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Nader
Notes
Editorial
Now & Then
Reason, memory and imagination. When Thomas
Jefferson decided to organize his library he,
typically, chose the sim plest way. The lowest
com m on denominator. The human brain has been
divided into the same three sections by som e folks.
It is difficult to argue with Mr. Jefferson’s decision.
W e can find no book that does not fit into one
section. History is memory; well it depends on who
writes it. Fiction and the arts are imagination, and
everything else; Cookbooks? Self-help? The Bible?
Philosophy?
.... W ell, an argument could be made for
imagination, but reason seem s a more likely place
to look in Mr. Jefferson's library.
Jefferson's library was the foundation o f the
Library o f Congress, and for many years they
organized the books according to Jefferson's
system . They eventually changed to the D ew ey
Decimal System and have, o f late, invented and
adopted the Library o f Congress System, according
to St. Liz, who is in fact a librarian, and not a bad
poker player. Once Jefferson had his books divided
into the three categories he simply arranged them
on the shelf by size. W e once arranged the
Children’s section in the bookstore by color, but
even that didn’t stay straight.
Your Beloved Editor must print the Novem ber
issue before the elections are over and is worried.
Not just for him, but for the republic. When one
reads Jefferson's words, which reflect his mind, one
is humbled by the clarity. He writes no more or no
less that is needed to express him self clearly to any
one. There is no doubt in his words. He has thought
about them. He has chosen them carefully. He
expects them to be read with the same care.
For example; “An intelligent officer, with ten or
tw elve chosen men, fit for the enterprise and w illing
to undertake it, taken from our posts where they
may be spared without inconvenience, might
explore the w hole line, even to the Western Ocean,
have conferences with the natives on the subject o f
commercial intercourse, get admission among them
for our traders as others are admitted, agree on
convenient deposits for and interchange o f articles,
and return with the information required in the
course o f two summers.” Those few words, that one
sentence, written on January 18“ 1803 to the Senate
and the H ouse o f Representatives, sent the Lewis
and Clark Expedition on it’s merry way to this
small village on the Oregon Coast.
W e are told that politics is the art o f compromise.
W e must be reasonable and give a little, if w e want
to get along, w e have to go along. Thus Al Gore is
the best choice w e have as far as som eone who
could actually be elected. Our Democratic friends
have made this argument more than once this year.
A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush, they say. A s
though they were adults trying to explain to a child
that his only choices are Coke © or Pepsi © . Y es,
they say, w e would all like to have something else,
but the only choice w e have is Coke © or Pepsi © .
Som e folks refuse to drink either concoction of
sugar water and caffeine. W e believe that Ralph
Nader is our best choice. W e believe he w ill not
win. W e believe this is because the corporations
that run our fair land, and own our government and
control our media, forbid it. The easiest way to win
a horse race is if you get to chose the horses. In the
Presidential debates, which were sponsored by
Budweiser © , w e were given tw o choices, just like
the Bud Bow l © during the Super B ow l. Bud © or
Busch Lite © in this case. That’s not democracy,
that’s marketing.
A bove the bar in B ill’s is a sign that says,
“Y ou ’ve got to believe in something. I believe I’ll
have another beer. ” M e, too.
Reason says that people can figure out how to live
together. N o, it isn’t easy.
Memory says that we have tried this before and
som e things worked better than others.
Imagination says w e might be able to figure this out
if w e try something new.
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Two Poems by Michelle Frost
Diminuendo
A Stellar Jay screeches
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while inside a violin
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I am napping between jobs:
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Mom in Clifton, Arizona and
Nigel Assam in Baltimore.
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Walt Whitman's birthday,
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Something Like a Love Poem
Late one night in your small square room
lamplight from the desktop glows
yellow on the polished wood floor boards.
Two cups sit empty now on the table.
You have brought a basket of laundry
to a chair beside the hpd where I lay.
Something said has brought us closer
tonight and we say nothing more.
I am watching you fold the clean clothes.
The floor glows golden next to your feet.
There is no sound in the late night room.
Before you finish I am sailing on a raft,
adrift on the starlit sea of you-with-me.
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