Source Weekly

Small wonder that the March 27 Greg Walden town hall meeting in Bend garnered zero coverage in the region’s daily newspaper.
Though the Bulletin stops short of calling the Congressman the “kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being” (quick, name the movie reference!), it continues to propound the official myth that he is just a regular guy willing to meet with anyone . . anywhere. So, why waste ink?

As Bob Weir sang on “Saint Of Circumstance,” I’m still walking, so I’m sure I can dance.
And because of that, I don’t need no stinking anti-depressants.

Many opponents of Bend's Surface Water Improvement Plan (SWIP) have focused upon invalid / incorrect underlying assumptions utilized by the City to create this grandiose scheme. Others have relied upon a conviction that surface water is the wrong approach to serve citizens and that the watershed will be harmed or that forest fires will ravage the project.

“Do you believe that this culture will undergo a voluntary transformation to a sane and sustainable way of living?” When Derrick Jensen, an environmental activist, author, small farmer, teacher and philosopher asked thousands of people this question, the answers ranged from emphatic “No’s” to derisive laughter. His next question was “For those of us who care about life on this planet, how will this understanding – that this culture won’t voluntarily stop destroying the natural world, eliminating indigenous cultures, exploiting the poor and killing those who resist – shift our strategy and tactics?
The answer? “We don’t know, because we don’t talk about it, and we don’t talk about it because we’re all so busy pretending that, against all evidence, there will be some miraculous transformation.”