THE BALLAD OF NERO-BILL & RAS-PUTIN

Nero-Bill was quite a cowpoke down in DC

And his pardner Ras-Putin about th' same .

They be rootin-tootin Slickers

Dressed up in thar best knickers

Out ta lasso th' whole durned world and end th' game.

Yodel leedle lady-hooooo

Bearpaw Steadman

(words to music, Pecos Bill - From: Walt Disney's "Melody Time" - Written by: Johnny Lange and Eliot Daniel)

RAS-PUTIN

LAST LETTER: RASPUTIN

I write and leave behind me this letter at St. Petersburg. I feel that I shall leave life before January 1st. I wish to make known to the Russian people, to Papa, to the Russian Mother and to the children, to the land of Russia, what they must understand. If I am killed by common assassins, and especially by my brothers the Russian peasants, you, Tsar of Russia, have nothing to fear, remain on your throne and govern, and you, Russian Tsar, will have nothing to fear for your children, they will reign for hundreds of years in Russia. But if I am murdered by boyars, nobles, and if they shed my blood, their hands will remain soiled with my blood, for twenty-five years they will not wash their hands from my blood. They will leave Russia. Brothers will kill brothers, and they will kill each other and hate each other, and for twenty-five years there will be no noblers in the country. Tsar of the land of Russia, if you hear the sound of the bell which will tell you that Grigory has been killed, you must know this: if it was your relations who have wrought my death then no one of your family, that is to say, none of your children or relations will remain alive for more than two years. They will be killed by the Russian people...I shall be killed. I am no longer among the living. Pray, pray, be strong, think of your blessed family.

Words written by Grigory Rasputin in a letter to the Tsarina Alexandra, 7 Dec 1916.  23 days later, Rasputin was killed, by two relatives of the Tsar Nicholas II. 19 months after Rasputin's death, the Tsar and his family lay dead.

Rasputin was led to the cellar and fed poisoned cakes and wine, but these didn't affect him. Yusupovsky then shot the monk at point blank range and Rasputin collapsed on the floor. When Yusupov went to tell his fellow conspirators the good news, they sent him back to make sure he had done the job. On returning to inspect the body, Rasputin suddenly regained consciousness and started to throttle poor Yusupov, who needless to say was completely scared out of his wits. The Prince fled the cellar, screaming for help; when they returned Rasputin was gone. They found him in the yard crawling towards the gate and proceeded to shoot and bludgeon him. They then bound him and tossed him into the river. When Rasputin's body was found, his bonds were broken and his lungs were filled with water, showing that he didn't actually die until he was submerged in the frozen waters.

CHASING SMOKERINGS

STAR NAMES:

I've compiled a table of 271 commonly known star names and their definitions in the Western tradition, grouped by constellation. The Latin constellation names are given along with their 3-letter abbreviation, genetive form, and translation. Following each constellation entry are any named stars found therein (in order from brightest to faintest), listing the Bayer (Greek letter) or other common designation, the star name, and English translation.

DRACO (Dra, DRACONIS): the dragon

BETA/ Dra /Rastaban/ "head of the snake"

Names: Ras Tafari and Rastas

While it is most often associated with dreadlocks, smoking of marijuana and reggae music, the Rastafarian religion is much more than simply a religion of Jamaica. With its beginnings in the Jamaican slums, Rastafarianism has spread throughout the world and currently has a membership of over 700,000 (The Rastafarians: Sounds of Cultural Dissonance, Leonard E. Barrett, Sr., p. viii).

On November 2, 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned king of Ethiopia. Upon his coronation, he claimed for himself the titles of  "Emperor Haile Selassie (Power of the Trinity) I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God and King of the Kings of Ethiopia" (Ethiopia and Haile Selassie, Peter Schwab, editor, p. 11).

Erasmus (a root name) means "loveable"

Shall we explore the meaning of RA?

NERO-BILL

EMAIL, 1/6/00 11:10:12 PM Pacific Standard Time: I do not know who to write ....but maybe someone can pass it on...TO THE PROPER person. I do not have a scanner as I have WEBTV, but if a copy of a bust of Nero and a picture of Clinton can be overlaid...you will see they look like twins....Clinton 's family can be, and has been traced back to Nero's family....You can get the facts and pictures from

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Article By: Gary Stearman, Associate Editor

Vol 16 Number 5..May 1996