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Viewpoint ?? 2 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday, February 24, 1988 Fund di remains Congress show change Contra On Feb. 10, the White Housi said much about what Presidei policy meant for presidential r Contra aid package was defeat< gressional and administration c needed to be done to protect ag scandal. We hope this new ore America's interests. The now order fnrhirlc nrlmi Cabinet members and White H "private or third party" aid Nicaragua. This order prcveni cum venting Congressional auth fiasco. It says that no private solicited or offered freely ? b assist the Contras. Reagan's i come back to haunt him. What Reagan and his men di< bypass the Constitution. Artie "No Money shall be drawn fri quence of Appropriations made George Schultz said during the 1 not spend funds that Congress or appropriate. That is what th< to stick to it." The Iran-Contra commit "Congress's exclusive control cannot legally be evaded througl the Executive Branch. Were it o propriation requests were reje money from private sources ( military actions, arms systems a And though the federal gov gifts, a federal law requires that government be placed into the funds can only be spent by app while, the Anti-Deficiency Act, officials from using funds not a But Reagan's Iran-Contra po So now the White House's c< specify Oval Office limits. It ins to work through the Congress tc freedom fighters." This act reas? circumvented, reinforces cur re America's reputation. Maybe, ii gress and help them overcome t handling Nicaragua. Those errors, in fact, were defeated the Contra package. 1 feelings. But the ostensible reas potential for Nicaraguan refor Plan agreed to by five Central / tually help justify renewed assist America should provide the Con the status of Nicaragua's re: determined. Nicaragua is too important a dinistas. By providing the Conl we will be protecting our own ir ty as a resistance force. This w the promise of Arias' plan, we sisting on continuing the Contr aid will be justified. And the ( enough to begin fighting again. However, if we abandon the any stronghold in this danger v^uuu<i rtiu cunipiciciy win aiso I the Sandinistas. That is too grcal the errors of Reagan and his n interests. The memorandum of 1 being further ignored. Congress mind this order provides by m embarassment. Now we can giv< the right way. HP* Ihe Cja Kditor in Chief IILI I SHREWSBURY Man aging Kditor SII I'III-.N C.UII rOYI I Copy Desk Chief ANDY HIXHTMI Assistant Copy Desk Chief KILEhN ROSS News Kditor TODD MINI S Assistant News Editors TONY MORLNO TOROD NEiPTlJNI Viewpoint Fdior PI IT MAC KEY Features Fditor PA I RICK JEAN Assistant Features Editors ( I AIRE DM PINHKO( K SUSAN NF.SBITT r.uiior WAYNI WASHINGTON Assistant Sports Kriitor | JIM STUC KE.Y I.ellers Policy: rht < iamra < A will try (o print Itllri word* long (iurM editorials should not f ??ffd WO word llhrl. The (iomrcock will not withhold mmrt undrr an; Sorlil Security numbrr. i version big issue Jd not let mistake i policy forever e issued an interesting order that it Ronald Reagan's Iran-Contra jovvers and limits. Although the id by the House on Feb. 3, Con>fficials obviously thought more ainst a repeat of the Iran-Contra ler will, in the end, finally serve inistration officials ? including ouse staffers ? from discussing I for the Contra guerrillas in ts the administration from cirority as it did in the Iran-Contra funds may be used ? whether >y the administration to further auempt to circumvent law has d in the Iran-Contra scandal was 1c I, Section 9, Clause 7 states:' 3m the Treasury, but in Conse; by Law." As Secretary of State rail-Contra hearings, "You candoesn't authorize you to obtain j Constitution says, and we have tee's final report echoed: over the expenditure of funds i the use of gifts or donations to otherwise, a president whose apcted by Congress could raise 3r third countries for armies, md even domestic programs." eminent may receive financial any financial gifts given to the U.S. Treasury and that these ropriation by Congress. Meananother federal law, prohibits ppropriated by Congress. licy violated all these directives, zmfidential order must further ists that the president "continue > secure the necessary aid for the >ures Congress that it will not be nt laws and seeks to protect 11 so doing, it will assuage Conhe legacy of Reagan's errors in part of the reason the House Iran-Contra generated many ill on for that defeat, which is i. e m offered by the Arias Peace \merican countries, may evenance to the Contras. We believe tras with humanitarian aid until sponse to the Arias plan is country to surrender to the San:ras with humanitarian support, itcrcsts and securing their viabliay, if the Sandinistas renege on will have sound reason for ina struggle for democracy. Arms rontras will have survived long C.'ontras now, we will have lost ous neighborhood. Sacrificing ake the pressure for reform off t a risk. Congress should not let len interfere with our national ^cb. 10 protects Congress from should respond to the peace of nvino ?JW au frnm Iran-C* r\r\*m - i? v/im ii a : the Contras humanitarian aid mecock Photography Fditor BRIAN SAUI.S Assistant Photography Fditor TEDDY LEPP Science Fditor JIM NhWMAN Senior Reporter MARY PEARSON ! Datehook Fditor II NNY SMARPH I (Graphics Fditor i i\v> i i /\?.iur. Comics hriitor I KACY MIXSON ( raduate Assistant KAREN ADDY Acting Director of Student Media/Advertising Manager MARGARET MICHELS Production RICHARD GRIFFIN SON HA Assistant Advertising Manager MELISSA HENDERSON Adviser HILL ROGERS 1 rtcflvfd. I *llrr> should bf, *1 maximum, 250 to .100 W> ff?rvf Ihr right lo fdll Itllm for ?t>le or potxlblf i rlrcuimlinrr I fllfr* mini Includr wrllrr't mmr ?nd i I 'Vr~ I . (i Americans s As Americans studying and reflecting or achievements of black Americans this I History Month, we should look deep intc philosophy and spirit of those black leaders advocated both nationalism and peaceful integ tionism as a means of gaining liberty and ji for blacks. However, unlike the praise bestowed upon I tin Luther King Jr. and others who advocated violent protests to achieve equal rights for bl during the Civil Rights Movement, those whc vocated "Black Power," separatism and ai self-defense, are viewed as having contributed to the development and betterment of Americ For many Americans, the names Malcolm X the Black Panthers beget notions of wooly hea clenched-fisted, black militants who were 01 destroy "the white establishment" perceived t u~\A: -- r_ - * - niMuiiig uuh-nm iu an interior status. But those who believe X and the Panthers insignificant and trivial in their attempt; democratize America are wrong and obvic unaware of their work and teachings. It is true that black nationalists of the < Rights Era emerged as white America's i dreaded nightmare. But it is unfair to sii characterize them as militant blacks who were to destroy whites and gain control of the nai for they meant much more to America. Their strength and fearsome presence w threatening counterpoint to the non-vic assimilationist views of King. However, s Those annoj The day after the revelations about Jii Swa 'gart's sexual indiscretions were announc saw Pat Robertson's son Tim praying for hin And these television evangelists or Chri broadcasters or whatever just slay me bee they're so funny. First there were the Bakkers all their shennanigans. And now there's Swag And then there's Tim Robertson, a child ccived out of wedlock praying for C forgiveness for another's sexua! indiscretions. This is funny. Burp. That was for Jeff Jones, one o nicest guys in the world, I'm told. But then ag; ? and The State newspaper ? were told thert a spring homecoming. Trivialities, Jones called it ? "annc paragraph burps of trivialities." My col resembles that remark. All I can say about the weekend was, ii opinion, the C mecocks lost a basketball | because a fan lost his head. If he does go to further USC basketball gan suggest the people who distribute the tickets him the tickets they always give me ? nosebleeds. Letters to tl Hell in future ,2; of humanists S? To the editor: heals I support tne presidential aspira- coirtc tions of Pat Robertson and would that i like to address a few comments to the two bigots who criticize Robertson's limbs former career ? particularly those and t who believe that secular humanists doub should be allowed to run our schools. W< These people are sadly mistaken. our < Not only do they preach the evil not ? theory of evolution, but also the reaso satanic, secular-humanist theories of isten* gravity, electricity, astronomy, when biology and an endless number of arc f; other nervpr?;ir>n? ' ? How could these devil worshipers the t ever believe that the earth orbits the hums sun when the Holy Word plainly etern states that the sun stood still so that Lc l * i. t % - milium Killing couiu continue ana, classi again, that the sun moved back Also, several degrees in the sky to prove to The ' an ancient king that he would not die gress of boils? How do the devilish secular heme humanists explain that? How dare curec the secular-humanist scientists pro- statu duce new strains of grain and and < crossbreed animals so that the sup porters of evolution can use these to bolster their arguments? This is horrible evil! xl* ^v ?--l ?] _~ 1_ *uuuiu rememoei i the 31ack )a(J_ StcH*Ks and i . w 'Q I ] ded, ( it to historians argue that the success of King's non- i o be violent movement can be partly attr;' ed to the existence of black nationalists such as ! .alcolm and | were the Panthers (created by Bobby Scale and Huey | ; to Newton). ? I >usly White America had a choice ? as the reasoning ] goes ? to either deal with Malcolm and the PanCivil thers who were determined to gain freedom and i nost justice for blacks "by any means necessary," or t nply deal with King and other peaceful integrationists. [ out Malcolm, who gained much of his national ex- i lion, posurc as a Muslim minister for the Nation of c Islam, embraced the black Muslims' ideas and j as a goals of race separation, "Black Pride," black uni)lent ty and black self-help. He urged blacks to seek con- t omc trol of their own institutions and politics in their t ing burps of triv If ? trimy y idtl e stian . ti 11 S L I (gt?S& Cr::'.y.--J.r..-.. ' .ami Stephen 8on Guilfoyle d t the ( _____________?._ n ? was And they can give inc his. Wouldn't you like to have this guy be your e> >ying counsel in a trial? If a witness is hemming and haw- s I limn inc. he can inst won Vm nn thf* hr>nrt a f/?uy times and give 'em an "attitude adjustment." d ai n my It's the Year of the Dragon now that Chinese same New Year has passed. By extension, here in America, the Year of the Bimbo has been extended di les, 1 and renamed, it's the Year of the Dragon Lady. ti give the The Dragon this year is an earth dragon, hi whereas the last dragon year was a fire dragon. The he editor i shouldn't test drugs on animals IJ AKf>l*jc!Ayi r. We have absolutely nothing in HUUvl non with white rats. If a drug J 1? "W or heals a rat and also kills or 0[00(1 a 01T a human, it is only a miraculous ? idence. It is also a coincidence To the editor: ,ve and animals have in common Could Pat Robertson eyes, stomachs, livers, lour president of the United Stal ,, two sexes, brains, skin, blood an electable candidate? My eeth. This is all coincidence. To Baptist friends, Robertson t that is to be damned. supporters, would give me i ; should all go to the Bible for yes. Can he persuade 5( education. It says, "Thou shall (the number he would apprc iuffer a witch to live." What need to win the election) to nable person can doubt the ex- him? 1 seriously doubt it. A :e of witches, spirits and ghosts know the number of South i the Good Book tells us these tists does not come to 50 acts? unless Pat's "invisible army stly, I wish all true Christians tervene and help him out. ilessings of heaven and secular Robertson started his cam inists the horrors and anguish of stating God has spoken to al, everlasting damnation. asked him to run for the off t's put the Bible back in the president of the United Stj rooms by voting for Robertson. strangely enough, Roberts< , 1 would greatly appreciate it if his supporters for 3 Gamecock would obtain a pro- signatures before he would report on the man whose the presidency, or rather ask >rrhoids Robertson miraculously to do without having I. I cannot find his name or his thoughts and signatures s. This is very important to me porters. When God told Ab several others. slaughter Isaac, "thine c isaac, wnom thou 1 < Abraham, an obedient wors! Klston Gunn God, went ahead to carry o USC alumnus order (fortunately, God sen < I >! * I r Malcolm X j community and stressed the beauty and worth of blackness and the African past. He did not, ] however, urge blacks to initiate violence, but encouraged them to defend themselves when attacked. Inspired by the work and teachings of X, the Black Panthers were created in Oakland, Ca. in 1966 as a black self-defense organization. Their original goal was to protect blacks from police brutality, however their goals and membership quickly broadened. ^ According to Huey Newton, the panther symbolized "an animal that would not attack, but would tenaciously defend itself." Through armed patrols the Panthers kept close watch on the Oakland police, who were notorious for using unecessary force on blacks. Just as Malcolm, the Panthers advocated race pride and race consciousness. They also embodied he ideas and philosophy of black self-help and expressed the ideas of "Black Pride" and "Black is Beautiful." At the height of their movement they were workng fervently toward gaining justice, better educaion, better employment and fair housing for Macks. They also provided blacks with free legal tdvice, free housing, free clothing and created :ommunity centers ? instilling in blacks a sense of )ride and dignity. It is important that we remember the good and he positive ideas of X and the Panthers as well as he negative. ialities return ear of the firadragon was the year Chairman Mao 'se Tung died and China suffered a devastating arthquake, CNN reported Monday. Earth dragons are nicer, CNN said. It's funny that Swaggart, who so easily escribed the sins of Catholics and every other Pro;stant denomination, and who had no forgiveness or them in his heart, is very quick to ask for orgiveness now. I can't forgive him; he didn't sin against me. But wish him well and hope that his problems may take him a little more understanding of other in/if /-*r U iiiua ul v^lll lMldllS. Out of the four top guns in television vangelisin, the Bakkers, Jerry Falwell, Jimmy waggart and Fat Robertson, three are gone. Swaggart and the Bakkers engineered their own emise through their admitted sexual misconduct nd Tammy's admitted drug addiction. Robertson is running for president. This just leads me to wonder what Falwell will o ? run for office or be found in flagrante delecco with a duck? "Virginia Gov. Jerry Falwell today announced is candidacy for president. ..." I'm hoping for the duck. Ml !*j 'Ml MM I.) ... ;> ; .;; ,..V . , .. ; : . . .. . ! as a sacr'f'ce f?r 'saac). What if lIvJI< Robertson did not get the 3 million signatures? Would he have turned to God and said, "Sorry, I cannot do it. I did not get 3 million signatures"? Now let me insert this question hpcnmp thai tv./> ?L?... ?i ' ..?<> uuuivio nit auuui IIICSC IC1CVIes? Is he sion preachers: What is this business I Southern of saying "God spoke to me" or ] 's strong "God told me"? Do they mean that i definite God literally spoke to them as He did ) million with Moses? i >ximately Robertson has some potential ' vote for negatives as a candidate for the 1 s far as I presidency. First, IRS investigations , ern Bap- into allegations that tax-exempt <9^ million, funds from his television network ?? viyill ir. .....wcic uicu in nis political campaign. Second, continuing discussion of ipaign by allegations that Robertson evaded hiin and combat duty in the Korean War ice of the through his father's influence. Thirdates. But ly, Robertson recently said that he 3n asked would have the Libyan leader Moammillion mar Gadhafi killed! Robertson has I run for forgotten one of the Ten Commandhim/her ments: "Thou shalt not kill." second of sup- If we have to have a preacher as raham to president of the United States, I >nly son would go with the Rev. Jesse svest," Jackson. hipper of ut God's Mahmoud M. Salem t a lamb Ph.D. candidate, comparative lit. I