| OCR Text |
Show II- -' f "I K V Sun Advocate oppiniDoirD Thursday, Aprll7, 1BBB gKseta5s TV mom gives VEAH-T- good advice y even-temper- I'LL BET WITH WERE SO HARD TO TAX REFORM UNOERSTANpjHIRED YOU was right when Actress Meredith not to judge their off she said people would be better family life against television programs such as the one she stars in, Family Ties. Real people in real families dont have writers to feed them their lines. Real dads arent always as wise as and patient as Ward Cleaver or as moms Ozzie Nelson. Real arent always capable, unflappable and glamorous. Real life isnt a series of adventures, all with happy endings. The lives of fictional television characters are so outside the realm of the average person that inevitably unconscious comparisons are made, Baxter-Bime- y said at Wilson College in Baxter-Bime- forms WE an accountant: SPENT LE55 TIME FILING YOUR RETURN. ed Cham-bersbur- g, Pa. Some researchers talk about the fictional lives of television characters in terms of constructed, mediated reality. Unless a piece of television fiction is grander, funnier or more exciting than anything the producers believe would happen in real life, it isnt likely to be put on the screen. The result is a distorted picture of life. Trying to live up to TV standards of intelligence, wealth, beauty and success is a losing proposition, as Baxter-Bime- y wisely pointed out. ( Reprinted by permission of The Omaha World-Heral- d ) Iowa Democrats hedge their bets political pop quiz: Which Democratic presidential candidate won the Feb. 8 Iowa caucuses? Until the other day, the answer was Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri. Today, the correct answer is Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. Thats right, Iowa Democrats have had a change of of Gephardt and heart. After making Illinois Sen. Paul Simon, many Iowans have shifted their allegiance and hopped aboard the bandwagons Dukakis and Jesse of the current Jackson. Although Dukakis finished third in the precinct caucuses, he moved to the front of the pack on March A chucks waggiiV front-runne- rs front-runne- rs 26. Thats when the 15,000 Silver lining If looked at in a certain way the congressional override of the presidents veto on the Federal Power is not Grab Act er, Civil Rights Extension Act so bad. really Stop and consider. When federal bureaucrats used the original act to badger little Grove City College, no one went to jail. All the bureaucrats demanded was that officials of the Pennsylvania college sign federal anti-se-x discrimination forms. The college never practiced sex discrimination or any other kind of discrimination. They refused to sign. They said the school did not accept federal aid and consequently was not subject to the federal rules. They said submitting would amount to letting the federal government decide school policy. But the bureaucrats gripped their cause like bulldogs. They said 300 of the colleges 2,200 students received federal assistance. Therefore, they said, the college had no choice. It had to submit to federal policy in all programs. The college sought relief in the courts. After lengthy litigation, the college won a partial victory in the Supreme Court early in 1984. The court ruled that the college was not compelled to follow federal anti-bia- s guidelines in all programs but only those operating under its office of financial aid. Refusing to bow to the bureaucrats cost the college dearly. Its struggle in the courts cost it more than $250,000 in legal fees. Now, thanks to the new civil rights law, the same thing could happen all over again. It could happen to colleges, schools, farms, just about every kind of business, even mom and pop grocery stores, run by people who do not practice discrimination and do not want to submit to federal regulators demands that they sign on forms. But not to worry. They do not have to submit. They can fight the thing all the way to the Supreme Court if they happen to have $250,000 or so to spare. ( Reprinted by permission of The Indianapolis Star) others families and friends in the new Tuesday there is a Greek cowboy team recreation guide. probably going to come here this year. He All the articles will be new this year, so if said the Abenteur idea is one we could easily Its recreating time! you have a favorite spot you and your family promote and would draw lots of people. I think hes right. Price could become the Weve started working on an all new like to go to for recreation, write, call or stop recreation guide here at the paper, which in and tell me about it and, above all, bring cowboy town of the United States and people will be out toward the end of next month, and in some pictures for me to look at for from all over the world would come here to ride the desert canyons and mountain were going to try something new with it this possible publication. , meadows. Promoters in Green River and f year. But I need some help. Im going to do all Speaking of recreating and touristing, I Castle Dale are already setting up horse the editorial copy on some of the really great was in Moab Saturday and talked with some trips into the San Rafael. k areas around here and want you to tell me people down there who said they were sure summer Then we could set up a s what you want to read about in this guide. glad to see the tourists coming back to help festival every year that would feature more. local the a and train robberies But, wait, theres economy. Rather than send out our photogrpher to I asked them how they would like to live in carnival atmosphere with commercial get pictures of the various areas with people Price where summer didnt make any dif- booths and a community pageant showing in them, I want you to bring in favorite ference because tourists dont stop to help the story of the founding of the area and feature the Castle Gate payroll robbery by pictures of your family out in the woods, the the economy. Moab was packed with people. The shops Butch Cassidy and Elza Lay. desert, the canyons or on the lakes. We want to have pictures of people from were open on Main Street and lots people Markers at the cemetery would point out this area doing all the fun things that are were actually shopping. The businesses the graves of the outlaws and former Wild available in this area. And we want others to were all busy. Matt Bunch ' see them doing it. Price needs to get into tourist promotion. Warner, for tourists to visit and photograph. Remember when you bring in the pictures A San Rafael Swell National Monument or we just Weve got it right here in Price for us to consider for the publication, we recreation area would help a lot. Weve got need to promote it. It sure would be nice to need to know the names of the people in the so much to offer and, because it doesnt have see the local economy blossoming, at least in national recognition, people drive right on the summer months, with an increase in pictures and the name of the photographer so we can give that person a byline in the by- tourists who actually were coming here Karl Kraync is working already on the instead of guide. passing through on their way to Marlboro Abenteur for this year and told me Moab or Salt Lake I think itll be fun seeing lots of pictures City. CW- . " cowtown, U.S.A. with By CHUCK ZEHNDER Managing editor delegates chosen in those precinct caucuses gathered in 99 county caucuses and elected delegates to upcoming district and state conventions. It is at those conventions where Iowas 58 delegates to the Democratic National, Convention ultimately will be selected. While Jackson remained he in fourth place behind Gephardt and Siftion now has the support of 13 percent of the delegates, compared with the 8.8 percent he garnered in February at the precinct meetings. Iowa Democrats apparently want to eat their cake and have it too. Although they savor the national attention their early caucuses bring, their prolonged delegate-selectio- n process lets them hedge their bets in case their early favorites falter in the stretch. Unlike New Hampshire voters, whose Yankee stubbornness keeps them steadfast, Iowans reserve the right to change their minds. Theres nothing wrong with that, of course. But perhaps voters in future primary elections might want to take those early Iowa results with grains of salt, not corn. - Price two-wee- shoot-out- member-turned-lawma- n, mike royko Swaggart's sin shows he's trouper Jimmy Swaggart, the TV evangelist with a roving eye for lewd women, says hes going to return to preaching in a few weeks despite what his church elders say. They want him to hush up for at least a year and spend two years being counseled about straying from the path of righteousness. As you recall, he strayed all the way to those seedy motels. But Swaggart has decided that a year or two is too long for his flock to be deprived of his spiritual guidance. So hes going to get back to the pulpit in May. And I dont blame him. Why should he be singled out for sterner punishment than is meted out to others in his line of work? Weve read of dozens of rock stars, people actors, actresses, comedians, movie, producers and others who have been busted for sniffing and smoking illegal herbs and spices. As quickly as they make bond, they are back on stage or screen earning their big bucks. Weve lost count of the number of star athletes who have done the same. They snort white powder, miss a game or show-busine- ss two, spend a few weeks in a rehab resort, and return to their teams as soon as their eyes become uncrossed. Sometimes it is more than dope. Now and then we read of a football star his forcing masculine charms on some helpless female in the basement of a bar. He is arrested and stands trial. But is that enough to get him barred from earning a living for one or two years? Of course not. Just as soon as his lawyer can settle with the female, hes back on the field. The fans arent offended. They sometimes welcome the wayward jocks with standing ovations. So why shouldnt Swaggart be allowed to go back to work? Whats that you say? Hes not a rock star or an athlete? He is a preacher, a man of the cloth, so he should be held to different standards? Nonsense. Rock stars show biz. Professional are in show biz. And are in athletes Jimmy Swaggart, preacher though he be, is in show biz. The rock stars are peddling music, the comedians peddle laughs, the athletes peddle violence and vicarious thrills. Swaggart is peddling salvation, with a little bit of religious bigotry and intolerance thrown in. Like the others, hes out there on the air waves hustling a buck. Millions of bucks, since hes been the biggest of the show-bi-z preachers. And he knows that being benched for a year or two, while some shrink asks him when he first developed a craving for dirty pictures, is going to cost him millions. Why, even before he made his decision to return in May, he was hustling his faithful followers for whatever they can spare. He sent out a mass mailing that included these poignant lines: For some time Frances and I have worked until the point of total exhaustion, and in the midst of this Satan was trying to destroy me with a terrible problem. He didnt elaborate on what Satan made him do, but I assume it was his habit of putting on a jogging suit and taking hookers to a motel. That Satan, he gets such kinky ideas. He went on: Oh, the days and nights spent in prayer, the tears shed, the days of fasting. Not to mention, of course, the dread that the motel keeper might not be fooled by the sunglasses and recognize him. However, I think most of you know that from the very moment this tragedy began, even though I have suffered humiliation and shame as no human possibly being on the face of the earth has ever suffered, I have done the right and that is what I want thing to emphasize. The right thing? Did he give the hooker a generous tip? When I stood before the whole world and repented, that was the right thing to do. It was also the smartest thing to do. It made for great show biz. He blubbered. His kid blubbered. The audience blubbered. I havent seen that much effective sobbing since actress Jane Wyman was in her weepy prime. After blaming the devil for what he did, rather than his own horny pendencies, he said: I have sought direction from God as I have never sought it before and He has told me in the very depths of my being, Feed My Sheep. (Continued on Page i 4 7) |
