European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 letters to the editor tuesday january 11,1994 european edition Coc Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor. News and editorial Deborah a or news editor Bill Watkow european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George mane City editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 Orost Facht 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255,282.226,326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. New bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen. Room 117. Rome rate. 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419. Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-23421. 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The appearance o advertising in this publication including inserts 01 supplements does not constitute endorse ment by tha department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Tired of complaints i just had to respond to this one. A let Ter from a woman in Italy told the teary eyed Story of How her family was tired of being part of her husband s army life. I m sick and tired of Reading letters from military dependents who endlessly cry abut How the military has brought so much turmoil on their families. They must have had some of military life before entering. I do not believe the woman s airborne specialist husband earned Only $13,000 last year. Maybe she simply forgot to in clude Basic allowance for subsistence has overseas housing allowance Oha jump pay and Cost of jiving Al Lowance cola in that figure. Yes her daughter probably does t see daddy much. Is she sure that a civilian Job would t keep him away from Home also i can t quite figure out How she determined that 85 percent of her marriage problems were her closing question is military life really Worth it can Only be answered after comparing the Quality of life after she gets out. Staff sgt. Robert Rhein main a Germany. Not a stereotype As i am a firm believer of Freedom of the press and speech i uphold your right to blast Rush Limbaugh in your satirical headline look out you Fem nazis Rush Limbaugh is however i also have the right to express my views and concerns. The headline and a letter to the editor on the same Date seem to suggest that anyone who agrees with Limbaugh in any degree is ultraconservative racist a skin head a Neo nazi or the cause of All social cancers. I take exception to these descriptions. Do any of us really believe that All 600 radio and television stations that air Lim Baugh Are racist ultraconservative Neo nazis Etc.? i think not. Following this line of reasoning everyone who had bought one of the almost 3 million copies of Limbaugh s the Way things ought to be is part of the problem facing our nation. I find such suggestions ludicrous. I am a god fearing american who gave 23 years of my Lite to its service. I love my fellow men of All races arid Politi Cal persuasions. And i am not some uneducated biased Neo nazi who has crawled out from under some ultraconservative political log. Perhaps it has never dawned upon the Media and our Friend who wrote we Don t need Rush that millions of us Are tired of having our family disagree with us. Just maybe these so called rising ultraconservative Are a real backlash against the attack on the values that have made America the Force it is Charles c. Mccullough Germany. Bring on Howard much has been said about Freedom of speech in defending the addition of the conservatives version of the Shock Jock Rush Limbaugh to the an program Ming schedule. Keeping in mind this Freedom of speech which americans prize so highly Why does t an add the no conserva Tives Shock Jock Howard Stern As Only one hour of Rush s show would be on it is Only fair that Only an hour of Howard s show be broadcast. We d be Happy with that. It s truly important to keep in mind that an must satisfy a multitude of listeners and that sometimes a listener must change the Channel when music news rap Rock country Etc. Shows Are broadcast which Don t Appeal to the Lis Tener s taste. We All have to do that at some time. If we add an hour of Howard it might appease those of us who Aren t enamoured of Rush. Michael r. Curtis Frankfurt Germany. V .-,._. -. Use of program urged it is sad to see How few soldiers and their family members Are taking advantage of the free Acap army career and alumni program services available to help them make a smooth transition to the civilian world. We frequently see sol Diers As Little As six Days prior to their separation coming to see us for the first time for help in their resume writing interview techniques Etc. We also hear frequently from soldiers How Little support they Are getting from their Chain of com Mand i.e., first sergeant company com Mander on getting time to plan their transition and use our services. The v corps commander has put it in writing that ail soldiers will be Given time to use Acap but somehow this message is not making it Down to the unit level especially with combat arms soldiers. .1 ask every Leader officer and enlisted to give soldiers and their families leaving the military a fair Chance to Start a new life in the civilian world by letting them use the services that Congress has made available. Burton l. Masters Darmstadt Germany efforts go unnoticed concerning your coverage of the deploy ment of . Air Force members in Zagreb Croatia while you have done several Arti cles on the deployment of the 48th medical group team you have Only mentioned in passing the other members from the 48th fighter Wing Raf Lakenheath who Are deployed there. I am the wife of one of the 48th Security police so deployment team members who is now in Zagreb. These men have done an outstanding Job of ensuring the safety of the Hospital deployment team. They have worked 12-hour shifts since arriving and All of them have Given up their precious few Days off to continue these efforts. Whenever i see an article in your paper i search longingly for words of friends loved ones or co workers. As a military member myself i under stand the Mission of the air Force in Zagreb and therefore understand Why you focus on the Hospital deployment. But i also understand How sometimes the work of those in so called support positions goes unnoticed and these men never get so much As a i can see no reason Why my husband s efforts and those of the 48thsp so deployment team should fade in the background As if their deployment is less important or less significant. If that were the Case they would not need to be there. I know these words and feelings Are shared by Many of the wives and friends of our deployed team. Staff sgt Lisa c. Kinney Raf Mildenhall England budget Wise travellers we just returned from a Nice Small vacation in the czech Republic. Thanks for providing information on this special european area but we feel that your travel writer is not writing for the Soldier and his or her family in Europe who has Many areas to explore and needs to be economical with his or her expenses. Right now the czech Republic is the historical cultural architectural and economical place to be. According. To your recent article on czech spas you recommend the grand hotel Pupp in Karloy vary $90 a night average. It is an elegant hotel but read ers need to know that there Are Many newly remodeler places with private Baths and showers to stay for $15 a room per person or less. Meals Are also very reasonable. Ade quate Basic Home cooked meals Are $3 or less and upscale restaurants offer full course medals for $5 or less. Explore the towns walk the architectural treasures of the town Center show your children the failure of the former communist government and have a Rich cultural experience. Nannette Fulmer Heidelberg Germany tribute to Schweitzer january Marks the anniversary of the birth of or. Albert Schweitzer a Man of Many talents philosopher physician musician theologian author and builder. During his life he grappled with the paradoxes of the Man animal nature relation ship. As a result his philosophy of rever ence for life has shaped attitudes and led to the passage of Laws to Benefit All spheres of life. I offer the following quotation from or. Schweitzer in Honor of his memory and dedicated to those who carry on his spirit. If i am to expect others to respect my life then i must respect the other life i see however strange it May be to mine. And not Only other human life but All kinds of life life above mine if there be such life life below mine As i know it to exist. Ethics in our Western world has hither to been largely limited to the relations of Man to Man. But that is a limited ethics. We need a boundless ethics which will include the animals Rita Roe Bartlett Pitburg a Germany editor s note j we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter to write Tous. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and in clude address and Telephone number. 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