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Rabbits running in the ditch, beatniks out to make it
rich, must be he season of the witch." (old Donovan lyric).
Besides Halloween. October offers, a Friday the 13th, an
eclipse of the Sen, the en of daylight savings time, and
Hillary Clinton's 4^th birthday. Fun, huh?
Well, it seems that now Ex-Senator Packwood does
perhaps read the Edge. And now we must choose a
replacement. For Republicans the choice is between Norma
Paulus and a bunch of guys. ' Golden Gordon" Smith, God's
Own Yuppie has been endorsed by the OCA, and intends to
buy as many votes as possible. We urge all Rebulicans to
vote for Nonna in the primary.
So, where were we Updates. Bob Legg, banjo player and
full time hospital patient is recovering ti 'in an almost fatal
accident, but it will be a long road, so, a; in, music is made
by soft bodied humans, try to remember mat before you start
your motors.
Highways are a topic of interest here on the edge, in
small towns and large, from grid lock in Seattle, to the
westside by-pass in Portland, to the closure of 101 on the
coast. Your beloved editor's opinions of the internal
combustion engine and asphalt covered earth are well known
to our constant readers. But, for those of you just joining
us; We find it pathetic that our ability to get from point A
to point B, is based or, mnteeth century technology, and is
dictated by the petri chemical industry. Any deviation from
the one man, one oil burning, toxic spewing, honking,
chunk of Detroit iron or Tokyo aluminum, is fought to the
death- And it will be the death of us, if we let it. There is
no option, public transportation does not serve our area very
well, or yours either we would venture. Also, October 22,
Young James, your beloved reverend's son, turns 17 (please
send no presents, just fax your gold card number, he'll
manage the rest,) and is making noises about his own
mobility. And considering our local situation at the
northern exit (unsafe in any season) we have a certain
trepidation. So, we will remind our friends and family, use
the Sunset exit and entrance to Cannon Beach, until such
time as the wheels of government turn, and we know that
will not be nearly as fast as the log trucks rounding the
downhill curves.
Speaking of Government, it seems that Seaside City
Council has come up with a possible compromise with the
Sahallie folks, concerning their condo project. This is good,
not best, but better, and to the people of Seaside, good
work. That is what our headline is all about this month.
Here in Cannon Beach, we attended a talk by NCAP
(National Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides) where
we learned that our local fight to stop the spraying of 2-4D
in our watershed will be an up hill battle. Besides the fact
that recently passed State law forbids communities from
making any laws concerning pesticides, we found that
several other types of chemical that affect hormones and
immune systems are being used by the timber industry. It
is all perfectly safe according to the folks doing the tests, of
course we also learned that the labs that are used have broad
plus-minus range for chemicals that can be lethal in a very
narrow range. And of course testing is expensive so it isn t
done very often. So if any citizen is concerned they can pay
for their own test, which will not be very accurate. We are
reminded of a recent change in an Alabama law that required
the rape victim to pay for the examination required to prove
rape. Cheth and Andrea Rowe have started a group to get
testing done in our watershed, and we encourage their efforts,
but we are looking for a few good lawyers. When the
legislative branch of State Government is bought or
blackmailed by the petro-chemical industry, and the
executive branch fails to stand by its veto, the citizen has
only the judical left. We have offered several alternatives to
Cavenham's spraying, and have yet to hear anything but
business as usual. Dialogue requires two or more voices, so
speak up or tell it to the judge.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police'» Undeclared
War on the Defender» of the Shuiwap Nation
What the hell is going on in Canada?
Our upper-upper left edge friends seem to be going a little
bonkers recently, if the stuff we are hearing is true. It seems
the Native North Americans (the Shuswaps) are having
almost as much trouble in BC as AIM had at Wounded
Knee. Of course the same rules don’t apply. The American
FBI had to break the law to get it's business done, the
Mounties don't have any pesky Constitution or Bill of
Rights to worry about. From what little information is
getting out of Gustafsen Lake in British Columbia, we can
either think there are a bunch of radical terrorist renegades
trespassing on some poor guy's land, or the Mounties are
trying to crush a sovereignty movement amoung the
indigenous people of Canada. The Shuswaps cite a Royal
Proclamation of 1763 that states that native peoples
"should not be molested or disturbed" where their land has
not been ceded or purchased. And it seems the guy who's
land they are "trespassing" on can't seem to find his deed.
This situation which has been festering all over Canada, has
come to armed violence again. The word is the Suswaps
lawyer, Mr. Bruce Clark, is being held in a mental facility.
We assume the thinking goes, he must be crazy if he thinks
people are going to give their land away. He is also fond of
using phrases like, "fraud, treason and genocide" when
accusing the Canadian Governmentof, well, fraud, treason
and genocide. We are sorry we can't be more informative,
but information coming from the scene is scarce. If you
want to get involved, or just find out what the hell is going
on in Canada, we suggest trying one or more of the
following, depending on who you think will tell you the
truth.
Settlers In Support of Indigenous Soverigny, PO Box 8673,
Victoria, BC. Canada, V8X 3S2
Prime Minister Jean Christien
Room 3095
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A OA6
Minister of Indian Affairs - Ron Irwin
10 Wellington St.
Hull, Quebec K1AOA1
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The United States Ambasador to Canada
The President of the United States
The Queen of England and the Privy Council
The North Coast Support Group
Box 50
Cannon Beach, Or 97110
(503) 436-2420 (503) 436-0527
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The House Ways and Means Committee did a cute tax
thing last week. No surprise there. The boys and girls in
charge of deciding whose cow gets milked and whose ox gets
goared are forever doing cute things. Still, even for
Republicans, this one's a pip.
Without so much as a hearing, the Committee decided to
levy a 34% corporate tax on Indian gaming. The cavalry, in
business suits and taxpayer provided haircuts, has once again
come over the hill to save us from savages who have
something we want. It used to be land. Now it's money.
"It's about time this happened," squealed Donald Trump,
suddenly concerned with the concept of a level playing field.
The hundred or so tribes currently involved in gaming have
made the mistake of coming between a greedhead and his
money. Most notably the Pequots, whose casino in the
wilds of rural Conneticut is eating badly into Atlantic City
profits through the treachery of offering better odds. There
ought to be a law. Unless the Senate stops it, there will be.
Just because Democrats on the Committee call it the
"Trump Amendment" doesn't mean his Trumpness was
somehow able to unduly influence the United States
Government, or that he rides alone to defend innocent
corporations from the growing red menace. "Fifty governors
in 50 states oppose Indian gambling." Let's put on our
thinking caps and figure out why.
Donald Trunp, the fifty states, and now the federal
government, are in the same business. The one they put the
mob in jail for. Now the numbers racket and video poker
are no longer national threats and the government gets its
cut in corporate taxes. Meyer Lansky, eat your heart out.
Gambling in America is still a family business, a Las Vegas
wedding of those who make the laws and those who benefit
from them. This is still America and if Donald Trump has
to pay taxes then so, by golly, do the Indians.
Well no, not really. The states don’t pay taxes on
lotteries. The tribes are sovereign nations. One hundred and
fifty years of treaty law make this very clear. To levy
corporate taxes on tribal gaming revenues amounts to
declaring tribes a business rather than a state. If there's
room in the Constitution for this, it's not just Donald
Trump who's in trouble. And it's not just Indian gaming
that's being attacked.
It's a great year for Indian fighting, unless you happen to
be an Indian or anyone else with more conscience than a
used car salesman. The well-fed cavalry of the Great White
Fathers, Gingrich and Dole, is hard at work burning the
Bureau of Indian Affairs to the ground. A 25% cut in the
budget. The grinding poverty in America's third world is
about to get worse. So is what's left of our national honor.
Listen to Slade Gorton, U.S. Senator from Washington,
redefine the white man's burden; "I do not believe there is a
permanent duty, lasting not only a century and a half, but
forever, to fund activities that every other American funds
through local taxes and local effort."
Senator Gorton, bless his scumsucking little heart, labors
under a misconception. Moneys distributed by the BIA do
not constitute Aid to Dependant Indians. They are, at
bottom, land payments. Lest we forget, this country used to
be theirs. Defeated in war, the Indian Nations sued for
peace. The treaties our government signed with them
guaranteed that the United States would maintain reasonable
levels of education and health amoung native peoples and
protect the resources of the scraps of land we left them. The
BIA budget isn't a handout, it's an acknowledgement of a
debt, a binding agreement between sovereign nations. We're
about to weasel on a deal.
Being a weasel is nothing new to Slade Gorton: Indian
fighter, politician, and crook. In the 1970s, as attorney
general of Washington state, he made political hay jailing
tribal fishermen on the Columbia for catching their own
fish. Now, he wants to eliminate funds earmarked to
encourage tribal autonomy because the greedy ingrates have
found a way to make money on their own.
It's a great life if you don't lose your sense of humor. It
also helps is you get to make the laws. And then ignore
them.
r U P P E R .L E F T E P 0 Z 4
Readers will notice the absence of "Wildlife on the Edge"
in this and next months paper, due to the upcoming show of
the humble ms. Sally's one hundred hand bound editions of
her book, "Wildlife on the Edge" made possible by a grant
from the Cannon Beach Arts Association, and the dogged
determination of herself, ms. S has chosen to share some of
the drawings that will grace her tomes. The originals will
be available at the gala opening Dec 8th at the Arts
Association Gallery 1064 Hemlock, Cannon Beach, attached
to some dramatic, creative, whimsical, and beautiful copies
of this wonderful book. Prices vary and part of the proceeds
help the Arts Association support the arts and artists still
struggling to survive in Cannon Beach, a former "art
colony".
Speaking of Arts Associations, we had a great deal of fun
watching Don Osborne, and the Manzanita folks welcome
the Oregon Arts Commission and it's Executive Director
Christine D'Arcy. Once we explained signifigance of the
name tags (below), they realized Don & the folks understood
the term "bottom Line".
If the national mental illness of the United States is
megalomania that of Canada is paranoid
schizophrenia.
Margaret Atwood
Jonathan Raban. distinguished author of Arabia
Through the Looking Glass, Hunting Mr. Heartbreak and
Old Glory, will read for the Cannon Beach Art Association
on Saturday, October 28th at 7PM, at the CBAA
Gallery at 1064 Hemlock, in Cannon Beach. Admission is;
FREE!
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom
must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting
it.
Thomas Paine
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