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Show Sundav ‘ria .‘ 2: ' 13141} THE HERALD. Provo. Dar 5 at. if lintonian tyranny sparking new American Revolution By JOHN SElLEl-‘l Orange County Regzster -\s part of America‘s ruling elite :or more than two decadesi. Bill sort to barter or straight cash pay~ merits, Do you need a roof put on your house or a new engine put in gov ernrne nt Despite bad government. lie-L your car'.‘ Then a wink and a hand- avoid sales taxes. Social Security pered in a v a-st gray market Americans sti‘ti f€!l€‘.!‘~€l\ think government is “good This stems from misty memories or George Washington and Tom let'ferson. But the old Republic estabe taves. “unemploy nient" taxes and lished by them was demolish-cu tit! many other [Li\(‘s years ago. Comparing Tom Jefferson to Bill Jefferson Clinton is like comparing St. Francis of Assisi to the Marquis de Sade. Read the Constitution it prohib~ its about 90 percent of what the federal government now does. including Social Security. Medicare. Medicaid. welfare and other mega-waste programs. If we truly followed the Consti< tution. Clinton and all 535 members ofCongress would be slapped in jail for violating our national law. They are the real violators of the law. not those who give an undocumented worker a jOb or who avoid unjust. unconstitutional taxation. Because Bill C linton‘s economic and social programs amount to less freedom and a heavy imposition of tore socialism. Americans will revolt. Revolution is in our bones. We pushed King George Ill. tyrant. from our shores This time. open revolt isn‘t pos— sible. This time. the feds have the Clinton has no idea what is going f‘ui of cash bring ‘ much lower .zn with ordinary peopie And the price than a payment from a check inc thing he doesn't know most of or a credit card, By paying this way. Americans .2.“ is how ordinary people will re“ to his economic "recovery" plan Surveys indicate that respon gents look favorably on his plan. But as with politicians. so with ~Higgins Look at what they do. not what they say — especiallv not what they say when a national poli~ int; organization calls asking how i may "re fulfilling their "patriom" cliii‘v . L'nder the Clinton tav increases, we‘ll see more of the Zoe Baird phenomenon: participation in the ”gray " market. This sector of the economy has been grow ing a. gov . erftfilfnl has become more oppres- save Espe‘c‘l‘dll} in California. New york. Florida Tevas. and Illinois. This isn‘t the "black" market; it doesn't involve stolen goods. It only involves free. honest. volune tary economic activity outside the gov emment‘s purv iew. it includes factories in Los Angeles that employ undocumented workers. If these factories had to operate under the oppressive eye of government. they would shut down immediately As it is. they do good things. They provide jobs and help the economy. America is developing more of an Italian-style economy. Italians notorioiasly shun government. They really hav en‘. had ajust gov— ernment since Julius Caesar ruined millions of people employ undocu— mented workers m "illegal“ al~ lens to baby—sit. mow lawns. fruit trees and so on. And like Mama the Roman Republic 2.00.0 years ago. Dante put most of Italy ‘s polie ticians in his inferno. Baird. few employers fill out Ini— ltaltans consider government a migration and Naturaiization Serv - joke. They’ve had 45 or 48 or ice papers or pay Social Security something dit'fere t governments taxes. since World War II. Italian society Miiiions of other Americans rei properly is based on family. not H noitzn instead we'i: 17.11.. _. ‘49 quiet fii‘i w;- i; tell ivng .‘iil.¥\ ~2‘ “'1‘?“ .‘r 7=-‘s\'-"- ”EMU By MELISSA DRIBBEN Breasts. No other body part re— ceives so much publicexposure and adulation. You‘ve seen. of course. the cov er of last month's Sports lllustrated swimsu1t edition. featuring the lovely model‘s treasures beneath an X of moonsilver Lycra. And you‘ve noticed. discreetly. I'm sure. who has nice ones beneath the silk blouses in your of— fice. peeking from the strapless gowns at your cousin's wedding and display ed in ads for bra sales at Macy‘s. Breasts are objects of beauty. Desire. Reverence. Celebrity sta— tus. Have I left anything out? l‘m afraid so. lgnorancc. Neglect. Fear. Death. Until two years ago. only $90 million was allocated by the feders al government for breast cancer research. Far too little money to battle a disease that afflicts 2 .6 million American vvomen and kills 46.00) a year Medical researchers have never devoted much study to the breast. So there is very little known about whatever it is that transforms nor— mal cells into ruthless traitors on a fatal search and destroy mission. We women are scared to death about this disease. which will kill one in eight of us. We are at higher risk for breast cancer if our mothers. sisters or grandmothers had it. Or if we got our periods early. Had our children late. Didn't nurse our babies. We should worry. we've heard. if we eat too much fat. Or if we‘re talland thin. ‘vyiliie iii-ii».- v.15’i‘ifill his pro grams 2.. rte-sides: -\i ‘ b siziri ‘ ' ‘ ~_nemet \ “pr-s. Boston Globe On March 4. 1933. on what he called a "a day of national consecration." Franklin D. Roosevelt defined "fear itself“ as the enemy . Bill Clinton has marked the 60th anniversary of FDR's inaugural by reiterating his own theme: The only thing we have to fear is the status quo. When Clinton visited the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park. NY. last month. he confessed his admira— tion for FDR. the first president of modern times and the last one inauv gurated on March 4. The 20m amendment to the constitution in 1933 moved the date to Jan. 20. Clinton and FDR share much: confidence in their own charm. fondness for the rhetoric of class T ‘We’iisee:1‘.t.rcc.rnur::i- act-z J “25‘2“4‘ “Vil‘m” ne!"“”‘ “1;“ “4%": Shirley but go nowhere lntii a few \iL’an‘tC\ 4:." resistance. more‘nravc J.{lt‘fl‘ in (”FTP-Liftbasketsatelhc‘ 31‘: pew paid to see on: ifai'is \Iii.l\i’i int-i cli‘lldllc‘tTlli\‘Klailslit“-.‘Tl‘ileL‘lll Plf W1“ Mil T‘s‘ ”623 .iovvn tv‘ 4 one anotner \ow thexashritgov The ongoing infiirriiation revo- lution advances a societal rcvola ‘skvv‘aii socia3 s' ,tifi-r: gin-fin". warfare; blithe disregard for gaps between campaign promises and presidential actions and a ceaseless zest for politics itself. In last vear‘s campaign. howev er FDR was cited most often by Clinton campaign officials as one of 14 presidents who lacked military service. although Roosevelt. like his opponent Herbert Hoover. played a major civilian role in World War 1. Clinton is the first president since Calvin Coolidge who has no experience in either a world waror the military. His inner circle. in- cluding former Vietnam protese ters. populates the first White House staff to regard military serv . ice with disdain. Generationally. this White House staff is hashmark-free and could not muster a quorum for an graduate school is the relevance of ihe military"s favorite acronym. SNAFU (Situation Normal: All Fouled Up. in its bowdlerized version). The Clinton administration will one day discover a profound truth about itself: that a massive hierarchical organization with supposedly common goals can break down over arcane details that no naive commanding officer could understand. - -\tt'.'ri-..tr* room; a "rigsiu‘e .—\s more flung,“ .‘ activ it)- Hver if“: IEL‘V few :.:.irs_ vv ;- r: likely ' i s.'e the ad‘.an.'er't‘ent «‘5 {mg across gll'TIF‘Lflg‘r screens. _.i\. fifth“. ernment wt'il find a :vcllenign m1. voiv in; '.l"‘.1“.'.’s 4‘ wet: as , : s ., i-sc.i.; ., .. -i John Seiicris .in coining." writer 2 titfvvt‘tns. l."i- ‘rtipu: r 1‘ tor iYhC‘()ir.1nL'C‘Ll'cst’T!b is Vania Aria. t not viii$34.70;?! a; «is than. was: are few that- will not ravage the promise of Social Security. During their 28 years of powerlessness in the 48 years since the FDR's death. Democrats discreetly prayed for a major recession. Republicans are driven to similar despair because the Hidden Hand of free enterprise works. The bond market and even the stock market have eschewed ideol- ogy for profit. If the market were a Republican think tank. it would de- The enemy Clinton faces is not that Fort Zinderneuf of the 1990s. the Republican party. Manned by the corpses of supply—siders in the parapets. this outpost fell from ex— haustion of ideas in the Bush administration; Rcaganism was its last beau geste. The Dole Domenici wing is now ascendant. preaching “re- spend feckless liberal. But the Hidden Hand has instead choked the tax-and—spend straw man. Clinton has seized the deficit issue and flummoved the GOP. Capitalism was swell when it worked. but Republicans are now running on empty. The maior enemy for Clinton is not ideological. but institutional. His plans face an ordeal of l.000 cuts or at least 535. As Congress ships his ideas to the lobbyists on K Street. the loophole lane of tav laws. Clinton will discover how these anonmyous supply sergeants curb the deficit. When Clinton asks for more budget-cut ideas. requnsible Republicans know there 0p Drawer (iraccful. and terribly practical. Drexcl's chest ofdrawers fcatiircs an antiqued green vvash finish with floral accents. 999.95 in our Furniture department. and company clerks rule Washington by pursuing their ow‘n agendas. "I assume unhesitatingly the leadership ofthis great army or our people.” FDR said in 1933. Clinsponsible Republicanism" that ad- ton has done the same. but has little mits the need for some new taxes to evpcrience to help him understand how a vast, noble Juggernaut of idealism can get sand in its gears and be raked by friendly fire. peony .t'z! ae i\7‘_ -t'si‘la.. with ‘i":i'”‘ becomes sriiall blips of energy flit» [1an 1 “"3” “ll-m“ nounce Clinton as another tax-and- A lesson of life not taught in div 'YJUCL. tv shitting underground. more tax As a corporate litigator in PhilaBut really. no one can breathe easily. Because 70 percent of delphia and the mother ofa 5~year~ breast cancer victims have none of old boy. she know s that to get what these risk factors. And the experts you want. its better to infer guilt haven't a ciue as to why Or what than bludgeon with blame. "Too many of us were dying to do about it. We are encouraged to examine under the status quo. “ she testified our breasts every month. to give last month in Washington. “We our fingers a memory and a chance saw a similar future for our daughto detect changes early. But we ters. our granddaughters. ” Visco. who was diagnosed with have heard that any tumor big enough to feel probably has been a breast cancer five years ago when she was 39. has enlisted hundreds lethal presence for years. Like many women. I had put of thousands of women and their great faith in mammograms. which families to demand that more atcan pick up tumors too tiny to feel. tention be dev oted to breast cancer But last week. we learned of some research. And more money. And she's shown she knows new studies that shook our confi~ where to get it. dence. The Pentagon The data suggests that in women Last year. with the help of Sen. under 50. cancer often evades the mammograms probing eye. Tu~ Tom Harkin of Iowa. whose two mors hide. they say. in the dense sisters died ofbreast cancer. Visco tissue of a younger woman's and her troops won $210 million from the Department of Defense breast. But some scientists say there are for breast cancer research. An additional $196 million was technical problems with the studies and not enough evidence yet to allocated through the Department of Health and Human Services. justify changing the gutdelines. Women still are advised to have This year. the coalition seeks $449 a baseline mammogram between million. Visco will have the support of age 35 and 4t). biennial mammo— grams until age 50 and annual every woman who has ever stood mammograms after that. And to in the shower. probing her breasts remember that there is no substi~ for a lump she prayed she w ouldn‘t tute for a woman's monthly self— find. Every one who ever had her breasts mashed between the plates exam. of an X-ray machine. Every one in the meantime. the public can draw one clear conclusion from the who was ever told that to survive. latest studies: We deserve to know she should have her breast cut off and then swallow some poison. more. Fran Visco. president of the NaFor all of us can testify — this is tional Breast Cancer Coalition. an an awfully primitive way to fight advocacy group. doesn‘t say that an epidemic. And a very shabby the medical community has slight- wav to treat obiects of beauty. ed breast cancer because it is domi~ A/felissa Dribben is a columnist nated by men. She‘s too diplomatfor the Philadelphia Inquirer. ic. Aiiivets meeting. The Clinton crowd did most of its drilling (or networking) on the quadrangles of academe. not on the parade grounds of Fort Dix or Parris island. This lacuna on the Clinton administration’s resume may be of little moment except for some lessons learned in uniform. These are not guts and glory. but rather the everyday experience of dealing with the supply sergeants and company clerks of a bureaucratic world. "s p .i“‘-c Enemy for Clinton is institutional 8y MARTIN F. NOLAN ‘w' -t tans go on with life and have pros- Breasts get shabby treatment Knight-Ridder Newspapers ., ”“9377 ‘1':—'“"~’l-'i”‘-"" ( ’i‘A'A/‘(l/f/(Ig I 20’ (Y/i'u/w' /(\)(’t“)'((1()ty ZCMI ‘ >1sft‘fi9f |