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HiUtop Columnist Mike Wachtendorfs
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Problems with the
Straight Road”
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What exacdy is the “straight road”?
We hear this “straight road method” most of our lives.
We hear that the “strai^t road” is the right way to go. Don’t
stray. Your life will be better and fulfilling if you choose this
path.
How many people take the “straight road”? You may
begin there, but you fall and get off track. Eventually most
people come back.
Life would be boring and too simple if we followed this
“road” our whole lives. No matter if we are talking about the
religious road or the road of life we take, we never seem to
stay on the “straight road.”
My theory to this is that when we take detours we make
mistakes and encoimter new things. We learn and grow.
Although we always know that we should stay on the
“straight road” it’s hard to do.
But in the long run it will make us stronger in faith and
beliefs. Because when we see what’s on the other path we
realize that everything we needed was right down the
“straight road.”
Scared? I didn’t think
you would be.
Every year on October
31, we stop and celebrate
ghosts and goblins (what’s a
goblin?) and things that go
bump in the night. Basically,
Halloween is just a crazy
celebration of our fears.
As I thought about the
contents of this article, I
asked myself, “What is it that
I’m afraid of?” The
wolfinan and that dude with
unnaturally long fangs and a
cape are pretty scary, but
they’re not real - so why
should I or anyone else be
afraid of something that’s
not real?
Honesdy, the thing that
scares me the most is the
uncertainty of a good future.
If someone snatches my
magic carpet out from imder
me, will I go crashing to the
ground or will I learn how to
fly?
Sometimes when facing
our greatest fears, we boldly
deal with situations and find
that we should have never
been afraid in the first place.
Other times, we cower and
refuse to face our fears; we
tremble and are defeated.
If the boogy man was
real, would hiding imder
several layers of blankets
actually help?
No, he’d pull the
blankets off and tear his
victim to shreds anyway.
We might as well boldly
face our fears instead of
hiding from them.
Growing up, the people
who influenced me the most
fully encouraged my
optimism towards life. I
somehow knew I would
succeed, I ignored those
who tried to convince me
that there was a chance that
I might not. For some
reason (some optimism
which bums deep inside
me), I still try to ignore those
who prognosticate anything
but success for my life, but
this is not easy to do.
Writers, professors, and
peers keep telling us what to
fear. They preach that the
American dream is dead.
That hard work and saving
won’t assure us a good
future like it did for our
parents. They say that the
economy is much diff^f**
now. They’ve taken
our hopes and repb^'
them with fears. ,
I wish these folks
stop it...I’m not bur
it...I’m not afraid! .
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that many of our
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hide from the uncerta®
and will certainly fail.
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you not to be afraid, b®
boldy face the future. .
willing to work and
your success, and you’ll
nothing to be afraid of-
Jy Rhonda Bai
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That is a question I have
been asked repeatedly since
I arrived in M2U"s Hill. As a
21 year old French student
who has traveled to
Germany, Switzerland,
England, and Poland, I
realize that such a question
is understandable when
people learn of my
background.
My parents always
encouraged education, and
participation in music, art,
and sports. They also
encouraged sports as
education, not used as a
physical development.
Tennis was the sport I chose,
and tennis is the key to why I
am here m America, and in
Mars Hill.
In France we have to
choose school or sports. We
cannot do both at once. But
in America it is possible and
that made a childhood
dream come true.
I have been here for
almost a year, and I am able
to tell more of the
differences between France
and the States. Now don’t
get me wrong. I’d like to
fact
emphasize the
love it here.
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The Clinton Rx: VooDoo Medicine
By Dwayne A. Kennedy
Hilltop Columnist
The Health Care plan that the Clinton
Administration unveiled on September 22,
1993 is yet another liberal social welfare
policy. The plan may have originated from
good intentions, but is destined for failure
since it is rife with miscalculations and
erroneous data. This will ultimately increase
the tax burden already imposed upon all
hard-working, tax-paying citizens.
Do you really believe that the federal
government can bring you better and less
expensive health care? Remember this is the
same government that gave us the $500
billion plus S & L bailout, while they had
members profit as a result. This elite group
has sold out our generation by means of a
$4.3 trillion dollar debt that wiU only get
worse as the “ Baby Boomer ” generation
begins collecting social security in the 21st
century. Let me show you in true dollars and
cents how $4.3 trillion looks;
$4,300,000,000,000!
The most persuasive argument is the
idea of universal coverage for all citizens and
legal residents. Right now there is estimated
to be some 37 million people that have no
insurance or are under-insured. I thought
Medicare and Medicaid was the solution to
this problem. Well, guess what? It didn’t
work so now we need more federal
government programs to fix the problem. It
seems that there is a pattern emerging here
where the government is gaining an
mcreasing amount of influence in very
important aspects of our daily lives. The
problem is that everyone wants something
for next to nothing, which in reality is
impossible. The bottom line is you get what
you pay for or didn’t pay for as in the $4.3
trillion federal deficit.
When President Clinton addressed the
nation concerning his health care reform
plan he spoke about how health care costs
needed to be controlled in order for the
deficit to be reduced and economic recovery
to become robust once again. As opposition
has intensified concerning the true “price
tag” of his plan, the emphasis has been
switched to the idea of health “security” for
everyone. No longer is there any talk about
potential savings and how the plan will
stimulate economic growth. It sounds like
the old “bait & switch” scheme that used car
salesmen so fondly embrace. Let me tell you
Mr. President you truly are one “Slick
Willy”!
Here are some figures that you may find
useful in your analysis of the Clinton health
care reform plan: Fed. Gov’t spending =
24% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product),
Avg. family spends 12% of their income on
health care. If the Clinton plan were
adopted, the federal gov’t would control m
excess of 33% of the GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) which ultimately means
government would become bigger. Do we
really need a bigger federal bureaucracy
than we already have? If you say yes, then you
can foot the bill. Until the federal
government has regained my confidence.
and the confidence of milhons a
young Americans, I say less is bettc
more! J
The debate over health care
raged on for nearly a century
viable proposal being passed into
current political climate right to
much needed reform in our ^ .^j(
system? The 103rd Congress will
have the task of shaping what type e ^
care reform package eventually
passed into law. I urge you to stay )
Write your Senator, RepresentatJ^j
others to eiqiress your views. Don’t s j
the sidelines £md let pharni2g||
companies, PAC’s (Political ^
Committees), lobbyists, and
others make decisions for you
what is ultimately the cost and
health care that you can receive u ^
iiiture. It’s your choice, so make it,
someone else will make it for you!
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