European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor monday january 24,1994 european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor Bill Welker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George mane City editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 Orost Facell 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. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318. Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements Doss not constitute endorse ment by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Where s Arkansas what does a basketball team have Todo to get air time on an to the a Kansas Razorbacks were ranked no. 1throughout pre season and still remain in the top 10, and yet they be Only played one of their games. Hello Arkansas is a state. In fact in t our commander i chief from Arkansas i thought so. Would he be very Happy to know that the team from his Home state was being shunned by the overseas military they be shown every College football game Ever played. Could t they put Hal of that enthusiasm into College basketball and show the top 10 teams like Arkan Sas ? it s bad enough they leave no Stone unturned to bring us the Best of the cancelled shows the Jackie Thomas show Camp Wilder but they would know a Good basketball team or game if it bit them on the  Weikal Griesheim Germany ". Vietnam needs pressure once again it seems As though presi Dent Clinton is fixing to sell out Ameri cans by lifting the Vietnam embargo. If he truly cared about the feelings of the american people he would never even consider the proposal currently being putto him in the interest of big business. It was their interests that got us involved i Vietnam in the first place and kept us there in increasing numbers. I am an Active duty army specialist a combat Veteran of desert storm and the Only son of an air Force major who is missing in action from Vietnam. During the new year s Holiday i was notified that in december the . Government received what they believe to be my father s remains the identification process May take up to two years. While my fam ily s own wait May soon come to an end i still feel for the More than 2,000 families who continue to  see my father s remains Aren t Back because of free Trade they Are Back or so we Hope because of pressure brought to Bear on the United states and Vietnam by the National league of pow Mia families the american legion the veterans of foreign wars the disabled Vietnam veterans and Many other  1989 i had the Opportunity to attend a defense intelligence Agency briefing for pow Mia families during which it was revealed that As of that time Hanoi had returned approximately 280 sets of re Mains in 24 years. Of these Only five set Shad shown signs of recently being dug up from the ground prior to repatriation the other 275 sets All showed signs of having been stored in a climate controlled Ware House. Yet president Clinton think Hanoi is cooperating Bah the . Government knows full Well that Hanoi is holding remains for ran som and the ending of the Trade Embar go will not bring an answer to the other families. Hanoi will have what it wants and that will be the end of the searches for  it not been for the efforts of the Vietnam pow Mia families through the years we would not have seen such a rapid return of our pos from Iraq. Twas president Bush s support for the families that caused him to push for a rapid prisoner Exchange and full account ing of mias during desert . Russell c. Goodman Kaiserslautern Germany. Skimpy school lunch what is a person to do nowadays if he or she is having a complaint after read ing the article whistle blowers suffer payback . 27it makes me  son is a third Grade student at Wurzburg elementary school. Recently asked him How he liked lunch. His answer was Short and to the Point it was Good but i Only got a Small piece of Chicken and i was still  he had my undivided attention now and i Felt compelled to ask More questions. According to him almost All his classmate were served Only one piece of Chicken. What s wrong with that you May won Der. Perhaps nothing perhaps a lot. It depends on How you look at the  understanding is that the daily lunches have to consist of set portions of the various food groups. The amount of meat fish protein is four ounces. The children who were served a breast came close to having their four ounces of meat. However the ones that had a thigh drumstick or two wings on their tray lost out. In the past whenever Fried Chicke was on the menu the children were served either a breast and a Wing or thigh and a drumstick. Apparently things Are changing and i do not like it. Why because i am paying for a full meal not for half a portion. It should be possible for my child to decide whether he wants to eat All of his lunch or Only part of it. This Freedom should not be taken from him by altering the serving sizes. He certainly should not leave the lunch room  Here is wasting my Money not to forget fraud and abuse of govern ment funds. Reduced Price and free meals Are funded by the government. So what am i to do Call the hot line and perhaps lose my Job i work for the company that provides the school lunches ? an other possibility would be to write a letter Tomy husband s congressman. Heide Vanegas kit Zingen Germany. Animals have rights i am not a member of any animal rights advocacy group but i can t agree that those who Stop up for the Wolf pups that were destroyed Are morally  it s not Only arrogant to place human life above that of animals it s also ignorant. I m not agreeing with the View that we should decrease the human population to make room for animals that s silly  is a big planet we have always co existed with animals but the Rule of survival of the fittest no longer applies. We have made it obsolete. Since humans have domesticated certain species and have made them dependent upon us for survival it s Only fair and right that we take measures to ensure their survival if you think about it it s actually arro Gant to own a House pet since that presupposes humans Are somehow better than animals. I suppose that s the Point Anima rights advocates Are trying to make. The idea s not far fetched it pretty much mirrors what abolitionists tried to argue but right or wrong we do own pets. I have two cats that i cherish and i treat them As if they have thoughts and feeling just like humans do. Who is to say they Don to people who risk their lives to save their pets Are not wrong or even stupid to do so. We made dogs and cats for exam ple into House pets because they provides with companionship Comfort and a great Deal of Joy. I can t say the same for alot of humans i meet today. Janice  Germany pleased by Limbaugh i decided to Reserve judgment on Rush Limbaugh until after his first week on an radio. Having never heard his radio show before and after Reading All the negative press was pleasantly surprised to find i agree with about 75 percent of his views. I Don t consider myself a ditto head but i do Hope that arts continues to negotiate for the entire three hour show. Why not expand his show in the current time Slot if service members will watch live sports shows at 3 ., i m sure Rush would have a Follower that would stay up till 1  To listen to a hot  dramatic increase in audience at 10 . Every weeknight must be an unintentional Benefit for an. I know i never used to listen to the radio at Home in the  sgt. Steven f. Schlembach Geilenkirche Germany Don t write about piffle Rush Limbaugh on an women impregnating themselves with Turkey Bas ters sports events being televised live in Stead of 30 minutes later whether four out of every 10 men has had some sort of homosexual encounter Howard Stern. Now i m sure that when the stars and stripes readers write a letter to the editor they Are upset ecstatic or otherwise emotional about All these extremely relevant issues and we All have read the editor note urging us to write in especially those of us who have never submitted a letter. But i really Don t understand Why if one is motivated to write an impassioned letter that will reveal his or her opinion to thousands of Peers Why it can not be about issues that might possibly be the tiniest bit. Important i Challenge each and every Reader to write in about topics of genuine significance and to Stop wasting this space one of the few forums of expression available to us. Let s use our Freedom of speech wisely. 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