LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.Byline: The Register-Guard Media ignored incompetence The reason America got into the Iraq and New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded mess is because of the corrupt media lying and not reporting the truth about President Bush's incompetence. LEE SCHONDORF Yoncalla Corporations choose presidents It's here again, that exciting, hopeful time when we learn which candidates we'll get to vote for in our next presidential election. Almost anyone has got to be better than President Bush and Vice President Cheney, right? Maybe we'll elect a Democrat and our woes will begin to dissipate. We'll view the atrocities of the previous years as merely disturbing dreams. We've been abused for so long (all our lives) by our government that we're unable to think clearly, unwilling to recognize how we perpetuate our own and others' misery and helplessness. The system is flawed and broken, but so are we. Somehow, this ongoing abusive relationship feels familiar, comfortable. We want to believe globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation equals fair trade and America's imperialism is necessary to ensure democracy and freedom worldwide, even as our own freedoms shrink daily. Again, we'll turn a blind eye to the global multinational corporations
Surely the next bright, shining beacon of hope will banish corporate abuse here and abroad. Their pre-election promises will convince us to vote for them, believing we have power of choice. Imperialism, environmental degradation Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife. and death will march on with our support. Did you hear that Hillary Clinton might run? Surely we shouldn't pass up the chance to elect a woman for president! Who will serve as vice? SHERRY FRANZEN Eugene The term is 'ferroequinologist' Jeff Wright's article (Register-Guard, Sept. 9) about the Union Pacific's massive (122 feet long; "4-6-6-4") steam engine The Challenger No. 3985 visiting Eugene was indeed exciting to read, although he missed on his term for the railroad enthusiasts "steaming out" to view it. While Trainbuffus Americanus sounds pretty good and is a good try, the term, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Webster's, is "ferroequinologist." This is a word actually coined by my wordsmith word·smith n. 1. A fluent and prolific writer, especially one who writes professionally. 2. An expert on words. Noun 1. father, Robert Newton
Robert Newton (June 1 1905 – March 25 1956) was an English actor. He was born in Shaftesbury, in Dorset, England, and died in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Lowry, in about 1948 while he was at the University of Virginia Law School and about to go to work for the Southern Railway. He gave it to his railfan classmate, Emmett Gatewood. After graduation, Gatewood moved to Woodside, Calif., and founded a railroad enthusiast newsletter that he called "The Ferroequinologist." The Paul Harvey <noinclude></noinclude>
Paul Harvey Aurandt (born September 4, 1918), better known as Paul Harvey, is an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. rest-of-the-story is that the word ferroequinologist was picked up and included in the next large edition of Webster's Dictionary Webster's Dictionary - Hypertext interface. published about 1968. Gatewood is still alive and living, I believe, in Santa Barbara. ROBERT D. LOWRY Eugene Americans can be refugees Along with everyone else, I was shocked with the devastation brought on in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I keep hearing on the national media how the evacuees Resident or transient persons who have been ordered or authorized to move by competent authorities, and whose movement and accommodation are planned, organized and controlled by such authorities. were upset at being considered refugees in their own country. The United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, doesn't have refugees, they said, that is a problem that happens in Third World countries. If they will get out the dictionary and look it up, we do have refugees. Refugee: "One who flees to a refuge." Refuge: "Shelter or protection, as from danger or distress." It is petty straightforward, and nothing to cause anybody any stress. It may be one more part of the problem causing a lot of dislike for Americans overseas. It tells them that we think we are so far above them that even a natural disaster of this magnitude can't make some of us equal. ROBERT R. McGILLIGAN Springfield |
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