European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 17 opinion what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United the editorials Are provided by the associated press and other stateside Reagan not reflected the Democrat and its that the site for the first presidential debate among Republican contenders was California and the re Agan after California Hast voted for a re publican candidate for president since but just maybe the 10 declared gop candidates were trying to Send a message the Western distinguished for being pioneering and popularized in the late 20th Century by Ronald a celebrated is Arnold a former like is certainly a and also like the idol of most Republic he too won keys to the governors mansion in a state that is solidly but a big difference for Many of the re publicans in the 2008 presidential Field is unlike who was an ideological the leading contenders lean More to the Mitt John Mccain and Rudy Giuliani All strayed from gop sup port for interceding in the widely publicized Case of Terri a brain dam aged Florida and Giuliani went so far As to endorse a woman right to make a decision on whether to have an these three gop candidates Are certainly blazing new but its unlikely that there ones that would please the far from a Banner moment the Ohio Blade four years president Bush made his now infamous appearance on an air Craft Carrier donning a flight suit and As suming a swagger for under a mis Sion accomplished Banner put up by the White Bush used prevailed and Victory to describe Mastery Over the worst of the War in if not the War it it was perhaps the biggest Public relations Blunder of an administration that has come to regret what some called the irrational exuberance of the just As on May the Battle for now in its fifth is nowhere near just a year after the president ordered his preemptive a former top offi Cial with the National Security Council had a Stark observation of the Campaign that holds Flynt who also served As a state department counter terrorism Ana said that even though a successful Mili tary Effort removed Saddam it was Clear the Bush administration at the highest level still had no clue of what they had gotten themselves into and had no meaningful plan for managing the truth of that assessment is painfully space faring nation not now Rocky Mountain Denver astronaut Wally Schirra died May at age the Only one of the original seven astronauts to missions in gemini and nasal first three manned he was chosen for the Mercury program in april 48 years imagine that nearly half a surely by people there would be permanent colonies on the and maybe even on at the very Crews would have visited Mars and plans prickly City by Scott Stantis for a permanent presence would be under would anyone thrilled As people were about the beginning of space explore have been so pessimistic As to predict that in the human race would barely have progressed beyond Earth orbit a few people went to the Moon but then they came Back and went on with their people More or less stopped asking what should we do next we doubt Schirra Ever stopped he once we shared a common dream to test the limits of mans imagination and those Early pioneering flights of the performances of gemini and the trips to the Moon established us once and for All As what i like to Call a space faring like Spain and Portugal crossing the seas in search of their nations so we reached for the skies and ennobled our a with Schirra there Are Only two of the Mercury 7 still former John Glenn and Scott per haps they will live to see America a space faring tax shift could lower airfare Kansas City Star commercial airliners and their customers pay More in taxes to support the air traffic control system than they impose in corporate jets and other general aviation operators pay As part of a Bill reauthorizing the Feder Al aviation the Bush administration wants to partially reverse that arrangement by shifting More costs to Gen eral this makes and it could result in lower ticket prices for commercial Passen Revenue from the system would help finance a modernized air traffic control net one better Able to handle the hefty in creases in air traffic expected Over the next Dan the Faas assistant adminis Trator for policy planning and Environ says that under the the com Mercial carriers tax Load would drop by about in a recent conference Call with the Kan Sas City stars editorial Elwell said some airlines might pocket their share in a fiercely competitive Many would offer lower ticket under the administrations the maximum Airport passenger fee which provides Revenue for local airports would Rise to from but the plan would eliminate Many of the annoying a dons that Jack up ticket including the percent ticket tax and the percent Levy for every trip segment airlines and private plane operators would pay charges based on the costs they impose on the general aviation imposes a Cost Burden of 16 but contributes Only about 3 percent of the aviation taxes under the general Avia tons share would Rise to 11 with most of that paid by Jet shifting More costs to general aviation would be eminently but Pri vat plane owners Are a powerful even Congress should react favourably to the proposal and require general Avia Tion to shoulder More of the costs it imposes on the loopholes a noxious tactic los Angeles times with Gas prices soaring and congressional democrats eager to flex their Environ mental the stars have Seldom been better aligned for a Long overdue in crease in automotive fuel Economy Stan yet the Best Hope for a sen sible Bill from California Dianne fein underwent Oral surgery tuesday and is now All but einsteins Bill would require that every automakers combined car and Light truck fleets sold in the improve from an average of 25 Miles per gallon to 35 mpg by while that was originally an ironclad mandate and the first major increase in Overall fuel standards since the sen ate Commerce committee watered Down the Bill by allowing the National Highway traffic safety administration to let car makers off the Hook if it determines the annual goals Arent that Hummer sized loophole Means any administration hostile to tighter or Sim ply unwilling to take on the Tough Detroit might be Able to ignore without a firm government theres a Good Chance the 35mpg goal wont be even two decades after Europe and Japan got that Means higher greenhouse Gas emissions and a greater Reliance on foreign that too heavy a Cost for placating is Venezuela the new Cuba Pittsburgh pos Gazette president Hugo Chavez has nationalized the control of four Oil Fields and a refinery in Venezuela Orinoco River affect ing foreign companies like Frances total and no ways stat Oil the assets Are Worth with compensation by Venezuela to the Compa Nies yet to be worked in taking the recent Chavez continued to carry out a policy that melds his personal attitude toward the United states with a course he has set to free Venezuela As much As possible from external the state of relations is it would be unfortunate if Chavez and his country became another castros Cuba stuck in americas Craw As time goes the importance of the relationship would seem to suggest greater efforts on the part of president Bush and his administration to Patch things up with Chavez and City slickers need farm facts As Congress Cranks up the machinery for work on a new farm the Urban East coast press is having a Field those shrill voices will make the fight Over extending the Best parts of the 2002 farm Bill All the More in addition to misleading editorials urging an end to Federal farm supports Are coming from newspapers with usually divergent including the Wall Street journal and Washington both papers and others in Large Urban centers espouse knee Jerk ant farm stances that reflect either an ideological Bias against farm programs or ignorance of How farm pro Grams work in farm country or the 2002 farm program has worked bet Ter than its supporters in that the counter cyclical Market based provi Sion has actually saved the Treasury More Money than was were confident far state lawmakers will prevail in the far Bill fight because they will build they will Edu Cate Urban members of Congress about the economics of modern including the variables of weather and a global Market that is stacked against Many it wont be it never primary dates states decision Daytona Beach new journal Florida leaders face a thunderous scold ing from National political parties Over the Legislatures decision to move the states presidential preference primary Forward to Charlie Crist should ignore the hoopla and sign the Bill he probably the Earl primary pro vision was included in the Bill mandating paper ballots for most Florida a move Crist has consistently backed and Vot ers but instead of focusing on those important vote integrity National Par ties Are fuming Over the Early the democratic National committee is threatening not to recognize Florida Pri Mary taking delegates away from the state and forbidding candidates from campaigning or raising Money the gop has also threatened to Cut but not to punish Florida if National parties really want to rein state a sense of order to the selection of work together on a sys tem that fair to
