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Show The Paper That Dares To Take Page 4 The Utah Independent December 22, 1977 A NEW LOOK AT READERS OUTLOOK Continued from page supply of petroleum and a 300-yenatural gas within our own territory. Geologists also estimate that there are two TRILLION barrels of high grade oil in the shale rock of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. This fantastic source of energy is six times larger than all known reserves of crude petroleum on earth! Had it not been for the environmentalists, wielding clubs provided for them by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other legislation, two million barrels of oil per DAY would be flowing from the Alaskan wilderness by now. Companies were ready and eager to tackle the largest single construction project ever attempted by private industry. But the project has been stopped cold for almost FOUR years. Most Americans label this situation stupidity. Actually, it amounts to deliberate destruction. The key to understanding lies in Mr. Nixon's proposals. Mixed in with an occasional reference to the root cause of the shortage, you will find a huge assortment of additional controls and new powers It for the federal government. grows obvious that such an outcome was fully intended by ecology ar so-call- fanatics and ed "reluctant" a government working together. Government controls have never produced anything but government power. Mr. Nixons new controls wont produce one drop of oil. However, the free enterprise system unshackled can end the eneigy crisis, and all other crises brought on by the awesome power of too much government." Substitute CARTER for NIXON, and ponder that after FOUR more years of dissension, embargoes, panic, government controls and hot air the situation has worsened rather than improved, and you can scarcely conclude otherwise than that the energy crisis is a sham. Sincerely, Dorothy Walden Desert Hot Springs, CA - HAWAII INPUT' Mrs. Rosalynn Carter The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Carter: Ever since I returned from the Houston International Womens Conference I have asked myself one question. How can Rosalynn Carter our First Lady, herself a wife and mother of a young daughter, lend her support to a movement that is so far removed from the desires of grass-roots America, so one-sid- in ed in prin- viewpoint, so and anticiples, so family? As an elected delegate from the State of Hawaii, I expected to be defeated on the issues, since our viewpoints on God, Family and Country were clearly in the minority at that gathering. But to be surrounded by people who are pro-abortio- n, pro-lesbi- an and anti-Go- d legislation, pro-ER- A was a devastating experience. By As long as I live, I will not forget the moment when 1,500 women cheered, jumped up and down, and hugged one another, because they had just passed a resolution to kill their pre-bobabies at government expense. One of my delegates went to the rn and asked the Am to understand chairperson: that paragraph 6 means that microphone 1 teenagers (13 years old) can have an abortion without parental consent? After several moments of consultation at the stage, the chairperson replied: Yes, that is what it means." What an open invitation to immorality, and what a blatant disregard for the rights of parents. The Pro-Lidelegates walked up to the podium, held hands and chanted: All we are saying is give life a chance." Our lovely, larger than life, picture of a baby girl was torn to shreds by the feminists. When I look at this generation of women, who so carelessly dispense with human life, for personal convenience, my heart just breaks. Every woman has the right not to be pregnant, but this decision is made before she gets pregnant, not after. We are condoning in our society an irresponsibility never before experienced. In overwhelming numbers, women voted themselves the right to abrogate their child-reariduties and to instead turn them over to federally funded child care and development centers, regardless of need, as mothers must have the same freedom as fathers have. What a sick, mentality! In overwhelming numbers, women voted to accept lesbianism as a natural and acceptable lifestyle for themselves and for our children. If only you could have seen the seven booths of vile pornographic lesbian literature at the Exhibition Hall. A Houston Policeman shook his head in disbelief and asked, These are the women who speak for our country? Wait til I tell my wife! M rs. Carter, have you seen the lesbian study programs Jean Olary has planned for our children's sex education? For all our children, not only those of lesbian orientation. The National Gay Task Force proudly announced that more than 130 lesbian delegates were represented to the effectively counterweight anti-ERradical right forces who had tried to wreck their Mrs. conference in advance. Carter, the country is simply not going to buy this nightmare! In 3 weeks prior to the conference we collected 8,730 petitions against the four main issues: Government Funded Abortions. Government Funded Child Care Centers, ERA, and Lesbian Legislation. More than 300 ,000 petitions arrived at the Rally at the Houston Astrodome Arena on November 19. That is where YOU should have made an appearance. 20,000 women came from all over the United States at their own expense to show the country who really represents the American fe ng self-servi- ng -- A Pro-Fami- ly Continued on page 10 Congressman Dan Marriott Utah 2nd District ran across a unique concept the other day that put the energy problem in America in perspective forme. I'd like to share it with you. When we measure energy, it be can thought of like yards on a football field, only instead of y ards we use quads. A quad is a quadrillion (that is 1 with 15 zeros behind it) BTUs (British Thermal units). It is the equivalent of billion gallons of gasoline, enough to run 10 million automobiles for 1 year. Or it's 46 million tons of coal, enough to fill a string of railroad cars from New York City to Alaska. Or, put another way, a quad is the total energy that would be used by a city of 1 million people in 3 years. In 1977 we will have used 73 quads in this country. By the year 2000, if we keep up the same rate of increase weve had since 1930, we will need 170 quads per year. If we adopt Carters energy plan, we put the emphasis on conservation rather than production. I can accept the conservation concept, but Im afraid it wont be enough. By the year 2000 we could save 65 quads a year under Carter's conservation plan. That means the energy needs in this country will be approximately 105 quads a year, a 45 increase over this years 73 quads. If we continue to produce only 73 quads a year, we will be short 32 quads each year by the I 7-- 12 year 2000. To bring the problem even closer into focus, consider this: In 1973 we had the Arab oil embargo that threw this country into turmoil and helped bring about the biggest recession in 40 years. All of that was due to the lack of I quad of energy. Last year we had a natural gas Thousands of plants shortage. were closed down, and millions of people were laid off their jobs. There was great suffering and even death because of it. All of that was due to the lack of 12 quad. So you see the magnitude of the problem. If we are to fill that gap, some changes in energy production will have to take place. Conservation is obviously not the complete answer. There are some increases we can plan on. If we complete the nuclear power plants now on the drawing boards, we can knock that gap down to 26 quads a year, but thats still not enough. Heres what I think the solution is: (1) First, we need to develop the fast breeder nuclear reactor. If we dont, we will be the only country in the hemisphere without it. (2) Second, we need to take the shackles off private industry and deregulate oil and natural gas. (3) Third, we need to dig 400 new coal mines and improve the coal transportation system, beefing up the railroad system and developing the coal slurry. We need to convert coal to synthetic fuels, making oil and natural gas-ou- t of it. Then there is Utahs sleeping energy giant- - oil shale. There is enough shale in the U.S. to keep us warm for 2.0(H) years, and 13 of it 32-qu- Stand PRO-LIF- E AN OLD PROBLEM 2 A Connie M. Pratt On December 7th, after a deadlock and nearly a dozen major votes. Congress finally agreed on conditions for which federal monies may fund All the abortionist abortions. loopholes (except mental health and fetal deformity) were included: life, physical health, rape (forced and statutory), and incest. Pro-lif- e people, who had in the Houses steaddelighted fastness, were saddened, angered comand baffled by this promise. Why, they wondered, did 7 House members accept (by a anti-life vote) such an proposal.. .when they had rejected, time and again and by much greater margins (the previous vote was 200-17- 0 against), language which was far more restrictive? stalwarts like Why were pro-lif- e our own Representative Dan Marriott notin Washington for the key tally? What did the vote really mean...and was there any cause at all for optimism? This is, as I understand it, what happened. On Monday, December 5th, a Washington-base- d organization called The Committee for a Human Life Amendment learned that the abortionists were going to try to sneak a vote by on Tuesday andor Wednesday. The Committee checked the Congressional roster, determined which pro-lif- e legislators were in their home offices, and alerted their respective state Rightto Life groups. Rightto Life of Utah received such a call five-mon- th so-call- ed 181-16- regarding Representative Marriott. Right to Life members immediately called Mr. Marriotts office, urging him to get back to Washington, D.C. They were told then that the HEW appropriations bill, and its abortion-fundin- g amendment, was not scheduled for a vote at that time. They learned later that House and Senate leaders, who apparently cared more about resolving the debate ad is in Utah. It needs only to become economically feasible to benefit our state and the nation. That is only part of the solution. The resources we arc now using will some day run out. For the long run we need to start moving into geothermal energy (Utah is a prime of area geothermal development already research). And finally, there is the energy source of the future, solar energy. Though it will only give us 3 quads annually at best by the year 2,000, its a good source because its virtually inexhaustible. And it may surprise you to know that there is evidence now that the great Salt Lake could become the greatest solar furnace in the history of the nation and potentially provide all the electricity for the state of Utah. This is a lot to contemplate for sure, but its something we must face squarely and deal with in terms of the future, not just today. The potential is there if we only treat it wisely. than about preserving life, had fully assured their pro-lif- e members that no abortion vote was (One legislator, a possible. even Bauman, Representative charged that congressional leaders arranged flight conveniently schedules to get the (pro-lifpeople out of town) It seems, not surprisingly, that abortionist legislators had not been similarly assured. So when the abortion funding proposal was attached to a totally unrelated bill, one dealing with appropriations for the District of Columbia, the anti-lif- e forces were there and the entire package was approved. if What this resolution, is allowed to stand, means that at least 100,000 babies will be slaughtered between now and 1978.. .all at 30, September taxpayer expense! Yet the situation may not, for two reasons, be as desperate as it seems. First of all, pro-lifJoseph Califano, head of HEW, might formulate tight interpretations of the resolution, insisting, for example, that prompt reporting of rape or incest means within 24 or 48 hours.. .rather than the two- - or three-monlimit the abortionists would probably use. He might also ' specify that the two physicians who include certify health-damag- e neither the abortionist nor his partner (or require that they be two who work, with Birthright or other pro-lif- e agencies!) Secondly, the abortionists themselves, who are as upset with the language as we, may challenge the resolution as being too restrictive. During any kind of court challenge, it seems likely that last years Hyde Amendment (which permits funding only when the womans life is threatened) would remain in effect. In the meantime we rely, as we have done so often in the past, on hope and prayer...and the promise that well never give up, because we are defending life itself! e) er th There will never be peace in the world until the Prince of Peace rules the lives of men. During most of his adult life Christ was surrounded by soldiers, yet He never once intimated that they should remove their uniforms or should refuse to fight for their country. On the contrary, admonished Christ his followers to obey the laws of their land and to Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesars, and unto God the which be things Gods.(Luke 20:25) AVOID PAYING INCOME TAXES LEGALLY!!! Learn how on legal rights on cash-i- n to Americans step-by-ste- p) COMPLETELY AVOID PAYING repressive income taxes. Dont delay or you lose badly! Rush S TAMPED envelope for details to: Miller Distributing Co. 1332 Overland. Burley. ID 83318 |