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their disdain for consistency
and waiver along the pathway
of special interests. Not so with
our president incumbent. He
has shown that he can "stay the
course" and not have to adjust
his values to a statistical poll.
Jerry Sybers
Political Science
Straight talk
Response to Dan Goulet:
It was interesting that you
chastised Mondale and Carter
for their "not teaching the
Soviets a lesson" attitude con
cerning human rights violations
and the attack of Afghanistan.
What kind of lesson were you
thinking of, Dan? A nuclear
lesson, or perhaps a more subtle
conventional land invasion of
the Soviet Union? What if the
Soviets took on the self
righteous attitude of teaching us
a lesson concerning our
genocidal policies in Latin
America (Nicaragua under
Somoza, Chile, El Salvador, and
Guatemala)? This kind of obtuse
diplomacy would lead to one
thing in short order — extinc
tion of the species.
You also mentioned in your
letter the indifference of Mon
dale and Carter to opposing the
Khmer pouge of Cambodia. I'd
like to point out that it was U.N.
Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick
who endorsed Pol Pot’s Khmer
Rouge because of their express
ed malevolence to the Republic
of Vietnam. Kirkpatrick is cur
rently one of Reagan's pet con
fidants on Central American
foreign policy.
Your perception of Mondale’s
indifference to non-ethical prac
tices world wide seems to fall
short, in view of Reagan's
massive military endorsements
of virtually every fascist dictator
in the hemisphere. Concerning
South Africa's fierce oppres
sion, he doesn’t merely show
indifference to that country’s
policies but praises them as
"one of our greatest friends and
allies."
in regards to your egregious
statement that 95% of all
human rights violations occur
at the hands of left wing death
squads, I suggest you consult
Amnesty International, the Red
Cross, Americas Watch or any
other non-partisan human
rights organization before con
sulting the Springfield Bingo
Club.
Gerry Rempel
Eugene
Vote no on 2
We, the student body presi
dent representatives from the
13 community colleges of
Oregon, express deep concern
over the effects that Proposition
2 would have on public educa
tion in our state.
Proposition 2, which would
cut back property taxes to 1981
levels and have tax limitations
far below inflation rates, would
mean revenue cuts of up to
30%. The passage of such a
measure would result in
massive layoffs, program cuts,
and possible closures.
Community colleges play a
vital role in the economic
development and security in
Oregon. Job training and educa
tional opportunities are provid
ed to hundreds of thousands of
people each year. We believe
that not only is this basic con
tinued support essential to the
economy, but to the general
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social welfare of Oregonians as
well.
We recognize the importance
of creating an effective tax-relief
program for property owners,
but at the same time feel that
this measure is not the needed
solution and that it would
create grave hardship that
would be felt for many years to
come.
We appeal to the students and
citizens of Oregon to support
the future security of education
by voting against Proposition 2.
Let us work together in continu
ing to build a better Oregon
through quality education.
Cindy Weeldreyer
President,
Lane Community
College Student Body
Getting a rise
I wish to respond to Ron Mu
nion’s defense of the rights of
military recruiters on this cam
pus. I did not witness the
“chaos” in EMU last week to
which he refers, but I have seen
similar occurrences in the past.
It is guaranteed that this activity
will get a rise out of people, and
1 believe it should.
. Students, like all other
Americans today, can ill afford
to remain indifferent to the drift
in this country toward
militarism and away from social
priorities. Personally, I consider
this drift very frightening,
because many lives are at stake.
Mr. Munion likes to call the
protestors of the Marine
recruiters “reactionaries” and
“zealots.” Frankly, I have a lot
of respect for people who act on
their convictions — something
very few “liberals” ever do. In
my opinion people who "hold
their noses but allow others the
right to choose as they wish
without interference” are of lit
tle more benefit toward ceasing
the current military madness in
America than are the Marine
recruiters themselves!
The Marines are not just
another group on our campus.
They are a blatant symbol of the
re kindled spirit in America to
police the globe in order to
assure that all nations bow
down to our demands. Vietnam
was the result of the previous
wave of military madness. It’s a
shame today's students are too
young to appreciate the impact
of that war on a whole genera
tion of college students and on
the lives of those who had to
fight it.
Scott Kerlin
Industrial Relations
Don’t just talk
I saw a letter to the Eugene
Register-Guard (Oct.2) which
said that the present county
commissioner for South Eugene
wants 50% of all the county
boards and commissions to be
women.
If he really believes that, why
wait for the November election
to change things? He should
resign now and let his oppo
nent, Tonie Nathan, take his
place immediately. We have
five men on the board of com
missioners and no women. It’s
time for a change. Let’s elect
Tonie Nathan.
Leah Rosson
Eugene
Lesson to learn
.
When the Sidle Commission
first convened to negotiate new
provisions for press representa
tion following the invasion of
Grenada (from which the press
was banned), few national news
media personnel seriously ques
tioned its authority, its integri
ty, or its intentions.
For those who did, and for the
numbskulls who were too
caught up in their own self
interests to see that a very broad
and dangerous precedent would
inevitably emerge from that
Commission, the Pentagon now
has an answer.
That answer is just one or two
short of censorship: but it is
definitely new management.
With the unfortunate sanction
of the nation’s top media ex
ecutives — one of whom was
twice the former boss of the
Commission’s chairman when
both were military information
officers in Vietnam — the Pen
tagon can now control "who
says what to whom and with
what effect,” when and where it
damn well pleases (given, of
course, another Crenada-like
invasion).
Let this be a lesson to the na
tion’s press, and let them
punish themselves in advance
for what will undoubtedly be
the disastrous outcome of such
a policy.
Never, EVER negotiate a con
stitutional freedom with the
government of the U.S.; for, as
surely as Dan Rather works for
CBS, you will never gain from
such a negotiation.
Daniel Holden
Journalism
Sluggishness
What is this uproar that Fritz
Mondale, the Soviet Union’s
candidate for U.S. President,
has made about the Honorable
President Reagan’s desertion of
the Democratic Party? Mondale
claims that Reagan, who work
ed on the campaigns of famous
Democrats as Franklin
Roosevelt and Harry Truman,
demonstrated inconsistency in
deserting his friends to join the
“right.”
A careful look, however, at
the present Democratic platform
explains precisely why Reagan
changed his party affiliation.
The Socialist platform of 1928
has been entirely included
within the present Democratic
platform of 1984.
Not even F.D.R., left of center
politically as he was, dared en
dorse sexual perversion in pro
mising benefits to homosexuals
so they might promote their
lifestyle as a ‘‘viable
alternative.”
Now Mondale's saying that
deficit spending is bad five
years after he said it was good
for a sluggish economy. And he
ought to know about sluggish
economies, considering he and
Jimmy were in charge of caus
ing one.
Reagan is not perfect — no
man can be. But the man is a
whole lot better than his oppo
nent and the “now” Democratic
Party. Mondale had better root
up some other trivial issue to
get the average American’s
vote, because all he has now is
the vote of the social parasite.
Reagan has the vote of the
honest working man and
woman who are individualists,
not followers of the bread
machine.
Dan Goulet
, Journalism
Please leave
After reading your repeated
attacks on the President, I find
myself with a much clearer pic
ture of the Emerald staff. A pic
ture that is not, I am sorry to
say, one of journalists who take
pride in their country and its in
stitutions but instead a picture
of those who are quick to find
fault with America and
negligent in praising its many
virtues.
In a continuing series of
editorials, you have made it
clear that America’s refusal to
give away its freedom is offen
sive to you and that the Presi
dent’s refusal to act in a con
ciliatory manner towards the
Soviets is also offensive.
1 am sorry to see that your will
to freedom has been replaced by
a pathetic fear of what risks that
freedom may bring you in the
future. When you dismiss Presi
dent Ronald Reagan’s remarks
on the nature of the Soviet
Union out-of-hand, you expose
only your ignorance of recent
political and military history.
When the President names
the Soviets “godless” you
laugh and ignore their constant
policy of religious repression.
When the President has the
courage to name the Soviet Em
pire as “evil” you immediately
forget their brutal expansion in
to Africa, Asia, Central America
and continued oppression in
Eastern Europe.
The Soviets have always been
dedicated to the idea of world
peace — the peace of slavery.
They prove it everyday in
Eritrea, Angola, and
Afghanistan.
If slavery is your dream, if
you love security so much,
there is nothing more to say to
you. But there is no room in a
free country for enemies of
freedom. One of our freedoms is
the freedom to leave... please
do.
Clint Raster
Sigma Nu Fraternity
17
Thank Reagan
Thanks to my father, who
served 22 years in the U.S. Air
Force, I am now a card-carrying
U.S. military dependent.
Taking advantage of this
distinction, 1 went in August to
Edwards A.F.B. in Southern
California. I arrived on the
flightline at 5:30 a.m. and walk
ed to the edge of the Mojave
Desert. Minutes later, a sonic
boom shattered the morning
silence and the sun slowly
peaked above the horizon with a
warm brilliance. Soon
thereafter the newest American
space shuttle dropped from the
sky and came to a perfect lan
ding. It was an exhilarating
moment!
This week we’ve seen another
space shuttle launch, two
American women in space, and
the first flight of a Canadian
astronaut. The space shuttle is
more than a symbol of progress,
it is an instrument of interna
tional peace and cooperation.
As a young American, I am
proud of President Ronald
Reagan, who not only supports
the space shuttle program, but
also respects our men and
women in uniform.
Walter Mondale, on the other
hand, has consistently opposed
the space shuttlte program, both
as senator and vice president.
Now as a candidate for this na
tion’s highest office, he attracts
supporters like those in the
EMU lobby who would deny
men and women the right to
serve their country with pride
and respect.
The choice is clear. The
leadership of Ronald Reagan is
working for America. On Nov.
6, the president gets my vote.
Eric Stillwell
Political Science
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