European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 14 the stars and stripes commentary sunday August 1,1993newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and United press  York Post the dismissal of Fri director William s. Sessions strikes us As Long overdue. We agree with attorney general Janet Reno that the director exhibited profoundly flawed judgment a by misusing government air planes and Limos arid by detailing Fri agents to perform personal tasks. Moreover it was Plain sessions had lost the Confidence of the Bureau a creating an utterly untenable  York Dally hews finally William s. Sessions is no longer Boss of the Fri. The mystery is Why he lingered so Long. Sessions who was shown the door by president Clinton has been engaged in an embarrassing Effort to save his Job since a report in the waning Days of the Bush administration accused him of ethical lapses. If Clinton is to be faulted its for not acting sooner _. Ighani term Clinton had the authority to dismiss  at any although sessions was Only Halfway through his 10-year time. With the rapid Rise of immigrant criminal gangs and the dramatic threat of terrorism on american soil the Fri and the Public have lost by having the nations Foremost Law enforcement Agency bogged Down in a. Leadership  Greenville . News after several months of sometimes awkward inaction president Clinton has moved to put things in order at the nations Premier Law enforcement Agency. Clinton exercised legitimate presidential authority in firing Fri director William s sessions. He also appears to have used sound judgment in choosing a successor who is Well qualified to provide Strong a a morale building leadership for the Bureau. The nomination of Federal judge Louis j. Freeh. To head the Fri is a promising signal that the Bureau is about to get Back on track. The Sun Baltimore a Man will never Ever control this River. Never. You might As Well get used to it. Eventually levees burst. This is no Ordinary River you know. It does what it wants whenever it  River people like Ted Blaylock who is quoted above understand this Basic fact of nature. His family has Farmed along the Rich Missouri bottomland of the Mississippi River since the 19th Century. No levee or other form of flood Protection can harness what native americans called the a father of Waters when it is swollen by massive amounts of rain As is happening now once the mighty Mississippi subsides and the 30,000 residents return to their Small towns and farms a new debate will rage Over a decades old question How Best to protect Man from the ravages of the River. All these Miles of levees constrict the River and increase the Speed and height of the flood Waters. Most of the natural defences against floods have been stripped away. The Philadelphia Dally news there is no greater believer in Federal spending than he who gets the Money. We have turned the Mississippi into plumbing forcing it Between levees and in effect deciding where the River will flow., we americans have a policy decision to make. If people choose to take a calculated risk with nature should it be their risk or should it be shared with All the other people who chose not to take the risk now we subsidize insurance for those who build Homes in incredibly stupid places. We convert our compassion into Cash when the inevitable happens. Better we get used to the idea that sometimes the environment hits Back. Is. Paul Minn Pioneer press the Clinton administration has done itself no Good As a Symbol of humane policy by coercing Mexico to do the dirty work and take financial responsibility for deporting another three shipload of chinese intercepted on the Way to the United states. Foisting the refugee problem off onto Mexico  fool anyone. The Clinton administration wanted to avoid the Basic decency of Asylum hearings on the chinese. It did so but at a Cost to its credibility on human  Mccomb miss. Our country can to afford to lose control of its Borders president Clinton remarked recently. Where has he been we be been Sloppy about this matter for years with Congress and past administrations apparently asleep at the switch. When we witness events such As those happening in Somalia Bosnia Cambodia and other undeveloped or politically volatile countries we should be troubled and concerned but we must also recognize that no nation can take in every unfortunate person who is or claims to be mistreated in his or her Homeland.  news. Los Angeles Back in february president Clinton defended his decision to raise taxes on the Middle class on the grounds that a the deficit of this country is about $50 billion bigger than 1 was told it would be before the  now the Clinton team is doing some deficit revision of its own a downward. Clinton a plan to raise taxes massively in a weak Economy made Little sense in the first place. Now it makes even less ally press Newport news a. The latest anti smoking Campaign is being aimed at Blacks. This is not inappropriate when cigarette companies have campaigns pitched at Blacks and the Price of cigarettes is going Down. It is a counterpoint whose time has com Charleston . Daily mall the traditional two Parent family is the Best safeguard Ever invented of women and children yet americans Are abandoning the traditional family at an astonishing Pace. Americans May not like the society that develops As a result. The trend to one Parent families Means less and less Security for women and children. If this is what women a liberation and great society programs have produced a Sharp reconsideration is in order the Monroe  news the . House made a big mistake by a zeroing out the budget for the National endowment for democracy. House foes say they did no to kill the Ned a the Agency can make up the Money from private donations. That a doubtful. The Cut disembowel a Cost effective Force for democracy in the world and farsighted members of the Senate should restore the  Dally times Farmington . Now that the cold War is Over we All know the world is a safer place. Done to we. Actually the answer very Well could be no it Isnit so Safe. T. 1. We Hope in this time of base closings defense budget reductions and cutbacks that the Clinton administration leaves us with a military that not Only is capable of dealing with. Crises but is Able to defend us. ,. A the Sacramento Calif Bee parliamentary elections in Japan went about As expected the scandal Ridden Liberal democratic party which has ruled without interruption since 1955, lost its majority. Left unanswered is which party or parties will Lead Japan for How Long and with what kind of mandate the Blade Toledo Ohio in the spirit of giving Competition a fair shake a As Well As product Rig More Revenue for the Federal Treasury a its time to alter the Sweet deals now enjoyed by the firms that sell everything from hot dogs to horseback rides to Motel rooms in the National Parks. Competition has been the byword everywhere in recent times and forcing concessionaires to at least look Over their shoulders at the prices and policies at restaurants and lodges outside the National Parks would be a Welcome  Post intelligencer president Clinton ought to Correct a Sham Oil policy of his two presidential predecessors Ronald Reagan and George Bush. It has come to Light that Reagan in 1986 and Bush two years later issued presidential orders Banning the import of Oil from Iran. With Good reason their purpose was to prevent the american consumer from providing Oil revenues to Iran to help it finance rebuilding its military and its program of International terrorism. But neither Reagan nor Bush banned american Oil companies from buying iranian Oil and Selling it elsewhere say in Europe a which is what some . Firms Are doing Clinton ought to Tell . Of companies in Public that their business dealings do not serve the interests of peace and Security because they Are helping Iran amass weaponry and spread terrorism. The president also should sign a new executive order closing the loopholes left so wide open by his predecessors