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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1996)
VIEWPOINTS FDifOfUALS OPINIONS IHTfRS TO THE fOlTQR Leaders can’t remember; lawyers just plain stupid ■ OUR OPINION Lawyers and politicians are defining the word 'dumb' "The tmth is out!hurts We've just got to find It." Rep Wise Cooley, the belea guered (ht?gon Congress man. said in a rw enl pres* omionimx Wait a minute, what's this "we" stuff? Cooley is in worse shape than any of us thought if the man can't figure out how to navigate his way beck to the world of telling the truth all by himself This Is a grown man talking here' And apparently one who not only needs to get out of office Immediately, hut on*> who could benefit from some professional counsel nig as soon as he does loave office While Cooley is in deep political trouble and will probably bn looking for a different career soon, he and his staffers should realise the incredible opportunity that exists for Cooley in the field of magic Tliough no photographer was able to capture it on film. Cooley stood before that room full of people in Medford, elevated himself, and promptly stuffed both of his feet in his mouth. During the show in Med ford on Tuesday, Conley Culled other rhetorical mb it* out of his hat as he addressed about 1 $0 jour nalists and political sup* (KMlars (probably moreTike 147 journalists and throe supporters! to try and answer some of the ques tions and allegations that have dogged him for the past month or so If Cooley somehow sur vives his current "truth telling crista.- h«i urnid protuibly win an award for Ix'itiK the mail ehxpient of • variation on the words marie famous by Ronaid Korean during lhe Iran-Contra hearings. “I don't remember" (the truth or the farts, that is) But the Republicans aren't the only one# suffering from memory loss or lama am us as Analysts are predicting CUtica] and legal trouhliM President Clinton, hi* wife and aide# as a result of Tuesday's Whitewater guilty verdicts for two of the presi dent's former business part ners and Arkansas Gov )im Guy Tucker. Adding to Clin ton’s political embarrass ment was Tucker's immediate resignation — turned in Just hours after the Arkansas jury's decision. Add to this the renewed interest in a political blun der made by Clinton's lawyer about the Paula lone# sexual harassment suit, and a recipe for scorched presidential aspi ration* could very well lie served up in November. The Republican National Com mittee jumped all over a brief filed by Robert Bennett that < out part*! a request for a delay in the lawsuit against Clinton, commander in chief of the military, to she kind of delay that active duty servicemens burs are entitled to under the Sol diers' and Sailors' Relief Act. As for a second Republi can Revolution, it probably won’t hapjien. The GOP seems to have an incredible talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory — as they learned when (kmrge Bush failed in his try for « second term P*»l MM Ml ftrt'lMMMJ AND /f ANVONB OBJECTS TO TNE UNION Of THESE TWO /H&V L£TW«MSP€A)C>*^ OP EOftEVB' MAy / have />»cKed apj A BAD r "1 LOCATl L.OCAT io*f .UtCT/0* /vfM> SAX) nx? Energy wasted on political correctness "A* long at you know that mmt nten ore chil dren you know everything' — Gabnelle 'Coco" Chanel In my life, IV# only known tout men of integrity; *11 three of them taught m# what It mean* lobe • man of principle, honor and morality with a passionate hne for hit fami ly. friend* *ml conviction* All at them taught mm there things unintentionally, anil I teamed from their action*, the only way worth learning 1 atili have a long way to go fanfare I am call nsvrelf um at thore men During my 21 year*, it** pathetic that I’ve only met four main* who truly deserve to call them relvo* men l‘tn |u*t fortunate that one of them 1* my hither Mow gentle made*, you mult be wondering what the hail I'm trying to get at and why I've managed to leave out the more intelligent of the spec ie* Real simple — I'm going to eparw about male* and then perhaps get on to talking about overall paranoia on this campus in genera! So start calling me a resist bastard now and get it out of the way After all. 1 may pnrt use that moat heinous of sexual epithet*, "bimbo.'' again It seem* there's a wee bit of an uproar about a certain group of Christians invading Autren Sta drum and throwing one hell of a shindig com plete with dope, sheep, booxe and free love ail around Uh whoop*, sorry, that'* the Oregon t «Htn<r> lair No kid*. if» the ProuM ktMjw*, those who unapologetijally label themselves “Men of Integrity " These guy* travel from stadium to cold-out stadium preaching the gospel of men. becoming better men to then wive*, family, and the Almighty. I hate to be a cynic, but you don't become a better man |ust because you spend 55 bucks to cry and be intimate with 40.000 other guys, then say you'll be nice to the kid* and the Mrs now. But enough about that It seems that certain member* of our community aren't too pleased about these guys fearin' it up at Autzen. They claim the Promise Keepers are homophobes and that they are discriminatory to women True, the founder of the Promise Keepers was caught with his nious foot in his mouth in 1992 wham he stated that “homosexuality is an abom ination of Almighty God.“ He didn't My this at a Promise Keeper* confcrmue. so the organization claims it is not anti-homosexual. However, the Third Promise of ihe Promise Keepers is to he sexually pure, whatever that may be. So I had a chat with Promise Keepers state manager Dennis Blevins After multiple Scripture quotes, he finally said that the Third Promise relates to adultw and thinking about other* In a lustful manner fa* one's own selfish indulgence*. He went on to stale that the Promise keeper* do not condemn homosexuality So we have the urgent cation saying imc thing while the founder Is say ing quite another Htnm... As to the Promise Keepers' view of taking charge of the family and leading it, every mar riage that l have sewn work involves both ih«t husband and the wife leading I the family — a* equal* You ju#t don't go home and atari dominating the wife. She'll I luck your a** — straight out I the door. But as to women not being invited, so what? What'* wrong with men getting together for a little male bonding? Would all thi* happen if the Boy Seoul* held a jamboree? They're all male, supposedly religious and do weird things (tuch a* run mug arounu nan naked. ttmiming. covartra in mud and looking like something out of Lord of the Flu**) I was a Boy Scout, and that'* where I learned what real men were, Of course, it took longer than just one weekend If men need to get together few support then why the uproarT 1 don't aae people getting their panties in a snit about the Women's Center (Whoop*, touched the wrong sacred cow. J If there were a Men's Center (then? was a fight about this a while back}, it would hit the fan Men don't need men for support Keep your problems to yourself; the local bar is your sup port group A fellow columnist got blasted repeatedly by critics (mostly women) for espousing his views on certain women's issues. His critics state that lanatiM- he's not a woman, he has no idea what lie's talking about. When the idea of a Men's Center come* up. those same critics (again most ly women) go off cm how men have no need for such a place Oh really? Well now, 1 am so glad they were kind enough to enlighten us males as much as Mr. Cunningham has enlightened the women on this campus. Gee. Ms Pot. what color was that kettle again? This isn't about a Men's Center, or the Women's Canter, or even the damn Promise Keepers. It's about realising what you really need to waste your energy on. Everyone on this campus has this holier-than-thou mentality. Everyone has to he politically correct, and everyone is paranoid that he or she will break this holiest of dogmas l could care lees if any one on this campus brands me as a sexist or anything else The crap and the paranoia that goes on here doesn’t fly in the real world. As soon as we ail realise that, maybe we will finally alt get along /esse / Bohrwr CUtncy. a senior majoring in bio chemistry. is a columnist for the Emerald E-mail jbclancygtgfadslone uoregotredu
