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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I am also retired from the Port. Time to
let some younger, more energetic people take the reigns. I am still
working though. Guess it is hard to change old habits.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for the importance of the immigration issue; it
is much larger than what merely affects this valley and small region. I
believe my retirement is fairly secure, at least as secure as anyone's can be in
these times. We never allowed Potlatch to buy out our pension fund and, to
date, it is still more than fully-funded.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Take care,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dick</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=msolomon@moscow.com href="mailto:msolomon@moscow.com">Mark
Solomon</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=rvrcowboy@clearwire.net
href="mailto:rvrcowboy@clearwire.net">rvrcowboy</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Re: Potlatch
(was Immigration or Invasion?)</DIV>
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<DIV>Dick,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I kind of assumed from your email handle that you had retired. >From
the Port as well? Enjoy.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>But you really believe that immigration in the Valley is a larger issue
than whether the region's largest private employer stays in business? Better
cash out that pension now before it evaporates.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Mark</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>At 7:19 AM -0700 4/25/06, rvrcowboy wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
size=-1>Mark,</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>I worked for
Potlatch for over thirty years. You probably don't know I retired
three years ago. According to the company and the media, the company
lost millions nearly every quarter, especially in contract years like this
one. Still the company continued to produce product and operate.
I don't believe everything I read. I truly believe a lot of it is
printed merely to convince the suckers, which it does.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>As for whether or
not this is as important as the immigration issue: No, I don't believe
it is even close.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Dick</FONT><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>----- Original Message -----</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:msolomon@moscow.com">Mark
Solomon</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:rvrcowboy@clearwire.net">rvrcowboy</A> ; <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:17 AM</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><B>Subject:</B> Potlatch (was Immigration or
Invasion?)</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Dick,</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>This just in on the wire <A
href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=100877&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=847067&highlight"><SPAN></SPAN>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=100877&p=irol-newsAr<SPAN></SPAN>ticle&ID=847067&highlight<FONT
face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000 size=+1>=</FONT></A>:</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT color=#000000> "The Pulp and Paperboard segment
reported an operating loss of $2.4 million for 2006's first quarter,
versus operating income of $2.4 million for the first quarter of 2005. "A
13 percent increase in paperboard shipments, combined with higher selling
prices for paperboard and increased pulp shipments to external customers,
were more than offset by higher maintenance, chemical, freight and energy
costs," Covey said. He added that energy expense, including natural gas,
was $2.0 million higher than in the first quarter of 2005.
"</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>So Dick, now that the mills are separate from the land and
timber in a very real way due to the REIT conversion, how long can money
losing divisions like pulp and paper last? Seems like this is a much
larger question for folks in the Valley than immigration.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Mark Solomon</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>At 11:39 PM -0700 4/24/06, rvrcowboy wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>HISPANIC LEADERS SPEAK OUT! <BR> <BR>Augustin
Cebada, Brown Berets; "Go back to Boston! Go back
to <BR>Plymouth Rock, Pilgrims! Get out! We are the future.
You are old and tired. <BR>Go on. We have beaten you. Leave
like beaten rats. You old white people. It <BR>is your duty to
die . . . Through love of having children, we are
going <BR> to take over. <BR> <BR>Richard
Alatorre, Los Angeles City Council. "They're afraid we're
going <BR>to take over the governmental institutions and
other institutions. <BR>They're right. We will take them over
. . We are here to stay." <BR> <BR>Excelsior, the national
newspaper of Mexico, "The American Southwest <BR>seems to be
slowly returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing
a <BR>single
shot." </B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B><BR> Professor Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of
Texas; "We have an <BR>aging white America. They are not
making babies. They are dying.</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>The
explosion is in our population . . . I love it. They are shitting
in</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B> their pants with fear. I love
it." <BR> <BR>Art Torres, Chairman of the California
Democratic Party, "Remember <BR>187--proposition to deny taxpayer
funds for services to <BR>non-citizens--was the last gasp of
white America in California." <BR> <BR>Gloria Molina, Los
Angeles County Supervisor, "We are
politicizing <BR>every single one of these new citizens that
are becoming citizens of</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>this
country . <BR>. I gotta tell you that a lot of people are saying,
"I'm going to go <BR>out there and vote because I want to pay
them back." <BR> <BR>Mario Obledo, California Coalition of
Hispanic Organizations and <BR>California State Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare under</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>Governor
Jerry Brown, also awarded the Presidential Medal
of</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>Freedom
by President Bill Clinton.</B></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-1><BR></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>"California is going to be
a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like <BR>it should
leave." <BR> <BR>Jose Pescador Osuna, Mexican Consul General ,
"We are practicing 'La <BR>Reconquista' in
California." <BR> <BR>Professor Fernando Guerra, Loyola
Marymount University; "We need to <BR>avoid a white backlash
by using codes understood by Latinos . . . " <BR> <BR>Are
these just the words of a few extremists? Consider that we
could <BR>fill up many pages with such quotes.
Also, consider that these are <BR>mainstream Mexican
leaders. <BR> <BR>THE U.S. VS MEXICO: <BR>On February 15,
1998, the U.S. and Mexican soccer teams met at the <BR>Los Angeles
Coliseum. The crowd was overwhelmingly pro-Mexican even <BR>though
most lived in this country. They booed during the National
Anthem</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>and U.S.
flags were held upside down. As the match
progressed,</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>supporters of the U.S. team were
insulted, pelted with projectiles, punched</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>and spat
upon. Beer and trash were thrown at the U.S. players before
and</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B> after the match. The coach of the U.S. team,
Steve Sampson said,</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>"This
was the most painful experience I have ever had in this
profession." <BR> <BR>Did you know that immigrants from Mexico
and other non-European <BR>countries can come to this country
and get preferences in jobs,</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>education, and government contracts? It's called
affirmative action or racial</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial size=-1><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>privilege. The Emperor of Japan or the President of
Mexico could migrate</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>here
and immediately be eligible for special rights unavailable
for</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>Americans of European
descent. </B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>Recently, a vote was taken in the U.S. Congress to end
this practice. <BR>It was defeated. Every single
Democratic senator except Ernest Hollings <BR>voted to
maintain special privileges for Hispanic, Asian and
African <BR>immigrants. They were joined by thirteen
Republicans.</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>Bill
Clinton and Al Gore have repeatedly stated they believe that
massive</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>immigration from countries like Mexico is good.
They have also backed</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>special
privileges for these immigrants. <BR> <BR>Corporate
America has signed on to the idea that minorities
and <BR>third world immigrants should get special,
privileged status.</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>Some
examples are Exxon, Texaco, Merrill Lynch, Boeing, Paine
Weber,</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>Starbucks and many more. <BR> <BR>DID YOU
KNOW?: <BR>Did you know that Mexico regularly intercedes on the
side of the <BR>defense in criminal cases involving Mexican
nationals? Did you know</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>that
Mexico has NEVER extradited a Mexican national accused
of</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>murder
in the U.S. in spite of agreements to do
so?</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>According to the L.A. Times, Orange
County, California is home to 275</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>gangs
with 17,000 members; 98% of which are Mexican
and Asian.</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-1><BR></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>How's your county
doing? <BR> <BR>According to a New York Times article dated
May 19, 1994, 20 years <BR>after the great influx of legal
immigrants from Southeast Asia, 30%</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>are
still on welfare compared to 8% of households
nationwide.</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B> A
Wall Street Journal editorial dated December 5, 1994 quotes
law</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>enforcement officials as stating that Asian mobsters are
the</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B>"greatest criminal challenge the country faces." Not
bad for a group</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000
size=+1><B> that is still under 5% of the
population. <BR> <BR>Is education important to you? Here are
the words of a teacher who <BR>spent over 20 years in the Los
Angeles School system.</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>"Imagine
teachers in classes containing 30-40 students of
widely</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>varying
attention spans and motivation, many of whom aren't
fluent</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>in
English. Educators seek learning materials likely to reach
the</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>majority
of students and that means fewer words and math
problems</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>and more
pictures and multicultural
references." <BR> <BR>Immigrants that came through Ellis
Island wanted to learn English. <BR>They wanted to breath free.
They wanted to become Americans. Now too <BR>many immigrants come
here with <U><I> demands.</I></U> They demand to be
taught</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>in their
own language. They demand special privileges--affirmative
action.</B></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=+1><B>They
demand ethnic studies that glorify their
culture. </B></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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