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Show "re idea ol'Death sat c“ hint ”DC’JJIiT cl: 9.“. ‘yi \ _: $3.sz. 1..» # I," U Fi‘f‘t'i't‘. English autnor s lSW—N’Ui 6 Sunday, W 7. 1993 The Daily Herald Job too well done? " islattire desers s ;; pat ‘Z’. the back for a job too vvell done In a session. relatively free from aci'in‘infiy. the ladies and gentlemen of the Legzsiature col- laborated to pass nearly tot) bills and resolutions to make the lives of the Great L'nwashed easier. harder. better. worse. more coitipiicated. At that. they only got a little more than half finished. Some 3'50 additional measures have been held oy er for addi- New midnight but the Senate president's watch showing 11:59 ithe law says the session must end at midnight the final day l. Sen. Scott How ell‘s kindergarten bill was passed. As originally proposed. the bill cam-Oh mu m. This year‘s XCI's'it‘fia ithe L'tah Leg~ ‘ CONGRESS made kindergarten attendance manda- tory by S-y ear-olds. As passed. the bill tional study through a device called does not require attendance by 5-y earolds but does require all districts to make kindergarten av ailable as part of the "free” education system. Mr. general session. These leftov ers — 350 Howell began. pushing for mandated plus. remember — are items the legis- kindergarten l.ist year and didn‘t rest House Joint Resolution 35 which contains the leftovers that didn‘t get addressed fully or at all during the 45-day lators want studied before they meet again in 1004. m {\J 3}», until the law passed. \Ve admire his dedication but not hisjudgment. \Vith talk on the national and state How much government do we really isvel of the need for more local control need? and local input to schools. why do we Can there possibly be several hundred additional problems. proce- need more state mandates? Especially. dures and pet projects since last year since kindergarten is pretty much a fact that need the w eight of law .‘ And on top ofiife in L‘tah arty way ’7 To those in the Legislature who try ofthat 35!) leftov ers.‘ Typical of the type of unneeded each year to rein in the long arm of meddling mixed in with the needed government. we are grateful. For meddling by the Legislature is the last those who continually try to extend bill passed this year. With a vote taken gov ernment's reach. we are less appreafter the clock on the wall showed ciative. . v,” V ”Ml/- avmuz .. .- , Only God knows the real message Letters Documentation Editor Mr. Barry Bickmore asked in a letter in activities. As the child gets older the worse the dislike for school gets and the more the effects of the bad experiences show. published Feb 14. that "ultraconservatit-es" provide "documentation" for their It doesn't help when a child improves his assertions regarding efforts by members of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Tri-I.. teral Commission to subvert our L' .5. Constitution and destroy L'.S. sovereignty. ‘s'othtng would please us more. grades. and thinks he is going to like high school; but the high school is too busy trying to find way s to kick him out. to et en notice. I regret ey er listening and allow ing teachers to run my child down in early years. It would feel very good to remember positive experiences y our child has had in school. Indeed. unless a large enough percentage : our people become aware of the massive . ‘iotint ot ”documentation” available and u. hat that Information portends for them and their posterity . the conspirators will succeed in their deadiy plans. For the izitormation of Mr. Bickmore and any others is ho have the intellectual honesty to C‘kttlilil‘i; the facts. I would like to suggest a "reading i'st'~ of "documentation.” First: "Tragedy and Hope.” by Carroll Qtiigley. fomier professor of history at the Foreign Service School of Georgetown L'ni'vcf\lI_\. This is 1200 pages of hard reading. but it does lay out the history of the CFR and associated groups. Second: "The Capitalist Conspiracy by Cleon Skousen. This is an in-depth review. with copious quotations. of the book above. "Tragedy and Hope.” by ngley. It is much more readable than the original. A few more books to refer to are: "Foundations — Their Power and Influ— ence." by Rene Wormser. pub. by Devin- There are a lot of very good teachers out there. but unfortunately there are a lot of poor teachers also. who can undo everything a good teacher accomplishes. It is amazing the difference a good. caring teacher can make in a child's life. There are all kinds of children. teachers should be trained professionally to teach all types. If they can‘t they don’t belong in the profession. It‘s no wonder that children of high school teachers have good experiences — teachers stick together. Many parents feel children of high school teachers and administrators get preferential treatment and that sports are all political anyway. High school teachers‘ children don't get told. "W110 do you think you are? "What do you think you're doing try ing out for this team. " It‘s sad that some school districts exploit children with citizenship Us. by expelling them from school and charging money to take classes to get back in. Often when .\tl‘..tll' students have been expelled their academic "The Rich and the Super Rich." by Ferdinand Lundberg. pub. by Bantam Books. "Fabian Freeway by Rose Martin. pub. by Fidelis Press. "Who Rules America." by Domhoff idon't recall first namei. grade suffers. even the straight A student. U‘s also prevent students from attending activities that all students need to be involved in. activities which make them feel that they belong. It‘s too bad some teachers and administrators are so puffed up and selfrighteous they can't see is but is going on. Debbie Hendrickson Pay son 7 Two very recent books which use very extensive quotations from the CFR‘s own publications to “document" their overall plans for us are: "Shadows of Power.” by James Perloff. and “Global Tyranny — Step by Step." by William Jasper. Looking up from his newspaper. Slats Grobnik shook his head and said: "You ever wonder if God hasva drinking prob— lem‘.’" A what? "You know. if he goes on benders once in a while. really gets tanked up. " No. I have never wondered about that or given it a passing thought. and I don‘t think it is an appropriate topic of conversation. I don’t even know why you would ask Syndicated Columnist such a question. "OK. I'll tell you why. I’m reading the paper about this guy in Texas who shot it to Washington to reduce the deficit so out with the federal agents. " Yes. the leader of the Branch Davidi- Congress don't have to cut out some of the ans. a rather violent religious sect. What swindle projects they put in for their lobbyist pals.‘ Does that sound like something about him? “Well. he was going to surrender. But somebody sober would say?“ You should put your questions to an then he said he talked to God and God told him not to. so he decides to stonewall it for expert on such matters: a theologian or maybe a bartender. a while. ‘ ’ "And if he was sober. would God say to What does that have to do Wlll'l your that guy in Texas: 'Look. young man. question about God‘s drinking habits? don‘t surrender to those federal agents. “Lemme go on. Now I look at another You got enough good ammo to hold them story in the paper. and I read about people off for another week. so do it. ' " who are worried about the national debt. Obviously. that would not be rational 50 some of them are sending their own advice. But you can't attribute two sepamoney to Washington to help cut it. " rate incidents to heavenly imbibing. “I'm not. But it’s part of a pattern. I Yes. one can make a donation of that» look at the news. and I see people all over kind. So? “So this. There‘s this woman in North the world doing crazy things because they Carolina. and she‘s putting the arm on her say God wants them to. You got Israel and friends to send in some dough. and you the Arabs. and both sides say God is on their side. Then you look at the countries know why she's doing it?" A misguided sense of patriotism. I as- around India. and they're going at each sume. other because they say God wants 'em to "No. she's in some religious group and do it. Same thing in Bosnia. And you‘re she says. here. I'll read it to you. she says: saying you don't see a pattern?" What kind of pattern? ‘The Lord talked to me about it and I asked “A guy gets loaded. and the next day he what should I do. and that's what he told me to do. ‘ Now. I ask you. can you picture says: ”Oh. boy. did I say that? I told them to have a war? I told ”em to shoot it out that?" with the feds? I told them to send their Picture what? “God looking down and telling some money to Washington? I think I better go woman in North Carolina: ‘I know you on the wagon.‘ Except with God. time not and your friends work hard for your mon- being too important when you got eternity ey. but here's what I want you to do. to play with. the binge could last 50 years Everybody chip in a few bucks and send it before the hangover sets in. ' ' consolidating the intelligence agencies: $500 million by barring ”U.S. payments to international anti-consumer organizations for coffee. rubber" and tropical tim— ber; and $1.1 billion by replacing “the commitments for new housing construction with vouchers." Compared to entitlements. however. these savings add up to relative loose change. Approximately half of all federal spending goes to entitlements and other mandatory programs (excluding net interest payments). From entitlements. Lott lops off $184 billion. Over the next five WASHINGTON — lt‘s been 43 years since Sen. Joseph McCarthy first made headlines by brandishing a list of alleged communists working in the State Depanment. Last month Sen. Trent Lott. R- The non-Birch books should be available in libraries. The last two books can be obtained through any member of the JBS. There is an enomious body of additional "documentation" available. If the information in the references mentioned above didn‘t convince a person of the existence of the insider conspiracy and its plans. nothing I. or anyone else could rec— ommend would be likely to do so either. Albert V. Burns Spanish Fork billion in painless budget cuts that just Syndicated Columnist about everybody would agree with. including you. I‘d be glad to provide (it) to you." Lott told Budget Director Leon Panetta. waving it around during the hearing. they’d hardly be pain—free and would cer- years. he would cap the growth of nonPanetta called Lott's bluff: "Let me tainly be visited on the most vulnerable Social Security mandatory spending. alhave that list. I want to see those painless members of society. These kind of details lowing increascs for new beneficiaries and cuts. " Lott folded the paper and put it back don‘t buttress the GOP argument that cost-of—living adjustments only. These programs provide the webbing of in his jacket pocket Later. a Lott spokes- there's a pain-free. tax-free alternative to the social "safety net”: Medicaid and person told a reporter that the list would be Clintonomics. To reach $216 billion. Lott would en- Medicare. food stamps. child nutrition revealed in a few months. We recently obtained a copy of Lott's dorse raids on programs serving the poor- programs. Aid for Families with Depenlist. Those "painless cuts" are as hollow est of the poor. and the needicst of the dent Children. unemployment compensa~ as McCarthy‘s list of communists. The needy. The young. the old and the sick tion. civil service retirement. military retirement and disability. veterans‘ benefits. cuts indeed add up to $2lb billion —— but would take the biggest hit. According to Lott‘s one-page docu- student loans. and farm price support proment. 85 percent of the cuts are earmarked grams. Miss... pulled ;: iitoderii version of McCarthy‘s stunt when he réached into his jacket pocket during a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee. “I have in my pocket a list of $216 Editor: This is in response to the letter front Paul Meredith. a Payson High School teacher. When children develop a dislike for school. it very often starts in the elementary grades. When a quiet. shy child has one bad experience after another at school. at a very young age. it is no wonder they dislike school. When a child is put down continually. nothing a parent does seems to do any good. No matter how involved the parents get. you cannot get the child motivated or interested "I know. because every bookie I know stays sober because he's got to be careful with his odds. So if God is a boozer. he can‘t be a bookie or bed lose a bundle. " Look. I don‘t think either of your theo— ries are credible. Nor would most theolo— gians. "Why not?" Because the more reputable ones be— lieve that God lets us determine our own destinies. “You mean God is sort of an innocent bystander? ’ ' I suppose that is one way to put it. yes. "Then I‘m right about God being a boozcr after all. ' ' What makes you think that? "Because sitting up there watching what goes on down here would be enough to drive anyone to drink.“ Republican budget list cuts deep into entitlements The first six references are neither written nor published by the John Birch Society. The last two mentioned are published by the J BS. It may be that the non—Birch materials might have more value in the mind of someone who is disposed to doubt the very existence of such a conspiracy. even though the intrinsic validity of the non-Birch and the Birch materials is the same. Bad experiences I suppose if you believe all the individuals. the religions and the natiOns that at~ tribute their action to God. one might think that booze could be the problem. Or even a malicious sense of humor. But I really doubt it. "Well. it's just something to think about. See. there was a time when I thought that maybe God was a bookie. ‘ ' A what? “A bookie. You know. someone who takes bets. ' ' What gave you that idea? “You mean you never noticed? All you had to do was watch TV and everytime somebody would win a championship. the star of the game would go on TV and say something: 'I guess the good Lord wanted me to score that touchdown.‘ Or some fighter would knock another guy's head halfway to the balcony and then he'd say: ‘I just trusted in God.‘ So I started thinking. why would God want one big bunch of clunks to beat another bunch of clunks? Or one palooka to deck another palooka? And the only thing I could figure was that God was making book and wanted to cover the spread or something. " That sounds unlikely. Letters policy for entitlements. with the balance of the The spending cap concept is not novel. The Daily Herald welcomes letters to the cuts. some $32 billion. coming from pro- Since Lott has no plan to deal with the skyrocketing health-care costs. Medicare editor. Address letters to Letters to the Edi- grams that include: and Medicaid -the two turbo engines drivAbout $8.8 billion through a Defense tor. POBox 71 7. Provo. UT 84603. Letters must be Signed and include the writer '5 (ill! Department civilian hiring freeze; $6.2 ing. the budget deficit -— would continue name. address — and a daytime phone num- billion by repealing the Davis-Bacon Act. their explosive growth. In a recent report. ber for verification. Letters should be typed. a wage provision law: $250 million by the Congressional Budget Office explains double spaced. and less than 400 words in allowing advertising on public broadcast- that caps without reform would be a recipe length. The most common reasons for not ing; $2.5 billion by endin subsidies on for disaster: the growth of their costs to the cap level would require real cuts in the health—care services that would be available to the elderly and the poor. “ As the leading spear—carrier against the Clinton administration. Lott knew that re- vealing the fine print wouldn't serve Republican political ends. Clinton administration officials reacted by claiming a measure of vindication. "Suffice it to say there is no way to do it (Lott‘s cuts) with- out really hurting Medicaid and Medicare. not to mention those low-income senior citizens who are on Medicaid and Medicare.“ said one administration official. Repeated phone calls to Lott‘s office went unanswered. Lott apparently believes that such austerity shouldn't start at home. Sources told us that Lott asked congressional appropriators for special federal assistance to Mississippi school districts. and to fund a new job center in Hollandale. Several Republican strategists in the Senate. including Lott allies. feel it's im- portant to keep the hot lights focused on the Clinton plan. and were dismayed by the sideshow Lott has sparked over the mystery list. “Trent is so attractive and glib that he gets away with a lot of that stuff where others wouldn‘t." said one Republican who's been bott's ally. At the outset of the Clinton administration. Panetta issued a simple challenge to critics: “Put up or shut up. " So far. he has found no takers among ‘_‘In the absence of fundamental restruc- Republicans like Lott. the secret list notpublishing letters are: too long. unsigned. “unused Amtrak routes"; 2.8 billion by cutting Congress‘ budget; $1 billion by turing of Medicare and Medicaid. holding withstanding. illegible. obscene or libelous. |