European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 letters to the editor thursday december 1,1994 european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander  a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Abshir news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manet City editor to write us unit 29480 v a que 09211 orpostfach111437 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. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext 226. Business news ext. 326. New bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effle Bathen room 117, Rome str. 104. 69115 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370 7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 0622moss4.kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty and Doyle Tillman. 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Tho appearance of advertising in his publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute end Jse ment by the department erf defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Spare us sob stories now i be heard it All. In the article in military families of inmates feel own Tri als nov. 20readers Are compelled to take pity on the families of convicted felons. I believe that s absurd the cells of the fort Leavenworth Pris on Are filled with murderers rapists drug dealers and the like. They have been tried under the most careful conditions and convicted of serious criminal conduct. They broke the nation s Laws and violated the code of conduct expected of military service members. As for the families tic these convicts they derived the Bench its by military life up to the time the service member Dishon ored him or herself. At that time just As in civilian employment All entitle ments Are and ought to be forfeited what Are we turning the military into a welfare state if there Are to be military benefits they must be preserved As such and offered exclusively to those who serve our country honorable. It s interesting that the married in mates Are far More concerned about their families than  they should have thought about their families before committing their  disparity Between officer and enlisted pay and allowances should be rectified. Both should be treated tie same under the Law. As for the families they should be Given 30 Days to Settle their affairs and return to their Home of record.   c. Bohle _ Bobingen Germany inmates run Asylum in response to a letter about foul mouthed teens i m Happy to see and hear that people Are finally getting fed up with our american education system. It s not just department of defens dependents schools and Here at by the St. Petersburg times the league of conservation voters decried the environmental record of the 103fd Congress As the worst in 25 years but environmentalists might Pine for those Good old Days after the 104th con Gress convenes next year. In some instances environmentalists have ensured their own political setbacks through intransigence and alarmist tac tics. But the main reason the 103rd con Gress passed no significant environmental legislation was Republican obstruction ism. For environmentalists the gop coup in november s congressional elections was the political equivalent of the wreck of the Exxon Valdez. In the House of representatives alas Kan rep. Don Young is Likely to chair the natural resources committee. His Fel Low alaskan sen. Frank Murkowski is Likely to chair the Senate Energy and natural resources committee. Both panels govern important environmental issues. Both chairmen Are vocal antagonists of environmental groups. Their Agenda will almost certainly reflect that. Ramstein Jas and is it s everywhere. However Ramstein s Jas and is Are absolutely disgusting. If anyone does not believe this go to either one of these schools and walk around Between  saw the disgusting behaviour in the Ramstein base Exchange food mall about four years ago and have not been Back since. I saw Young boys and girls sitting together at several tables using foul Lan Guage. ". I could not believe 7th-, 8th and 9th graders in front of adults. If i had gone Inland found my son or daughter talking like that in front of adults they would not be Able to sit  was blessed recently with the Opportunity of a visit to the High Scho Ovat lunch time. I saw students hugging and kissing in ways i be Only seen in movies. I also saw students throwing trash and food on the floor and cussing. I also saw this happening within Arm s length of Sev eral  a visit to the smoking area at the High school and you can View students smoking eating  drinks an throwing All garbage and trash on the ground when there Are trash cans All around and even two to four big dump sters within 30  asked the teacher i met with about this behaviour and he said this was accepted now because Over the past few years most teachers have Given up. If they try to Correct students in any Way the teachers usually get in far More trouble than the student. At the very least they get Back talk and verbal abuse from the students. I do wish As Many people As possible would spend some time in our High school and Junior High school and then complain to Jam one who might help fix this problem. Give Bur principals and teachers some support but if they can to or Don t want to fix this problem replace them with real educators who will. 7 i think the majority of our students want to learn and in a better Environ ment. I also think they would appreciate the communities help because obviously there is a breakdown somewhere. Jim Allen Ramstein a Germany if the shoe fits. Following election Day results president Clinton held a live news conference explaining his accomplishments since taking office and answering questions from the Media concerning the overwhelming re publican victories. When asked his opinion about Why the democrats seemed to fair so poorly he presented a tangled dialogue blaming lopsided Media coverage inequitable Campaign funding and a reeling of misunderstanding by americans concern ing their Lack of involvement in his Agenda for change. Could it simply be that the pres ident s Agenda May be contrary to the views of a majority of americans Only time will. Michael j. Tompkins or. Span Dahlem a Germany to our . _ to 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. ,-.send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 0921 1. Or fax country code 49 061 55 601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Commentary never it so bad with help from a handful of West Ern democrats republicans of the 103rd Congress obstructed Reform of hard Rock mining jaw. They permitted big mining interests to continue extracting Silver Gold and other hard Rock minerals with out paying Federal royalties or cleaning up their pollution. The same Law forced the . Interior department last May to relinquish Between $8 billion and $10 Bil lion Worth of unlined Gold to american Barrick resources corp. For a paltry $9,000. Republicans butchered a sensible com Promise to Reform the nation s Hazar Dous waste cleanup program despite support for the plan from environmentalists insurers Small business and Industry. The Compromise would have changed the so called superfund program to allow All responsible parties to snare the Cost of cleaning polluted Sites. The plan also called for arbitration instead of Liti gation to Settle superfund disputes. Re publicans blocked the measure to Stop provisions that would have made Polluk ers liable for pollution prior to 1980, and imposed a uniform cleanup Standard for All polluted Sites. A republicans opposed other sen sible environmental measures claiming they violated private property rights burdened states with unfunded mandates and established unnecessary regulations the endangered species act is a Case in Point. The Law was established in 1973 to spare plants and animals from extinction. Environmentalists want to strengthen it partly to preserve vanishing Plant specie which might yield new medicines such As Taxon the cancer treatment produced from the Pacific Yew tree. None of these measures will fare any better during the 104th Congress. That is too bad especially Given the gop s history of environmental leadership. Moder ate republicans such As Rhode Island sen. John Chaffee the probable new chairman of the Senate environment and Public works committee might manage to revive a bit of his party s Green tradition but Don t bet on it. Environmentalists should expect the worst. Distributed by scrupps Joward news service w c aught&&0� of 4n&vt picks a moment. Svorc Bisti. Zhav can a. Th&rfw57orhap to that pitiful Church mem0&& lztu5ncwpkayfqr7h� &n6rich Yea it i5houlpaju5tput Minenok