European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes monday March 30, 1992 thes european edition col Gene e. Town8eno, Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor Slit Walker european editor Deborah Aba her news editor Bob Wicker sports editor Bryan Nolan City editor George Menea special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 346-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 202, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education a cml Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo a 09069 Telephone ets 3428659 or civilian 0471-88782. 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When defense Secretary Dick Cheney admits to writing bad checks can soldiers really be expected to adhere to a higher Standard in our system of checks and balances our elected officials cannot control their own checks or balance the budget. If Only we were afforded this luxury in the army. As soldiers and constituents of these elected officials we must answer to a higher authority. There is no questioning the hypocrisy of it All. I have seen one Soldier from my company sentenced and another is Well on his Way for writing checks that did no to quite Clear. We done to need special Check bouncing privileges but i find it incongruous that the people empowered to make decisions affecting soldiers cannot seem to control their own spending. A spec. Stephen m. Urquhart Wurzburg German take away privileges regarding the Story on bad checks disclosed by defense Secretary Dick Cheney March 18 and the airman who Drew six months for bad Check offences something does not smell right in Washington. While Many individuals May say the Check writing was not intentional it is still wrong. 1 think the individuals in Washington should be treated the same As any other american citizen. So Cheney and everyone else in Washington who wrote bad checks should get the same penalty As any american would receive for writing bad checks. By the Way if you write a bad Check because you do not have sufficient funds the third time you Are on a blacklist called the bad Check list. This Means you can have your Check cashing privileges taken from you at military installations. That a a Good idea for these individuals in Washington also. A Dee Vermillion Munich German different standards i am writing this letter to agree wholeheartedly with a some Call it larceny March 23 about the bad Check scandal in Congress. In my time working in service of the judge advocate general a corps i have seen Many soldiers including officers and cos ruin their careers in a spree of bad Check writing. The excuses Are numerous but the military has made its position known if you need counselling we can give it if you still have problems we do not need you.  we be holding our elected representatives to the same or higher standards allow me to quote article 134 from the manual of courts martial on the maximum punishment for making a worthless Check. Bad conduct discharge total forfeiture of All pay and allowances and confinement for six months. How would our government officials Deal with six months in jail a Leo m. Bulavko Schwab sch Hall Germany editor s note n letters from readers expressing their viewpoints Are published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. A a a letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211.get informed and vote i have to agree with several recent writers on the sorry state of affairs politically and economically Back Home. It appears that we have forgotten How to use the most powerful tool we have a our votes. While the numbers of unemployed and homeless Rise our elected leaders Are living a Carefree life in their own world. While privates who have volunteered their lives in defense of this country struggle to support their families congressional members Are Busy bouncing checks without fear of repercussion. The system Wasny to broken overnight nor will it be fixed overnight. However it can be fixed. If you Are not currently registered to vote do so now. If you Are registered exercise that privilege. Your local voting officer can help you. Done to limit your information gathering to an and the stars and stripes. They Are Good sources but can to give you All the facts on what a happening in your Hometown or state. Subscribe to the weekend edition of your local paper if you have to but be informed a particularly if you re leaving the service soon and Nave chosen a place to reside. Most voter registration cards Are no longer than your id card but you a be amazed at How powerful they can be. A staff sgt Debra Davidson Mannheim German thoughts on Malcolm x in response to the letter a Elvis does no to belong March 18even though Elvis Presley sold More records than anyone in history i too am not sure As to whether he belongs on a stamp. The writer stated that Martin Luther King Mother Teresa or Malcolm x would have been a better  Martin Luther King or. Was on a 15cent commemorative stamp issued in 1979, 1 do agree that Mother Teresa would be a Good Choice to be on a postage stamp but not Malcolm Little Malcolm xes real name. A Man who makes statements such As a every intelligent White Man knows that the Black Man is Superior a deserves no such Honor. A read Alex Haleys biography on Malcolm x. Not Only was he both intelligent and an expert on Malcolm a he was Black and states in his Book that Mai letters to the editor Colm x was a racist. In a sure people will respond and say that Malcolm x changed his views on Whites when on a pilgrimage to Mecca he saw Blacks and Whites living together in Harmony and therefore he Wasny to a racist. David Duke denounced his past and says that he has changed his ways. Has he who knows but i guess if one person can change so can the next. Its a real shame that Malcolm xes ignorant and bigoted ideals weren to buried with him. A senior airman Anthony Quatrochi Pitburg Germany gun control not needed practically every totalitarian government both left and right has had gun control. Gun registration is the first step in removing the threat from irresponsible politicians and bureaucrats. In the United states we Are afraid of taking responsibility for dealing with crime. Freedom under the Bill of rights is not a commodity to Trade or Compromise. Yet the politicians and bureaucrats would be willing to take away some of your rights or modify them rather than provide for proper enforcement of Laws already on the books. Our country has survived for More than 200 years without gun control gun registration. If the nation meets the challenges of the future As we should America still would not need fun control or gun registration. The second amendment is our guarantee against abuse or threats to our Way of life from within or without. 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