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Pag* 6A August 5,1998 THE RECORD
Starr’s witchhunt feeds prurient interests
The United States Secret Service
Presidential Detail has one of, if not the
most difficult jobs in this country.
And Kenneth Starr, in his
Machiavellian zeal to bring down the
president, has damaged not only the
secret service but the country as a
whole.
Don't misconstrue that 1 have become
a great supporter of Clinton. I have not.
While 1 think he has done some great
things for the country, there are any
number of Republicans that I would
happily support in lieu of Clinton.
Yes. the country is doing well, but
just like locally, things could be much
better with someone else in office.
However, he is still the president.
And no matter what, he is due some
modicum of respect.
Starr's procurement of testimony
from the presidential detail harms the
country and is potentially devastating to
the office of the president.
This is because of the nature of the
secret service's job. They have to be at
the president's side 24 hours a day.
seven days a week to protect him.
Future presidents to pay price for testimony
By
Chris
Farkas
For The Record
There are any number of perverted,
sick individuals in this world who
would not hesitate to do harm to the
leader of the free world.
The presidential detail prevents this
from happening. And in order to do so,
they will freely and without reservation
throw themselves in the way of a
bullet to protect the president.
Thanks to Starr, will any president
ever trust his security detail to do
this again?
I would have to think not.
And it won't be a dramatic
overnight change probably.
Gradually, the president will begin to
exclude his security detail from
meetings with close advisors. And
then meetings with the cabinet will
be done without secret service
protection. And before we know it,
the president will be without
protection more than he has it.
And that is dangerous.
It is especially hazardous when one
considers exactly what Starr is trying to
get the agents to testify about.
He wants to know details of the
president's and first family's movements
during ''private" times in the White
House.
This is preposterous.
Lest we forget. Starr is supposed to
be investigating allegations of
subornation of perjury.
At no point did Attorney General
Janet Reno tell Starr to find out if the
president was receiving oral sex from
his interns. That is not the point.
It doesn't matter if the president had a
string of interns longer than Interstate
35 through Texas going into his office.
Therefore, there is nothing of merit to
his case that the presidential detail
agents or Linda Tripp can provide to
the grand jury.
Perhaps they can all tell sordid tales
of sexual escapades in the oval office.
However, such stories don't matter as
far as Starr's investigation is concerned.
The only testimony in this matter that
has any bearing at all will come from
Monica Lewinsky herself. And there is
only one question that she can answer
of any significance.
"Did the president or anyone else ask
you to lie about your alleged affair with
President Clinton?"
Barring some voyeuristic tendencies
of Starr coming to the surface in the
grand jury room, Lewinsky's testimony
should take all of roughly 30 minutes.
And her testimony will either lead to
charges against the president or dismiss
the entire event.
If she says yes. the president asked
me to lie. there was a crime committed.
However, we already know she is going
to say nothing of the sort occurred.
Lewinsky should have been the first
and only witness at the grand jury. And
Starr could have saved "we the
taxpayers" a large sum of money.
By the way. after spending so many
millions of dollars, why has Starr
suddenly apparently forgotten about
White Water Developments?
Could it be that he knew all along
that hewas wasting our tax payer
dollars by investigating that matter to
begin with?
Car prayers: If it ain’t broke, don it
When we go anyw'here in a
vehicle, my six-year-old son.
Josh, says a "car prayer.” He
made up the words when he
was about three, and it hasn't
changed much with time.
We haven't had a problem
since he started it. If it
ain't broke. . . .
"Please. God. watch
over us and take care of us
and make sure our car
works and no cars run over
»is and we don't run over
any cars and I take care of
nty teddy bears and please.
God. and amen and amen.”
Well, he has changed it a
couple of times. After
watching the Discovery
Channel, he Added. "And don’t
let us run oyer any camels,
giraffes or elephants" for a
while, and once he did an
airplane prayer that said "and
don('t let our plane run over
any cars and don't let any cars
run over our plane." But
generally, it has remained the
same, and so far we haven't
been run down by planes, cars
or denizens of the zoo.
The teddy part, he assured
us. is because "God likes good
people. Good people take care
of their teddy bears. I just
Thf. Gal Next Door
By
Vicki
Parfait
For The Record
want to let Him know." This is
a kid who covers all the bases
and his behind!
It has become his job to say
the car prayer. Christi's job is
to watch for off ramps, which
she always tells me about just
after we pass them.
It is my job to mutter under
my breath and sometimes
shake my fist and get
obnoxious at other drivers who
take their half out of the
middle, cut me off at thepass
or throw trash or beverages out
the window onto my
windshield, drive 35 in a 70
zone, refuse to use the
turn signal or generally
tick me off.
That's hard to do with a
kid in the car who repeats
everything you say.
Somehow, expletives
lose their effect when
you are yelling "You
gollywhomper! Get your
cotton-picking derriere
over on your own side of
the snickelfritzing road!
Your mother eats
spinach, you thingamajig!" I
have been laughed at by my
adversary on more than one
occasion.
Once I had a beer can lobbed
at me.
"Dat man lost his sand pail,”
Josh said sagely.
"His sand pail?” I asked.
"He keeps yelling. 'Bucket!"'
Josh said.
"I think he's daring her to
duck it." my daughter. Christi,
cringed. I didn't think so.
"You watch it,
Whistlebritches!" Christi
shrieked indignantly at the man
in the monster truck with
wheels bigger than my whole
little white Ford Escort.
"You're taking my job!” I
snapped at her.
"You ignorant backwoods,
cave-dwelling heathen!" I
shouted at the 380-pound sumo
wrestler-wannabee in the truck.
That should put in his place.
"We just missed the cutoff."
Christi said.
"Is dat man going to Dam
B?" Josh asked. "He said part
of it, and I fink he said a B'
word. 'B' is for ball and 'B' is
for baby. What else is 'B' for.
Mom?”
Christi looked at my eyes,
willing me not to.
"I think B’ is for Be quiet
until Mom gets off the
freeway." she said softly,
adding. "Whoops, missed
another one."
"What are we looking for.
Mom?" Josh bellowed. "Dat
man said, 'See it!’"
"Maybe he wanted us to
watch for the next exit,"
Christi said pointedly.
"He is all red in his face!"
Josh said. "I get sunscreen.
Number 50.
"Did dat man call you an old
witch. Mom? Pis is not
Halloween. He said he is
gonna run us over, but he can't
because I said a car prayer!”
I took the next exit.
"Look, he is waving at us."
Josh said. "He is a nice,
sunburned man."
Yeah
And I take care of my teddy
bears.
TDH warns swimmers of infection
With the sweltering
temperatures and few signs of
relief, more and more people look
to cool off at oudoor water spots.
But as the heat goes up and water
levels in rivers, lakes, ponds and
streams go down, the potential for
health problems grows.
"You can look at the problems
associated with swimming in fresh
water like, a pyramid." said James
Perdue of the Infectious Disease
Epidemiology and Surveillance
Division at Texas Department of
Health.
"At the broad bottom you have
a lot of microorganisms and
bacteria that can cause such mild
problems as ear infections,
swimmer's itch or intestinal
diseases. At the top point, you
have the very dangerous but
relatively rare problems such as
primary amebic
meningoencephalitis."
This infection, alsc^ know as
PAM. is caused by a common
microorganism found in most all
untreated surface water and all
types of soil. It is the combination
of lower water levels, high water
temperatures and stagnant or slow
moving water that produces the
problems. Perdue said.
During drought and high
temperature conditions,
concentrations of the amoebas
increase as they feed on the
bacteria in the warm water. The
organisms thrive at temperatures
above 80 degrees F. but do not
multiply at temperatures below 40.
Infection occurs when water
containing the organisms is
forcefully inhaled--usually from
diving, jumping or underwater
swimming-and infects the brain.
Although the infection is rare,
affecting only about one person a
year, for those infected, death
occurs usually within a week.
Symptoms of the infection
include severe headache, high
fever, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting,
seizures and hallucinations as the
condition worsens.
People who are infected do not
infect others.
Swimming pools properly
cleaned, maintained and treated
with chlorine generally are safe, as
is salt water.
While recommending caution
for avoiding dangerous microbes.
Perdue said that even more
common dangers associated with
lakes and rivers include injuries
from diving into waters that hide
rocks and debris or into waters
that are too shallow, using alcohol
or drugs and leaving children
unattended.
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