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Show THE ZEPHYR/ AUGUST-SEPTEMBER (I read online) is relatable or approachable(?). I’m not sure if it’s the subject or the style or both perhaps but it’s nice to hear that voice in the desert. A voice of reason and conviction that seems not to be based on a more efficient or effective way to continue destroying all that is sacred. Your nihilistic approach in “Something Entirely Different” reads like a good plan. In that old tug of war over the west both sides have become far too predictable and familiar with each other. All sides have made it their duty to know their opposition as well as In that old tug of war over the west both sides have become far too predictable and familiar with each other. All sides have made it their duty to know their opposition as well as themselves. The winner may just be the side that lets go of the rope so the others fall down of their own momentum. resulted in a 1-Y, which was eventually lost or forgotten about. At any rate, I was spared carnage, which was good. I came by my anti-government education in a slower and longer lasting way. At the end of the day, after all the sound bytes and talking points have been exhausted, such as Jesus, JRR Tolkien, Proudon, Goldman, and a host of others are correct: “govern- ment” has no solutions to any human problem, except possibly directing street/highway traffic at intersections. There is no such real thing as “government” anyway. “Government” are merely the dominant members (aka “leaders”, “office holders”) of the suicid- ally stupid deception-based human pecking order struggle. “Normal” (aka intellectually and emotionally healthy) individuals want no part of it. They just want to live their lifes with as much contentment as possible. The One Ring of coercion-based political Power is, in and of itself, inherently evil and inevitably corrupting, and can only inevitably result Regarding global warming, I thought CO2 was supposed to be nourishing to plant life. So is there a problem if plants thrive and humans decline? I can’t see it themselves. The winner may just be the side that lets go of the rope so the others fall down of their own momentum. Anyway Congratulations and thanks, Timothy Fritz Toledo,OH FORMER SUWA VOLUNTEER OFFERS SPEAKS UP Hell-O Your HCN profile brought back a lot of memories. I was an office volunteer for SUWA in the late 80s and early 90s, when they were in Cedar City. It was the era of Brant Calkin, the originator of SUWA’s “national strategy”. Supposedly they kept this office to maintain a presence in the area. We went round and round about who to reach out to. I’m a native Utahn, and hobnobbed enough with the locals that I could see most were still on the fence about the wilderness debate. There were some rotten apples like Met Johnson poisoning their minds, but a few of us were at least trying to counter their spewings with letters to the editor, etc. Johnson refused to spar any more with me when he found out I’m female. SUWA didn’t want any part of the debate, choosing to lay so low that no one could see them. Once they sent some young dudes door to door, soliciting members, but they weren't from Utah or familiar with the culture. During the 20 year Earth Day anniversary, I organized a series of seven articles in the Southern Utah Spectrum. The only person who pooped out on his article was Brant Calkin. (Kris Dangerfield, the office manager, came through with an article on Dixie Na- Part of my volunteer duty was to enter new members in the database. SUWA started huge direct mailings using enviro group lists, and thousands of members poured in from around the country. Could it be that the newsletters these people got created a whole new generation of tourists? tional Forest, but the Spectrum chose to censor that one). Part of my volunteer duty was to enter new members in the database. SUWA started huge direct mailings using enviro group lists, and thousands of members poured in from around the country. Could it be that the newsletters these people got created a whole new generation of tourists? I wasn’t surprised when SUWA moved to Salt Lake. It hardly matters where they are. By the mid-90s, the battle for the hearts and minds of southwestern Utah was lost. I got run out of town for my sins, which included running a humane society for 10 years and preaching kindness to animals to school kids. I admire you, Jim, for not burning out like I did. Lester Wood in a bigger and more pervasive problem, albeit possibly more subtle, than the problem originally sought to be solved. Spiritual/moral/ethical and intellectual enlightenment will occur one individual at a time. The universe is a cause-and-effect place, and that’s just “how things are” (aka “how life is”). Too many people act as though they believe the universe is not a cause-and-effect place where Nature has set up a system of rules which do not depend on human opinion for their existence, gravitational force, or effect. E.g. Gravity, Charles Law, Boyle’s Law, the Law of Conservation of energy, E = mc2, a2 + b2 = c2 ina right triangle, etc, etc. Nature’s first rule of economics is: a) whatever you tax (e.g. honesty, ingenuity, industriousness, generosity, etc) you WILL get less of, and b) whatever you subsidize (e.g. dishonesty, apathy, laziness, greed, unwed motherhood, joblessness, etc) you WILL get more of. Regarding global warming, I thought CO2 was supposed to be nourishing to plant life. So is there a problem if plants thrive and humans decline? I can’t see it. We have not figured out how to function successfully and individuals or voluntarily control our population anyway (as fate would have it, | am not a biological parent, so I cannot be accused of hypocrisy on the point). While it is not possible for “government” to be part of any meaningful solutions to such problems, somehow I can’t seem to shake the lingering suspicion that the Earth’s ecosystem can’t thrive (or maybe even survive) with hur:.ars as the only life form. I’m not alone (not that that’s relevant to Truth) in believing that we need the other species of flora and fauna as well. Unfortunately, humans keep diminishing the habitats of most other species. That’s NOT a viable long-term behavior pattern. So maybe war and disease have their place in Nature's self-righting, self-cleaning and self-healing system: diminish human population. If we seem to insist on not doing better, perhaps Nature will give us a hand. At least one can hope so. Of course “government” and all wannabe-clever politicians, by definition deceivers —— (“politics” = person or group A trying to persuade person or group B to obey the will of A, therefore the so-called “art” of politics = deception) — — will mock and demonize any individual who holds, or attempts to seriously discuss, such heretical ideas. At the end of the day, the problem is cultural, and you can’t change people minds with laws, especially “hate speech” laws which attempt to control speech. As Lenny Bruce said, “If you can’t say ‘@#!!*”, you can’t say ‘@#!!* the government’, ‘@#!!* slavery’ ‘@#!!* tyranny’, “@#!!* evil, or ‘@#!!* war’” Somewhere I heard it said that men’s hearts much change before societies and cultures can change. So many individuals are so utterly clueless that the hugeness of the task is all but in- comprehensible. Despite that fact, we have no reasonable option but to soldier on anyway. Life is far too short to simply throw up our hands and quit. So keep up the good work. John Wilkenson Grand Junction, CO MORE Jim, Cedar City, Utah EDITOR’S NOTE: NOT burned out? I think I’ve been microwaved...JS THOUGHTS ON WAR & GLOBAL WARMING Hi Jim, I don’t read your paper anywhere nearly as often as the degree I appreciate it would warrant. The part I love most is your cartooning skill. Then, when I do pick up a copy 2007 at Sportsman’s Warehouse (Grand Junction), I usually read “Take It Or Leave It” and I especially liked “War . . . What's It Good For?” With me, it was a dislocated knee which ON ‘BRAVE NEW WEST’ : Thanks to the Mountain Gazette's review of your book “Brave New West” I heard about " you, read your book and found your Zephyr website. My wife and I are transplants from the east to Denver. What a world away from the eastern US of A. Unlike your travels through a cold and snowy Moab, that sold you on the town, my westward yearning came from National Geographic, my father’s musing continued on next page... 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