticed any improvement in their condition upon the arrival of costly floral arangements...
...Address all correspondence to The Bootblack Stand, do The Alternative, P.O...
...That is the beauty of what we now call interest-group politics...
...Few of the patients had experienced enough improvement even to respond to our questionnaire, and of those who did reply it was obvious that their misery had only been increased...
...this time the culprit is none other than that seemingly sympathetic little man down at the corner florist shop who supports a media campaign that is one of the most powerful ever launched...
...Albert: I think you have overreacted...
...Many of them are refusing to sit in the same hall with Republicans, who they believe give scandal and steal stationery...
...Further, every single patient eventually died—even those receiving more than one floral shipment...
...Plunkitt expects to earn ten million dollars from sales of his new book, he has agreed to continue to advise public figures through this column...
...Box 877, Bloomington, Indiana 47401, Continental U.S.A...
...But now, after utilizing some of the most advanced research techniques known to medical science, my staff has discovered that there exists almost no causal connection between flowers and medical recovery, to say nothing of resurrection...
...Plunkitt: I don't know if you remember me but I am the present Speaker of the House of Representatives, you know, the one they call Howdy Doody, the one who for some embarrassingly long periods the past two years was next in line for the Presidency...
...George Washington Plunkitt, our prize-winning political analyst, is celebrating the publication of his new book, which is now available at avant-garde bookstores throughout New Jersey...
...It is about time that Congress blew the whistle on this heinous ripoff...
...Although Dr...
...In fact, flowersmay even exacerbate some patients' conditions, for instance, hay fever sufferers...
Vol. 8 • April 1975 • No. 7
