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View] DUSICU ABC comm but mishap goes i Early in the morning of June 4, Beverage Control Commission w right? Not quite. Wilbur Hodge Jr. was at a partj cials before the accident, where hi but ate a meal and drank water aftt he wasn't drunk, right. However, some things just don' Ford Crown Victoria on the side c 1-26 near Columbia, and walked Patrol reported. He walked back tc think to call and report the accide didn't report the accident at all. 1 car's police radio to report it either Hodge said he was going to rep to have the state look at the car new, rather than have a private m didn't work that way. The car was found by a polic Hodge was summarily questioned after the fact. The accident is the second con si on in recent weeks. Commissior ville recently called his son to te ABC agents raided it. While we have learned in the p state agency to come under scruti for the omnipotent ABC, the lii glorified-Gestapo, whose very nan the most confident underage drinkc The State Law Enforcement Di dent, but has yet to make its findir for small favors. r~''' TIlis is President Reagar who, in 8 years, never sabmi tted. a. bniancea budget. POINT ? ?r wrecks car, c! mreported -> the chairman of the Alcoholic y( recked his state car. Big deal at / with legislators and state offij admittedly had a vodka tonic, jrward, before driving. Okay, so t fit. Hodge left the silver 1992 >f the ramp connecting 1-20 and to his hotel, the state Highway ) the Sheraton Hotel, one would :nt, right. Well, not exactly. He What's more, he didn't use the ion the accident in the morning 1 in the daylight because it was lechanic look at it. However, it e officer about 4:30 a.m. and J at 5:30 a.m., a full five hours i troversy involving the commis- j ler A. Wayne Cricks of Green- i :11 him to leave a party before ast year it is not suprising for a ny for misbehavior, it is a first xnse-revoking, fine-imposing, le can bring fear to the heart of jr. vision is investigating the inciigs public. Well, thank goodness I CANPIPATE areassart? congressmen who < (cpWHATPOAL IN i ? 04 /jj. Ajivaj v puj? ?{U32A1 fPUOIf^^rUCQ y uestion: Are summer schoo *mesters? litlyn Richards Lattice V\ iminal Justice nioionv/ res, because there are a "j t^ink nailer number of people and work at ? )u get more individual ^ave mo tention." to highlij pects of Across Non-partisan can There are some who say Ross Perot is t lot a viable presidential candidate. These are the same people who only c enow of a bipartisan political scheme for 1 bis country. They can not even think of an election where more than two people are r running. These people come from the same coun- t try that was founded on the principle of t giving the masses a choice. Doesn't it seem t ridiculous to say the only correct choice is from one side or ihe other? Perot is blowing away the incumbent George Bush and Arkansas Gov. Bill "Sly Willie" Clinton. Perot is leading in polls in California, Texas and Florida, three of the biggest electoral votes. Yet, there are still those who say he is not a viable candidate. I'm not endorsing Perot, but at least I have the decency to admit Perot is a viable candidate. I can understand why people are supporting Perot. The people are tired of the old two-party system that has basically failed. We're tired of reading about waste, dcfecits and scandals. We're tired and we need a change. Perot may be that change the people are ' asking for. He's a self-made billionaire who has prospered through the system. He can i Perot's polici The excitement about H. Ross Perot for President is building, and the national media is promoting the attractive sounding, business-like ideas of this folk hero billionaire. However, his plans of systematically reorganizing the federal government and the economy are fundamentally flawed. Perot strongly suggests that the U.S. government should become a partner to business and decide which businesses should be supported and subsidized and which should be abandoned. He also feels that Washington should become more involved in the private sector, deciding on certain products to promote, regulating executives' salaries and restricting trade. Perot's Utopian solution to our economic problems appears to be a form of state capitalism. The state capitalistic concept is finding encouragement from a wide variety of interest groups ranging from out of fashion socialists to paranoid manufacturers demanding trade protection. However, new wealth and new jobs are created by entre preneurs, not government. The unique competitive advantage the U.S. must reclaim and encourage is our belief in entrepreneurial capitalism. Mr. Perot is qualified to develop a system to manufacture a product, construct a building, design a software program or assist in any other orderly process. Economic i 1?epu.b\'iCCLii and Vemocrai ii'dn't demand a ba.l<tnc( bu-d^et". I THESE PEOPLE HAVE COMMON? | 31/J? 50UT>|-P3 pnsassj ?.;ry BuHiaj jvawv p jofify ui IP?sutv MJ.(v) Q/992 I classes easier than classes foods Marek Nowak MIBS it gives you time to "They are a little 3 slower pace so you but not as e? re time. It allows you expected." ght the important asthe class." laiiEftr I 1 i Fire^ , didate very real alk to the elite and to the commons. 11 He knows both sides because he's been n >n both sides. He knows how to relate to s )oth sides. Yet, some people are still saying Perot is tot a real candidate. I wonder if those same people will coninue to claim he is not a factor when he u hrows this whole presidential election into a he hands of the House of Representatives. The people trying to pretend Perot isn't a hreat are the same ones who have misled heir public and ruined trust in government. ? Tkat/Nra 1 * arl r\ krvi i t tKa PAnditlAnC nf ihtO 1 llt/jr vv^ liUi auuui U1V V/U11U1UUIIJ V/l UIIO country. The only thing they can see is euphoria, despite the background of a harsh ind gloomy reality. And they've sold the euphoria to their citizens. People like Ronald Reagan, who smiled ind misled the public, and Bush, who ^ planted the L.A. Riots on the value system, ^ tot the lack of trust in the judicial system, tave lied to us. They've sold us a pack of ies and we bought at the highest price. They're also the same people who have nade Ross Perot such an appealing choice for president. Tige Watts fc Tige Watts is the Managing/News Editor v of The Gamecock. ( es not realistic t behavior in a free market, howver, is not an orderly process. Attempts to direct the ac- c tual outcome have always had a negative N effect. Capitalism derives its vitality from the inherent randomness of human activity. No systematic governmental economic solution will ever be beneficial. The most important lesson of the collapse of communism is that no systematically determined economy can yield anything but permanent stagnation and human misery. The more systematically devised an economy, the less fluid and more monopolistic it will become. When government attempts to direct econr\mir artivitv fhp r\nlv u/innf>r? am thrvm in power and their favored associates. Business does not need government to be its friend; however, we would all benefit if government would cease being the enemy. Mr. Perot, Mr. Clinton and the Congress should forget about systematically enforced programs for economic prosperity and turn their attention to nurturing the behavorial, cultural and intellectual wherewithal of our citizens, upon whose dillegence and constantly evolving creative ingenuity all future economic growth depends. - Barry Wynn Barry Wynn is chairman of the S.C. Republican Party. ( This is President Busk ujho, in 4 ye; never submitted. <t balanced budget* held during the fall and spring 1 / Jen Hitcme English graduate student bit easier, "Things are generally more =?sy as I laid back and in the amout of time given they can't expect you to do as much work. But you have a shorter amount of time to read more everyday." Write-in ruling unconstitutional Shelley Magee Looking upon both the Republican and Democraic options for the presidential candidacy, I'm remiided of seeing "Miss Piggy for President" bumper tickers when I was a kid. Bush is just boring lip service. Clinton is a real erson, with real errors, but doesn't even have the uts to admit he inhaled. Buchanan is a melodramac David Duke without the klan past (that is, as far s we know). Understandably, none of this is terribly appetizing ) the American voter. And can we be blamed? We are in economic chaos. The fiber of freedom rom which this country has een weaved is fraying at the earns, as bill after bill trying to Jm/jBUm natch back, by the handful, the ? iersonal liberties we cherish, inds its way to the congres- / ional floor. ^ And America is protesting. *4^ Ve are looking elsewhere. If |y? leither party wants to give us n acceptable candidate, then we can find one else vhere. Or can we? The Supreme Court seems to think we should just hut up and choose one of the candidates provided or us. Monday, they ruled states have the right to >an write-in voting. So much for protest canidacy. So much for alvays having alternatives. So much for the Constitution. No doubt, our forefathers are turning over in their graves. We should be standing, slack jawed, our eyes >pen wide, incredulously repeating, "they did vhat?" Rarely has the Supreme Court been bold enough to attempt to slip something so entirely unconstitutional past the American public. But they might. I found this article on page three of the newspaper I was reading, as part of a quicky-piece describing a wrap-up of what the court did this week. How could this possibly be no big deal? Limiting ~ lAlAAf A tO f\ VlllfTA H/ial UUI iiccuuui iu aoicci a picsiutiu is a uugv umu, But, of course, almost all of those justices were appointed by Bush (or Reagan, but we've learned that other than Reagan's great personality there's no real difference there). It's interesting that right as our Republican president is threatened by a write-in candidate like Ross Perot, suddenly write-ins are illegal, according to those same conservative justices. Bush is obviously sweating. And can you blame him? He made us a promise to get us back on our finacial feet. He made a promise to ensure the sanctity of our personal freedoms. He doesn't seem to be doing any of that particularly well, and the public is unhappy. They are looking elsewhere for leadership. Well, sorry George. The Constitution is not there to suddenly be conveniently ignored just because you might lose an election. Even if you did appoint the judges. The title you hold, sir, is a privilege. We have given it to you because you told us you would do the job, and in November we can just as easily take it away. That, my friend, is why we have a constitution. 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