Editorial
II5KY IAWCH UVISITED
Behind the Time«
Michael Burgess
Dev. Hull» 1
Depending on i»xv you k x * a t t i l e , n x -d ic a l
S cience t t * * a n o th e r le a p in a<xne d i r e c t i o n la s t
• th in I ' i t t b u rg h .
Nn, I t w a .n 't a c u re fo r
A IL 6 , o r c a n c e r, o r th e ounnan c o ld .
I t w a s n 't
trie i s o l a t i o n o f sune k in k in th e g e n e tic c h a in
th a t p r ix liiip c x - s us t o th e seven d e a d ly s in s .
i t was c i v i l i z a t i o n ' s second baboon l i v e r
t r a n s p la n t .
Cue th e fa n fa r e .
To p re v e n t m is u n d e rs ta n d in g , th e s u r g ic a l
te a r th a t p e rfo rm e d t h i s m ir a c le o f h e a lin g was
n o t mad«- up o f v e t e r in a r ia n s .
The p t(*ce d u re was
n o t a s t i r r i n g exam ple o f one p rim a te s p e c ie s
p re s e rv in g th e l i f e o f a n o th e r. The h a in o n was
a ill«." r .
In m e d ic a l te r m * , t h i s means he was
m e r c if u lly d ru g g e d I» -fo re «xv o f h is v i t a l o r -
)ans was s lic e d fro m h is t» *ly w ith o u t h is c o n s e n t.
S cie n ce m arches o n , som etim es w e a rin g jack
boot s .
The jx d n t o f th e o p e r a tio n , and who w ould
d tx ib t th e r e must be o n e , was t o e x te n d th e l i f e
o f a 62 year o ld human s u f f e r i n g th e f i n a l s ta g e s
f h e p a titis .
Hail th e r e Ix-en any o th e r hope, a
h a t*« n tr a n s p la n t w ould have l»-«n to o g re a t a
r is k .
Th»- o n ly o th e r tim e i t was t r i e d , th e
{<at le n t d i d n ' t make i t .
T r y , t r y a g a in .
"The p a t ie n t t o le r a t e d the- p ro c e d u re w e l l , ”
,<w o f th e s u r g ic a l team announced s h o r t ly a f t e r .
’• m-nt io n was •.»)<• 1 th e tia tx ju n 's ¡ u s f o f x - r a -
t l v e c o n d it io n . J u s t as * * 1 1 .
Hail h is f r ie n d s
an«l I o r i l y been n o t i f i e d , i t w.*uld have w a n t
u s e le s s s u f f e r in g .
On«- n e e d n 't he H ith e r T h e re sa , o r even a f r e s h ”
nun p h ilo s o p h y s tu d e n t, to sense h u m a n ity may
have ta k e n a wrong t u r n . Or t o wonder i t o u r
n o tio n o f e n lig h te n e d s e l f in t e r e s t w i l l be
enough t o je t us th ro u g h th«- n ig h t .
S in c e l i t t l e g<x*l comes to r n w al lo w in g in
g u i l t , a s id e l i r a
r e s o lu t io n never t o du what
caused i t a g a in , l e t ' s fo r g e t about th e f*abr*in.
Ig n o re fo r a m r e n t t h e n i n t e l l i g e n c e , t h e i r
' V i a l n a tu r e , t h e n f«?er b o n d in g ,md m a tin g
h a b it s , t f v - n f i e r c e d e fe n se o f home and o f f -
p r in g , ami th« near g e n e tic i d e n t i t y between
n it« » o n ami us th a t q u a l i f i e s them as p o t e n t i a l
1 jan >
I . ! -r g«-f t h a t , had tin I k H i m o f r<m
P i t t b u rg h
: (» ••«) d ru g g e d , i t w ould have ta ke n
more th a n a few b lo w -d r u-d surgeons t o h a w d r a g
ged him s h r ie k in g ami th r a s h in g t o th e o p - r a t in g
t a b le wh< r e , l i k i s« i- r i t u a l s a c r i f i c e , h is l i w r
w o u ld 1« t i n , s t i l l p u ls in g , 1n
hi
body.
S k ip a l l t h i s f<>r a nxm ent, o r at le a s t t r y .
I t ' s not tlx - l>af»xxi we sh o u ld weep l o r .
The
tia fx x o , r e s t h is s p i r i t , i s dead.
I I w*- m o r n
a t a l l , we tx -u lil mourn th e l i v i n g who fe a r d e a th
enough t o m i l a n o th e r on th e s lim chance i t m ig h t
I«- p o s tp o n e d . T here has been, i t w ould seem, same
h o r r ltd « - m su n d e r s ta n d in g .
ftecent r e p o r ts in d ic a te th a t th e b a t o n ' s l i w r
1 tx iin g i ' je c t ' 1 t»y tlx - t« « ly o f a human wtx» had
62 years, t o fo n d e r h is purpose and p la c e in th in g s ,
ne o n ly p ra y s th a t th e u n iv e rs e g r a n ts b o th he
aid the s u r g ic a l team enough tim e t o g e t th«- p o in t .
Now & Then
As you read this v e have a new
president And as you might
remember, the Edge, in its first issue
endorsed Jerry Brown and promoted
his efforts (We printed his 800 ■ and
were the only paper in Oregon to print
his thoughts on the issues in his own
words )
We fina lly did, sort of. recommend
anyone but Bush And are hopeful
that the new president (is that
supposed to be capitalized? who
says?) w ill be of some help with the
work we the people have to do
(Ross Perot did not invent the phrase )
And we think that he should know
that there are folks, here on the Upper
Left Edge, who often ask themselves
the question in our headline this
month
Mr president my friend. Mary
Ann. had an idea fa dream.in truth)
that she could see you w ith a book in
your hand, a unique book, handmade,
hand w ritte n by children, older
people, people who are disabled, or
can l w rite loo well, or in English
people who are doing okay and
getting along pretty well, but think
they could help if they knew' who to
talk to People who w rite poetry and
draw pictures and sing songs People
w ith ideas, dreams and visions for
our country
As we know, visions and dreams
can t enter the physical plane without
the help of others to make them real
So meetings were held and an event
was planned to create the book
The chaos that is dreams and
w inter and life struck and at the last
minute, nothing happened
Almost everything was donated, so
nobody lost money, everybody lost
some time, but we all lost a little
dream up here on the l eft FdRe Tha'
book in the hands of Our
President* (I capitalize for obvious
reasons here )
So
we were thinking that it
would he nice
not a telegram, or a
FAX, or a letter w riting campaign
but a book, we like books
Bonnie Dasse said she would bind
the pages, she does wonderful work*
If you would like to see that book
in Bill s bookcase or on H illary s
hearth, you might want to w rite or
draw something and get it to Mary
Anne Radmacher-Hershey
Box 856 Cannon Beach. OR 97110
(5 0 3 )4 3 6 2 8 5 4 And (if you must)
FAX *503 435-0924 and maybe we
can see a dream in the hands of our
leader Now is a good time, and you
are a good person, and we need all
the help we can get
H rn iu B T
Editor P u b liib w Th«
Be loved lev B illy
Graphic* t)«p( C E O and
A n t Editor Sally Lack*!!
laproviaaiional F.nginar
Dr Karkeye*
Munc Director and In hou««
W ild lile Spei i i l t i t Peter
'Spud Si«««l
Voice of Sanity Michael
Bur
Envifonaental Consullanl
Kathleen K ru tb ai
Foreign Cor re* pond an t B ill
Wickland
Nevport N evi Alex
LaFellete
Correspondent e large Soup
Contributor* Peter Lindiey,
edgl I
The A d vertisin g Policy o f the Edge it
th at v e try to let o u r readers know v h a i
business«» or events out th e re are
v o r th v h ile and if the people r u n n in g
the business o r th r o v in g the e v e n t like
v h a t v e do in the Edge th ey give us
m oney $20 a m onth is great o r more if
you can a ffo rd it o r need e it r a space
Classified ads are still $S and subiecl to
abuse as a lv a y s A ll ad copy and checks
should be recieved by the Edge by the
15th of the m onth A c /o rr you v a n l the ad
to appear
Subscriptions are still $10 fo r a y e a r s
v o r th of the Edge
Bonnie Lively. To«
Carlion, Cart Hanoi. Wendy
Vorce. Old Uncle to «
Cobb ley and all
John F. Kennedy
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seekin g h ill out and a p p ro v in g
o f such sm ut? h is in v e s tig a tiv e
w r it in g still stands solid and
cred ib le A ctu ally B ill h eard o f
the W YR issue made the
co n n ectio n between WYR and the
B re a k th ro u g h
F o u n d alio n /E S T /F o ru m etc and
contacted me II was his
know ledge and e ip e rie n c e th at
alerted us to w hat we w ere d ealin g
w ith and opened th e doors to
contacts aro u n d the nation th at
supplied the docum entation w h ic h
has made it possible to block - fo r
the tim e being d evelo p m en t of
WYR as o r ig in a lly intended
W h ile v e may not ap p ro ve o f the
e n tir e co n ten t o f PDXS v e owe a
debt o f gratitu d e to Bill Redden fo r
his personal in te g rity v h ic h v as
illu s tra te d in his in v e s tig a tio n and
lo u rn a lis m in v o lv in g the W estern
Youth Ranch T h a n k you B ill" 1
Bob A tkin s
OusOr
A lb ert J Beveridge
When we got into office, the thing
that surprised me most was to find
that things were just as bad as we'd
been saying they were.
mito a
meeting? and gatherings for
In freein g peoples .. our country's
blessing w ill also come, for p ro fit
follows righteousness
Are You Afraid of (he IRS?
P iia s i
A note o f th a n k s to B ill Redden
on h is a rtic le about th e W estern
Youth R anch The a rtic le
eip ressed th e view s and the
c o n cern s o f people opposed to the
W YR p ro g ram as proposed The
issues o f at risk youth and
a ffo rd a b le housing are con cern s
o f people both fo r and against
WYR It is the p ackag in g of
c e rta in com ponents in to the
p ro g ra m and the m isleading
prom otions of the protect th a t has
been opposed
F o llo w in g its o rig in a l
ap p earan ce in PDXS the a rtic le
was re p rin te d in The U pper L eft
Edge published in Cannon Beach
and d istrib u ted 00 the c e n tra l and
n o rth e rn po rtio n s of the Oregon
Coast W h ile th e re was some
m en tio n of R ill s a rtic le in the
Newsguard and the Newstimes it
waa p rin te d m its e n tire ty in The
U p p er L eft Edge and w ill probably
have a fo llo w up in m onths to
come
W h ile B ill Redden has been
c ritic ize d fo r the a d v e rtis in g
c a rrie d in PDXS and I have been
rid ic u le d o p en ly at several
I
M ore s tu ff
So, what does this mean. If not me. who. if
not now. when? Well, it means that m a
Democracy we are required to participate
if we want it to work We are at the
beginning of a new Presidency in
Washington, a new Legislature in Salem,
and a new Congress But the same old
bunch of voters us So. if we want to see
the much touted changes come about, it is
up to us to change our way of dealing w ith
our Government We must participate in
the process if we want to see results The
Religious Right has shown that a few
dedicated people can make a lot of
difference, either for good or ill if they
organize and participate They have taken
a page from the Civil Rights fights of the
Sixties and used them m the Anti Abortion
Rights Cause of the Nineties If the folks,
who call themselves Liberals or
Progressives, are w illing to go to the
stupid meetings and get out in the rain,
and go door to door, and get on the phone,
and network, and w rite their
Congresspeople. or Schoolboards. or Editors
They have a chance to get the ideas they
support made into the Law of the Land,
otherwise, we would suggest you catch up
on your Bible cause the hardest working
most dedicated Political Force in the
history of this country is set on rew riting
the Constitution, and including everything
from Genesis to Revelations*
A WORD TO THE WISE AND WORRIED GET
TO WORK*!!!