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Show THE ZEPHYR] DECEMBER 2008-JA NUARY We know all of that don’t we ? And yet, once more we Americans voted for what each of us considered the lesser of two evils, Obama or McCain. In BlackCommentator.com we have a valuable reminder: “Long time Black political activist, Ralph Poynter, and comrade, recently reminded me of the timely and timeless paraphrased words of the late and renowned writer and activist, James Baldwin, who said: “There is no such thing as the lesser of two evils. You either 2009 BCT ey ae Noe vote for what you want or for somebody else’s program’ “The Democratic and Republican Parties are both equally unacceptable, and Barack Obama is not the lesser of two evils. He is an integral and systemic part of the Republicrat’s cruel sham meant to maintain and perpetuate repression at home and U.S. Empire I have posted in this space a few lines of a poem by a consciencious objecter, William Stafford, who looked into the present and how it foretold fragments of the future. I post it again, the entire poem this time. (5) The Daily Shoot-out for Tourists in the Square in Jackson Wyoming “Tt’'s more serious now, the encounter on Main Street and the pretended shoot-out. It means more today, the pink-gartered women riding the stage past admiring children who wait the mock hanging and the sprawled _ gunman slid to the roof edge playing dead. Sizeeleh eect I gave him a brief sampling of her platform. Hey, that’s not the point. Our only hope as we move into truly tragic times is People Power, a power that can face and reverse the strangle hold on our history, our traditions, our very lives. It’s time to look back, to our traditions powered by ordinary citizens, to insure that we honor by bold words and effective action the words of Abe Lincoln at Gettysburg, “... of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” HU AON TIN He said, “Who?” He said, “She can’t win.” SNOOP. See : PENSTEMONS abroad.” (4) When a new president takes office he will be at the mercy of “the way things are,” namely corporate demands based on the terribly flawed theory that “What's good for General Motors is good for the country.” At an anti-war protest two weeks ago I told a colleague that I would vote for Cynthia McKinney. THE CUTEST & BEST NURSERY IN THE WORLD IS FOR SALE LuDean Merritt, GRI 435.719.6567 oa) kh q a= és, 271 S. HIGHWAY 191 com (across from Stagecoach Cafe') 435.259.4531 What got away? Was it something the women once glimpsed?--not standing behind their men, but what put curtains by the front windw? And whatever it is that sends back deep for supplies more precious than food, before winter ? Now there’s a little flaw in the wagons, the music, the whiskey. Now it is the birdcall every evening saying “Why?” It is the coyotes ignoring what people are doing in town. It is the brief, silent glow in the clouds found for a moment then lost when the crowd looks down, surging into their history, rejoicing in the dust. 400 EAST & MILL CREEK DR... 259.6999 It is more serious now.” EVERYBODY NOTES COMES TO DAVE’ E $ »* 1. Oliver Lodge, intro. to Thomas Henry Huxley, Man’s Place in Nture and Other Essays. 1906, E.P.Dutton. 2.Flossy Powell, e-mail to fellow activists, Oct. 17, 2008. 3: Ungodly hubris, USA Today, Oct. 27, 2008. (Oliver Thomas... author of 10 things your minister wants to tell you (but can’t because he needs the job). 4 BlackkCommentator.com “At BC, we firmly believe that it is through discussion and debate of divergent opinions that we gain in understanding, and therefore may be brought closer together - not that we will come to speak with one voice on every issue, but will grow in our critical thinking. 5.William Stafford, Wyoming. April, 1985, Ampersand Press. The Soltions invite you to reink, respect, reduce, reuse and recycle, right here in Moab! For a Moab recycling directory, and information on our hands-on projects, visit: www.moab-solutions.org or call 259.0910 Recycling conserves water, creates jobs, lowers pollution, protects pristine areas, and promotes per- sonal responsibility. Recycling matters! eer ie ae ee et oe RIVERSIDE 366 N. 500 & HEATING 259-8324 PLUMBING =. ons - Residential - ene Reiter eee ae ont COMPLETE LINE OF PLUMBING FIXTURES Kohler - Grohe - Mansfield Ejer - Moen - Delta - Sterling - Price Pfister HOT WATER HEATERS - GARBAGE DISPOSALS WHIRLPOOL BATHS - SPAS McCAIN VISITS RICK! After THAT Grueling Campaign, I’M the one who needs to be RE-PLUMBED! |