European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. November 14,1993 commentary the stars and stripes Pago 15 i what 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 by the associated press and United press International. The now York times it was t exactly what the founding fathers had in mind when they spoke of reasoned political discourse nor was it what Al Gore and Ross Perot presumably have in mind when they tout the mediating Powers of the electronic town Hall. Instead tuesday s big debate Over Naftal was frightful mishmash of rhetorical false starts and logical inconsistencies. It would be Nice to say that the evening was redeemed by civility but it want. Gore got the better of the evening. We say this no because this Page supports Naftal but because he did a better Job of rising above the constant schoolyard bickering and on matters of substance stumbled into fewer logical Blind alleys. The Philadelphia inquirer we Don t doubt there May be some nut bag out there who wants to take a shot at of Ross Perot. Such Are the risks of celebrity these Days. High profile figures Learnt live with such aggravation. But not of Ross. Turn the pressure up and you can be sure that hell go Public with the latest conspiracy. � we re still pondering this inconvenient question does Ross Perot really think that the Pron Afta Sid wants to win by emptying a clip in him or is it that he s worried that his own ammunition might not be enough to carry the Day san Jos Calif Mercury now the Al Cio is squeezing almost All meaning out of the number 500,000. That s How Many jobs the Union predicts will be lost if the North american free Trade agreement passes. Big number. Lotta zeroes. Scary unless you listen to what s not said. According Ftp the Gao almost everyone who has studied Naftal says jobs will be lost and gained. Tenet effect to the . Economy will be Small gains for the . And Canadian economies and a big gain for  adds up to a win All around. The times Picayune now Orleans perhaps the most revealing comment about the proposed North american free Trade agreement was some member of Congress remark that if the vote were secret it would pass handily but since the vote is not secret it will  that tells the Public is that most members of Congress know it is a major Advance in the Overall National interest but that they fear the electoral pressure of particular constituencies. The Washington Post if America already has a 200-year Supply of guns How do you Ever curb the gunfire that is terrorizing neighbourhoods across the country you enact a huge Federal tax increase on ammunition because the country has Only a four year Supply of that. After All says new York s sen. Daniel Patric Moynihan the tired cry of the gun lobbyists is Only half right guns Don t kill people. Bullets  that s what he told the Senate in advocating huge tax increases on handgun ammunition which would Price some of the most destructive bullets right out of the Market. Seattle Post intelligencer the glacial Pace of Congress in producing new Federal crime legislation to assist local companies in battling what has evolved into a National wave of violent crime has been accelerated significantly with the Senate s 94-4 approval of a comprehensive anti crime  Federal commitment must be accompanied by greater citizen involvement that includes acceptance of More responsibility for personal safety and that of fellow citizens and neighbors. Tho daily Oua Homan Oklahoma City the Clinton seem so obsessed with their infallibility on health care that they can t tolerate or eve understand the rising tide of opposition to their plan. 1hxkriwt/ 1hm  Pming Axon of May �.tub. A Progress. C04c#af�/v/vets they claim they want to see alternatives then reject any put Forward. The free Lance Star Fredericksburg a. A doctor in a veterans administration Hospital i Alabama says he treated a Veteran of the persian Gulf War who suffered from exposure to chemical or biological  Issue deserves further study. It should be dealt with promptly. Tampa Fla Tribune it was a year ago that the largest newspaper in his Home state editorially Torud Bob Packwood to resign. The embattled . Senator from Oregon should have heeded his Hometown newspaper s  should spare the Senate any further agony. He needs to wrap up his political career with thoughtful Farewell speech and then like an old general just fade away the Register Herald . From hurricanes on the East coast to flooding in the Midwest to fires on the West coast the nation shaving to reconsider the basis for disaster insurance. To put it bluntly How much support does the rest of the country owe to people who build in unsafe areas there probably is not a state in the country that has t benefited from emergency Relief and National insurance programs. We need these kinds of programs. But we also need to push our senators an representatives to make sure these programs Reward Only the people who take reasonable precaution against disasters. Rewarding people for stupidity is a Quick Way to go broke. Tho Sheboygan wis press a new . Slate department Bureau says massive population growth and accompanying environmental degradation have replaced the cold War As the United states biggest global  s encouraging to see the Clinton administration recognizing the seriousness of a problem that underlies much of the world s social and political unrest the . Should do what it takes ideally working with the . And other International bodies to ensure that people everywhere have Access to family planning information and birth control devices. Boston Herald at Long last the Clinton administration appears ready to directly confront the Ever increasing possibility of a nuclear North Korea. Speaking on Abc s meet the press president Linton expressed a new realism on the threat. The next few months will demonstrate if the president has the resolve to match deeds to rhetoric. For the Sake of world peace he May have no other Choice. Now York Post As much As it pains us to agree with a Low Grade thug like somalian warlord Mohamed Farah aided we have to second his Call for american troops to adopt a Low profile in Mogadishu. As a matter of fact we would like to Sec the .profile in Somalia become so Low As to be non existent. Again the famine is officially Over. Americans still in Somalia perform but one function they Are tempting targets sitting ducks. Bring them Home now. The Providence . Journal a tip of the hat to the Western Massachusetts hamlets of Westford and Greenfield. Faced with the Opportunity of welcoming a Nice big new Wal mar discount store on their outskirts they voted by a very close vote we should add to just say no to Wal Mart. That s the wonderful thing about America at an rate for those who like and or need Large discount stores they re not hard to find. And for those who can imagine life without Sam Walton s discount vision of Commerce there Are places for them As Well such a Westford and Greenfield mass. Pittsburgh Post Razetto in siding with Boris n. Yeltsin in his confrontation with dissident legislators in september . Official rejected a formalistic View of political legitimacy in Russia. Yes Yeltsin May have acted unlawfully in dissolving parliament and promulgating a new Constitution Buthis commitment to Reform and democracy transcended the legalities of the moment. That was the right response. But it puts Kresien Clinton in an awkward spot now that Yeltsin is threatening to renege on a Promise to Call presidential elections next june