European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                >�t3 a jul sunday november 13, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 23are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts arc selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Art provided by the associated press Scripps Howard news service and other state Side  san Francisco All across America the Reagan revolution resurfaced with a vengeance tuesday night. Some of course would argue that the revolution never went away that it was always nearby breathing through a Reed while Bill Clinton momentarily distracted us with nostrums of  finally change came but it was not the kind president Clinton had in mind. In the Senate the House and Many statehouse. It should serve to chasten the president and especially some of his advisers who believed he could govern from the political left.,Milwaukee journal angry As voters were tit president Clinton polls showed they were hopping mad at Congress. With lacklustre democratic leadership in both houses lawmakers failed to clean up the putrid sewers of Campaign finance and influence peddling nor did they subject themselves to the same Laws that apply to the rest of America. Republicans whose filibusters abetted democrats shameful stalling on Reform now lose All excuses. And their leaders have a special Burden Pittsburgh Post Gazette in the final analysis. The vote tuesday was an effective demonstration of democracy at work a registering discontent through the ballot. Buckle up it will be an interesting and bumpy ride for the next two  news new York the anti Democrat landslide that handed the gop control of both houses of Congress a and 31 governorships a is a message to president Clinton that is about As Subtle As a Sharp stick in the Eye. Less Clear though is the Content of that message beyond a single word no. If Clinton is concerned about what to do next he a not alone. Top republicans seem sobered by the realization that they can no longer be Content to Block Clinton a Agenda. Washington Post the republicans. Have spoken for Many years about fiscal restraint Low taxes balanced budgets and smaller government. And they have publicly committed to achieve these things. It is now for them to Destio nitrate How Quot precisely they will do that a and in particular How they will match their ambitions for lower taxes with genuine spending cutest. Louis Post dispatch. The voters certainly have had enough of something though there will be much argument Over just what.,., most of All the voters rejected Washington which for several elections has been one of the major targets of All who have run for office republicans in particular,.los Angeles times 3 a t the Handwritten Public note from Ronald Reagan that he has alzheimer a disease comes As sad news to All americans whether or not they agree with his conservative political philosophy. The former president has performed a singular and courageous service in calling attention to this Little understood disease of aging oregonian portion do Ore. Such were Aldrich Ames problems with the bottle that the Cia operative who sold secrets to the soviets would often return from liquid lunches and sleep at his desk. At least Ames had an excuse for his afternoon snaps. The Senate intelligence committees recently released report makes Clear that lots of other folks at the Central intelligence Agency were simply asleep at the switch a no booze involved a in their handling of the Ames spy scandal Star Ledger Newark . The Cia does no to get a Grade of either a i or a from a Senate committee for its botched investigation of the Aldrich Ames spy Case. It gets a Grade of f for failure one richly deserved. Ames was Able to sell secrets to the soviet Union that Cost Many of our agents their lives because the Cia Hierarchy was a Bunch of blithering idiots a that is a fair paraphrase of the report by the Senate select committee on intelligence Greenville . Piedmont twice in less than two months there has been an attack on the White House even if it can to be proved that the act was meant As a Threa Tjo the life or president Clinton. / still these Back to Back attacks on a Structure commonly viewed As one at the heart of this free country should inspire a sweeping review of White House Security procedure Chicago Tribune until More is known about Francisco Martin Duran any discussion about what drove him to open fire on the White House will be essentially speculation. But it is hard to avoid suspicion that the overheated rhetoric of this autumn of our political discontent had something to do with it. Herald dispatch Huntington . The crash of american Eagle flight 4184 in Indiana killing All 68 aboard again has raised questions about the safety of the smaller planes that now carry a Large percentage of the flying Public. The crash comes As the National transportation safety Board is putting the finishing touches on a major safety study of the commuter Industry. If As anticipated that study recommends stronger safety standards for the commuter Industry those changes should be implemented As quickly As  Jefferson county Union fort Atkinson wis. I Early in the Clinton term the goals 2000 act Assed. Among other things it set up a vast bureaucracy that will attempt to standardize education across the United states. A we done to have a lot of Faith in that happening however. History does not seem to be on our Side when it comes to reason opposing zealots and bureaucracy. A v. A a Middletown Ohio journal Many people were still speechless. When the latest word got around about the Well publicized South Carolina a a carjacking Case. Susan Smith the woman who had deceived a nation for nearly two weeks about her missing. Sons had confessed and been charged with their deaths. Her automobile supposedly carjacked oct. 25 a was pulled out of a Lake nov. 3her sons still strapped in the Back scat. The Susan Smith Case clearly illustrates a problem most americans Are touched by in some fashion. Call it a Lack of so called a family values a but in Plain terms there Are too Many Young parents who Are not prepared for parenthood and Are not willing to make the enormous commitment required to raise a Chil Christian science Monitor a a. A a a a a /. A a Boston a. A a a a. Legal and Domestic violence experts across the country Are doing a slow Burn Over the Case of Kenneth Peacock of Baltimore sentenced to a Mere 18 months for voluntary homicide in the death of his wife Sandra. Peacock a truck Driver who came Home unexpectedly and found his wife with another Man had pleaded guilty. What has outraged people was not Only the lightness of the sentence Baltimore county circuit judge Robert Cahill handed Down but his evident reluctance to impose any sentence at All. The Public outcry Over this Case has surely been a consciousness raising experience for judges across the country. Meanwhile advice to Cahill real men done to shoot women. Constitution a Atlanta recently Fulton county juvenile judge Sanford Jones was presiding Over a hearing involving a 14-Ycar-old girl who had allegedly slashed another girls face. Suddenly the defendant s Mother shouted to her daughter a you ought to kill the Little  a i realize part of the problem with this Little girl was with her Mother a says Jones who promptly charged the Mother with contempt and locked her in jail for three Days. A the idea of holding parents responsible a and teaching them How to be responsible a is a powerful solution to youth crime. Throwing More youth in prison is  York times a i want to be an astronaut a Navy it. Kara Hultgreen told the Miami Herald last year. A most of the astronauts Are Navy Jet test pilots first. If you re not a Given the same opportunities you can to compete on the same  Hultgreen earned the same opportunities. She also incurred the same risks. On oct. 25 she was killed in a crash off Southern California the 10th f-14 aviator to die in a training Accident in that notoriously ungainly aircraft since 1992., whether Hultgreen died because of engine trouble or Pilot error is in the end irrelevant. For both men and women pilots flying is a risky business. But As Long As there Are those who believe there is no room for a. Hultgreen in this Many a army Navy air Force marines women who Are killed in their country a service die twice. They lose their lives and their reputations