European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 4, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 23 what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts arc selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associate press Scripps Howard news service and other state Side syndicates. Seattle times has Jesse Helms lost his mind i in two Short weeks the incoming Republican chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee has managed. To prove that he lacks the temperament and judgment needed to head the powerful committee.,. Helms Gronish utterances can single hand edly torpedo that project. Incoming Senate majority Leader Bod Dole soon will find that he has More important things to do than to answer for Jesse Helms. He should dump Helms As foreign relations committee chairman and find someone whose Demeanour is More befitting a Senate elder than a Small time Hood. Chicago Tribune sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina has never been reticent about airing his uncompromising conservative ideas. But he crossed the line in alarming fashion when he harshly questioned president Clinton s competences commander in chief. Helms richly deserves the Broad condemnation he has received for his disgraceful remarks. For his own Sake he ought to Wise up. Post and courier j Charleston . T Armey offered a Quick clarification following his prediction of a declining Public interest in congressional term limits. In doing so the Texas a _ a Republican recognized that the electorate does t want to Trade Onset of congressional careerists for another. Armey quickly backtracked describing his comments As academic and reaffirming his Strong support for a term limits. A Armey s clarification is heartening considering the influence he will yield As House majority Leader. _ l 1 Constitution j Atlanta a y a late last summer . Rep. Dick Armey of Texas Quarter backed the drafting of the Republican contract with America a list of proposals carefully tested in polls to ensure their popularity. None of the items in the contract had tested at less than 60 percent. Approval rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia boasted. Prominent on that list was a constitutional amendment to limit terms of members of Congress i. Now that the election is Over and the republicans have taken Power Armey and others seem to be looking a things from an entirely new perspective like most contracts the contract with America did come with Fine print and As the republicans Are now pointing out the Fine print in their contract commits them Only to vote on not for such items As term limits and on that Armey himself indicates that he himself f had changed his mind in the Issue. New York times we. Can t be Here suggesting the social engineering of the right will be More Clever than the social engineering of the thus spake none other than rep. Newt Gingrich. He was trying to reassure the Republican governors and governors elect. He had heard their message. That message put simple was that Gingrich should first _ secure Republican goals on taxes the budget an welfare before scaring away voters by pushing thet social control Agenda of religious conservatives. Whether he pushes the vote in january or july has offered himself As the Christian coalition s instrument in a crusade to alter the " constitutional division Between Church Rand state. But the larger drama within the Republican party is whether its new generation of officeholders will endorse or oppose efforts to position their party As the enemy of traditional Freedom of Choice in a wide Range of social intellectual reproductive and religious issues. Star Tribune newspaper of the twin cities Minneapolis St. Paul meanness of rhetoric is a dangerous and ugly dehumanized opponents Breeds mistrust and fans hatred. The house1 republicans draft welfare proposal represents something far worse. It is meanness in action. The proposal presented As Reform urges nothing less than the dismantling of a safety net that even now contains too Many holes. Leftover turk6y. Welfare s beneficiaries Are the elderly who use food Stamps uneducated women who need Job training 7 Young girls who never got a Start. But mostly they Are children children whose welfare is ignored a America s peril. Trite As it is the adage is undeniably Correct our children Are our future. And it is they who will Bear the Brunt of their parents punishment. ,1 Sacramento Calif Bee although disabled alcoholics and drug addicts receiving supplemental Security income payments Are required by Law to receive treatment for their addictions less than 10 percent of them do. According to a study by the department of health and human services the vast majority never recover jobs _ _ most leave the ssi Rolls Only when they die. The study which tracked More than 20,000 alcoholics and addicts who d been receiving ssi since .1990, documents the colossal failure of giving Cash payments to people disabled by addictions. Its findings confirm earlier probes that showed that the benefits were actually fueling drug and alcohol use by _ recipients. Without careful attention an monitoring Cash Grants to addicts and alcoholics can work to exacerbate homelessness Public begging strains on the mental health system and Urban blight and crime the very things Solis designed to prevent Lyons Kan daily news three Good reasons for supporting Mattare Ros Perot Pat Buchanan and Ralph Nader for a common opposition placing them among the strangest of bedfellows. In any other Arena h would be a three Way dog fight but that s the majority of americans though Gatt holds More Hope than despair More Promise than pain _ tra a offs that Are Well Worth the invest men to statesman journal Salem Ore. Americans Nee to Settle Back and take a deep breath maybe count to 10 before we catch anti immigrant fever 7 California aimed its resentment about financial problems at the children of illegal immigrants by approving proposition 187. " now republicans and some democrats want to cutoff welfare another social services to most Legal. the nation needs a debate about the soundness of our immigration policies and about the proper place for welfare in society. But the blatant fanning of anti immigrant sentiment that we see emerging today solves no problems and is unworthy of a nation created by immigrants. Enterprise journal Mccomb miss. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy will leave his postdoc. 31, Haing been eased out because of some questionable but not very important ethics charges against obviously used poor judgment in a few instances and some of his political enemies used that to bring him Down. We re sorry about that Tor we think Espy is a Bright competent Public servant who did a Good Job. Milwaukee journal there will be those who will now say that Justice has finally been done in Jeffrey Dahmes s Case. To die in prison was his inevitable end to die violently and brutally will win him no mourners. But now seems the time to put the Dahmer Case Forest forevermore to remember dearly the friends and relatives who perished. R and Dahmer will fade into the oblivion that awaits Al who transgress so wickedly. Washington Post the Post office was right to reverse an earlier decision and bring Back the Madonna and child stamp next year. To a v the Post office came around. After some quiet lobbying by president Clinton. This is cause for Good Christian science Monitor \ " Boston out in the cold. That s the sad plight of the salvation army this Holiday season As some shopping malls and stores across the country refuse to let the Charity set up its _ red kettles for the needy on their premises. Merchants reasoning goes like this if we let one Charity in t Well have to admit other charities As Well. Has America become so litigious that fear of Lega action must negatively affect even a highly respected -. National Charity. Christmas is supposed to be a season of generosity overflowing. A Scrooge like approach on the part of corporate executives blocks that impulse. Springfield my news Leader sure the stores Are too crowded the must have gifts Are sold out. It s Rush Rush Rush from to another i. .-.-. When the self imposed pressures and tensions get too great there Are so Many Way Ito rejuvenate ourselves to recharge our spirits to capture the glow of the holidays. " " to prepare for the la months until we get to do this again. Miami Herald. Far from Home on vacation or a business trip you head for the car rental counter with a confirmed reservation. The clerk enters your Driver License. Number into a computer Waits for a response then sorry we can t rent to angry and confused you try other companies. Same response. You re stuck thousands of Miles from Home ran Noone will rent you a car. Why because Tropf three in As Many years you got a ticket for a moving violation. That s enough to get you on a National blacklist. Is this reasonable partly. Rental companies have been sued successfully and for huge amounts by victims of Auto accidents in which rented cars were involved. So protecting themselves from High risk customers May be an economic necessity. But Arenlt you entitled to some warning before you. Are stranded someplace without wheels does t there have to be some Means of Appeal at least to Correct mistakes so far All answers Are. No
