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APRIL 15,1996 — THE DECREE — PAGE 5 Week filled with bombs, crash, and standoff By GRANT LONG When I write my column I usu ally have a topic in mind and ba sically know what I want to write about. Today that was not so easy. In one recent week Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown died in a plane crash, the Unabomber was caught, and there is a standoff between the Freerrien and gov ernment officials in Montana. Since I could not choose a topic, I decided to write about all three. The death of Ron Brown and 32 businessmen in a plane crash in Bosnia came as a shock to the nation and the world, because the nation and the Democratic Party lost a great man. Ron Brown, a humble man who was raised in Harlem, ended up living the American Dream. He rose from a modest background to become one of the most influential men in America. Ron Brown was a lawyer, but became active in the national Democratic Party in 1980. In 1984 he was one of the few Democrats who supported the presidential bid of Jessie Jack son. Ron Brown was heavily os tracized in Democratic circles for doing this, but over the years he rose through the party ranks to eventually become the leader of the party in 1989, the first Afri can-American to do so. In 1992 Brown’s help was vi tal in getting Bill Clinton elected. Because of his efforts with the 1992 campaign, Ron Brown was awarded with a cabinet position, becoming basically the highest ranking African-American offi cial to serve in government. After 17 years of searching. Opinion Bumper snickers Here are some recently seen bumper stickers of note: • I used to have a handle on life, then it broke. • Consciousness is that annoying time between naps. • There’s too much blood in my caffeine system. • Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. • Always remember you’re unique, just like everyone else. • I’m not a complete idiot — some parts are missing! • Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. • We are bom wet, naked, and hungry. Then things get worse. • The gene pool could use a little chlorine. • He who laughs last, thinks slowest! • “Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.” the FBI believes that they have the Unabomber in custody. Ted Kacsynzki was arrested in a re mote area in Montana and is be ing held without bond. The FBI thinks Kacsynzki is responsible for the death of three people and injuring 23 more. Kacsynzki lived in a cabin that had no heat or indoor plumbing, but though he lived an almost frontier lifestyle, he by no means had a frontier education. Kac synzki attended Harvard, North western, and the University of Chicago. He also taught at the Univer sity of California at Berkeley, one of the nation’s finest institutions of learning. Last year the Unabomber re leased a 35,000-word manifesto which attacked technology in so ciety, among other things. The FBI plans to prove that this docu ment came from Kacsynzki’s manual typewriter to prove his guilt. Montana seems to be a popu lar state these days because there is also a standoff there between government officials and the Free men. Though most people might think the Freemen are just an other group of right-wing mili tant radicals, they are not. They are just a bunch of crooks and criminals held up on a Montana ranch. The reason the government is after the Freemen is because they circulated $1.8 million in ^Ri,i>Qsr- nXiSNUf**. Of WH/>T\ajWANT \ ON the ^pmf WHYNOTNIAKETHE / pmmoEom j 'CNJ5EIPI wvm\ WOULDN'T Ci&T TO U5&IAY QUIUlOTlNEff phony money orders, which de frauded banks and other financial institutions out of thousands of dollars. Although the government is after the Freemen, they are han dling this incident much differ ently from those in the past. The government is determined not to botch this one like they did in Waco, Texas. This also being an election year, the government does not want to anger the voters and American public like they did with Waco. What can one say about this one week? Who would have thought that two out of three news stories of the week would come from Montana? Who would have thought that a plane crash in a war-torn country would affect a nation a half a world away? This has been a weird week. A group of thieves are under siege in Montana, the FBI finally got the Unabomber monkey off its back, and the death of Ron Brown affects the re-election of the presi dent and the hierarchy of the na tional Democratic Party for years to come. THE PETULANT REYOLUTIOMARY TOP TEN MOST CLUELESS PEOPLE ON EARTH 10. Rainforest chainsaw operator. 9. Millionaires in prison. 8. Drivers with turn signal perpetually on. 7. Las Vegas lounge acts. 6. Unregistered voters. 5. Frozen dinner enthusiasts. Javelin catcher. 4. 3. Someone in express checkout line with eleven items. 2. Chain-smoking gas station attendant. 1. Drug users. PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG-FREE AMERICA
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