EDITORIAL
While country waited,
Bush assigned blame
Oh come on!
Tragedies are supposed to bring out the best and
the worst in people. And when something as horrific as
the Rodney King beating verdic t and subsequent urban
violence occurs, people look to their leaders for guid
ance.
This time, there wasn’t any — just a blatant case of
passing the buck to make up for one’s own shortcom
ings.
To be specific. George Bush toured riot-stricken
Ia>s Angeles last wcrek. People expected him to say
something — anything — that might alleviate the pain
of the moment. The entire country looked to Bush, in a
time of endless campaigning, to prove his presidential
timber.
lie didn't.
Instead of offering solutions. Bush laid blame Not
on himself, to be sure, or his predecessor. Ronald Rea
gan No. Bush had to go way back to the 'tills. saying
the riots wore the offspring of < ivil rights-era social
welfare programs
Maybe George should i hot k his own bat kvard be
fore trying to blame others for the racial problems of
this country. First of all, during the 12 years he has
been a part of the Oval Office team, the country's poor
have become poorer while Ins elite cohorts in business
have seen their fortunes increase
Then there was the rac ist Willie Morton campaign
trick m HJflH. And don't forget his politic al decision to
try and snutl a civil rights hill, labelling it a quota
measure and further dividing the country into rac ial
camps
Yes. the- president did later speak about racial bar
many, and he promised a whole slew of urban pro
grams But that was after he had seen the result of his
and Reagan’s inaction — 12 years of neglect and hop
ingthe problem would just magic ally disappear
Sorry. Mr Pres That just isn’t going to happen
Words seem shallow in trying to describe Bush s
"blame it on the Democ rats" political philosophy
Once again. Bush and Go. have proved the\ are out of
touch with the Americ an public Not only does the cur
rent (hal Office resident have no idea what people
urban or rural want, he doesn't seem to mm h rare
Bush, in the head', vapors of the moment {and to
salvage his re-election bid) will probably propose- a
new urban policy Perhaps it will become the- "War on
Poverty " or get some other banal title But it it follows
the 12-year trend of Republican social programs.
Bush’s plan will be as effective ,ls u geriatric, tooth!- s
tiger.
What is needed is a drastic change in priorities If
anything good can come out of the- L A. riots, it will be
the enlightenment of the American public , which has
been blinded to the country’s ills tor a long time This
administration and the last one dumped SGi 1 million
into a St.ir Wars X ray laser that doesn’t work Is it too
much to ask to redirec t those funds into urban pro
grams?
Given Bush and Co.’s track record, it probably is
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Damage
i v\,;til(l like to OVtl'Ild tin
I hi si iii. I i thanks to Hri.its Hnop
inr breaking Klllilmu ill I ho
!-1-£11• r.ii Building on April it)
As nr) elm tod representative
ui the studonts of the Uni verst
tv. I'm sure ho did the right
thing It is comforting to know
tli.it mv t iv dollars will ho
spin! not on useless sot ml pro
grams. but on repairing the
damage ho and the mob i aused
Support violence lor peace
Jim Ward
History
Pride
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Stall's
As .1 nation «r llil vi- !i
iji --.in. i other nations who do
not sutisi ntx* 'u llu- values we
InjIil dear
U i- has i- h; Uni inn< » i-nts in
tin- names 11! demur rac v anil
i-i unortiW control
\\ i haw oppressed with his
i rimittatlnn and imprudent
and we have ignored the ram
pant pain and suffering
\s ,i nation we are teaching
uur i hildrvn to he proud Amer
leans
Ametuans who are proud to
i i mdesnn hi i I. oppress arid ig
note
Darren Flugge
Eugene
More hip
Siuneh.idy remind me to get
■ i measure in next year's elis
lions that vs til put more hip
statues on this campus I’m
tired o( guvs with muskets
Let's put Ihelonius Monk on
the pedestal and Charles
Mingus where that uglv vellovs
thing is in the courtyard
Jeltrey A Hawkins
Student
They deliver
ri ree uds to a Setter that ap
peared in the limrruld slum
rr. rig the post office because 1)1
its disservice id not offering
the mthi i liie ex i, i amount of
.hinge she wanted Sue Bright
' isi- tnt . -
itiut tin' post offit ii is not in ttu'
banking business, .inti have a
i:tt!(* empathy for what tfii'v
h.ivu to endure on .1 dailv basis
l! tin- jiost.ll I'ttljlloyi'I’S Wort'
to tutor to ovoryont' regarding
till- baiigf thov w anted, thoy'd
In- spending all their limn run
ning In the bank for change,
thus h.aving to c lose down uni'
ol liii sorvii 1 • windows, treat
trig loss sort H i! in that aroa
Considoring what thov have
to (ml up w ith. 1 fool they do a
remarkable job with a posltivo
attitude They am oboorful.
iioijdul and cooperative w bon
extended this sumo courtesy
Ihov shouldn't hate to take
verbal abuso from tin- publii
I fool thov perform tlioir du
in -, faithfully, accurately and
with mi:r#- patiom o than most
g. t on tin- tillin' ctrt u distances
Janet Vidito
Eugene
Fund
IJ.- ir fellow protesters
A fumi has tieen opened at
t S It,ink.. H1U Hast 13th Avu .
to collet ! nmni'V to help pay fur
the windows which we broke
last week I will keep the ui
i ount. named "The Window
l und." open for 30 days, then
pay everything in it to the glass
repair contractor The account
number is 1 (MOOO()3HO
You can mail donations to
the bank at P.O Boy 3347, Eu
gene, M7403 I can be contacted
at Box 03013, University of Or
rgon
Peggy Maddock
Eugene
Make right
To those who destroyed the
banner
Your cause is pist and point
well taken Diversity and ac
ceptunc r are important factors
in our soc ioty But to coin a
phruse. kindly practice what
you preach
The banner was not about dt
versits It was about the Uni
versity summer program If
v ■ . d read it you'd have
known that
l 'ertain lac es whic h w ere 11)
c hided m the summer session
hurt; .'.mild no! be printed
on tin- banner due to technii al
difficulties If you'd asked,
you'd have known !ha! also
I liked the banner I liked il
be, a use among all the bicker
ing around here, it said some
thing positive Those employed
by the University to create it
did not intend anything nega
live By the University code,
they could not have
1 would like to see the banner
r i d: sp I V ed is it . now so all
may look and know what vast
a ci e p I a n < e We h a v i here
Win -i another, more politically
coned banner is produced, at
the i os! ot you who destroyed
the first one, it should !«• hung
;n the old one's place
i his nit idem reeks ol closed
mindedness and censorship
Make light what you have dom
vs rung
John L Poppin
English
No better
And justice lor <111 unless vuu
disagree vs 1111 the verdic t Last
week, the sel f -appointed ( )re
gull supreme court went to the
federal Building and started
smashing windows l'his was
done because thev did not
agree with the Kodnev king
i erdii 1
i was not at the trial, so I'm
nut going to tr\ and convince
Vou the verdict was the right
one But the mentality ol Ore
gun's self appointed supreme
court taking the law into its
own hands puls them equal to
police officers that designate
themselves judge, jury and exe
cutioner You're no better than
they are!
I! the sell-appointed supreme
court is not charged with de
struction of federal property,
can I be equally hypocritical
and smash their windows'
Where does the violence
end ' If we lived "all eye for an
eve and a tooth for a tooth, we
would all lie blind anti tooth
less" (fiddler) This is why we
have a court system Stop being
do damn hypocritical The
Kodnev king "case" is not
over Truth and justice w ill pre
vail i! we m ike it
Mike Pritchard
Student