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letters The Shedd Institute www.theshedd.org - 541.434.7000 Tom Harburg MTTA Title Sponsor The MTTA - Spring 2019 The Vaudeville Hour Sun June 16 - 4:30 pm Th e Shedd Choral Society Brahms: Sechs Lieder und Romanzen Tuesday, June 18 - 7:30 pm HISTORY REPEATS “In all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice. I welcome this kind of investigation because people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook” — Richard Nixon at a press conference on Nov. 17, 1973. Richard Nixon or Donald Trump, the lie remains the same. At least Nixon was more welcoming and understood the question. Let’s make sure both stories have the same happy ending. Two dates to re- member: Nov. 17, 1973 and Nov. 3, 2020. Benton Elliott Eugene NATURE’S A BITCH Breaking News: Mother Nature found living in a cave near Grants Pass, Oregon. When confronted by FBI interroga- tors, Mother Nature confessed to killing uncountable numbers of people, spe- cies and civilizations over eons of time, and admitted to planning to kill us all by erupting the Yellowstone super volcano. Her plans include crushing the state of Oregon under 10 feet of volcanic ash and causing billions of deaths worldwide through crop failures and the break- down of civilization. When asked if the “Green New Deal” can save us, she laughed and said that she controls the weather, not Al Gore. She added, “I create havoc when I get bored with long periods of tran- quility. It’s just my nature. This spring I made America’s Midwest much colder than normal, which spawned my beauti- ful plague of lovely tornadoes.” Scientists confirmed that torna- does are formed when warm air from the tropics clashes with cold air in the American Midwest, creating powerful storms with strong wind shear, which causes the air to spin. Mother Nature vowed to go on cre- ating people and killing people, and producing great serenity and great fear. She summed it all up in a few simple words: “I’m just a crazy bitch.” Christopher Calder Eugene John Mayall Wed June 19 Shedd Theatricals 2019 GLOBAL FUNDING I agree that a small step on our part can make a difference (“Making a differ- ence,” Letters, 6/6). The letter refers to a possible AIDS-free generation by sup- porting the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Experts tell us that it is possible. But the Trump Administration has pro- posed slashing funding for the Global Fund, even though we spend just one- fourth of one percent of our federal bud- get on global health. The Global Fund is a “best buy” on many levels. Did you know that every dollar invested in the Global Fund re- sults in $19 in health gains and economic returns? Disease is both a cause and a result of poverty. We need to support the Global Fund. Donna Schindler Munro Bremerton, Wash. July 12-21 The Shedd Institute E U G E N E W E E K LY . C O M J U N E 1 3 , 2 0 1 9 5
