Show "i ‘ftigMcdnckiskns are more to Se gathered out of a multitude o( longues than through any Und of authoritative selection' Y 'i The Herald Journal Logan Utah rr V ' :&-- ?: — JudS IMIM Hart A'j ' American Jurist (1I7I-1M1- ) Thursday Apt! 20 2000 m Page 22 i-- u And never argue with a waitress : Hasselstrom By Linda e Asa High Plains resident who drives 20000 miles annually I oiler this handy guide for newcomers to the Mythic West Many of you don't knoiw Western rules of courteous driving - especially the driven of cars licensed in the Atlantic states known locally as The Combat Zone and Pacific states or Fault Zone These may look like Wide Open v Spaces to you e but highways are the main artery for Western commerce and considerable Writers on toe Range long-tim- including speed limits “65" may mean “72" but in some areas ft means “65-1And remember Out “Bump" means BUMP — we don’t bother to mark potholes smaller than 2" piflqip two-lan- -- ' your exhaust or gravel? But civil behavior can also mean A child or a drunk may lurch RsoMHCiebaef tion If an into Mircrtswc-nn- a your path — I've encountered dri- oncoming both I’ve watched three vehicles on ver raises his the roadside bum to the axles and a! or her index finger from the steering burning recreational vehicle Mew up wheel return this v“one-fingcatapulting blazing debris in all three-- " acknowledgment" Learn it as a sur- tions vival skill keeping your middle fin- Not long ago driving a Wyoming fet to yourtelflfyoo’ve recenll vpair I noted signs moved to the neighborhood that dn- that at speeds over 40 tires warning ver probably knows your marital sta- - Would This commentaiy by Vincent Martin an of chip seal hc tocfvuLs wind-an- d assistant professor of Spanish at Utah MtL°fyOUrbanfCOU the breaking your you Soon 10 vehicles were chug- - State University is presented here In both EngRsh and Spanish greeting you may be on your way to j ging along at 33' eating dust ncighborlincss to protect considerately space leaving w-V- fo The“two-finge- r By Vincent Martin acknowledgment" glass and enhance visibility Then the the “double-finge- r and the' swipe” guy in the puiple sports car with the nod are merely differences in techCalifornia plates passed all of us swipe and steernique A eventy yean ago the Spanish throwing up dust that Minded everying wheel whack indicates a cheerful : one including construction workers philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset published a highly influential book titled friendly motorist though the condi- -: Rocks cracked my windshield tion may wear off with the music When the gravel ended several of Hie Revolt of the Masses in which he drags or caffeine us exceeded the speed limits to catch analyzes the historical consequences Western drivers use a variety of and express our annoyance by for what he calls “mass man" The' other helpful signals If 1 flash my you does not refer to flashing headlights and honking concept headlights at you three times or horns Be glad none of us had a really the working masses but reach ahead of my steering wheel to short rather to “the average temper ‘And remember that a man” who feels 'point down slow your speed: there’s '“just gun rack in the back 'window often like trouble ahead and the highway may means everybody” and a pistol under the seat and we n be Mocked A times I’ve take “not specially qualigood manners seriously is coma hill to find a cattle herd topped One more hint for civility and safe- fied” The mass who the and those all road nervous of over posed spread ty: Never argue with a truck stop “demand A to a clear nothing specowboys trying path waitress I’ve seen the cial of themselves” and - Martin reiKhcr is liable if you hit his cows fe Alta carries to deal with y°uVTSEtom who are not subdued whri :heJl !? effort towards perfection” Ortega ‘estate®-j'7- ' she pours hot coffee in their laps Do calls diem Tmoys adrift" :cp yo not disagree with any of the waitress- )VA concern to (Men in his"aniprimary Slow down for good shape any in es Fireside the Cafe in Lusk" observatkm of diis new histoncal phe- - n mal inside the highway fence — Wyoming designatingthem Trophies nomenon the loss of democracy was cows antelope and buffalo are all as the State Cf Sharpshooting he calls hyperdemocra-c- y: what through likely to walk in front of you and ons are displayed in the mby7 are we “Tbday witnessing die triwith most demol of them will impact of a hyperdemocracy in which umph ish your car Local residents may stop 'k f'i ' 8" the mass acts diraedy outside the law short to examine a neighbor's crop or Linda Hasselstrom is n contributor to swerve to run over snakes and Writers on the Range a service of High imposing its aspirations and its desires by means of material pressure It is a grasshoppers 7 ’vV Country News (wwwhcnorg) She Ives false interpretation of the new situa-tiIn Cheyenne Wyo Pay attention to highway signs M v to say that the mass has grown social : "' When the passing lane is empty and you see a vehicle parked on the right shoulder of the road pull over This is mannerly — why buffet a driver who’s having car trouble with on interne-- v 5 ” t "'a Giiost commentary er W- s' w i ft - - rks tired of politics and handed over the exercise of it to specialized persons Quite the contrary That was what happened previously that was liberal Now on the othfrv democracy hand the mass believes that it has the right to impose and to give force of law to cliches born in the cafe” ) Ortega’s claim that each of us acts as “mass man” when we act capri-- 1 ciously without forethought effort or sufficient knowledge underscores the politicization of the Elian Gonzalez case The screams for “lib- erty” and “justice" that fill the air of " Miami's “Little Havana” invert the tenets of democracy on which the : United States was founded and they - three-fing- s er trt rv' Y V r & r'r-- i ' : on - - v: Your About the Cache Humane Society the - “self-satisfi- ry Cuban-Americ- an 1' - setenta afios el fildsofo espafiol Josd Ortega y Gasset publied un libro de remarcada influencia titu-la“La rebelido de las masas” en el analiza las consecuencias histdri-cque do gritos de “Ubertad” y “justicia" que Uenan el aire de la Pcqucfla Habana de Miami invierten los principios de n la democracia sobre los cuales se los Estados Unidos y rinden homenaje al newspeak (“lengua nueva”) de la novela orweliana 1984 Esta masa aparenta adherirse a los nobles ideates estadounidenses de la democracia pero meramente realiza la vkla del “seflorito satisfecho” que pensando “que la vida es fteil encuentra en sf una sensaci6n de dominio y triunfo que k invita a dar por bueno y compkto su haber moral e intelectuaf da archi-tectur- al con-tra- ia ' La cantante Gloria Estefan ha invitado al padre de Elite a buscar santuario en Miami y el actor Andy Garcfa irresponsable-ment- e ha dedarado que el nifto de seis aftitos deberia tomar sus propias deciskmes en torno al caso de custo-di- a Ninguna de estas celebridades cubano-american- esti as Jbum Hafald Journal Editortpolic Tit Opinion Hi page Is hstndMi to acquainl on imum Mdn 1S1 a vwn(y of vtowpomnrantows ol el pubic hnportince and pcovtdt Vw convnunlly nh a tonmi tor Swir vows Personal cotornns cartoons and Wtaisiram FMOifl WVIKI TV OpnOnB Ol Vraw WnRwV PSl creators ErStorfatoisrdsr tie hearing t)ur reptesanl toe vtoM el toe Hstwd Journal U board Members ol toe ecHonal board: tfSisWSHtIWr CritoNA rwj NICOLE FARRELLtetyedtor CMOYYURTHrtsahieeedeor BRUCE SMTHbubisItor CHARLES ItoOOLLUMtoenaging aritor at & I Habana Men pueik tener su origen en el grupo anti-Cast- ro Democracy Movement que ha tornado la decision a priori de reaccionar negativamente a la deportacite de Elite ExtraAfsima es la afirmacidn del lider del grapo: “estamos dispuestos a morir para defender los derechos fonstitu-cionalde Elite Gonzilez” Como extnuijero ilegal Elite disfruta del es : derecho del debido proceso legal y recursos judiciales que los cubanos derecMstas en Estados Unidos estin pisando Quiz! haya irfoi-camen- que renombrar este te grupo: “Movimicnto Hipeidemocrecia” La antigua tragedia entre Bien y Mai se esti representando en el tabla-d- o de la prensa mundial entremezcla-d- a con ciertos aspectos de farsa Nuestro Mroe trigico es un nifio de seis aAOs llamado Elite — anagrana akgdrko de alien — que ha hereda-d- o el “yerro trfgico” de su madre de afrontar cl mar Ese error k ha al desastre de k modernidad a saber la Mpeidemocracia Esperanos la restauracidn de onlen y justicia y el con-duci- “especial-ment- e cualificada" para inteipictar la ley pero los dos creen que tienen cl “derecho a imponer y dar vigor de ley a sus tripkos de cafe” Flotan con la Mallard Fillmoro erisi-t- o El caso ms contundente de la hiperdemocracia en la Fequefta fun-da- nte ‘ pdr-di- masa de boyas sobre las Mas del sackmalismo y la demagogia deleyasustdpicosdecafo” La afirmacidn de Ortega de que cada uno de nosotros aetda como “hombre masa” cuando actuamos caprichosamente sin meditacidn esfuerzo o conocimiento suficiente subraya la horripilante politizaci6n del caso sobre Elite Gcazilez Los en ri age-ol- ed jaina--gr- an X Xace espe-dalme- gU'esoUty HoPT Bizarrely the group’s leader has stated: “we are willing to die to defend die Constitutional rights of Elian Gon- -' zalcz" As an illegal alien Elian does six-year-- - as fit atively to Elian's deportation enjoy the right to due process of law and to judicial review which are iron-- 1 ically being trampled on by right-win- g Cubans in the yS Perhaps a pay homage to the newspeak of ' Orwell’s “1984” This mass seems to renaming of this group is in order: ' espouse the noble Americ an ideals of “Hyperdemocracy Movement” - The d democracy but merely lives the life of tragedy between Good man” who thinking V and Evil is being played out oq the finds within Mm- - '' stage of the world press intermixed “that life is easy nsatkm of power and triumph ifwith certain aspects of farce Our tragto look upon his ic hero is a which invites him Cuban boy moral nd intellectual makeup as named Elian — an allegorical excellent complete" of “alicn" — who has inherited - Singer Gloria Estefan has presump- - his mother's “tragic flaw” of braving tuously invited Elian's father to seek the sea That error has led Mm into " asylum in Miami and actor Andy modernity's disaster of hyperdemocra- asserted has that Garcia irresponsibly cy We await the restoration of aider ' the Elian should make his and justice and the hero's own decision regarding the custody and moral revelation upon his return home Only then shall we expe-- ’ 'caw Neither of these two celebrities is “specially rience a catharsis of pity and fear for qualified” to interpret law but both Elian Por Vincent Martin ! : To editor: ' It’s not quite my style to “Sound Off" anonymously so a signed letter Ferhaps people worrying about seems niore appropriate as a way to how CHS uses its limited funds inform people who doubt the value of : de lo que llama “el hombre-masa- ” should make the effort to attend the services provided by the Cache El concepto no se refiere Humane Society (CHS) My remarks annual public meeting which is a las masas obreras principalmente are drawn directly from CHS minalways announced in local papers and sino al “hombre medio"que se siente utes accounts and other records rarely attended by any but Board “Como todo el mundo” y“no In essence contributions to CHS Directors The annual financial report cualificado” La masa se are put immediately into one of two v and summary of services is always de personas que “no se exi-gbank accounts: operating funds or presented at this meeting They compone nada especial” y que viven tal shelter savings Many people earmark should also join CHS (annual memcual son “sin esfuerzo de peifeccidn their gifts and of course we honor bership fee $20) and examine the sobre sl mismas” Ortega las llama such requests The Shelter fund has s accounts on a regular basis as would la deriva” a van “boyas que grown very slowly but with the backbe Very possible for any paid up Una inquietud fundamental para : ing of one dedicated contributor CHS Ortega en su observacidn de este has mrehased an appropriate piece of short CHS has a core of hard fendmeno histdrico nuevo foe la ' land uhl with the help of many caring S working members and volunteers de la democncia a travds de lo diino s has obtained working who make a difference in tire wellllama hiperdemocracia: “Hoy que plans for a shelter which of many Valley animals and asistimos al triunfo de una could meet Cliche Valley needs for being their owners We need continued sup- Mpeidemocracia en que la masa aetda many years Operating funds have directamente sin ley por medio de been stretched and stretched and port of the Community We hope to materiales presiones impomendo sus more and work closely productively stretched so as to meet immediate aspiraciones y sus gustos Es falso Animal with and Control personnel needs of animals Thus a very big las situaciones nuevas interpretar other similar interests people having part of this fund goes into the como si la masa se hubiese cansado but need shelter a we SpayNcutcr program and our direct de la politica y encaigase a personas help to the local “Kitty Lady” who especules su ejercicia Todo lo works on an abandoned cat program Phyllis R Publicover Eso era lo que antes aconteda in the Valley This fund also pays for CHS member era la democracia liberal eso phone service where we really try to Logan Ahora en camMo cree la masa que tiene derecho a imponer y dar vigor - group ro JJn Mrqeteagicp'de ‘la hiRermocracia’ direct callers to other agencies and individuals who can help with specific problems We also provide emergency medical help and supplies to people who foster animals for CHS in their homes : i- anti-Cast- Democracy Movement which has made an a priori decision to react neg- : fish-scali- ng — come from the 7 r half-doze- w ham-raisin- believe that they have “the right to impose and to give force of law to cliches born in the cafe” They float with the mass of buoys on the waves of sensationalism and demagogy The most telling case of hyperdemocracy in Little Havana may well y do revelacidn moral del Ikroe al vMver a su hogar SMo entonces experimentaremos una catarsis de misericordia y miedo por Elite Lettefsipoiic I nt ntnwj Mxvm wram9t otmv w edSor Prlsnitly malout or oflemlie toners AjULha J nOl ajJ Pe a WR IWWIii ViQ reserves toe ngN to sdRalWIste to oontonn to toe lengto and style tequbemenls ol Sre u newspaper Letters tfiouM be: to Typewrtoen and double spaced No mote torn 450 words In lengto 1 to Addressed and todude daytime pttone number tor purposes ol veriRcaKotv to Signed by tot autoor IndMduals are Snttod to one published he-twthin any SOOSy period Address tottorsto hjtonerOhrnewscom GueSloom-mentane- e are alto eetoome and are nmal toeedtorSdaoretiar |