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PAGE 2—THE DECREE — SEPTEMBER 18,1992 Tlie Decree OFFlCtALSTVDEmNEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROUm WMSlBYAN COLLBGB Editor — John P^Aell Steff Editors ^ Tiiraa; Page, Copy; Nlcoie Co%, News; Delinda Lee^ Sports; Cedfia Casey, Arts and Features Advisor — Dr. Margee Morrisoo the Decree is located In the S|»niilt BuihUng, North Carolina W«sleyan CoU^«, Wesleyan C(dl«ge Station, Rocky Mount, NC 27801. Policy is determined by the Editorial Board of The De cnee. Re-publication of any matter herein without the express consent of the Editorial Boimi is strictly forbidden. The Decree 1$ composed and printed by Ripley Newspapers of Spring Hope. Opinitms published do not necessarOy reflect those of North JSNTER o o o Let’s get rid of all the bad politicians Basically, the leadership in America sucks. Whose fault is it? The American people, because we have let government officials run around this cow pasture far too long and the piles of evi dence are starting to show. The economy is not a healthy show of their hard work and neither are the un- employment rates. The homeless are stiU that way. Violent crimes as well as hate crimes are on the rise, one sixth of which were committed by teenagers. Education lacks greatly in rural and urban areas. The president keeps speaking of his domestic program. What? A tee shirt for sale in a Virginia Beach store summed this idea up just fine: “George Bush — World Tour 1988-92.” Mr. Bush, who joumalist Hunter S. Thompson described as the guiltiest man in Ameri can politics, is also the big gest jetsetter. The Congress is bounc ing checks aU over Wash ington like sneaky children with a bucket of superballs on a freeway overpass. The people picking up the tabs for this abuse are the tax payers. The Federal courts have recently found that some hate crimes are considered a constitutional right. This is forcing many colleges and universities to abandon their campus speech policies, and pushing minority groups back a few decades of progress. This is an election year. The candidates are whoring themselves in every direc tion to get votes. In the com ing month a lot of promises are going to be made. Most of the information concem- ing how each candidate will run the government will be more worthless than a goose turd on a pump handle. The Republican slogan this year is “Clean the House!” Okay, let’s huff and puff and blow those little pigs right out of the White House, the Congress, and every other area where the government is not do ing its job. The people of this nation need to take a hard look at how their leaders ran the government. Chances are, they will not enjoy the sight. “Be good and you will be lone some. Mark Twain Tolerance important GOP family ‘values’ odd By DR. STEVE FEREBEE Of course. I’ve been thinking about family values a lot lately. I called my mother to ask what she thought our families were, and she said (rather sharply, I thought), “Never-you-mind, you just get down here and help me clean the garage.” Then I called my one friend who actually lives in a family with perfect statistics (no divorce, two children, a dog, and a tree-lined street). “Don’t talk to me about family values,” he said. “I just can’t wait until my kids are out of college so I can start living again.” We have all seen those pic- Dn Steve tures of children clinging to their parents as they view the ruins of their hurricane-blown homes. The family survives catastrophe, and ,it will survive politics. But it looks like a bumpy ride if your group didn’t fit a pretty rigid definition of what makes up a family. A few days after my phone calls, I saw a homeless woman and her two children being inter viewed on television. “I don’t eare what all-else is going on,” the woman declared. “I find us a newspaper every day and teach my kids how to read.” Even if we insist on asking this woman where her husband is, surely she has some family values that have nothing to do with her ability to put a roof over their heads, or her belief in God, or who she’s going to vote for, or her sexual cffientation. Speaking of orientation, I also heard an interview with two gay men who were explaining why they thought of themselves as having family values. “After all,” one said, “we did come from (Continued on Page 3) CUnton^s fidelity is relevant By KENNETH LEONARD What do Gary Hart, John Tower, and Bill Clinton have in common? The answer is simple: all three of them have cheated on their wives and claim that this is not a valid campaign issue, so that we should aU look at their stands on “the issues” rather than “waste time” asking about their credibility. Perhaps you remember the similar allegations made about Sen. Dan Quayle when he was named as Vice President Bush’s running mate in the 1988 cam paign. Then the press had no moral qualms about giving Paula Parkinson’s ridiculous charges plenty of air time and print space. When John Tower was being considered for the Secretary of Defense position, there was no lack of questioning by Democrats as to whether his flagrant philan dering mattered for a Cabinet- level post. Even the esteemed senator from Massachusetts, your friend and mine, Edward M. Kennedy (D-Chappaquiddick), said that adultery represented a credibility problem and that we could not allow drunkards and philanderers in the Cabinet Now, apparently, the Demo crats have ranked the Cabinet above the Presidency in terms of importance. The same liberals who cheered on Paula Parkinson and raked John Tower over the coals are now to insulate Bill Clinton. The press is even defending itself from charges of inconsis tency, saying that since Gary Hart asked to be followed, he should have been, but that the governor of Arkansas made no such chal- (Continued on Page 3)
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