#78 November/December 2005
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Genetically Engineered Designer Politicians
When it comes to politicians, intelligent design trumps evolution
by Todd Huffman, MD

Judge: Grant County's Public Defense System Deficient
from the ACLU of Washington

The Day My Leaf Blower Became Silent
story & photos by Kristianna Baird

FREE THOUGHTS

READER MAIL
More Trust Goes to Doctors; A Plague Upon You; Can We Clean Up the Hanford Clean-up?; American Politicians: A Threat to the World; On Hunger Strike in WA Prison

Writing in an Age of Terror
by David Swanson

Somebody Up There Likes Us!
Utne Reader nominates us for best local/regional coverage
from the editor

NORTHWEST & BEYOND compiled by Sharlynn Cobaugh
Small-Town Victory in North Central Cascades; Seattleites Rally Against Military Recruitment; US Wants Extradition of Canada's Prince of Pot; Old Growth Forests Endangered by Healthy Forest Initiative; CAFTA: A knife in the back of health freedom-fighters; Dirty Kilowatts; Chavez Prepares for US Intervention

HEALTH

Dentist Gone Native: The prophetic nutritional research of Dr. Weston Price, DDS
Part 2 (conclusion): The effects of modern diet on native peoples
by Dr. Stephen Byrnes

LABOR

Work For Bush
cartoon by David Logan

What About the Rank and File?
Labor leaders are still ignoring Labor's biggest asset: volunteer members
part 2 (conclusion)
opinion by Brian King

Federal Charges Filed Against Cascadian Building Maintenance
from SEIU Local 6

Temp World
part 1
by Margie M. Mitchell

POLITICS

Able Danger: 'Something Bigger Here'
New evidence regarding prior government knowledge of 9/11 terrorists
by Rodger Herbst

Socialist Candidate Scores Well in Seattle Vote
from Advocates for Averill

ENVIRONMENT

Ford Redoubles Green-washing Efforts
Activists double over laughing
from Global Exchange and Rainforest Action Network

TRASH TALK by Dave and Lillian Brummet
The Valuable Individual; Reduce Waste this Christmas

WAR

MEDIA BEAT by Norman Solomon
'The War on Terror'--in Translation

Did you know that...
from David Swanson and O'Kelly McCluskey

Iraq: Toward an Honorable Exit
by Phil Heft

CONTACTS/ACTIVISM

NORTHWEST NEIGHBORS
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DO SOMETHING! CALENDAR
Northwest activist events

MEDIA

Bird Flu!
cartoon by Andrew Wahl

Washington Prisons Pay Record Censorship Penalty
from Prison Legal News

Cable-Access TV Faces Local and National Threats
from SCAN

LAW

Too Much Seatime
by John Merriam, attorney-at-law

CULTURE

Teacher; Dead Artists; Untitled
Three poems by Robert Pavlik

If God...
by Styx Mundstock

The Wanderings and Thoughts of Kip Kellogg
by Vincent Spada

PUMPKIN EDDIE'S LIGHTNING POEMS
Moody; Crazy
by Vincent Spada

EDUCATION

Weapons of Mass Instruction
by Paul Rathgeb

Poems by Robert Pavlik


I want to grow minds
Plant ideas in soil rich with curiosity
Hoe the weeds of indifference
Ignorance Ideology Intolerance
Mulch with newspaper clippings
Book reviews Articles Talks
Harvest change Progress Growth Thoughts
Plow the earth
Build a fire with discarded notions
Watch as winter rains saturate the garden
Start all over again


What becomes of people
Who pass through society's cellophane?
(The universal membrane, exceedingly fine
sweats its contents unrefined.)
The elements turn their gentle eyes and lined faces
To dust.
Their voices, low and soft, grow faint
And are finally drowned out
By the shouts and squalls
Of lesser, brasher beings.
Their work
Ripped to shreds
By the waste disposals of western thought
Along with the egg shells and coffee grounds
Bleeding into the sewers
The seas.
And from the detritus
Rich with human nutrients
Grow new and unheard of poems:
Songs to the deceased.


Clouds come pounding up to the window
Shouting and screaming to be let in
I open the door just a crack
To tell them to go away
And they push and shove and
Damn near knock me over.
When they get in they holler and shout
Play the stereo full blast
Rain and snow and hail all over the carpet
My books and magazines and last week's newspapers
Are soaked.
When they finally leave
I collapse, exhausted
The bed sheets are damp
My room is a mess
I pull down the shades.
The mailman delivers a package
It's a rainbow
I keep it in a drawer
For safekeeping.


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