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SLIME SHALL RISE AGAIN
Well, I don’t know what’s lurking out in
your garden, but mine’s oozing with slugs
and their glowing trails. It must be an omen.
Yep, it’s true. Time’s up — it’s time to choose
a new queen at the 25th Siiver Jubilee coro-
nation. Now, do you want to go where the
action is?
Then come on down at 6 pm Saturday,
Aug. 11, to the Broadway Plaza (and bring a
chair).This doozie of a jubilee is FREE!
However, donations are greatly appreciated
for the cause, ’cause we just love to party
down. Either watch the zany old queens slim-
ily strut their stuff and witness the chosen one
— the 2007 S.L.U.G. Queen in all its regalia
— or try out yourself. How would you like to
be queen for a year? Forms can be found
through Saturday Market. And as Queen
Inspira suggests, “Bribe early and bribe
often!”
There will be celebrity judges, so all y’all
really must check it out. And as if all this fool-
ishness wasn’t enough, to top it all off, we are
honored to have J.C. Rico and Zulu Dragon
play celebratory music so that anyone who
wants to dance with the new reigning queen will
have an opportunity. But if its dance card is full,
don’t forget us old queens. Oh, Fiddle de dee,
just come on down. I’d be pleased as punch! I
heard through the grapevine, the theme for the
Eugene Celebration is “Lighten Up.” Ain’t it the
truth.
Queen Scarlett Old Slimera
Eugene
TRUCKERS GET SQUEEZED
Upwards of 36,000 Oregonians make
their living driving trucks. The campaign to
push these jobs out of the middle class and
into minimum wage without benefits is com-
ing from two directions. The current adminis-
tration wants access to U.S. roads for drivers
from south of the border, whose terms of
employment are far below U.S. or Oregon
standards, and employers in the U.S. are cut-
ting pay and benefits. The drivers are getting
squeezed in between.
This isn’t just an issue for the affected
employees. The income from these jobs is
spent on housing, cars, food and all the other
stuff that families need. The income from a
bracero trucking fleet will not flow into the
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The Oregon Legislature as
well as the governor saw right
through their propaganda and
passed the bill handily. Thanks to
their conservation-minded efforts,
Oregon’s wildlife will continue to
be managed professionally and
efficiently.
The public is finally waking up
and noticing the intrusion of these
animal-rights extremist groups.
We can not allow these outside
influences to force decisions that
put our state’s wildlife in jeopardy.
Not managing our wildlife profes-
sionally and effectively is irre-
sponsible and bad for Oregon.
Sound wildlife management programs based
on science and research should always be the
goal. Our wildlife will not be here for future
generations to enjoy if these extremist groups
begin to have success with their narrow-mind-
ed legislation and extreme ballot initiatives.
Oregon deserves better than that.
Chad A. Gooch
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local economy (except for the truckstop fast-
food operations), but will be sent home to
wherever. This will be a huge loss to local
businesses, not to mention the tax base. It will
benefit a few owners of trucking companies
and their management, but fewer people dis-
perse less income.
The issues provoking the strike against
Western Beverage Co. (Budweiser,
Michelob, Widmer, etc.) aren’t just a problem
for the drivers — they affect the local and
state economy, and therefore all of us.
Karen Carlson
Eugene
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DESTABILIZING POLICIES
Mr. Bush is reviving the Cold War, and
bringing us closer to a hot one, with his so-
called missile “defense” deployment near
Russia, supposedly to defend against Iranian
long-range missiles. Russian President Putin
comments, “We are being told the antimissile
system is targeted against something that
doesn’t exist. … It would be funny if it was
not so sad.” (Frida Berrigan, “The Elephants
of Missile Defense,” 6/13, www.fpif.org.)
Even less humorously, Russia has tested a
new intercontinental ballistic missile and
threatens to pull out of other arms control
treaties in response.
Militarization of space was Clinton policy
too, but it took Bush to prompt China to shoot
down a satellite in orbit. Other destabilizing
policies include developing new nuclear
weapons, withdrawing from the Anti-Ballistic
Missile Treaty and undermining nuclear non-
proliferation with his proposed deal with India.
He may even order U.S. troops to attack Iran,
with the likely result of a truly regional confla-
gration. All this without mentioning Iraq,
Katrina, global warming or the shredding of the
Constitution.
The policies I mention are not legal
grounds for impeachment, but they are fur-
ther reasons why removing Bush from office
would serve the public interest. Impeachment
proceedings would slow the march to disaster
that picks up speed every day Bush remains
in office, and deter his successors from simi-
lar actions.
Robert Roth
Eugene
GREAT JOB
I have been reading your newspaper
online, and I really want to congratulate you,
and all your reporters, for the great job you
are doing, and the great newspaper you are
putting out. You really surpass the other
major papers in content and intelligence.
Thanks so much for a great newspaper.
Dorothy H. Bucher
Eugene
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