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composed of wealthy and powerful men with incredible political and economic power (Skull and Bones Society?). This cabal makes and breaks governments according to their New World Order agenda, The Fourth Reich, if you will. These unconscionable fas- cists have allegiance to no country. The lesson is simple: This group has de- veloped or will develop a genetically altered virus with an 80 percent kill ratio and no known antidote. An overpopulated world in- terferes with their agenda. These scientists and weapons experts posed a threat to the cabal and were consequently eliminated. They had rather colluded with the cabal — in which case they were being silenced as insur- ance — they would have been able to trace to genetic pattern revealing the perpetrators, or may have been able to develop a cure. We shall see in the days ahead. Question authority. Tom Clark Eugene GIVE MEN A BREAK, TOO! I’ll start by saying that, in general, I enjoy and appreciate your work at EW very much. I have to protest, however, your continued space given to pornography and I ask you to stop publishing ads that sell sex. Because I suspect you’ve received many good letters that express the hurt done to women, this let- ter focuses on the damage these ads, and the services they offer, do to men. Pornography basically functions to dis- tract us. Men (and women) sometimes have feelings of loneliness. Men in particular have been conditioned to deny or ignore these and other feelings, and to use different kinds of distraction and/or suppression. A very com- mon method of distraction is to engage in thoughts of sex, or in sexual activity itself. There’s great value, however, in not run- ning away from our feelings and experiences. We know ourselves better when we don’t run. We can choose to spend some time with coun- seling around some of our feelings, to follow a spiritual path, or to engage in a training pro- gram of some kind. Eugene has a huge num- ber of groups and organizations providing these resources. Sometimes feelings tell us we simply need to make changes in our lives. The instinct for sex is strong. Our animal friends don’t need much brain complexity to know when to have sex. Humans are much more complex, with very advanced minds, and we’ve managed to do well for ourselves. We have time to think, design, express and create wonderful stuff. How about helping men to develop beyond their conditioning? The possibility for men’s growth would be great, especially if EW pub- lished more articles on the ways that men stay stuck, and on ways that men can grow as human beings! Consider this an opportunity to do “investigative reporting on the global plan to condition men,” instead of carrying out that plan. I’m sure you can find lots of willing reporters and authors. Your ad department will creatively go after other ads. Best of all, your staff will feel a lot better about your newspa- per’s relationship to men, and women! Steven Zorba Frankel Eugene but I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with his presence, energy and passion. He was articulate, intelligent, thoughtful and he even answered questions without hesitation. Unfortunately the mainstream media has written off Kucinich and are not giving him any coverage, which prevents him from get- ting his message out — as witnessed here by the lack of coverage by The Register-Guard. Polls show him unable to get the Democratic nomination. Common sense tells me that if the media chooses to nominalize someone, silencing their message, the people in polls will obviously not be familiar with him. What seems sadly left out to me is the voice and the choice of the people! Polls have great power in our society. Yet I don’t know what questions were asked, how they were worded, and who was called or who paid for the poll. What I do know is that poll questions can be biased to get a desired result. They — whoever “they” are — say Kucinich is too far left and liberal to be elected. Yet a far right wing conservative re- sides in the White House and is considered re-electable. Why is that? Sounds to me like it is time for a major shift to a more sustainable direction that represents we the people, not just we the rich people. They have had way too much say for way too long. Tim Boyden Eugene buy sell trade TO THE EDITOR fashion that pays to be me. 131 E. 5th Ave (between Oak & Pearl) 687-2805 BUFFALOEXCHANGE . COM REFUNDS FOR SCHOOLS I just received a tax-refund check from the IRS. I am giving 10 percent of it to my kids’ school via the Eugene Education Fund NOW PLAYING! !"#$%#&$'()*+,-.#/#$0(//#123(/4 !"#$%&'(()*+ ,(-.'/%&!-$%"0*+ !"#$%&'()*+,-.$,+/-'01 23+$'#$+$&%4-'15! Now through August 30, 2003 Cabaret Theater, 996 Willamette COMING SOON! !"#$%&' (#%)*' +,-% !"#$%&'()$&*$+#,-#.$/'0$%1&22#. 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