European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday november 17, 1991 the stars and stripes a pa9� 13 editorial opinions from newspapers across the nation Kansas City to Star much of the uproar Over the appointment of Robert Gates to head the Cia was politically manufactured some was implanted in the natural american suspicion of spying As a a dirty after All the impassioned speeches and cutthroat witnesses dragged up from the past Gates was approved 2-to-l by the Senate. When sen. Paul Simon d-ill., says he a has an uneasy feeling about or. Gates a he probably Means he has an uneasy feeling about the Cia itself. He would prefer that we did no to have such a Nasty operation. The Cia is a necessary state Columbia . Robert Gates probably owes a big debt to new supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas. After the bruising Thomas confirmation hearings the Senate was in no mood for a repeat performance with. Gates president Bush a Choice to head the Cia. Because of his 20-Odd years of work in various Cia posts he knows the Agency Well some say someone other than an old cold Warrior is needed to Lead the Cia into a new Era. But when changing course it is helpful to know where you be Register Orange county Santa Ana Calif. The first thing to be said about magic Johnson a awful news is this. The Man has awesome poise. In an Era that accentuates victim Hood even victim ology we cannot have enough of magic a unerring self responsibility. Still in the emotionalism of the moment Many of us Haven to got our approach to aids right. Magic Johnson a plight does not mean More tax dollars need be spent. Nor that More people should be encouraged to abandon the ancient taboos if sufficiently Condo mixed. Manfully magic Johnson announced that he would take the message of personal responsibility to his Young fans. The message is direct and compelling enough. His tragedy will be infinitely worsened if he buys into the trendy politicized ideology of the aids Blade Toledo Ohio like Douglas Macarthur Imelda Marcos has returned to the Philippines thus introducing a note of farce to the tragedy that is modern politics in her country. Speculation is widespread that she will run for president of the Philippines against president Corazon Aquino possibly setting up a a War of the the Long suffering philippine people apparently will have to put up with Marcos family machinations for years to journal Providence . Stricter Federal guidelines Are needed to Stop medical equipment companies from abusing the medicare program. Changes should help but it is unlikely that any profound improvement in the situation can be accomplished until some sort of a National health care system brings cohesion and uniformity to America s chaotic uneven Anu exorbitantly expensive medical system. Tribune Scranton a. One probable effect of sen. Harris Wofford s election Victory will be More momentum for a tax Cut next year when the president and Congress face an angry electorate. Congress could put More Money directly into the pockets of working americans by reducing the social Security tax rate which could be done without affecting benefits because the Money is now used to hide the True size of the Federal deficit rather than to pay Minn Post bulletin a majority of voters in the state of Washington have rejected euthanasia for the terminally ill but the vote count indicated a significant number of supporters for that process. The subject requires far More searching debate than it has had thus far. It is not an Issue to be decided lightly or Sacramento Calif Bee last month vice president Dan Quayle told the country that people a need to be More upbeat More then at the end of october the department of agriculture reported that 3 million More americans were receiving food Stamps in August than a year earlier. In All a record 23.6 million citizens or nearly one in 10 americans now accept government help to feed themselves and their families. Those Are not numbers that leave most Ordinary people feeling very Seattle times lenders Are wary and Consumers Are tapped out. That fundamental message has not registered with president Bush or his Core of economic advisers at the White House. The Federal Reserve has Cut its discount rate five times in the past year and each time the administration expected the Appeal of lower interest rates to Light a fire under the Economy. Each time the flame flickered and went out. Bush naively talks about . Consumers buying the Economy out of the doldrums. He needs to spend a Little More time at Home listening to Ordinary news a observer Raleigh . By spurning a mixed bag of an Energy Bill that contained both tricks and treats the . Senate at least staved off invasion by Oil rigs for a massive stretch of Pristine alaskan wilderness. That was a Clear Victory for Earth and common sense. But the gain came at a Price. It leaves America still without even the ghost of an Energy policy to wean us from our addiction to foreign Oil. And president Bush snug in the oily hands of Detroit and his fellow drillers has no intention of trying to break that costly habit. Malvern Ark daily record if elections across the nation Are any indication of what is in store for candidates in 1992, incumbents would be Best advised to get out of their comfortable seats and hit the Campaign Trail now. Voting americans Are a fed up with government bureaucracy and those who govern w ill pay the Cruces . Sun news president Bush got a message from the voters in Pennsylvania that came in loud and Clear. Probably every other politician heard the same message which said simply that the voters Are angry a restive worried and ready to clean House. They Are tired of hearing the White House continually pronounce that the recession is Over and then hearing a set of figures that says it Isnit. They arc tired of being told of deteriorating infrastructure and declining education standards. They Are tired of seeing medical costs Cut Ever More deeply into fixed or declining incomes. They Are tired of Reading about politicians lapping greedily at the Public trough. The message Wasny to tinged with partisanship. It told republicans and democrats alike to shape up or ship out. People Are angry at both Miami Harald those who expected to sleep through the 1992 presidential elections got a Wake up Call from Pennsylvania Mississippi and Washington state among other places. In All three states a mood of frustration fear and anger seemed to predict a turbulent political year ahead. Again and again polls and Market studies have asked the same questions and received similar answers Consumers Are worried. Employers Arentt hiring. Lenders Arentt lending. Employees fear for their jobs borrowers for their solvency parents for their children a education and the elderly for their Independence and survival. Asked whether they share the administrations Confidence More and More people say tennessean Nashville americans should be proud that their president has a Talent for foreign relations. But is that All he knows How to do this president spends so much time on foreign policy you would think he was elected Secretary of state not president of the United states. But diplomacy and frequent flier Miles seem to be the greatest passion of this president even while the Economy suffers. One would think a Light would go on and the president would say a huh of i forgot about but thus far his interest in Domestic concerns seems . Taxa Tea one Hopes that the 2 million Watts of Power european scientists obtained by mimicking the Sun in their Laboratory for just two seconds will be enough to jump Start the stalled american research in a a hot fusion. Without a renewed commitment american scientists who pioneered the quest for virtually unlimited clean Energy through controlled nuclear fusion some 50 years ago stand to Loose the Lead in this important technology. The United states simply cannot afford to lag behind in a technology that has suddenly begun to look More feasible and promising than Ever before. j from Wiro to porn a
