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" · . . On Thi1rsday··o~tobe~~ 2~; t~e Palestine :spHdarity _: . C9mmittee, w~th ~he ,h~lp_: of a· few other progr~ssive .. ·. · campus-orga11iza.tiops bn;mgpt a ,speaker"to· mir.cafupus: His nam~is B;enjamin Beit-Hallahmi, and be js the authm~ ·o f - Th-e .;1sraeli ·connection: · Who· 1sraez' Arms ·and · . ; Why. . . ' '

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·M r. , BeihHaUah·pi.i. ·was supposed· ·to ~pe·ak abmat . Israel'~ invoiv~ment in the third yv>orid. H;owever, fot ~orty five mrnutes.the only words that lefi his mouth were those · .o{hate and undom:irnented·accuSa:tions . . · · · The spe~er began,by ~ceasing theC_oritras of -b~ing a , . m~rtehary army run .by. the C.I:A.. However, the Contra . army. cons·~sts pf 20,000 yong· men fighting .c~O Ji@erate· rhe'ir country:. Mr. Beit·Hallahmi'also·.chiime<fthaHsrael · · arms every ·C:ountry that is a "trouble 'spo.t" in. file third . worlc4 :-The speec.lit tnen .ttrrned to Israeli involvemen'l' iri' . . South Africa;hardly a.thiid wm19. nation., ' . . ·, . "· . I :":Mt. Beit-Halhihrn'i explmiie€1 how Israel sold aims to: Sou-th Afi-ica and then corrected himseltby sayiog that fsrael §outh AfriGa are actually "busi~es,s partriers." Re . insisted that. South Africat:1 soldiers couldoo-found: carrying .. . israel~ Uzi ~sab-macl).ine· guns. But when it was pointed but ·'· ·'""' to hill\ th~:t Uzis ~e mari:tlfflctt~ed iQ s~vetal· oth~er Co~ntri~s · · l mder- separ~.te patents, and that South {\fn-ct! bU¥S it$ 't,Jzis from ':'He•Igf'tlm, · Mr: 'Beit HaHahm-1 sc·e rhed . ~( bi-t tlumnloURdoo. · . · · ·· ·· · -~ · · :· · ·. ~ · · .Tiie speaker .a-iscf aireged that Israel· and Soutfi·'Africa are "presently cooperating on the developmcmt of nuclear weapons.·:. Wh.erij qu~~tioned. ab~ut .his sour:ces he said . ~ ."th~re _was a, resear,ch facility in Israel ami that South Afric;:a . sells uranium to Israel." . The speaker was.l.llso .fl&ked .io give ·figures· orr just how ,:·JiiHich uranium Istael.euys. · ·Unfortunate1y •. tl.le onix .numbers he said that ·he knew about were (;)f l9.65: - _·. ". . . _-· "" " ,___ ~·, , " :: Mr. Beit Hallanmi also sriticized XsraeU· studerrts for theii: lac~..,of anti-Apartheid activism. He said that "there are · . . no: anti Apartheid demonstnitions on Israeli c.amp.u.ses." J-Iowever, . when tWo stu.dents;. on~ .wf:lO, went to alil. ~nti Apartheid meeting at Haifa· Un-iversity and afiother who · .too~· part in im~ anti Apartheid demonstration in_Jerusaiem, toid the forum of ·their activity, Mr. Beit,Hallahmi,:again drew a blame · · · · · .. ·· ·· ~- -rt is a real sham·e that tfie PSC and the- other - sponsoring ._group~. ttie ~sp. Sociology Club; L~oking. · ~~~~~ ~ Lefi~ 1 the Committe~ oil, S.outhern AfriCa, and ,~:he Lfitia ' ·' American Solidarity Committee, wa~~e the students'/mQiiey · . : by bringing' speakers such a's Benjamin B·eit 'Hallahm(.to · . < speak'.on' qur campus. For twq hours we_sat li~tenlng_ to · · · .· .- · : "' t>,O.,r{lig ~U _. The Yeai5 .0u_r·A.-ab · this. man., preach haie. " It _was appalling to he~ Mr·: BeiL ' Ifallahmi claim that Israelis :·nQ longer· rememb~r the - , -~- - H~a Th.e .West B~,~k?'-' Holocaust." .This .is _clearly prepdstCroJIS ·(;<parge when one coilsider:s·ihe obsession with .whiCh Israeli sc{tt:iv i·s - -- . fqllowing the Demjanjuk tria:!. . · <, . · _' . .. ' I was abli to look through his thinly veiled at_ia¢k on ;/ . Israe[, and so ~htiultl other students. Mi. Beit Ha:Uahmi -. '. _·__,- a~ieri-tptetUo do SQI'R6thi~g:th~ PSC wouldlove, s.cm)ething ,' -.~ ~· 1'~·""1 that I desperately wish would never happen-to intensify the ,·, - " · · • ·:;.~ rift betwee'll the Jewish· ahd B-lack pop_ulation~ on 'thi~- .-· · ' · · · · ··. · · ·' -· · ~ · '> .

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Editors: . Your ankles are well res~ched .a nd The Mandela article puts you on the · · one is fnnocerLt until proven guilty? I . ' The ~ther· day, I walk&!' into Hinman . · your commentary ilii·t~nse a:nd articl!iate: side of racism. . .The~ improvem ents , ~as at the A~seml)ly meeting tli(! day ii · din.ing hall ami picked· up a copy -of R~sonable and l;ialance<f presentations . you'ye · writter.1 about· ar,e mostly · approved . Mr. Neve.tt's . r~solution . ---your B~nghamton · Reviel'!.: · What a on· . topical _issijes are a \ efreshing · . cosmetic. . if communi sm succeeds, in . · · conderriming Coors.'- I pressed. Jon to relief-..:! thought it might be another . contrast .to other-' campu~_-pil"'blications. _ -South A frica, it will be because th~ tell the Assembly just who his sources '· stupid Pipe Dream issue! . · '.fh:e Binghamton Review "is an asset to.. / Democratic west has not done ·enough : ' . .' .were.' He never gave :me or the Your ,·coverag e of the Bork SuNY-Binghamto~ and;· in fact, to the · t?.. Prod the white minority. Mr. Slior Assembly an answer. . . _ · controversy cla,rified some of the;dou~tS entire Broome Cou:n~y community.:.. - . 'informs ,US that he is Jewish and thus The truth is thi{t my sour ces ~ere I had aba:ut_.this (although I ~ould :· _I know th~ effort which is required-to anti: commun isti Well, why . -~ot. well documen ted t1nd substanti ated. · like t0 see more done on him); I might . publish a paper like the Bingham ton '_ anti.. facist? ·If> anything, the conditions Mike Wallace, of6Q Minutes, is hardly · meinion- this is one · LASU- member Review, "particular ly the n:laiderii~ ue. ' in South Afdca are·more comparable to · · q. biased, con'servative souice . . Indeed, . who is not a I~ftist l hope to see more' I wouJd like , to offer my most sincere · those in Nazi.Germ any thai\ the Soviet his credibili ty and fairness as ·a ' -- coverage · of Latin A-merican .affairs in ·. congratulations to ,all involvedJ or a job ....[Jnion. · The le.f'tist papers .on ·campus jo·urnafi st are . beyond reproach . the future anQ hope to see your paper v€ry well don'e. . " . ,, . · .w ri-te too - sympath etic ally about Similarly, we ·_ hav,e three [Jinghamtori flourish. · Thanks. Best wishes and cou'tinued success. Commun ism. You · m.ake the opposite professor s associqted. with the Heritage · . P.S .': IfJTiy l~tter is published~ ' please /A, ; sincerely, ~ . - . but equally bad mi,stake of being too [<'oundaii o. n. These three cf.isti~JgU_i§hed , wlthh.ald my · name ~ since . I have · Paul C. - Vansava ge; ~Chairman ' sympat6e tic to Facist and reactionary scholars, Professor s Greene,Polacheck, : . .unfortunately had severall:\eated debates . Broome County Republican Committe e r viewpoints: · · · · . and McGouldrick.:-who cq.re agrea,tdeal ~. . on such issues and would like not to be ~ r hope you will tone , down your. for their siudetrts-- would not choose :to •' . bot:bered"'~gain. - -~ . . . · . Editors: . . . publication; }f you don't, fl!en ·you associate themselves with-Heritage if it P.P.S.: Are you published monthly, Research Library at . Appl'icd be dismissed~ by mest of your readers. ·were the draGoniil/1. monster trying to Y. weekiy?' · ' Economic s Res~arch ·centre intends- to J:he_writing must be improved as wel'L des.troy,siuderli finaricia_l aid that _Mr. subscribe to yo,ur 'Jo.u rnal "Review." ·It · , , Your staff is small, and many of them_ Nevett makes it out to be. . _ I Mr Guardia no responds : . \ . --. is. ._therefore . requested . that YO\J may .could use some wfiting courses, . so I · So what did Jon. Neveu, Mr. L@we, · On behalf of all. a:f'the Revi.ew, I ' , -kindly send us ~lates~·eopy of the same . think there wilfbe problems there. I and the Stud.ent -Assembly prove by., · would like to __.thank you for your. '·. for . evaluatio n ·by. -' ou( library . wil1: be· following yoiifprbg ress ·(oris '· their condelnnatio~ o~Coors and ban of ·-" support cand (mco.:uragemen·t~ . After Committe e, so{that a decision could be .. · tJlat a word y0u object to?) ·. \ ---Coors qt the Campus· Pub!! Well, if be{ng called 'facists/ ' . ~warmOngers," made"' for regular subscript ion of the , . Jeff Rinde one cr:ies "studen.i rights," (Neyer.:mind "skkOs," "racists," "homop~obes!' and.· above journaL - 1 ;. · ... . P.S . Oliver North Is - really an what "s(udent rights" means:- that's ·other· hatefuC names-. it is, indeed; Thanking yem, · arrogant bastard. -. , . l . . not important ) cazt.s a company "racist' · refreshing to know there.'are those. wh~ · yours siriceleiy . . ,\ · . apprecia.te o~r efforts. We wish you the and "discriminatory" (Nevef' mind the For · APPLIE D 'ECONO MICS , Mr. Guardian o responds : - . bf!st and hope. you will not be .sub]e.c t .. · ~ RESEAR CH CENTR~ , i]aet 'thai the NAACP .recogniz~s' that · · :Thcmk you, Mr. Rinde, forshari~g '.to ·a;;ymo:e har-assment by fel'low · . coinpiny ~as a leading Affirmati ve , (Airitul Wadood) ~our thou!(hts on our Reviyw with us. -utsu members. (Note thar if ~ou .w ish ·_,,. · Actiofi. Empioy'er in Colpzrado i. we can ·Librarian · . to wr:ite .under a pen name, the Review's ·, always go Qat;k (o 1950 or I~60- when ~ . .pages-are always.available;) · the company was _run by different . people . to dig up dirt-. about that Editors: -' · ( ·. . .. company ) · qnd insists that · a _: I just.wanted to congratUlate you on c;onserva tive . research foundati.o n . yo·ur work , on the Binghan-uon R~vzew. supported by that company is going to Your artiCle. on - Bork ,was ·v:ery , enact its proposals into law and end all . . " in,form-ative~-facts I was waiting- for _ finanCial aid (Never mind the fact that ) someone to present! lfs not falling on you don't ·k now . anything about_ the . d~ews. · · · -specifics of their proposals,· and never Tim Dohonou~ mind .the fact that dnli§·'the "Cong-ress ' can decide whether or nOt to e,na'ct their Editors: proposa ls _ intQ ·law ..· I/ it's have just read, in its entirety; the · ,-;conserva tive" the.n it'$ automati clly , premier _~ditiqn of the·· Bingham ton bad. And any attempts at reform are · Review. I had expeded . a dec;~n.t · always just a conceale d attempt . to publication~-- ha\ring ,n)et some .of yo~ . · destroy.or ·eliminate flnancial aid), th{!n · dedicated staff, but the premier issu~ far . .· liberal and moderate- siude-nts will / .surpasse d . my -: most op.tim{st ic follo~ yoi:L Even b'!:_sfn~ss executive s 'expectatiohs. .· · will answq your every-wh im and cry, .There . is no need to . be acc.urcite or ,, ·Editors: ' \ We appreciat(! your letter, since we like . '~vrie~t in your allegations. ·what is . I( yo~r .intention is to enrich . the to know what p£:(/pl·f! .think of . our importqnt is that- you me~ely make such political' 'dialogu¢ 00' campus then i publicati on. Howeyer, L must take allegaii-o.n s. · · i · ·· 1 .. • · · e.xc~ption to some o+your ·crit.id~m: . · welco~e· your arrival. Your premiere · 'J - Thus,· we students have lost alr issue -was - extr~m~ly 'disappointing, ~ - ·N evett and the C'oots EXECUTIVE BOARD . objectivity; we have been dupe4 into Edi~or-m-Chi~f · John: R! Gu~diano; ·Jr. · · . thOilgh. I've been reading campus B 0 y'c0 t t . . . . - . ',suppor(ing srJicer campaign 'conduoted . ·. ! . Managing Edi~or San .~usanovs*y --. : publicatio ns- on· a semt-'regu lar Q'asis ._ _ .. believe ~ur ~rftici;rri o!..Jon by the mo# liberal and radical~elements:. · Publishing -E ditor Billy Shor . ·since 1980 and· yours is" one of foe ·, . Neveu w~s ]usti/ied,Jullyw~rrant~d and of society against. a corporati on an~ · Intematignal E~itor Alex .L:3pn:nan 7 . . . ~ ' ·' ·- silliest I've seen. . . . . appropriat~ly done. ·. .pe-spite Mr..' .. .res~archjoun,datwn• for the sole reaso!l . ·It simply does not lqok·good . at ail io - !Vev~u'-s attempts ·:~o· disc~edit our paper that they are suceess'ful and· effective · . .- . " _have two. ~pro~Coors, ¥tjcles an~ an ; ·.as_ not"~aving i_ts facts straight," the··· c; PI _Edi~n. .conservative organization_s. _So muc.h KathrYn M . Doherty· ~advertisement( from the~_ -in the same . ·truth is 'that he did eve·r ything he /or · fai-rness, . justi·ce and equity. Treasurer Mora M~Cartl:ty _"·' ·~ issue~ -~ ..- I' don't tflink people will ta1ce. J , ·possibly co.ul(J-te ban the s(l/j! of Coors Tyranhy, . intoleran ce ·and ignorantSe.cretary , _ Julie Hac~ · ·. .. you -s_eribusly. Jon N~:veti could by · -. at . fhe-- Campus Pub. And he was Photographers . .~teteotypes nav~ won -while-ac ademic Michael Nishi ·-·criticized far more skillfully.' ' 1 . -Jennifer Yant9sh, ) suace~[u D ' [Jefor'e th-~ . Student freedom, toleranc_e ahdppen-mindedness Cartoonists · ·, Stuart Symons ·. The attack on ~alph:·Nader was an . Assembly-ever address~d th.e issue,.Paul have lost. How sad. · Joseph Wilensky .. amateur job~ pure..:.arid s.imple ~ .-.. if Lowe, Marriott .. 's ·w hat Really _Happe ned re~ident district C~ntributors · Sue Blake something.is itris bad, d0 n't publish it. . . manager:at Binghd~ton,.had aqui~~ced · David .Fislikill ..~To NYPI~G at Albany Ezra .Shapito ·. to Mr.. Neveu's dema~d to ban the sale Ttfe Bor~ j.rticle__ was one of your As for our crfitcism of NYPIRG and . Brian, Sullivan of Coors ai th.e ·c~mpu~ Pub.' · . better ones, but you could have dropped · ", . . Ralph Nader, I suggest-you develop a . Paul Scole~e ·'.the first couple of paragraphs. -I think · Sitrzilarly~_the Student .A{sembly , a ·. sense of humor. ' Many found t-ha( ' · . you're preac.hing · body . dominate d by the: conver_ted.' to~ individua ls article amusing~ I'm sorry yo~ did not. . much, t~Jougb. ' All · .t~e ·a nti-Pipe a ~sociaied with SA.SU, · U$:SA~- _ · As a final note, I should mention · . . Binghamt qn . Review .is a non-'profi t . ' Drecuri stuff matces thein app~~ i't)ore NYfiRG, Pipe Dream and other rather ;·h at Ms. Cooley .and NYPiid know student journal )of news • .commeritary, and . _respectab le: . : ~ . i Jibiral Orga~izatiO?§!. dls!( agreed~ l(J ; ,-. . · analysis well that we have. .our "facts sfi:aight" · · publishe dm:onthly . · · .The·GPU is an easy ~target Thvy've . support Mr. N'evett s condemf1.ation of -iS-ubscript ions_ . ar¢· .$30 ·a ye·a r. All aboutwhat hapjJe_ned to 'NYI!IRG at Coors. · ·dope a lot ,of rfdiculo':ls things. ·Your · · s~bscribers will . have the Review -sent Albany. The reso{ution at Albany_said directly to their . homes. ·Students at . lf.hat is most 'distressing abou{ all article was riditulo.us, though. You are specifically that NfPIRG had to get 60 Binghamt on · rec~ive the Review· free ·of _ no more. "accur~te, infoimati ve, and ; t his, however:. is' not' that students no percent of tlfe vote -if it was to co~tinue charge. · ·' . ' . · - . . . · ·ron.ger- have the cha~ce to pur,chase enjoyable·~ ihari any·-of the , if.,.oo~ng . ,Letters to tl1e editqr are encouraged and io re(:eive mandator y funding from . Left publications. I''ve been pleasantly . · :Coors 'at the Campus Pub, but rather All ~ubmissions to the .Revie'f become every single Alba~y student. They' did~ thdt both Mr. Lowe and the Student· ' surprised with. many of therri' in the .past' . the prop.erty of the Review. · -The Review not. Thus, .a reds'(/nable interpretation · reserves the right to edit and, print any As~embly caved' int~ Mr. Nevett's .: year. Articles fike these will-allow the of the vote would be that students at . subml.ss~ns : All opix:lions expressed ai~ demands , which were " . based . on left to criticize you \lnmereifully. -Mr. A'lbany. vo;~ed to kick-NYPIRG, along those of the author and do ~ not necessarily uns~bsta~tiated ~nd undocum ented · ·Rusai1ovsky has .a lot to learn about reflect, the opinions ol the Review. with its tyrqnnical habit of extorting allegations. Whatever happe~ed to the toleraiJce .<i'nd .res.pect' ·for other :Sf!cred American judicia/p rinciple that viewnoints. · continue d on pjige 12 .

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presid~nt lacking_ in character, integrity, number of truly bright and ·energetic with the requisite technical capability and and judgement can inflict ort 'our political speaker~ to Binghamton for a frac't~on ~of skill teaching our soldiers. Ho~ever, such individuals can often earn far . more· ' syste~. Richara Nixo~'s Watergate fiasco that cost. Congressman Jac1c Kemp from G~ Hart l€(_!i _}he Binghamton- teachin'g corporate employees thap they can be direct!y attributed to the fact that Bumilo, Professor walter Williams from , Nixori was .a man with neither character the Uni~ersity of. MMyland,." and Jeane ~_. campus with a big, fat $10-,000 chec~. . · can working for Uncle Sam. Thus, Hart's nqr integrity. I:le thought he could cheat ·Kirkpatrick. from Georgetown Uni.versity Yes, $-10;000! , You can~ be sure old-Gar)r :· . call f~r . a better -educated · military is -~ this", Hart insists ··· the American peopl~ ·arrd then lie to them . · come ~o .mind. - And why did Jon Nevett, is happy about tha:t.-'-- With a staggering-'. CQStly one. Qespit¢ ,' \..... r about it. lris ·proposals to be "nrefoim-minded"-acts campaign. debt of mi_llions o'f dollars he without ever <.>oqsulting the Student S'o did ,Gary Hart. Se11ator Hart ·sure could use the ~oney. So Hart has.,, that willc1,1Lexpenses and help balance the Assembly, get away with binding the thoug~t ~e could cheat O:ri his wife · and : '. ' . . ·budget. ~ ·, .\ . . . . decided' to stop partyingit tip aboard his Student Association to pay Senator Hart-. then lie about iL -Moreover, his playboy Hait proposed that the minimum . expensive luxury yachts and_has instead ten thousand ' dollars to speak "conquests" ·were incompatible with the wage be raised to $5.ari hour. __ That ·would hit-the lecture circuit. ,No more mo_nkey Binghamton? · I wonder if Mr. Nev·ett who~esome, ~trad~ton'al, American fami-!y . . would hav~act~d so . quickly to brihg . · certainly be nice if it ·- weren't so ' ~business for him( . ( . -.- impractical. ·. , While we have · great · man image Hart was advertising in the -- And what did Hart have to . . Congressman Jack Kemp to B!nghamton .. media. Hart displayed the same armgance .· Wh~t-- brilliant words, of .wisdom ·did the ·-c~mfid~nc_e in the American sapitaiist Some outraged -individuals had former Senator of Colorado have t<) share ·· economy, we ate not so arrogant as to · about his deceit ·t hat _Nixon displayed 'called for a laws~it to be brought against with· us? Well, after hearing Hart speak ,it , believe it ca~n defy fundamental economic .abouf his co~erup of Watergate. ··B oth the entii:e SA · executive board, charging believed they were better. than and above . the boara with illegally using student :.. principles, mainlylhe laws of supply and became'clear that brilliands nOt the word The Amerjcan people . funds. Well, we don't know if we'd go that the _truth. oneusesindescri,binghim·. Tobesuie, -it · demand. (Surely,SenatorHarthasheard . was vintage . H~t: ?e spewed ·out the . of .these ·laws. They're so basic that ·. understandably do . . riot want to have as . far. But there is no doubt thin Mr. Nevett S rnghamton econ9mics professors teach·.. their president a · man who engages in usual ridiculous .things that nati:rrally made the executive-board acted . and the rest them in their introductory economics · deceptive tric~ery -nor a man who lies ·inespm~sibly in committing the Student him ,the leading· Democratic~ Pr.e~idential ._about his aetio_ris. capd.idate. (that. was before old, pleyboy· cl~sses!) _· As 'stud-ies .done by Walter Assembly to _financing -a · H~ut's lecture. · There. is ,the question of Hart's. :N"ow tell us: when can we expec-t Williams, the distin'g uished economist Gary decided to go sow his wild oats.)"' ;1 jti9gement or lack -thereof. How ca·n-a _ C-ongressman Kemp, .·or -the esteemed Hart'would first liave thy United _ from the Uqivefsity of Maryland have · States . abandon ~my and : a'll 'hopes for -. demonstrated, the unemployment rate . man running for President of the United · George Will, or the brilli::~nt William F~ would ~ost definitely increase were the · S-tates be so foolish ,as to cond~ct hiS- . strategic defense. President Hart would uckley, J r? social life 'in · so indiscreet .a -manner? minimum wage to be raised to $5 dollars l.e ave All?-erica complet~ly vulnerab~e - to surely, Had knew ~he press was n_yclear -attack. This proposal is all the --~ ~hour. And it W0Uld be the pOOfCSt .of . hen one· considers that to - workers·who find themselves uriemployed. ~ SGrutinizing _his every a_ction. It was he . more ridiculous .;w r'is 0 n of:· .. the . Week . afterall, who challengyd 1 the pr~ss to Hart; tne keys to :mainta-ining a credible - -- Labor cos~s alone account for_nearly 75% Alex Lanzinan -by . Hart That him. -investigate thoroughly . labor"" their Wit~ expenses. of all business nuclear deterrent are a "better educated military" and. "strengthened -conventional < costs already far greater than those of their · . exercised extremely poor judgement during the ~eat · arid rigor of a campaign put~ foreig.n competitors, American business . . . . force's." , grave _doubt' on his-- ability to exercise prese·mly .has a difficult time competing in 1t i-s ,.impo,rtant to reali~e- thai -les~ The Prison. of the Week award has to ~!!O · · · · . sound judgement as president during an · A $5 an hout than _12 perce_· nt of the. military. budget , _ world markets. - out to that most lioly theocracy on the · · · · · internati.6nal crisis. , minimum wage .- would only exacerbate 'goe~ fow.ards th_e deve_lopme.n t and ·face of this planet -- Irap-. No, l'i-n not . going · to talk. about _the , efficient , Thus, Gary Hart did not forf~it production of ~nuclear weapons. So aqy , this problem ·' and export · yet additional ' . . his campaign 'fdr the presidency because · m:etfiods that the Revolutiollary gu~cl .ty-p e of '"savings" resulting from the ,; Anier·i canjobs overseas. us~s to stifle political opposition at · Hart insists that press' scrutiny · -the "press drove him out." ._Thy media velimin~tion .. of the . development and Nor \viH I discuss tlic ten·orist 'home. -one spenf Hart qary, th;1t repor~ed merely unnecess.iu-y life-Is private candidate's a of · · .. be production of ·nuclear' weapons would tactics _ employed by · the Kho~cini weekend aboard a luxilry yacht called the beca.us.e i candidaie:s private life has Similarly, very small, ' Jnd~ed~ conduct\.n\1 · governm~nt · when notj:li,ng·to do with his fitness for public~ ._ m.pnkey business with a friend and two conv.,e ntionaL forces are vastly more diplomacy. , No, I want to draw your expensive than nuclear weapons for the . o(fice. It is' true that a candidate's .young female-companions~" The American attention to the trial of Mehdi Hashemi, .. simple_ reason tha_ tone nuclear mis.sile can . extra-marital a_ffairs do·not effect-how thilt . people watched hpw · Hart handled this an aide to Ayatollah Monla4eri, · who · . :'mini-crisis" an_d judged him_accordingly. candida_te will address mosrmaJ·or issues, destro.y ·a whole division of conventional was thought to ·be the designated, , . What ·they. saw _was,a: man so lacking in _ ;-successor to the spiri~ of Allah i.e., rhe bud_get~ taxes, Central America, forces. · And at a·time of severe budgetary (Ruhallah) himself _._ Khomeini. It eharacter; integrity, and judgement as to be strategic defeHse, etcet~ra. It is also true r~straints and $200 billion defedts, the seems tha't the- condemned man was · Hart Senator If Pr~sidency. the for unfit a capabili~y and that the qual.ificat:i.0ns last thing our ~conomy needs is · to be convicted in a three day -triaLin August. . failed his for anyone · blaine ~o wants ; every and each change not do candidate . federal additional burdened~__; with· But 'whoever · said · that the Iranian expenditures above and beyond t:J:lat which . time ·'a candidate "sows his wild oats." . -candidacy he:Sh"9uld-li~ the American However, how a candidate chooses to de3I . ·· peopl~'for refusing · to ·sHpPor-t--bim. ,J . judicial ~ystem is ·cruel and arbitrary? is needed tomaintllin the peace. · would suggest however, that Mr. H~lay-:- -.__:fertainl~ th~re wa~ -a crime of which 'As for-a-:better educated military,- with press reports of his extra·-maritial .I1a~he!J.1-I~UI-1t-y~of; - :t·h~mQSt-_ ltiS presently better educated than at any . affairs- re~~als .a great. ·d:e al about . the . . t~e b!ame where it truly ~el~ngs. --W~h . __ ·se!10 ~s cnme _at on~ c~n be charged . .· - · · ·, __. pfe.vious time in our nation's history. · character · mtegnty and JUdgement of that .· htmself. . wtth m Iran .-::- ~·corruption on Earth". , · , · . ·. ' ~ ' . , . d N. · Pen. alty de.ath b r· . Finally, why did the Student And these are very Important Note that~aiaries.and- p: ens.io_ns account for ..candidate. . y mng squa . ow ·-·· · . . . who can ~ possibiy argue with that? . trrut~ to examme '"':hen choosmg the .next · Association waste: ten thousand dollars of. nearly two thirds .Qf our military bud gel. ~fter all, considering what a heinous · the · students' . dofl~rs .on a has been Prestdent of the Umted States. .But to have a -better-educated military it is ~rim,e Hashemi was guilty of, I thihk he_ · . The American People have seen politician. who .ma}ces foolish and absurd necessary~ that we ·have .beder,instmctors · · got offeasy! . _alt too well the immens~ damage a - proposaJs? We equid have brought a

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Protestant Yankee, let alone a black, .had . (. ' .. . .. qmck_ly by·overuse and neglect noof a job, . e_nough.· _ (economists (?all this the problem of ~the . ,Bqt _.that. was a. violation :'ofr the t _CO!llffiOQS.) Therefore, if nobody' owns Ame~iCal} . system; and n0w-.~Sen''}tOr property·_bythemselves, it must-be owned . Dani¢1 Moynihan noted -in his -pook _ by ·the State· or ~by corporate ·bodies c.o-authored· with ·Na~an Glazer,' Beyond . possessed of State'"like attributes. The "the Me:ting -Pot-~.the -kisg in New York : State or such bodies means bureaucracy, - suffered,' rather than benefitted,'f.ro~ such .1 so that effective rights of use-are governed _ ethnic job_control during-the ,- Tam,niany _. . by bureaucrats~ Since bureaU9fats are . Hall .days._ Freedom is apparently harsh, - p~OJ1le, peopl~ o_wn property aftet but Qi_sciplines the spirit~whjle· :pr~tected _ Only, such ownership is hobbled by · encl&-ves. genenne -m.egiocnicy -and ~ba_d : ' collective·decis\o~-making, ~hiCh means' .habits. A care~4,1pha:sepubof affi.fmative . . governm:cnt _by committee · ___'until ·tpe acti9n, c'ombiv~d \vitl;l· frienq~y .persuasion intr:od~cedradical; d1scontinuous' chaages strong, ~an. emerges, .likc' Joseph s~li~-. "· ~md: p_e rhaps: _,, net ·· so ~ .fri:en~Uy · · ~the Ariie:ncan tradition ofconstituti6nal . -whq--tu~d more effective rule over: more . p,dvately-applied· Ii)usc}c, ~.ould b~n~fit" law~ therr heritage should be reversed: ·But p~lac:es for his own, exClusive use than ·biac:ks - ;ffi.~.s.t . of :~it, ;Sj~~; · th¢ir Czar._N$?·c~olas·did.' But enouglfor" s·uch . achie.v.ements . cou-ld . n:o· longer, _-b'y / . suclr ~reversal' is radicai b{nature l:ktause ' it changes 'the immediate·past, howev~r absurdities ... The .APt erican system . of 'stigm~tized ·~y.-~o~ernmcnt. rc. oerc-iop,,not ·- ,> prudently apd direfully-- it 'js introdUaecL _ .. . _. _strong property ,_rights has done_bett~r by ·o. ~y ~~rr own m~IY.IdU.~ myt~rs. _. .· , '.r But~ then, we ' w~re · r~dic~l- ~hen·- w.e prop~.r~y> _ . B9th Pp rsonal . . . . economic equality .than the.:soviet and "·.'. - The, aff~ma(J.ye ,ac._uon paraq1gm .j nvaqed NoFmandy ·iJi i9TJ4 fo': civ~rihi'o:W> property vghts . at:e essential, - s.ince - ()~er authoritarian or ~taliLa,Iian systems < _- defin~s~what. Amencan _eonsetV;a~s~f!s a~l: . . . -~~ -~a~i .reg!~e, _. wh'.iffi w~~, ·n~~l1'-As -· P.~r$?na~ ~I:lg~_ts alone are ineaniQgl~ss _, ..have done"by liberty; anq the.latter-have .. -ab.out:·. Il)ax~.m,um -fr~edom ·u~4y:r):aw: by.: . ', ~Od;lOUS~1IlJ1ts .potenthll. :• ' ', :"" - ~ " _)ylt~~~t/t~ep_r~I?:¢ ~p ba_:k ~h~m. lflule . ,'ni"ot aorr~ very :much. for eqmuity:e~i~er. . . means Qf d~fens~· on~~ Ameri_c~ P!occss.,-· ' .. . . , ·Qbviotrsly;,.:'Wt:f ha~·e ~a-\>ro~Iehi ~hen~: ·T . · P,rop~,rty !Jgh-~s ~lo~e _ar,e ~qoky_ unles.~ .the '· ~ut, the Amencan system Jnvol¥es .of .gpv~wment: · It, IS ·-a · r~y?lu~~_onafy . -· ·-propose~~ ~o:lve-. 1t- by:Jhis aefinition: · .in-~- -~P~PP~~~ ow~~r can ~~e ,property to 111e~t limits, ·since · one m~ti"s · freedom · syst~nr. s~y.ee-.- freedo~ causes ineessa~i the-Affiencarr~eonteX"t,-wliich: w-<?--stlo~ld : ~SI!!~It,uar:a~ ~welJ·as his_-materiru fiee<Js _· necessarily involves his rcsp~ct-. for '-the - -~hang¥ i_n m_~t~o~s of.,-pr_9~u~t\op·, .i.R · \- . ,not n~e'~sarily recorr,t'me~d ~a pat~m- -_-, or ~ve_n save ,hiS life., The German~ Fr}tz .. _:freedorii of·_o.tbers. Anq disregard of such .. produGts, and m !Y~YS of,-pcqpl~ worjpng ,- -_ other ccullures with differen(-liabitS: and · _·_, Thyss~n, was ~nenormously wealt~yn.laJ1: . limits· has sedously eroded our freedoms . -!ogeili,er. It, not Leo~ Tro~sky's_ ~u~sja!. - ' 1 {basic lietfefs, coii~etvafi~ifi :.i}i~;nJ,'J:ti~-,-· ~rem a - G~rman. stee~·Il}akiry:g dyp~sty_; ~uring the past fifty to si~ty years.' Fot - ~: s : - ~he. true '~ syste~ ~ Qr. permancn~~ . . preser'Vatioii of a ilrhe-hdri(1rect afid tilh,e , ~yone dembting the wealth ofthe dynasty _ .:example.-, ._there · is ,_ the· freedom of ,revolution._So we have th~ f1~_al Par~dox: -tes~ striictur~ ior_ ~xp~(ling:~edt *'~o s?o~l~ .see -~¢ hirge- ~hyssen ·pri'v~te· ar~· _ asspcia;tion~ . ~~ich . includes. > vcry .. con§erva~ism ;is a _rpeans.for achieving· mass prospeFt~Y· T~~,rstflie~fife,:s_et up-by . , -:~gallery in Lugane, Swi~erland on die six · . specificaUy, . Jhe · :right-·- to . hire the · revolution; in the American cont~xt But · · ' , · ·· · · ( ' . ·. · . d - f •"' . ·k h · the A · · . ·, · 1 h. , . the rev_olution is- ~ne ~is_-1_: ng s~dat.d_-s of · . ~ ~ -· __ ~~q~a~ c~n.sp::tupo~ " ~~~~~ . ' .ays u1~ wee w eQ_It i~ open :to the -1 e~p oyee~ w oryt ~~e ';ants and the right _ btcentennt~ we 1.are ~ow cele~ratmg} IS) __p~bhc. . -~ut when ,Fntz, Thyssen to tak~ a J~b with the employer;_of one's J living, which·reco~eiles the·parad6x; sin~e ~ · . of · J>OWer _is disp!Oased one fine day, thO · choice. . ll ut this has btlen eroded ·by ( freedom is enhanced by gioater-meanS io .. hnu ted, by Its · sepal'~ tio~ · .am:on g. Fuehrer . ~·m pi y ·-tossed Fritz · in to . a, · affirmative acti()R programs tlia! set up ~xercise it. . So .·;ri:.·th• efld, .negatlve comp~tin..g branch~s-~-~ sucia.I. ;order -~oncentrawm ca~p_ with the same ~seas .. racial aild se~ijal quotas;-for hiring. One 'freeqoms (otheJ;S can npt dQ ·t!hls or that to ~harac~n~ by voluri'lary associlltjonS, ; if he !tad ,beep ·a Jew Qr a peasant; . . can ,<ippr«;iate tlie .complaints of blacks · Y\>U) also·- .prOmote posi ti"" freedoms : wJtlioilr 'jlo\ycirs . of : , The opposill' thooretical ocase ,of human and otlters.:· that m the past, ,white. <>thn\c . (powers o(qol1"!land 0\%' T'! s\!Y mcludmg · coercion·over theii ~embers' an{r others, ' ,- ,fights .without PrGJ?erty rights ·can also,~be ,group-s/have 'occasionally ··J:igged the the-, least, s_ucll a sy&J;_em is ;w~\I wo~th "" ' , ~d. art econo~y where economic J>ower _is dismissed as absurd. Who says ~ must - system of gov~rnmerit in Jheir favor, so defending. ' ' . . -hm,11~d · by tnarketpl~ce' competition.\in· a · :... ~ay J;l., .or in ¢~ '·more channing_.Italian wh-y .- s_hciuldn't blac~s or women do. the f~ame~ork ·o f law':i!'granting · -· m~~irnilm . 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Many . . a.t Binghamton had · -Well, it doesn't -matt~r to the DSA. . as , the fact that ~- a · blatantly · tq . r~ceiye mote ;money :from· the .been waiting to see' what we at the·-, A:r;lything '~progressive ·" (i ..e., anti-C_a t'holic ·Professor who: _$tudent Association than any other · Review could do but few believe'd we .. liberal, · socialist, : or_ Marxist) · is . ' implores /everyone to say "f~-,. ypu" campus gto1fp. . Fortunately; ' the' would succeed in an endeavor so ' good and just while . anything to the Pope is still allowed to teach at . . BSU do'esn't speak for 1p_a ny ·~- many ·others-. ". had fail-e d in_.. -''r.e actionary" or . "ri-ght-wing"- ,' Binghamton. <· ..:\ppanmtly, ·Father:. Blacks on . this campus who are not ;Binghamton is . a public - school, ·u.e. conservative) is bad and eviL Bob believes ~~t}xe :~}ght of college · nearly as rad.lc~l in their .outlook · . some·_.?f our ,critics tel~. \Is \They do : Never · mind facts to the . contrary; · ·.. students : fo,r mip.g· · _their 'ow.Il .on life as the BSU.: have a - talent .for_ stabng · the they're ~onvenien~ly · ignor~d. . . . . autononiou$ organizatiqhs' to be a · . The Fading Dre·am; A ~b.evwiou_Y.so.)r;kjfisa.'tea·:/etde',· aonpeupolfict-sh'ceh.omo.lo ostf· ~ .-n_ e.· b\ e. tJJ\m \.~ .\ o___o_k_'. i n g \ e.. f E . .I./ • • • · .. • ~. . . Victim ofDiscrimhiation l n ., ,,~' ·, ·'. Pipe Dream' will often "serve - . progressive states ' in the - COUntry: . '. ~ Ci) ' ·. .;0 · : ~. as 8:_U a.dditional SOunding -:board . . "~h~re a:re no r i'ch, ·WASPy peopl~ · . "· for . radical' ; dogma ·. that most ..here, ..-.. - they . condesQ_~n-dirigly . students could ·care less about. We assert, as if it· were an accepted. . will be fold 'th~t the uni~ersity must } truth- that conservativ:es ha:if 'only ·' fully .e nforce its -~'affl.rmativ.e . ~. from · ·th·e ·_ · Uppity, _.·wealthy, ·~-~ action" · (i ead reverse . ari.sto.c ratic ·. f~milies 'Of · New . discrimin~tiori) - _guideJin'e; ·in a· _ Engl.arid. · Ac;~or'd-'ing·: 'i o <th eir concerted' .effort . t'o . in~rease . stereotypical,_·,ffi.yfholo·g)'; "· Jew~, . minority · ;nrollme~t: .·H~wever, ·.we Blacks, · Hisp-a nics, CathOli cs, hiue· ·will als.o · be told that 'Orientalcollar ··· offspring,. · and · "oth(n: ', st~dents are ·!lot_ a "tr{te minorit~" .. designated ·~victims . of· Atrierican -· in t}le . way " that . Biacks '_ -an.d ~ · . so"ciety'-' .-·c-an:iJ.ot ·be · conservative. · · · Hisp·a nics 'are; · Why? . . . . , _r With smug '' $~lf~assuredness . th"e . ' ... Well~ ' you . see, -'a s - . a '. :_ purveyo:rs:!9f taw ;power i-n,·si~t it is ··· _, . !f'.'. c '" .~. o. .c j q 1 g.i;c-aJ ·._ ·, / .._;g r.. o u,- _p ,·, · . ob:Vi6us-ly·' .then: the .mo·s t fo.o'lish of'~· ~--1 · '··· , _,.~ • :.: ·;.q-~"·-'- ~--.--·Ori_en. tal-Ame' r:lc~tns :- , _like . folly •t(f i''· think . ~ that.·' a·'_ 'tru~ . The GPU- _ ---:_·g rav·e . so'C'i af irilustic~ _\vorthy· of- - Je\vish:AmEn•icaris ,J;l8,ve· s~cceeded c·onse rvativ:e ';( papep":·. cb'uld\·r~be . ~ The . millt,ant · ·GP.U cwill .. co~ndemruitio::ri; whill a 'p f ofessor._ af in tpe , a:cade~ic ~ arid.~_bu~i-nes~ ' establ-ished·, at ' Binghamton~ <a "demand"- that anyon_e daring to thlis . ;- unive f:sity · espousing · worlds_' to'a far greater-ciegre~ than . . ' school where. the progressive-s .have 'make a ·lltimorous remark about ~ predjudic_e·anuhatred _for :i:lhything :p;iost, oth~·r , ethnic. o.r racdafgro.ups.: ' reigned, ·-supreme forever al}d· ever, . th~:m in:_the vein of Eddie Mm:phy or. Catholic· a relatively miiu:ir ysoCial An ~[ . the· .. J eigning_._ . .liberal · · j;· · J h n Be·1us h i ·on s ·d · ·.inj;tistice.-to · · · · · . :my ··•true_ ·Amen · · · ·· .· ····. ·• ·--o ~tur ay Night ~e ·~~o-re~?<:-- · . '·,th_~,ol.o , _-.g• · y· · holds . · . t.hat · ·~ - oh, ·but-·. excuse " me. <. They Liv~ be censured and ·,tr.e ated as a -. > NYPIRG .v ·: · ' . r. . ~inoritfe~~· ~re : oppressed victims · wduld 'fleyer ' ·say -Amen? · a t erm ' vicious _ ·c ampus criminal. . 1 . w ith R,a lph · :Nada~ as ' their of 4ineri can. ~ s_ocie ty," · --~nable ~ associated with the religious chains suppose Liberace is one ofthe high _ . worldly gU:tu, NYPIRG _ . will succeed .in the ·way' that Jewish and -of 'bm;~:rge:oi·s i'e . shiv'e ry. . Yo\l' se·e, ·priests . of their movement; ·well,. • . attempt to pass itselfoff as a''public_ Orien~_a.l-Alpe·r~ans. - h.~v~,, because few- .: of: -Binghamtdn '·s , ~adicals we all know what hap'{>ened to him.. interest rese.a f ch group.'.' Of of :a .. "p:r~judf(ed and : .c·orrupt . believe in 'God. (They're too bright . LoolrlngLeft · _. cou-rrse, . to - )sfrYPIRGites : any_ soc~~t:y;.· ~h.~t. ~iH ,.not .af~9rd th~·m· and sophisticated for ··such ap.derit Looking· Left wili publish -a_ "progressive" cause is' in 'the _ ad~quitte ·Q:PP9,r tunities to do s-o. ·nonsense.) .Of' course,~_they . do have few, _ spor~dic, dull r paper,s .· h'I -."Prej~'dice" is the sole and .. g ods th~tthey· worship_;~ ATI:d·theire · d ' b · h · "public interest" w I e any · e~ch1~i~e :cause ,, of all minority pr.opaga,n 'izing a ·· out , ·t e "right ~ wing" cause~· (s~ch ·: as. · · . sure to ·m~tic·ulou'sly ft>llow·· every · ."American-"- state-s p o·nsored . dives'trnent. from companies doin'g 'proble~s. - If you have dificulty '(_d·ot · and1th )mm a '~ of ·:tad-it al do-gma .terrorism of the ·CIA:"· Not eon t ent . bU.siness --with~ ~he· Soviet "- Union) is understa:Q,ding this very narrow spewed to them by such deit-ies: -with their · protests that most detrimental to the,''public ·interest" · line of thought, -take. a few soeiology -Barring · some nfor&een students' igriore, they, ,tog~tlier with So like it ~r not, 'fOi' :NYPf~G will cl~~ses. Ther~ · this -dogma is . . (. _. revolution - in . their thinking ' O:t: .Amy Carter and Abby Hoffman, take your- money from you and use worshipped and glorified as if dramatic change i'n their m~nner- will then ' attempt . to dictate the . it ' to lobby for such "progressive'" ·s poken by the prophets. of conduct, here's ~h~t you can . ·ca,reer choi·c es of th ese stude'n.t s, causes as the _puclear freeze·. ~You . . - :' cPe~haps the ,worst .part about '·expect; . •.. ~.sisting- that anyone 'inter ested·in .· s'a y you .don 't want 'your money . all this,is that'th.e()e_typ'es 'ofissiies ?11~-~- Sl\SA., . (D.· . · · . wor king for the CIA not be allowed goi~-g to,. an,_ ·organizatioq that are not discuss~ d lope.nly imu . · '. ·-· ~,~e · ·P: :·" . em.,ocratic, to fo~low through on. that interest lqbbie·s . _.s t ate'· _a nd national fairly, if 1ndeed they are ~iscussed Soci~list's: of ~meri.~ar· wiU harp o:ri w:hil~e at Binghamton. · And through_ . governing bo·die·s to pass . such , ~tall. To disagree with too mariy ,_ ~.nc~~s·antl~ _about. how the:bi~;.had- · iLall the-liberal'left will steadfastly · nonsensical legJ.slation? ·Too ,b ad. · people on the left is to be called aU , mihtary~u~dustna ~ . complex, · ·_l~d._ ·. maintain that it is the'y who-'a re the If yo~ don'~ ,.give . NYPIRG __$13.00·", . · sor~s o~ ha!ef~l, .s.piteful _. names; by that sick r-eactwnary Ronal~ " true · guardians .· of individual · annually ,-, you -· can't . . . come to - ''racist\ . "facist':, "wa~moQger'', Reaga~,'-' cons·pir~s to £4e~t the ·' liberty, ~personal · autonomy; and· Binghamton;:~ _And as far · as,·: - ".hb m'op~ ob i''c . ",-; -;''sicko\ ' etc ... .Awen_s~n , pub_h.c, ·recklessly right _to -privacy; · NYPIRG ~is ;.concerned th~t's the Well," maybe the _rest of this year destroy the environment, ap-d ''Father Bob" ~· way it should .be·; because ifstudents will be different. Perhaps the level ''~xploit· the wor kin_g >class~ !~ Fathe~ ::Bob if? a l>right a nd' _didn't haye their money extprted- - of discourse ~t this u:p.iversity wiU ·. However; Comrade Ortega _and the '{affable man. H oweyer, it must be · from.. them during registration pe improved: ' . Maybe · this , year Sandinista s are peace . loving. poif:lte-d. out th:;1f he will write~a .great -NY~IRG.._ . ·wouldn.l t have any students with an ·sor-ts oL different Dernocr ats,work1ng .t_o build .a ;,new deal iri Pipe Dream about ' the .·~oney. beliefs . can · ·interlig'ently, -Nicaragua.',: You-say· that the only dangers . of "s~n?~hishnes.s" .. ~ nd . · The BSU . passionately, and humo'rously · _.t~ing new about Ni_car-agua is its ·elitism allegedly inherent in . ·.·. The BSU · · :will make .disagree while still' maintaining· .a Marxis.t goyernment · and ' the - fraternities and sororities. But the · concert.~d efforts · to -i rivi'te· . ' strong ·sens.e of civility and respect: lJ.npreceden ted levels of oppression "good . -Fflther- will remai n anti-semitic ' speakers _to campu,s We at th ~ "Review" hope so. · Hqw . perpet~ated by, that government .. conspicuou:siy . silent on any (Will Louis · . FarakEt;hn . be . their · .abmit it? against the Nicaraguan .people? · particularly Catholic c·oncern such next gvest'he~o?) and still continue -· ' ' . < . . "

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Even the most -syrhpathefic individual£ / Who can forget tliesq!?b.ing, full of can riot deny Jackson's -ihvol~ement with. peck a . self pity Pat Schroeder receiving Louis Farrakhan and his fratem.al ~eeting -on ~ the cheek from hfYr ·s upportive with the ·murderous terrorist, Yassir husband as she announced to a crowd of Arafat. :aut bow about 'this delightful the seek n'ot well Wishers that she will ne~s? :- Rude Pravo, a Czechoslo vak ·. · Democrati c nomination for, the 19.-&8 party ~ daily (equivalen t" of .Pravda) Presidenthil Race. No, that "touching" published ap interview in r1985- wit.~), an will servant piCture of a sincere public student by the -name of David American of min~s the from wiped be ,not certainl-y Goldiner. In the inlcrview David, who her supporters and those of us who are · atte~ds · Colurribi~, • made' · severa( just amused onlookers. But what .s ome remarkable comments: griping first about _ . Americanthe . and . of .those .s upporters having to leave school.bec(!use:h'is father, - public~ a:-whole will never know, muGh a doc_tor, could not support -him. David ' hasless remember , is that Pat Schroeder also said thatit w~s ./very difficult to be . ' oard b . isory· v ad· "'and beeri· a fundraiser _member of ·the Nicaragl;lan Network, "'. · a Commti'nist. in . the l;Tnited States. - which- is a US. - based · Santlinista ·. David stated that -in the last Presidenfi_al "solidarity _ committee"lh~lt- maintaiFlS _. election .J esse Jackson CQuldn't even, admit that he was in:'the ~ommunisl > close ti~s to Cuba's intelligence service. _ . ~ According to~ repp~t ~·inhe Washi,ngton · party. who stqdent; _ sttuggling to,out Acqording· : Times • . Schroeder' s ' network acti.vites I a has b~t Moscow to go to. afford can · , her in aide paid a: by d .were coordiiiate · Denver office.: One network letter signed · hard time -payi11g his tuition b41, Jacks~ntalked about American-~Imperialism and . , by Schroeder -said, "If yoq can afford .a ps between classes.'. ·But relationshi tax _ a want and or--more . , gift of -$200 that hededuction~,, please join me as a -sponsor of · - nobody would listen if tl)ey knew "They' mem~er.'· carrying ·card a was · ~But the Nicaragua n Network ...:. :.". :~ . · him~" like wouldn't the re'Cprds, I,_R.S. to according To those·-o{yo u who' may be quick . Nicarguim Network ha~ · n~v·er been ·- JP.e. a paranoid McCarthyi te, brand to the all W1tll gran~ed tax ·exempt s·tatus. that Rude Pravo is the remember . beeri. have Democrats the that scandals in daily Commun ist " party drowning .in, one can't help but specufate my of best t!le .to and, akia Czechoslov ___ would Pal if er v / how this one would go o· kimwledge , ·D avid Gold~ner is not a have decided to run. . fig1llent of the imagination. . One Democratic hopeful, and' from . this in runner front a how all indications scandal ridden mess, is Jesse 1ackson.

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'~ This year, and last month in particular, . Congress_and ratified by three fourths of .. by ·two . third~ of J.he states · ··· 'offe-r ed _ Ame·d c:ans an._ ex~eilent ..: , tbe states nal convention, in Constih~tio ·a fdr calling the .analyze · examine, opportunit y. to them inust ~atify f o ··' fourths thi-e¢· which. . . This · .. . on Constituti /: State-s · tin1ted Courtalte~ed. it Supreme The ge. n ch~: the uniquenes·s the brought .has y opportunit _and peerlessness of the Oonstitution to t~_e . to say that the Constituti on can be ame~ded· by a ~ajority of the Justices on · forefront of American society .. - In just . the Court. . ,· · , fo·m months of': debate, our Founding oflaw at professor Mr. John Noonan, .Fathers_ ·w ere ab-le _to ' fomulat~ .. a · Bei~ey:, at Califorqia of _. Uniyers,ity . near-perfect documemt: Since the ·Bill of . ·- the virtue by that Bribes, book, his in Rights was ratified in J7S9, only ·sixteen . wrote ·V, Article 'of t 'amendmen C~urt's the of -~ the amendmen ts were- needed to keepnal c·onsiitutio · continuing . a i~ ·there . · · document in working order.. · ' The Co~sii.tution·, however; is not :a · convention~ always in sessl~m; and- always · 1 - -do~ant doq.1ment It is constantly beiag , capabl_e of ;/s triking out with qar.jng intei-pre_ted ,'ariC:l •. ~ein.terpreted · by the . in-J!.ovatiqns- such ~s th<kind the Co~rt · .·Pre-sident, Cong-f~ss, the Courts, apd ·the . h~ already .pioneered in ihe distribution 'o:f ·. ~States to ~insure:-that. It remains a vibrant · political power, education, and criminal · .; bur ~v~r · law.. doc~ment ·stilf' ~pplicable ,Toonan goes on to state th(!t Prof~ssoi'J' h~s Court S~preme The world. changing ac.tu~lly -amended the Constituti on .r-· ti!_lless the sonception ·of the Court's duties . numerous times. The Warren Court, for - are !estuciured , there is every reason to ,~ris.ta:nce, i~ 1962 effectively·~mended .the. fear ~that · they ·will be ~xercised again. These powers are .neculiarly respansive, he ~ · Constitution to read that prayer shall not b~ . offered ·i~ public sc_hools . .since the states. to ideological influence, which has been at the service of the, libenil elite. . 1 _days of our· Founding Fathers; · school .On Monday, October 5,' the Supreme · "". ~ prayer had been a widely accepted aspect of convened its · new term . with a Court · . ; . . . . American heJitage. seat'~n the berlch. The Court has vacant . SupreQle Jhe More recently, in 1973., agreed to hear over ninety cases. already v. Roe of decision iis "'Court handed down c_ases· involving abortion, · iriclu4e These . to n Constitutio the amended which . Wade, iegal priviliges for. special prayer, school every of tight the was. abortion t_h~t _read homosexuals·, executive power, and the . , · pregnant woman. Thus, in overturning · fifty separate state Jaws to the contrary, "" freedom of, speech . . This vacancy offers the President im {(xcellent opportunity to . the court create(Lj}olicy and·Cqns.titutioil.al a ji.Js~ce" who Will offer s1:tfeguard's appoint prONiSi()nS . ·n ever- before known . tO tfie fu_rther manipulat, ion of the ·agains·t . . . . . . · .;Cottrt. n by the ."liberal elite." . A <::;onstitutio alten3d even The ~supreme Court has believes in judicial restraint. who. justi~e . This · titutif?tl~ s Con' . the _Article .Y -of. believes in·Origirial I~tent. : who· justic.e A amend!ng of basis the for provides article · · . the document: It states thai amendments · A justice like Judge Robert Borkl may be passed by"'either two thirds

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Toqay, million/ barrels of oil that_a _ fossil -. f~el .. · close to 40% of our : nation-'s energy meet her future energy peeds. _ . . -" · use.~ . · plantwould electriCity of form 'they in consumptlon llas ;\m,yriea time,· long_ a - ' For' However, :pristable arid·uopredictable apd by the -year tOOO, the u.s. will need · depended ori \foreign, qil'. Over ihe-past government regplat[on along .with publiG -nearly fifty percent more electric power few decade·s, however, there has been·~a misconceptions and fears have hampered , . use. curren:llY we than · on more rely, to country trend in this -Electric demand h~ also·been ·closely ·- :the -development · and use of coal and ele~tiicity to 'meet. our energy_demands~ . nucle~ p~wer, .and .qgve prevented these linked to . economic growth. ' Over the White o'il can .be blim:ed to· produce two., energy sources froin re~li.zing tlicir risen~ has usage electric year~~ fifteen past . · ofiei'l· ore m ' 'is' · electricity~. 'electricity · - ·, ~ · paralleling. a . _-vast. potentiat by· ffi.· ore than 25.%, roughly gtjiie:rated from other sotirc~s, arid can be We,ll-organized opposition to the used in place of oil for inany commercial Zt% growth. ~n .the Gross Nati_?~ 3 ~- · full-scale ·devel6pment of coal and nuclear and-domestic neeqs._·· ·_ . , -~ ~ · · · · ... · ·. energy has precipiu,n c·d much of tl}iS · ·- The 1'973-74- Antb':Oil Embargo: .Pro'duct~ · The -Importance of elecJilclty problem. - . By erecting· legislative, , provided addCd·inceritiv_e to.decrease our - for compute~s. communiCations, high..:. administrative, ·and legal roadblocks, self.dependence' oliforeign -oil, ,a :dependepce '. ' technology, mass-transit, and.the nation's prochiimed~ coqsurrier (ldvocates. have Our whic;h ~ari')/:'_,saw · .as~::foplliardy. ·a nd . - overalL growth is ,obvious: succeec~d in .delaying ihe ·9penin·g. an~il darig~ro4s. · ~ven,'thqugh/electficity - is_ challenge,. then, is to guarantee enough ,electricity to ·p ower ·Am~rica' 'into, the <..: OP,eration of .many plantS . . Often,. the· ' playing an iricieasiilgly' .b igger role on . ..- - .delays·are procedliraland have lillie to.do . our ,·e nergy ~_6ntr. fi~liqg.,Qll.pric~s andr ·~. Tw~nty,-firs~ Centuryw I-: (. ·.. withsafety. Ttlisalwaysxesults _ingreat h~spl~n~fql Am~!lca F~rtuna~e!Y,• .. of ~sourccs pUief · ~sing ·~ in difficulty · daily · costs -to. ·.companies. ~nd · - t~eir domesuc s~.pp.l~es}>f com. ~d ~mm to - e1~tric generationil;lave iidnieal'~y Gastoif ratepayers.; ·S'\lch · tactic~ -are extremely ·back. into ·a st5UJ'in~ ;.r,PJ~_: ·:i,Regu~~~ory .~ generate ·. a~l ...th~ . e!~c.tric~ty 'We ne.e d. effective in.~ rend~rlng ,these ·erieigy a~~ coal of pile~. Un~~rtun;It~lY,:::our. · · economic sho)'t.:ternr:\ '' and obstacles sources economically unfeaSible. - uramum ._mi~ht as :~~ell ~It ,~n Ku~ai? · considerations.:~~-ei\d<?ut.~glijg~tllities to -. ·· Public' debate over the safety of coal r~lr:· ~or~ _oil hil'"Jq;~P~p~~u$~;;-~}ectdcity_~ · tap_~e~s ·~;10~~e A~Frica cE.oo_ses ·to hmlt · ··. and· nuclear power has been. largely one. . . .· . _ . therr us~. ·. _" -,,.; ' · . This Is not aJ]:t~4~~hy s-~~ti~~on. . 1 s:~.a-_fact t!t~t the.U.S. has. more · sided. Media coverage would have, ~s ' . · . $in~e til~· tir1,re~~-~b;~~r: ~mericans replaCeQ ICeboxeS,;:WJtl:f~'!~fngeratOC~$, . co_al th~n a~y. nauon on earth.. <?~r ~ believe that tWO-headed fish inhabit tQC supply lS eS~Imated at over. 2.00 bllhon. • waters surrounding ~uclear -plants while · elec~city has ~'l.€:9·!iie ,· '"'··: p.ortant pafl acid rain threatens to \¥ipe out alLpl~t tons~ the.~~:u~alent of onetnlhlo~bar~71s of our daily :rftv~s··.-~ :.13' ;;to~ keep d~c arid wildlife north of the Mason-Dixon · of 011 • which IS enough ~0 fue · menca -economy . strc,>rig:;~.'--:<iHli _ HndusJ:ry past t~e .~ 00 year ~nmversary .of our · Line . . IIi · reality, though, , the nuclear competitive, . and 9ur standar,d of liying - energy 'industry has . a safe tv record GonslltutiOn. COJllfOrtable? -.~.e ·iitust;Jii?#~ce en~mgh .

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·1he,". f?ork nomina.tid'f1 "requir;es . libera(s . like me to ;eoetrQnt a . ·re-a-lity 'We .don't · want to confront, - which is· 'th'at we are depending to c!J. large part ..o·n .the- lea~t democratic . ·institution (with ,a smq./1 ·;'d") in · government to defend what ~t is we no· longer ar~ able · to win out there ·' in - the ·electoratE(:" ·-. --Hqdding Carter, · aide to forn:rer President Ji,mmy Carter ·

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-~ \- decisions on the nomin~s qualifications, . . interest groups: , ·"rogue policG" wo~ld forcibly enter otir In' anyeve!\t •. the politics of deGeit · not_. opini<;>~ ·p~lls .or threats ,.by:. Ralph · homes, search our drawers and steal our . ' and pate~ have d~sttoyed th~ appointment Nader's "PubHc· Citizen :_, Litigation ("women would--be forced into backalley contraceptives. · -As for the_charge t~at.Bork would ·1. 0 ~ one of the most'brilli~uit legal minds of 'Group." Robe.tt Bork, however; lives at a abortions," Y:blaclq; would sitat -segregated tim.~ w_hen rank and file, .anti-intellectual our time, the type o( individual we · see ·lunch counters,'' "the 'use of contraceptiyes ·. have blacks sitting at s~gregated limcp . o_ft~n win out over<:b.r illiant, .slogans ·, Justices generation. a iri' e onc· only . Judge that said be fir~t must it counters, . speeeh "extra-political banned," · would be Holmes and Frankfurter were fortunate - -· schol~rly thoqght. . ,Th~- God for would not be motected,'i etcetera) there is Bork has consistently -supported Brown V. . ('> ·th~y lived · at a . time _·when th~ . _"progress." at lea'st one seif-proclaime<lliberal hqne~t Board of Educ()tion. Secondly, those who , -. . , . . _ /'· ,,-.··: !,· , make suc;h · tec,kless allegation~ , appoint~eni of Supreme Cow:t,nominees enough to assert the real reason he, fears s.~,:Pretn·e . demonstrate their _ignorance 9f .tne · was above politics: _; s~nators b'as~d ·t heir by·John R..-G~a(dia.np, Jr. ~·~rk!,s -~ppqlnt!lienf .to . __ . · · ·, ·: _,_ · · \ · , · -' lib,enils political m~keup· of · the South today. t<:)Urt: ~Fbr Jh~ ;truth ·.:is,' th;e · are ,no. l0Qger ."able:towipo~tthereinthe Sinec .the Voting Rights Act of 1965, •. · -> ·· . electorate'~ .a re '.:~affjrmativy" action blacks have become a 'powerful political prograrrls·, ~hic·h .. dist;rim.imite ;against force·. Many blacks, . such :as Atlanta i:ndiv.iduals : o~ .the basis o.f cco'lor; ·the Mayor Andiew Young~ hold positions of mandatory buSing~' of sehool~children :· to . high afithorfty. Similar} y, the Black vote - places far away:from theii homes;·aiict new · is now a cruciaL one i~· thr s~~~.~ , wh~re spe¢ial rights ·iot dintinals tha( ·a n too.. elections· can be.won ~nd lost nn: th_e basi$ . -· :., . '~ft~~ _~_erve ~6 p~()~~t cdrt,\inals l~l<l!e-thpn , ?f w~o .bia~~s choose. to ·sup~ort: :- So - --~ .the ,vi9Jims,~,, ':(hp~,.• ~~ ~({_ft :har-~~com~·- _.·even If an attemp.~ " atsegrcgauon . were ~epe~den.t .upqn '!_ liberafactlvi~t s~urt (or / .made, (a.· tr~·ly ridiculo.u.~ ··assum.-p~ion,:_ its ·political agerida....an· · since Bork.'has~niade. it very clear that he the e.n actment · · age~da n~tio.~i.'an~ state legi~li;itive b0dles ·.does not believe .the-Constitution allows -for legal segregation) the politics of the now refuse.to enact. ' · -: .:_ .;.' _.,: . · And what 'is Rob6rtBork's ·sin?. Why " South dictate:tiiat it would never~happen. .. . . ~ . -~ . . . . _has ·he1)(~en depkte(ra:s :this b~g; bad, evil : . . . really nyone · ·· . . . And ·fmally,-· .does. .a_ . . k on ·1,oc · .. .,. ,._ v. ·•- · · .- .. - . b. k. · h . , _. , ,. ·.... · · · · · · c . e ,t a:c · -turn wuo wr1·'· monster 1 believe that the ~~te of New York,"()~ for -. . , .... ·. h ,_ >::.i.l. •·· h _?'' ·Th . : " · ..... 'b ,_. · . . . . . . _ .. · . . .- . e answer IS, ecause . e . . th ~ Civ _ng ts. at matter, any state, IS gmng to pass a b r ,._· h · h' · · .-, · 1 · . · · . . h' h 1 .. Schol·ariy ,professor's a:censori~g-. 1aw . Wdl~~ :'hs; e vi, __ IS)Jedr~~na . a~ _ t C ~\'.~S th .. , . . . 1 . "aki th . . .. , are qmte~ t0 erant- ~n Ill tune WJ,_! mo ern · ' ·· · wntmgs, or an au ors nove; m ng . _e ·. · · . · .· ·, · , ·(B k. h . .· · .-~t · · .. Am encan cu1ture, are rrre1evant. or as · h / --· ·· · · . · 1 .·d. tru Y n 1cu1ous as~umpt10n t at such . .j_ :II ·d -·h · 18·7-9 -c· ·. ·' ·.· 1 · b ·. . -· · . · .. . h' , . - . · . ·, _onnecucut aw. al}nmg .ca e t .e ,.. censors 1p IS declare,d constitutiOnally . .. · .. ..· tt c. · · ·~.., .. t. · ·· the us. ... · ' · · · 'bl ? _e. Ol!: co_-nu·aeep.1ves u er1y Sl11y, I .. penm$SI e. . . .:·. .. · · , · -. · . · • . . .• . . .•. .. ' I ·T h. . -;' •h' . . t he. narrow . c .o.urt deClSiQn called, the . Supreme. specia · . us · w at · · · . ·· · , · . · · ~, . ._ · k- . d li-:-b' I ·£ · · · ' ··. . · B ··' t des.e gtregatuig schools 'l>.erhaps . the 11 an or y ·r~ not IS ear eras . merest . · .. . .. · . . · · .. h . .. ; .·. h' · .. gr({atest_moral achievemement of .o ur IS- reactiOn;;u:y, ·. .but,. . . t-wmg views, . ·. · ng · th a t cons t I.tu t.Iona1· ,-1aw,. " ·, an d sar·a· everyo~e, "including th~ Supreme Co-urt; · ~ather, ~err elect~d representatives _m -the staits from the political speech core, and .state legislat~e and Congress,: . And what . that i$. ih~ mo~t ,$.trongly .p rotected. . _a ·fear . ?~ t~e .people s _ :le<:te~ :morai)' S.p eech artdf;.sciirttifi~ .speee·h, joto '· r~~rese~~tl~~S !}~ally ,amo~nt~- tOJs,a:f~ · , fiction and so· fottth" and is similatly . ·of the peo,ple theJUsel_v~s~ · A_s ~odd1~g p~otected, while "sp~ch or ,pn~t .whi~h is .. ;:uter rna~~ very cle~r, the liberal ~li~e purely for sexual · grat1f1catwn, \ ~ ~ha~ the people willJ!Ot support the~r ,pornography·_or obsc~nity.'! i~:PF9tx¢t~d to , . J>_o~IDcal age~d~· - !.~~s-! t~e~ ~a~e t~rn~d . a lesser degree:) ··T~~· C€}rtstit\jti~n simpl( <· ~ to - Jhe ·= ~u~re:~ ~ - C~urt;.·~- ~the~, lc_a_~t', means what it ·sity:s'and no S.upreme·cow:t ,. __democr~ti.c · l~~-tlt~tlOn - -:tO ·enac~ -their .. :.. - " Justice shb'ulct . i~ad/his owrt '"personal ~-.·· proposals J:nto law. Bqrk ·has b~en vihfied·not because ,· _.-· · ' views into<ik · · _ .: 5: · 1. .· Bork~s ·~p'i~il~:sophy - of judi~ial he . is .· an ·:~c~tre~-ist" ·or ·"~ight-win~· . n ot either), but· · zealo~," . (he · 1s~ dearly _ , · · ··the . restraint 1's-~ bne . ofdeference ·to ,those ' be<;_ause be is. a· cotiServ~tive who, ~all Street jourpai'recently expla·ined~ · bodies witl(tegi~l~uve powe1. According refuses to ;'view . the courts as simply.~ ' to Bork, it :is..the lawmakers ·of Congress, Sandinista State~spo:nso~d another . politicat playing field . for. . the State '' Leg,isliltures,- arid _local Anti-~e~itism . . ' ,· udges J. empowered tO make ..COmpeting Special ·.intere_StS witll assemplies WQO Durin g an d after"1he Sandini ~ a r~ vo l ut i o n : . ~ ranke4 't~'e same _w ay. · they ·.nink .1' · · • ·Mana'gua's synagogue .was nrebombed by policy chofces-.::notthe Supreme Court. · - ~~)~-~~~~~~r~~-~~~~·~s~~~i~~.~~:';1 ~~~~~~~ Thus, his philo$,9phy is .one of.entrusting · pbliticians: according· to the riumber·of .. power io the people.' instead of nine.· old times they deliver results desired by • Jhe Jewish com munity\ 70-yea t'Oid pres ident, Yassir Arafat of the PLO being given a hero's we /co me to · Abraha m G om. was arr~stcd. deta ined without men deciding whether abortion should be · particular special interest tQ further a ~~c;::~~~r~e~~ 10ndi(list~ leapers 'Thomas 'Berge (1. ) and ·_ charge ~nd fo; ced to sWeep the streets ;. . legal, Judge Bork would have the people political agenda.''! . , ~ _ · ·• lnd ivid~l members of the;Jew ish commu nity-: . were sys te,mati cally h~·rrasse d . They ,were h'cld at gun-point while their houses we re sea rched and received repea ted . Indeed: tha t \ s . not the way our the.mselves mak~ that decision. , _ ~ threats warn ing _the m to leave· th.e cou ntry or risk thei: li ves ; .founding father~ intended the CoUrt to be '' • • ~ ew i sh ' property. includi ng the sy nagogue. was se ized;: So even "~assuming Roe. V. Wdde , were directly overt.urned-..: an extremely · . used. They understood that it is far bctt.~r <. • The sy nagogue was-tu rned into. a you th center adorned with.Jvhrxist and pro-PLO prOpi!ganda.' . for tbe people 19 place their ra:ith and . '· · Wh at prompted sue~ vio lent pe rs,eeu tio n of a sma ll Jewish corrt mun lty') O ne reaso n is the cic;se ·and long-stand in g . unlikely event- even with a Justice _ · _ . relati onship between ~h e Sand! nistas and the P alestine ,Li beratio n Organization. ·, trust in their elected representatives, who Bork.:-on the basrs ttiar no such "Ijgh~ to The PLo.a nd the Sa ndinistas they have J he power to .remove. from . < . :abortion" could b~ found in .. the • In the '1960s a nd ' 70's ."t he PL9' helped trai n S a ~dini ~.t a terrori sts; whd, es g jud' appuinted nine in than office, be 'constitution, abo~tion wo~ld still nor ' • So me of these Sandi nistas late r r-art ici pated in a mi-Israe l terroris t :itl ac ks. After one such terrorist was killed in · ' _ an attac k. he was made a national hero by the Sand inistas: • for all intents and purposes, cannot he -il)egal. , Rather, the Congress- and State • Today. the PLO hel ps t;·a in Sandin ista ses;uri ty forces in Nica ragua, while its pilots ti y miss io ns fo r the Legislatures would once again have the: ·removed,· from office . . · Similarly; the .. ~ · . . . · . · · Sandini stas; '· founding - fathers -realized that it is . power to legislate~ with regard_ to the i • .PLO terro ri sts are I~ei-.nitt~d t~1 t_ravel on ·Nicara.g uan passpo n s by ~p~ciat'a~migement with the Sa ndi nista · g<ivernme nt. "" legality of -abortion. And only those . relatively simple ·and ·common p rocedure · ignorant of )ihe political makeup 'ofthe: to change a statutory law, l3ut they · Where ~re the Sandinistas Heade d? • In 1 9~6. '10:000 Mi.sl>ii() Indians -were f()rce<:! into e'xil~ wh'en. Sandinista -sold.iers att~cked thr7e Mi skit o .· legislative .bodies nf New -.York, 'New .: correctly understood ajudicial pneccdent to ~co mm u'n i 'ti ~s: . -· · · Jersey·~. Connecticut, . Massachusetts-, .be a seldom ove_rtu_.r_·ned, high_ly revered • :n1c Sand.ini~ tas have destroyed N i carag~a;s democ rat ic trade-unio ns . elim,inated ihe free press and stifl ed. the . · . •· · • _ · Catholi c Chu rch: · . . · . .. ""\.. · :· · · · · Pennsylv:ania, Maryland; Illinois, etcetera, . fixture. · - . Sandini sia prisons hold over 6.5 00 poliiical· pri soners, and over 300 ,000 Nicaraguans _:_ ten perce nt of the . : ·_ The left's -attacks on--.. Bork are so · ·would think for a minute' that thes~ states population - have fl ed the country as refugees ;. absurd and foolish that it is difficult .to Wou'l d.ban ab'oru'on. Today th~ Sandi nistas hiJY~ an army larger than those of all _the .other Central Ame rican co untrie s comqined . This force, . . un'derstand how they .can be given ' armc_d with bil lio ns pf J o ll ars-worth of Sovie t weapons. ,now poses a threat to the security of the democ rac ies of the Furthermor_e, :· who for a 'r.riinute . reg l!m - a threat th at atm s to bri~g mi ll ions more Central Amer_i>ans under the Sand ini stas' brutal rul e. · . . · . T ha t is why we !llUSt supp<irt thdse Nicaraguans ~ the . " ~ontras"- _whp are fi ghting to free thei~ co untry fro m t~ credence. It is particularly disturbing that r ' believes any st~te is goiil-g to .try to ' . ,. · · oppres~ive a nd expansionisr San dini sfa re!!ime. . SO· many educated college studen.~S at · ,enforce a ban (assuming SUCh ~ban were. thc~!~c~~~;r;:i.tc to y:\ur. 'u .S . S~nators an; R:r-~se~tati~e urgin; their ~upp~rt fo;·Ni c;tra~·u a's a-~ti~Sa~dinis(1a resis tanc:. Bin"ghamton'are. so\nteilc~ctually dishonest . declared Constituti9naUy perin1ssible=~a Th e Honorable ..,..---~-:--~--:~far-fetched assumption lfldeed; even wjth.a .-.·: about hOW · the_exaggerated and diStOrted . The Honorab le -US . House of.Reprc~entati:ves . ' .. u.s. Senat~ . , Wash Bork's ' Judge o.f : :· .rrding _ ·"understa · , _ : ·· ? tiyes: ' ·. Justice Bon.•k) on the use of contra'cep Was hington. D. C. 205 15 ing ton, D.I:. 205'10 _ '· ~-, Second Street. NE. Was hin gton. DT 20002 5 41 ition, Coal Jewish to:·Naii;>nal write n o ati ni(Hm l ional addit For . is restraint judicial ' of philosophy -: .uf have d l wou' nork or' . '. Yet, 'opponents believe -that under a Bork-iniluenced court, . -· articulated.by narrow, rank-and-fil~,libera1 I~: is r~efreshing to kn~=o/ rnat .3ql.Id .all the special · int~rest ~~enils: scare ~lk,

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SC:t1olarship·. w~fl,~ :-that's not true 'either; h~r only received ' a ''half _:. byAlexLan~ma_~and¥aithewCarr · __ _ _ ., . .. . _. ~· scholars~ip",based ori .·fiQac~al need, _> - ·,. · ,. , ·. . · . -r city that he has, _ qampaigne~ in) has Amencah response-would be preoccupied -not on-.. sme,trts--which should · be _. S m~t with complete failur~: · The _· media and academic cimles. One sljould . -pretty clear by · ~ow. Perhaps ·the alleged r:nain. reaso_n fo-r this ·poor . note that'.thy America-n response of · most fitting reillafk maqe by, th,e wise p~rformance :by the . · lead i n·g • ~ ~helling two Iranian.platforms was --an senator -~as _ that' he--Joe· Biden, · the The award of the Nobel Pri~e for - democratic ·ca'ndidate i.s ' th~ ·fact· tRat ~\pprop~iate :action ,· .however,. ·~ot -intellectuc;l giant of the Senate--had .a t he Costa Ric~n Pre~ident . he~ ·refuses . -even c -c ons·ider ·· proportional. m re.s.~ect to .th~ Irama~ : nfgher -10. than he (actually)' did.! Peace to _ -Q-sc~r ~ Arias~:· was' . an Q.bvjou:s . co_ndemning Black Muslim lead~r Lc>Uis ~ttac~. _ _EI~li~~en - ~menc~~ ", crew ; Never . fear, go·od - readers; the political move . de$igt}'ed-to giv~ liis Fiurakhan, wh~ - ~ef~Hr~d to . ~udais,m .. ~~~d~~ a~~r~s~~fo:.~e-:fs~~:: s;:;:; --, - no-t-~o-mod'est Mr. Biden goth is due ~peace pro_posal for G~ptra'l Artleriea · -·., 9-sa "gun:r ,r~!!gton.,". ~~d 't~ ' mc:_ke .. u.S: ships ho~eve~. watned platform -~-- be~aube _·. whe~ :he mad~ . t~~se .additional ·support, · -c~rtainly a ~~ t~e. rev'1r~_nd~ c,a!TI_Pat~nev~n . more _- personnel~"? evacua.t~J'rior to leveling - rE)marks, . he was caugh.t-.-~,~ , lt~mg · _~ommend~~le'-mpve· qn ·tl,ie part ·of ~~1ff1~~;1t, · ~n - ~rgam~~~-~o~ calle_d _t~.~ · _ ,the --stru·ctures. -. -Hence, n~o Iranian"' c.olor-.;on video tape. "This was JUSt . · :the: award committee . .. But let ·us · Cqa,l.ltlorJ fer ,~ :-P psltlve Ame.nca- ts casualties were reported. - - ; . . , - th~ icing on. the. cake; look at th~· potEmtiaLfor success of pl~~ning ·to-. nin ~ \ newspaper -ad ~~e11 w.e d,iscuss-general P!inciples. · The _character i.ssue , ~~a!? ~ t?-·e peace. plan in"'b oth Nicaragua . 'cai'T)paig,n to: re.mi'nd Americans ~b~ut . _of -i~ternation~l copduct ~~qn~. civili2l~d o:riglnated vvh~n}orgetful Mr~ _Bide~n . d El .s I d . . A . - II d fi . .· Jacksons , public statements . pratstng n~uons, -we sho_uld stress i.hen,_ that read a speec-h in Iowa w _ here he .11~ · . a va or.. . rias ca ._ e . or . . · -r "__. ti n b the United.States demonstrate · · , . ,. · · ·. . ' ;;:_ · > ·. qi~ect negotiations and a c~ase _ f ire· _· Farrakhan. .ac _0 s Y · · ·..; · - n·eglected to ment1on t~at larg(3 .. ' with both - rebel m:ovetnents: ~ . 'UN)!j~t~~ / ; ~ ·. ·. ~ ' .. '( . . .· ." -President Du3:rte ofEI Salvador ,d id - ~·.{\1~ '', . ·' < • .. • • . ·. • ~ ... Marxist.Famine -n~gotiate . wjth -the Ma:r~'isf . f"~.n~in-1' L~. . • ( r Ever 'si~c~.~- 'the dec_olon. izafion .~6t 11 . . . , \l:ft: ati\lneP1C&t eac~ ·rizes~ g ueirillas :- wa·g ing· :. batt_le __iri .his -. -. Africa began after World War II, ~he . co_untry. - How:_9ver, o ·rteg-a has < American governtne'nt has, by ancf ;.;- . - ;-·,.- ~ · ~ .-.· large, resisted -_· criticizing Black . - _a Jlamantly-. ;efused to, n~got'iate--. ... ;. .. c-. Africa_ n governments. · Despite blood,y ~ _ ') - with the Nicaragu~n, €ontras: 'He ·.. ~nstead - insis_ted '; that- Nicaragua - · · . . · civi·! war~ .and · r_eigns .oi terror: by will. only- riegoiate' with the Unite~ . · · -· ., r .. such ·dictators as Jdi Amin qf L!gan~a -: ·' States .. · The -.Nicaragiian dictator ' 4 .- and Emp.eror Bokal?sa of the Central £urther stated that this pa:i-t of the_: African ·Empire, very !ittle action ~as · ·· ' P.~ace . plan .· .will · ' remain ~ been taken, except for the standard . den~riciation · speeches. .The .be.st~ 'non-negotiable, .a clear ship in the · fa~e of the_:hopeful Ar,ias: ·.As for . . -· ._ . , "oe~ocratic' refo·r in". it was. jfi:st as ._ · cwrren( exfunpl~ is . EthiopJa. ~,.:r~e , ·the Contra leaders han predicted:. ,. "' thirteen · year old Marxi·st junta, ~. the . Sandinista has · made under .the Jead~rship .: of Colonel . ' Me_ ngistu ·Haile Marian, is one~ .agai r-:< some. ~.o$metic chan:ges~ withoUt _acting on the mo~timpii>rta~t part·of , -. causi'ng a m:ajor ·fami rle _by its"policiE\is the plan.- ·~ Th.i s ,development~ · of ·farm · colleG-t ivizatio'n and· forced · resettlement · of , Ethiopi~ns · from ~ , howeye·r , sho,uJd n:o t _prove to be a A__,_._ _ ' . ..... \ _recisel,y how_a dvilize4 nation should ~- E 't . ' h th . . . -. ' ·n rea an d. ·T'1gre, w ere · ~re 1s_: a · surprise to any -of ,you .who are · benave.. Nothing· except .the .concern on f .1 1 - · a:cqu-ainted-, with .the .'nature of a · -- a1r .Y . ar~t~ ~eparatt-st movem~nt. the part ' oLthe U nitcd State7s . for the · . · - , d d . According to U.S. N_ews. and . World t otalitaria_n .r_emme.bA ·c' \ d 'd uimecessary shedding of bloo prevente ' I the l,J.S >ships -fr:ont sending a ning-to " Report ,_fiye to te·n .-n:·:.Hon f2thiopians ~,.,..___·tlil'e :... -: t:tre-ft:Mill:n~personncl~:"_·~ ~-·. · <~ -. ~. will ' die ,of. starvatiqn" unless ... · ·. ' · - ---.~· - -- . government' takes. immmediate actio ~ . , _ ·George Bwsh annoijnced his ~ l To. make matters worse, .: the Marxist "" . _ candidacy for · the .Republica.ns'* , - ·Bide~ ,a_ ,Thi·ef · . gov,ernment do~sn't " :ev~e)l · Poe~ Muammar Qaddafi. . Things',... presidential , noiT.)ination.~ . Hi~ resume · · , . , , ac~nowleefge . that. th.ere is a fa.mi'n~. have not been gojng well -for the .""-: is- impressive=wor:Jd: war ~ 11 hem, -1-- ·., .,Onc_e upon an el~ction y_ ear; the-re . and it hampers the transpo-rtation 0J . ~i~yan ·dictator.:." , >IJ _ seems th~t _~ cong.ressma.n, ambassador _to the · . was a fair -and · honest Senator from . ·aid oy· ch~rging an import fee on all -.~·Qaddafi has lost his c.onfidence.. in. his. United -~Nations; CIA · oiree4et, '=arid _. D~lawar.e, Joesph Bide.n, who decided .aid , brougHt into the ._ nation. . u, i·s ar;nied forc.es. Thi's\ is .because :duri.ng Vice 'Presl?Jant'~-o( the Uniia_d_ States~ . to ,run lor th~ ~emocratic n_omina-tion, "'': 'thol1ghfthat muc-h, of 'th.!l "one ' billion but had: .to .quit early. · The reason for : dollars in ·aid sent in ·198'5-86- _ has th-fs · summer, his forces - suffered . -·Bush should also be reassurec:f by ,the fact that all-.major~ P.,oiJs:: sh~w 'hi~- ·~~~ . the . honest _seha,tor"s e~rly . withd rawl _i;)een spent :on Ethiopia,'s 300, ooo· man .seveJa( defeats at the hand of . the Jnferior . ar;my~· /of . Chad, a nation ·th;e front _runner PY ..'a wide rnargin. In . Wasn't money o:r '~ ~ve·n •popularity; · a·rmy. · _-_ , , There is "ho'pe, ·tnoiJgff> that this located i.n the SabeL . To .remedy this· ~. the . roost - rece·nt . News wee:k :poll, . _" (Though" he, real,ly didn't have ' much "'· . .:~.ituation, _ · l/.S, · News -.~hd World _, · c.ondu~tecf by the-,'Ga!lup · br@.anizati:on~ · of -either, ,ariyw_ay.) · example · of classical tyranny may . · -Report says ~ that, the Liby'an leader is Bu~h ·has -a .heJty ·seventeen percent~· Apparently, ·Mr. ·~Biden made a Jew . - ,fina·lly be :.r::eE!~s-~ed. . A "-- ,tjjl_t forming an . internatioo.al origade. of lead '0\/er the next carfdid~te, Senate erro,rs- - ~n .ni~- res:ume last spri9g- . introduced to -the-'-.. Hous~- ,, of rpercen~ries. the .·briga9e .is. - to~. Minori-ty leade·r, Robert- Dole. For all ·< while he bragge~,to some of the g.oo~ . Hepresenratives\~ by Toby Roth; .,,a ' Include a·oo Druze . -militiamen . lhis good. newsr '.howeve-r, ~ush 'still: _ citizens -of :New Hampshire. First, he - -Republican .from · Wisconsin; arid . (veterans of the J...eban~s.~· civil ~ar)_' . suffers 'from the perception that he ·is '· , a~cide'ntally clal_med ' to h,av~ th~ri ' Wiliiarn - Grey~ a - oe,~crat t'ro~m . . ~nd . ~undr~d~· ~f ~~l~st1~1an sold)e~~· a: ·"wimp:" _Aceordjng ·_ to_-:a .survey college deg.ress. Well~ fr-Llth(ully, · he' Pennsylvania, calls for sanc;:tions-: to :c -,1nclud1ng ptl~ ots tramed ~Y the Sov1et , Republicans or tho.s.e who --lean· -has ·an·e : {rom ~he · University of b~ · levied on the _sadi·stic leaders·· of Union, East Ge.rmany, · and . · . . ,; . - . · - o~iaw~re · and:,. a La~ -de9ree . tr-ain ~ . Ethiopia, until they' cure hu~ari rights ifty-one ·- ,p·ercent ,. V:iew .·.Syracuse Unive·rsity. (Then how does · deficiencies. It i~ striki~ng :'tha-t ., this . Cze~hoslovakia: The pay is said to be 'Hepublica_n-, .- f_ ·- b~tween .·.$1oo · and $500 a month-, Bush as "Wimp," .pr.obably because he - _,1+i-=3?.) - Then·, .he claimed tnat -he · bill' is co:sponsored by ~ongres;;m'an . . ~ith top- pilot~ ~ rec~iving --:~s- much' se~ms to '·. have no politic7ctl backbone g-raduated In .the top ,haft ·of his la'N .Gr~y. who is-' an influential .me·rnber of . $1_b;ooo- a mo_r1th plus bonuses. Ttie _- · a•n d ' he ' lac.~s -an · individupl_'politicaf ·class. But 1 just don't se-e ·how 74 i·s th·e · Congressional B.lack . Cauc:us-, , .-- -biggest :_obstacle to ~ th.is terrorist . identity~-different from tho~e Jile has . half ·of.- 8$;' try somewhere around ·the .which has been especially ·.reluctant _ ~op ~~4%. -And then, ,tt) make matters to -criticize African nations . . recruiting drive is n-ot· the pay or the~ .. · s_er~~d. _. , -. ' _. . - ,, di:l:nger; il is the simple ~ fact.Jhat the · , -HOlJII ooest he V!ce presjdent pl~n.: • . to . remedy hi~ - ~ ~nfortt.iri.at~ situation.'? 1 _ war betwe?n Chad and Libya is being ··-• .~- . ~~&..· ' .~ . fo'ught right in · the middle of ,the , Well, . he announc·ed .that1 after ne ·;-: · ~ .. '= . ' .; . . ., '""' ........... Sahara Desert c: . ., , .:· decared . hi:s --.candidancy,_ he would '. ~..., . A 'come out l·.ike a -tiger. I So, . I gues:s ~ . : : -we'll <-just ·have 'to see. [f ·this tiger is . ~ .· · ·· " . , - - . ...;· a~tualiy a pussyc~t. ·\· · . . · I

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