From: "ARON KAY" <pieman-AT-pieman.org> Subject: Fw: [Political_Sanity] GIVE 'EM HELL, JIM WRIGHT! Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 02:22:30 -0500 ARON KAY-http://www.pieman.org http://www.pieman.org/fucknwar.mp3 Piss On Bush http://www.pieman.org/pissonbush.html TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND GEORGE BUSH'S DICK STOP 1984 IN 2001 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mike2000z-AT-aol.com> To: <vital_center-AT-yahoogroups.com>; <bush_occupation-AT-yahoogroups.com>; <Political_Sanity-AT-smartgroups.com>; <political_sanity_main-AT-yahoogroups.com>; <political_sanity_news-AT-yahoogroups.com>; <TheFalloutShelter-AT-yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:17 AM Subject: [Political_Sanity] GIVE 'EM HELL, JIM WRIGHT! > From: BuzzFlash.com BuzzFlash-AT-lb.bcentral.com > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:26 PM > Subject: GIVE 'EM HELL, JIM WRIGHT! > > Former House Speaker Jim Wright Was One of the First Victims of the Right > Wing Jihad, Led by Newt Gingrich. But, fortunately for us, Jim Wright didn't > retreat from telling it like it is. > > http://web.star-telegram.com/content/fortworth/2001/11/12/columnist/19566278 00 > > .htm?template=articleTemplateID.htm > > >From the Star-Telegram > Monday, November 12, 2001 > Bipartisan Boulevard runs both ways > > George W. Bush would be wise to use and not abuse the members of the loyal > opposition. > > President Bush needs to learn that bipartisanship is a two-way street. > > He cannot reasonably expect unquestioning loyalty from congressional > Democrats to continue indefinitely while he gives tacit approval to the kind > of myopic display of unreasoning partisanship that House Republican Whip Tom > DeLay exhibited in derailing the airport security bill. > > That bill had passed the Senate without a single dissenting vote from either > party. The president had labeled its enactment an emergency, calling for > swift passage. Senate Democrats complied. > > It was carefully designed in a nonpartisan way to strengthen security at the > nation's biggest and busiest airports. Senate Republicans found no fault with > it. > > Then DeLay and a clique of right-wing ideologues and government-haters > peevishly insisted on overhauling the key provision that federalizes the > security system, professionalizes the work force and establishes authority > for its uniform functioning. > > It should be obvious to anyone who flies frequently that one highly > vulnerable point at which a clever and determined terrorist might deceive or > corrupt the system would be at one of the electronic gates through which > passengers line up and pass between sensor machines into the boarding areas. > > By and large, the operators do a good job. But they're often hurried, harried > and subject to occasional distraction. > > They are characteristically underpaid by their private employers. They have > minimal training and no job protection. Their only surety is the minimum-wage > law. Some noncitizens have been hired for these jobs as entry-level workers. > > The machines at sundry airports do not operate uniformly. A metallic credit > card, a money clip or an aluminum-based arch preserver in a shoe will set off > one machine and be undetected by another. > > What objection did DeLay and his cohorts make to federalizing the system and > professionalizing the work force? That some of the workers might join a > union! > > And supposing they did? Federal workers, unlike private employees, are > prohibited by law from striking. DeLay says that if they joined a union, they > might vote Democratic. Well, what's to keep them from doing that now? > > Do we not, and shouldn't we, look first to our public employer to protect the > public safety? > > Aircraft in annually increasing numbers have moved safely through America's > skies because of an air route traffic control system. Its operators are today > as crucial to the preservation of human life as members of any other > profession, save medicine. They are well-trained and reasonably well-paid. > > And, yes, they're federal employees. Would we have it otherwise? > > Can anyone seriously argue that making people federal employees reduces their > devotion to our country? Would we privatize the Immigration and > Naturalization Service? Have free-enterprise U.S. marshals? Or judges? > > Would anyone return to private armies and navies? Rely on the lowest-bidding > private corporation to defend our country? > > Of course, there might be one advantage for politicians. If we'd contract out > more public responsibilities to private profit entrepreneurs, there'd be more > plums to distribute among folks with money to contribute to friends at > campaign time. > > Which reminds me: Whatever became of the campaign finance reform bill that > passed the Senate early this year? Shall we assume that it, like the urgent > airport safety matter, got DeLayed? > > Bush has enjoyed an unrivalled degree of help and support from Democrats in > Congress in each of his anti-terrorism initiatives. That help has been > wholehearted. There's been no sniping, no obstruction, no foot-dragging. > Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt > have offered unstinting cooperation. > > Congress, at Bush's request, has approved a full measure of help for New York > City, the victims' families and the airline industry. > > Lawmakers have given the chief executive an open-ended authorization for > military action and every bit of funding that he has sought for the armed > services. > > They supported his request for airport security, which members of Bush's own > party seem determined to make into a political football. > > Today, we face serious problems in America's domestic economy. The gross > domestic product has fallen. Unemployment is rising. The stock market is in a > slump, and consumer confidence is plunging. > > By no means is all of this due to the terrorist attacks. The trends were > clearly in motion before Sept. 11. > > Bush had best take a tip from President Eisenhower and seek seasoned advice - > and not expect blind obedience - from his loyal opposition. > > Jim Wright is a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. > PO Box 1413 Fort Worth, TX 76101 > > >From the Star-Telegram > > > ____________________________________ > > Get Active! Stay Informed! Join by sending email to: > > Political_Sanity-subscribe-AT-smartgroups.com > > > > ====================================================================<<< > Have you heard about the new SmartGroups feature? 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