European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 letters to the editor tuesday october 11,1994 thes european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. 2ovistoskieditor news and editorial Deborah aether news editor Bill Walker european editor Bobbi Cicer sports editor George Manes City editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 or Postrach 11 1437. 64278 Darmstadt Ger Riany 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. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg. Germany Effie Bat non. Room 117, Road str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370 70100c civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-10554. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty. John Bomor and Doyle Tiltman. 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Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by the department of defense or the Slars and stripes of the products or Soa ices advertised. Problems in Pir Masens despite the physical and psychological effects the draw Down has left us with the Pir Masens military Community More than 3,200 folks As of oct. 4 has some thing to be proud of Pur club. Yep the old. Grenadier army club. It s Here folks we can Iise it for assorted functions wedding receptions Bingo town Hall meetings potluck dinners bar Mitiz Yah you name it. Of by the Way if you want to Book the club do not Call us Here at Pir Masens. Call the 415th base sup port in Cheryl Vanlandingham. The control it furnish it and they have the key. " o v Ca mar Kaiserslautern has no in Terest in Pir Masens you really cannot blame them. We re just an ast area support team we have no troops living in billets Ana no families living in our housing units so Why bother we los Money anyway who cares Well the folks who do care got stepped on again. Recently a letter was drafted to the commander 415lh bib requesting re establishment of a uni lounge in place of what used to be an mar sponsored club activity. That re quest though properly endorsed on burned is still sitting on someone s desk in Kaiserslautern. I wonder if the com Mander even received the memo mean while Ca mar 415th bib has sent Down Salvage Crews to dismantle Exchange and remove furniture drapes tables chairs Etc. From the Only Nice thing we had left Here in Pir Masens. Vve can Only presume the floors will be ripped out As was done in the old Frontier , its obvious to this no what Ca mar 415th. Bib is doing. I Call it controlled looting. A Vav a Pir Masens Germany change service customer and previously having served a three year tour in Ger Many i have returned to Europe for a120-Day temporary duty in support of operation provide Comfort at in Ciurlik a Over the past several months,1 have read v numerous letters to the editor slamming cafes on the service it provides. I believe it is totally unfair to generalize that cafes provides customer service. I realize there Are situations where a customer has encountered poor service but i believe this is the exception rather than the Norv right along with the military cafes is trying to come in line with the draw Down and the policy to do More with less however customer service remains its no. 1 priority. If you feel you have a legitimate complaint or problem Why not address it to the store manager through a customer comment form Resolution to your problem will be much easier and quicker than blasting cafes through a letter to the editor. Direct communication is always the key to solv ing any situation. X staff sgt. David a Spursey in Ciurlik a Turkey tinted to Send thousands of Young men to some foreign land where Only death and anguish awaited them and for what have we not Learned anything from this what happened to defending our country protecting our Homeland today most of us join the military at18 years of age so Young so easily influenced. The military then holds your mind into exactly what it wants using that Honor and Pride that brought Ameri Ca together during the first two world wars. Only now the military tries to make us into its own close minded machines not to defend our country but to defend our government s corrupt political inter ests. -. Something is deadly wrong with our government and our military. It is not hard to look around open your mind and your eyes arid see what is really going on and it is nothing to be proud of. And the Saddest part about it is that through Al this we Back up our actions by claiming the belief in god. Brian r. Stephens Mannheim Germany poor service not Norm being an army and air Force sex i i itary s twisted a blues the United states military was Builtin courage Pride hard work sacrifice the defense of our Homeland and the be Lief in god. That was something to be proud of but what Pur military and government has become today is Only some thing to be ashamed of. During world War i and world War ii the unite states was threatened and brought to Gether that courage Pride and Honor to protect what we believe in and we were victorious. God was with us. But some where along the Way those values were twisted into what they have become today. A. A perfect example is the Vietnam War the biggest mistake in . History. But our government was too stubborn and too stupid to admit that mistake and con to our readers let us know what you think we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers View Points or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. A -. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155 601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Commentary in Sotir by Boudart remember Ronald Reagan s feel Good morning in America Campaign ads Don t expect to see any Mushy Polit ical spots like that this year. With Congress ending a acrimonious session and president Clinton s popularity sliding the tone for to campaigning is Tough and confrontational say Media analysts. / -. Candidates of both parties Are trying to define their opponents in ways unappealing to voters. Republican candidates Are using the airwaves to tie their opponents to Clinton often using computer techno in by to morph the face of a democratic candidate into the president s. Democrats from sen. Dianne Feinster Iliin California to sen. Edward Kennedy in Massachusetts Are responding with attack ads of their own and the democratic con Gressional Campaign committee has made a to spot denouncing the contract wit America signed by 300 gop candidates As a return to reaganomics. You remember trickle Down economics exploding deficits slashing social Secu Rity the democratic spot intones. We re seeing More rapid and More Rabid advertising said Kathleen Hall Jamieson a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. V the use of this opposition Advertis ing is coming earlier in the Campaign than Ever before Jamieson said there s not More negative advertising. To me negative advertising is untrue or unfair. Oppositional spots document their Chargeswhy Are More candidates buying to time to Tell voters bad things about their opponents rather than Good things about themselves because it s More effective. They re Nasty and they re Tough but i see them As More of the same. We be been in this Mode really since the Early Tomid-80s," said Larry Sabato a Media expert at the University of re Golden oldies because they work and until they Stop working that s Why they la be in a . Senate race in Tennessee for instance Republican Bill Frist is running a spot in which the face of his opponent sen. Jim Sasser appears on mount Rush More with the faces of president Clinton Edward Kennedy and rep. Dan Rostenkowski a senior democratic con Gressman from Illinois who is under Crimi Nal indictment. In the Massachusetts Senate race a Kennedy spot features Blue Collar workers who said they were Laid off from a company owned by his Republican opponent Mitt Romney. The Campaign seemed to boost Kennedy s poll numbers. A doubt has been raised in people s minds about whether Romney really is on the Side of the working person pollster Gerry Chervinsky told the political hot line a daily summary of Campaign news. The negative drumbeat of such spots contributes to cynicism and can sour Vot ers on All candidates Jamieson said. But she expects oppositional ads to outnumber positive spots this fall. You be got a lot of close races and the Cost of not responding to an attack is very High she said. And you respond with an attack of your c Cox news service by the Way Michael Riff crime Biu. I hear. Vox we both Furj tank a6a/nst it / i up that is because it turn out that some voters for. It and some against 171 you. Sip John i m into incuis1vehe&5 it s Pkt of Muf Force 1 want to 8� a 5&1atorfor. All the us huh. Who thought that one up minister get so mthth5 final mowing its
