WHERE TO GET AN EDGE
D ev.
Hults
Editorial
Now & Then
Uncle Mike has taken to calling him Boy George
The latest CEO o f America Incorportated com has taken his
appointment by the Board o f Directors (the not-so Supreme
Court) to heart and has set about his task with great purpose
and speed His first week in office he managed to cause
howls o f outrage every single evening at vespers Giving
comfort and counseling to the flock has been perilous o f late
E-mails are flying, web sites are flashing, teeth a-gnashing,
and trash is being talked Well, he promised to be a ‘uniter’
and the country seems to be uniting against him There are
stories on the internet that the former occupants o f the
‘people’s house’ removed the “W” keys from all the computer
keyboards, switched phone lines, glued file cases shut, and
pretty much wrote o ff the hope o f getting back their cleaning
deposit. We have ourselves some cranky campers, folks The
CEO says he’s just carrying out the platform from his
campaign that lost by half a million votes There is little
apathy in America these days Ah, spring is coming and
revolution is in the air People are busy There is talk locally
o f all sorts o f actions and events There is not enough room in
this poor little paper to inform you o f them all, and some, well
maybe it is better if you don’t know If you are determined to
do something locally you might want to get in touch with the
Cascadia Forest Alliance at www cascadiaforestalI i ance org or
you can call them at 503-241 -4879. They are getting ready to
help some local folks save part o f our neighborhood Ask
them about “God’s Valley”.
Our front page story, photo, and headline all deal with
an old bookstore in Paris. Your beloved editor has read many
stories about this store, and when the opportunity arose to send
the Upper Left Edge to the store, it was done in a heartbeat.
My point being, I think it is time for a walkabout I’m nearing
three score and I’ve never seen Paris Nor New Orleans,
Cuba, New York, the Atlantic Ocean, nor Amsterdam So,
the plan is that I pack up the washboard, a change o f clothes, a
passport if they will give me one, a borrowed laptop, and
someone’s credit card Then by cars and trains and boats to
wander about playing music, scouting bookstores, and writing.
This means that someone will have to keep the paper going
and I will need someone to sub-let the hideout for three to six
months, or so To that end, I am now taking resumes for
publisher/editor and sub-letter Oh, and that credit card,
platinum preferred Yes, I am dead serious about this and if
you want to help I will say thank you There is no date certain
for this plan, but October might be something to aim at,
though the spring o f 2002 seems more likely I plan to write
almost every day and have some wild scheme about sending e-
mails to a list o f folks who will help me find places to stay,
playjmpsip, find books, or have a quiet beer in a friendly
tavern That is my plan; I know it is crazy, but it is the only
one I have I will see Paris before I die
We were listening to Women’s Music on KMUN one
Wednesday night and between the powerful songs by women
with something to say, the programmer read some statements
by women and then shared her own feelings on a range o f
subjects She consented to share them with the readers o f the
Edge
"We are witnessing a sweeping effort to eliminate
taxes for the rich, to deregulate business, to privatize
public lands and services, to eliminate the separation
of church and state, to demolish the Bill of Rights for
the sake of "law and order," to eliminate civil rights
and civil liberties, to increase numbers of police,
border patrols, and prisons, and to eradicate
programs that attempt to equalize access to
opportunity and to provide a safety net for basic
human needs such as food, clothing, shelter,
education, (medical care), and safety. And all of this
is being done by a group of people representing the
interests of those who have power, wealth, and
privilege."
Suzanne Pharr, "In the Time of the Right Reflections
on Liberation"
Over the past decade or so, I have heard an urgency
in the cries of many people demanding less
governmental presence in our lives. "We want our
precious freedom," they shout, "We have a right to
privacy!" and "We want the government to have less
control over our lives." And yet, the most personal
of all our freedoms is now being threatened, about to
be blotted out as an afterthought to democratic
autonomy. We are holding on by a weak legislative
thread, our right to self-determination, and the
ability to choose who will touch our bodies, who will
make decisions about what we can and cannot do
with our bodies. If we want the government out of
our lives, we've got to keep them out of our wombs.
It's important to think critically about this. The issue
of choice is not really about abortion. That's the
political wedge used by the Right to divide, confuse,
and undermine our common human connections.
Let's face it, those in political power and social
privilege do not care about the welfare of the fetus.
If they did, there would be excellent pre-natal care
across the social/economic board, and stron&social
service support for children at birth, throughout
their childhood, and all during adolescence. There
would be financially stable day-care facilities, pre­
schools, and fully supported school systems for
every child, regardless of their race, religion,
ethnicity or economic status.
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The issue is not about abortion. It’s about
maintaining a power base that pre-empts most of us.
In his first few days as president (and on the 28th
anniversary of Roe vs. Wade), the sort-of-elected
Bush issued a global "gag" rule that undermines a
woman's right to reproductive freedom, and paves
the way for imposing further restrictions on a
woman's right to privacy over her own body (Roe vs.
Wade was really about the right to privacy). Two
bills were introduced this week in Oregon restricting
fair and equal rights to women to make decisions
about their bodies. If we were talking guns, here, the
government would be gone. Zip. Absent A
government that stands ready to defend our right to
bear arms, but not our right to self-determination, is
a government growing roots in oppressive tactics,
ultimately serving very few of us. Our ability to
choose what is right for us, for each one of us, is a
fundamental foundation of democracy. It's not
about whether abortion is right or wrong. It's not
about whether abortion is murder. Those are
emotionally laden divisive techniques, in truth, you
can be vehemently against abortion, yet stand firmly
in favor of self-determination and choice. That is the
thinking that will disarm the fallacies of the Right.
And shed light on the liberating principles of social
and economic justice, autonomy, choice, wholeness,
responsibility, accountability and shared power for
all. And leaving governmental business at a healthy
distance.
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