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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
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