TO THE EDITOR
fortress is not a joy, but a dread of possible
deadly confrontation with a drug-crazed addict.
I only hope that our leaders realize that the
real war against its citizens is not thousands
of miles away or crossing our borders.
The war is here, innocent citizens being
terrorized by unrehabilitated meth addicts re-
leased time after time into the sanctity of our
homes.
Michael T. Hinojosa
Drain
KILLING CONTINUES
whom claim to be pro-environment — have
yet to do the same, despite assurances from
their staffs that a letter has already been writ-
ten, just not sent. Meanwhile, it’s been two
months since that promise, and the June auc-
tion date of these sales is rapidly approach-
ing.
Please urge supposedly “green” Wyden
and DeFazio to keep their promises and send
out the letters immediately! Also remind
them that the only effective way to get any
real protection for our public lands is to end
the taxpayer subsidized corporate destruction
of our forests!
Contact them in Eugene: Wyden at 431-
0229; Defazio at 465-6732
Scott Humason
Eugene
Speaking of liberal and blue-state sup-
porters seeing red — alleged Democrats
DeFazio and Wyden continue
to vote to fund the war and
try to defend their votes
as “supporting the
troops.” With this
UNBELIEVABLE
type of skewed rea-
Although it’s remarkable,
I am not surprised that in a
soning, we would
continue to send
city full of wanna-be “hip-
pies”
(will
somebody
people to kill and be
killed
forever.
PLEASE tell these people that
the funeral for the hippie was
Beyond the obvious
common sense factor that
held in Haight-Ashbury in 1969
already), a true legend from the ‘60s
sending more troops to the
bloody mess in Iraq is
and beyond, Johnny Winter,
Damn it Lee, Johnny Winter is a
true legend, and he proved it
receives no mention in this
as far away from any
Monday night at Taboo.
notion of supporting
posturing rag you call a
newspaper. Unbelievable.
them as can be, the en-
tire U.S. presence in Iraq is illegal.
W. Lee Johnson
Eugene
If in fact we were there to take out a brutal
dictator, our work there is done. Let’s face it
EDITOR’S NOTE: Johnny Winter’s photo and venue
listing were in our Night Life section last week. We did
— there is no rebuilding going on in Iraq. It is
not receive advance promotional material.
in a state of civil war. The only building effort
is installing 14 U.S. permanent military facil-
ities. I’d love to hear DeFazio and Wyden ex-
ENOUGH ENVIROS
plain and justify the prison in Guantanamo
Eighty percent of the American public
Bay, Cuba.
claim to be “environmentalists.” So why are
Let’s review the big picture of why the
we trembling on the brink of ecological dev-
U.S. feels the need or justification to take
astation?
prisoners halfway across the world to a
Perhaps what we need aren’t more envi-
makeshift prison, declare them non-prison-
ronmentalists but more involved citizens tak-
ers, and hold them captive for years at a time
ing active roles advocating for change. If a
with no due process.
tree is cut on your public lands and you qui-
The U.S. is in violation of a long list of in-
etly disagree from your living room couch,
ternational laws, and our progressive,
does anyone hear you?
Democratic politicians are doing nothing
Understandably, most people just want to
about it. I, for one, refuse to give future votes
relax after a hard day’s work. What if busi-
to these alleged Democrats, who occasion-
nesses donated an hour a week of their em-
ally do something right, but more often fail to
ployees’ time to a local nonprofit? A business
represent the people on such serious matters.
could repay the community for its financial
Fran Gillespie
support, while enhancing its public image.
Eugene
What if people combined some of their
socializing with advocacy? At a neighbor-
hood potluck, what if everyone spent 10 min-
FOREST SACRIFICE
utes writing a letter condemning logging in
Nothing better demonstrates the need to
end commercial logging on our public lands
their drinking water supply? Instead of spoil-
ing the party, this sort of group effort would
than the U.S. Forest Service’s recent decision
to open up Oregon’s last roadless forests to
only strengthen the bonds between people.
Of course, no one wants to be serious all
clearcut logging. This sacrilege proves that
unless we keep our national forests com-
the time. What’s the point of living if you
can’t take the time to enjoy it? But the reason
pletely off limits to taxpayer-subsidized cor-
we are afforded the luxuries of being able to
porate extraction, the timber barons will find
say what we want, hold whatever beliefs we
a loophole large enough to drive their logging
want, and associate with whomever we want,
trucks through.
is because countless people have given their
Clearly none of the current protections are
blood, sweat and tears — even their lives! —
enough when the largest unprotected roadless
to ensure that we have those liberties.
area remaining in Oregon (bordering the
Do we not owe the same to our children’s
Kalmiopsis Wilderness in the Biscuit Fire
children? Don’t they deserve the same free-
area) is on the chopping block, and one of the
doms and opportunities that we all too often
last healthy salmon runs in the Coast Range,
take for granted?
Indigo Creek, is threatened with landslides
If we do not act now, future generations
and massive siltation.
will curse our names. And would they not be
Gov. Kulongoski has already sent a letter
justified in doing so?
to the USFS opposing these roadless area
Josh Schlossberg
sales (albeit without any media.) Yet Sen.
Eugene
Wyden and Congressman DeFazio — both of
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