7 STATEMENT 9 BITS & BITES
Crazy, Zany & Bizarre
19 SEX GUIDE:
Sex Magic by H. Richard Jewell
27 SALLY
A Loner
36 INTERVIEW: Vanessa Del Rio
by R. Allen Leider
44 THE MR. GOODBAR SYNDROME
The Singles Scare by Margery M. Mina and Michael Hill
47 SARAH
The Wet One
54 KING DONG
20 inches of uncontrollable flesh
56 TALES FROM THE PASSIONATE HEART
It's story-telling time! by Steve T. Crawley
67 INSTANT REFUCK
72 THE SHOES
You'll get a kick out of it! by J.W. Roberts
83 CATHY
A little shaver
91 EROTIC ENCOUNTERS
by Aurora Street
93 STAR WHORES
Spaced-out space bunnies by Peter Hsu
PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT
OOOOOOHHH CANADA!
We usually consider ourselves apolitical, but sometimes it becomes necessary to
make statement because we are all concerned about our country — Canada.
By the time you read this, Canada will have gone through another federal election.
And it really doesn't matter who wins because certain realities have to be faced
if this country is going to beat the energy crisis, unemployment and inflation.
Clark and his party achieved power in the last federal election not because of
the Conservative platform or Clark's policies, but because the Trudeau government
had been consistently blowing it for the past few years. The May 1979 election
was in no way a credit to the Conservative Party, but was a public backlash against
the stagnant Liberal Cabinet. The Conservative victory was due to a negative public
attitude and was definitely not a positive step forward.
Trudeau is undoubtedly the more charismatic of the two, but charisma cannot replace
sound policy-making unless we're talking about Hollywood. And who can afford to
go see a movie these days? It was a foregone conclusion in the last election that
Clark had to come up with a platform of capable political judgment and public
confidence in order to win the election, survive the eventual minority government
and stay in power. What followed was a government of indecision and political
flip-flops.
Canada is in desperate need of a leader and a party which will provide the country
with a long range, feasible program. This is a necessity, for never in Canada's
history has there been a greater need for far-sighted and positive action. Without
such a policy, the very survival of Canada as a nation is in serious doubt. It's
time to face the music so we may be able to sing a happier tune in the future!
Foreign investment has provided us with enough rope arid we are now just beginning
to feel the self-imposed noose tighten as non-Canadian investors kick the chair
out from under us. Until we gain control of our own economy, we will be at the
mercy of foreign financial interests. Unemployment in our country will rise and
fall at the whims of foreign busInesses and we will continue to be one large foreign
subsidiary.
Canada must adopt a policy which conserves the natural energy resources we already
have and which will create and and exploit new sources of energy to ensure our
self-sufficiency. Canada is one of the few countries in which energy self-sufficiency
is a definite possibility. But so far attempts to realize our true potential have
been minimal at best.
The federal system must be overhauled to meet the requirements of the strengthened
Western provinces, the unsatisfied Maritimes, a hot-shot Ontario and a provincial
government in Quebec (whether the Parti Quebecois or the Quebec Liberals) which
demands changes.
Canadians have had the chance to see both Clark and Trudeau as the Leader of the
Opposition and as Prime Minister. As critics of the government in power, both
have achieved expertise. We now know how well they ask the questions. What remains
to be seen is how well they can answer them.
