Time: Tue Jul 22 12:08:18 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA20853 for [address in tool bar]; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 12:08:50 -0700 (MST) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA06873; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:56:42 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:56:12 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: C-NEWS Interesting Items 7/20 (fwd) <snip> > Sunday, July 20, 1997 > >Interesting Items 7/20 - > >Howdy all, a few Interesting Items for your information. Enjoy - > >1. Burton vs Reno. The same individual that presides over a >Justice Department that shredded documents and lied to Congress >about Waco and Ruby Ridge, slow rolled Congressional subpoenas and >investigations into foreign funds going into the DNC - Jan (the >Man) Reno - sent an FBI agent into Dan Burton's office with a >subpoena for all campaign fundraising records for his 1996 campaign >last week. This quick response to alleged illegal strong-arm >fundraising tactics by Burton stands in stark contrast to her >limited interest in the Chinese communists via Lippo out and out >buying democrat elections of 1992 and 1996. A charge by democrat >operative Mark Segal two days before House hearings were to open, >made with no supporting evidence, gets the full law enforcement >treatment. Millions of dollars of foreign money going into the DNC >via the White House is not important enough for her to investigate. >This is another case of the law only applying to the political >enemies of the Clintonoids. This is another example of a political >hit via a fully politicized Justice Dept. and a fully politicized >FBI. How many more of these will we get to watch before these >political hit men are impeached and removed from office for failure >to properly discharge their duties ? Matalin, Thurs. > >2. Summer of Our Discontent. The latest food fight in the House >boiled over last week, with the failure of a group of irritated >Republicans to boot Newt from the speakership. The media is doing >their best to turn this into another example of the ineptness of >the entire Republican majority and specifically the leadership. >Here is another view: The good news is that they are at least >fighting about something. I believe that this sorting out among >the majority is important, especially when it looks like the >federal budget will approach balance as soon as next year. Our >side is having to refine their issues as they win. The old cold >warriors won and lost their issue when the Soviet Union folded. >The green eyeshade Republicans will similarly win and lose their >issue when the budget balances. We are then left with powerful >conservative issues in social areas, reducing the size and power of >the federal government, and tax reduction / reform. Which of these >three is the most important ? Most likely the second two for >congressional elections in 1998 and the first one for the next >presidential run. The window of opportunity is wide open. We only >need to step through it. Fighting this out in Congress is >unsightly, but not particularly dangerous. Figuring out where to >go next, why to go there and how to present the message in a >winning and coherent manner is important enough to fight over and >do right. > >3. Mountain Lion. A mountain lion in Rocky Mountain National Park >took down and killed a 10 year old hiking with the family. Yes, >the reintroduction of large dangerous animals into federal lands >and the prohibition of all hunting and firearms has certainly made >life safer and more meaningful for this family. Note that we have >one more death brought about by the federal anti-hunting zealots >than have been killed by ozone depletion, global warming or alar. >Anchorage Daily News, Fri. > >4. Philadelphia Story. Taking their cue from the Tobacco Nazis, >the city of Philly is trying to figure out how to sue gun >manufacturers for their crime rate - 414 homicides last year. >Expect the arguments to focus on how unsafe guns are, the lack of >warning labels, the lack of formal training programs, etc. They >are consulting with the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. >Apparently they have decided to go for money and payoffs to lawyers >than to simply improve public safety by passing a concealed carry >ordinance in town. Limbaugh, Fri. > >5. Major Owens. In a speech on the House floor last week, Major >Owens (D, NY) said that he represented the government rather than >his constituents. If he keeps this up, he may replace Trafficant >as my favorite democrat - though for a different reason. I wonder >if any of his constituents are listening. Limbaugh, Fri. > >6. Browner. EPA head Carol Browner is busily working the phone >lines making a series of side deals with democrat congressmen, >state and local officials in return for their support in the >passage of her new clean air rules. A Washington Times story on >Weds reported that she has promised at least two democrat >congressmen that she would not enforce the new rules on industries >in their districts in return for their support - even if the >businesses break the rules. One of the congressmen named was >Dennis Kucinich (D, OH). Equal treatment under the law ? Only for >Friends of Bill and their supporters. > >7. Miller Brewing. The good guys won a small victory for sanity >when a 10 woman / 2 man jury in Milwaukee awarded $26 million to a >man fired for showing a word out of a dictonary to a female co- >worker. The bad news is that Miller was fined. The good news is >that the female gets to pay $1.5 million of the total. Apparently >they were talking about a Seinfeld episode with a racy joke. >Rather than saying the punch line out loud and offending the woman, >the guy showed it to her. She went screaming to management anyway, >charged sexual harassment and demanded he be fired from his $95,000 >per year job. Miller figured they were going to be sued either way >and fired the guy. Perhaps we are seeing a turn in the sexual >harassment foolishness. Limbaugh, Weds. > >8. Thompson Hearings. Despite the best efforts of the media and >the Clintonoids (redundant) to downplay the Senate hearings into >campaign finance irregularities, a number of important things >happened this week. In no particular order: After mocking >Thompson's charge about foreign money into the DNC during the first >week, the democrats were given a secret briefing by intel analists. >They had even scheduled the press conference afterwards. They were >not nearly as cheerful after the briefing as they were going in and >canceled the press conference. Evidence was presented that Huang >had also laundered Chinese money through a Lippo subsidiary into >the DNC in 1992. BCCI and Bert Lance are now back in play, with >revelations of a Lippo - BCCI tie. This also ties in Stevens Inc. >of Little Rock. Huang was described as being singularly >unqualified for the position in Commerce, but was politically >installed. The politician responsible for his installation is as >yet unnamed. He also made several hundred phone calls to his Lippo >employers while at Commerce, many just after top secret briefings >where he was given raw CIA data. Fox News decided to carry the >hearings and got the highest ratings in Fox News history. Huang >called a brokerage firm several times while on the Commerce payroll >to arrange a package delivery by the old Spy vs Spy package drop >method. Sen Akaka (D, HI) tried to make the case that the >investigation into Huang and the Chinese was simply thinly veiled >Asian bashing by a bunch of white racists. All of this in the >first complete week of hearings. This might be a fun summer. >Limbaugh, Matalin and Liddy Mon - Fri. > >9. Subsistence. Alaska House Rep. Ramona Barnes of Anchorage was >on the local conservative talk show Monday discussing subsistence >and the impending federal takeover of fish and game management in >Alaska. Sometimes, being around for a long time has its >advantages. She reminded the listeners that 20 - 25 years ago, >there were a number of limited entry permits given by the state of >Alaska to residents of the bush. These allowed commercial fishing. >Many of them were sold - mostly to investors from Seattle and on >down the Pacific coast. The former holders took the money and >tried to head back out and fish commercially again and found that >they couldn't. Shortly afterwards, the native subsistence movement >arose. Activists in the bush are using a race based solution for >crummy business decisions made in the past. As Limbaugh continues >to point out - always follow the money. Fritz Pettyjohn, KENI, >Anchorage, Mon. > >More later - > > - AG > >Note: Interesting Items can be found at Julie Kelleher's K-Group >home page - http://world.std.com/~julikell/ >------- >To subscribe to c-news, send the message SUBSCRIBE C-NEWS, or the message >UNSUBSCRIBE C-NEWS to unsubscribe, to majordomo@world.std.com. 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