European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2be our guest a done to Pac it in put up a fight for America Desmond j. Fleming i probably sound like a voice crying in the wilderness but at least i can say what some politicians would like to say but wont because they Are afraid of political reprisals speak out today on any sensitive Issue and you immediately become labelled a right Wing Radical or an anti semite anti Arab anti japanese by those who would prefer you kept your Mouth shut and not draw attention to them. I am not a politician or a writer or anyone of importance you can scare. I am just a concerned american. So feel free to Point the Finger at me and Call me anti whatever and it will just Roll off me like water off a Duck. You can to Hurt me but maybe just maybe i can sock it to you where it hurts. If this Small Effort on my part has the effect of pin pricking the sleeping giant just enough to Wake him up and Start the Ball rolling a it will not have been in vain. I could Stop 10 people in the Street in America. Today and ask them what does a checks and balances mean As related to our government. I would consider myself Lucky if just one of the 10 gave me an intelligent answer lire unfortunate reality is that most would think i was talking about their Bank balance. If i was fortunate enough to find just one who had any idea of what i was talking about i would push my Luck and ask him if he knew what pics meant. Likely As not All that would elicit is a Blank stare. So who is running our government ill Tell you who a just about everyone else except the american citizen. Our political system has reached a Point where the average citizen is no longer in charge of the governing body that it elected to office. We have become slaves to those who represent us. We Are forced to pay unfair taxes forced to support increasing numbers of foreign Aid Bills. Has anyone asked you recently How you Felt about the annual 3 to 4 billion we pour into Israel do you see any other country in the world worrying about israelis survival not Happy with this Aid they Are now looking for another 100 billion. Of done to let that Quot loan guarantee jargon foot you they want a loan and they will get it. When its no longer news they will get it written off As they have so Many others. Why because they have the most powerful political action committee in Washington and what a More they even brag about it better known As pics they circumvent the limits placed on individual contributions by forming these committees. Its not just Israel alone. The japanese the germans the arabs they Alt have their pics fronting for them. The pics receive millions from their respective governments and they have invaded our political system. They have the Money and Money today is political Power and when they Zero in on a congressman he had better pay attention. The result is that our elected officials pay More attention to the pics than to the people who put them in office because by and Large the average constituents show Little interest in what their congressman does after he goes to Washington. But you can bet your Lazy political ass that the pics show an avid interest in everything your congressman does. Its fact not fancy that 95 percent of incumbents get re elected to office and that every one of them receives Pac Money the japanese were half right when they said we Are Lazy. We Are a politically Lazy. Only 40 percent of those eligible to vote vote in a general election. It therefore should come As no Surprise to anyone that our government continues to spend billions protecting Japan and Germany. From whom those two countries use the Money they save on defense to produce cheaper and better cars and a Host of other products with which we cannot compete. The resulting Job losses in the Auto Industry speak for themselves. How is it that they can close their markets to us on products they know we can produce cheaper than they can yet our markets remain wide open to them need i remind anyone that Japan and Germany owe their very existence to our generosity compare the Standard of living in Japan and Germany to ours and Tell me a who won the War our democratic Way was a new and enlightening experience for the japanese and germans and they Learned it Well. They Learned it so Well it eventually dawned on them that we had an Achilles Heel they discovered that we done to really enthusiastically practice what we preach. Thanks to the pics set up they found a Way to beat the Lazy americans who take their democracy for granted at their own game and  democratic system to further their own interests. The jews who for obvious reasons watch every Little thing the germans do soon caught on fast. More recently the Cis former soviet Union has joined the bandwagon and Here we go again spending millions to feed them. Fifty four military flights recently while Many of our own people live below the poverty level. Does it not make you sick in the stomach it does me meanwhile Back at the ranch Congress refuses to support our president in his Well intentioned Roosevelt Type Effort to create jobs. Tell me which of these countries gave us a helping hand during the depression have you seen any Effort by Japan or Germany to repay us for the Aid they received after the War do you see either of them offering to write off just some of the deficit we owe them makes you think does no to it you see people losing jobs around you and you could be next. Are you going to have to lose your Job before you do something is that what its going to have to take to make you use the most effective weapon at your disposal a your vote if you want to recover your Job or secure it and regain the respect we once enjoyed in the world you Are going to have to face up to the political reality of the situation. This is one situation where there is no room for partisan politics. Pics must go they intimidate the republicans As much As the democrats. So Tell your Republican and democratic congressmen a and All politicians at the local level a that you Are mad As hell and you re not going to take it anymore and that if anyone running for office accepts Pac Money you will vote against him. We Are taking Back America at this next election so you ask what can i do overseas if you truly agree with what i m saying done to just nod your head. Cut this article out and mail it to the newspaper of your Hometown where like everyone else in America people Are losing their jobs and can to figure out Why or what they can do about it. So let the history books show a 1992 was the year we took Back America. Desmond j. Fleming works in Rota Spain. Send in your column plus a photo of yourself to be our guest sunday Magazine the stars and stripes. Apo 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37, d-6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany. Opening laugh Toos Usa cop it High 1992,  amp a Clefs Syiek ale it it it a i i s from the cover4-7 Munich a goodbye play. Sidelights.8-9 a singsong primary season. Odds amp ends10 Cindy Chambers on the last talks. In tuner. 11 the heat is on to gourmet Jeff Smith. This weeks films.12-13 Vinch a ladybugs a a never gets off the ground. Complete cafes circuit listings. Television listings 14-16 local Cable and satellite schedules. Home entertainment.17 a Billy Bathgate Quot soaks in blood. On parade18 Japan bringing Elvis Back. Voices19 Joe Bob Briggs hooked on women. Words and wit20 Ivillia Safire decodes Campaign talk. Books. 21 the vice president s wife s thriller. Classified ads22-26 party time 27 Vogue celebrates 100th birthday. Last laugh28 Dave Barry chops up his Lawn. Paramount picture Jonathan Brandis Rodney Dangerfield and Jackie in ladybugs a comedy hurting for jokes. Page 12. Sunday is a weekly supplement of the stars and stripes editor Bucky Fox Art direction Susan p. Harris production Susie Stonum editorial assistance Marian Hamilton Louis d. Pierce sunday april 12, 1992