TO THE EDITOR
A DELICATE BALANCE
MITT FOR BRAINS
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It appears that the Republican presidential
nomination race has focused around Mike
Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.
Mike is in Iowa telling the voters that they
don’t know Mitt. Mike is a religious minister.
He is convinced that Romney has Mitt for
brains and is a Mittfaced imitation of a conser-
vative. Romney is trying to persuade voters
that if they let him sling some Mitt, the reli-
gious right will be shouting: Holy Mitt!
Brother Fred is walking around the precincts
looking like two pounds of Mitt in a one pound
box. He is telling the right wing faithful that a
vote for Romney will put the GOP up Mitt
creek without a paddle. The latest polls shows
Huckabee surging in favor with the
Republicans while losing the presidency to any
breathing, hot Mitt Democrat.
Gerry Merritt
Eugene
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The Earth is the only planet in the universe
that has running water, air to breathe and mul-
tiple life forms and is just the right distance
from an energy source the sun. It is a delicate
balance. It is the only place that we know like
this. For the last 200 years, humans have at-
tempted to control nature. This has resulted in
high standard of living for many of us. It also
has resulted in polluted water, air and agricul-
tural systems. Many species have gone extinct.
We are out of balance with nature and on a de-
structive path. We humans have a choice to be-
come extinct or not.
The latest BLM plan to cut the rest of the
“old growth” and to cut further down to
streams has been criticized by scientific peer
review, the EPA and the Federal Fish & Game.
These lands belong to the people, not the cor-
porations. Their health helps to insure our
health.
I plead with everyone: Please call your fed-
eral representatives and senators. Tell them
they need to insist that the BLM must produce
a “new” plan to help renew the health of our re-
gion, our planet and our species.
Mary Jo Davis
Cottage Grove
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flashy or receive any contributions from cor-
porate giants (which means he has no strings
attached to the oil, pharmaceutical or defense
industries), but he does represent our hopes
and dreams, and he has viable plans to achieve
them.
On an Internet poll (www.dehp.net/candi-
date/index.php) of 197,000-plus people that
asks solely about the issues and their impor-
tance, Dennis Kucinich consistently ranks
number ONE with more than 85 percent of re-
spondents. Try it, and you may be surprised to
learn that you, too are most in alignment with
candidate Kucinich.
Gail Rhamy
Eugene
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