European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Leon Daniel Don t blame the skipper he s doing his Best those who claim skipper George Bush is snoozing at inc Helm of the ship of state should know that it lakes More than a couple of months to _ clean up Boston Harbor. While tackling thai massive environmental enter prise the administration also must Deal with other urgent projects. Government lawyers still have nol written legis lation requiring All schoolchildren to recite the pledge of allegiance. And the administration s Bill outlawing furloughs for prisoners has not been introduced in Congress yet. -. ".so. While the adm stration deals with those priorities the rest of us should refrain from grumbling about budget and defense stuff and Little lapses in foreign policy. Sure the president was surprised when the Cen trial american presidents agreed to a peace plan that would disband the nicaraguan contras bankrolled by the United slates but he is Back on top on the situation now with a plan to continue funding the rebels in order id make sure the sandinista government in Nicaragua keeps its Promise to hold elections next february. The president now must persuade Congress to keep providing food clothing and medical sup plies to the 11,000 Contra rebels based in neighbor ing Honduras. Whale Var happens the contras who no longer gel . Military Aid and appear finished As a fight ing Force probably soon will be leaving the Jun Gle Miami City fathers who insist they already have quite enough nicaraguans Don t want the contras to come there. I suggest that the rebels be dispatched to Boston to clean up that dreadful Harbor. Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis no doubt would would Wel come this solution. In fore the administration could even get a hand Leon the problem of what to do about requiring youngsters to take the pledge a spate of angry Dis Putes erupted Over respect owed the american Flag. Outraged clip cagians gathered daily at Marl school to protest an artist s controversial work Fea Turing an american Flag stretched on the Llor. Forlow namely inc supreme court May to Able to help Clear things up when it hears arguments in the George f. Will Case of a Man convicted for burning the . Flag at the 1984 Republican National Cony Erntson in dal Las. Not to be outdone by the High court our vigilant Senate heroically voted 97 to 0and sent to the House a Bill making it a crime to knowingly display the nag on the floor or ground. So what we have Here Are moving demonstrations of How All three branches of our government executive judicial and legislative arc working to guarantee our patriotism it makes me As proud As i was As a sixth grader on the mornings 1 was selected by my teacher to raise the Flag outside inc school. We youngsters were Given to understand that if any part of old glory touched the ground it would have to be burned. So although proud i also was scared figuring that if i dropped he Flag i probably would be burned along with it. Thanks to our lawmakers the Penally for defiling the Flag soon will be firmly fixed in Law. Any oaf who permits the stars and stripes to touch the deck could be fined 11,000 and Sente Cedlo a year of hard time in the Brig. And you can bet the skipper will fix it so there s to Chance of a furlough. On a crash course for an interesting recession j. Robert Oppenheimer re called thai scientists working on itchy Drogen bomb Felt a fascination stronger than any foreboding because the concept of the bomb was so technically  economists could be forgiven for feeling that Way about the next recession it is going to be so interesting. They will learn from it the Way architects Leam from an earthquake. The downturn probably will Start with the budget deficit around is so billion so $300.billion deficits might occur in the recession. Already about a thousand savings and loan institutions in addition to those covered by the Bush administration s Rescue plan arc almost or actually insolvent. In a recession they could Radi Cal increase the Cost of the Over me hrs Rescue Plain