So much hogwash to get to, so little time. 

Judy Dellar kicks off this week’s LTTE by frowning upon the property tax / 10-year bond that the Eugene City Council is proposing to stick on May ballots “ – this time to provide emergency shelter and affordable housing for the homeless.” Deller has one good line, “I am dismayed that the City Council seems to view property owners as their ready reserve,” but the rest of it is babble. I don’t know why the EW ran this first, since it needs some serious fact checking. The proposed property tax is reported to help pay the $170 log jam the city has for street repairs and such (though I’ve been out of town so I may have missed something). Deller must be one of the “Eugeniuses” she attempts to belittle. 

Moving on, there is another letter about Gustavo Arellano’s column, ¡Ask a Mexican! Pass. 

This week’s Yee Haw!! goes to Rodney C. Cimburke Jr. of Cottage Grove, who pisses and moans about Eugeneans’ pissing and moaning. 

Dear whiny, disgruntled Eugeneans: What will you bitch about next week? … Give me a break, children! Most of you preach tolerance (rag it to death, in fact), but are you not the most intolerant creatures on the planet?

Whenever a new idea crops up, you immediately pop it under your microscopes and scour it for flaws, PC discrepancies and ways that it doesn’t jibe with your paradigm in general. This being the case, you all must really hate yourselves, for if there’s one thing you will simply not put up with, it’s a sanctimonious hypocrite, right?

Cheers, Rodney. We get a kick out of the “frothy ravings of a bunch of angry, petty adult dumbasses” too. 

Following that winner is a plug for “Clearcutting the Climate,” a conference on Jan. 26 at the University. Pass.

Next is a response to a bitchy Eugene biker. This actually is a nice, simple letter that clears up the Oregon biking law, which requires bikes to “ride as close as practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway.” Unfortunatly, the law does not grant drivers the right to hit bikers who don’t obey the law. 

Then there is, as expected, a weekly rant about impeaching Bush, followed by a letter claiming Kucinich as the bee’s knees when it comes to presidential candidates. Pass.

Rounding out the week, a silly and annoying attempt at satire, I think, about a few Republican candidates, and a plead from Mary Jo Davis of Cottage Grove to the BLM to rethink its plan to cut remaining old growth arbor. I leave you with Davis’ opening paragraph; beware, it may make you douse yourself in patchouli, climb a tree and scream “damn the man!”

The Earth is the only planet in the universe that has running water, air to breathe and multiple life forms [someone can’t think outside the box] and is just the right distance from an energy source [Oprah’s loins?] the sun [oh]. It is a delicate balance [so is my drinking habit]. It is the only place we know like this. For the last 200 years, humans have attempted to control nature [No, 200 years ago, humans finally figured out how to, we were attempting for thousands]. This has resulted in high standard of living for many of us [who got their Wii for x-mas?]. It also has resulted in polluted water, air and agricultural systems. Many species have gone extinct [good riddance Dodo]. We are out of balance with nature and on a destructive path [or as Angus would but it, a Highway to Hell]. We humans have a choice to become extinct or not [if you love Earth so much, don’t you want all humans to die?].

Happy New Year.

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