TO THE EDITOR
responsible for the destruction of marriages,
that EW forced people to be unsatisfied with
their partners, that EW was responsible for so
many divorces, sexually transmitted dis-
eases, quite possibly for the moral decay of
society! This free publication has been de-
stroying lives for too long.
How dare EW accept money so they can
give away their newspaper for FREE! What
right does EW have being a vehicle for free
speech, to allow sponsors from the porn and
escort industries pay for their publication so
you and I can have it for free!
So many families could be saved if they
only would stop putting that smut on the last
page, so many spouses would never feel the
apparently uncontrollable urge to cheat. And
without this scapegoat would they have to
take responsibility for their own actions? I
mean why should people take responsibility
for their own actions. If I don’t have someone
to blame it on then it would have to be my
fault.
Louis DeVille
Eugene
WAR CRIMINALS
International law should be amended to
make it illegal for troops and war planes to be
sent from any country to any other country
unless they are under the command of rotat-
ing U.N. generals. For the truth is that U.S.
forces and especially their civilian leaders are
now the #1 international war criminals in the
world. The proper body to be coordinating a
global war on terror is clearly the United
Nations not the United Republicans.
George W. Bush’s greatest contribution to
the world’s decent people was to make these
kinds of truths become self-evident to those
of us who can decode sneaky propaganda.
Vote for Kerry because he is the only per-
son running for president who can win that
doesn’t have a giant wart in his head instead
of a brain. Is that a good enough reason, Mike
McGlone (7/29 letter)?
Bob Saxton
Eugene
astrophic health care support can help every-
one’s health care costs.
Second example: the Republicans have
demonstrated their lack of understanding
health care problems with their Medicare
Drug Bill that appears to only support the
drug industry and their high prices. Kerry’s
proposal to use the Veterans Administration
model to bargain with drug companies can
cut drug cost in half.
Third example: I stopped to help a bicy-
clist that fell off her bike while making an
emergency stop. Although this young lady
could not get up, she begged the EMT not to
take her to a hospital because she did not have
insurance. Fear of a hospital bill was greater
than the pain of her injury. We cannot afford
four more years of ignoring our national
health care. I am doing all I can to elect John
Kerry and a Democratic Congress.
Brooks Hickerson
Eugene
ROAMIN’ CATS
In his letter (8/5) Robert Hermann accuses
“thoughtless speeders” for the death of his
two cats. I am an animal lover, my preference
is dogs, and I know how bad it feels to lose a
beloved pet. But blaming others isn’t the so-
lution. Perhaps it is time that Mr. Hermann,
and other cat fanciers, kept their little feline
friends indoors where they can’t kill the local
birds, poop all over the place and get run over
when they play in the street.
My neighbors with dogs diligently walk
them, clean up after them, and keep them out
of the street. The neighbors with cats seem to
think that Little Puss is some sort of wild ani-
mal that must have free reign over the whole
neighborhood.
I know this may sound awful but one of
my rules when driving is to never swerve to
avoid hitting a small animal. There is no
sense risking human lives on such a maneu-
ver. I know that’s a very human-centric view.
Be a responsible pet owner — keep them off
the streets.
Randy Kolb
Eugene
IGNORING HEALTH CARE
Health care cost and availability are at a
crisis and the current administration is unable
and unwilling to do anything about it. John
Kerry and the Democratic congressmen and
women that I have written to understand the
problems of health care and have specific
proposals that can help.
First example: my medical insurance has
doubled since 2000, twice. That means that
my insurance now costs 400 percent more
than in 2000. Kerry’s proposal to provide cat-
FOR THE FUTURE
As a woman of childbearing age I am
writing regarding the unsafe levels of mer-
cury in our communities, that with time will
bring increasingly devastating effects to the
mental and physical well-being of our future
generations.
For those of you who are unaware, mer-
cury is a very dangerous neurotoxin that
when exposed to at high levels can cause se-
vere neurological and developmental prob-
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