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Mon Feb-09-09 04:33 PM
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| "Scrap Paper Philosopher" makes economic views known in Berkeley |
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Mon Feb-09-09 07:45 PM
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| 1. Happy to see Berkeley is still Berkeley. |
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Does anyone remember Ex-Swami-X from Sproul Plaza in the mid 1970's?
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Tue Feb-10-09 05:31 PM
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| 2. No, but I wish I did ;-) |
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Tue Feb-10-09 06:42 PM
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| 3. He was a street performer/political comedian who did a thing on the |
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plaza every day for passing the hat money. He was great on politics and religion, and he once stood Jim Jones down, called him a crazy Son of a bitch when the SF area politicos were kissing Jones's ass and having their photos taken with him...This was in 1975.
FWIW, I was a few feet from Jones, and I could feel the hate and craziness coming off him. I had forgotten about him till I saw the massacre on TV years later.
"I used to be Swami Ex, but I gave it up, so now I'm Ex Swami X."
He was great.
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