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Jan. 20.1991 Citizen* Journal
'What was your reaction
when you heard that we
had launched the attack
in the Middle East?"
TONY STIGER
It doesn't bother me as long as they
fight over there and don't come over
here.
KATHERINE MORRIS
I couldn't believe it was actually
happening in my lifetime. It's some-
thing you read in a history book.
We're a part of history now.
JIMMY BRYAN
I figured they (U.S.) wouldn't wait
long. The longer they wait, the har-
der it will be to get him (Hussein)
out. I hate war, but it had to be done
now.
JAMES EPPS
My first reaction was I didn't believe
it, but I kept thinking about the
people I know over there.
RUTH HOWE
I wasn't real surprised when I heard
about it. I knew it was going to hap-
pen. I've got a lot of younger friends
over there, and I'm worried about
them.
Editorials
Decisions, decisions
Two things are certain about the U.S. involvement in the attempt to
wrench Kuwait from the hands of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
One is that we kept our word and we fulfilled our promise rather
quickly. When Secretary of State James Baker met with Iraq's For-
eign Minister in an attempt to negotiate a diplomatic solution in the
week before the United Nation's deadline expired, he said that any
military action by the U.S. and its allies would be sudden, massive
and decisive. No doubt that our first wave Tuesday night (Atlanta
time) was sudden and massive. It is premature to draw conclusions
on just how decisive it was in light of the Iraqi firing of missiles into Is-
rael Thursday night.
That brings us to our second certainty. The Tuesday night attack
was, from all analysis and information available, highly successful. It
appears that we suffered only one casualty in 12-14 hours of air of-
fense and that we damaged or eliminated a large number of Iraq's
fixed-missile launching sites. But defense and military leaders
warned us against succumbing to the victory syndrome too soon and
to not jump to conclusions that our superior efforts would mean this
war would be as brief as we all have hoped.
The dispatching of Iraq's missiles along Israel's coastline Thursday
night (Atlanta time) and into the major city of Tel Aviv only go to show
that Hussein still has some surprises in store and may have a few
nasty aces up his sleeve that we haven't seen yet. The initial reports
that the missiles carried nerve gas (which later proved to be false)
only heightened that fear and brought home the foreboding reality
that our kicking of Hussein's rear-end may be slightly more compli-
cated and time-consuming than we first thought.
Those two certainties — that we successfully delivered on our
threat to Iraq and that we should be optimistic but cautious — have
produced two new questions: in the wake of Israel's involvement
(passively or actively), will the coalition of Middle East countries
allied with U.S. forces remain intact, and if the routing of Suddam
Hussein becomes a lengthy effort, how long will public and political
support remain strong for what President Bush and our government
is trying to do?
I)riv<" safrly. Don I \vr< ck your IifV*
Slate Department of Highways and Pubf c Transportation
Guest column
Their name is America
Editor's noto: Shirley Goodwin of Buna, Texas, who is the
granddaughter of the late Vera and Eunice Lummus of the Sandhill
Community, and who has relatives in the Atlanta and Bloomburg
areas, submitted a poem she composed as a call to prayer for the
troops in the Middle East. Her poem did not arrive in time to be
printed before the special prayer services were held, but now
seems even more timely. Mrs. Goodwin said her family also
regularly corresponds with four people serving in Operation Desert
Storm.
By SHIRLEY J. GOODWIN
There's a distant, rolling thunder across our world today,
And we only have one re-course, to bow our heads and pray.
Nations crumbling all around us, and once again, it's true,
The best of America's heart-land goes to war for me and you.
The questions rise within our souls as we recall the Beast,
And ask, "Was it really this aggressor that sent us to the Middle
East?"
Some say it's oil, the liquid gold, that pours forth from the land,
That we've really planned to fight for in that awful desert sand.
So, they send our sons and daughters to halt the aggressor on his
way,
And that's where you and I step in as we bow our heads to pray.
For when wars come, people die — the wicked and the best,
In war there are no winners, so please hear this, their request:
"Please keep us always, in your prayers," are the words I hear them
say,
"Our fates may all be sealed here any night or any day."
And should that sacrifice be made, and we meet one day up there,
We'd never want to hear their words, "You forgot us in your prayers."
So, pray faithfully Christian people, to our God on Heaven's throne,
Who always rules the universe and watches o'er His own.
And pour out that miracled fragrance, Lord, and let these people
know,
We're doing our part back here at home because we love them so.
Send the fragranced "mist of prayers" across that troubled land,
Turn the tide and halt this war planned for Saudi's sands.
But in the midst of strife or peace, God, stay close beside them there
And let them loudly praise your name because of answered prayers.
And pray hard, God's own people, and if you need a name to wield,
Their name is called AMERICA...and they serve in Desert Shield.
UPS PUBLICATION NO 114-160
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Viewpoint
Ethics becomes hot topic in Austin
AUSTIN — Amid the pomp and ceremony of
inauguration, lawmakers are focusing on the
hidden centers of power in Texas government
and wondering not if things should be changed,
but if they can.
Ethics reform has been given top priority, or
at least the lip service, by all the top leaders.
But the powerful lobbyists, who in effect are a
fifth branch of government, have yet to indicate
what reforms they will not fight.
With House Speaker Gib Lewis under two
misdemeanor indictments, the question of how
to avoid witch hunts and vendettas while enact-
ing true reform is the dominating issue.
Lewis, meanwhile, lost a bid for postpone-
ment of the grand jury's examinations of his in-
come tax returns and financial records.
Lewis Untouched
His political opponents have yet to draw a
drop of blood: Lewis sailed into Texas histo'y by
winning an unprecedented fifth term as speaker
with only one vote cast against him.
Lewis jokingly warned Capitol reporters not to
spread rumors, including him in extramarital af-
fairs: "I know who every one of you is sleeping
with. I now understand where you get some of
your leads. So, you better be nice to me."
Beaumont state Rep. Al Price's proposal to
return to the old rules whereby the House
elected the Speaker by secret ballot drew only
six votes; fear of retaliation presumably kept
others from voting aye.
Capitol
Highlights
By Lyndell Williams
Texas Press Association
The rules were changed under Lewis'
predecessor and mentor, Speaker Bill Clayton,
who held a history-making four terms.
Under Clayton, and continuing with Lewis, the
record vote serves as an all-important list to
reward friends and punish enemies.
Freshman state Rep. Ted Kamel, R-Tyler, got
more than 15 minutes of fame by being the only
member to vote against Lewis last week. Kamel
explained he was elected on an ethics platform.
Is Legal Also Proper?
Scrutiny of his campaign reports shows Lewis
paid his own Fort Worth labels company almost
$25,000 from campaign contributions for work
done for his 1991 re-election campaign.
His campaign bought badges, bumper stick-
ers and yard signs from his company.
The expenditure is legal, but groups inter-
ested in ethics reform say it should not be.
Current law forbids a politician from convert-
ing political funds to private use, but critics
charge that is easily circumvented by filtering or
laundering the money through their own busi-
ness operating a portion of their campaigns.
Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock said he wants a new law
to prohibit a candidate or his treasurer from
doing campaign business with their own com-
panies.
University Restructuring
An advisory committee has recommended
merging the state's 12 university systems into
four, keeping the University of Texas and Texas
A&M as is, and restructuring new ones.
One plan groups the University, North Texas
University, Texas Woman's University and
others into a third system.
A fourth system would group Angelo State,
Sul Ross, East Texas, Lamar University!
Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston and Midwes-
tern universities.
Hightower Aides Indicted
Three top aides under former Texas Agricul-
ture Commissioner Jim Hightower were indicted
last week for misusing public funds, to wit: using
their positions to solicit campaign contributions
for him.
Named by the federal grand jury were deputy
commissioner Mike Moeller and administrators
Peter McCrea and Bill Quicksall.
Experiencing the ups and downs of dieting
I'm often tempted to settle back
to the conclusion that we might as
well all just go ahead and get fat
because the experts say the more
you diet, the fatter you get
anyway. I personally don't think
that's quite right, but it's almost
that depressing.
The thought came to mind ear-
lier in the week when I made a
comment to a colleague at lunch
that I was going on a mini-diet to
knock off a few pounds before
going to Dallas for a Texas Press
Association convention. She
reminded me that I had only
seven days and I certainly wasn't
going to lose anything in that short
period of time. Vou didn't have to
twist my arm — I went right for the
ice cream dispenser at the des-
sert table.
For years, diet sadists have
spoken the truth: the diet is never
over. If I were to successfully slim
down to the perfect body I invi-
sion, I could never again live in
the land of plenty. I would have to
"maintain."
Maintain? Maintain is what
people in poor Third World
countries do during a drought.
Maintaining is an eternal diet,
starvation without end.
And it certainly is the death of
ice cream in any quantity worth
the trouble to eat. Let's face it —
the whole point of ice cream is to
eat a lot — at least a couple of
By John Coleman - Managing Editor
bowls, with chocolate topping,
banana slices and a minimum of
half-a-cup of chopped nuts. I
looked up "ice cream" in the dic-
tionary. The words mean "ex-
cess."
Diet experts tell me, with that ir-
ritating smile they carry, that after
losing weight I can still eat ice
cream. Two ounces every week or
so, with a teaspoon of chocolate
topping, one banana slice and half
a crushed peanut.
Wow! We're having fun now!
That isn't eating ice cream. Two
ounces of ice cream every week
or so is to eating what shaking
hands is to sex.
Now I learn that the news is
worse than I thought. If I do what
any rational person would do in
this situation — and that is to eat
two dishes of ice cream a night for
a few months and then go back
on a diet I may discover it
doesn't work.
Those caloric experts tells us
that the on again-off again ap-
proach to dieting is like warning
your body to prepare for famine. If
you diet too strictly, your body is
fooiish enough to think it no lo'nger
lives in the land of plenty, but is
back in primitive times. So, it
switches to a starvation defense
and shuts down some of its
operations.
For example, your body may
stop keeping you so warm. That's
why people dieting are sometimes
cold, even though they aren't eat-
ing any ice cream.
A sudden and strict diet may
even make your body decide to
stop growing hair. But I've observ-
ed that some people can live
without hair. In fact, a lotoi people
have already proven that.
But the next time you try to diet
it might not work because your
body has closed off some of the
rooms in your house and there-
fore doesn't need as much fuel to
heat the place. If you don't "main-
tain," as opposed to that starting
and stopping diet thing, then the
more you diet, the less good it
does and, as the experts said,
may even leave you fatter than
before.
This explains why people in
less fortunate parts of the world
maintain the same weight with a
It
diet that would initially cause
people from fat, overstuffed lands
like America to shrivel up and
blow away.
So, I've come to the conclusion
that when you periodically diet
and bear down too hard, too
quickly, you cause your body to
move to another country!
Therefore, I have tried to reach
a compromise with my body
works like this: during the week
we live in Ethiopia. We eat salad,
celery, and all that other lifeless
greenery popular with serious
dieters.
But on weekends, we move
back to America, complete with
chocolate chip cookies, chips and
hot sauce, lunchtime peanut but-
ter sandwiches and, of course, ice
cream.
We are hopeful, because my
body and I are so glad to be
home.
Plus, I do it for the exercise.
The experts say one way to keep
your body from closing down and
moving to Ethiopia is to exercise
it. Exercise tells your body it
doesn't have to move during the
week. I exercise by moving my
arms back and forth when they
open and close the freezer door to
get ice cream. But the exercise
works. Ice cream can hold its own
on weekdays, but I'm too strong
for it when the weekend comes.
It's a thought.
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