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Page 4 • Cedar Hill Today • Thursday,
f, 2007
J OPINION_'
Look who favors a Northeastern liberal now
LOYD
BRUMFIELD
News Editor
It’s way too early to talk about the 2008
presidential .election.
So, let’s talk about it.
Have you heard this refrain before: “For
the love of God, why do Democrats insist
on nominating those Northeastern, elitist
liberals?”
Or, “Are the Democrats going to be
dumb enough to nominate Hillary?
Haven’t they learned their lesson with
(take your pick) Dukakis? Kerry?
McGovern?”
Of course anything can happen this far
out, but it looks as if those Northeastern
liberals are getting a very serious look
again.
From the Republicans.
Yes, there’s a very good chance that the
GOP nominee for 2008 could very well be
a Northeastern elitist liberal. If Rudy
Giuliani doesn’t get it, Mitt Romney
might.
Romney has recently sworn off his lib-
eral views in an effort to appeal to social
conservatives who drive the GOP nominat-
ing process. But ask yourself this: Could
the man become governor of one of the
most liberal states in the nation
(Massachusetts) by being anti-gay or anti-
choice?
In his heart, don’t be surprised if Mitt’s
still a lefty. And rf he gets the nod, you’ll
find that out when he suddenly moderates
those newfound conservative beliefs once
he has to win a national election.
And with Rudy, the former mayor of
New York, there’s no doubt about it. The
man’s every bit as liberal as Hillary, give
or take on a couple of issues.
While Clinton is portrayed as a wild-
eyed radical with a petulant mean streak,
those same qualities could very well be
used to describe Giuliani.
Most social conservatives, bafflingly,
are gravitating toward Romney right now,
while leaving dyed-in-the-wool, religious-
right-believing conservatives such as Sam
Brownback and U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter
from Oklahoma behind.
Of course, in Hunter’s case, he’s so
obscure that not even he has heard of him-
self.
If Republicans want to nominate a true-
blue (or is that “red?”) conservative,
„ See LIBERAL, Page 17
Next step: It’s time to split up Iraq
KAY BAILEY
HUTCHISON
Special To Today
America and its
allies have fought
valiantly for four
years to establish a
stable democracy
among Sunnis,
Shiites and Kurds
in Iraq.
It has proven to
be a task not
achievable in a
short period.
President Bush
and the American
people realize that
a new approach is
necessary.
As the president's plan is implemented,
I believe it is important to look beyond the
immediate goal of stopping the violence.
Thinking about the next step is not pre-
mature - it is essential.
If the heroic warriors whom we have
deployed to Iraq are able to contain the
murderous mix of terrorists, criminals,
insurgents, jihadists and militia, we must
seize that hard-won opportunity and move
forward with a new initiative that uses
existing authority in the Iraqi constitution.
Such a plan would create at least three
separate, semiautonomous regions in
which local law enforcement, commerce,
security and education would be managed
by local authorities.
A limited central government would’be
responsible for ensuring an equitable divi-
sion of oil revenue, conducting foreign
policy and protecting national security.
In fact, the Iraqi Cabinet has recently
approved a draft of new legislation that
would allow the distribution of oil revenue
to individual regions based on population.
Henry Kissinger, in a recent appear-
ance before the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, Said: “I'm sympathetic
to an outcome that permits large regional
autonomy.
“In fact, I think it is very likely that
this will emerge out of the conflict that we
are now witnessing.”
The report of the Iraq Study Group,
while not endorsing such a plan, noted
that devolution into three semiautonomous
regions is a “possible consequence” of
continued instability and outlined a poten-
tial U.S. response if “events were to move
irreversibly in this direction.”
My Senate colleague Joseph Biden has
spoken in favor of the semiautonomous
region concept, although he has linked it
to a withdrawal of almost all U.S. forces
by the end of this year, a move that I
believe would lead inevitably to renewed
bloodshed and chaos.
See IRAQ, Page 17
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interna-
tional ter-
rorism.
Within
days, we
began working to improve
communication among our law
enforcement agencies and
upgrading airline, transporta-
tion, border and port security
efforts.
We also created a
Department of Homeland
Security charged with prevent-
ing future attacks and manag-
ing disaster responses on
American soil.
New attention was paid to
the long-neglected security of
our critical infrastructure, such
as electrical grids, water treat-
ment plants, energy pipelines,
banking systems and food-sup-
ply chains.
In many cases, the federal
government has funded these
efforts by awarding homeland
security grants to individual
states.
There’s been major progress
in upgrading infrastructure
security.
But the government’s initial
approach treated homeland
security dollars as a “pie”
from which all states are able
to claim a piece, regardless of
their vulnerability to terrorist
attacks.
We cannot afford this. We
must allocate our resources not
on the basis of politics, but
instead direct them where they
are most needed.
This is a matter of great
concern in Texas. Our state is
headquarters for scores of
energy, transportation,
agribusiness and technology
endeavors.
Along with Louisiana, we
have some 43 percent of criti-
cal U.S. oil refining and petro-
chemical facilities along our
coastline.
Texas also must protect
more than 1,200 miles of bor-
der that is increasingly
acknowledged as a possible
entry point for those who wish
us harm - from drug runners
to potential terrorists.
Texas has 16 vulnerable
ports, and they are some of the
busiest in the country.
Houston handles more for-
eign tonnage than any U.S.
port, and the ports of Beau-
mont, Corpus Christi and
Texas City are also in the top
10 nationally.
Yet, as a point of compari-
son, in 2006 the state of Texas
received just $4.34 per capita
(pop. 22,859,968) versus
Vermont (pop. 623,050) and
North Dakota (pop. 636,677)
which received $20.03 and
$ 19.42 per capita, respectively.
The amount of money that
flows to Texas is important for
many communities.
Cities and counties all
across the state must make
expensive preparations to
accommodate refugees and
provide assistance if disaster
strikes even far-away popula-
tion centers.
The storms of 2005 made
that clear to everyone.
Since 9/11, I have made it a
point to sit down with first
responders in every area of
Texas to discuss their security
concerns and what they can
expect from the federal gov-
ernment.
See SECURE, Page 17
Use ‘ladder’ to climb above interest rate worries
*
Y3
Interest rates are con-
stantly changing. But how
do rising or falling interest
rates affect your investment
strategies?
There’s no simple
answer, of course. If you
own stocks, higher interest
rates could be a cause for
concern, because when
interest rates rise, it
becomes more expensive
for companies to borrow to
expand their operations.
As a result, these busi-
nesses may feel a squeeze on their profitability
- and their stock prices.
And yet, some businesses are much more
affected by rising interest rates than others, so,
CHARLES
PEYTON
Financial Focus
as an investor, you can’t really base your actions
on a blanket statement such as: “Higher interest
rates are bad for all stocks.”
The situation is a little different if you own
fixed-income vehicles, such as bonds.
When interest rates rise, the value of your
bonds will fall.
That’s because no one will want to pay you
the full price for your bonds when he or she can
buy new ones issued with a higher interest rate.
To sell yours, you’d have to offer them at a “dis-
count” to their face value.
On the other hand, if interest rates fall, the
value of your existing bonds will rise, so if you
were to sell them, you couW get a premium
price.
Of course, if you’re like many people, you
don’t buy bonds just to sell them. You want to
See LADDER, Page 17
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