Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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To The Eagle: It is sad to see American citizens ignoring history and willingly give up their constitutional rights for the perceived illusion of security. Last week in this column was the statement “In my opinion, public disarmament is this nation’s best hope of avoiding our mutually assured destruction.” Public disarmament is and has been the tool of tyrants for many years: In 1911 Turkey disarmed its citizens, then murdered 1.5 million Armenians. In 1929 Russia disarmed its citizens, and then murdered 20 million Russians. In 1935 China...
To The Eagle: Three candidates are challenging our incumbents to represent us in the Olympia legislature: Cara Cusack from Chehalis, Jon-Erik Hegstad from Longview, and Kelli Hughes-Ham from Ilwaco. All three will be in a Town Hall Wednesday June 22 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in person, at the Norse Hall (downstairs) on Puget Island. Their meeting will also be live on Zoom and recorded on YouTube for later viewing. To receive the Zoom link (limited to 60) or to sign up for in-person registration (limited to 25), please email the organizers at...
To the Eagle: You hafta sorta admire the warped perspicacity of the DDIDs (Desperately Defending the Indefensible Dudes) – that brave small cadre of Eagle contributors who have stood staunchly in the face of fact, history, and common sense in order to support ersatz causes like Trump/Russia, Trump/Ukraine, Climate Change Disaster, Covid Tyranny, and Gun Control. The latest JBB polemic on gun control evoked images of starry-eyed debaters fighting Mutually Assured Destruction via negotiated disarmament – and then attempts a cute pirouette int...
To The Eagle: Call’em what you will, Winchester 1907, AR-15, AK-47, shotgun, rifle, or pistol. They are all engines of death. Their names are just semantics. You say tomato, I say tomahto. Semantics are interesting and useful, particularly for creating ‘false equivalencies’ such as a contributor’s recent statement that “In 2020 there were 42,700 Fentanyl deaths in the US during the same period that 455 people were killed with rifles.” That’s comparing apples to oranges. Let’s consider, instead, the comparative values of two deadly contrapt...
To The Eagle: It is unfortunate seeing the lack of knowledge (or intentional deception) of many government officials and citizens crying “Ban the AR-15.” Most do not have a clue about the rifle and seem to get their knowledge strictly from media hype or the movies. They believe it is a magical rifle capable of things other rifles cannot do. 115 years ago, Winchester came out with the Model 1907, a gun anyone could buy from a Sears catalogue and have delivered via US Post. It was/ is a semi-automatic, high powered centerfire rifle, with det...
To The Eagle: I thoroughly enjoyed my years on the debate team. Judges would declare the season’s subject. Five minutes before a scheduled debate, the flip of a coin determined whether one would argue in favor or against an issue. To be well versed in the related pros and cons, extensive reading on the subject was necessary. There was no internet. Many library books and tons of magazine and newspaper articles required digestion. One had to cross reference multiple sources to check the accuracy of facts. Those were committed to my rolodex or f...
To The Eagle: I base my letters and opinions on facts, as best I can find them. When reading letters from 5/26, several fictitious comments need correction, in my opinion! 45 did not sever ties with NATO! He did threaten to, much to the delight of Putin. He did pull out of WHO, during a worldwide pandemic, in my opinion bad timing. Did not sever ties with CCP, but added many tariffs for us, the public, to pay, a form of tax. He did pull out of the Iran deal, leading to a speed-up of uranium enrichment by the Iranians and raising oil prices. He...
To The Eagle: On the brighter side of Covid19 reality, former FDA Associate Commissioner Peter Pitts says “COVID-19 is becoming endemic just like the annual flu, except its symptoms and duration are more and more like the common cold… That’s victory.” Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel told the World Economic Forum (WEF) on May 23 his company will throw away 30 million mRNA vaccine doses because world-wide “nobody wants to take them.” Bancel also noted that China does not want any mRNA products, basically China is not interested in purchasing vaccines...
To The Eagle: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The 2nd Amendment clearly specifies national defense to be the core reason a citizen would be expected to keep a weapon at home. When those 27 words were written in the 18th century, the single shot musket or pistol was the most advanced weapon available. That era’s military doctrine of ‘massed fire’ demanded shoulder to shoulder ranks of soldiers firing their muskets in a simultane...
To The Eagle: In case MSM hasn’t reported this, delegates from different countries met recently in Geneva, Switzerland behind closed doors. The talk was about Biden’s proposed 13 amendments that would grant new powers to WHO. Under the proposed amendments, Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus could declare a public health emergency in any country whether they agree with it or not. Delegates from Africa disapprove of the amendments; so should we. Do you know what this means? This should be one of the proofs of what the Biden administration is try...
To The Eagle: Is it really the gun and gunman’s fault? Or is it the lack of security at the school? How did an 18 year old kid get into a grade school anyhow? A few years ago, my wife was volunteering at the school garden here in Cathlamet. She needed me to bring her something from home, and I happily agreed to take it to her. I asked for directions once I got to the school and she said I could drive right up to the garden. So, off I went in my great big SUV and followed her instructions. Soon there I was driving at lunchtime and the nearby pla...
To The Eagle: Biden spoke at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers conference in Chicago on May 11: “Under my predecessor, the great MAGA king, the deficit increased every single year he was president. The first year of my presidency—the first year, I reduced the deficit—literally reduced the deficit by $350 billion. Right now, the majority of our Republican friends just see things differently. They don’t want to solve inflation by lowering the costs. They want to solve it by raising taxes and lowering your income.” He also adde...
To The Eagle: I was reading a recent letter to the editor and the writer said if you can write your name in the snow, "you have no business dictating policy in regard to reproductive issues." However the Supreme Court has never had a majority of justices that can't write their names in the snow, but they did make a landmark decision 50 years ago that the writer does agrees with. I find that interesting. However, I do agree we don’t need nine people deciding every tough decision for us. Their job is to make sure our laws follow our C...
To The Eagle: Are you a conservative? How conservative? I ask, as I have read some far right letters here in this paper. I have Republican friends I can discuss platforms with (45 had no platform), but they are very hard to find; instead I get called names and belittled for having different views. CPAC is the premier gathering of conservatives. I have a few comments on that. I wonder how many are in lockstep with them. The Republicans I can talk with are not. I guess the world doesn't want to see how racist CPAC has become; no press allowed....
To The Eagle: When my wife and I first visited Cathlamet we were amazed at the size and beauty of your marina. We bought land here and had a house built and over the years watched as our marina grew. Along the way we met the marina manager, Jackie Lea, and in doing so came to realize that she was the person who made the marina, through her efforts and ability, the nicest place to visit and utilize each and every day of the year. We all should be proud of our marina and thank Jackie Lea for the outstanding job she did over the years. Jackie,...
To The Eagle: Leakage from the Supreme Court is a rare phenomenon, so news of a possibly overturned Roe v Wade caused a tsunami of temper tantrums and assorted hysteria across the landscape of the woke folks, radical fems, and others in the looney left. One such rant actually washed up here in our quiet backwater, in the form of a polemic in last week's Eagle letters. In response, we'd say, calm down -- things ain't as bad for your side as you seem to think. First of all, 50 years is a pretty good run for such a monumentally odious decision....
To The Eagle: Ask why the Covid virus contains DNA segment that match a DNA sequence “patented by Moderna in February 2016” three years before the global Covid pandemic began. Moderna ‘legally owns’ part of the Covid virus. (DailyMail-UK) Ask why the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its employees received $134 million in verified royalties from third parties like pharmaceutical companies between 2009 and 2014. NIH disclosed over 22,000 royalty payments to nearly 1,700 NIH scientists. “The agency admits to holding 3,000 pages of line-b...
To The Eagle: I quote Elon Musk: “At its heart, wokeness is divisive, exclusionary, and hateful. It basically gives mean people a reason--it gives them a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in fake virtue.” Left and “liberal” narcissists have descended into a spiral of depression and hateful expression. If you don’t acquiesce to their political desires, you don’t like black and brown people. They label you “fascist”or “white supremacist.” Our mad president and his people running the show label half of our populace “white supremacists.” They d...
To The Eagle: I just found out that I received a promotion from President Biden. Previously, I was considered a "deplorable," but now I am a “ULTRA MAGA EXTREMEST” a “radical white supremacist”, a “racist”, and a “sexist”, etc. I guess that's because I support small federal government, low taxes, safe cities, secure borders, a strong military, energy independence, and our Constitution as written, with the ability to amend it by the people’s vote. I think people who know me know that I am not any of those labels, and it’s sad that you get called...
To The Eagle: How sad for the women of our once freedom loving country. Four men, of which two clearly lied during their confirmation hearings and one woman straight out of The Handmaid's Tale who very clearly lied during hers, are set to overturn 50 years of case law. All to support a position repugnant to 70% +/- of the American public. Heaven help us if as a country we let this travesty occur. Of course, the 30% +/- are just tickled silly considering it has no effect on them personally. These sanctimonious do gooders just don't care about a...
To The Eagle: The outpouring of support for our Wahkiakum 4-H and High School Mecha Mules robotics team has been heartwarming. We have 20 sponsors so far. We especially want to thank the Sons of Norway, Helgeland Lodge #30 for their overwhelmingly generous contribution. And the Wahkiakum Amateur Radio Club for their dedication to leading-edge tech. We have nearly reached our goal to fund our June trip to DC to participate in the International SeaPerch underwater robotics competition. Our next activity is a carwash in the parking lot of the...
To The Eagle: A letter last week summed up the greatest threat to our great Democracy with the writer more than suggesting that if he disagrees with you then it follows that he should dislike you. There was a time when we Americans welcomed differing opinions as it helped to find a consensus on issues, thoughts that shaped our lives, our future and our mutual respect for one another. I firmly believe every issue such as abortion, energy policy, the border, inflation, school curriculum and so much more is waiting to be solved if we would work...
To The Eagle: I can empathize with the fellow who recently mourned the casual slaughter he witnessed of wildfowl crossing the road. I would classify such barbaric rural behavior as the rule rather than the exception. You can be sure many a family pet has met a similar fate. Keep your children fenced in. We too were once at the front of a line of vehicles, stopped to wait for a brood of chicks and their feathered parents to cross the road. The peeping gaggle hadn’t quite crossed over the opposite oncoming lane when a rusty pickup came s...
To The Eagle: Because we are both Americans I use to think we shared common values that ran deeper than our Republican and Democratic party affiliation. Like you, I also voted Republican when I thought the Republican candidate was the better choice. Sadly, having watched and listened to you over the last few years, I now realize that our core values are very different, and have learned to dislike you, and dislike what you have become! I dislike you because you listened to and cheered for a man that mocked a disabled reporter in a crowd and...
To The Eagle: Last Wednesday my wife and I decided to take a leisurely drive around the island after dinner. While driving back on Welcome Slough Road we came upon two Guineafowl, probably a mated pair, crossing the road so we stopped to let them pass. A white pickup coming the other way at first slowed down but then accelerated and ran over the birds right in front of us, killing one and barely missing the other. We sat in stunned silence watching the bird die while it’s mate ran around it screeching. We both said, “What kind of person doe...
