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When it all conies down,
I hope it doesn’t land on you.
Hoyt Axton
Dev.
Hults
with the most money get the most speech, in Congress
for example. But one vote is still one vote, and we all
get one, at least here. And even if we don’t believe it,
we the people are still in charge, even where there is no
ballot; consumers can boycott, workers can strike,
people can protest, and in today’s world we will all
know about it. When some power junkie in Congress
acts like an idiot we find out pretty quick these days.
W hen some greed head multi-national tries a fast one,
everyone knows. We just don’t do much about it,
usually. We might bitch about it at the grocery store
or the local tavern, some of us might send an e-mail or
a letter to the editor or even a congress person, but we
are busy, we have lives, so pretty soon something else
comes up and we are off on a new crusade
That is why I’ve been so delighted to hear about
people from all over the planet coming to my old
stomping grounds in Seattle, to stand up for the
environment, and workers’ and human rights. Oh, I
expect there to be some crazy true believers on both
sides, agent provocateurs, and other idiots parading
around the streets causing trouble for the people they
are suppose to be supporting by their foolish and
thoughtless behavior. But I was delighted to hear of a
‘dirty trick’ created by the folks challenging the
W TO’s policies. It seems they created a ‘wrapper’
that they slipped over a few thousand of the Seattle
Post Intelligencer’s daily offering, bearing headlines
that told of Boeing’s plans to move to Indonesia,
written by one Joe Hill, and other bogus reports
written by the likes of Emma Goldman. The folks
responsible simply paid fifty cents, opened a paper
box, wrapped their ‘wrapper’ around the real paper,
and left them for folks to read. Illegal? Yes.
Effective? They not only got a lot of laughs from
folks who got the joke, but they got coverage in the
very paper they parodied. In fact some folks at the
“P.I.” were impressed with the quality of the work.
The parody mast head left off the ‘r’ so the paper was
called “The Seattle Post Intelligence”.
So, Wendy, don’t be afraid of the 'bogey men.’ It
is our fear and ignorance that give them what little
power they have. They, like us, are simply human
beings stumbling along as best we can in a world we
don’t really understand. The best thing we can do is
try to help each other understand what little we each
have learned separately. And laugh at those foolish
enough to think of us as frightened fools.
Much as we would rather not, we pretty much have
to in the next few years work out some basic simple
rules for corporate responsibility globally. It is
essential to our well being as a planet. It will not be
simple, it will not be quick, but doing the right thing
never is.
It seems obvious that a strong economy demands a
healthy environment, and a free people. So, if the
world economy is to prosper, it is incumbent on the
people to see that the environment and the people also
prosper, thus the trip to Seattle.
(What I love about almost all really strange goings
on is that inevitably there is something silly and telling
about them in the words that are used to describe
them; for example C R E E P, {the Committee to RE-
Elect the President during Watergate} and WPPS,
pronounced Whoops {Washington Public Power
System’s huge nuclear power financial fiasco} Is it
just me or does the fact that Seattle is called the
Emerald City, and the World Trade Organization is
pretty close to The Wizard of Oz, indicate silliness on a
global scale?
Editorial
Now & Then
Well, here we are, the last days of the years that have
a 19 in front of them. (I refuse to get into the
argument about when the century begins or ends,
sorry, it’s the zeros that do it.) Last month I vowed to
go to Seattle where the WTO will be meeting, and oh,
my it did start some stuff. 1 got a call on the
answering machine from someone called Wendy, who
explained that, in case I didn’t know, the WTO is part
o f the M asonic Vatican Hapsberg Rockefeller
Rothchild Swiss Bank Twelve Cardinals Trilateral
Commission Federal Reserve Bank Secret Deal Guys
Club. Wendy even gave me the phone numbers of
some of these guys. Wendy didn’t leave her own
number. Hey, Wendy, I gave you my number, it’s on
the paper, why didn’t you give me yours? Is it that
you want to talk but not listen? Since you obviously
read the last issue, I would suggest you read our little
motto on our web site; www.upperleftedge.com, it says
this paper is dedicated to the arts, the environment, and
the encouragement of rational dialogue. Not
monologue Especially not irrational monologue.
Have you read any history? Just because your name
was invented as a character’s name in a children’s
book (Peter Pan) doesn’t mean you can’t grow up.
Just because the Hapsbergs, Rockefellers, Vatican,
Masons, et. al. are rich and powerful and yes, do get
together on a regular basis and shuck and jive each
other, it does not follow that they have it all figured
out and we are but pawns in a centuries old
international conspiracy. That is what is called ‘slave
thinking’ or ‘victim mode’. It serves the same
purpose as the ‘commies’ did for so long and so well.
It gets folks all riled up about something other than
what is really happening. Having grown up learning
‘duck and cover’ I don’t enjoy the feeling of being
vulnerable to the forces of darkness or the ‘evil
empire’, as it was so eloquently (if not diplomatically)
stated by RR. Nor do I enjoy be treated like a fool.
Hey, I watched Watergate come down. I’ve read the
damned transcripts, it was a third rate burglary by
fourth rate guys hired by the most powerful and
wicked man in the world at the time, and they blew it;
the country learned a very important lesson. The
government isn’t very good at a lot of things. That
holds true for corporations. They are not involved in
a great master plan for a new world order, is spite of
what their own PR would have you think. Have no
doubt about it, in this country and around the world it
is the people who are, for good or ill, whether they
know it or not, the sovereign We are reminded of
Wayne M orse’s reply to a reporter who was asking
about his efforts to stop the Vietnam War. The
reporter asked, “ But, isn’t it the President’s right to
make foreign policy?” “No!” said Morse, “That is
the right of the American people!” And more and
more the people are begining to realize that. In the
last few decades the people of the planet have become
much more aware of each other. Through radio,
movies, television, and now the world wide web, we
have more information about ourselves and our planet
than ever before. And when you look at the
information available with an open mind, noting
population pressures, extreme disparity in economic
resources, and the ongoing destruction of natural
resources, it becomes obvious that something must be
done, or the consequences will be predictable and
ugly. There is a global gold rush on for the
remaining natural resources of the planet that will
determine our future. Those resources belong to the
people o f this planet and it is time the people explain
that to our corporations and our governments. The
only way that can be done successfully is within the
framework of the democratic process, with freedom of
speech and information, the ballot, and if necessary
non-violent civil disobedience. Revolution in a free
country comes through the law, not the gun. The
W orld Trade Organization must stop meeting behind
closed doors, it must welcome input from the people
its resolutions will effect. We have been allowing the
corporations to make our laws for too long. The
Supreme Court ruled that money is speech, so those
And now, as all good media must, we will address
the Y2K problem. Well, we use Macs so there is no
problem here But it would be foolish to think that
things are not going to happen come New Years Eve.
The possibilities are endless, some stupid, some scary.
One that is scary is that this might be the last Upper
Left Edge. Originally, when we started the paper we
promised to publish for five years, and made a good
faith effort to stop at that time. We were harassed,
flattered, and shamed into continuing on, but we
actually only promised to publish until the year 2000,
because we had no idea if we would be able to publish
after that date. This is the 103rd issue of the Upper
Left Edge, eight years and seven months. We have
only twice barely missed our deadline, we have
fluctuated between twenty plus pages at our biggest to
a single four page broadsheet, we have printed work
by children in grade school and by retired people, we
have made some folks laugh and made some folks
mad, we have printed work by folks who are famous
and folks who will be famous and by folks you will
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The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity. Oscar Wilde
A
Well, these are the dark days for Baseball. The tall
guys in their underwear and the armor clad gladiators
dominate the flickering screens in local taverns
Baseball is still being played in the wanner climes
Venezuela and Cuba played a while back, the President of
Venezuela pitched and Castro coached at third, no one
kept score apparently The Cubs acquired a new manager,
the word is that Kerry Wood will be ready to pitch next
year, and Sosa and Grace look like they might stay
around for at least one more try Go Cubbies
Continued oil Page 2
A strong economy demands a healthy environment
and a free people.
Rev. Billy Lloyd Hults
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