OPINION.Byline: The Register-Guard Be safe and courteous in forest The pigs who were camped near the big tree down U.S. Forest Service Road No. 1964 near Elk Creek Elk Creek may refer to the following: California:
At the campsite we were shocked to find a campfire, unattended and out of the ring. Fires were not allowed outside of designated campgrounds last weekend, yet they had one anyway. Not only did they have a fire, but they left the forest without extinguishing it. My husband ran back to the truck to retrieve a five-gallon water jug. He made repeated trips to the river to refill the jug in an attempt to put out the fire. After pouring 20 gallons of water on the fire, we left the area in search of a forest ranger forest ranger n. An officer in charge of protecting or managing a section of a public forest. . We found two firefighters who were able to respond to the situation. Having averted a forest fire, we took our grandson down to the river for some lunch. If you go out into the woods again, please don't litter, and follow fire safety guidelines. LORI ELAM Eugene 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. costs are staggering The war in Iraq rages on. As of Aug. 29, there were 2,626 U.S. soldiers dead and more than 19,500 injured. The total number of Iraqis dead is calculated as at least 64,000. These numbers represent an excessive and horrendous human cost, as well as a cost based on twin deceptions that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or and that Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq—died Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad) President of Iraq (1979–2003). He joined the Ba'th Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. was responsible for the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001. These costs and lies alone ought to be enough to outrage us all to the point that we demand an end to this war. However, most of us are not aware of the financial costs of continuing this travesty. The National Priorities Project (www.nationalpriorities.org) reports that the U.S. cost of war as of Aug. 29 was $310,647,458,283. I have trouble even reading that number. That amount, for example, could have funded either 41,145,427 children for a year of Head Start, insurance for 186,016,779 children for one year, 2,797,094 additional housing units, or 15,059,538 four-year public university scholarships. The amount spent on the Iraq war by Lane County alone is $225,700,000! We are destroying not only Iraq with falsely waged war, but also ourselves - and our government is not allowing us to see the costs of war. Patriotism demands that we end our self-destruction and end this insane and costly war. ALICE SHAPIRO Florence Chilean children face fund cuts Just three weeks into my speech pathology speech pathology n. The science concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of functional and organic speech defects and disorders. Also called speech-language pathology. study exchange in Valparaiso, Chile, I learned of APANTeL, the parent organization that is fighting for equal rights of children with language disorders. On Sept. 1, parents across Chile's 13 states implored their government leaders to face the existence of an "invisible disability An invisible disability is a disability that is not (always) immediately apparent to casual observers; that is, it is not visible to the naked eye. Examples "The term [1]Invisible Disabilities refers a person's symptoms such as extreme fatigue, dizziness, pain, " that inhibits personal expression. Currently, the Ministries of Education and their same-party lawmakers believe speech-language disorders do not constitute a disability. This is preposterous! APANTeL hopes to persuade lawmakers to continue the 15 years of funding to the 659 special public language schools that serve more than 70,000 children for language disorders. The termination of funds appears to violate the UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. Convention on human rights for children. These
include the right "to participate fully in family, cultural and
social life," and to "an education (that develops) the
child's mental and physical abilities."
To a child with a language disorder, this is very difficult, if not impossible, without proper instruction. If Chilean lawmakers terminate government funding, students will miss out on invaluable instruction, and all instructors, secretarial staff and speech-language pathologists, some 6,800 in total, would be without work. From afar it seems like an impossible battle, but it takes just one drop of water to break the surface tension. Please do whatever you can! The children cannot wait while lawmakers debate whether a language disorder is a true disability. EMILY MOSQUEDA Eugene County's ads a waste of money Am I the only one upset with our county government for its foolish and wasteful expenditures on broadcast advertising touting county employees? For the past several weeks, anyone who watches television or listens to radio has heard and seen these examples of public money being foolishly wasted. It bothers me to the point where I find it necessary to change stations when they come on. I am pondering sending the commissioners a bill for my share of this advertising budget - I want my money back. My assessment is that anytime government finds money to spend patting itself on the back, it is at least partially because it is overfunded. I have no doubt whatsoever that that there are many underfunded un·der·fund tr.v. un·der·fund·ed, un·der·fund·ing, un·der·funds To provide insufficient funding for. underfunded adj → infradotado (económicamente) programs that are of much greater importance. Please, anyone who finds cause to agree with me, let the county know. LEE ROTHROCK Springfield Bush can't hide Katrina failures President Bush's public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most effort to make our government's response to the Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. disaster look good,
expedient and sensitive to the needs of the hurricane's victims is
not working. Our disorganized dis·or·gan·ize tr.v. dis·or·gan·ized, dis·or·gan·iz·ing, dis·or·gan·iz·es To destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or unity of. response from the very beginning - preventively, crisis response and aftermath renewal - was and is a failure. Some Americans truly can't wait for an election for a change in the ways that our needs are met by a fumbling government that absolves itself of responsibility by lying and rewriting facts. We must demand accountability and change. Our news media and representatives must focus on these issues with accurate reporting, highlighting successes, so that we can build on their effectiveness, and failures, so that we can assure that they will not happen a second time. ROBERT ZENUCH Eugene Stories libeled Bush, Rove I am wondering if The Register-Guard will be spending countless days - using the front and op-ed pages, of course - apologizing for printing and commenting on the blatant lies and defamation of character (the newspaper is protected from libel) against Karl Rove  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. and President
Bush and his administration, saying things such as they should be tried
for treason.
We now know that they were not the ones who exposed Valerie Plame Valerie Elise Plame Wilson (born Valerie Elise Plame 19 April 1963, in Anchorage, Alaska), known as Valerie Plame, Valerie E. Wilson, and Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). agent. Many of us believed the denials because there was no evidence. The Register-Guard printed lies that will always be truth in the minds of people. The newspaper probably wouldn't have done this - or would have certainly downplayed it - had it involved a Democrat in any capacity, especially during the administration of Bill Clinton and company. Do the editors feel any embarrassment or humility at all? Of course, they won't be wasting much space on this news story. It goes against their mind-set - lock-step media thinking that to destroy a Republican is good for the country, even if we aren't sure of our facts. The difference now is that millions of us know-nothings outside the Beltway (from which The Register-Guard seems to get its news, along with whatever The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times writes), who are on the Internet are neither surprised nor taken in by the tactics of a biased media. We don't believe in ruining a man's good name or finding him guilty before there is solid proof. What a concept! Think New Republic. CHRISTINE KELSAY Eugene Hynix a model corporate citizen As a person who was involved in the Hynix (formerly Hyundai) Eugene project from its very inception, including site selection process, reading the recent article about Hynix's further commitment to Eugene made me reminisce rem·i·nisce intr.v. rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing, rem·i·nisc·es To recollect and tell of past experiences or events. [Back-formation from reminiscence. about the past and think about the future (Register-Guard, Aug. 30). What Hynix did was remarkable and extraordinary - and arguably ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. , foolish. It chose a city that was shunned by the rest of the high tech industry. It withstood criticisms, public outcries and many lawsuits. It had to endure media and public scrutiny that often was unfair and biased, and it somehow survived the Asian financial crisis of 1997, which wrecked many Asian economies and companies. The five years I spent in Eugene were the most difficult and challenging years of my life. Even a multi-billion-dollar company feels that pain when it's unfairly criticized, called undeserving names and bullied around for political purposes. My colleagues and their families felt and had to endure each and every one of those criticisms and name- callings. I no longer live in Eugene, but I am the biggest fan of Eugene. There are too many wonderful things to mention about Eugene. This is the very reason I write this letter. Hynix has been faithful to Eugene and its people despite all the things that should have caused any company in its right mind to leave. It is about time Eugene calls and embraces Hynix for what it is: a model corporate citizen. DAVID KIM Dr. David Kim (born November 7, 1969) is a physician and orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopy and shoulder reconstructive surgery. His office is located in Huntington Beach, California at the Huntington Beach Orthopedics and Sports Medicine practice. Tempe, Ariz. Our enemies won't compromise Suppose you had a neighbor who has publicly sworn to kill you. He has killed your cat, your dog and one of your children. Now he's screaming obscenities at you while stockpiling stock·pile n. A supply stored for future use, usually carefully accrued and maintained. tr.v. stock·piled, stock·pil·ing, stock·piles To accumulate and maintain a supply of for future use. explosives that, if detonated, will poison your entire neighborhood for generations. Remember MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction? It worked because both sides were afraid to die. But what do we do if one side actually welcomes death as a means of obtaining privileges in the afterlife? We face such a neighbor. This is World War III World War III (abbreviated WWIII), or the Third World War, is a term used to describe a hypothetical conflict on the scale of World War I and World War II, or even larger, such as a nuclear holocaust. , and we are poised on the brink of nuclear disaster. Our opponents are more fanatical than Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin ever were, and there are more of them. Our opponent is radical Islam, the crazed lunatics being led from the Middle East by thugs and power-hungry madmen. The Register-Guard and others on the left would have you believe this is a non-problem, that all we have to do is talk to them, to just be nice and we'll live happily ever after The term happily ever after is used in association with many works of children’s fiction and romantic fiction. It describes a happy ending, often a cliché in which all the good characters have emerged victorious and all the evil characters have been punished. . After all, it's all America's fault anyway, and we are getting what we deserve. Hogwash hog·wash n. 1. Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense. 2. Garbage fed to hogs; swill. hogwash Noun Informal nonsense Noun 1. . There is only one solution: Eliminate those who would destroy us. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , give them the death they proclaim to seek. Or, we could convert and join them. We could kill all homosexuals, enslave en·slave tr.v. en·slaved, en·slav·ing, en·slaves To make into or as if into a slave. en·slave  ment n. our women and join in the beheading of unbelievers.
You will have to choose because, in their minds, there's no middle ground. TOM PREUSS Creswell |
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