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I always look forward to the Best of
Eugene every year, but I have to say that the
first time I saw it (three years ago) was by far
the best one. That one listed every top three
answer — plus the funniest/oddest answer —
it was great!
This time not every category even had the
top three. I know that Paul’s Bikes didn’t get
100 percent of the votes. It would be cool
though, if you could put the percentages on
there, so we know how close they were.
Also, I was disappointed to see Frog’s pic-
ture but not read his best out of body experi-
ence. And I liked reading the mullet guy’s an-
swers, but I was disappointed to not see the
guy’s ’do! I understand that space is limited,
but you could make some of those pictures
smaller.
And a lot more was dedicated to restau-
rants than usual, which I understand is a big
money-maker for you, but I don’t want to see
the money side take over (UO/Nike comes to
mind) when doing such a great service to the
readers of the Weekly!
Also, you managed to put what categories
restaurants won in their pictures, but some-
how “Best Gay Bar” was left out of the pic-
ture for Cafe Lucky Noodle. Hmmm.
Please take these thoughts into considera-
tion for next year. I would appreciate it.
Risa Dotson
Eugene
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Bonny Bettman
GIVE US MORE
Alan Pittman’s article “Racial Profiling”
(10/16) contained some serious flaws in logic
and failed to make a coherent argument that
Eugene police currently engage in racial pro-
filing. For example the opening paragraphs
state that police stop black and Latino drivers
at a much higher rate than whites, even
though the rate of arrest per stop is roughly
similar between whites, Latinos, and blacks.
But if arrest rates per stop turn out to be
roughly similar across racial lines, this actu-
ally suggests the police are applying consis-
tent standards across racial lines when decid-
ing to initiate a traffic stop.
On the other hand if arrest rates per stop
were dramatically higher for whites, then we
would have to suspect that minorities were
being pulled over for no reason other than
skin color.
Steve Kyte
Corvallis
STUMBLING ALONG
It should be clear to many that our Iraq
policy is failing. Mr. Bush tells us that the sit-
uation in Iraq is “a lot better than you proba-
bly think.” But troops are dying daily.
Reservists who signed up to guard airports
have now been in Iraq for six months with no
hopes of coming home soon — in part be-
cause even our close allies won’t send troops
to Iraq. The U.N. has pulled its staff out of
Iraq citing security risks.
Bush is unwilling to make the drastic
change necessary to salvage the operation in
Iraq. His intransigence is putting our interna-
tional reputation, our national security, and
the safety of our troops at stake. Bush must
admit the failure of the go-it-alone approach
and hire a new foreign policy team that’s
willing to work with the international com-
munity.
The Iraq War has actually increased the
level of terrorism. According to a recent re-
port by the International Institute for
Strategic Studies, our involvement in Iraq has
swollen the ranks of al Qaeda and galvanized
the will of Islamic militant groups.
It is hard for some to accept the fact that this
administration has led us down an immoral
path. We are good at nation destroying, but we
have a lot to learn about nation building.
Christopher Michaels
Eugene
PRESIDENT MARTY
Now that Arnold Schwarzenegger is gov-
ernor of California, isn’t it about time to re-
call “Lil’ Bushy” and vote for Martin Sheen
to replace him?
Seriously, this country needs someone who
isn’t any kind of politico and has some com-
mon sense to take over the presidency and,
hopefully, bring power back to the people.
Sally Taylor
Cottage Grove
WHICH THEORY FLIES?
In response to the debate following the ar-
ticle “Conspiracy Theories,” (9/11) about
Mark Robinowitz and the question of “did
Bush know in advance about Sept. 11?,” I
have something to say.
The relevant question is no longer “Is the
conspiracy theory true?” but “Which one is
true?” Hardly anyone even bothers to deny
anymore that for at least 30 years the CIA has
been involved in illicit drug trafficking oper-
ations to fund undeclared wars in Southeast
Asia, South America, and the Middle East!
They have been blamed for knowingly and
intentionally starting the crack cocaine epi-
demic in Southern California to destabilize
the black community.
On the domestic front, the FBI or their ac-
quaintances are widely acknowledged to
have murdered Fred Hampton in his bed, as-
sassinated Martin Luther King Jr., and killed
or incarcerated uncounted other African
American and Native American political ac-
tivists.
At the city level, the local police in dozens
of cities have recently been exposed in bla-
tant cases of corruption, racism, and sexual
harassment, yet when caught they don’t even
lose their jobs, let alone go to prison, except
in the most flagrant of cases.
Can anyone reasonably argue that this
system is working? Does it really even matter
whether George W. knew about the airline
plot? Given his relationship to George Sr., we
can be pretty sure he knows about everything
else the CIA has done, and if all the truth
came out there are probably a hundred other
reasons to impeach him on the spot. Let’s get
on with it already, and forget to elect anybody
else while we’re at it.
Chris Calef
Cottage Grove
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