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Wednesday, May 23, 201‘2
The Clackamas Print j
W ildm an
says ‘the
power is
yours’
By Isaac Soper
Arts & Culture Editor
We all should give ourselves
a nice big pat yon the back,
because we have made great
steps in the direction o f utterly
destroying , our ipianet. We’ve
giyen M other Nature the fin
ger and thrown our smoldering !
cigarette butts in her face.
The G ulf of Mexico dead-
zone, thè G ulf o f Mexico, oil spill
(do we hate the G ulf or what?); 1
the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
(an- island litter-àlly made out
o f trash th a t is estimated to be 1
the size o f the United States j
that floats in the N orth Pacific^
Gyre), the list goes on. We are J
good at What we do'.
Portland has been nariied
time and again as “America’s
Greenest City,” but what does
that really mean? Sure we have
com posting; we’re bicycle
friendly; ,we have a light rail
system. T hink of all of tne steps
that we’v e m a d e to thank and
protect the natural world. W hat ...
if I told you that what Earth
needs is for us to leave ,her the .
hell alone, not to build more ,
solar panels and Cat more sóy-
based products? The best thing
we can d o ,fot the world is to d
stop messing with her.
We liyei too large, and our |
livesare too big for our own
good. If we all worked and went l
to® school within a few miles .
o f where we lived, it would
be great, no need for cars or
airlines, bu t that’s not the case,
and dùe to companies like G M 1
and BP and all o f • the other
slifneballs with, an acronym, we ,
are going to continue raping the
Earth until she is dead. Maybe
w&ll get lucky and she’ll kill us
first with a huge natural disas
ter. I’m hoping for fire-whirls 5
(tornadoes made out o f fire)? * -
It doesn’t matter what side-of . 1
the fence you are op, 'whether
its the side o f chaining your
self to a tree to save a forest o r .
the side where you are burn- ?
ing down the rainforest with a
flamethrower the man With the ...
flamethrower will almost always
win. Sure you may ’not give up,
but you won’t look much differ- I
ent from braised lamb when he’s
done with you.
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Clackamette Park took place from M ay 18,- 20. M,
and carnival rides were available fo r fam ilies to enjoy
Above: Sierra Burk a n d Breanna
Borchard enjoy one o f the many rides
available during the festival.
Above Garrett Colwell catches
major air while pulling ajCTndy”
a t the skateboarding competition.
Right: Travis Williams (left) and
Dustin Lawrence (right), alongw ith
the rest o f ¿he local Clackamas band
Mosby, perform a t the festival.
Below: M ark M axwell a n d his son
Donnie check out the inflatable toy
stand a t the festival.