European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 12, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 15commentarywhat newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided to the stars and stripes by the associated press and United press  Dally Timas Farmington . The grass roots Call for congressional term limits is picking up steam. Little wonder with All the revelations about our lawmakers that have surfaced in the past year or so. Its an idea whose time has  Chanute Kan Tribune in typical fashion members of the . House Are trying to divert attention from their own sins by casting a spotlight on others. In this Case they Are investigating freebies in the executive Branch of government. They have even called for someone from the White House to testify on the Perks granted to the president his family and staff. Instead of diverting the heat we prefer that a great Many of them try getting out of the . Paul Minn Plynaar Praia Long before the House banking fiasco ignited the rage against business As usual in the . Capitol Congress needed major repairs. Perks financial scandals personal scandals inaction and action without substance had become All that people this Side of the Potomac seemed to see from a Congress largely Blind to its own faults. The congressional leadership now wants a bipartisan committee on Reform. Good. Now if the folks in Congress and the White House can just Call a truce in their political civil War which looks so vapid out Here in the world they might get some respect from the voters and be Able to act in the National  hrs Ansboro . News 9k Ricord the Assumption remains despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary that government should operate efficiently. Reporters write stories about waste corruption and bureaucratic bungling As if they were unusual. But this is what we be come to expect from  Ledger Lakeland Fla. When members of Congress write bad checks its their own Money that they misuse. The Public should be More interested in something else that senators and representatives do use the Frank. The Frank is a free mail privilege footed by taxpayers. The National taxpayers Union estimated the spending on mass mailing in the House could be Cut by 60 percent. Taxpayers disgusted with the High Cost of congressional junk mail probably think that s a conservative  Philadelphia inquirer it has been said often and it needs to be said again 1992 is no Ordinary election year. It is the first election since the collapse of the soviet Empire a time when America should be setting its course not just for the next four years but for a generation., we believe the democrats have their Best candidate in Many years in Bill Clinton. And we want to make that Case now even As doubts about. Clinton seem to be reaching a Crescendo he a itching to go one on one against president Bush in the fall. We believe that if Given the Chance he can make his  advocate Baton Bongo la. A Hundred economists including six holders of the Nobel prize have outlined a recovery plan that appeals to common sense but not to political expediency. Long term the economists said their ideas could be financed by higher taxes and by deep cuts in defense spending. That would allow the painful but necessary process of debt reduction to continue they said. Don t count on president Bush Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton or congressional leaders to embrace a plan that bites the bitter Pill of a tax increase fails to Cater to the political Appeal of a consumer tax Cut and looks beyond the next election and into the next Century. We Ltd 1ue 0nnh5 a re a6semt thesbnm1softhe Treopie my it Kwh told Fly  Dally news Longview Wash. Does the Bush administration believe its allies May lawfully Kidnap . Citizens to be prosecuted abroad if existing extradition treaties do not expressly forbid abductions its highly doubtful. But administration attorneys recently did present just such an argument. Before the supreme court. . Drug enforcement officials had paid for the kidnapping of a mexican doctor so that he could be brought to the United states to stand trial in the killing of a . Drug agent. The administration says this was lawful because there is no treaty Between the United states and Mexico that says kidnapping is unlawful. A to c Hilima Sii in in t a Ana tue swirl no to kill in Given International  Timss Union Albany . A America first is a Campaign Issue debated by candidates in both party primaries. How much should America spend on foreign Aid Given the end of the cold War How much should we spend at Home Given the current deep recession. There a a simple solution to the quandary. First Congress should draw a line Between funds for military foreign Aid and Money for humanitarian assistance. Then it should approve the latter As a matter of  . Dally mall president Bush said package to Russia and other former republics of the soviet Union should help stabilize the Economy in those nations. Billions will be used to Shore up the Ruble with billions More going to the International monetary fund for Russia and her neighbors. This is a Good first step toward alleviating the most pressing needs in Russia. What with official unemployment hitting depression Era Marks the fallen superpower could use All the help the West can  . To Virnal bul Lotrn Libya still Balking at releasing two key terrorist bombing suspects has twice in a week Felt the Wrath of angry world opinion. The . Security Council in a Sharp rebuke ordered a ban on air travel and arms exports to Libya. When angry protesters in Tripoli attacked foreign embassies in reprisal the Security Council issued an even tougher warning. It would be Well for Libya s mercurial col. Moa mar Qadhafi to hear and heed the collective message the United nations is not fooling around Tho Ster lodger Newark . A coveted principle of democracy is Freedom of speech and expression. It is a fundamental right on which americans historically have always stood firm. Recently however the Leader of the free world seemed to abdicate its commitment to that right when the Bush administration gave a cold shoulder to novelist Salman Rushdie who became a marked Man after the release More than three years ago of his Book the satanic verses the United states has done Little officially or publicly to persuade Iran to lift the death threat and Nas not stood tall in support of  nows to Dally press a Congress shall make no Law. Abridging. The right of people peaceably to assemble and to petition a _ it for a redress of grievances a says the first amendment of the Bill of rights. The government and assemble the people did last week on behalf Peot of one of the most volatile of grievances in modern society the concern that the right of women to get abortions when they want them might be restricted. The protesters message should be heard by their representative legislators who May get their Chance to set abortion policy Chicago Tribune the Wall Street experts profess that Wal Mart stores will continue on the same without Sam Walton the 74-year-old founder of the worlds largest retailer who died last week. After a Long fight with cancer. In giving Walton the presidential medal of Freedom last month president Bush called him a an american original who embodied the entrepreneurial spirit and epitomized the american  for this Pioneer it was a fitting   the government has admitted that it is partly to blame Tor environmental crimes committed by its contractors at the Rocky Flats nuclear bomb production Plant in Colorado nevertheless none of the department officials who ran the place was charged with any of the crimes committed on their watch. That does not seem fair. And it does not instill Confidence that the government is serious enough about shaping up these operations to mete out punishment when its deserved by one of its  Sacramento Calif boo Peru a coup from the top is a lamentable sign of the failure of latin americans most crisis riven country to come to terms with itself. Peru a Palace coup also sets a dismaying example for the rest of latin America which has seen a shift from dictatorship to democracy during the past decade. A coup uary Ana t it it icy i attempt in Venezuela in february and now events in Peru Are ominous reminders that Power in much of latin America still rests to a disturbing extent with the military and that real democracy remains a Distant dream. Los angst is times Germany a laudable generous policy of granting Asylum to anyone suffering from political persecution May be headed for change following in Esq it act idly Strong showings by far right parties in regional parliamentary voting last week the situation is not unfamiliar to the United states which also draws a Sharp distinction Between political and economic refugees. The Challenge facing the Ream political parties is How to preserve the e of a humane immigration policy without ing further fuel for the far right. Mainstream essence providing