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AWARD WINNER 1987
Letters to
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IF CONGRESS SAVES US
WE AKE BETTER OFF LOST
YA GOTTA
BE SURE O'
Warm Fuzzies
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Now there’s a new precedent for
< ungre as-using the budget process to
stamp oUt frerdom of speech How
long < an this g oh before responsible
memters of < ongress acknowledge
the problem and enact meaningful
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U.S. Ignores Bitter Dependene y Lesson
Congress and the Reagan administration continue to ignore the
facts
The United States slowly is becoming more depetent on foreign
oil Must we repeat the bitter lesson of the 1970s. when Americans
waited in long lines to purchase expensive gasoline?
The American Petroleum Institute reported this past week that
the United States now imports 40 percent of its oil
With cunsumption increasing and domestic exploration decreas-
mg. Americans once again will find themselves vulnerable to the ml
shocks we experienced during the 1970s
Oil experts have urged Congress to repeal the windfall profits tax
so investors would keep drilling for new oil wells Drillers now say oil
prices are too low to encourage drilling.
Some experts want an oil import fee that would help increase
domestic oil prices Obviously, that's a political problem because
cunsumers naturally do not want to pay any more for gasoline
But neither do consumers want a repeat of the oil crisis
Those who do not learn from past mistakes are doomed to
repeat them, according to an old saying And it looks like the United
States is heading toward a repeat of the 1970s oil crisis
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can happen to a person worse than being
saved by Congress. They decided the phone
company was too big and must be divided
into several companies. Now there is a
separate company for each function. I have
one phone company for the basic service
They own the lines Another company sold
me my own personal phone system
Another company theoretically furnishes
me long distance service This is supposed
to be better for me' Huw could higher bills
and less service be1 better’’ And no matter
what the problem it is always the other
company 's fault Service is a game of ring
around the rosie One day I am going to get
lucky and get all three present at the same
time Then it will be the weather's fault
I am glad Congress hasn't gotten around
to saving me from General Motors There
would tie a separate company for motors,
bodies, windshield wipers, and bumpers
The cars would cost $200,000 and we would
have to go to at least three places to get the
oil changed I have had about all of the sav-
ing I can stand
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The Tragedy of Crime
The brutal slaying of 25-year-old Dallas policeman John Glenn
Chase Saturday is a dramatic example of the urgent need to rebuild
< ummunty support for Dallas police officers
Chase was writing a ticket for a routine traffic violation in the
heart of downtown Dallas when a bystander intervened, wrestled the
young officers pistol away from him ami shot him to death As he
lay dying, the officer pleaded for his life but some of the onlookers
reportedly egged on the assailant by chanting words to the effect of
Shout him. shoot him. shoot him "
That reaction should raise alarms in all corners of the city
Respect for law enforcement in Dallas has been dangerously eroded
And if the law officers are not safe in this city, then no one else is.
either
What's needed now is mH more finger-pointing What's needed
tw is not more racial division What's needed now is more coopera-
tion from the entire city council, from the whole community, north
and south Dallas, in rebuilding support for law enforcement in
Dallas
The Dallas Morning News
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Your voices in Austin, Washington
Sen Bill Sarpalius, Office 326, State Capitol, Austin <a<W
i512 475-3222.
Rep John Smithee, Office 114-C. State Capitol, Box 2110 Austin.
70769, 15121475-3706 ■ Randall and Deaf Smith Counties I
Lloyd Bentsen, U.S Senate. Washington. D.C 20510 1202 1224-5922
Dallas office 12141707-0677
Phil Gramm, U.S Senate. Washington. D.C. 20610 (2021224-2934
Lubboc k office: (8061743-7533.
Beau Boulter, U S House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.
20515 (2021225-3706 Amarillo office 2NE Fifth (806)376-2381
larry Combest, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
20515 (2021225-4005. labbock office: i»N 1763-1611
anzans Instead at the
th President gets a
2,000-page document.
atm h he must either sign ot (» rnut
the entire government to te shut
down Knowing this, various
membets of Congress seize their
chance to had up on pork for the
home t 'Iks and carryout personal
vendettas against real and imagined
enemies
Permit me to cite a few examples
from the latest sampling (8 million
to build a school for Afrcan Jews in
France $64 million fot a new
Hatarian-stsle ski resort 'a Idaho.
$2 6 million t promote consumption
of fish $300,000 for a bridge over
Mud I nil in Oklahoma: and how
Remember when there was one phone
company I cussed them for their attitude
but the phones worked and we only had one
bunch to deal with. Now I have two sy stems
for long distance and neither of them work
I have spent the morning listening to the
two little beeps on one system and a voice
saying thank you on the other The two little
beeps give hope but no call The voice I
could do without if they would just get the
things to work
I bought my own phone system. It made
sense at the time My big mistake was in
[laying it off if I owed them money I could
load up the whole mess in a wheel barrow
and dump it in their office it is paid tor and
it is mine-headaches and all it is all mine
Remember when the phones worked?
The trouble with bucket seats is
that not everyone ha s the same size
bucket "
— Boyd Pierce Sudan Beacon-
News, Sudan Texas May 22. 1969
ffended certain memtrt t
For example , two years
. Defense Department refus-
fly th girlfriend of Cun
errsoman Chatles Wilsn of Texas
at ind on a junket in Pakistan
Wilsn finally got his revenge, an all
but invisible requirement in the
budyet package strippin, tw air
11,iff from the Dfense Intelligence
Xgeiw y
Eten lien offensive was a pruv-
sti n that will probably force
publi-het Rupert Murdoch to give up
th munes-losing Boston Herald
taot disarray t th budget
lusters an array <4 ills. not
They did not have
TODAY S INSIGMT Gaining and
maintaining integrity ■ annot tn at
complished without knowing or lear
lung what is right Whatsoever
things are true whatsorvet things
are honest, whatsoever things are
just whatsever things are pure
whatsoever things are lovely, what
srtet things an >4 good report; it
there be any virtue and if there be
any pralse, think on these things
' Philppians 4 8
Spiritual edue ation is the drawing
out of th quality >4 integnity within
us ami the development of a longing
to lie hnest in our dealings with our
fellowmen - to help make life better
for other We cannot do an evil deed
in the name of the la>rd Jesus, for
that is dishorn sty before Him
Faith without the works of integri
ty is dead Gratitude is a sign <4 in
tegnity tefore God, recognizing that
He is the source of all good, the Giver
of all our blessing'
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EE ASSOCIATION
“To preserve our independence, we must not let
our rulers load us with perpetual debt/’ said Thomas
Jefferson.
We are now spending $220 billion more than we ac-
cumulate in revenues each year. We face a debt of $2.2
trillion, and it’s difficult for most of us to even conceive
of a trillion dollars. If someone started ticking off the
seconds today, it would take 31,700 years to count to a
trillion!
With all the problems we face today, the problem
of big government is among the most critical. Prac-
tical and understandable solutions have been offered
and yet only a small number of these reforms have
been implemented.
The Grace Commission in 1984 issued 2,478 specific
recommendations and demonstrated how they could
save more then $400 billion in the first few years after
their implementation. Further, the Commission found
that these cutbacks would actually improve public ser-
vices, rather than curtail them.
J. Peter Grace, who headed up the President's
Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, points out that
most of the recommendations made by the commis-
sion were ignored. One of the reasons, he says, is the
fact that the federal government is controlled by Con-
gress. Most of us don’t realize how many day-to-day
actions of government are affected by the 535 elected
members of Congress. They exert a powerful in-
fluence on each government agency and they don’t
want to give up that power.
.And when members of Congress "micromanage”
these agencies, says Grace, absurdity leads to absurdi-
ty. You’ve heard of two-cent screws bought for $91 and
$7.50 hammers for $435. That’s because of specifica-
tions imposed by Congress, not because the Pentagon
doesn't know a bargain when they see it.
The commission's survey revealed that the
Defense Department has certified that the United
States needs 326 military bases. We have 4,000. Even
with Congressmen looking for political plums, you'd
think 535 bases would be sufficient.
Grace reports he ran into a number of obstacles in
his survey. For example, he asked the OMB how many
social programs the government sponsors, and the
answer was "110 to 130." Further research by the
commission turned up 963 social programs.
"They are all formularized in Congress and many
of them are called "entitlements." Keep that word in
mind, says Grace, "because you're a sucker if you're
not getting anything-you’re entitled' to a lot of these
programs." Grace adds that is is possible to enroll in
17 of them simultaneously and draw 160 percent of the
minimum wage.
“The real job of government is nut tu give us 963
social programs but to protect our liberty. We ought to
be living up to the principles of our forefathers We
ought to be vocal about waste and fraud in govern-
ment." says Grace.
“We need a knowledgeable, informed electorate
that doesn't depend on the nightly news for what it
knows about what goes on in this country," declares
Grace. "We need citizens willing to make Congress ac-
countable for the travesty which passes for democratic
government today."
Grace concludes that until we have those citizens,
"we will continue to be bamboozled by Congress
which, in its turn. knuckles under to the bureaucratic
establishment and the 500 special interest groups enr
trenched on Capitol Hill. We can start by making the
government fiscally responsible, but whether we can
muster the political will to do so is up to us alone."
evelvpment (
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whistles "ii them but they worked I can't
remember taking one of them in for repair
Now even Ma Bells phones are designed to
last three days past the warranty I have
made - many trips to the phone store they
call me by my first name
What happened to thi phoneservice We
were saved by ( ongress Not many things
You nught
re pre sentat
.up . • ”ih* futthet and further
whnd and with all the dstractions
t a pl « side tittal ♦ lection 4 vtning up
1 - ah ’ assure Congress willget
- .. • J town even more in 1988
publi trust Hi
t hit at 1
thins tsils one
abwut $250,000 for wild pig « ontrol in built the way the government would
Hawali do it "
Worse still were the hidden re- — Boyd Pierce Sudan Beacon-
quirements inserted h punish those News, Sudan Texas, May 25. 1969
Dear rditet
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Edun ation the 4 apa ity to thank
properly and t thunk properiy
nw ans to speak and to live properly
Fdu ation is not intended to enabie
it* possessot to live without a t king
but to qualify humn for brin, <4 the
greatest m n k t Bette r n educ ation
than to use it fot seifish purposes
Educ ation is not meant to live tetter
than others, but to lat ttter for
other s
-Dwitt Mi Murray Dallas Morn
ingNews. Fet 10 1923
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Ed l tar's note: The Bootleg
Philosopher on his Johnsongrass
farm on Tierra Blanca Creek
discusses the Presidency this week,
more or less.
odo
Dear editor:
At last count there were 13 can-
didates running for President, give
or take one or two-practically nobody
can name all of them off the top of his
head
With such a wide selection-some
say narrow-there is considerable
discussion on what qualities a Presi-
dent should have, not just what
issues he’s for All 13 are in favor of
balancing the budget and not one can
tell you how it can be done
One expert said a President ought
to be completely honest but right off
the bat that puts a lot of Senators and
Congressmen and possibly
preachers out of the running
Another said he must have a sense
of history, because those ignorant of
history are doomed to repeat it This
ignores the fact that most wars and
other human disasters have been
caused by men who were very
familiar with history
I have a short list
First a President shouldn t be
tongue-tied When asked a question
tu ought t answer it and d he can't,
he . light to say so I seems like it'd be
hard to get 13 canddates who’re all
tongue-tied, but we've done it
A President shouldn t be color
Hind When h rva< hes for a White
H use phone t, tell s me former
associate ha s sorr he - been in
dicted he ought t get the black or
white one ll,4 th, red ■ ne Die red
one can lead t Worid War ill
H> -i uld t wear a uft link- F ra n t
Ria hard K la sher
President
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mnstratumn missed tha J.
have n place in the Whte Ha use It •
hard to roll up your slee ves .and, t
work if y u‘re worrying about
muasplacing your g uld i uft links
4 inally a President shuuld have .a
ense t humot Ha ahl t kni w
when his spee t unter has in-erted
a joke li. hs State 4 the Union ad
in s- whether it's funny ot nut
V ours taithfully .
J X
whud tut realize how muct puwer it
'.ill sield W. .in use this towl t
direct th< course 'Ui local, state. .and
fedetal government will taka
Your lota is tl.it tool With it Wa
can elect respunsite, hard working
indiv iduals "I defeat these whaa have
nut dutie the job they were elected to
d
Then is a statewide effort utider-
way to get otie million new vaders
registered before the primary elet -
tion in Man h Part of that effort is
takingplace in Here ford Deputized
vlunteets are working atound town
getting peuple registered by Feb. 7.
so they will In- eligible to vote on
March 8 I urge all our citizens tti.it
an nut registered to vote to lake ad-
vantage of this opportunits
Be a part of history Register get
informed, and turn out in record
numbers to vote March 8
Sinrerely.
Margarita Perez
• t -Tuads in shaping
ut si. tut also that i4
The towl we will use is
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