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| T h e N e w P o l i t i c s O n l i n e M a g a z i n e |
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| Volume 2, Number 2 |
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| June, 1995 |
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| Editor-in-Chief/Publisher ........................ Josh Renaud |
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| Programming Consultant .......................... * We need one!! |
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| Columnists ....................................... Kevin Salks |
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| ....................................... Josh Renaud |
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| ...................................... * We need more!! |
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| Contributing Writers ............................. Shai Sachs |
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| ............................. Joe Antonucci |
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| ............................ * We need more!! |
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| Distributed by .......................... GrossWorld Publishing Co. |
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| T h e N e w P o l i t i c s O n l i n e M a g a z i n e |
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| Table of Contents |
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| Introduction to Politics Online Magazine ......... The Editor |
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| Freedom of Expression: Religion In Schools ....... Josh Renaud |
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| The Oklahoma Bombing ............................. Excerpted |
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| Derailed Train of Thought ........................ Kevin Salks |
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| Reaching POM ..................................... The Editor |
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| Introduction |
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| The Editor |
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We began 1995 with our largest issue yet! After that, severe internal
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conflict plus a diminished interest by our writers (and even our readers)
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combined to halt POM from being made.
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As the sole member of the editorial staff who remained, I decided to let
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the magazine go. But recently, there has been a minor thirst for a magazine
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such as ours, and so I decided to get POM back together. Unfortunately, POM is
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all the result of one man: me. And I _know_ can't do this by myself. I need
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people who are DEDICATED who can write me an article every month or two months.
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I also need contributers, who can write every once in a while. And most
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importantly, I need more distributors who can take POM to places like
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Compuserve and America Online.
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POM has been cleansed, that is for sure. If this mag continues, it will be
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because of dedication. But I need help, and I need it bad, so please try and do
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something if you want to see this magazine succeed.
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Stay tuned to POM for more news, info, and thought-provoking articles.
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After four issues, I am beginning to see a light ahead of us. Perhaps this mag
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will make it after all.
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We'll see you next month!
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... The Editor ... (Hopefully that will be plural by next issue)
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| Freedom of Expression: |
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| Religion in School |
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| Josh Renaud |
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Well, I am back again! This month we deal with a fiery topic: religion in
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school. Some people are completely against any type of religious expression
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being displayed in school. Other say it is unconstitutional for students to not
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be allowed the freedom to express themselves religiously. Let's go ahead and
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plunge into the topic!
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Ever since prayer was removed from school in 1962, illegitemacy rates,
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juvenile crime rates, drug usage rates, and high school dropout rates have
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increased dramatically. Many people attribute this to coincidence. But does it
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make sense to say that every stastistic that measures immoral activities has
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increased since prayer was removed? When this fact is pointed out, some will
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respond "It makes no difference. What about 'seperation of church and state?'"
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Here's what: That phrase is found no where in the Constitution. It isn't found
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in the Declaration of Independence. Not even the Articles of Confederation. No
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Founding document from our country contains the phrase "seperation of church
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and state." Would you like to know where it DID come from: A letter Thomas
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Jefferson wrote to a Baptist church. You see, this Baptist church had heard
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rumors that the Congrationalist sect of Christianity was about to become our
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national sect. They fired off a letter to President Jefferson, who replied,
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telling them that no official sect would be established. Indeed, look at this
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quote: "Our nation was founded as a Christian nation. The Constitution protects
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us from coming under the rule of any one sect. You are in no danger. There is a
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protective wall seperating the church and the state."
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Have you ever heard the first half of that quote before? Probably not. In
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the case of Christian Science Church vs. United States, the Supreme Court
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provided 87 precedents that upheld the Unite States' support of Christianity.
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Religion was a normal part of all society, even government, until the
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humanistic era began. When Franklin D. Roosevelt became a king by serving
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almost four terms and enacting numerous pro-government, anti-religion,
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pro-humanist bills, he set the stage for humanism to roll in. Because of this,
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by the 1960s, people were getting hooked on humanism, and almost didn't care
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that prayer was being removed.
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Unfortunately, it would seem that that removal of prayer and religion from
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all aspects of the school has backfired in the extremists' faces. Why is it
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that world religions classes are allowed to teach about Buddhism, Islam,
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Hinduism, and other religions, but NOT Christianity? What is wrong here?
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Here's what's wrong: There is an out-and-out attack on Christianity. By
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keeping the generation of the '60s from receving reinforcement, they grew up
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and kept their children from receiving any religious instruction. And now we
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are suffering the consequences.
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The solution? Allow voluntary prayer. Put Christianity back into world
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religion classes. Give the students a time after the Pledge of Allegiance to
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have a "moment of silence" where they can pray if they wish. There need not be
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a "generic prayer" that all students could pray without some being offended.
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That idea is ridiculous. By _allowing_ Chrisitianity and other religions to be
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taught and excercised, we allow our children to grow and make up for the
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mistakes of a generation past.
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| The Oklahoma Bombing: |
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| Racism, Ethics, & Politics As Usual
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Racism on the rise? You had better believe it! ...At a point when
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the world has seen communism falter as an imperfect system to manage
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people, democracy seems to be headed down the same road. No one is
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seeing the "big" picture. Maybe we have to combine ideologies to achieve
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the perfect utopian government. Remember, government-sponsored health
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care was a communist idea. Should only the rich be allowed to live long?
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Does that say that because a person is poor, he is a lesser human being
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and doesn't deserve to live as long, because he doesnt wear a tie to
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work?
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[Ed: This is from a letter by Timothy McVeigh to the Union-Sun & Journal
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in Lockport NY.]
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Does this sound like the rambling of a right wing extremists... or
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perhaps a voice from the far left?
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Some serious questions are emerging from the bombing that need to be
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answered, yet the FBI nor the media are even addressing them. These questions
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are as follows.
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1. What caused the second explosion? Scientists familiar with
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seismographic recordings can find no explaination other than a second
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bomb to satisfy the second blip. It was assumed at first the second
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blip may have been the debris hitting the ground, however the
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demolition of the entire structure didnt even register.
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2. Why were there no ATF agents in the building that day?
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3. There was an unexploded bomb found in the building by the ATF, what
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type of device was it and why was it there?
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4. The FBI put out an all points bulletin for the capture of two men in
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a brown Chevy pickup recorded on an ATT video setting this bomb and
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leaving in the truck. Who were these men, now never discussed?
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5. McVeigh was arrested at a time and location from Oklahoma City that
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demanded he drive a minimum of 85 miles per hour on a well patroled
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interstate hiway[sp], with a vehicle ('78 mercury) that had no license
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plates and carrying a loaded pistol for which he had no permit.
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McVeigh offered no resistance and volunteered the information that he
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was armed, this after he should have been aware of the bombs destruction
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and the death of at least 5 people.
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6. The cost of making this bomb, renting the vehicle and motels is in
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excess of $10,000 dollars. Where did McVeigh, who had been working
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for minimum wage, get this kind of money?
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7. Ramsay Clark who has been hired to represent the Waco survivors in a
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law suit against the government has subpoenaed all government
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records and phone calls concerning Waco. Were all these records
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stored at the Alfred P. Murrah building?
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The government has recently asked for more time in building a case
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against Nichols, [as] they have no substantial evidence to present as yet
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that would assure an indictment. The same is true of Timothy McVeigh
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even though he does have some ties to this case.
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Since I have written this I have found out that one of the suspects who
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was driving the brown Chevy pickup has been found. From reports he is an
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Iraqui[sp] soldier, a survivor of Desert Storm who was brought to this
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country along with many thousands of Iraquis[sp] by our government. There
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are a number of witness[es] who place him at the scene of the bombing and a
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barmaid who served him at a tavern said he was there with McVeigh. She
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remembers this because the Iraqi kept asking her if she was married and
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sho could not understand him because of his accent which she recognized
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from TV coverage of Desert Storm.
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This person has been found by a TV reporter and private investigator
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working under contract for the TV station, they have kept the FBI
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informed of all they do and what they observe. The FBI has ordered them
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to turn over all videos they take during surveilance but so far the FBI
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has not seen fit to arrest him; the national media as of today are
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maintaining a complete silence about this. This has been going on since
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April 23, and has been on local news media in Oklahoma City.
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Could there be some political considerations here? Could it be that
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some politicians felt there would be less impetus to pass Clinton's
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terrorist bill if this was known and also detrimental to Clinton's push
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against the militia? This could explain the FBI's reluctance to arrest
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and question this man.
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Well, I'm back, and happy to be with you again. I'm sure you're wondering
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about the title of my column... Well, it suits me best. Instead of focusing on
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one single topic, I'm going to switch back and forth over several.
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First of all there is the Oklahoma bombing. Much of the furor surrounding
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this incident has died down. However, it riled many people up to realize that
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an American would commit such an act against his own country. Much concern
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arose concerning militia involvement in the attack.
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Which brings me to militias. What _are_ they? Well, I am fully for the
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militias, however, it is important to realize they do not all fit in the same
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category. Many religious and racist militias are evil in their intents.
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However, the question is; what does the government do? Well, nothing yet. The
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problems from militias won't arise for a few years.
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Republicans in Congress continue to dominate American politics. President
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Clinton is finding himself forced to agree and appear to be cooperative towards
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the Congress. Even so, the President issued his first veto on an economic bill
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he called "more pork." In truth, this bill cut funds that government
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departments hadn't used this year in next year's budget. I have yet to find the
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"pork" portion of the bill. And in related news, President Clinton
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half-jokingly requested that Speaker Newt Gingrich attend an open-forum polite
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debate in New Hampshire. To the White House's shock, Gingrich agreed, and the
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two men came together to discuss issues with a group of senior citizens. The
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dialogue went smoothly, and both were very courteous, even sharing some laughs
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together. This was too short of notice and to surprising to have been
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planned... Could a new cooperation be on the horizon? Maybe so..
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And finally, I can't leave you without mentioning O.J. Simpson and his
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officially one-year old murder trial. Frankly, this case is ridiculous, it's
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gotten far too out of hand, and it has shown us just how far out of whack the
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Jury Selection System is. A politically correct jury? Did the thought ever
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occur to the powers that be in the judicial system that perhaps they could
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choose RANDOMLY? This case has cost more than any other in U.S. history, and
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most Americans are tired of it. One last soundbite: To shows like American
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Journal -- STOP CAPITALIZING ON O.J.! I now call American Journal "O.J.
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Journal" because all they do is talk about the day's progress in the O.J. case.
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I wonder what would happen if the case adjourned for a day... Would they have
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anything to talk about?
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I hope you enjoyed my rambling thought processes... I'll see you next
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time!!
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