European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a. V a a a que Otto re a. A cell for your congressman Mike Royko it was a phone Call that i had been expecting. In fact it was Only one of several. The Man said a somebody just showed me your column about this savings and loan thing. About How we should write to our congressmen and get them a yes a. A a yeah Well in a Gonna do Good for you. A huh but there a one thing. I done to know who my congressman you done to know who your congressman is a no. If give you my address can you Tell me Quot. Maybe. Hut Tell me have you just moved into your present residence a no. In be been Here a Long let me ask you a question. Do you know who Michael Jordan is a sure everybody does. What about it Quot Center piece staff writer and photographer Gary Miller takes a look at the Carrier Eisenhower and its recent port visit to Naples. Pages 6-7. And now a word on language not necessarily English and grammar not necessarily Correct from Dave Barry Page 12. How about Elvis Presley. A yeah but he a dead. I Don t get this. What about my congressman who is he Quot they run for office every two years. Haven to you noticed do you know who Mike Ditka is7 a wok in a Busy a lot. I work hard. I done to have Lime to keep up. I know i should but. I. Dunno.�?�. He sounded like a Nice Guy and i m sure he does work hard. So i stopped baiting him and looked in a Book and told him who his congressman was. And i resisted the urge to Tell him pal f Hope you realize that you be been part of the problem not the solution. This is not going to be a preach y civics lesson on the responsibilities of citizenship. But the fact is we Are still the worlds most productive powerful influential nation the Beacon of democracy the land of Opportunity the Home of the free and the Brave and ajl that jazz so you would think that anyone with an in above the cabbage level would at least know who his congressman is. With All the millions of cells in the average brain you would think there was space for one tiny memory my congressman is. There is brain space for the name of a favorite to sitcom a favorite to quiz show today a starting lineup and baiting averages yesterdays Box score a lethal weapon part ii a Madonna rambo a Aback to the future part Iii a teenage mutant ninja turtles Bill Cosby a Rocky part Jav Quot and even a lifestyles of the Rich and contents Back Home. 2 what you Don t know can Hurt us stateside views .3 Charles Osgood goes to the Beach observations .4 a look at the Fine Art of waiting what do you do while standing in Tine Home front. 5 a Good Monitor ids in the dots and lines photography tips a inks of Kirk Douglas angry Man and author eight from Louis l amour science and the world. 10 electronics it a a really a kid s world Oil the heart get cancer Odds amp ends 11 tracking your Irish ancestors Erma Bombeck Horoscope last laugh 12 Dave Barry cartoons from around the world am i being unreasonable Loo demanding i Hope not. It is a pleasant summer Day and i want to be Nice. I done to want to Hurt anybody a feelings. But the fact is while we Are still the worlds most productive powerful influential nation the Beacon of democracy the land of oppo Tuii Ity the Home of the free and the Brave and All that jazz we have Pound for Pound Inch for Inch capita per capita Noggin for Noggin some of the dumbest most poorly informed Bubble Heads of any developed nation on the face of. The Earth. I Hope i did no to offend anyone. And at the same time we Are the grousing St complaining St moaning est whining est nation on Earth. Well maybe the French arc. But we re a close second. If you re going to Cany on that Way the least you should do is know what you re grousing and complaining about and who you should be grousing and complaining to. The most maligned governmental body in this country is Congress As it fully deserves. Yet millions of people who sputter and spit at the mention of Congress done to know who their own congressman is and have never bothered to vote for one. Then when something Tike the a amp a scandal lands on them they tear themselves away from Quot wheel of fortunes or a twin peaks Quot blink their eyes and say Quot huh How a this happen who did it whose fault is it lemme at anyway it is pleasant outside so have a Nice Day. Tribune Media service in Ika o n a a Al 13 ti9 111-Lifl Isa 119 id u 13 us u u ii ehhg1h How come the kids can program the Var and we can to Page 10. Sunday is a weekly supplement of the stars and stripes. Editor John Taylor Art director Sharon Kil Jay production Lisa Williams Denise Adams i sunday August 19, 1990
