The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 24, 1982, Page Page 7, Image 7
President Will Cause
TO THE EDITOR
This letter is a resoonse to Barrv Mortee's letter in the
Feb. 18 Gamecock. First, I will admit I respect your opinion,
Barry, and I believe you're somewhat of a concerned citizen.
But I believe your various positions and predictions are
unfounded, considering you are blaming our nation's
problems on our president.
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people will see "Supply-Side Economics" fail. Tell me then,
why is it everyone, including all the leading economists, is
predicting our economy will break out of its current
economic problems in the spring? I will tell you why, the
economy is reacting to our president's policies.
You claim Reagan's natural constituency is the wealthy.
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Republican Party here recently come predominately from
middle-class and "poor" Americans while money collected
for the Democratic Party has come predominately from "fat
cats," that is, from the wealthy? That must tell you
something about Ronald Reagan's constituency. Those
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Yes, unemployment is a big problem, but everyone knows
that problem resulted from the policies of Jimmy Carter and
previous Democratic Congress', not Ronald Reagan. Many
people predicted a ten percent unemployment rate and were
staggered at the last reading of under nine percent, which is
a good sign. Oh yeah Barry, if the government should include
all those not looking for a job in the percentage statistics of
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unemployment, wny noi go aneau anu uiuiuue pcupic m
nursing homes, infants and etc? I believe my point has beer
made.
I still admit I believe Reagan's policies are for the natior
as a whole. Many claim, as you Barry, the cuts in entitlemenl
programs hurt the poor. As a graduate student, you know
approximately 80 percent of the federal budget is un
controllable and the only way to get the budget under contro
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know as well as I who will be hurt by the budget cuts. It won'i
be the truly needy as many people lead you to think, it will b<
those people who would rather: sit on their rear than eari
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TO THE EDITOR
As an observer in the audience at the Airband competition
held on Feb. 16, I was very disturbed and confused over the
outcome. Because of this, there are some questions that I
wish to ask and some statements that I wish to make.
My first question concerns the criterion on which the
groups were judged. What exactly was the basis that the
judges used? Was it creativity, showmanship, crowd
response, or what? Because if one or any of these were used
as a basis on which the competitors were judged, the
creativity of the instruments, the showmanship and the
crowd response of one particular group far surpassed that of
all the others, yet they only placed third in the competition.
My last questions pertain to the judges. I would like tc
know just what qualifications they had to be judges? Did the>
possess any certain knowledge, special skills or talent thai
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their own daily bread; wait for certain jobs instead of
working in the meantime; strike than work; purchase expensive
automobiles with Medicaid money instead of what '
they are supposed to buy plus many, many more just like
these. Remember though, the safety net will always remain
for the truly needy.
If people would just rationally look at the reasons for our j
problems instead of just pointing a finger, then they would <
realize how our problems came about and what it would take ]
to resolve them. Yes Barry, business has slowed down, \
especially textiles (I know, I'm from the textile capital of the j
world). Why has it? I will tell you why-over regulation, over (
taxation, and increased import allowances of foreign goods ]
(all these from the Democratic Congress' of the past). If j
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these problems are being resolved. It certainly takes longer ]
than five months of one active policy to correct what has built ,
up over 26 years. Only fools expect miracles overnight. I
The next time you feel a snarl coming on concerning our
president, just think what all he has done for us and what
would have happened if Carter had won the election. We now
have lower taxes, new tax laws, less regulation and most
important, we now have a president in office that reflects the
philosophy of the American people. The best thing about the
Reaean Presidencv is that the best is vet to come.
In restating what I said in my first letter, I feel we have the
; destiny of this country in our hands. Which way our country
goes depends on the decisions we make today, that is to make
1 it great again, or destroy it. Benjamin Franklin said it better
1 than anyone else that no outside force could ever destroy the
United States, but if it were to be destroyed, it would be
' destroyed from within. I sincerely believe during the last 26
years, the policies coming out of Congress have worked to
' destroy the United States from within. I, like many
" Americans, sincerely believe the new beginning led by our
president will cause a "rebirth" of our country and of our
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finally I want to know if they (the judges) came to the show
with an impartial and unbiased attitude to pick the best act
and not their friends? I ask this because it seems as though
there were some statements made by the master of
ceremonies to the judges concerning their lack of impartiality
and prejudice towards certain competitors. There
was also a sighting by several people in the audience ot one
judge shouting that one group of competitors were "number
i one" as they walked out onto stage to begin their per,
formance.
In closing I want to say that I know this letter sounds very
subjective, but many other people that were in the audience
> at the Airband competition, have expressed similar comr
plaints and concerns.
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Editor-in-Chief
riere's your best chance to take my job. Applications for
jAMECOCK EDITOR are in the Student Media Office in
ilussell House Room 313. All the people who have criticized
:he Gamecock this past year have only themselves to blame
f they don't apply for my job. AS one critic wrote in Monday's
paper, "Surely, with the quality of this university's
blumanities and Journalism Departments, we could find a
finer example of journalism in the Editor-in-Chief than we
presently have." Well, this is your opportunity to display just
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don't get any applications for next year's editor, then it will
prove the critics are full of hot air. I suspect we won't receive
many applicants at all. You people can write all the letters
you want, but if you don't take some action to fill my shoes,
then you are admitting that you couldn't do my job any
better. Incidentally, applications lor editor ot tne uarnet ana
Black or Portfolio are also available. Remember, applications
are due MARCH 5 so
hurry Can't somebody do something
about the overheating of the RUSSELL HOUSE THEATRE?
Watching a movie in that sauna requires an extra change of
clothes. The unbelievable thing is that this kind of thing has
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hot everytime a film is shown, but for the most part, the
theatre heats up when the place is most crowded. Hope the
situation is remedied one day JeaneUe
Guinn of CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS responded immediately
to my suggestion that James Taylor come here if
he was going to be at UNC-Chapel Hill March 3. She pointed
out that the only night Taylor could have come here is March
4, the night that the Carolina Coliseum is having the Pittsburgh
Ballet. The Township is holding the Kitani Foundation's
production of One Mo' Time. Taylor, she said, costs
$25,000 to perform and if he were to play the Russell House
Ballroom, she said it would cost students $65 a ticket to see
him. Fair enough, but we are still waiting for a name concert.
The fact that, as you said, Jeanette, you just took over as
chaimerson of Contemporary Sounds does not excuse the
committee from taking ten months off without sponsoring
any good singer or band Congratulations
to FRANK ARDAIOLO, student disciplinarian, and his wife
on the birth of their new baby
I like the fact that SEN. ERNEST ROLLINGS D-S.C. is attacking
the Reagan Administration on reducing federal
support for public education. I like his alternative budget. I
admire his downgrading the "new federalism." But the talk
of running for president is not only too early, but unwarranted.
Hollings has a long way to go before he can be
considered presidential material and he knows it. Hollings is
campaigning and really needs to quiet down his talk and
work more efficiently while being silent Glad
to see GOV. DICK RILEY speaking out in support of Hollings
budget. Riley spoke Monday in Washington against
President Reagan's $10 billion cut in state and local aid for
1983 Women's basketball coach TERRY
KELLY was quoted in Monday's Gamecock as saying that
Sheila Foster would be a big loss to the team next year. I get
the impression that Kelly plans on staying on next year as
head coach and who could disagree? He's done a tremendous
job under the circumstances to have the Lady Gamecocks
rated 13th in the nation right now. We hope the USC athletic
deoartment doesn't waste its time looking around and
screening coaching prospects. Kelly is here already and is all
we need The WAYNE WILLIAMS trial is
fascinating. Williams takes the stand Monday and says he
hasn't IrillpH anvnnp Thon his defense attorney asks. "Have
you ever taken your hand and put it around someone's neck
and choked him to death? Have you ever taken a knife in your
hand and put it in someone else's body? Have you ever taken
a rope and put that around someone's neck and squeezed it
till they were dead?" Williams naturally answers no. Great
trial. How come no more young DiacKS nave oeen muraereu
at the rate they were since Williams'
arrest? Speaking of trials, PENTHOUSE
magazine is paying a self-described "hit-man" $250 a day to
testify against the accusation that Penthouse libeled the
owners of a California resort on the implication that the
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PLUS CATEGORY: To the CASHIERS IN THE RUSSELL
HOUSE CAFETERIA who make life a lot more pleasant with
their outgoing, friendly attitudes. Everyone of them has a
nice thing to say while handing back your change. They
should serve as a model to all cashiers and if I knew each of
their names, I would have listed them here.
MINUS CATEGORY: To the GAMECOCK for five misspelled
names in Monday's news story on Patrick Tyler. Jean
Patterson should have been Gene Patterson; Max Hugal
should have been Max Hugel; public relations professor Tim
MacAlvane should have been news-editorial professor Jim
I McElveen; Darly Sufford should have been Darryl Sifford;
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Gamecock obviously regrets the errors.