European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 1, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 13commentary Wilkess Kumf newspapers Are saying at Home the Boston Herald new York gov. Mario Cuomo is just full of unsolicited advice for George Bush a All of it bad. Specifically his suggestion for a massive increase in Federal spending is a recipe for fiscal disaster. To combat the recession the governor a who s considering a run for the White House a is urging More a a infrastructure spending. But a governor whose own state is awash in red Ink h and whose rating at Home is close to 50 percent is hardly in a position to advise the daily Sentinel Rome . The Only guest. On Abc tvs this week with Duvid Brinkley was new York gov. Mario Cuomo. A single subject placed on that shows Grill is rare. It showed if nothing use the Sway that Cuomo holds Over the Media. His Fence sitting in the presidential race his inquisitors said has stalled the campaigns of other democratic hopefuls. Not True Cuomo said. A they re not waiting for in truth they Are. Contributions to the announced candidates Are far below what they expected. The big Money is still awaiting a Cuomo decision. He owes it to his party state and country to fish or Cut Sun Herald Gulfport miss. The . Senate reprimanded one of its members the other Day and hoped its Little scolding of Alan Cranston will sweep the Keating five matter out of sight and memory. It wont. People will remember those five and their buddy Charles Keating jr., who with associates contributed $1.3 million to the five senators campaigns and favorite political causes and received the five a considerable assistance in negotiating with Federal regulators. Earlier this year the Senate found that Sens. John Glenn of Ohio and John Mccain of Arizona had Quot exercised poor Sens. Dennis Deconcini of Arizona and Donald w. Riegle of Michigan were guilty of conduct that gave the appearance of being so it is now accepted in the Halls of the August Senate that such behaviour will bring no punishment greater than such Public statements. What a pathetic example of . Journal president Bush signed the civil rights Bill into Law in a muddle of mixed signals As aides withdrew a draft order that would have suspended Federal affirmative action programs. It was his latest this Way today that Way tomorrow indecision. The Leader of desert storm apparently does not have a . Visa. Bush should focus the skills he used so masterfully leading up to desert storm both internationally and on Capitol Hill to devise a plan and forge a consensus on How to get the . Economy moving Waukesha wis Freeman recently statistics gathered on the frequency of cigarette smoking brought alarming news while smoking is declining in most age categories teen age girls appear to be lighting up just As frequently As Ever. What is disturbing is that their actions come at a time when More and More reports show that the dangers of smoking Are real and affect not Only the smoker but the non smoker As Well. We throw our support behind those who Are trying to do something to reach teens who May make the decision to smoke before they have considered All the sunday journal Providence . With a Welcome show of Accord the . Security Council has turned to Egypt for the organizations new Secretary general. On a unanimous vote the Council made a Wise selection Boutros Ghali a seasoned and respected Diplomat who is Egypt a Deputy prime minister. The retiring Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru has distinguished himself As a dedicated peacekeeper helping to resolve longstanding conflicts in Cambodia Angola Nicaragua and Namibia. His successor will have his own opportunities to show How effective the United nations can a times dispatch the besieged people of Croatia want Only what most of their fellow europeans already have democracy and Freedom. Yet for five Long months Europe has stood by and been unable to do Little while communist led Serbia pounds Croatia into submission. It is difficult to accept the West a position that the Battle for Freedom seeking Croatia does not justify intervention while Saddam Hussein a invasion of the kingdom of Kuwait did. Certainly Western leaders cannot continue to stand by and do St. Paul Minn Pioneer press president Bush the accomplished International statesman let his bumbling twin brother out of the Domestic policy closet again last week. Bush either has to teach that brother what is expected of a president or make sure he finds acceptable custodial care inside the White House. The latest and most troubling of recent embarrassments under the presidents roof was the Bald attempt by his lawyer c. Boyden Gray essentially to undo by executive decree the hard won civil rights act of 1991. That outrage and the inevitable rescission show a president unable to control his own House let alone provide principled St. Louis Post dispatch Brigham Young University has 28,650 students about equally divided Between men and women. Last month a female student was attacked at 9 of clock in the morning a the Only such incident reported on Campus this year. Yet As a result of that attack female students want to impose a nighttime curfew on men one night a week to ensure their safety. Their concern for safety is understandable but their remedy extreme Austin Texas american statesman How Dan Quayle would do As vice president has been the subject of debate since he became George Bush a running mate in 1988. Now that he a had some time to grow in office some of the answers arc in and they Are disturbing. Far from being the political equivalent of a potted Palm Quayle has taken to his role As head of the Little known Council on competitiveness with a vengeance. Quayle clearly wants to overcome his reputation and is using the Council to make his Point. But its the wrong Point. In the process he a showing that he a easily swayed and not up to the Mark Mountain nows donor Colo. In Williamsburg va., a judge recently barred a e group from digging up the Yard at the historic Bruton Parish Church. Members of the ministry of the children were seeking a vault they say contains the lost writings of sir Francis Bacon. Among the papers they insist is a blueprint for the perfect society which must be found by 2000. Otherwise the world will be destroyed. Could it be that the key to a a savings the world was written in the 17th Century and is now buried in a Hole in Virginia Hope docs make us believe Many things As Bacon was Quick to admit. But in his usual Pithy Way he had some Good advice for those whose dreams get the better of them a Hope is a Good breakfast but it is a bad a the Seattle times Federal biologists have spent three months testing the White House s proposed guidelines on wetlands. Now the results Are Back and its no Surprise that the government biologists unanimously condemn the rules. Under the White House guidelines 30 percent of the nation s remaining 100 million acres of wetlands would be unprotected. The standards were drafted by the White House Council on competitiveness headed by vice president Dan Quayle against the recommendations of Epa head William Reilly. Reilly squeezed Between science and politics has postponed the final regulations until late december. The Public should be outraged at the White houses inept action. Quayle knows nothing about swamp biology. It s time to take the Issue out of his hands los Antolos Timas there Are worse things that can be done to defense budgets than Load them up with yet More Money to fund dubious programs like the strategic defense initiative and the b-2 bomber As Congress has just chosen to do. That May be foolish and wasteful but it does not imperil the nations Security. Far worse would be to make spending cuts that would inevitably weaken the military s ability to respond quickly to the kind of challenges that coming years Are most Likely to bring. What the budget should not reflect is the kind of wilful disregard of world political and Security realities that characterized american military spending in the 1920s and �?T30s and that left us so unprepared for the Early 1940s. Tha san Dago Union newspaper columnist Patrick j. Buchanan is preparing to mount a conservative Challenge to president Bush for the gop presidential nomination in 1992. He stands Little Chance. But the challenger would certainly enliven the Campaign debate with provocative views that resonate among americans who think this country is being made a Patsy by the rest of the world. And if the recession drags into next year Buchanan s seductive Call for economic nationalism May attract voters who feel their jobs Are threatened by foreign Competition. Tha Omaha Nab worm Tarald Bravo to the doctors and researchers who have taken on the aids lobby by questioning whether aids research is Over funded in relation to research into other diseases. Aids rightly deserves to be regarded As one of the More serious health threats of the 1990s. But it Isnit the most serious health threat. Not while other diseases Are killing Many More people and causing Many More times the suffering and expense. Compiled from wire reports
