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Live Free or Die!
The Motto of the State of New Hampshire
On the occasion of the birthday of this
representative democracy, we thought it might be a
good time to share the political philosophy of your
beloved editor. As many attentive readers know
your beloved ed. is a registered Republican, he is
also that most common of all capitalist, a small
business owner, he is a veteran of the US Navy, and
a member in good standing of his local American
Legion. He also has worked for Nader’s folks at
OSPIRG, spent three decades playing music,
booking music, tending bar, and being a janitor in
what they call the beverage service industry. He
considers himself a fiscal conservative, a civil rights
activist, an environmental advocate, and a libertarian
constitutionalist, (we made that last one up.) who is
all in all proud of his country. America’s form of
government was based on the systems of nature, as
observed and practiced by the Iroquois Nations, and
card ully studied, and accredited by Benj. Franklin in
forming his feelings on the governing of the separate
states under a federal system. We are also quite fond
of the bunch of folks who organized themselves
under these principals and practiced a new
experiment in freedom. Sam Adams has always been
our favorite, he owned a tavern. He also wouldn’t
ride horses. We are thinking of making him the
patron saint of our radical anti-automobile group
FEET FIRST! He was obviously way ahead of his
time. He explained that you couldn’t talk to people,
and look them in the eye from a horse, and Sam
talked a lot. Jefferson, the other Adams, Hamilton,
even Washington were all, shall we say, individuals.
None qualify for sainthood, but they managed to do
something never done before or since. They formed
a government of the people, for the people and by the
people.
It still works. Some say it works better than they
dreamed, some say it’s going to hell in a hand basket
. The fact that we know that and you are reading this
is proof it still works. Oh, it’s a beat up old system,
corrupt as ever, clumsy slow and bureaucratic, petty
and zealous, pretentious and pompous, but is still the
best one out there. In the last few years there have
appeared militant patriotic, sometimes racist,
sometimes fascist groups, who call for the blood of
patriots and tyrants to fertilized the tree of liberty,
quoting Mr. Jefferson. Well, this is a government of
the people, so the idea is to have the patriotic people
kill the tyrant people, as a patriotic act? Who are the
tyrant people, ATF, FBI, CIA, ITT, EXXON,
GMC, SONY, M-O-U-S-E, or you and me?
How do we balance the opportunities of the
capitalist system with the responsibilities to the
natural systems it is based on, and the peoples rights
to those natural systems profits. We know it’s a
scary world, but it’s always been. The point is that
we can all talk about it, argue it out, make decisions
on what is going to be done about it. Oklahomocide
is not an option. All of the people in this country
pretty much have access to telephones and television,
some to the internet, they have the tools to receive
information and communicate their opinion of that
information. What we appear to lack is energy and
focus. Those were so common in the Sixties. We
have all the tools and no idea what we want to build.
May we suggest we as a people, and certainly as
Americans, try to build a world where everyone
comes into the world with a pretty good chance to
have a family and contribute to the discussion. At
the end of one era of the cold war, and the begining
of a new century, there is a window of opportunity
for the conversation to be widened, we suggest on
the occasion of the 221st birthday of freedom that
our readers set their minds and hearts to the task of
freedom. What can you do? Be creative, e-mail the
Gov. & Mrs. K congratulations. Call Elizabeth
Furse and tell her thanks. Write Bill Sizeless suggest
he gel a life. Write to a militant racist group, being
careful to leave no fingerprints or return address, and
try to explain that they are within their rights to be
pissed, but that their dogma has a basic flaw, and
even given that we can still talk. It’s in the First
Amendment. We have often in an impaired state
called the 800 numbers for Pat Robertson’s TV
show, and spent a pleasant 30 to 45 minutes in
theological discussions with obviously young &
zealous, but under trained, volunteers. “My oh,
my”, they are wont to exclaim, “can I let you talk to
my supervisor?” To which we always reply, “No,
it’s more your personal feelings on prayer in school,
flag burning, and gays that is interesting.”
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The point is that America is a nation of laws, not
of men, nor women of shared beliefs, as in; God
said it, Jesus did it, I believe it, That settles it.”
Laws are made by agreements of peoples with
different beliefs and agendas that find a workable
solution to the current problems, that is in the best
interests of those effected by the problems, while not
carelessly damaging the rights and well being of the
rest of the people. It’s a little more complicated,
always messy, and, strangely enough, demands a
greater leap of faith.
‘William
Mayther-young
March 14, 1977 - May 27, 1997
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BASEBALL
Baseball, what is becoming of it? Rupert
Murdock is buying the Dodgers, Disney owns
Anaheim, The Trib still owns the Cubs, but
who owns the Trib? Seattle will get a new
stadium, Interleague play is a big hit with
the media and money boys. There is a woman
pitching in the minors. The only thing
constant is the Cubbies occupy the basement
in their division.
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It is one of the tasks of a newspaper
to let the community know when one
of their own passes to that different
plane. The Edge doesn’t do this very
often, but William Maxwell Mather
Young made that passage, at age 20,
through no fault of his own. And we
know his family. His parents Robin
and George, and his aunts & uncles,
his God parents Phillis Brown and
Larry Pershin, and so many folks that
loved him want to thank the
community for their support and
love. That love is continuing to be
shared by the creation of the “I Will”
Foundation fund at the Portland
Teachers Credit Union. The fund will
provide experiences and adventures
for young people. This is good.
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