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by"/Jrian.Sulltvan . "~ . . .. -persuade the p!Jblic, th:at . si~rilfic'~t · . The first of two Presidential .... c}langes occtrr in the·polling ·¢ita.~

· debat.~s was · h~ld S~nday ~ight at . Wake F~rest U~iversity iii Notth .. Carolina. The two candidates for the . Presidency discussed many issues ranging _from . 'social and- domestic issues to foreign and military topics.

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This year's PreSidential · · debates .carry heavy consequences to

l the two candid~tes, It has. been-said " · -- that . the Ainefi~aR electorate · was .

waiting for :the completion ·_ of the " · debate series .before maki~g up its . mind on who it wan~~ t<;> he the 'forty . first_~esident of-the-United States. _

· Both Governor -,M:ic'heal '· .Dllkakis .and Vjce President Bush were / . . successful in , ~voiding any S:erious blunders-that would hurt them in their

·. camp~gns.- As predicte_d, both sia~ c-am:e prepared with a ·· number of ScHpted one'liners to use i~ ttying to thr~w their opwnent off guard. "

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· -Afte; the conclu'sion of ihe debate both campaigns sent out scores of sU:tff people· in an attempt to

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. public th~t their 'candidate had won. ·. A recent· study conducte4 by the

National RepriblicaQ Comririttee fo1_,1nd that difectly after a debate·there-· -­is no significant c!_lartge in-the polls; .­It is not until after three days, when _ . the press has liad the opp6~unity to

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· - , In -an ~alysis of the debate, · . Busb appearedi- to be the wipner by a \._ ·­.. slight ' margin~ The Vice Pi-esident . was able to-. pr((sent himself as a . pe~sonable . ··pub fie~ figl!.re.. 'Virile· . D~akis· seemed cold, technocratic, and passionless. . .

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-~ One defih.ite . p-oint that . seemed to emerge during the debate was that Dukakis failed to. prove .his·

· al;>iliry to provide. this counfry ·with ·· · four more· years ....of economic productivity and political stability . .Instead, he concentrated on trying to improve his · image and ·putting_ · himself on equal _footing\ :with-- the Vice President.

, :· 'fhe.) wo candidates were . suc~c¢sst:nL _-i n th.~fining · ~ their perSpective beliefs. · Bush established . the fact. that his beliefs. were more in .:r­the main ·st:ream ·off American political thought. , Dukakis's d~nounchition 9f . the Vietnam War ~ntl . his . call ·for Socialized· medicine illtisttated that

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. The ulU.mate choice will lay with · the American~ -p"ublic on

. . . -(- . . - ... . . Noyeinber ·sth. It will be the decision ·. . of th_e voter:s _after ali the beliefs, ~ues, and ideas-are weighed thatwill -· ~etermine -our next P!esident ·

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Biased.·· As.this academic year hegins welcoming new stud~nts and seeing the return · .

. of familiar faces,, SUNY-Binghamton is. already embroiled in controversy. 198&: .. after all is· an important .el€Ctibn year. · _We.'l~~be chousing our forty ftrsl Pi-esid~rit . . _this year along with a w.hole host of other irilportant ,office \holders':· ·' '~ '

., · Some .Of us wilf.Pe :votirigfor the -first time-and ·m·osroftls.will:be voting_ for · qur frrS·~ Preside-nt · \' O~ng as~ we ali le3med :in seho61 i_S ·~\ iiilpof~ant pait~·of the .-:=

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mention . tltat the board of elections,. which is bi-partisan' and ~ot Connie .. Lightner, Vestal. Town. Clerk deeides where the polling plac~s . should be. They

· : also neglect tom~ntion the re~oning behind the -move. For one, the New York State election law prohibits the placing of polls in a building that is licenced to · s·ell alcohol. · ~emember the Campus Puq. Wise: law don't .you think? we· coq.ld have' Mickey Mouse a:s President or worse yet Jesse Jackson. The ,}Vest

~and East Gyms can ac~ommodate more voters and ·the lighting is. better: The supeiior ligh~ing in the GyPlS is needed to make the job of the league of women voters easier~ · ' , .. . · .,..-- · · · . · ( . ;/ . ·

Ap.d finally putting, all justifica~ions aside, voJiiig is a privilege. 'Millions of ' . people in the wotld dQn't have this pri~ilege. ' take it, use it and appt~ciat~ it. '·· /

· ... democratic process and -the Americai} way'· but .t9 make· an intelHgerit choice we ·. must be fully informed. Some p.eople however wm have us heat oill)dbfle ·side · ·

;\ ~~k~~~~~~i~~P~D~~~~~~~~~-~--.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Y oiuig Democrats. meeting that · was beld the previous· Wednesday. It was a '; · · ·. de.~erit little pieee· and was·'~etually pretty accmate~·.as ·opp0sed most of.'Fipe~< Dream's reporting. Jt included many" rel~watit .details: ex~ept cf~t the faGt tha:£ just.;.:···t .

: upst~irs the ·college RepubUcans were ' hal'di·ng tti ~i~ me~ting~ ~· wi.tti ~ .J ~pproximately :twi~e--- the -showing. · Nothing in ihat ·ox a~y subsequent Pipe ·

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Dream mentioned the Co'nege Republicans:_ . ~- . . Well what does· that mean? .Do the College Reptiblicaas"'Tiot ef('ist? Qr is it ,,. , ..

~imply another case of selectiv.e ~indignation ·that OUr frit?Rds on .the ~eft practice~ ' . · The left? Isn't Pipe_- Dream. the mainstre~ newspaper 01:1 campus? Wei~ let, us ·· look at_ the facts. We'll' start with its name. ;What dges '1'Pipe Dream'.' mean? Accqrding :ro- ~e- editors · year after Y,~ar..:.i~ nieans · that the ..:American Dream is """' dead. It is now a "~ipe Dream" they saf. Hardly a mainstream· concept. The fact is·· that Pipe /)ream replaced The Colonial News iri the turbulent Sixties, . -when· our school was a radic~ strong~old, sort of the Berkeley of the East I . . . · =- The Chairman . of ~e College Republicans told me that he notified Pipe Dream about llis meeting. two days in adVance, yet -they didn't even, send a reporter. Wa~ ·this an isolated incidertt? Maybe ther-e· were:·some extenu'!ting

' circumstances ... Hardly! The fact is that Pipe Drearri repeatedly pl~ys .favorites to . people a~d groups that fall into: their libCral. political .mold. What ever happened to the-independent p~e.ss? ·. . · . . · .. · · · . c . • · • .• · '

· ~ Let's look at another exatnple:~ Friday's (Sep. 23}, Pipe Drearr.z ran an article on the debate between John Burris aad Tom Libo1ils, the two men'ai.e runriing for . State Senate. Under thy headlin~ there- was a big pic_ture of Burns and no picture ' ·

. of Libous. Granted the headl~ne. and the article both mention~d Lib9us, but you : . ·know what. they . say, ~ picture is worth a. thousand words. And Tom Libous'

picture was not there. · . But Pipe Dream does n~t stop at disinforming journalism, their editorial

. section is never without some fabricated criticism of the Republicans or ~ conservatives in gener~. In the September 16th editorial, they wdte that th·e

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· ·opponents ·on campus. Maybe tl}at~ why Paul Van Savage, the Broome GOP , . chair and tl}.e Gp:P candida.tes a:r;e ~regularly attending College Republican .

-...... meetings and 'recruiting students tQ work on their campaigns. . . . . "' Pipe Dream says that ihe Republicans don't want.us to vote but they don_'t - ~· '' . ' ~ . / . ' -":

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Over the l~st several weeks, the topic" of religion has. been in the . spotlight on this campus\Jamong Jews and Christiaris ·.alike, The exploits"of

.'_· th-e orgai)jza~on known as Jews for Jesus and the recent attention the movie.

. · "Ttte·Last-Temptation 'of <;::hrist" has received on the pages· of Pipe breatn: · l)av!·talled t0 'mind ~e conc.ept of tplerance; an idea .that has been taken-for " ' gra!)ted,. . . ~ · First · a wOrd~ abOut' the -controverSy that the Martin ScOrsese film

ha,s created. Since I have not seen ··the movi~; and because I'm . not a . • ) 'Cinematography expert ~will ·not v~nture to comment on the film.

Fmtherm0re, I m;n only vaguely familiar with the New Testament ~d al11 rinclualified to judge the-QlOVIe's subject matter . . However., even though r sincerely sympathize with those -who felt offended by the 'film, I believe the movie.should be shown and those who wish to.see it are free to do so.

. .. --, /: .. · The · app~ent .and flagrant anti-Semitism on the part of ~ fundamentaList pr:otestors· who picketed some Los Angelos synagogues and ·

the home ~of.f..:ew W a$erman, the head of MCA {the company that released -the film) carrying placards, "whose obvious tendency iS nott9 dampen .. al\ti.:._

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· .. ~Semitism but to inflame it"· (Joseph Sopfiam National Review). sho~ked . ine; I am ~ot accus·~ng ~1 th~se who f~lt the mo~ie 'was 'offensive, 'of anti.:· .'. ·r ... ·:

Semitism .• Howev~r, \n~olera1_1~e ~as de~initelr: pres~nt~d;indicate.d_ to me . 'it .. : tha~ Jhe'problem o.f antt-SemiUSmlS by n~ meanr~~solved}n A,menca . . ,. , ~.t.,.v:

. I'll be the . first to admit'the United States is a great place .to live, hut, there is a darker side .to the rosy picture that' we · have · a . tendency to ' paint. .Racism, anti-Semitism and intolerance· ·in genenil is stil~ looming in tbe shadow of the great- progress that this ·countr)r ·has 'made in tlie last thirtY ' · · ' ·

· y'¢ars. :This Is especially:true ·when seen against the. background ofin.creased raci~ attaGk$ ~nd incidents of anti-Semitism which according to Bnai Brith

... have ,gone up in .the last several y.ears. Only a few days ago several 'ho.y ·scrolls of th~ Torah, ·the sacred .Jewish Bible, have l)ein savagely btnned and

. ·. · the, _synagogU:e that 1toused them 'spr~yed ~ith swastikas and anti-Semitic , . -·· . . ::>_slurs. ,,.., · , · :· .. ,

. . . Even _on . this campus . intolerance and· antf·SeiriitisnVIouhd ·an , .· unlike•y home. · Only l~st.'year several ·of rriy ·frfends :-aild .f }ver¢ c~lid · ': "lq:~esr',_=and _wer~ repeatedly told -to go back~~fo ·: ~ymietowri. · I .affi ·~ ·.. .·.

... im,mjgrant.from the:Sov>ie(Upion where anti:.semitisrtds a state pblic)'" and __ ·. ·': suq>rises rio .one • . B~t ethnic· slurs .. and virulent hate' for -sfrang~rs ·was very . ·

. . shocking to me, here in the Uni~d States, especially at a'Jess~ Jackson ral~Y. . ~ ~h~ preaches racial integration, toierance ah·d love. :- These words however, .

ring hollowJor ·those who Cbntinue to hate: ·· .· · . · · · ·: · ~ · · ' ' -· · ·. Finally a few. words about those Jews for iesus in America. All .

grotl.ps ·-si10uld ·be allowed . to ·voice their ·views and to make··fools of ·· S. them~ttlves. This is just what jews for Jesus did 1ast- week as most students J ;; .. ·f;I~· . lal.Ighed at ·the group's visible presence on our campus. · Several Jewi$h ' '~:k·

s~uden~s however harassed the pooi representatives of ·the Chrjstian_faith and ·: .. .'""'.'' . to so~e this."action.may seem intolenint and rude. " J helieve this' harassment :.n> :"' .. was unnecessary . . · In my"' opinion a much better· way~ to combat the "' ·

- ' . · proselyt~zing ·activity .. of these grOl,;IPS is to . ign~re thern and raise . ~e·­·-::· conscience of. the Jews by raising pride in Jewish culture. and heritage. : 'Furthermore, I believe that the real threat to tire Jews ~in America is. -not

_' conversidrrro · Christia~.ity :but rather assimilation and anti-Semftism \fhich · ' · · must'be 'fought: · 'This is not solely a Jewish question.- Anti-Semitism is · ·--. just orie head of;a ugly· monster. of hate and intolerance that all -Affiericans: ... " .. : .· Jews, Christians, ¥uslims,. and A:theists" must ·combat' irt o_rder to insure · ~ that oqr s_ountry c<;>ntiime to be one <:>f freedom, eq_uc¥ity arid justice. ·

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COmmunity, .which is cpmpose , of _ Soviet ·union, < they violate . · ot -Belgium, · Denmark, · the Fed~ral . -·nationalism is-on th~ rise among mat;ty . human rights." Yet, when it comes to Republic of Germany, France, .(Jreece., . of the subjugated ethnic minorities~ Burundi or Iraq, there are no m'!ssive· Irel-and~ Ital-y, . Luxembourg; th~ · The BaltiG Republics of Estonia, Latvia, demonsnitions or calls for sanctions.

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Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, an4 the_ and .1 Lithua_nia; have.~. \ali' rseen The reason for their lack of conth1q!ty ' u. hi ted Kingdoms, . will elim_·. inat~ ,a_ll . demoqstrations . and . popular -national . . . in their. conderimation . reveals an n· E I G H' B 0 R s

internal barriers to trade and movement ... fronts formed t(!) champiori ·the cause of . " ideol0gy WhlC!t is manife~te~ by -tpis . . . . _ , . . . . : :., · beginning 1an~ary 1, \ .992. ·This n-ew ... mitionalism. Calm. has been returned to _. · -· double stmd,ard _anp:·the ~ru~<ijng z~ ~ .. -. --Riots 'in Rangoon ·3pd an election ·

union, of 320 million J)eop1e, ffi,ay well . the Caucaslis . . by fore~ of atms. .discr¢dit pro-Western stat.~s. ~hts ' in Bangkok ar~- symbolic of the recent · · kindle . a spirit . . Qf' pap-E.uropeail N~tionalist agitation in ' AZerbaij~· by . ideology believes that eeitain nattO!lS ~·- - · .. developments ~- in·' these neighboring nationalism, s:iiniiar to t:h~_ effect of th~. Ann~niails 'demanding the .unification (mainly pro-Western states)_ should -l!e s:outhefist:,- Asian . natio n s. Zollverein in : nineteentb century · . of Nagorno-Karaba~h. ~ with the · lielq to a·. l)ighe~ standard of human Demonstrations of one million people Germany, Which · helJl'<d t<f prodiote: · . Armenian Soviet .Socialist Republic · • rights, whilp 'others ('!'afuly third World · demanding demoC[<ICy and Htiil~·P'lll?' ' ·

· ·n.ati?nalism and eve~tuai'l.ui_~ca,ti~rL .-:; ·: ~ (S.S.R.) was supres_sed in ihe .spring by . states} sh0uld .be. tp a lower standard. . elections have rocked the foun$nonsof · ·As West~m);:urope mo.ves .,m~o ~- , :. Mr Gorbachev's heavy-hand~d use of '. ·, This low,er, standard for third'. :W?rld . Burma's -soci~list· order: · ~ In July~ ...

·· more unifi~ politipal-~c~pOinic · onfer,_ ·~- force. (What happeped to Glasnost??). 1 ,natio~s (has ,obvio~s·· ~aternali~uc - .. Bur.ma'(enigmati~ : dictator Ne · 'Yifi · Baste rn ; E uropfe ·c o·q. t,i n ~ e s t.<r" Armeni~ns .are · once' again_ Qn ·the move. elitist ~vertpnes. I~ tmphes,_ a. beh~f. on · .stepped dowq ·after 26 years of tyranmcal · .

· spasmodically di$integra.te·,_ dpein~g~ ' ·.Mr .. Gorbacbev-hasdeclared as~teof : the par~ of~·theLe~,' ~at.thud world ,rule.' The Spciillist Program P¥ty,' · part . to MT;: . Gorbachev's· pglic.i~s 9( . emergency _in~ the.· region~ which is -· nations are mon~lly and /or mtellectually·. which lias ruled Burma ~irice,._the .1962 ' . G1'asnost '"opeluiess~· ·and· ··-Perestroika probably the _prelude to further military · · incapable ~f' guarilnt~ing hum~;righ~ - coup .d'etat, has~ pursued a. po_Iky ; <:>,f ·-

"recoilstnic~on:•:, · l>Q\€?s; cil.~ay~; h~v!ng , i~tervention. . . .. . . . and are thet:efore netther responsibfJe hto . socialist isolationism, which has l~a~ . to · · . · ·a· strong 's¢J!se ' of gati6na~ .. id~qt~ty, . , . ;-. While. it is,clear that Mr. ·Gorbachev ~ their_ own· citizens or .the ·rest o .t e . :the total under.:developmeni of BUrina. being gonian Catholic, and · viewing · has a fairly frrm grasp over events in '~e world co,nmtJqity to d9 ~· · . Rich in :natural resources, such as rare . themSelveS as defenders .qf Westeqi '" Soviet Union, what occurs in .the ·.. . Mass3C~es and viol~oce carried out troPical ""!"'dS, riCe (which f?l)ll.8Jiy ·.

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-Solid~ty, the only _independent. labor .-. liberaiization in Polan~. for example, . - ·woi-Id. The time is_ now fQ end the use ranked as the mnth le~st. dev.elop~d - , union in the whole of the "worker'.s ~ ·could lead to , an invasion or .. the. of human_ rights as 'a tool of political . nation in tlre world_. This ~~ p~~-ly

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, paradise" of the East Bloc,:haS f~rcedtl~t . · ;; reinstittJtiOQ of m~tial Jaw. Eithe( . machiavellianism and the ·selective . the fault of the ~enop~obtc soctabst · . . government to i:eeOgnize its auth<1flty as •, : . way, Mr. Gorbac)leir would be expoSC!I · · indignation ·Practiced by .thoSe who. ·. regime, . 'Which is nOw . being . popularly, ·.

the. true ~ntiltive 'of the workers. · for what he ¢ally is . . The ,question is : preterid to sUpPort human rights. The · o~ertlirownby _the ctuzens of BUl'llla., . > MeniofieS . of the. 1968 Praj~u~ · that while 'fl estein Europe moves-' &C!lOCidal i;>olicies of ·Burundi and Jraq S~nce July,. t~ere,bave bi'C'n f?ur . Spri~g', whi~c~L~ave pirth .t9 ~o-~_omic.: .... · tow·iuds .. >jntegr:ation "and. greater: should oondemried now!! . - · · · governmen~. the most recent one be~g and .~po~~tic~ reforms ~imilar . ~~ th~s~ .:. ::prosperity,' will Easl ~utope be content · · - a militaey·coup on September 18, wlllch outlmed l?,y Gqrbachev,. are not ~sdy . . ;_. to sit· back ~and · watch, or, will they, ,r.;. has ·been respo~sible (or th'e deaths of, forgotten. Neither is the fact that it w~S' .· drunk with the id~logy of Glasnost and ·. , \ hundreds of. pro-de~ocracy proteste~. · the Soviet Union and its lack~ys wh!ch·( ?' . I .· • ' • . ~ ·. . . don their The chances for democratic change 'l~ .

aborted the refp'rms~ by mvadmg ·r. . Perestroika, ~tt,empt to aban -· ~ "'· · Burma remain. unclear. :Yet,-what is • .• • .> • / ' ", I s "et ·Im'penal masters? And If they p . . c e', :~ -0 f -rr· e' e' d- om· . . . . .

Czech.oslovakla and deposmg .Its · ON1 . . . ' • " ' . • . . rl . - . . . . clear, is that the 'Burmese people·swant · ·. ··~ · · . · · · . · · do will Mr · Gorbachev dtscard hts- · · · iali " · · Jefotmist leade:t:,. Al~_xander Dubcek~ . • ~ · . .. · _ .· . th '·ed and . , Pakistan i-s a nation: of .great . - democracy·- NOT_spc· sm.. . The .Czechoslovakia~ - government. · ', (~~ade ~~revert: b~ck.to e ~ ·. . - .. i~portance to ~ the We~t. The _cloSest .· .. '-.· rem~ns in the firm gf.asp Qf·t,>rtho.dQx ttue_ pol~ctes of 59~et.mte~~ntion ~d . ;friend of the United States in Southern -communists, ''lead by · Mi·lQs ·- Jakes-, , ~cupatiOn? It, wouldbe natve to thjnk Asia, it has for vthe p(l$t nine years .

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Budget R~form . Pe~ckag.e · by Y an?v'R.usanoYsky , .~ i · our families, seniors and motorists

Republican S~te Senate candidilte' ' from\(nfair tax sch~mes, ahd .o.ffering·a -Thomas W. Libous announ_~ed a .nine ~- . -·' small subsidy· for retraining · e~penses, · " .

. point "Tax ._ and· Budget Reform . · the:frrst fi~e. pdJnts ' i:n my .pa:ckage will Package"-· designed' to pr~s-erve_. the ~ ,help oifi: lqcal economy. to grow and

J Southern ~ier's ·competitiyy abili_ty .to ,, . prospef~ve(~e cpm.!ng deeade~'· · ~-'attract anclretain reai jobs. ,. - · Libol!s aisp s~id,~ that', ta.x. reforms

/· - Tf!e p,rografl:i dea1t .with both. State . ·ritust'"be. accd'mpanied b'y reformed . spending .and' ~es. Libpus· said .. t!tat · . · · bu~gei .. PrB:ct~ces . so . tha·t .. the-$tate .... Right'_p(rw \ve~ ta~ · 'too ~tic,l). . and · . -'spe~dS'fess ·a#d~penqs, wi~tHy~ ·:/ · , , ·.·, spend_ top much. As your Serii~or,Tll ;,. Th'e ': man~gement .~nd ,:--bu<J_ge~ .· ·.

. . . ', ' coinpolterits of' his ;·p~lciige .inc:;lud~d a ' -place a :high prion.ty -on east:o.g .. the. t;aX . .. ~ , · z · . ·--. . .. · burden ·and .moder(\ti·ng· .. the nite . iff · · ..;~pt~n . tp rt;q'~p-~o_y .. c~rtai11·:. S.ta~~

· ' __ spending growt:Q.'\ : . · ~ · .. e¥.!ploye~~ ·· an"- )t .pled,g~ .t~ -~ sn<!ti~or . ·_"" ::Thetax com __ pon_· e_. n.ts.·of the-package • ·_ 'legislation crCC\ting a~ :r»ii~ate~.:Sector

·. , ~ ~com.hiissiori. ·ori ''Maiiagemeni &eform . ·:· • )nclq~~d ·a· ·pl_e'dge t!J · oppose· ariy '"' similar··"tct'- ....... th~ :. ' fe-a·ei-a:r--··araie' ~-: . . , "·. :prop<?~als tQ ~~p~r -,w!th the t1111'ent-· · , - r · . /,; r··· iricoine .~nd "ciorpor:ate tax ·deductions ~ -co~niission.- · . Liboq!> ~~\$0 ' sa~d:}hat · y

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, , ~ _,:. tbr9ugh 'l990; .a, p:roposal, to .. a1J91ish -. · · · efficie~~y.. 0 f ·Pl.J1' ~x and bl.Jqget -· .~ ~ by~titho~yHa~rigan"''"'"':'·. ·-~- ···. . .. ' Ji~m~:wo~k:~- Millry : sch~ls have to · ,·:.~ ~-··· tb.e.. _S-tate sales. ,ta:X., ,on·· nece~sazy · ··process~. ·w.e-·wj.ll -'also,· ill).p:r:ove :tlje_ · . · .... ,,::; ~~, .. W ~~S:W~G';r()N -~.:: .·with the :; -.-cope ·with 'brrge _ri'tupbers of. stu.de~ts · . : :e1.o .. · !lim_, g-~ itp. -·ropo· sat. ~to .. ·sh. elter ·retiree's . , ·competitive position' ·'o(:New· ·¥ orl(', ... ·. · _':_;reOIX(!}ing P. t: sen_·_ 0<>1s- and _- college_' s, . . wbo lack a s~ble home life:· Because .. , . ' . . - - - ?~tate fo·'4:i(e benefit otall the resid€nts · ... ' ' ~ . ' . . ... '·. · .. ipJ~rest income ,up-;.t<_>: .$40.000-froiP - ~ · · ·· · , · . /. ·,ceuntless :.t'AmeFie·an·" farnilie·s- are~\: ~Ame:ri_caii. so~iety·: . .is. in. turmoil; . :. '.: ·:·>:, t'3X~tion·. in ·,the' sanut ·manner ;that :· . ) of -B-roome, 'tio·ga anq' Chenang(h· ·' ... (~'.7 hfoc~~ing. ~tentioti .d,~ ·;ed:Uc~&on.: \.-.: . · 1 . _·::· schoo~farp ·pta~ed' by turmo~: •. they .. ' : ,• . pensi9Q income-is currently ' sheltered; :Counfie·s~ ·~ ' ' . , . . . A ',. • ; .. • • ~- But ih:e edticatiomU p'r~ess in the : . . -.! 3fe expecte4 tQ .·f>e a substit~te. for the .

- • -· . > .. / ·- · ~ Tom.Libous is1he Mi, ·nority' Leader I u . ' II s' . ,. . . . ' . . '" > •• ' •. " . - , a·. ~ommi_tment ~to oppose , mcreased ···· .. , ~~.te,~-· \: }at.es ··~ J.s.·. iq ·";_a.~. far ~,from:_'~._.. )f~dj'tiqn.aJ ·'twq-paf.~J,ttfantily. __ ~- ... · .. '·.. · · .. , atito, related fees; ··and· a_'proposal to ~ ·,.,. Jn. tne~l:1in~~~ton C~~Coun~iland is ' .: ·:satisf~ctory ,·c<:>nd:iti~n -: S~udertts in .· - ·:.~ : Im}uov~ng.-publi~ edq~arl_on ~ J<f

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. .--. --~- · .. off~(a'Job-.traimng t:aX credit.'-•. - ... ~. · _ :emptoy~d:, as th~ · VIce - ~res1d~nt. of . , • .'ptibl~t- -~chqbl's -~ areri't: getting ·the I · • .. pe·apnontY. for. Americans. · :without' , ··/ . _,, i.t!X}us .notea_, that-·"by' preserving- . r M~ketmg at: .tbe J.C., P-u~hshmg . . . _.soulld. irl.su.:ucti,~:>n they : ne#d~_ .l,his i~ , .·. . ·-~ befter- ·~ho'oliitg,. the .nsfn~: genef~tion -~ · .. \!

.. ~xistitig in'com~:, taX,; c'U:ts,, -p~qtectipg : CoiD:PanY: ,: . ·esp~~~ally ~~ ()f ~ ~e- 'btg ClUes _·Of : ' won't be able tQ' handle more cbmplex~

' ·~:· :~ ~c~ i ,~ :h '-;, . ~enca . . The ~~hool$of N~w York .- . ··. Jobs. in· the final decade of the 20th f.· .. CttY,)lfl.d Wash1.~gton, _ fer_ms~~ye, -. cent.ury; . · .. They wilL -become .. , .. '- ·

, ,. ·: -·~·: __ ooil~~!~cffrQID_P~~-3 , ':!. ·· . : ~ , · Iri ' next door Thailand,-Chatichai

Y. Choonhava,n · has · succeeded Gen~ral ' · .. Prem-..:.Tinsulandona as Prime Minister

of the inost ' dynamiC' 'economy in the I :Fegian. ·Thailand~ ; which was· once

. . ttrr~tened by communist guerillas and ' . Vietnamese imperial dreams, is· now ·

-" .. pFOsperous and free. If elections-indicate · · · <Which path . Thailand is choosing, ; it . ': ~ill soon be~ome'apart of tit~ wpdd·of

. _the iqdustrlal democracies. lJlailand's has ~lre~dy adop!ed · , , fr.e~ market ec~momic.s .. and -is 'now in the process of .

.' .: ,;i~s~tutiQnalizing _ the P9l~tic~ of, freedom < ·

~ ---·:-.. .and dembcracy. · . . . • __ . , . . . . : ··, · · Thrularid proviqes good Feasons why

Affi~nca-·shoUld be. pleased -With_ what is ' now _ occurring in ·East Asia: ~ South. .\K~rea-, . ~.Taiw:ail, . H,ong. Kong,'<' .. and

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.. Singap<)re · have., ~stablis~ed ~e pattein now Thai~and, Malaysia, ·and even

· Indonesia see~ to be on. the road· ~to ~ economic . prosperity throtlgh free markets and perhaps democracy' leavmg behind the backwcr<l and inhumane states of Burma and. the SoCialist

. ReilUblic of Vietnam and its imperial­satellites of Cambodia ,and Laos. The truth is that the socialist model of · developm~nt . is a dismal · failure. . It ·breeds ~c~rrti,ption, i!lefficie!ICY an<J:; . tyrannical govemmentS. Socialism does; treal most .people. equal; . that is equal ~ .

· misery and suffering fof all excep~ the· -· ruling P~i elite. . F.ree -IJl.ai:kets may. . · not be perfect,\ret' (at~IeaS~) .they offe(

··. hope ap<J. progress:, soci~i§m offers · neither!!

:'· .. are In~ shambles_. Many t~ner ctty_ . ~ iln~ployedorunder-employed. : .· " . .. _ s~hoolsare-vlagued by-drug.use an9 :. - , American collegt?s ahd'ti!live'rsities

. -__;_ v~ol.~n~e- ~gamst teac~~rs~ J!Iey aren t _, have a different set of_ problems. ,Tire-.. , equ~PJ?.l{l~~tudents WI~ ~~wl~g~. of. ·poorer stateihave.more colleges than . _b~SlC_ :s~b~ect~ -:- readmg~ ,wntmg, they c~ supper~ . . W..esr:Virgil:li'a~ fot : anthmel!c, geography and hiStory· jnstance, . offer~ ·only $15 ,50Q to -~ .

Ofi,e sigfi· of tht; . trouble . i~ that . mapy \ businesses now find it · '. · neces~ary to educate newly;hired employees. Employers are called on to teadl'oasies to students who have spent twelve years in public schools.

. Now~days, ·if parents · want their children ·to have a, good education,

. they ·have to p~y to send them to · privat~ Qf church.::supported schools.

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' ~It's npt a lack of rtloney . . · 'Citi.es · ·. and ,State~ spend fOrtl;lne~ Oll public ' .

education. ~ lJnfo.wnafely, the money

prospective teacher who has an MBA --degree:: Th.e·· -state·S ·~must rationalize · ~ -

, their ~ystems of high ectuc-ation; ' · · ·, . Mpre colleges al~o suffer from

.. poH:ticaf influence "wHhitf :·their .

. faculties. A move rs Moono remove · ·great books from' reading u'sts -and

:· substitut~·. works ·by . non.:. Western • authors, women · and minorities. -In · ·

·. other wor'its, political' requirements are . imposed in presenting the .literatUre of , ·our civilization. ~ · ·

·Many colleges, induding·famous : . iristituti9n~ such as Dartmouth, are· . bent _1on jmposing, a new .liberal-left

. ,·orthodoxy. The radicalized ·sixties · ~ g~ne~ation holds sway in · mapy . ins·titutions, turning higher education · · iqto Uny~pqli.tics.- .: Many, stu$lents are ,_ ·-given· a guilt complex about their __

· goes . to · bu_ild,' 'up educational _ · bureaucracies; Instead o(being used ·

·· to hire: more rskill~d teachers,' it's lavished onlayer'after 1ay.er ~of. school. bureau~ts :\yhO nevet: teach a class. .' country. and civilization. They are

· :tilllght that Western civilization is ori · · the-wt<)ng_ side_ of his~OrJ; .. Academic'

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·· It's yery d1ffi~u1t tQ tu~ a· public freedom· is presented as a license to school thesedays. S~llool trustees . ~e ·.spread -ideas -hostile to the.American

·. · · subject .to . naras~ni·en.~ .b}i: highly~ .· ·w.ay. oC:life~ · · • organized corrimunipes group,. They . These and many-other problems .

.. , :' .-uELP GETTHESOVIETS > · .. QVT QF C~~TRAB Al\1ERIC1\. . ' . \ . : .... ,. . . ' . . ·. . ,, .• . . · . ·:·· ' . .

The.Soviet Union has a new forwara base on the American Contine.rit. lfs·closer to Texas than texas is to Boston. Closer · to tos Angeles.than LosAngeles is to Washington. lis another Cuba. Another Afghani,stan. ' · . .

Thousands of military personnel from· the _USSR, Cuba, East Germany, Libya. Viet~am, and tne rest.of'the:soviet bloc

: form a veritable occu·pation force in Nicaragua. <he-Russians ~ · are building. a naval base. on ;Nicaragua's Caribbean coast­

right near the Panama CanaL A fortified :air b?~~ is under . ~- • construction at Punta Huete hear ' Managua- whi'ch can

.. accomo<iate Soviet bombers. ·, · ' ' · . · The Soviets are taking over all of Central America. Subvef.. ·

. · ·sian is spreading from Nicaragua through. Costa Rica to . Panama in . the_ So~th, and thro4gh El Salvador and

Guatemala to Mexico to the North. In 1953 ·and agam in 1971. the Soviets tried to overthrow the ·

Mexican government and establish a subservient puppet state on our doorstep. They are dangerously close to s~cceeding this time.·

But it's ncittoo late to do something~ ·As in Afghanistan, the • . ,_Nicaraguan_people are reje~iing,the .Soviet-controlled Sand- .

, inista dictatorship. lih,o~sands more would if they only had·the means. . · · ; . , .r.

They are . looking to ;;o,m ·eric~· for help. The Nicara9.uan · deniocr~tic resistaiwe loo.ks -to ou~ cpuntry, an,d our demo­

clatic examP.Ie, for hape. We helped them aiong this far .. It's our duty to help. tht;m win. - , · ·

. may @·sue~l. $upe:Qrtten<;l~nts .have-to . · · J~ay~", the · A.nierica!l educational --· · deal· with' -teacher· unions. Principals process in . disarray. . The students-in. ,find . ~t ·difficult to expel unruly · . our -. pub He s~hools ~nd colleges . students. reachers frequ~ptly ar~ the . .. dyserve sometliing better.- · .victims of ~saults . . They· have-· been "· deprived of ·the diseiplin~ powers

·:they have enjoyed :in the past :·. It's .often . impos~ib!e: ,tq:,:_~--as'sigri ·

Anthony Harrigan is· a columnist for lhir USiJIC Writers Syndicate. · ·

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by.Hod Hellmaf.l · . . ·; . . :rl1e Dembcrc)tic: parly h~~le~ned ,· ·. ·by KathyDoherty-- _ issues- watch the 'soaps! · Americans . This' ~ummer's 1988 Democratic ·· .. that - the Republicans · "Morning in >:, ·. Over the pas(years ~ere has been have chosen new items of-importance · ' · . . Conyentiorl in Atlanta produc~ much . . . AmeriCa II _message works, and . it is . . a decisive . change in the American . this . time around. ' -. Sex, money and· '· . )

controversy_·· ; ·excitemen( and unity:· .. . evident. iii t~eir .convention anti. · attitude _tqwardpolitit;s . . · Perhaps these family history top the list' 'This would l ·~antong ,.tts ·railkS,' but \not ~muCh (()f/a __ ; · .. platform·. ~ .. Its ' _im·age :.of- a , ~lltigh.t>: -Changes. h~¥e bee~ subtlely .oc·curlitg'f~r, .. ·- be jllst.-won·der{ril.i_f our co~ntcy was .no~ ·:. ·t ·

· platfprm for i!S _candidaJ;es; Running a·.~ .. · · America w'ith activist Big Government -a while aJ1d~-the~ Qpc.om1ng· presidential )aced with more important concerns> ' · "com,p·eten(fe" campaign; the, ' as.its maSter, dupes thpse imcommitte<f '. elvct!on }:i'J,S push~d them .out into ·.the But we:alllqlow__thatis not the; fruth. .. . rie~ocrats· pared down~ their pl~tform . . voters who are ambivalent about either " . open. One thin-g is \pr sure- ihe issu~s ,' _ So, is· anyone addressing reat ·-·

. from 40,000. w~ords iri · 1984-: to ·3.,500. ·candid_ates. ~~ --1he- tiCket )tsell,}s· .. _ ~" we used ·w ·call ~l>~liti~_s" have taken on.. issues tliis electio_n year? •,Well, if yorr ·. · · · in 198s~ · Essentially, .its -all things· to ·.misleading. : SenaJQr Bentsen liaS -voted'. · ·- . ne_w forms: · · Do not be· fooled· into · : can say,notliinfelse for Goorg~ ·Bush, ~t '· ·

all people, pandering to· Jus~ abou:t down Contra aid · for the first~ time iii' . U!inking ·that '"politics". h~ anything· to - least. he · ca~- be credited with taking· , . eve_ry ·s_p~cial .interest . group .in · the "' . . ·.· .. ~is se~atoriat : ~ar~~er . .-;· .rt, ~-~:J}riall . do ~i~ f<?,J:ei~n, ~frurs, the economy,: "defmite·stap.d-s on-the.issues he -believes ·, .

. nation. It is, according.to Oeinocratic . WQilijer .that- endorsements ' from ··U.,~.-Sovief'' relations or defense .in, ~d not adjusting' thenijusi because chairJnan J?~uf.Kirk,· a-"shorl ~tatement · ;' Dictator Ortega to - ~sha, G_otbachev· :: a!lymore. · If' you -~~eve so, . you'll -be ·. · of a perceived :weakness in _his views. o( principle all Democrats can~ run on ',- have bee~ delivered to·the Democr~!S· .~. ·. sadly ~is~en. - P<>~'fl?<>1ber watchi11g' . -. Bush is pro,.. life,. be suppOrts Si>I, the_ ... i~ Novemoer''. · .., · '; It is .·also a shame.:· .. · ' : debates:~r spevcb~st9 f1fld out about the , · con,tras_; and ~ Reaganomics: . Whether - ·

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"- '- (liberalism) means ~ political suicid~.~~-', . , Kirk and Co.-made sure that platform,

. ~riters fill their ~document with just .. · enough . euph~misins . ·~o attract _ the -.

mainstream, · something the platform definitely is not: Dukakis'". spub _of · lacks on;' I ·non::-:withstand-i-ng_, th,e · platforrr{ . is ~n .· se~(mty . p~r ·cent . · agree merit, with 1esse J aekson'~ ·s~ce ·

. .:.. 011 issues; accordin'g to Jackson advjsor . Robert 'Borosage. ·: TIJ.e ·.Jackson c~p_,

.' .. ; got~ what 'it wanted :_ :. ~ . ·c'haitered · carripaign j·et; ·a,nd .several -seats filled ·in ·

_ the . Democratic. National~ Committee -~- and-is in basic agreement with Dukilis , on most policy. issues, save :the Middle , .

East.' The -only difference is that . Dukak:is i& bette~ equipped to Cloak ~s

' liberalism.,. and Jackson has a in ore- . :::: .. am bilious liberalisacialist'agenda: . .

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. This-y~'s platform reads. almost like its Great · S:ociety predecessor

· · • ! tweBty~five years-earlier. Mentioning · grand illusions such as ':_"economiC .

, ...-justice" .and "re.:.investment" in people_, -.' the-platform advocates ·raising: taxes to .

. · ' pre-Reagan days(and ·.a ·.·pre-R.eagan . . eConomy)\ nationalized health and child . . care, a greater Social Security program,

. , . · Affirmative~action goals, ·timetables, procurement set~asides, and .... a . less · ·ambitious defense program. .Calling

. ·abortion-· a . right thaf -every ·woman · ' e.njoys regardless of finai1<;ial ·ability, it

advocates federal\y funded ·aoortioris. . · ··The pl{ltfop)l ·postures · itself as the · ·l'party·of hope"' although it doesn't say .

· where all the money will ,come to pay ( for all 'these programs. _ · ·

' . .. Unlort~nately, :however, if an these proposals are indeed act~ upon, it wili surely _ de,cimate the • middle class· through tax raises, it will derail. the sixty.-seven month recovery the' Reagan admiriistr:,~tion ~as ~9hjev~d,-.~d' it will -r~se the already inflatedbudget deficit to astronomical heights.

. , . This latter-4a:Y Robin Hood '(you · · kno~. steai from rich, · give , to pom')

·::.:... doc·ument wip try_ to redistribu'te . :' .. ' wealth, . an.d - in the process make

everyone . miserable . . An eqmr~ly .­dubious foreign policy will_ squelch the

- SDI program, ~md calls S_outh Africa-a .­terrorist state, _demanding that ·an US,

. corporations leave s·outh Africa on ~ · certain date, Duk:alcis the "competent, . manageri~l" candidate -has _opposed every ·foreign . policy objective the Reagan ad-ministration lias . achieved. ·

-: ~ He grudgingly sUPpo~ted .the· Grenada invasion because he felt that Americ$

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. pro-abortion' sometimes, 'he'll res~cli .. SDI but is not. sure it's a. good idea; . Have you hear_d 'tlle ·Duke:·'. ia}k abo.ut : N!cru;agua?' Probably-not He's not sure . - .· -what he wants to do yet.'_ But he h~ ·

· said a lot .about the defiCit . . H~::will get ·- rid of it- just doesn't know how·yet.- ~

·. ·. But you don.'t want' to ·hea.t. · - 'aboui' this silly stuff. L .et's g~t back_•to . the· '.'real".:. issue{; . The ·democrats and.·-_ ·-' liberals .. are outiag~ by the :"tiasco" o( ·

_ the- R:eagan · aqminis~a~bn: So they are -going ' at Bush - .with aU' pf _ tli'eir su~starisive claim~. r_ight? . Wrong . . Hey, but did you kno'X that Dart Quayle · ·

. got into law school with a c . average? ' . · Did ·you . know he chickened out of ·the · ,....__ VIetnam War? You see, these ·are_ the .: thing·s Anidica ·war1ts to kn:o:w. These ~ . are the question.s that neeg answering; ..

_.Don't worry ab9qt Israel, South Africa, . and Iran now- that will all ta:ke' care of .

itself. · · . ·

This whole new- emphasis in '!poli~cs" wouldn't be half as revolting if there were soine cm1sistertcy to it.

- ~ut ·in actuality you have · a situati_pn where what is accountable for. 'one is not . .

· accountable · f0r -atl. - Thus, while; e_veryone barks 'about Dan Quayle and' his prh~_iledg.ed :life, there's Lloyd

· ·Bentsen sitting pre~tYr. ·Well, here's a · little newsbrief for you. Duke---didn't

exactly pick Bentsen out· of the gutter. ·. Have. you ever h6ard of ·the Texas. oil ·. b~siness? It's not~ so · shabby Jln · eXistence. Do you want to -get techQical ·> on military records,Jet's do It across the .

· board. Michael Pukakis speilt' the · :· Korean Wadn1 college, and· served only

after . the war had ended. ~Loyd· . Bentsen's son -spent from 1968-1974 in the National Guard. Check out how many of yom favorite politiciaps -\\fere ·

·, released from . apfmilitary duty. Then , . - tal~ abo\lt Qua}de, who.did .serve. ,'And -why not~.note ·the ·-exceptional career of

. . George · B us>h · who completed approximately double -the air missions required of a -navy pilot aJ!4 _survjved: more than-his share of close c.alls (all­~at, and with meney too.) As long as . we~re talking aqout ·double sJandards~ . _

·whil-e we talk ·· about Bush's .. ·~compli·ance': :with drug dealers, ·let's, talk ab"out Dllkakis' prisoner furlough program which lets them· out for ~'g<?O<l.' behavior". Here are_ a ·couple more for you. _Jesse Jackso11's brother (oops! '-half . brother) was charged with murder last

' · week. · Dukakis was treated for depression. -Let's dig up as much ,dlrt as :, possible. _- Make Quayle :release his

·-school recbrds: Make Duke release his : medical records: . While we'~e 'aJ .it , didn't Bush bail _out -of his aircraft a little too early on . one· of his Navy · missions? . . So ·let us be consistent 'here . .

Let's bring all the petty issues into the · . , campaign or let~s start cdncentrating on , · _more iiifportant _ thipgs. , In · the ·

m'eantime, who cares where MiChael Dukalds and Geprge Bus~ stand on the . issue~? . J'hey both can bylt out that Pledge of Alliegance can't theyJ . \.

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·- . l'·he abs·tention : ~rom the use .of l· chemica(· ,· . "· _ -It would be quite~- interesting: · · . excerdse to take· a ,.close look at the '/ w,arfare ,was . :the .Jast -bas-tion o'f . fa-irnes·s in

efforts -of our so-called .American-- . . wars~ ·, The . Kurds .ar§! ·noW Jihdin/g. --, oui .to -their . . '·'activists" who are utterly outraged by ' . some of the eventS pr~sently_ going on~ ·_ :'. detri~~-~t' .. that :- gover~:me'_nt~ -- can .o really lose '

in the w~r14., and' theh comparing these .. · . e.ve:n ;> the:~:most pri'rn,itive ~ notions ' .. pf -·humanity. events to · other happynings in the woild · " ~ -· · · · _1 _ · ,, -.. · ',.._ ··"--- ' - . . • . , . 'that d0 not· seem lri ~bother our altruistic· 1.. A"

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' ' '' its destination, due to a si~uatiop very · similar to that of Sudan now. Again; it was mc;>re of a political problem than one offoofi shortage. "- " · _

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" ,_:_ ~People. Indeed such an exercise ·could- · . only reveal ·the unfairness of -our

. .~which· is composFd solely of people ·. · from the minority, tribe of "futsi, better . · known as the Tall Ones, has been -; systenratically ki-lling the· Hutus, or . the ... Short -Ones,, · wh~ /have nQ: political ~.~ · 'power t>ut represent a clear majoritY 'o( ; .

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· proce~ses pf in~ignation . towards the. · . pol}cies of some of the_ less than

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agendas ·of most of these ·activists / . SoqJ]l -Afnca,\vould swely be. on top of · :•.

-~_ar }ist~ · Ap~dd, - they claim; ·seems · ' to be at the root of the worst evils '.of . the plfipet.! _ Israel w.orild probably .b~: a

. . · Close · se9ond~ · wi~h El Salvador and Chile nght behind. These foui nations ru:e constantly and ~ exclusively beipg ~ .

. :accu~d ofviolating,_htiman rights, with all the subsequent pleas for punitive ac~ons towards them -such'as eeonomic . ·sanctions. ' -

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Sur~ly the~e : na~ons _ of!en . · deserve the kind of reaction they ·get . from concerned people all over the_ ·world. On.e cari hardly ' argue the · ·

_ :immorality of Apartheid , or 'the human · frfghts abuses in El - Salvador._ "fhe /

· \)urpose of ~s article is _not, to. defend these natioris in any w(,ly, nor is it . to daim that we should cease from taking

. punitive actions towards them. · Rather­it is to show that there are m.futy other. governments Plat are presently engaging .. : ·in activities that are far more heinous in

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· ; subsequenr . nieasures ·· tO' curb their, -. up-acceptable b¢.h_avior. · If we eonsider it .

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a "ho:riible thing" . that Apartheid-has "' ·caused ihe death of more than two ; · ·thousands people in the last 'few y~ars, · ·:or that the Israeli occupation. ha~ Jed to ~

•' more -than a hundred ·deaths .on the - . · Palestiniari side, consider the following:

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· ·· -their control. · At the ·-same time •. the ;-". _.- -' \ \1) J- t)Q 1\"\E :G\~StJQST/, : ,rebels l)ave b~n desiroy.ing the ·few _ . . : · .~· · .. J'EREs.!ROlKI\! . ~ ; _ · ~ t:Fucks transporting ,food in an at~mpt to · · · -~~ ·. n~U: .. OcfNN, '{0\J

starv~ the· government troops: · -~aturally ~-N~PARTY_ · · the onesJ:mrt most ,a~ . a tes~It .-are- the . . _,. . ~~;llll 11

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· people will ~itarve in the near . future~ . while large quantities of food sit in the warehouses. ·Despite: these horrifying .repoits, . the 'policies of Sudan pave caused 1very little ~f_any indignation or. outrage afflong our humag rfgl)ts activists. It is .also :important to· point out that even.,though -there was plenty of · ·­press coverage and concern over the fate of the milliQns._who were (an<:l still are) .

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diplomats ~here have . e~flmated th~ .. · number of Hutus killed since 1972 to be · · more than lOQ-,000. While our activists vodferously protest· the repression 'of -

. blacks· by whites in South Africa; -they seem to be dis.appointjngly tolerant _of ·.

. , .the M ican tribe~ ~f Buru~di. who are ' · · carrying out a genocide · in their own country. What about sanctions or e;en . punitfv~ actions against the -govenfment ·- fB di? - . ' _o urun . ._

· -The government of Iraq has been using chemicai_weapons-to try 'to I exterminate the Kurds 'who are tQ.o -~ influential a minority in th_at · nation~

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. all wars to co_me? The abstention from · .. the use-of chemical warfare wa8. the last ··

bastion of fairness :in wars (except for

vyry few examples, no~bly in ~OS in ,, ,, the late Seventies). Unfortnpately, the ' Kurds are now· finding out to their detriment' that govep1ments can ' reatly

. • lose e~en: .the most piimiti¥e. notions of. humanity. : ·

· ·. ~ :~ · ~Why·-.d_ict" . the Iragis .. feel _ that .... they_col)ld use the ''nucleru:; weapons ~f the poor" against the Kurds without any serious consequences? ·Could it be .that ·

·· they encountered little diSapprQval' .from . ' ' " ..c . ' rthe internatiomil community when they .

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· · . c0uld eX:terid the use of 1t to their-inane : · · citizens? ~f concerned people we are, we cannot ' afford · to· overlook tl~ese ".

. - questions, ·as the lives ofinany might · . depend on the ~swers. AU-one has to .

· do is :to look back · at ·many previous · instances of uri-heeded or unpunished massacres t~ realize that there is· really

· ~ery _little rl~ldnvolved in. carrying out ·

State~s~ns6red _crimes. · it is the dut~ of ~e civilized nations of the ...-world to inhibit' any· government. from engaging, in such inhumane activities as the ones r .J2reviously mentio!led, and furthermore .. it is · the . duty of the citizens of these · . nations to push their governments into ,,faking all the necessary nieashre~ . . '

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·I- · · or• ··~ . :_:'~~::;;/ '-· - J . _. _, :~ .·: ~~ By'•Eri~n· Sullivan· "';;:'. · ~{political one designed~ to di~mrrage .. : .·.: .. · ..... C~LYQ~~g; the . Ioc~:_,Coonty: , ,, from:' v.otini ' ·_, Hewev~ri ··-atP finaf _··.'. l ·· .·· · .. I~ t~is ~~tr[~ily c i~~~ta!U •. . · ~~:~·:: . from voting." (Sq,~rriber · • ~:ec:~.:;~as;~'.;n';e:~k~ a:t: · . ~=~<i~t•m:ti':'~.:::: ~~ll!~! · ·

~k .. , election yea, loc~J.;i(}lrQ<>me . ·County ·· ·, .·.: . . . ; .·· .' pe:rsonal · r~asons for ' joining .. the . :: · .. B.f09me Coul)ty Board of-Elections. ' .~; R¢p~blicaP Ieadei:§::6;Ive ·sought 'the~ . ·· _ · ·::: '- · .. . . _ _ .· .. ·. _l~.ejmblican P~rty. · He st_ate<t lbat · · . · ·- . The Board of Eleetions is .a.·

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.. ·\~, in:vo~_y.ei:n~nt · and. : ~.Participation ·:qf . · ·, -: ~~- - l:Iowever, on September 8, 198~ - when _he moved to the_ areai i was the , co~inittee· . composed. o-f .. bolh. . ' /. . '-.. ·~· r~ · s~u~~·~ stud~nts ':iq~':_:the ::electoral '', . nie(ily . l~cakRepublic~ :candidate~·-> . '·e'ofripeterice; 'Caf>abilitjes: andideasof-. • .. :_ p_e~nocnits · and ·Republicans. ' No.·· -.·.

, ·} proc_¢~s~ , At the sarn~)ime·, th~re is ·a . , .. · .along .·. with: .the Broome . Co_urtiy ·.· ·:_. Republicans' holding locafoffice· that"·. · . . o• action.can-be taken unless it receives·

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.. _ ~~¥, myth~~:.'l?~i'~g : perp:~.~~~t,~d ~Y :- l>ipe . · ·_ ... :-' Republi.can .Chairm~ were pre~ni on: · .· .. , inspired, him, to join :the ·party;,. Toni ·.'· , ~ .. my_.approval~of bdtli the .. Dem"''Crilcle ··· ' ... '; J?re.a.~~·.QFF, _ the .XQu_ng Democr~ts. C,aiilpus ·· to · addre:ss thd firsr ·"' · Libous, ,.whd is ··tunp:irig to ·replace :·· . . ·Board· Chainn~ -~d tli¢ Republicruf· <t and"tl:ie ·Studynts for:~~ielle Diamond; . org~i~ational meeting Qf the College .. ' . St~te, Senate . Republican Majority; ~'-.. r. \. P~ard _C~a~an. · _Th}lst-:. td -make. tllis, -' ! ·thal'j he l!;>cal Re.p~~ltcans do , no.J'.; ~:ep~l?Jic-ans~ ·· an e.vent t~at >W:as· ·. · . )eader: Warte_n· Anderson;. ·and: :grri!f :. < •••• , ·a partls~·n: 1:ssue -I~ an ··attempt /~Y

· >. want students .to paf.ll.cipate iii local> ' Ignored ,by_ Ripe Dream. Local GOP :'-> ~ielekl, ca~_di~at.e _ , for: Cou'rny"' ·_ · . . - ~arious _ ?i'ganizations .. ~o ~urt~'.~~e . , ";:: electi_qns·. · H(;>wevei~i{f any~ of - ~es~· · . · Ch8ijman, Paril Van Savage, spok;e to , · Legisla_u~re, · sp(>ke · briefly Q.n .th~ ·. ~--'_ chance~ _of_m,unerous localRepublicilq - organizations too'k:'hthe; tim'e ·~ Yo-:.- · tl)e group ofov¢r seventy ~students- on __ · - , h jmpqrtance ·-ofthe ,~tude.ntvote~ ' · · ·- c3I1di~tes . . '. ·<· : • • . ' . _:._ ~":· • ..... - ·_ ••

obje.q#:Ve1y·· . examin~tthe facts~ .tfiey · · the ·importanc~ o~ student activity' i~ - · · " . There are nuq1erous reasons whY, . . . wou~(l·.· realize,· .. in~ .~.fact, that '.the · .. · the:.G~Qtge.Bu~h campaign as wen as . . . . '·, · . . . . . · .the decision was made to move the · . Rep~p!~~a.ns .. ~e e~C.q~a~i?~stu'den,ts - . -· -, the, . campaign: . e.fforis ·of: ''locaJ .. ! · . _While· ~Ilth~ candidates·· bnefl¥ "~· . ~·: :p.oU!pg .PIJ~~~jback .. t? f:he: ~_s-. . ·. · -~t ,

r .· to par:fi~J.pate m Iodit :pphncs. ;;;, -\ . candidites. , . He . state(f that S(J:N'Y . addressed 'the needs of their specific · · .: , ~~- stated spe~~cally m the New York · .. .. · . ·. .· · · · . · -: .. ~; : { \ . . Binghamton can ma]s:e the decisive campa_i_gns-, they all -expressed .. their ....... · ;S,tate Election cLaw· .. that }laying· a-..

· ·" .. . differen'ce in a mi'mBei .of local exciteinent.ac_the enthusiasm of. the . ; .. polling place in .. the · same buildi,-tg~· · . .' Itap{?earsthatth~s~·organizations·'. , , camp~giis;ci~ingther~~~forCounty ~. _Col~egt '~ejmblicans. >, They a\1-. . c-' ~h~re ~~ - es~bl~shmen.t ~ has~ ~een_, . ·are oric~ ~gain pill-pqseJr. .. dismforming·, . ' . . · . , . I~Sued a .. hq~or license IS forbidden. · th~ c~pus··coinmrini_ty,.llr an '~ttempt _ -~ . ' T~e~efore, itwould~~-illegal· t9· ... ha_v¢~-. ·to di~credi.t arid . defeat -the · Ioc.al . , . . . . . polh~g- place set up. m the Umon·do . RepuQiic~urcaridi<Iate.,s}:Foi ~xafl1:plt( t- ·- ~, '\~.there ·; is.· a· ·r··myttt beii)Q . perp'etrat.ed.: by·_ Pip:e ... ,(.~.::-!o . P~O.~i~ity. of ~he··.G~~pu~ PtJb ;.-~ ·

'· OFF~ <jn. a· response .to. ~a lett(ir to tbe~ . . Dre_._ am; . 'C?ff._, ' th'e 'Y_ ~ung ' _Def!lOCrats ··'and'. s f ude_. nt __ s ·,·· ,~:;~~~~n~~.· 1~i~t1~c~!~~~~t~:~~-~e~~: . . ~ I ... coll~_ctive" · · si~t~d, · .. ·: ... the · f E 11 D . ·RepubliC,ans ttj· to Itmii deinocr~cy~ P~~ '~te , _e · __ Jamond -. that .:the ., ~.epubli.cans · do --:n-ot · . d.aY · ·· Jtwoulc;l .be·.a.tm~st i.mpossjble ·. by liintting : votei<·turnou"t." .. (2?/ '·i want . stude'nts 'to participat'e ~ i'n ;. lo·c.al. ·. elect'io:ns· ~ •. ' ' r f~~ thi~: ' nilmb,e~ of ~tudents to~vote 'in Septemb~r, 1988}At.a'. debate oflocal .. . · · · - · · · • . _ : T~~n2~n, c~nsi~~~ng the usual ~~~e , .

.. caiidldates in_ CIW ~n:,_se.ptember I5:~· - ·· .... · . · ~- ·_A._s st_u_' dents _- i __ t is ·ex_tremety· · . ·- 1988,the Young DemocratS ,:aiict: the:. · - -Students. for Estelle Oiamond· handed LegislatUre betWeen Emil 'Bielecki and ---~stro~gly ' emphasized the need 'for importarit".that we e~e~cise_ our right out' flyer~ staiing, ·:Republicans don't . .. Estelle Diamo'n.d : as an eX:ceilent'~ : studen-ts t~(take part i~ - the elec~oral . -.~to vote . . Wf efsf~~ualld ~- w,ary 9f- any . , .. wari_t ·_·stu __ d_ents _,to _vo-.t""_e·.· .. ·._F'ur···.th. e· rm·; p"r:'e' , , . ex-ample. . He ·u· .. "ge.d --studen·t·s t.o· ~ . . . . . _a~tempts o o ICl s to mfringe· qpon ,., _.. . proc_ es_ s, __ w_het]l_er it involves.''worki_ng·· ·· . · ·th t · h H · ·- -1 · · -· th · Pipe 'Pream, in its_)o_•wn .e._dit-·or·I·a' ·1·. · · th · · c· · · " · · · a ng t. owever~ te c· rum · at It

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claii;II' th~rthe Republican Party does is running fm: County Legislature· not want stud6nts to vote on campus ·' stated tha~ he would wo:rk. whether . is a deliberate distortion of the tiuth. eu~cted . ot not, -t.o bring the p'(>Ilil,lg These groups contend that -the moving ~ place to each dorm community. Su~li of the po-lling place · from the .. a move _· is supported by . Bo1>· Univ~Fsity Union to the gyms is -,a Neilson, ·'th-e Republi.ca.n

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· has focused .i gr~t dea}. of att~ntion on . . · · .. · . abOut comqiiplism. Its proposed virtues "societyu is ~so made up of individuals, the personafq~alities of the candidates.. . ·, Recently, House Democrats are: extolied ftam . the I podium by some a communist systein in reality advocates . · h s J · h B'd crowded the floor :before the C:-.Span · · · · al' · h b · We ave seen . enator~ ... osep ,~ .eq ,. ·pr,ofe. ssors~ j·p'_articularly ·in _tile ". social 'the denial of sallie individu s ng ts Y . r, ·· ·a Har. ·'~ · d' ... t" .. f th. · e ·camera. s rec_iiing.. the· Pl.edg' e . of · · h' 1 1 · t '

'and ~ t .LOree . ou o_ ... ~. rae . . . sci~nces. Tli .. ~e:r~· are als'o ·a: _n_ ~- in_ 'ber .of other· individuals. T IS ~ ear y IS, no ... "" · · · f · ·d ·t· · h · · h ho"-._wed · Allegia. n. ce,·· 1n or. det to. sh_ ow th_e· public · b · f M · · t -because o met ens .w tc . · s . ,· . leftist newsp~pers. on calJlpus, freedom, .s<,F . eware . o · arxts :._.t.~_-.h. e_i,r:' po,, t>r · p~~s_ ,oqal_,. ~)u. dg;~~~n.J .:~~w_ · · . thek .support fpr th~ P1edge: ·. In - .. p· ~rl-•e-.u_l_ arly o. FF!·, .. _ .·.a. ·newsp·_apei: wh_ ich .. ·. mrofessors _a,nd· students _ who·. try ~ to .. h b d t t addition,_.Congre_s_s nlans.· to .star(each "'. - a~.u ·· y · • freed . ~s ~e,, .race JW .. ,~e? . ~w<.>w~, ?rJ.U~ · . · · · 1 · / ¥ • · i§ verY ·diffiC'ul't to take ·. s¢riotJsly ~ convince ·yml' that there Is any om 'George Bu8li and Michael :O~S, . y.'e . ·'day ' by'.: &Ci-ting 'the Pledge . . ·~This .. . because· it 'claims·· to repres~Iit 'off- I ' whatSoever in communism~ · ' .. nave_ ... an -e_xGe .. Uen, .. _t,-_·,e_:.PPQ .. _rt_ p).)1_ ,i_ty_.: to'. see· ·. shows: tliat· mainstream .De.mocnits are . · -- . , . . .. ,, . 1 ~1 • "' . ' , c;:e·parati'ng th.·.e_m.selves from, t·he .. · ca~piJ( · stude~tS~ , : .9,ut --,)~ , rea,,-~ty / .. . . , .. · . -·-~ . . · . : r , .. , . .• · _ . th'e ' natur .. e .arid c.baraclyr. of C!P~· - ~" ,·:.-:· · 0· nl '/ a·· ~m'aU '·huitiber ' of - f h 1

.,,, • • • • • ,.,. < • " .... ,. • 'Dukakis left wirig of the party · · repr~sent_s . y, _ .· . ,. , .. .-, ·:. .'"· .- ., · "' Another- asp~ct o . t ~oretlca ~Dukakis.. .. ,'; , ~ ..... 0

• .'.. .. .. : ' • f :. • ·: . <·. . . ·.· : I.- • • • / warp'e.d fu.irid~ •. ·who thihk'·~~e!1~lnng .. ·communism -is . that ea~h : work~r : f · • · · .• .- : ....... ;_, , ,:.... ~ ~.. America does io ·protect_ freedom · · deserves the "fniits_of his Iabbr''. But

The r~c~~-~ controversy·.over the.,. . Mic.h~el Dukakis, i~ t.esppnding tO worldwide.· J.s' Unhtw'ful. 'Iri. ~q~li~iprt, how does ·one. decide ·how much· each ·-Pledge_ of-Mlegiance is ,an issue that_. ... . t:pe charges. by-Bush,, -again ·showed his. . communists ·; atrd. 'their· co:mtades;· l<tborer's ~ork;'is worth? For example,

• J, , .. dehls directly with the character R( the - . tota( lack o(' p.Oliticalc · knowledge. soci~sts~ ($ete is very little theoretkal ' · ·. is .the laBor of a man ~who . puts lighf - .. ·Candidates. Here; we Cal;l-' se~ .. Geo~ge . -: · Btikakis ·;. somehow· ... confuse,d an .· ·. difference Q,etweeh SoCialists alid ., - . .f-ixwres~ in av cat ~ w.orth mote than the . . ·,Bush trying to d~~me. his·chara¢~r;~d · ·.-;' .. ~ advisory opinio'Irby th.e .~sachuseus.~ commu11ists) dominate· many stud.ent , labor of the man who welded.-the-'fender:?

-shoWing the. · American"_;pedpl~ ·hiS · Sup~me ~ourt with an actual deeision · organizations such as DemocratiC- ;· · A ::coinmunisi might tell you that· the-leadership -~bilities now that .he ·rs--.out ·": . of the ,Uni~ed States Sup~~rp.e, Court.. -SoCialists of America ·and· the · Latin " state shoUld dedde such qu~stig~. But'

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. ·ofthe shadow of:President.R~g~e .~t ; ," _·;--He went on~ to.further- say,.that Bush ~f!r~ca,n· So1idari_ty _ Co~~ittee; to -: remember, the state is 1made ·up of . the ·.same . J~_me, .: th_e :libera,h-.Mich~el' . ; ·:· '*mild be :viola_t1pg ~the ,.tgnstitution_; pame just a ,few. - To.~eiher, the~ _~

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· ·. D~kaki~ ·in, trying1 to ·~ shpw · Am~tica . ···/pad Bush ~igned. ~e bi_IL_ -~~ce again.' .· profe.ssors, ·.- newspapers - .and.. .. solne individuals deciding w~at ;other .. that he Is tt;uly :a :lm.o4erate,; can4i.dat~·. ' Dukakis showed _his -Lidhpuu,an grase~: · organizations, create an academi~· ··individuals . should; earq, ·rather than ' ...

. -,. ·, tlj.~an: gov.~m:.~~ri.Ga:reye:t~J:s- t,<J, us of Ariierican.histoey by 'this 'statement . · atmosphere . wh~re the . Jdeal~ .- -~f · letting the· 'free market ·establish that. - his we· nature! ' ·· ·- · · Dukakis should know, tlfat the c'iyil capitalism and free enterprise ar~ ~n· as' .. · . ·Moreover in today~s communist states

' - Rights. gairis ~ade by' blacks i:n "'the ~tiquaied> .. C~pitalism is s_eeii· merely .. ·dte. state teli~ you where· you ~ill work, __ .' ~ / .. , · ··,~ . .. ; - · - ;':" -~- South, ·-were, fought 'imd won by ·as a rung , on a )adder t~ · wo~ld . · at: what· -w.ag~, arid .-m~ay .very well_. ; · ·,

. The roots 'of the controversy go . c· ha' l'le'ng·I··n·g . e'"-I·s'"t'rn' g' _law' .S I··n . the . . . . In f: t . sm· doe· ·s . ' & . • • . ... h · · · · · ~- -, · · · · - · "" commumsm.... , ac , commum · . . ._. _, i:rrtprison you ~.or · reststmg. t ,ese back t() 1977 ·in Massachusetts, when a .. '.· southern ,' sia~e ._ ~upteme .. c~rts . . ~- not work.in theoryi and in practice has, commands. That is not · freeaorn, of bill, .. req):firing ' teach¢rs' Jp .lead .. t_!le ·· · · .. -. Mi'chael. D• _; .. ,,;.:,..·:s _mt'.ght m' eelcly accept ·. · ·1 f illi' dead td· 'd · · t' · · · I. ·

~~!t • h 1 UlUU\il e t m ons , w,or WI e.. co~. ~ b_ ut savery. · ·· Pledge ,of.t\llegiance ~Y m -~c 0~ • · "the flawed ~edsions of the coJ.Irt , ~ came aCross lhe desk of Gov. DukakiS. . . w.lthout cb31lenge, but imp!ying that ., : .·: And slailtii:y is the trux of the · ·The StatefSuJ)reme Court s~pplied him:' ·.... Georg'e· · Bus:h, ~w..o· ul.d ·vi'ola· te the · · · · th' 1 f h · s ·

· · · · · · ' · th .. ·t · Commu·nism . is defined as ·a . matter. . . e peop e o "t e . ov-tet with an advisory opimon, statmg .. . a . ; . Consti'tuti'on' by c·halle~gi. ng" laws,· , . . . . d f · .... · · b bl · ·'t ti 1 · "theory advocating elimination. of Union, C.fiina, Cuba_, an · mos_t ·· o · :.til¢ bill.was pro . a Y, unc()nSti u C?!la.. I sh,o __ ws his tru. e defeatist liberalism._ · E. -.. ·. E · d th · · · · · ::_using· a~ siniitar 1943 US Suptem~ . private property_; a system in · which . aste~n urope, a~ .. o ers , are ..

. 'Co'urt' decision· as precedent-. .. (The . · ·"' goods. are owned in ~ommon and are : ";\C: esse.nually, s!a~es. Why el~e :wopl<! . :y9,l3 'detr~iort·~esultilig from ii'la~suit. :'· · Michael Dukakis.' ~iew ~ri the , available to all as peeded; a totalitarian" · ·· th.ese . countries need such masslve .·:r,y the. Jehova's. Witnes~s •. stated .tt:iat Pledge .. of'AUegian~e. gives us· very . system .in which a ·si!lgle authoritarian .. ·::securi_ty forees t~ k~p peop!e from ,.

it was unconsti~utional to . reqmre 'good insight into h~s true character. .. party controls state-owned means of . ~tescapmg? Commumsm. ~emes· ·that .· .·· :chi-ldren to ·recite . ille ' ~l~dge .~f Dukakis is ·· not · ·a mainstream · production with the professed, aim of ,.· . people do, not· want to work "for .. the · ~ ·.Allegiance .in·· sch?ol: Howeyer _t~.e- ~ ;.. · i>~mocrat,. as. he is trying to portr,ay · establishing a· stateless society; ,a fmar" · < good of society:• but rather for personal· , court made no mentiOn of the teachers himself. He .. is a true 'liberal in the . state of soCiety in Marxist theory in . gains. <?ne al~o must not ~orget ~at . . obligation to le~d . the )~l~dg~~) . vein of McGovem: As alll!berats, he·. . which the state has ·withered· aw.ay /and .commumsm kills. An estimated ~0 . l)nfortunately ~; Oo_v. Dukakis chose to . . · . holds great contempt for . American ' · economic goOds are dis~!m~d equally."· /'' m~ton 4i_ed during the rt:ign_s of Lemn .

· follow the coon's a~visory opill:ion-and , m\tionidism ·. · and · patrioti'sm. . . But what exactly_ does_ it mean for goods· " ,_ an~· Stal_m alone·. A ~CJf~. · recent ~eio the bill.· However, the veto w_as Patriotism unites the ·-American :io becowned("m_bo~mon"?~, . . . . . . ex~pl~ is Cam~dia,, whe:fe 2 millio~ ,·( . I

overridden by · both houses-of th_e , '"' .pedple; ·thus obscuring -the "socio~ · : _. · _Owqe~~hi~, I~--"~he. ability to do ~- .. people wer~· slaughtered. a~ter -~the~ · _ Massachuse~!$1egiS~t¢e .• jind became · . ;economjc b~arriers." . which ·liberals anythmg you . desrre .. ~Ith your o~n . takeover by the·. Vtetnam~se . .

d aw. Since Utis ,4tw wa8·_passeq, ther~ . v_ainly search ,for. · PartiotisJll, that : . property_. "' If goods -~~e owned m . · cbmmunistS. ln .real life communism , ' . ··' ·' . have been no. legal ·~liiillenges to it,_·nor ; strengthens our 'cqmmitments to peace, . . ·~omm~n, ~en tliey can only be ~sed by ;; . 'has meant. mill~ dictators~ip; mur~er . <

has it been· enfore~.··<>· · "~ - freedom and democracy in our foreign and disposed of by the strongest ·and slavery, nothirig resembling Utopia . . .. . policy, affronts the liberals' "blame . indiviqual or group who comes along · Therefor~. while walking arouh~ · ,

. · · · - ·· ' · ,. · · -l -~ ·, ·- America fi_rst for worl_ d problems" :and deman~s them. Th~ same ~~ument .. ·campus, or sitting in--a .lecture hall, I . l George. Bush: has. teceJitly used ' this . "-..:..... !, . . c~n be used to, examtn.e the _mherent . , urge students to-question what they are. issue as a me~s~ o(exposing the true , attitude. American society, founded on unfairness of the eliminati~n of private·.. b·eing told. _· . Profes~ors are not

... nature of MibhaeJ: Dukaid& ' Whili if .. patriotic ideals, does not require property., ,, This .. amounts :to' .taking · · benevolen.t gOds whO jUst Steppe;<~ off 1s- not poiitica~_ly : proper· for Vitti~ , ·. anybodY., iricludi~g Dukakis·,. ·to · · ·. property, from its.· rightful owner am~ - · Mt~ Olyinpus'- to tel_Lyou -the truth.~ 1-. Preside.nt Bu·sa;· to~ .qu_e.stion -1 ·the'·.' ' .. · outw~rdly show signs . of / thei:r .· · , th · · 'ul 1 be f

· putting it in the ·handS of the s~te or e . . would ask you ·parti~ ar y to · w~ o · . pattiotis~ of :Gov.J)Ukak:ls; {}eo:rge" ~ · -paq:iotism, ~· However, by' trying to strongest. group ·_o(iridividual ~ho can .. .·· anyone ~~o believes that commumsm ·Bush · is . certa.hil.Y. ~. jl!stifie .. d. -'.-tri' ,... :limit the pafi.:iotic expre~sion of others~ 'claim it. . One must also remember thar ot socialism workS', or have eve.r worked questioning /the new·· appearance 'that;- DUkakis viotates . the principles upon the "state" is-m~e up of individuals, so ariywhere.· Communism andsocialism.

-~ · Gov. ' Dukakis 'has taken.- Vice"' · -< · which · Americ~ ·was built, and the . . that if the state can dispose _~fpropetty, have just brought misery and ecoiiom~c <!l,. president B'ush~believes this~ issu_e principles that liberals falsely daini_to _ . . what' y<_>u m:~ .t:Fally ~ing_ ab_o~t afte~ :ruin, -but don:t 'take my word for It,

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__ arip I 'Yere on t~e other.side as s~dents at SUNY-B. Today, various events

. draw more iocal · people to the campus an~ . students .venture out . into the cohuriunity in increasing ·numbers,: Also.· worthy .of notice is the ' steadlly growing pool of SUNY-B graduates -who have settled ip the .Binghamton ·area

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district, which · includes . ,SUNY I. received my :B.A. from· Wbiie the local ·business· I want very · much to run a . Binghamton. - · · -. ·Harpur in 1966, and ~i Masters in community has become quite· adept at ' positive, issue-oriented campaign, and if During .. those · four years , I 'Arts aod . Teacfiirtg in ·19:12. M y · · · s~wing the needs. of .the · large 'student elected '.I want (o join with you in -have worked hard to erisure th.at $late experi~nce at ·the university gave me market, some · local political figures .bridging the gap between the. c·ampus . government is re:sponsive . arid an ()pportunity tO make ' lasting ·.'have rriore ~-omewhat slower ' in' ' and the community. / - responsible. . By. that I mean tbat we connections with faculty and student~. . . ·r~c~gnizing and responding to the · • · What' about my oppone·nt-would provide the needed services to After graduation I taught at Vestal increased student intere.st_ in .local · what r has she done for 3lOU httely? thqse who truly :Reed them ,. wpile. at the . Nigh· School"'(or~ twenty years, _ and . polit-ics.. Nevertheless, this ·too is Certainly, sne .has done . nothing .to . same time exercising· .fiscal sipce then I .have. been an adj~~ct.in . chaJ!ging and I hope to, be a ·catalyst in · assist -you in improvin-g yotir ties to the . responsillility. , EX7amples of this fi~cal · the English department . . As a Broome ,. · · . affectiilg th~ change by bec.oming ypm: . ~ommunity. Rather, she takes evey · respon~ibility, would be: spending a few 'County ·Legislator · I start~d ~ri represe~ta~ive :iq the Broome ·County opportunityto.focus on the -negatives ·of · extra do~lars on nutrition programs for internship 'program between SUNY :Eegislatur~.: the campus/community relationship. · the eldetly and womeii ' with , infant students ·· ap.d Broome ·.county . '- . , Arecentexampleofthis .tactic Ghildren, to prevent future GOStly health :g:qvernment'. ' .. Presently I am the . is her. unsubstantiated accusation 'that ~ problems. · •"'S.pending •mot1ey on me titer to four students. • ·: · ·I SpeCifically, my _ c ~unpalgn · the local'-. election officials 'and other · education .is impo~tbec_ause .~ause ,. - highlights: a series 0£ proposals to ~, goY:e~~ment : ._repre~·erit~ti-ves are · it keeps.our: state .. competitive .by having . . . ·.improve· campus/community rdations- · · con~pmng to discourag.e stn:d~n,.ts ~ro~ . ·a skilled~ work f9rce. Examples of · I took an acti~e :role <in and assist ·y9u in usiRg the resources (_>f' . votmg.· ~' .. Fr~m " my . persp~ttve~ ~h~~ . wrong Sp{fnding · pnoriii~s, proJ;osed. py: - h~lVin.'g the voting 'bootbsi~m0ved to •' . tlie commm)i_ty to achieve your/ most' ' accus.atlOQ \ lS fals.e: -· In ad~ItiO~· .. : · ~- ' the .g0yetnor-and ~tate. Democ,ais, wouJd~ · .· the . Student Union. after · th.e ·1986: . irfiP.ortant obj~tive- ·gaining meaningful . -~welhng on I~ rather. than on' the 1.ssues~ . be the fact that New York·has one'-ofthe. . el~ction year. U~f6rtunately~ ·beca~se · ·. employment after graduation~ hopefully .: ··' IS shortchangmg the st~dents. . "~ highest ~p~nding ·tQta•s· . fbr ' social ·of the Town :.of .VestaJ:. wante-d -to · · ·in the lHnghamton. ~ea. · WE NEED · _ ~ · ·. am . 1n ·constant . pro grains-in the country,' ·but but se~ves . .discour~ge student participation, ·the : · . YOU! . · ·. · - , · · · · -commumc&tion with the .e~ected local less -people than -larger stat.es like .pooths were moy_ed to. th~· East and "" ·. · · .. officials to ~nsure that this year's voting Calif.orniii:. · ·.. .. · · · · · . We~t Gyrus: J pian to continue to ;try · ;, ' My proposals are d~signed to · on ca.rp.pns is· hassle \ free. Whf? · ~ · .~ .. We; in New York·nee<ta: Grace. to" remedy tJJ.is inconvenience to the '.. .··. increase·studen.tlcmn.munity interaction . . · Because t have· an important stake iD. -·type:. com·nrission -m~·e· · t,l:le · •· f~dera:t students becausi l~Ileve ttiat~college · and to ''foster better relations:: Specific · · · s~ing: that -those study~ts - (as -well as goV.emment., inst~tuted .in···the - early',- .years .are an-excellent .t;iffie,for 'young · )nia.tives f0~· considerat~<m include ':the . ' my constituents outside SUNY:· B) who · 1980's oto.:identif.y wasteful".govetnine'nt .. . _ .• people ~to bec.orhe'"' i~v?lv~d .• in.~. t9·e ' · . foliowing: ' :z · · , ' ·· . · · ~. . ' · suppon·my my. p<)sitive, issue::9rierited · ·spending . . An~ Assembly _Republl.can · democratic p~ess. - _ -· · .: · "" · ;.· · · · campaign to b~idge the gap between 'task force last year identified ov~r $100 ' .· ' . · · ' ··· ~. ·.I) · Forming 'ari adviSory committee to :campus and community come out , to ' ' million/ i:g 'pot~nt1~1 welfare s~v~ogs . , . . · : · .... _. .. ; _ ',.;.' . _ ; · : ,. the <:;9unty' Legislator compos:ed of , . v9te for me. As a . recent. alumnus of · ·" alone. How: can:· the gpvemor .propose . , -~hay~ ,sp<;>lCei).out and played - · . SUNY:-B students ~lected by yotir own . SUNY:-B, I -am very -much erithiis.ed . substantial cuts .• like he has . in the ·-' a.cii.tj:e,al,:role.in ~¢biey~qg roandated : ,_ ·SA chartered organizations; · i . ·about the opportunity as · a county · SUNY budge( for this,-year and maybe. · . recyclirig.and increasing the amount . · . ; / ·· · • · · < l~gislator of onc.e 3:gaiii workiilg closely . ~ next . ~~ar, without . ~gr~eing .:to .''3- ' . of m~:terJ:~ls ·_; Brooni~- ;~ounty is ,2) Specific ·~~unty iniatives to· .in we stimulative campus ~nvirontneni. com,plete .r¢view·of ati ·' staie.spending .. - T comm1;tted to " recycle: .. I am. improve the quality: of .. off~campu~ · . ·. ~-.'. I ·urge:; you to ·come out. an~ . ·programs '; ... '. . ,. ' .. ·; -. . .. ... '-: . . committ~d ' ''te,_ :. conservhig: ; our housing, a. com.mon .source of student --~· vote locally as a positive statement' of · . Last: .. y~hl- · I -w~s ·pleased·;·dmt" . . ehv-iro~ment.: and _: eQ-couragiri.g our . ·· .. · frustration. ,:: · -· · · ·· - · · your.· willingness to ·'be a part bf tfii~

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,. . after threp y~ars 6feampaigning.for~and .. "citizens. tb understand liheir~personal' . . I 'community. ' Let us work togetper tO· -·.· ' mounting .petitiop dri~es, we finally .. cut} -~ ifespQrisieili~y to ~prot~ct Pi« -natural · . . J) · · ~rea:titig an mi going internshi}:i .. ·~ ' ·put ari end ,1:0 .. ·U.e exploitative tacti'c~{~f . " ·. ·- · taxes in NeW York to ~make us ·more - resources. "' ,.· · program fQr stu4enfs to work iil Broome . . ·a: lo¢al poliiica} figure trying to create ' a · , competii:iv~ . with s~ounding siat~s.. · / . , . ~ ... ; ' Courity d .. ~)V~mment.. . . "r .. . ·· rift- between the ·campus and the ~ ()ne year later, we ·are facing a budget - ·community for personal political g~it{ ;: shortfall becaqse the leadership refus~s . ·· . 4) . Working with locai business: and ' -tQ ':.;edefine its spending priorities . . I'rp. -..... . ' Estelle Diamond . ·is t he ' - ' cgoverninent group$ tO- improve the .. afr~d thatNew·Y9rk .will'retwn .to its_ · Broome Coum·y'.Legisl(Jturefo; ~tJze .. · recruitment o(SUNY-B-graduates '\)y. . old tax and spend policie,s that almost' ·. · .19th.Disiricc. She is runiung ~ a gains/: ' ;. ·local firms. · · _ . l)rought New York to its.lqlees, · _EJ£il Bi~lecki for re-:election~ . . . . . ,

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, With the : 1988 Pre-sidential - .• election drawing·near, _the battleline~ have drawii betweep .ViCe Presideiif., _ · Georg~·· B-ush a_nd/ Massachusetts "" .

' Governor Michael Dukakis, over- o~ · the issue of thY. U.S~ ·ecqnmny. Bush · cites the six· yeaf economic expansion. ·

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aggregate jncome has ris~n more than · the rate -of ·inflation, ,38.5% · as

1. opposed to J 7:7%;- The middle class . · has been squeezed in the upward/ . direction. In real terms, middle dass .

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· · _l~ilgeSi pea~_etirne expansion • in history, _and . pledges, t<Vkeep that · expansion ·going< Dukakis hails his .so-called "Mass.achusetts Miiaale" to . describe his' ability to iu_n· the , · · .·

_ econo~y. in .the styk of an executive. · · But. , in reality, his "Miracle" · is no

"Under the Carter; .Administration, ~ real family . income. had dropped

precipitdusly. ·. ,In late 1982, ,the Reagan recovery led an ~ 1,1 ~8%

· ·· incre~e in reai (amily income. xSigns ·. - ~ · 'of a· deterioatfug middle class aie ~ot evident with the mmdle three-fifth of t -~

' the p{>pulalion\ eceiving .51.8% of the-::. ' p.ati0nalrincome in 1987. This t:igwe,

~ · more -tnan a Mir.lge. · . · :under t:he -Dukakis era in

M~ssachusett_s, · the: state . has goqe · · from .bust to almost broke. The Duke . claims .. that_heJias balanced the state.'s -·· budget in· the last ten years. . The· · · qu~stton is how h(( performed this part · of ·f,he . ~'Miracle" . . For Fiscal Year 1988, the ·state's · $12 ,Billion ·budget ·. \Yas finally "balanced" only ait¢r it · _ soared some $417 million over the-_ . ·

. mark. ;Thjs so:-:called "balanced" / biJ~g~et was -~chieved . : through, . ..

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Last year 'Massachusetts citizens 'paid ·. total state .iaxes of $1446 pet capita . which tiipjes · neighboring New--­

Hampshire's: total and is eveJl larger · · than New York's ·total. Is this an

indication that high taxes are on their , way to millions ·of ·Americans that. : have ,prospered under Reagan's. tax · · cutS? · ·

generated. by" the tuition hikes. This bardly'shows that the Duke is a friend of the students. . Is this a _prelu_de to what's to conie ·in }lis plan to bring · back financi~l aid to 1980. levels? . These startling revelations · are strikingly similar to what's· going _on . betweep ' the SUNY system and · Governor Cuomo.·- ·

has ,been relatively con~tant sj~~e· th~ . Census Bureau began colleeting· suGh ~ta_in.J947. .-:. .. · ·

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·.With all th'e facts behind the · myth · of the "Massachusetts Miracle", it is clearly evident that Dukakis is a bad· cap~i~ that has mismanaged the ship

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:The Duke of"Taxachuhsetts showed that within a· state, his , ··'c .flr'ftftEl· of eeooomios is. noth:ipg burdetrimental to the welfare

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. equival¢nt of digging one hole to fill -. . . ;·enjoy more financiai aid than in any __ . to . come .. from ·his .nationwide ' - ~other~ . . _ . . . · · other state h_ave gotten the state's .program'; there will "be more troubl~-'- _ ·' ~/ -

l · - .For ·Fiscal Year 1989, a pqtentia1 pijblic ·colleges into, serious budg~t . · yet to· corri~. · The Duke .cut $17 · ~ that the Reagan Revolution is ' $300 l)lilliOIJ deficit was "closed" by . , :rir.oblems . .. This -~ fall, students are- million .out of the state's: mental · "voodQO ·economics" ·and his version . · ·_ ,.

__ ,the. Duke iil this J~shipn. F'irst he _, b~iJ)g ' tu'rned away by colleges, - ·hospitai fund~dn order to ·"balance" " is "can-:doec.onomics". But.when ymi -·:· 'v:~toed $138 milHon. in. spending.·, ;, . teachers· -are . b,eing replaced · by ~e budget for 1988 and 1989instead -~~~qqdly, he held up $59 m'jllionin · .computers, and studentsface a steep - of cutting ,back some of the 10,000 aP,.pr,,ripriations ,uritil the·, state . tUition hike of 8.5% -much higher jobs he . has - added to the state's legislature approve ;- some. of ' .his f . than the national average df 4%. . payroll. lt ~- is also ' alarming that . re.ve.nue prowsals·such:as. the "bottle- . . . .. ·Eyen though the '..Duke has . Dukakis doos. no~ . know. how many deposit escheat" that.-w111 allow . the - - , increased' financial ·aid arid .. initiated . :people he ·-bas .hired for · these .state · stat~: to seize ~ u_nclaill)ed refund $400 mill.iori in massive' construction , jobs . . Although -the Duke plruis to

~ tiotti-es. _ Thitdly-, the Duke. of Taxes .. _ 1 _ and repair-.projects, there is ~ ·growing overnaul ·the, hospital system that's -s.igned ~a bjH that raised $40 milUon sentiment ·among Massachu·setts ranked 41st in the nation in a five \ i~t· new cigarette taxes. . Along with :' s~udents and admjriistrators ·that his . .year plan~ ' it is'doubtful -that he will th~se :moves·, , his·- ~etoing 'o( (undinK ' educational policies are biased towards _carry it ~otiC · ... Meanwhile; the ,state .: · ha~ alienated spedal int~rest groups,-- . .:_ private institutions. · They ~e, stil~ . . hospiJa_ls .are ' not. accredited' artd · J 6 r local cities ·and.-towns. His veto. oL. _, seething. over an 1986 ·remark: 'that patients have flied during. the past , $91 .million inloqal·aid to; the cities iLlustrates. this ~ bias:. hWe aren't · . summer. in the -heat wave due to the

·_ and t6wns --·contradicts his .desire Jo~, , · California. We;re not 'fe:Xas and we're . lack of air .. conditioning. It: should be , "invest-ing - · .. in- -~ our urba'ri ·: not-W~lligan; We .d<? happen t.o have also noted -that the·-ten thousarid new

· · · · · · · · ., some of the -finest institutions in the state employee; . the·' Duke hired · neighborhoods"' and-. :•revita.lizi.ng . world. - And I' don't think it would ynjoyed the air-conditioned _state . small. towns and rural America". . . .> .' make sense fo.r us·. to d. uplica_te .. ff tha th b d . "d MassachusettS state spending tia.S 0 Ic~s · 1 · e u ·get provi es-., r1~e.n 53.5% -in the iast four -nscal _ 1 , , [ptibiicly" f1im!ed s~te unlversitiesi'1~ _ ~

I ye$ifs under Dul@cjs. Tl,lis is more Another sign of theJ)uke's _bias is in· ·: tll~it t\V:lce the· federal' rate arid '50% . •' his . failure to . maintain . a'dequate . _· ~fgher th~Ul th,e oi.l;iei 49 statei. Urider. ,/. . op~~ation budgets for siaie ·COlleges. '

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. ()ri · Lab9r· Day,, Diikakis daim~ed· that' during·: the Reagan Revblution;.-' , . "the' ricH nave got~n richer~· th,·e poor . -.,. hi'~ P!edecessoi, _·Edward Kin;g, State · , Duk3kis · slashed $21.3' ·million· from -

~peri(iiiJg- fe~(,IA% 1 w)iile ' federal ~- ./'their · budg~ts.' 'i:hi~ . has forced ·the have g_otten poorer and t1;lose in the

·, spending . ,was ·: 16.6% ·. more. and .· . state colleges to·cut_ba:ck on teaching : · middle- .and that means mos:t of us- . " _ spending in;the other states wa.S -3.6%. assistants and to freeze faculty staff. liave gotten squeez.ed." He pledged to more· . . Thi~ decrease in spendinfled The University of Massachusett's .a.t end the Republican· era that has only to a tai reduction · (rom. t7~.6% ·io Amherst -. the largest state college in· . be,Iiefited "th~_. ptivil~ged few.": , J.3ut -14J~% ofpersonal ·irlcolne. ' · · Massachusetts; is forced to diaige; s· ·the August 198J .. Cens.us-Bureau: data .

· But Tax.~chusetts is. back · At~ the . spedal orie time fee of $230 ·10· raise tells ..a dif(erent story. Although the end ·of ·ffie· Duke'·s sec.ond term;~ the · · ·emergency-e--a.Sh. ,. · · share, of th~ total' pre-tax incoine state'~' personal 'tncom·~ tax _ .liurde~n -~ . Along • with the· tuition· hike; . · 1 going-to the poo~est 20% of faniili{{s was $680 per capita, more than twice . students -will face . ~hbsta~tial . . . was less: than in. 19~7 than in 1980 the national avyrage · .of.$313. pee,· _ · _ dormitory fees. · Dukakis also · (from 5~ 1% to 4.6% ), the amount of

1 capil3.and only second to New york's , supports a measure" that will allow . income earned by this group rose . "" $700 per_ capita· under Mario Cuomo:.. colleges to keep excess revenue _ . 4'8-..6% over the same period. Their

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. 6% and 5.6% respectively, investment . is ~P 51%, industrial prOduction is up 30% and _mariufacturiilg productivity · __ is ·· up 26%. There ·I;J.ave been 17 ·million -new jobs .created and: teal ' income per capita im;reased 18%. The ' recent declirie in · the foreign trade ( ·

. ' deficit with an increase in exports . shows e_!lcouragjrig si&ns that-the debt

.· can be brought ·under cont;rol. The , . , · Duke -of Taxa·chusetts showed that ' .

within a .s.tate, his. brand of ~onomics . is -nothing .but' detrimental to the welfare ·of the suite of Massachusetts:, ·

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. • Won_:Fruk out 'a ·t;:tX il1crcase·. - . __ .• No ·_new, ta~t;s ·~ per~~d.

~ · · B~lanced budget · amcndh1cnts 'arc not wohh · · · • Supports a Cpnstituti.on,al amendment_ to . th·c.papcr.they're: printed on''. · · · · ' require' ·a balanced. budget. - . / ~~ .

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----- .~ op,.):(~.s-~s aid l:o the ' f~ecdolil F.ighlt~rs iJ,l ~.:: Nica;tagua a~nd ..Angola~ _ ·

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I '" • . Refused to supQ'brt the Gi·enada r~~C~e -. ' _., mission: ' " . . . . .

• Supports aid to Freedom Fight~s ;.;J Nic~ragl;i,a and A~gola. ·., · -

· .Actively supported the :libe,:atioQ ~f.Grena~a .

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· ·: · .•-,Opposed 'presideqt ~eag-qn \ miiitary acttQn ·. · ... -· against Libyan terror.isn1 .011 the grounds that

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• .. Supported the military a._ction against Libya us/ .. . -· an.?~ppropriilte respori~c to sta_te-sponst?red · _

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:· :~-·:'>" ·-. > •:Opposes the_ foilo'w.ing cofi~ent~0nal -w_e;p.ons -~ r. :~ . -syst~-rn? : · new nuclear aircraft carriers:to- · -~

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. - · ._- ,. ~"':- ~ Favors· the following convcnti·on~l \\.·cap~ns · system·: new 'nuclear aircraft carriers to

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-replace W<:>fld War JI era carriers ano qntl-·satellite weaP-on~. , · ._ · · · ,-;_ .

.•· Supp6rteci. a m1clealfrcez~ which would have

. --pre vente~ the 19_82 deployri1ent oJ the . ' -Pershing li inissil~s - that made .the lNF Treaty.

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. . ·Call~ · ?DI a .· 'fa!llltal)f" and oppo~es any · · deployt:nenf. , · ·.- · · ·

• Threatened to 1wiifitlraw ·U.S. tro9ps. fr~m South Kor;ea. · ' . ·. . . ~- . ~

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• suppons research-, &~velop~·lenr, 'and _ ' :J . . -- ' . '

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'-. Pavo~s keep~ng U .S._iroops in SoL~lh Korea<: , /'

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