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TO THE EDITOR PROFIT MOTIVE ANAGRAMIES I find it really messed up how it seems more important to thrust billions of taxpayers dollars to search and destroy our nation’s en- emies than to thrust those same billions of dollars to search and destroy diseases which take the lives of our loved ones every day. I watched my wonderful father slowly die from a incurable disease called leukemia at Eugene’s very own Sacred Heart Hospital on the night of Dec. 31. What went through my mind a few days af- terward was this: Why are there no cures for diseases and illnesses which have been around for decades? The answer in my minute opinion is that research centers, pharmaceutical com- panies and insurance companies can do with- out cures! Why? One may ask. There is no profit to be made from remedies or cures. Cures for fatal ailments will never occur until those aforementioned institutions place gen- uine compassion for human life ahead of cor- porate greed and astronomical profits. Kalin Hlavinka Junction City In honor of President Bush, I have com- posed three festive anagrams to be read on Jan. 20 (the letters in the first sentence of each pair can be rearranged to spell the second sentence): Anagram 1: “Bush wins Ohio to win the presidency” spells out “Who won, idiots? Cheney! Shrub is inept!” Anagram 2: “Is Karl Rove great? He’s worth two men: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney” spells out “Rich, clever honkeys who threw a war to get bucks: greed in God’s name.” And, last but by no means, least, Anagram #3: “The fiend Bush is president” spells out “But friends, he’s in deep shit!” Please join me in a moment of silence as this great country passes away. John Tietjen Corvallis LETTERS POLICY: We welcome letters on all topics and will print as many as space allows. Please limit length to 250 words, keep submissions to once a month, and include your address and phone number for our files. E- mail to editor@eugeneweekly.com (please put “letters” in the subject line), fax to 484-4044, or mail to 1251 Lincoln, Eugene 97401. EW Staff EDITORIAL Editor Ted Taylor Associate Editor Melissa Bearns Executive/Arts Editor Lois Wadsworth Contributing Editor Anita Johnson Staff Writers Alan Pittman, Kera Abraham Calendar Editor Molly Templeton Contributing Writers Brett Campbell, Rachel Foster, Jerry Harris, Kate Rogers Gessert, James Johnston, Sharleen Nelson, Mary O’Brien, Sylvie Pederson, Vanessa Salvia, Sally Sheklow, Lance Sparks, Kate Storm, Martha Ulman West Interns Alexandra Arch, Sarah Brickner, E. Anderson Cael, Christine Mathias y ART DEPARTMENT Art Director/Production Manager Kevin Dougherty Graphic Artist/Webmaster James Bateman Graphic Artists Todd Cooper Contributing Photographers Kurt Jensen, Paul Neevel ADVERTISING National Sales Manager Mark Frisbee Display Marketing Consultant Jennifer D’Angelo, Rob Weiss Advertising Traffic Coordinator Geneva Miller Classified Manager Jeffrey Stout Classified Marketing Consultant Danica Zapata BUSINESS Director of Sales and Marketing Bill Shreve Circulation Manager Garet Frana Controller Paula Hoemann Distributors Bob Becker, Peter Dilcher, Roc Dosland, Kevin Greene, Tim Risch, Pedalers Express Printing Signature Graphics HOW TO REACH US BY E-MAIL: (letters): editor@eugeneweekly.com (advertising): ads@eugeneweekly.com (classifieds): classy@eugeneweekly.com (personals): personals@eugeneweekly.com (calendar): cal@eugeneweekly.com (music/clubs/special shows): music@eugeneweekly.com (art/openings/galleries): visualarts@eugeneweekly.com (performance/theater): performance@eugeneweekly.com (literary arts/readings): books@eugeneweekly.com (movies/film screenings): movies@eugeneweekly.com (circulation): distribution@eugeneweekly.com Eugene Weekly • 1251 Lincoln Street • Eugene, OR 97401 • 541.484.0519 • fax 541-484-4044 YOU SAY YOU WANT A RESOLUTION? WILL CHANGE YOUR WORLD! www.whatthebleep.com IS BACK! CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORIES OR CALL FOR SHOWTIMES BIJOU ART CINEMAS 492 E. 13th Avenue (541) 686-2458 JANUARY 27, 2005 5
