LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.Byline: The Register-Guard Protect Rogue from logging A few hours south of Eugene lies the Rogue River Rogue River A river, about 322 km (200 mi) long, rising in the Cascade Range of southwest Oregon and flowing generally south and southwest to the Pacific Ocean. , a national treasure, first recognized and designated "Wild and Scenic" in 1968. I have rafted this beauty over 20 times since 1981. I recall black bear scrambling through the brush, otter otter, name for a number of aquatic, carnivorous mammals of the weasel family, found on all continents except Australia. The common river otters of Eurasia and the Americas are species of the genus Lutra. The North American river otter, L. somersaulting in the water, salmon leaping up thundering Rainy Falls, Mergansers and their young scooting scooting a form of behavior limited largely to dogs. Sliding along on the ground while sitting on the perineal area and with the hindlimbs extended forwards. Caused usually by irritation in the perineal area, chiefly anal sac irritation. upstream, turtles balancing on rocks. Once a low-swooping eagle chased a heron close to our rafting party. I recall fall mornings and mist creeping through the valley and how a summer swim refreshes better than the most highly-touted beer. I recall solitude in the roadless area. Sadly, the Bureau of Land Management has plans to log areas of the Rogue just outside the wild and scenic corridor. To protect this watershed, more land needs to be designated as wilderness beyond the quarter-mile protected buffer. Too many Oregon mountainsides are interrupted by the harsh tragedy of a clear cut. Through legislation, there is the capability of protecting the Rogue permanently - by extending the Wild and Scenic and wilderness additions. I encourage Rep. Peter DeFazio Peter Anthony DeFazio (born May 27, 1947) is an American politician. He serves as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon, representing the 4th Congressional District and is currently serving his 11th term. , and Sens. Gordon Smith
Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is Oregon's junior United States Senator, currently serving his second term. He is a member of the Republican Party. and Ron Wyden Ronald Lee Wyden (born May 3, 1949) is Oregon's senior United States Senator. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Early career and personal life Wyden was born in Wichita, Kansas to Edith Rosenow and Peter H. to embrace this vision. No amount of timber dollars is worth giving up the old growth on the mountain slopes, which provide critical habitat for wildlife, filter the air, control run-off and keep the water crystal clear. Visitors to the Rogue River spend over $13 million annually. They are coming for the treasure, not a hillside checkered check·ered adj. 1. Divided into squares. 2. Marked by light and dark patches; diversified in color. 3. Marked by great changes or shifts in fortune: a checkered career. by clear cuts. BEV McDONALD Eugene Time to take back government I usually like to start my day relaxing in bed with the morning paper, but the collection of articles on July 11 was anything but relaxing. Another report of science being squelched squelch v. squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es v.tr. 1. To crush by or as if by trampling; squash. 2. by politics in the Bush administration. Record low support for the war in Iraq while the president continues to put our kids at risk there every day, for no discernible purpose. Why have we not started impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. hearings yet? How much more lying, how many more deaths are necessary? Record heat waves and wildfires across the country, penguins ready to join other polar species on the endangered list, Hynix and Monaco exceeding air pollution limits, dozens of complaints about field burning - and yet we're still arguing about the safety of fuel efficient vehicles, and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency board member Dave Ralston, apparently reading the Bush administration's "science," claims we might as well just keep on with business as usual, because global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. is not a real problem. When will we take back our government from the idiots who are destroying this planet that our children will have to inherit? JAN WILSON Jan Wilson is a Labour councillor in Sheffield and is the current leader of Sheffield City Council. In January 2007 Councillor Wilson announced that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer, but would be continuing in her role as leader of the council. [1] Eugene If you can defend Bush, do so A recent Mailbag writer suggests that anti-Bush letters be simply tallied and the writers be acknowledged as, essentially, "just more Bush haters" saying more of the same. I confess, he's partially correct. We Bush critics, nearing 80 percent of polled Americans, have been saying many of the same things over the last six years - summarized as, perhaps, the Bush administration is dishonest, corrupt, incompetent and destructive, and has done great harm to America and the rest of the world. I can only shake my head at the writer's "kill the messenger" approach to the hundreds of letters published since 2000. If anyone can defend the countless blunders since President Bush came to power, please do so. If anyone really feels the Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. and occupation wasn't a blunder, please explain. If anyone really feels amassing the greatest national debt in history is a good move, please explain your position. If anyone feels the Bushies did a great, good, or even adequate job reacting to Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , please support your position. If anyone feels we or
anyone in the world, unfortunately including Iraq, are better off
because of Bush's presidency, I'd love to hear or read the
rationale.
If you want to hear glowing reports of Bush's achievements, I suggest you limit your exposure to Rush Limbaugh Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American conservative radio talk show host and political commentator. Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, he is a self-described conservative, who discusses politics and current events on his program, , Bill O'Reilly Bill O'Reilly may refer to:
GARY CRUM Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, Ticket bad behavior for revenue All parks are charging fees. Oregon is always hitting the good people in the pocket when it could be making money on all the people doing bad deeds - for example, all the red-light runners, dogs in back of pickups, children and dogs locked inside cars in parking lots and bike riders not obeying the rules of the road. Loosen up and write some tickets if we need more funds to keep the parks open. People will learn from these expensive tickets, and all will suffer less. If I have to have a park pass, then I want to see every homeless person An individual who lacks housing, including one whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations; an individual who is a resident in transitional housing; or an individual who has as a primary residence a hanging out in the same parks to have a pass around his or her neck. I am a homeowner and pay more than my share of taxes and because of these homeless people in the parks, I can't safely enjoy them. Clean up, Eugene! MONICA MONICA Cardiology A WHO initiative–Multinational Monitoring of Trends & Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease–which evaluated the effects of various factors on mortality in Pts MIs SEVERINO Eugene Disrespect can be a reminder Kelly Ochoco, (letters, July 14) thinks people who don't "show respect" for our country by not standing for the National Anthem should consider emigrating. I had a similar experience and reaction at a Sunday evening concert at Washburne Park, when an obviously able-bodied young man chose to remain seated on the ground while the rest of the crowd stood for the anthem. I contemplated asking him why he chose to remain seated, but decided it would give him too much pleasure if I did so. After I got over my initial annoyance, it dawned on me that, rather than not showing respect for flag and country, he was, in fact, demonstrating what this country is really all about: freedom. Freedom to choose. (Dictators hate choice.) And the freedom to ignore people who want to make a statement. So, rather than get upset by the actions of others who are exercising their rights in a free and open society, we might consider thanking them for reminding us of the many freedoms we tend to take for granted. Or take some comfort that we all have the same choice. KEN MOLLY Eugene Scientists question warming A July 12 Register-Guard editorial claims that only "a few scientists ... agree with (David) Ralston" that the global warming scare is overblown o·ver·blown v. Past participle of overblow. adj. 1. a. Done to excess; overdone: overblown decorations. b. . Actually, many more scientists have signed petitions in line with Ralston than have put their names under panicking statements. The original publication that started the climate change panic presented a rise in Earth's temperature in a famous "hockey stick" diagram. Recently, that paper's data and calculations were proven faulty. Thousands of publications have shaken the basis of the global warming hypothesis and diminished its consequences. It is easy to find the names of a few thousand scientists who formed Ralston's opinion. One can start with references in the popular best-seller "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton, or go straight to a new book by S.F. Singer: "Unstoppable Global Warming every 1,500 years." The Web site icecap.us adds summaries and links to new publications every couple of days. And a new book by Bjorn Lomborg, "Cool It..." is in print right now. WOJCIECH SZALECKI Eugene Students subsidize athletics Pat Kilkenny (Register-Guard, July 11) claims that the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. is one of only 17 self-supporting athletic departments in the country. This is deceptive since each student is forced to pay part of his tuition to the athletic department. He claims it is unfair that the athletic department fund itself but fails to explain why. Should the state of Oregon subsidize million dollar salaries for coaches? If the team brings in the money, fine. But if the team is a money loser, they should eat the loss. That's what the free market is all about. He uses the words fiscal sustainability. What does that mean? Nothing! It's just high sounding words to stick it to the taxpayer. He claims he wants the athletic department to rise to the level of excellence of the UO faculty. He is pandering to the faculty. If he really believed what he said, he's be raising money to increase faculty salaries, not fund a new basketball arena. TONY GREGORY Tony Gregory (Irish: Antoin Ó Greágóir; born 5 December, 1947) is an Irish Independent politician and has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Central since 1982. Eugene Human rights aren't negotiable I want to add to Elise and Jim Self's eloquent plea (guest viewpoint, July 12) for Oregonians to not sign a petition to overturn the recently passed law securing rights based on sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. . What they describe are the rights of housing, employment, public accommodation, hospital visitation VISITATION. The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation. 2. The power of visitation is applicable only to ecclesiastical and eleemosynary corporations. 1 Bl. Com. 480; 2 Kid on Corp. 174. , inheritance, joint insurance and the rights of families. These are basic human rights. What kind of just society would even allow its citizens to vote up or down on basic human rights? Is this really negotiable? If we want to live in a free and just society, can we throw determination of human rights to the clamor of the mob? CAROL LAVERY Eugene Fund shift raises questions Just last week The Register-Guard reported that the Lane County Board of Commissioners has moved approximately $280,000 from the parks budget and into the general fund. Well, now it's reported that the commissioners want to hire two new employees, one to fill an upcoming vacancy and the other is a newly created position. Cost to do this: approximately $280,000. And we are supposed to trust these guys? ROBERT PROVENZA Eugene |
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