Dev.
Hults
Editorial
Now & Then
Our headline, this begining month of 1998, is an old
saying we remember from our youth. And we are
reminded that there are a lot of folks who are still
going through their youth, and still don’t know, that,
well, that is how it often is for most folks in this world,
no ham, no eggs.
We, here, on the upper left edge of America, are
going through the season of darkness. Travel is
tedious to terrifying The coffers and cupboards are
empty. The times and tides tear at our gentle nature,
and we still tend to giggle, in spite of the lack of a
good breakfast. Yes, life is serious, and we promise we
will do our best to fulfill our obligations to those who
have allowed us credit, and helped us get through the
year just past. But, we refuse to succumb to
depression, in spite of all the obvious opportunities.
Your beloved rev., and the Upper Left Edge have been
broke before, and you may have noticed, we have
overcome the condition for the better part of six years.
At this point we have no idea how this will come about
this time, but we still think it will happen. So, let’s get
on with it, shall we.
We are delighted that Don Berry is gracing our
pages this month, with his essay on the submissiveness
of the woman in the tango, which is available ‘free’ on
the ‘net’. We, being a paper of poor, but honest
people, who do their best to show respect, paid him
our standard fee of $5. He said that was more than The
New Yorker paid for printing it almost in it’s entirety.
(Harold Ross would not have behaved that way.) Mr.
Berry lives on Vashon Island these days. He wrote
“Trask”, “Moontrap”, “To Build a Ship" and a lot
of other out-of-print books. He seems nice, and is
spoken highly of by locals, as well as critics, but he is
still, non-the-less out-of-print. You must understand,
dear reader that ‘real’ publishers only print what is
selling to the masses this year, like Steven King, Daniel
Steel, Grisham, Koontz, or what ever Oprha is reading.
We, on the other hand, like to share and we’ll let you
know if we can get another five bucks together so we
might be able to print a wonderful new essay from Mr.
B., called, “How to Dress a Nymph”.
(For you folks that actually ‘surf the net’; punch
‘berryworks’ into ‘Yahoo!’ and see what happens.)
(It’s free.)
We have heard one rather interesting idea on how
the people can get back some of the ‘sovereign’ rights
given us by the constitution. If you recall your
history the original ‘corporations’ or companies, like
the East India Co. and the Hudson’s Bay Company
were granted charters by the ‘sovereign’ in their case
the King of England. And the king had the option to
revoke their charters, or right to do business, at his
whim. It has been suggested that since all
corporations must be registered in the states where
they do business, (A lot are registered in Delaware
which has no corporate taxes.) and that they can do
business only with the permission of the sovereign, in
this case the people, then the people retain the power
to revoke their charters. In theory we the people of
Oregon could pass an initiative that would prevent, say,
Willamette Industries, or Nike from doing business
here. We told you it was an interesting idea. So,
instead of trying to get our representatives to listen to
the voters rather than the corporate lobbyist that
finance their campaigns, we could stop the
corporations from doing business at all. We called the
Secratary of State’s Corporate Affairs office and
spoke to Ms. Caroline Thrasher, who confirmed that,
in theory, we could write and circulate and initative,
gather enough signatures to get it one the ballot, and if
enough voters agreed, we could revoke the charter of
any coporation to do business in Oregon. Yes, this is a
radical and drastic step. And we don’t suggest
revoking anyone’s charter on a whim. But it might do
some good to flex a little ‘sovereign muscle’ to
remind those who are buying our representatives, that
the real power still belongs the people, and that the
consumer and the voter are the same person. So, lets
hear from our readers, who’s charter should we revoke
first? Exxon, Waste Management, Dow, all the timber
companies, lets us know your choices. Isn’t this fun?
There is a lot of news that has made us cranky this
month. One item was the Common Cause report on
the amount of money given by the Timber Industry to
members of Congress during the time they were
considering making the guys that use the roads to cut
down the trees that we the taxpayers sell them at a loss,
to actually pay for those roads, rather than charging
them to us (again, the taxpayers). The amount was
$3,000,000.00. So, of course, the guys that use the
roads won’t have to pay for them Yes, that does
mean we will. And one wonders if any of that money
ended up in A1 Gore’s pocket, (the wanna be
Environmental President; formerly the wanna be
Tobacco President) who failed to cast the tie breaking
vote for this bill, because he was in New York fund
raising, rather than doing his constitutionally
mandated job, as vice president to vote only when the
Senate can’t decide between the money and the
people. Well, this just illustrates the problem with
representative democracy in a capitalist system where
the Supreme Court declares that ‘money is speech’
So legally, ‘money talks’. And thus poverty is silent.
Our alleged representatives, have failed to even address
campaign finance reform, or soft money or lobbying,
or any of the obvious problems they seem to be
having doing the people’s business
Now don’t think you beloved editor is just going to
join the howling mob, that wants to throw the bums
out. (but, yes, he would probably give his last two
bucks for a re-deal) He actually has a modest
proposal; We suggest that public servants be paid a
wage that puts them at least in the top 50% of
taxpayers, (rather that the top 10%), and that they can
accept no other form of income for their period of
service. And further that they can accept no more
than a set amount of contributions for their campaign
for any office they are seeking. Say, $10,000,000 for
President, $5.000,000 for Congress, $2,000,000 for
Governor, $1,000,000 for State Legislature, etc. (Our
current Mayor in Cannon Beach spent $100, and beat
a guy who spent $1000.) This would give the
candidates the ability to get their message to the voters,
and with free and equal time for debate of the issues in
the media, it would give voters enough information to
make up their minds about each candidate’s abilities,
and goals. It would also give the media the time to
actually examine the issues rather than the candidates
sex lives, friends, pets, or other things they do when
they aren’t on the people’s payroll.
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Grocery. The Cookie Co.. Coffee Cabaña. Bill's Tavern. Cannon
Beach Book Co . Haine s Bakerle. The Bistro, Midtown Café.
Once Upon a Breeze. Copies & Fax. Heather’s.The Homegrown
Cafe. Haystack Video. Mariner Market. Easpresso Bean. Ecola
Squard 8t Cleanltne Surf
Manzanita: Mother's Nature Juice Bar. Bayside Gardena.
Cassandra’s. Manzanita News & Espresso. Pacific Coast Books
& Coffee. & Nehalem Bay Video
Nehalem : Mermaid Cafe
Rockaway: Sharkey’s
Tillamook: Rainy Day Books
Bay City: Art Space
Yachats: By-the-Sea Books
Pacific City: The River House. Far Country Books. & Village
Merchants
Oceanside: Ocean Side Espresso
Lincoln City: Trillium Natural Foods. Driftwood Library. &
Lighthouse Brewpub
D epoe B ay Oregon Books
Newport: Oceana Natural Foods. Café DIVA. Cosmo Café,
Bookmark Café. Newport Bay Coffee Co.. Cuppatunes. Bay
Latté. Ocean Pulse Surf Shop. Coastal Coffee Co.. Sylvia Beach
Hotel. Green Gables Bookstore/B&B. & Canyon Way
Eugene: Book Mark. Café Navarra. Eugene Public Library.
Friendly St. Market. Happy Trails. Keystone Café. Klva Foods.
Lane C.C., Light For Music. New Frontier Market. Nineteenth
Street Brew Pub. Oasis Market. Perry's. Red Barn Grocery,
Sundance Natural Foods. U of O. & WOW Hall
Corvallis: The Environmental Center.OSU..
Salem: Heliotrope. Salem Library. & The Peace Store
Astoria: KMUN, Columbian Cafe, The Community Store. The
Wet Dog Cafe. Astoria Coffee Company.Café Uniontown. &
Shark Rock Cafe
Seaside: Buck's Book Barn. Universal Video. & Cafe Espresso
Portland: Artichoke Music, Laughing Horse Bookstore. Act III.
Barnes & Noble. Belmonts Inn. Bibelot Art Gallery. Bijou Café.
Borders. Bridgeport Brew Pub, Capt'n Beans (two locations).
Center for the Healing Light. Coffee People (three locations).
Common Grounds Coffee. East Avenue Tavern. Food Front.
Goose Hollow Inn. Hot Lips Pizza. Java Bay Café. Key Largo. La
Pattlsserle. Lewis & Clark College. Locals Only. Marco’s Pizza.
Maiylhurst College. Mt. Hood CC. Music Millenium. Nature's
(two locations). NW Natural Gas. OHSU Medical School. Old
Wives Tales. Ozone Records. Papa Haydn. PCC (four locations),
PSU (two locations). Reed College. Third Eye. TransCentral
Library. & YWCA
Cornelius: The Weekend Garden Market
The Dalles: Kllndts Bookseller
Hood River. Purple Rocks Art Bar. & Cafe
Ashland: Caro's Java House. The Black Sheep. Blue Mt. Cafe,
& Rogue River Brewery
Cave Junction: Coffe Heaven & Kerby Community Market
(Out o f Oregon)
Longview, WA The Broadway Gallery. & Carat Patch
Long Beach, WA: Pacific Picnics
N aselle, WA: Rainy Day Artlsty
N ahcotta, WA Moby Dick Hotel
Duvall, WA: Duvall Books
Bainbridge Island, WA Eagle Harbor Book Co.
S eattle, WA: Elliot Bay Book Co.. Honey Bear Bakery. New
Orleans Restaurant. Still Life In Fremont. Allegro Coffeehouse,
The Last Exit Coffee House. & Bulldog News
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Bookstore
Denver, Co: Denver Folklore Center
New York, NY: The Strand Book Company
Washington, D.C.: Hotel Tabard I n n
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